good morning. surprise endorsement. >> i hereby officially and enthusiastically endorse newt gingrich for president of the united states. >> herman cain saying newt gingrich is his choice for president and saying the former house speaker is not afraid to propose big ideas that would benefit the country. we're live on the campaign trail. grim discovery. the search for baby ayla reynolds has taken a turn for the worse. police in maine reveal they found blood in the basement of her father's home. and no hurry. since their spectacular royal wedding last april we've all been waiting for news of the next heir to the throne. will william and kate announce their baby news any time soon? or is the couple taking a pregnant pause?

"today," sunday, january 29th, pregnant pause? "today," sunday, january 29th, 2012. captions paid for by nbc-universal television good morning, everyone. welcome to "today" on a sunday morning, i'm lester holt. >> and i'm jenna wolfe. not that everybody asks me but i think we should marinate in the wedding and the hoopla of the wedding a little bit before we dive head first into a baby. >> there's a lot of pressure as to when they'll announce they're going to have a family. we're getting some insight on that. >> okay. >> we've got a lot to talk about including politics. herman cain came out last night with kind of a surprise endorsement of newt gingrich. >> cain's been keeping a low profile since dropping out of the gop race. but last night, he was out to support fellow georgian newt gingrich. could cain's endorsement give gingrich a boost? we're going to take a look at that coming up in a little bit. >> then a lawsuit involving reality show wedding planner

david tutera. a new york couple says he broke his vows to them by tripling the cost of the wedding reception and leaving them at the altar. we'll take a look at how their real-life dream wedding turned into a nightmare. >> and speaking of reality tv we're going to tell you about a new crime solving show with a little bit of a twist in what can only be described as a real-life "silence of the lambs." the program uses a convicted serial killer who's serving multiple life sentences to help solve cold cases. it's fascinating. we're going to take a look at their unique approach to that. >> apparently he's kind of spot-on in some of the things he comes up with. we want to begin with news out of florida. with just two days to go before that state's primary, former presidential hopeful herman cain has come out to endorse newt gingrich. nbc's ron mott is in florida to tell us more about it. ron, good morning. >> hey, lester, good morning to you. newt gingrich is expected to attend church services here behind me a little later this morning, armed, perhaps with his bible and what he hopes with be a game-changing endorsement.

take a look at the front page of the tampa bay times this morning. the headline leads romney holds solid lead. he has pulled ahead in every florida region behind a deluge of tv ads. this particular 308 shows him ahead of newt gingrich by eleven percentage points. herman cain was at one time in the polls in this crowded gop field the front-runner. he, of course, suspended his campaign in december amid allegations of sexual harassment and a long-standing extramarital affair. allegations that he denied. but ten days ago, as he delivered the keynote address at the southern republican leadership conference up in columbia, south carolina, he said he was going to make an endorsement. all the cameras showed up for that endorsement, he endorsed for we the people which a lot of people found strange. he then followed that up with a rather strange rally with the comedian stephen colbert who has been complaining about the campaign financing laws that allow these super pacs to spend untold amounts of money. and last night he showed up announced at this gop winner in west palm beach, florida, and stepped up to the microphone.

>> i hereby officially and enthusiastically endorse newt gingrich for president of the united states. >> all right. a lot of folks will be asking exactly what this endorsement will mean, if anything, here in florida, and beyond. we can tell you that speaker gingrich and herman cain plan to hit the campaign trail tomorrow, lester, as they crisscross around florida trying to shake loose a few more votes. >> ron mott, thanks very much. david gregory is moderator of the "meet the press." david, good morning. good to see you. >> good morning, lester. >> a little bit of a surprise, cain, coming out with that endorsement last night. what are you hearing about what was going on behind the scenes that led up to it? >> well, to be honest, i don't think cain is going to rock the political world with this endorsement at this particular time. but i think it's indicative of something else that's going on. which is there is a kind of grassroots rebellion that's going on. just as the establishment of the republican party has been piling on gingrich, now you have some of these tea party activists, some of the grassroots of the

campaign saying, not so fast here. gingrich is somebody who should really be considered, we don't want somebody anointed to be the nominee of this party. i think all of this together reflects the unease in the party. the dynamic in the party, which is more anti-establishment, more tea party focus. and i think it's the potential, then, for this race to go on a little while, as the party has to deal with this unease. >> and that leads to my next question, i think on "meet the press" this morning you'll unveil the latest nbc news/mis poll. where is the wait shifting in this race? >> you're looking at that electability question. and i think romney, again, is coming up big in this particular area. who can beat president obama? romney scores well. he did so in the first few contests. and then had a huge setback in south carolina, where gingrich was winning on that score. i think he got a look for romney in florida. not just to win, if he can do that. but whether he can pull together the disparate elements of the republican party, conservatives, tea party folks, evangelicals, can he demonstrate that he can

