good morning. the rush is on. the thanksgiving travel crunch is under way and two powerful storm systems are already having a big impact on the roads and the airports nationwide. we're live with the travel headaches and hassles you'll face today. flour power, two kids turn their living room into a sea of white, and ignite a controversy in the process. is this video for real or was it baked up for fame? the family who made it speaks out in an exclusive, live interview. and singing in the rain. thousands of fans and their parents pack the plaza to see justin bieber live in concert, and a little rain, make that a lot of rain, isn't dampening their spirits for the main event

"today," wednesday, november 23rd, 2011. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >> announcer: live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> good morning everyone and welcome to "today" on a friday -- on a wednesday morning. it feels like a friday, and welcome to bedlam. i'm matt lauer. >> and i'm ann curry. good morning, everybody. talk about fan devotion. these people have been out here for days, and you know what's really remarkable is they've been braving heavy rains as you just mentioned and the nypd just mentioned they blocked off 48th street because this line stretches for six blocks. >> with good reason, because at 4:30 this morning, when i came in, not only did the line go up 48th street to fifth avenue but then went as ann said, six or

seven city blocks to the north. those people have now filled in 48th street and i have a feeling if you're commuting in this area this morning, you are out of luck. >> that's right. this is actually one of i think the biggest concerts ever for the "today" show. meanti meantime the crowds are also gathering on the airports and roads because this is a huge time for people to travel. the thanksgiving rush is beginning. we want to find out about what the weather is going to be like. we'll go inside to al to talk about that. al, what can you tell us about the travel? >> ann and matt take a look. this is the pacific northwest, that's our one big trouble spot. snoqualmie pass, i-90 closed yesterday and they reopened it for a bit but it may close again today because we're expecting snow in that area. let's move a little further south to portland, oregon. snow not the problem but heavy winds and heavy rain, causing flooding, cars being forced to

drive through standing water and they're looking at more rain again today. let's go to the radar, you'll see exactly what's going on, heavy rain stretching from northern california all the way on up into seattle. rainfall amounts along the coast with 40-mile-per-hour wind gusts, we're talking anywhere from one to four inches of rain, four to six inches of snow and as we move east airport delays in seattle, portland, san francisco for rain and wind. here in the east we've got rain stretching from florida, all the way up to boston, snow in new england, and we've got a lot of snow to talk about, up to 12 inches of snow or more in parts of northern new england, and the rainfall amounts we're talking anywhere from one to three inches of rain, so not only are you going to have problems at the airports, boston, new york city, newark, philly, washington, atlanta, they're going to be looking at gusty winds. traveling along the i-95 corridor is going to be a mess, we're talking about heavy rain, possibility of flooding and of

course the airports are going to be a big problem. ironically, everywhere in between, chicago, dallas, cincinnati, all of the big hubs, salt lake city, it's clear as a bell but if you're either traveling to or from the east coast to the pacific northwest, pack a lot of patience, as well as your bags. matt? >> al, thanks very much. we'll have the rest of your thanksgiving forecast in a moment. first more on the weather's impact on the travel rush. nbc's mike taibbi is on the grand central parkway in queens, new york, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, matt. the traffic is already building up here. the rain has been coming down in sheets. there have been some flooding in some spots, we saw that so as al said it's going to be a nightmare. still, and even though the economy recovery is coming slowly for so many people it looks like a lot of people choosing family over finances right now, because travel is going to be up about 42.5 million traveler this is thanksgiving weekend, 91% of those will be driving, 40% of those on thanksgiving day itself. the big volume is wednesday today and sunday, the end of the

holiday weekend. some people know about the bad news of course having to do with gas prices up about 49 cents a gallon over this time last year. some good news, the roadworks guys are taking the holiday weekend off, too, so you won't have those obstructions at all and also the weather in the northeast as al said is likely going to clear this afternoon. break out the long version of "stairway to heaven" wait, i'm dating myself. >> mike taibbi in queens this morning, thank you. happy thanksgiving as well. how are things looking at the airports? nbc's tom costello is at reagan international airport. >> reporter: good morning. the rough economy, high jet fuel prices forced the airlines to cut back on the number of planes in service at any given moment. if you are flying right now or over the coming days expect the plane to be packed. sunrise in charlotte. >> charlotte, 4538 --

>> reporter: the second most trafficke eked airport on the e coast is coming alive. >> proceed to line 31.6. >> reporter: this is u.s. airways biggest hub operation with 600 flights, 50,000 passengers a day. >> as the volume increases the loads increase, the baggage loads increase. >> taxiway tango, pickup, echo. >> reporter: planes are flying 90% to 1% full and all airlines cut back, all of the more reasons to check at home, print your boarding pass at home, even pay for the bags before you leave home. >> thank you, ma'am. >> reporter: 400 miles to the north in pittsburgh. >> philadelphia west and vfr with an opt mat arrival rate. >> reporter: the command center watches all of the planes,

passengers, pilots and crew members across the country. >> we just got advise runway one has opened up. >> reporter: with one icon assistantly trained on the weather. >> westbound internationals are on time. >> reporter: bob maloney is in charge. what do you most worry about going into the thanksgiving and christmas travel season? >> mostly weather w thunderstorm and/or snowstorms, particularly in the northeast that could really slow us down. >> reporter: and today, weather is indeed the wild card. >> there's only one chance, only one thanksgiving dinner, we have to be really sharp around thanksgiving and all the holidays. >> reporter: traveler also fly between today and monday morning, the average fare $212, about $40 higher than a year ago. a change to the controversial full body scanners at the tsa checkpoints. >> we've converted over half of our machines to have a privacy filter. >> the kickoff to winter and one of the biggest travel periods of the year now in full gear.

so al talked about the airports to watch. if you go to fly.faa.gov, get a free update on what every airport in the country is doing. at this moment, minimal delays but as al suggested it's going to be a rough day throughout the country. back to you. >> tom, thank you very much, happy thanksgiving. tom costello at reagan national airport. gop presidential candidates will be back on the campaign trail today after clashing in their 11th debate tuesday night. nbc's kristen welker has the latest on this. >> good morning to you, ann. former house speaker newt gingrich is currently at the top of several polls but the republican field has been volatile so it's not clear if he's just the current favorite or something more. tuesday night he tried to solidify his spot. republican candidates faced off tuesday night on foreign policy and national security. >> i think the patriot act is

unpatriotic. >> who would be profiled? >> muslims obviously would be someone you'd look at. >> i'd support israel. >> all eyes on newt gingrich, the latest candidate to surge to the top of the polls he may have raised conservative eyebrows for saying he would not expel all long time illegal immigrants. >> if you've been here 25 years, three kids, two grandkids, paying taxes and obeying the law, belong to a local church i don't think we're going to separate you from the family, uproot you forcefully and kick you out. >> that in effect is amnesty. >> amnesty is a magnet. >> gingrich insisted he's not talking about amnesty. >> i don't see how -- the party that says it's the party of the famently is going to adopt an immigration policy which destroys families that have been here a 1/4 quarter century and i'm prepared to take the heat. >> reporter: he also drew sharp contrast with challenges suggesting he would not rule out cuts in defense spending. >> would you be willing to say that our national security is so

pa paramount that cuts to the defense budget are unacceptable? >> no. >> reporter: but texas governor rick perry disagreed, and hit president obama for suggesting he would allow cuts to go forward. >> even his own secretary of defense said it was irresponsible. as a matter of fact, if leon panetta is an honorable man he should resign in protest. >> reporter: there were a few moments of levity. herman cain seemed to forget moderator wolf blitzer's name. >> no, blitz, that's oversimplifying it. i'm sorry, not blitz, i meant wolf. >> romney's election team critics say he used a quote for president obama out of context. romney has been flirting with first place in the polls for months but has yet to solidify a front-runner status. ann? >> kristen welker reporting this morning, thanks a lot. happy thanksgiving to you. let's go over to the news desk.

natalie has a check of the top stories of the morning. good morning to you. >> good morning matt and ann and good morning, everyone. massive protests continue in cairo's tahrir square. they have the country's military seeking an exit strategy this morning. this as three american students are detained by officials there for allegedly joining those protesters. nbc's chief foreign correspondent richard engel is in tahrir square with more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, natalie. u.s. embassy officials in cairo are meeting with them today and were present yesterday as they were questioned by egyptian authorities for allegedly throwing molotov cocktails at security forces. on the ground, clashes are continuing today, as the egyptian military is seeking to deescalate this crisis, offering to hold early presidential elections. many political parties in this country are accepting that compromise, but here in the square, the protesters say it's not enough. they want an immediate transfer of authority to civilian rule,

so a standoff continues. >> richard engel in tahrir square, thank you. in yemen, state tv reports that president ali abdullah sal saleh bowed to protest to leave office. he's signing a power deal in exchange for immunity from prosecution. two new child abuse charges have been launched against jerry sandusky. peter alexander, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. we are learning about two new child abuse sexual allegations against jerry sandusky. in both cases the victims are still believed to be under the age of 18. the "harrisburg patriot news" reports this morning the two cases have been opened by child and youth services here in pennsylvania within the last two months. now if they are found to be credible, this could raise some serious questions about why authorities waited until the end of a three-year grand jury

investigation to arrest jerry sandusky. today there are new indications the penn state scandal may include obstruction of justice, according to a source familiar with the investigation, pennsylvania state prosecutors filed a secret motion in july to hold sandusky's charity, it's called the second mile, in contempt, after the organization failed to turn over sandusky's subpoenaed expense records. the motion was later withdrawn but some of those documents that may have contained details about sandusky's relationships with the second mile children, natalie, are still missing. >> peter alexander at state college, thanks so much, peter. unbelievable accident caught on tape this morning in a busy area of auckland, new zealand. the helicopter was installing a christmas tree, it got caught in some cables, snapping the tail and crashing to the ground. you see that guy in a are rowly escapes. the pilot escaped with no major injuries. no one on the ground amazingly was hurt which is a huge relief.

7:13, back over to matt and ann. not sure why they're installing a christmas tree with a helicopter. >> what's great is the blades were not allowed to twist off and go through, it was caught. >> that pilot almost falls out the door. the door opened. look at him. he neerarly comes right out of that. let's get a check of the weather. let's go outside. hey you. >> how are you doing? we are here with all of the bieber fans. this is the biggest crowd we've ever had. it goes all the way over to 50th street, down 49th street, down to fifth avenue. it is amazing, and they're still coming in, still trying to get in. let's see what's happening. first of all we've got your bieber fever forecast, steady rain east of the area with just a few showers by the time justin

bieber takes to our plaza stage. there's the rain. look at that. you can see the edge of it, just clearing our plaza. that's good news. if you're going to the thanksgiving day parade, all of the folks making their way to macy's 85th thanksgiving day parade. we have a great forecast for you, sunny, breezy temperatures, low to upper 40s, light winds, there could be gusts up to 20 miles per hour. we think it's going to be okay, though, all in all, not bad. that's what's going on in the >> another possibility of showers as we head towards this afternoon. it will drop into the 40's in

>> that's your latest weather. you guys want to know how far until justin bieber? there's the countdown clock, one hour and three minutes to the culmination of bieber fever! matt? >> all right, al, thank you very much. meanwhile, new arrests have been made in connection with a widening s.a.t. cheating scandal that rocked an affluent new york sfwushz. be suburbs. tom yamas, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the scandal involves five students from the upscale long island communities. the cheating has been going on for years and now the elaborate plan has been busted wide open. bright, giftsed and in handcuffs, not what you'd expect from the head of the class. >> reporter: what's your best score? >> reporter: investigators say the high school graduates got paid thousands of dollars to take the s.a.t. or a.c.t. exam for other kids.

>> reporter: did you cheat on the s.a.t. snz. >> reporter: the students turned themselves in tuesday morning. they're all graduates of high schools in nassau county. the trio pled not guilty to charges of scheme to defraud, falsifying business records and criminal impersonation. >> we now know that this kind of cheating is really very easy to do, because of inadequate security procedures at test centers. >> reporter: these are the students accused of paying as much as $3,500 to have the test taken for them. they ran out of court tuesday with their faces covered. they're all facing misdemeanor charges because they're minors. attorneys representing the students say that this is not a criminal matter. >> the criminal justice system is not the place to push an agenda on the backs of schoolchildren. >> we teach our kids it's okay to cheat on wall street, it's okay to take steroids and get into the nfl, it's okay to gain what we now define as success as money, gain it by cheating, when we teach our kids, we're

condoning this type of action. i don't feel it's right to prosecute them. >> reporter: administrators at great neck north high, one of the nation's top high schools uncovered the cheating scandal back in september. they noticed some test scores didn't add up. seven students were arrested then. their cases still pending. now, the high stakes big money problem is growing, and people who live in this upscale community aren't surprised. >> in this town, it's the normal. you know, when you have money you can get whatever you want. it's not what you know, it's who you know, right? >> the at the end of the day every s.a.t. grade from our school is going to have to be taken with a grain of salt because of these kids. it's not fair. >> reporter: if convicted the accused test takers could face up to four years in prison. right now the d.a. here is currently working on legislation to reform the standardized testing process, while the s.a.t. is currently reviewing their security protocol. as for the a.c.t., they've already upped their security measures for the test taking

process. >> tom llamas for us in great neck, new york, thanks so much. it's 18 after the hour. here's ann. it turns out you don't have to wait until black friday for holiday shopping. stores are opening, many on thanksgiving day and many are not happy about the new trend. craig, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. no lines at this target just yet but we all know that will be changing soon. target opening midnight thursday into friday. as you might imagine that's not sitting very well with some folks. et cetera a holiday tradition that's changing thanksgiving for stores, for shoppers and for workers as well. crushing crowds for cheap gadgets and gotta have toys have become a holiday tradition. for a handful of retailers black