be someone who can win the full breadth of the republican party, not just the wealthy in the party, not just moderates in the party, but can he really appeal to conservatives? that's been the ongoing question throughout this and as he goes into the south, as we get close to super tuesday he's got to demonstrate he can do that. >> coming out of south carolina we've seen such a remarkable change in the romney campaign. he's come out stronger, much more forceful against gingrich. we've also seen this anti-gingrich momentum take over, you know, bob dole and others. john mccain. is that all acting in concert? is that all one strategy? >> no question about it. i mean, this has been a coordinated effort to finally take on the number two in this race, and try to get him out of the race, effectively, and defeat him. i mean, romney, i think, for a long time, was relying on an air of inevitability. and that sometimes can get rocked in the course of debates or with a big loss. and then the candidate really focuses and focuses on taking out the person who is most threatening to him. that was the strategy on the

debate stage, on the air in florida, and on the ground. and that's what romney has done as he goes into tuesday. >> what else is coming up on "meet the press" this morning? >> well, we're going to have a debate between romney and gingrich surrogates john mccain, fred thompson. we'll also hear from david axelrod. of course the president's state of the union really campaign blueprint for the re-election effort. we'll talk to him about that. >> david, thanks very much. >> thanks, lester. >> now here's jenna. >> lester, thanks. some disturbing news this morning in the case of missing baby ayla reynolds. the 20-month-old disappeared from her father's home in maine six weeks ago. now police confirm that they found blood in the basement of that home. nbc's veronica de la cruz reports. >> my reaction is i'm still trying to concept the exact that blood was found. of my daughter's. that's my reaction, okay? >> reporter: police say they aren't sure whose blood it is they found in the basement of justin dipietro's house, father of missing 20 yield ayla reynolds, or how long it's been there. they are still convinced there

was foul play in ayla's disappearance and they're not getting the whole story from the three adults who were there when she went missing, including dipietro, his girlfriend and his sister. >> that someone came in that back door, snuck in her bedroom, took her, vanished in the middle of the night, and none of those three adults heard or saw anything. that's very frustrating. we think they know more than they're telling us. >> reporter: both of the missing girl's parents attended a vigil on saturday. after six weeks of searching and finding no trace of ayla police don't have any immediate plans to keep looking. >> we're no closing to finding ayla today than they were on december 17th. >> reporter: while a mother continues to hold out hope, despite today's grim news. >> i want to know what happened to my daughter. and i want to know where she is. and who took her. >> reporter: for "today," veronica de la cruz, nbc news. >> let's head over to the news desk now and get the rest of the top stories from thomas roberts. >> hi, guys, good morning. we start in italy for you where

rough seas are delaying recovery and salvage operations at the site of the cruise ship disaster there. nbc's michelle kosinski is in giglio with the very latest for us. michelle, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, thomas. this is exactly what searchers did not want to happen at this stage. bad weather, in the form of big waves. you can see them around the ship, crashing into it today. and actually causing it to move, to sink deeper, at the rate of about a centimeter an hour. i know that doesn't sound like much. we're talking about a 1,000 foot long cruise ship here but that is enough instability to make things dangerous for divers and to force them out of the water today. both in their quest to find more of the missing victims, and in their attempt to remove all of the fuel on board. this is a big problem for them. more of a delay, although yesterday divers were able to recover the body of the ship's young peruvian cocktail waitress found in a submerged deck where people were told to wait to be rescued. thomas? >> nbc's michelle kosinski in italy for us. michelle, thank you. back here at home, occupy

protests turned violent saturday in oakland, where about 200 people were arrested after clashing with police. some of the protesters threw rocks, bottles and flares and vandalized city hall. police responded with tear gas and flash grenades. fighting continues between the syrian military and army defectors on the eastern edge of damascus. state media reports nine more people were killed today. and arab league monitors have pulled out to protest the escalating violence. barely clinging to power yemen's president ali abdullah sal la arrived in the united states on saturday. an said says that sala is being treated in a new york city hospital for burns and other wounds received in an assassination attempt back in june. u.n. nuclear inspectors arrived in iran today. the day its lawmakers consider a ban on oil exports -- or exports, excuse me, to europe in revenge for new u.n. sanctions. a demonstration was held at the airport in tehran to protest the arrival of those inspectors. three people are dead after

an suv tried to beat a commuter rail train at a crossing in sacramento on saturday. the resulting collision killed a man, woman, and an 18-month-old baby in a nissan pathfinder. the collision also injured six people on board that train. and finally, prince william and kate are putting off having a baby at least until next year. the royal couple says right now it wants to focus on the queen's diamond jubilee in june and the london olympics in july. there had been hopes of a jubilee baby, but will and kate say that they're in no hurry to start that family. the news comes, though, as kate begins her solo official engagements next month after william leaves for a six-week military tour of duty in the falkland islands. now back over to lester, jenna. i think a hat trick is coming up for the royal family with that baby maybe this year. this could be a red herring. >> this could be. >> a couple more cliches and you may be back to do the next segment. >> thank you. i do a morning show here. >> love it.

>> janice huff is here. good morning. >> good morning. you know this lack of winter weather certainly is a bit unsettling for some people. but here we go. yet another week where the temperatures are 20 to 25 degrees above average from the eastern seaboard, out to the southern states, through texas, even the central rockies. denver a high of 60 day and near 80 in los angeles. there is some winter weather to talk about over parts of the great lakes. a little bit of light snow over upper michigan. also over lake ontario. eastern side of the lake, snow and ice over the northern roc rockies and the bitterroots of idaho and there's that precipitation mostly in the form of rain coming onshore in the pacific northwest. much of washington and oregon. >> good morning. we'll see a mix of sun and clouds throughout the day. dry early on and temperatures above normal. 48 by the afternoon in baltimore. 50 in southern maryland. mountains with snow showers.

>> now here's lester. >> janice, thanks. now to san diego, where a 43-year-old navy doctor's wife faces a first degree murder trial. she's charged with brutally stabbing her husband, lieutenant commander fredrick trayers, two years ago. it marked the end of a tragic love triangle and may send his wife to prison. nbc's mike taibbi has the details. >> reporter: jennifer trayers sometimes cried in court. emotional over the photos of her late husband, or of the crime scene. and over the testimony of the other woman, danielle rollins, who testified about her love of a married man. >> he seemed to be eager to have a future with me. >> reporter: on december 5th, 2010, the chance with any future with lieutenant commander trade

trayers ended. colleagues alerted plips he was missing. at his college jennifer trayers was bleeding and her husband dead. ten stab wounds in all. one early and fatal thrust directly into his heart. still, jennifer's defense attorney said, she continued her frenzied attack, not thinking rationally. >> i fully believe that you will vote not guilty on murder, but guilty on voluntary manslaughter. >> reporter: but the prosecutor says it was murder, not manslaughter. and twice the maximum prison sentence, as much as 25 years, because the attack was planned. >> the evidence will show that she waited to catch him unprepared. that she armed herself with knives. >> reporter: and she also left a long e-mail for her husband's mistress, addressed, dear mrs. wonderful, the conclusion paraphrased by the prosecutor. >> that the woman who had been having a relationship with

doctor trayers would not have the opportunity of any future relationship with him, and that the defendant, jennifer trayers, would be the last person that dr. trayers would ever be with. >> reporter: legalese, for, if i can't have him, nobody can. for "today," mike taibbi, nbc news, los angeles. this week jennifer trayers is expected to take the stand in her own defense. up next here on "today" on a sunday, left at the altar. why one new york city couple is suing wedding planner to the stars david tutera. that's after these messages.

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a new york couple is suing celebrity wedding planner david tutera. they say the star of "my fair wedding" said i don't on their wedding day. nbc's michelle franzen joins us with more. michelle, good morning. >> good morning. the bride and kwroom say their special day was ruined after hiring tutera to plan their destination wedding and were told right before their big day he would be a no-show. now the couple is vowing to take

him to court. on the reality series "my fair wedding" david tutera is famous for paying attention to every last detail. and for making last-minute changes that would stress out any bride before she says i do. >> you want a picnic barbecue? >> reporter: but a brooklyn couple claims their real-life dream wedding turned nightmare takes the cake. and is suing the star planner. newlyweds wendy lead perez and hector santana look happy in these photos. but in a lawsuit the couple claim they were left at the altar, by tutera. they say the elite planner failed to show up in the dominican republic to finalize their wedding plans. leaving his staff, and the couple, scrambling to find vendors to provide the cake, flowers, even furniture. the couple is not speaking publicly but their lawyer issued a statement saying, quote, mr. and mrs. santana are hard working professionals, and hope that mr. tutera and his team keep this matter civil, and not