friday starts thursday, thanksgiving day. >> everybody is extremely nervous what the holiday season is going to be and retailers believe the earlier they open and the more hype the more they make this an event. >> reporter: many stores make up to a quarter of their sales during the holidays and consumer confidence is at an all-time low but it's creating a backlash. >> christmas stuff is out before halloween. >> reporter: do you like that? >> no. >> many workers who have to cut thanksgiving dinner short or miss it all together to stock shelves and man registers are downright angry. >> my heart goes out to anyone who has to work on thanksgiving, like the police, firefighters, but to say that retail workers are on the same level of importance as emergency services on thanksgiving, i think that's just like a false argument. >> reporter: anthony hardwick is a part-time employee in nebraska whose online petition to save thanksgiving got nearly 200,000

signatures. monday, volunteers delivered it to target headquarters in minnesota. target officials responded. >> our guests have expressed they would prefer to kick off their holiday shopping experience right after the holiday celebrations, rather than getting up in the middle of the night. >> reporter: for some, the black friday marathon is already under way, at this best buy in florida, an eager shopper turned the parking lot into a campsite two weeks ago. >> dr. peppers, waters, soon we'll have some lunch meat. >> reporter: this guy set up at a louisiana store last friday. >> they got a lot better prices than last year. >> reporter: in texas another dedicated deal finder. >> it's an $800 tv for $200 so we figure people will be here really early. >> reporter: all part of retailers' efforts to create their kind of friday frenzy as common as the turkey itself. >> consumers want to be part of it because there's some badge bounty to say i was there at 4:00 in the morning, it's like a bumper sticker that says i climbed mt. everest on my car.

i survived, endured, i brought back the flat screen tv. >> yes, the flat screen television. 152 million, ann, that's the number according to the national retail federation, the number of folks expected to shop this weekend, that's up from 138 million a year ago. >> people want those deals. craig melvin thank you so much this morning. and still ahead, was this mess caused by two young boys with a bag of flour staged? the family involved joins us for a live interview to tell us about it for the first time and later on, a huge crowd has packed our plaza and have been waiting for justin bieber to take the stage. that's his dressing room. yep, there he is and they're all excited outside for one of the biggest concerts ever from the "today" show, but first this is yooday" show, but first this is

still ahead our thanksgiving dinner at martha stewart's.

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>> this is wbal-tv 11 news today in baltimore. >> good morning. i am stan stovall. time for a check on a very messy morning commute. here is sarah caldwell and traffic pulse 11. >> rain passing through the area, creating lots of problems and volume as well. southbound 95 just pass little gunpowder falls bridge, accident in the right lane.

northbound j.f.x. approaching the north avenue, accident in the right lane. southbound, still delays towards coldspring. wedgewood it closed a dogwood road it flooding in reisterstown. closures along hollingsworth at route 91 towards the glen falls road. here is what looks like a baltimore national pike. let's switch over to a live view of traffic on 95 just to update you. 95 on mountain road. ethical heading down past the open water falls bridge -- it will crawl patting down past gunpowder falls bridge. ava has a check on your forecast. >> we are tracking the storm system that is causing problems all up and down the east coast. at least to worst of the rain is heading off shore for now. trying out at baltimore. we still have a couple of

showers moving into western maryland. possibility of showers. we will keep that in the forecast, and tempers will be dropping down. we will only be 54 in baltimore this afternoon. ocean city once up to 64. seven-day forecast looks much better. dry weather from tonight into tomorrow. high 62 this weekend. we will see a few clouds♪

7:30 now on this wednesday morning, the 23rd day of november, 2011. the plaza is packed. look at our massive crowd, one of the largest ever and justin tweeted he's brought along a special surprise for his fans when he takes the stage for a live concert in our next hour. >> i think i know what the surprise is. i think the fans are going to be extremely happy about it. >> they're already happy and why not? they've stood out there in the pouring rain many overnight, some for days. >> looking athe the latest radar over the new york area the rain system is moving out to the east. al guaranties sunny skies by the

time -- no, i'm making that up, but it's going to be better than it is right now. >> which is terrific. they're very excited, so are we inside studio 1a i'm ann curry alongside matt lauer. a new video triggering a big debate on our facebook page. >> a living room covered in flour from two young boys in michigan. some say it looks like something their kids would do. others are crying hoax. what does the family behind the video have to say? the family speaks out in an exclusive live interview. plus who gets the huge fortune of one of the world's richest women, who died earlier this year? we're learning new details about her will and you might be surprised who stands to make millions. more of our thanksgiving dinner at martha stewart's beautiful home. some pointers how you can spice up your holiday table this year. we begin with the latest on the natalie wood death investigation, two people connected to the 1981 case are

now speaking out. nbc's miguel almaguer is in los angeles with details on this. hi, miguel. >> good morning. natalie wood's death was a high profile case 30 years ago, thrust back into the national spotlight last week when investigators said they would reopen the case. 30 years after natalie wood drowned, a potential witness tells nbc news she was interviewed tuesday by detectives for the first time, some three decades after woods' death was ruled an accident. marilyn wayne says her boat was 90 feet away from the "splendour" the night wood died. she spoke to cbs news. >> i heard a woman calling for help "help me, somebody please help me, i'm drowning. "wayne tells nbc news she never saw wood in the water but says police should have interviewed her about wood 30 years ago. >> looked like she hadn't been deceased for very long. >> reporter: roger smith says the detectives should have new

questions for him as well. smith says based on what he observed, wood clung to life for hours as she cried for help from a raft. >> i knew she was probably hanging onto that raft for that long a time and she must have held onto it. >> reporter: a three-time oscar nominated actress. ♪ i feel pretty, oh so pretty >> reporter: wood had a well documented phobia of the ocean. >> i've always been terrified, still am, of water, dark water, sea water. >> reporter: but that fear didn't stop her from a thanksgiving weekend boat trip with husband robert wagner and fellow actor christopher walken. >> the captain of the boat, dennis davern said repeatedly as soon as robert wagner saw chris wallingen come aboard the "splendour" that weekend there was this intense jealous sort of feeling in the air. >> reporter: investigators say

wagner is not a suspect. >> you think there's a chance i killed massey? >> reporter: in an ironic twist tuesday night the 81-year-old actor played a murder suspect in prime time tv. his publicist says the family welcomes the new investigation. natalie wood was one of hollywood's biggest stars. her life celebrated, her death remains a mystery. legal experts say because this case is some 30 years old, if investigators wanted to file any new charges it would have to be a bombshell, a charge of murder. attorneys say because of the statute of limitations, any other charges would not be able to be charged. >> thanks so much. here's ann. now to the fortune left behind by one of the world's richest and most reclusive heiresses. nbc's jeff rossen is here with details. >> turns out i'm hanging out with the wrong people. good morning to you. just to give you an idea of how