allow it to deteriorate into unnecessary name calling. tutera's publicist also responded. saying, david tutera always strives to execute his clients' vision, and to make their wedding a special day they will never forget. it is unfortunate that santana/perez were unhappy with their wedding and felt they had to take legal action. tutera is sought after by couples and celebrities to create elaborate weddings and parties. according to the complaint, the couple hired tutera and his company after attending a wedding seminar in 2009. and were told the $15,000 fee includes anything and everything that is needed to make the wedding happen. the couple claims those costs tripled. not surprising, say wedding planners, who said the average cost of a wedding in the u.s. is $28,000. did say they you could have a wedding in the dominican republic planned by david tutera for $13,000 less than that seems

either incredibly naive or purposely out to lunch. >> reporter: last year another couple filed a lawsuit against tutera but later dropped their claim and reportedly agreed to a settlement. jenna? >> all right, michelle franzen. thank you very much. still to come on "today," queen elizabeth and princess diana. a new look at their relationship and how it changed with one 1995 interview. but first, these messages. chan ces are you've probably had your kraft macaroni and cheese stolen. now there is a policy that covers you in the event of macaroni and cheese loss: macsurance. an insurance policy for mac and cheese? talk to me. i have a policy with kraft that covers me in case a grown-up eats my share. with kraft macsurance you have piece of mind in an unsafe world. coverage feels good! [ male announcer ] gooey, creamy, delicious kraft macaroni & cheese. you know you love it. - neil lane's jewelry designs are uniquely beautiful. one look, and it's easy to see why his rings are worn

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>> good morning. i'm kate amara. the time is 8:26. here's a look at some of our top stories this morning. the 16th annual poler bear -- polar bear plunge drew thousands to sandy park. the big event kicked off at 10:00 a.m. early numbers showed more than 14,000 swimmers braved the chilly waters of the bay. all the proceeds go to the special olympics. so far this year we're told participants raised $2.5 million. last year's tally ultimately reached nearly $3 million. >> an 18-year-old shool student recovering from eye surgery. he was found brutally beaten

near broadneck high school. the investigation shows he got into an altercation with a 15-year-old after school got out friday. no word on what led to the dispute. police are consulting the state's attorneys office to talk about possible charges. >> congressman john sarbanes will be our guest in the 9:00 hour of "11 news sunday morning." if you have a question send it to us. you can e-mail us at sundayquestions@wbaltv.com. you can also post your question on the front page of our facebook page at wbaltv. >> we're b ♪ ♪

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>> good morning. you are waking up to clouds and sunshine out there. temperatures starting out in the 30's and making their way into the upper 40's. 50 for southern maryland and 48 for the high in ocean city. a chance for wintery showers to move into the mountains. for baltimore this may be a chance in the evening starting off as sprinkles then maybe flurries after 8:00 p.m. something to watch out for if you are on the roads late tonight. that should clear out later on. tomorrow sunshine. high 45. mild weather mid-week. 50 tuesday. 53 for the high wednesday. wednesday comes with a chance for rain. at least later into the day. dry thursday. friday more rain possible. that could change to snow as we look to saturday. >> thank you, ava. thank you for joining us. "11 news sunday morning" continues in 25 minutes.

and we're back on a sunday morning, it's january 29th, 2012, already. another mild winter day here in new york city. our thanks to the oh, so nice group of people who've come out to spend their sunday morning with us. outside on the plaza, i'm jenna wolfe alongside lester holt. still to come in this half hour we're talking about the relationship between queen elizabeth and princess diana. i know it's been awhile back. but now it's coming to light again. >> a fresh look at the relationship between the princess and the queen. like a lot of women, she had a complicated relationship with her in-laws. and it turned apparently on a 1995 tv interview that the princess gave, and it was to someone here at nbc. >> then we're talking about using the expertise of an actual serial killer to solve cold case murders. this is really interesting. the hannibal lecter-like idea is

the premises of a new tv series called "dark minds." two men try to solve unsolved cases. it's a fascinating look at this and we're going to talk with the show's criminal profilers. >> and then you may have heard the story this week about a couple of fishermen who were tossed overboard. this is three years ago. their boat was pro-assumebly lost at sea. well it turned up thousands of miles away. we're going to tell you where and hear from the fishermen coming up. >> then do you remember the first time you remember hearing your parents swear and use a curse word? >> my parents never swear. >> of course not. who am i kidding. it's lester holt. >> i would not say that on tv if they did. >> have you ever -- >> no. >> mr. kosher. there's a new series of books that have come out -- >> my mother would be upset -- >> of course they would. >> and i never heard a first word either. curse words are showing up in the most interesting places on the cover of books that, may actually not be children's books