rich hughett clark was she owned the fifth largest apartment in manhattan, 42 rooms, she was worth half a billion dollars and in her will, no money for her family, no money for rich and powerful friends. guess who she really hooked up? her nurse. introducing the world's newest multimillionaire, hadassa perry, a home health care aide, she stands to inherit an estimated $34 million, in fact, perry already owns five beautiful homes and reportedly even a bentley. gifts from her former boss, the 104-year-old heir's, hughette clark, one of the richest woman in the world who in her world called perry "my loyal nurse, friend and companion." >> she was assigned randomly by a home care agency to be

hughette clark's nurse. it was interesting to be dealing with her every day. >> reporter: hughette clark owned three massive estates. this hugs the california coast, value over $100 million. clark's estate in connecticut is worth over $20 million and of course, the prestigious fifth avenue property filled with dolls and fine art, worth over $100 million. most of it will be sold off or go to a museum. clark herself lived in seclusion, at beth israel medical center. what would be her final home where she died in september. clark was surrounded by her treasured collection of french dolls, which by the way she also gave to her nurse. the entire doll collection, including dollhouses and doll clothing. clark's lifestyle was so mysterious, this is the last known picture ever taken of her, in 1930. her death came just two weeks shy of her 105th birthday. >> the will names the attorney

and the accountant as beneficiaries. these raise red flags. they're not proof of wrongdoing. they're being investigated. >> reporter: prosecutors are looking into clark's inner circle, her lawyer, wally bach and account irving kamslor. did they sell off some of clark's assets without her full knowledge? they deny jowrongdoing but clars nurse stands to inherit the most from this will, a millionaire, 34 times over. >> good for her. hughette clark left nothing to her family. in the will she made a point of saying "they get nothing. "clark was briefly married but had no children. she has relatives, nieces and nephews and they're trying to fight for their share of the pie here. >> this is probably the beginning of something. >> definitely the beginning. now let's get a check of the weather from al. >> announcer: "today's weather" is brought to you by chico's.

live for the present at chicos.com. >> good morning, everybody. as we look at the fever pitch, the bieber fever and a crowd stretching from 50th street all the way to 48th street, here they are, wow! let's check your weather. the good news is the weather for bieber fever looks good. no sunshine but the rain has stopped. afternoon highs nice and toasty down in florida, down through the southwest, chilly conditions from the great lakes into new england, massive snow and up to a foot of snow, a lot of rain, heavy rain and wind in the pacific northwest. that's what's going on in the 's >> we had a round of heavy rain this morning. it is dropping into the 40's in western maryland.

>> on, this is the largest crowd i've ever been able to say, my people! my people! >> they love you. >> my people! >> al, thanks. they love you, al. al, thank you so much. coming up next, the debate over this video of two little boys destroying their home with a bag of flour. is it real or was it staged? we'll talk to the family coming up, right after this.

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living room but some people online are responding with cries of hoax. the family is with us now. mary and vince napopli are here with zachary and an out cold andrew. good morning, nice to see you. >> good morning. >> all you have to do is show this video to a roomful of people and start a fight. people say wow my kids have done the same thing, what a mess w oil and vinegar, not flour and other people who look at this video and say no, that is a hoax. so is it kids behaving badly or adults behaving badly? convince me. >> it's both. i left the child safety lock off of that cabinet door, and went to the bathroom too long. it's my fault for that, but they did the work themselves. >> no help from you? no help from vince. you didn't spread it around a little more than they had spread it around? >> no, no, no, when i came out of the bathroom and i immediately saw -- >> how long were you in there by a way. >> i was under the weather, i'm

not going to get into details here. so i was in there, i don't know, maybe under five, just under five minutes at most. >> they did all this in under five minutes. when people look at this video, mary t brings out the forensic investigator in them. they look at the couches, if they can start to run it again and they say wait a minute, the kids would have dumped this flour out in one spot and spread it around but look at how even dispersed it is, they look at how high it is up on the pictures and the lamp shade and they say there's no way these kids could have done this. this is an attempt at youtube fame. >> we challenge those people to give their 3-year-old and 1 1/2-year-old a bag of flour and try it. >> seriously. >> it's so light and just -- >> sticks to everything. to be honest with you i don't know how they did it because i was in the bathroom. >> the other thing that people are question something your reaction. we hear you on this entire tape and you set the ""guinness book

of world records"" for "oh my gosh" in three minutes. you seem, a, so calm, oh my gosh, oh my gosh, oh my gosh, and they say that's not the reaction a parent would have when they walk out and see their home trashed like this. >> well, you know, i had seen it before i grabbed my camera, so i was already, i probably, you know, dropped a couple words i maybe shouldn't have, and, to myself and then i grabbed my fam rah, it had flour on it because it was in the living room and cleaned it up, went back to the bathroom, took a deep breath and started recording and you know, what mom is going to start -- i was sending it to my family. i'm not going to swear as i'm recording. that's ridiculous, and i was in shock and i also was very under the weather, so i wasn't feeling well. >> how does it feel to have so many people questioning your integrity based on this tape? you put this up on youtube i imagine if it's true and it's real just for fun and now you've got all of these people saying this is not right.

>> well we put it on youtube because my sisters and in-laws don't have facebook so i asked him to put it on the internet, in a way that my family could see it and then i put it on facebook and it just kind of started to go crazy and i said let's roll with the punches, hey, and we didn't realize how crazy it could get. >> how long did it take to clean up? >> on and off for seven hours, 3:00 p.m. until about 11:00. we took breaks for din per >> these kids are so grounded. mary, vince, zachary and andrew, thank you very much. happy thanksgiving. our thanksgiving dinner at martha stewart's and justin bieber reveals his big surprise, that's right after this. [ mom ] haddy, come on. we got a new book!

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>> this is wbal-tv 11 news today in baltimore. >> good morning. i am mindy basara. time for a check on the morning commute. it looks a little better out there. >> a few problems, but nothing like we saw earlier. outer loop at the east side, pulaski highway, that is the latest accident. you may see delays on the outer loop. northbound on j.f.x. at falls road, accident coming in. westbound 32 at 198, we have an accident. a closure at ridge road, shut down at dogwood road. that is due to a downed tree.

flooding is an issue in reisterstown. let's give you a live view of traffic. we will start in the area of the harrisburg expressway. york road is heavy this time of the morning. nice, clear right from the maryland line all the way to the beltway. live view of is-1/7 at 29. east and westbound traffic, moving without delay. nice ride on major roadways. ava as a check on your forecast. >> looks like more rain could be on the way. the worst of it along the eastern shore, moving out of ocean city. here comes a couple more showers building towards frederick. moving into carroll county, eventually towards baltimore county as well. looks like we could see a new round of what weather. there is a possibility we could see a couple showers. we are expecting temperatures to drop down. only in the mid-fifties for

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♪ 8:00 now on a wednesday morning. it's the 23rd day of november, 2011. not the most beautiful day here in the new york area, but just tell that to me see fans of justin bieber who are packing the plaza, packing this area for about 24 to 48 hours, oblivious to the rain, and their efforts will be paid off very soon, justin takes to the concert stage. out on the plaza, i'm matt lauer along with ann curry, al roker. i'd say we've got, what, 6,000, 7,000, 8,000, 9,000. >> i think more. >> all here for one reason, martha stewart coming up in this

half hour. >> that's right, because yesterday we had a piece about going to her compound for thanksgiving and getting ready for thanksgiving. today we're going to sit down and have a meal and look at how she decorates. she'll be in our studio to show us last-minute tips for thanksgiving and tell us the most important part about thanksgiving to her. >> good. >> right. >> after you've stuffed yourself with thanksgiving turkey, pumpkin pie. we've got a preview of some of the great movies coming out for the holiday season. >> we've got a lot to get to, and let's start by going inside. natalie is standing by at the news desk with the headlines. >> good morning, matt, ann and al and good morning, everyone. millions of americans are headed home for the thanksgiving holiday today but both on the road and at the table, expect to pay a lot more this year than last. gas prices in the average round trip air fare for the country's most popular routes are both up 20% for 2011, even as some 42.5 million people are expected to

travel this year. that's the highest number since the start of the recession. and the price jumps don't end there. the average turkey dinner with all the trimmings will cost you about 13% more than it did last year. republican presidential hopeful newt gingrich may have surprised some conservatives during last night's gop debate. gingrich, who has been surging in some polls said he would not expel all illegal immigrants, for instance, those who have been here 25 years, raised a family, joined a church and obey the law. the texas judge whose videotaped beating of his teenaged daughter went viral has been suspended without pay while the case is being investigated. judge william adams claims his daughter, who is now 23 years old, uploaded the 2004 video because he threatened to cut her financial support after she dropped out of college. former new jersey governor and u.s. senator jon corzyn has been called to testify before congress about the collapse of

mf global, the financial firm he headed until its stunning collapse last month. courtney reagan is at theisticistthe new york stock exchange. good morning. >> investors are holding on to holiday shopping, from the failure of washington and fumbling in europe when it comes to dealing with debts and deficits. the markets are hoping for a santa claus rally to accompany the expected 3% growth of holiday sales. november and december are traditionally strong months for stocks but it's been a rough november so december has some making up to do. natalie, back to you. >> we need a santa claus rally all right. courtney reagan, thanks. a quick roundup of what has you talking joen line, damp, chilly weather has done nothing to quiet the bieber fever here on our plaza, some shivering fans are even calling it bieber-rrrr fever in their tweets. and jennifer lopez may have

lost some of her credibility on the block with her new ad for fiat, shows her driving through home turf in the bronx, break dancers, graffiti artists and kids playing in a hydrant. but the smoking gun says she filmed in los angeles, not the bronx. check out the video from youtube sensation deejay lola, he may be super excited about one particular thanksgiving dish. ♪ some of you know how to do this, some of y'all don't ♪ >> i guess he likes his sweet potatoes. somebody tweet him a thanksgiving dinner invitation because i think he'll need it. 8:04, let's go back to al with a check of your weather. >> announcer: "today's" weather is brought to you by coffeemate. get in the spirit picking up your favorite holiday flavors. >> i yam what i yam.

we have all of our bieber fans, they are ready to rock, baby. we put up the countdown clock? how much time until bieber fever? wow. 14 minutes and 3 seconds. wow! let's check your weather. our picture of the day just happens to be new york city, we got bieber fever, a lot of wet weather, snow up in new england and if you live in the pacific northwest a lot of rain coming in there, heavy rain, winds, mountain snows, heavy rain in the northeast, moving out, that's the good news. in between looking good, fog in >> another possibility of showers as we head towards this afternoon. it will drop into the 40's in

>> and we've got more bieber fever fans this way. they're right next to the guitars, wow! mr. lauer? >> all right, mr. roker, thanks. when we come back, martha stewart's home for the holidays. we'll enjoy a thanksgiving feast with the queen of entertaining, and then, yes, justin bieber live in concert, but first, these messages. ♪ ♪ express yourself ♪ [ female announcer ] your favorite holiday flavors are here. with some new ones to love. ♪ ♪ oh, do it ♪ oh, do it ♪ express yourself [ female announcer ] introducing new warm cinnamon sugar cookie

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>> announcer: "martha on today" is brought to you by macy's. the martha stewart collection is only at macy's and macys.com. >> back now on "martha on today." in a moment, martha will share tips from "martha's entertaining: a year of celebrations." >> as you know we all withent to martha's house to enjoy thanksgiving meal and this morning we enjoy the fruits. >> here it is up on the right. >> it was a day at the farm in bedford, new york. >> welcome to the farm. >> eureka. >> elbow grease, al. >> we worked. and played.

>> you've been preparing for us. >> oh, boy, turkey day. >> the ultimate thanksgiving dinner, courtesy of the ultimate holiday host. >> this is our dining room. >> woo! >> look what we have in front of us. >> beautiful. >> oh my gosh. wow. >> it's beautiful. >> this is perfect. >> martha, this is unbelievable. >> one look at the table and it's he no wonder martha is the queen of entertaining. >> you've got a cornbread in the shape of a curbingy. >> and cranberry sauce. >> i've never seen that. >> and the turkey in the shape of a turkey! >> martha, this is just the way we do it at my house. >> i bet you do. >> before we sit down and talk turkey it's time for matt to present martha with a gift to show our gratitude. >> what do you get martha stewart? we wracked our brains so we have just come up with something just to say thank you very much for

your hospitality and for including us in your lovely holiday. >> a turkey baster, but my new family gave me a cherished object. they gave me themselves on a platter. >> our heads on a platter. >> actually i think the good news, i think you can peel that off. >> oh, i can? thank goodness. >> let's eat. >> thank you, martha. >> i hate cutting up the turkey cornbread. >> martha, i'm coming in. bring it. crispier, near the skin white meat. thank you so much. >> i'm not fussy. i'll take any piece. >> we get to have seconds, martha? >> you can have thirds. >> yay! it's almost too pretty to eat, almost. >> this is good. >> it's perfect. >> amazing. >> my favorite holiday of the year. >> what it is the thing for you that gives you the joy in this? >> seeing clean plates. >> you mean after we do the

dishes or after we're finished eating? >> both. >> what are you thankful for this year, martha? >> i'm thankful for my first grandchild. >> may i propose a toast? >> yes, please. >> to our hostess, martha, thank you for including us in our holiday and happy thanksgiving. see you for christmas, same time, same place. >> i hope so. ♪ ♪ let me entertain you ♪ let me entertain you >> and sha-- sorry. >> you do it. martha stewart good morning. thank you for welcoming us to your house. >> it was fun. >> i don't understand why our pictures are still on that platter. >> i brought it in just to show everybody what a great, clever idea. >> right but you're going to rip our faces off there pretty soon. >> no, i've had it fired and glazed. >> she did that in her spare time around the house. >> on a friday night, fired and

glazed. >> let's talk about the table. we walked into that room, over the top gorgeous. >> but here we've kind of replicated it using these are from home depot, orchids. these are from the supermarket, all the beautiful squash, some of which have been painted gold, just to add a little glitter to the table. the pom pom, these little pom pom place cards are made at home out of yarn and this is the brown sugar turkey that's on the cover of the magazine. >> you'll show us how to make one. >> matchy matchy. >> before we make it, martha, after our little display in your home yesterday, jay leno decided that he really wants to show more of what happened in your house. >> i'd like to see. >> martha stewart invited the "today" show into her home this morning to show them how to prepare a thanksgiving turkey. some people say her metds are kind of unorthodox. take a look. >> oh, boy, turkey day is the

most fun day. >> want a little salt and pepper on there? >> yes. here's a fabulous trick i learned over at uc davis. >> pepper spray, right? >> jay leno? >> we're not going to do that here. what are we doing? >> to make that beautiful brown sugar turkey mold you can get these plastic molds at the cooking store, cooking supply store, just brown sugar and a little bit of water makes it wet enough to pack into the mold. >> just like sand. >> it is. >> and once it dries, here is one that's dry, you can just invert it and, oops. that's not dry enough. here's one that's dry. it must be totally dry. >> that's hard. >> and you make two of these and stick them together with royal

icing, confectioner's sugar and egg white. >> this is edible, no? >> no. >> well you could eat it if you want to but who is? >> a mouthful of brown sugar. >> children. they would eat it. >> and the pom pom, turkeys are very, you know how to make a pom pom? >> i remember doing these in, as a kid. >> two rings like this, wrap your yarn around and around the rings, and then once you get it nice and fat, you cut it right around here. >> we're running out of time here. >> and put a string around it and there is your pom pom. >> and the top on. >> make two, little and a big and make a pretty little tail out of any kind of paper like that. >> nice. >> martha, thank you. it was great. thanks for having us. we had a great time. we really did. happy thanksgiving. >> gorge us. >> good luck with justin. >> baton down the hatches. >> now here's savannah.

thanks. along with the turkey and stuffing, many families have made a trip to the movies part of their thanksgiving traditions so what should you see over the holiday weekend, what should you miss? jess kakill, you've been busy screening the movies for us. every single movie is interesting. >> i don't see any turkeys on this list. >> no turkeys. >> one i'm looking forward to is the muppets. >> i'm shocked at how many adults who say they're so excited about the muppets. >> it's a certain generation. >> the muppets themselves have made a huge comeback because of this movie in a gigantic marketing push. jason siegel rounds up the muppets and put on one last show to save their theater and miss piggy is a fashion editor in paris, they find her and kermit lives in this decrepit mansion like a has been celebrity, drives up in a rolls-royce.

balances that humaor for kids ad adults like the old muppets did. it's right up your alley. >> "my week with marilyn" is getting a lot of buzz. >> especially for michelle williams, based on a memoir by a guy who was a production assistant on "the prince and the showgirl" a movie that marilyn monroe did in the 1950s. the move hoie has gotten a lukem response but michelle williams is now part of this amazing best oscar raise, also meryl streep as margaret thatcher. >> michelle williams looks totally transformed. >> she's amazing in everything she does. "hugo" family friendly 3-d film but the director may surprise them, martin scocrcese. >> he's made "hugo" based on a little boy who lives in a train

station and he strikes up a friendship with an elderly man who turns out to be george melliere, great old french filmmaker. it may be slow for kids but i loved the amazing visuals as you see in the clips and also a movie for people who love movies. >> it's the history of film. >> yes. >> finally we've got "the artist." this is truly a silent film. >> it's a new movie but a silent film, it's black and white and also really romantic and really moving and really funny, and i think that it might be one of those weird hits like "crouching tiger hidden dragon" or "slumdog millionaire" people love because it's so different and so good. >> they pull it off, even though it is silent. >> i bet it will get an oscar nomination too. >> "arthur for christmas" people like to pile in to the theater for w the kids. >> this is from the people of "wallace and grommitt" and it's

about santa claus's son. >> thank you so much. have a great weekend. now we head outside to matt. ♪ >> announcer: the toyota concert series on "today," brought to you by toyota. >> savannah, thank you very much. we didn't think this crowd could wait any longer, so ladies and gentlemen, justin bieber! ♪ ♪ get your, get your hands up, get your, get your hands up ♪ ♪ hands up, y'all ♪ see i never thought that i could walk through fire ♪ ♪ i never that i could take the burn ♪ ♪ i never had the strength to take it higher until i reached the point of no return ♪

♪ yeah, and there's just no turning back when your heart's under attack ♪ ♪ gonna give everything i have it's my destiny ♪ ♪ i will never say never ♪ i will fight ♪ i will fight 'til forever ♪ make it right ♪ whenever you knock me down i will not stay on the ground ♪ ♪ pick it up, pick it up, pick it up, pick it up, up, up ♪ ♪ and never say never, ne-never say never ♪ ♪ never ♪ ne-never say never ♪ i never thought that i could feel this power, i never thought that i could feel this free ♪ ♪ i'm strong enough to climb the highest tower ♪ and i'm fast enough to run across the sea ♪

♪ and there's just no turning back when your heart's under attack ♪ ♪ gonna give everything i have cause this is my destiny ♪ hands up, let's go! ♪ i will never say never ♪ i will fight ♪ i will fight 'til forever ♪ make it right ♪ whenever you knock me down i will not stay on the ground ♪ ♪ pick it up, pick it up, pick it up, up, up, up ♪ ♪ never, say never ♪ i will never say never, yeah, yeah ♪ ♪ i will fight 'til forever ♪ whenever you knock me down i will not stay on the ground ♪ ♪ pick it up, pick it up, pick it up, up, up, up, up ♪ ♪ never say never ♪ never say never, yeah, never say never ♪ ♪ yeah, never say never, never

say never ♪ ♪ never say never, never say never ♪ ♪ get your, get your, get your hands up ♪ ♪ never say never >> justin bieber out on the plaza. hello young man. how are you? >> pleasure to be here. >> welcome back, and take a gander, if you will. i don't know if you can see to the far reaches back there, 48th street, but this crowd goes around to fifth avenue. when i came in at 4:30 this morning, we were up to 55th street on fifth avenue. give me a sense of what this is like for you? >> it's a wonderful time here. this is amazing. >> you're 17, right. when you were 13, 14, was there someone in your life that you

would wait out in the rain for 48 hours to see? >> girls have dedication i've never seen before in anybody, so they're really inspiring and i don't know, i don't think i've had anything that was this admirable. >> you released a christmas album, i understand it was a single and you decided to go further with it, why? >> i really wanted to make a christmas album mainly for my fans and definitely for the holiday season i want to give back, you know, to people in need. we launched a drive, more than 50 charities worldwide so it's really crazy. >> your life, you have been here a lot of times and we appreciate that and you're always on a treadmill it seems, a roller coaster. do you get to take a little time for the holidays? >> i spend time, yeah, well thanksgiving i'm going to spend some time with some family and it's going to be really special. >> is the kind of music in the holiday album what's playing at

the bieber house over the holidays? >> i this i my family, they like to embarrass me a little bit so they'll be playing my music. >> they like to embarrass you? >> they do. >> when i was a kid my dad sold bicycles. >> actually i remember getting a lead bike my first two-wheeler, i thought i was the king of the world. >> sting ray? >> it was christmastime, i couldn't ride it because it was all snowy in the front yard so i had to wait until the snow went away. >> there's a commercial, i liked it, made me laugh because you had a sense of humor about what's happening to you these dies. let me show it and we'll talk on the other side. >> i'm going to macy's black friday sale. yeah, i know it's pretty cool. starts at midnight. is this the right way? i'll take that as a yes. >> i have one thing to say. it's cool. you can have fun with it, can't you? >> it's cool.

my fans are amazing. they travel across the world to see me and i'm very blessed. >> got lots more music from justin bieber including a special performance with usher, but first these messages and your >> live, local, latebreaking. this is wbal-tv 11 news today in baltimore. >> good morning. i am mindy basara. >> dealing with a new problem on the east side of the beltway. busy spot for this time of the morning. additional delays because of it. silver, watch for an accident in the city. another accident at falls road. entire beltway but the most part running smoothly with the exception of the spot at 70. dogwood road, downed tree. dealing with flooding-related closures in reisterstown.

taliban road. -- route 30 closed at mount gilead road. no problems on j.f.x. southbound. northbound we have the accident at the falls road. east side, at 702, chesaco, traffic very slow heading to the accident scene. >> we have the heavy batch of rain earlier this morning here comes another round. line of showers moving through a carroll county. even behind that, we will attract more rain heading towards the state. into the afternoon you could see slower travel because of the possibility of a couple of showers. in the seven-day forecast, we dry out into tomorrow. this afternoon it is going to get colder. high temperatures will only be in the mid-50's this afternoon. 35 tonight, 50 tomorrow. sunshine not only on thanksgiving day, ,the ravens

game as well. as we go to the weekend, the dry whether continuing. >> thanks for joining us. another update at 8:56. [ dog barking ] mom!

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i love iced coffee. drinkin' dunkin'. i'm drinkin' dunkin'. drinkin' dunkin'. dunkin'... iced coffee. i run on dunkin' iced coffee. america runs on dunkin' coffee. ♪ girl you're my one love 8:30 now on this wednesday morning, the 23rd day of november, 2011. we have a huge crowd that's already been rocking, because justin bieber was nice enough to kick off his concert a little bitterly and we are just getting started. we have a whole half hour of music coming up with justin bieber and i understand i'm ann curry, along with matt lauer, al

roker, natalie morales and the aforementioned justin bieber. great to have you here. >> thank you so much for having me. >> we were just talking earl whier that justin will get to spend some time over the holidays with his family and friends. if you're going to be checking us out tomorrow on thanksgiving day, bobby flay, noted chef will be here with great recipes. >> if you want to get a jumpstart go to today.com, you can download the recipes and cook along with bobby tomorrow morning on "today." >> and justin, not to put you on the spot here but who are your favorite tv daytime hosts? >> favorite tv daytime hosts. >> come on. >> these guys right here! >> yes! >> so we have justin bieber's vote. your time to vote because we have been nominated for a people's choice award, matt, ann, al, savannah and i, as a group, up for favorite daytime tv hosts. find out how to vote on our website today.com. >> maybe justin could tweet that. could you tweet that for us? >> maybe, i can't make any

promises. but maybe. i might be able to do that. >> it's tough pocompetition. >> if you vote for us justin will come back and do the show every week from now on, every day. >> every day. >> i understand you're up for a people's choice as well. i think you are. >> mr. roker? >> we have good weather for the concert. let's look to your weekend, friday, we got beautiful weather up and down the eastern seaboard, out west, more wet weather, rain in the mid plains and on saturday, sunny along the eastern seaboard, wet from minnesota down to the gulf coast and showers in the pacific northwest. sunny and mild from texas into the southwest. sunday, sunday! look for more sunshine along the east coast. heavy rain, wind in the pacific northwest, sunny and mild, gulf coast into texas and the southwest, sunny but cold in the northern plains. that's what' >> we had a round of heavy rain

this morning. it is dropping into the 40's in western maryland. >> our justin bieber fever countdown clock is almost at zero, but before we do that, let's check in with uncle willy scott. >> hey, it's that time of the year. trees up in new york, such a pretty, what a wonderful new york in the fall, and early winter with christmas, oh, fantastic. the u.s. capital historical society has their wonderful christmas tree ornament or whatever you want it to be, now available and this is something else you could buy, these are great christmas gifts and i don't know, i don't think, they're about 20 bucks or

something. check them out if you will. wonderful. nice. happy birthday to our friends, good old smucker's. the wheel of life spins around and you will see some of my friends and soon to be yours, here is mary wilkins of town & country, missouri, and she is 100 years old today. her secret to longevity is simply listening and paying attention while people are talking and also getting lots of sleep. how about that? you can't beat that combination. sleep while they talk. here is ann wasserman and she is from west orange, new jersey, i have a lot of friends up there, believe it or not, 100 years old today. great restaurant, a couple of great restaurants. loves to knit and bake. how about that. oh, combination, send me your baked goods and your knitting. here is lovely sam samson, and he is from beverly hills, in the

great state of california. he's 100 years old, avid movie buff, loves to go see every picture, a lot of work in the movie business living up in that part of the country. mary boehme from canton, ohio, a lot of toys in canton, ohio, 100 years old today and loves to sing and play bridge. can't do it at the same time. very smart game, bridge, you got to learn your stuff to play bridge, and blanche young is from greensboro, north carolina, 100 years old today, attributes her longevity to having all sorts of good times and her ties with her family and her church. and finally on the birthday round trip of life we have sister mary raphael speer, here in washington, d.c., 101, loves to have fun in love and loves to

serve her god. that's all from your nation's capital and now back to new york. >> all right, willard, thank you very much. are you ready to go? >> i was born ready, matt. >> when we come back he's got the rest of the half hour, but first this is "today" on nbc.

our huge crowd waited all night in the wind and rain, and now the young man they've been waiting for, ladies and gentlemen, justin bieber! ♪

♪ chestnuts roasting on an open fire, jack frost nipping at your nose, yeah, yeah, yeah ♪ ♪ yuletide carols being sung by a choir and folks dressed up like eskimos ♪ ♪ everybody knows a turkey and some mistletoe, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ♪ help to make the season brig bright ♪ ♪ i know it's been said, many times, many ways, merry christmas, to you ♪ ♪ they know that santa's on his way ♪

♪ he's holding lots of toys and many goodies for his sleigh ♪ ♪ and every mother's child is gonna spy to see if reindeer really know how to fly ♪ ♪ and so i'm offering this simple phrase, yeah ♪ ♪ to kids from one to 92 ♪ although it's been said many time ♪ ♪ many ways hands up, y'all. ♪ merry christmas to you ♪

♪ and so i'm offering ♪ offering a simple phrase ♪ simple phrase ♪ yeah, yeah ♪ yeah, yeah to kids from to 92 ♪ ♪ to 92 ♪ yeah, yeah ♪ although it's been said many times ♪ ♪ many ways ♪ merry christmas, merry christmas, yeah ♪ ♪ merry christmas, merry christmas, yeah, yeah, to you ♪

>> thank you. merry christmas y'all. >> merry christmas, everybody! ush ear raymond. usher raymond. >> that's not all. more from justin bieber but first this is "today" on nbc. ♪ merry christmas, merry

from the "did you know" file, did you know that justin bieber is the first male artist ever to debut at number one with a holiday album, and the single from that album is already a hit. ladies and gentlemen, once again, justin bieber with" mistletoe." ♪ it's the most beautiful time of the year ♪ ♪ lights through the street spreading so much year ♪ ♪ i should be playing in the

winter snow but i'm only under the mistletoe ♪ ♪ i don't want to miss out on the holiday ♪ ♪ but i can't stop staring at your face ♪ ♪ i should be playing in the winter snow ♪ ♪ but i'm gonna be under the mistletoe with you, with you, shorty with you, ♪ ♪ shorty with you, you, you under the mistletoe ♪ ♪ everyone's gathering around the fire ♪ ♪ chestnuts roasting like a hot july ♪ i should be chilling with the folks i know but i'm gonna be under the mistletoe ♪ ♪ word on the streets and it's coming tonight, rain is flying through the sky so high ♪ ♪ i should be making a list i know but i'm gonna be under the mistletoe ♪ ♪ ♪ with you, shorty with you, you, you ♪ ♪ shorty with you, you, you,

under the mistletoe ♪ ♪ sing it, you, you, you, shorty with you ♪ ♪ with you, you, you, shorty with you, you under the mistletoe ♪ ♪ the wisemen followed a star the way i follow my heart and let me to a miracle ♪ ♪ and love, don't you buy me nothing snoelts i ain't feeling but one thing but one thing, your lips on my lips ♪ ♪ it's the most beautiful time of the year ♪ ♪ lights fill the streets spreading so much cheer ♪ ♪ i should be playing in the winter snow ♪ ♪ i don't wanna miss out on the

holiday ♪ but i can't stop staring at your face ♪ i should be playing in the win toe snow but i'm gonna be under the mistletoe ♪ ♪ with you, shawty with you, with you, shaty with you ♪ ♪ with you, under the mistlet mistletoe ♪ ♪ kiss me underneath the mistlet mistletoe, show me baby that you love me so ♪ ♪ oh, oh, oh, oh, oh ♪ kiss me underneath the mistletoe, show me baby that you love me so ♪ ♪ oh, oh, yeah, yeah, oh, oh, oh ♪ >> justin bieber with "mistletoe." he's not done yet.

there's more music in a moment but first this is "today" on nbc.

here he is with his classic take featured in a new film called "arthur christmas" opening in theaters today. once again, ladies and gentlemen, justin bieber!

♪ ♪ santa claus is coming to town ♪ ♪ you better watch out, you better not cry ♪ ♪ you better not pout i'm telling you why ♪ ♪ here we go ♪ santa claus is coming to town ♪ ♪ santa claus is coming to town ♪ ♪ he's making a list, he's checking it twice ♪ ♪ he's gonna find out who's naughty or nice ♪ ♪ santa claus is coming to town ♪ ♪ he's making a list, he sees you when you're -- he knows when you've been bad or good so be good for goodness sake ♪ ♪ you better watch out, you

better not cry ♪ ♪ you better not pout i'm telling you why ♪ ♪ santa claus is coming to town ♪ here we go ♪ ♪ ♪ town ♪ he's making a list ♪ you better watch out ♪ you petter not cry ♪ you better not pout i'm telling you why ♪ ♪ santa claus is coming to town ♪ ♪ he's gonna find out who's naughty or nice ♪ ♪ santa claus is coming to town oh ♪ ♪ he sees you when you're sleeping ♪ he knows when you're awake ♪ ♪ he knows when you've been bad or good so be good for goodness sake ♪ ♪ you better not pout i'm

telling you why, santa claus is coming to town ♪ oh ♪ ♪ shake it, shake it, baby, shake it, shake it, baby ♪ ♪ do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do ♪ shake it, shake it, baby, shake it, shake it, baby ♪ ♪ do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do ♪ ♪ he sees you when you're sleeping ♪ he knows when you're awake ♪ ♪ he knows when you've been bad or good ♪ ♪ be good for goodness sake ♪ hey, you better not cry, you better not pout i'm telling you why ♪ ♪ santa claus is coming to town, whoa ♪ i love you guys. you guys are amazing! ♪ to town ♪ oh

♪ yeah ♪ santa claus is coming to town ♪ ♪ santa claus is coming to town ♪ santa claus is coming to town ♪ ♪ santa claus is coming to town ♪ santa claus is coming to town ♪ santa claus is coming to town ♪ ♪ santa claus is coming to town ♪ ♪ santa claus is coming to town ♪ ♪ santa claus is coming to, santa claus is coming to town ♪ thank you. >> justin bieber! thank you so much. and we're joined up here by usher as well. you know what, i hope, we just wanted to talk to you a second you've been behind this young

man for a very long time and this is the great part, this is what's great but there have been hard times he's had to deal with on other subjects. what has this been like in terms of the education? there's no textbook for the 16 and 17-year-old to read and say this is how my life is going to take. what's the education been like? >> it's been positive for me, just about staying positive and focusing on what's important and what's important is fans and you know, just i'm in a very blessed position. i can't let things like that bring me down. >> usher what advice have you given this young man? you've been through this kind of thing. >> well, i mean, a lot of is, popularity makes you a target, but the point is we're focusing on more positive things this year, and having a number one album, first number one christmas album ever is a great accomplishment and i think that speaks to the world that no matter what negativity comes your way, there's always something positive there.

>> focusing on the positive side, when you see this, usher and justin, you see this sea of people, what does it do for you when you see this? >> it's powerful to think that someone and so many people, you know, can love you so much and i just feel so loved. i feel like these fans are my family. >> these are the greatest fans in the world. absolutely.

>> live, local, latebreaking. this is wbal-tv 11 news today in baltimore. >> good morning. i am mindy basara. here is a look at one of our top stories. police have one man in custody but are searching for the person who helps him rob a westminster wal-mart. and perkins was arrested after police say he and another man tried to walk out of a store

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>> still another possibility of showers as we head into the afternoon. temperatures will be dropping down to 54 this afternoon. only in the 40's in the mountains. colder tonight. showers should end after the evening. >> we will