but for parents of children. >> that's crazy. i've seen that a lot. >> we're going to speak with one of the book's authors. >> let's get another check of the weather from janice. >> thank you so much. of course our crowd is bundled up this morning. it's actually not that bad out here. where are you from? >> hollywood, maryland. >> where are you from? >> newport, rhode island. >> awesome. the weather there is cool, too. but hasn't been a bad winter. not bad at all. let's see what's happening for today across the region. in the pacific northwest you're getting a little bit of winter weather. it's mostly rain, though, over parts of washington, and into oregon. another storm system coming there and flood watches are in effect for you. it will change to some ice and snow over the northern rockies and bitterroots of idaho. look at all the warm weather from los angeles all the way across texas and into parts of the southeast. we've got a patriots fan. getting ready for the super bowl, which will be right here on nbc a week there today. >> good morning.

we'll see a mix of sun and clouds throughout the day. dry early on and temperatures above normal. 48 by the afternoon in baltimore. 50 in southern maryland. mountains with snow showers. >> and you can check your weather any time, just logon to weather.com. now here's lester. >> janice, thanks. a new series on the investigation discovery channel is taking a unique approach to solving cold cases. it's called "dark minds." it takes a second look at unsolved crimes through the eyes of a killer. he collaborates with investigative journalist ann william phelps and criminal profiler john. matthew this has been described as almost a silence of the lambs

type program. are you trying to uncover mistakes by police or trying to create new interest in these cases? >> that's a great question. no, i'm not out there to police the police, if you will, lester. i'm out there in the field to rejuvenate interest in cases that have gone unsolved, and really no investigation is being done. so i'm trying to inject, really, a new interest in the case. >> and john, one of the key characters in this program is someone you refer to as 13. he is a convicted serial killer. >> correct. >> serving multiple life sentences. tell me about the process of bringing him in to this show and how you feel about that. >> well, i think when you're in to a serial hunt you're after a serial killer who's focusing on women and children, i think you have to fight fire with fire, lester. you need to take input from wherever you can get it. >> this guy is on the telephone. we never see him. >> right. >> and he never talks about his

crime. and he's pretty on the money. >> he's been spot-on on a number of occasions. bottom line is, what he's drawing on is his personal experience. he doesn't have a background in criminology or anything. i mean, so what you're hearing is, you know, personal experience, sometimes. and lots of times he's spot-on. sometimes he's off. >> sometimes he's off. >> this coming wednesday night. >> he's on? >> on atlantic city he nails a few things on that episode. so, and i wrestle with this throughout the series. because i've had the tragedy in my own life. >> right. we should mention in 1996, your sister-in-law, pregnant sister-in-law was murdered. that case was unsolved. >> still unsolved to this day. >> it tends to motivate you. >> but also i wrestle with feelings of, should i be using this psychopath. >> he's not paid, though. >> not paid. you don't know about his crimes. he doesn't really talk about himself. he just offers insight like we can't get from anywhere else.

>> right. and you mention atlantic city. this wednesday you're talking about the case on long island of the four girls that were found. and he suggests maybe there's a connection -- >> to long island. >> 13. 13 talks about, he thinks these cases are connected. so i try to track that down and do the best i can. >> when you came up with the idea for this, you did you work with law enforcement or do you work independently from law enforcement? >> both. we work with law enforcement. we work, you know, privately sometimes, we work for the families. bottom line, we're out there, on investigation discovery "dark minds" trying to give a voice to the dead. a voice to the dead. >> how do you choose? unfortunately there are thousands -- how do you choose which ones to profile? >> it's heartbreaking because we can't accommodate everyone. >> right. >> and we have to look at various cases, where we think we can make a difference. >> one thing i can tell you -- >> that's the key. where we think we can add

something to it. we're not there to be the police. >> but is the goal to eventually have an episode, have that case solved the next week? >> absolutely. >> look. in a couple of these cases, the one coming up wednesday night, the atlantic city one, i bring in an interview at the end and this girl describes some very chilling scenes the night before one of the victims was murdered, with that victim. >> it's a fascinating concept. "dark minds" airs on investigation discovery channel at 10:00 eastern on wednesday nights. look forward to it. thanks so much for being here. >> thanks, lester. >> still ahead, a new look at the relationship between princess diana and queen elizabeth coming up after this. [ laughs ]

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basically said charles wasn't fit to be king. >> she's been brave enough to take me on. >> reporter: until then the queen had been diana's biggest supporter. seeing the 19-year-old as a fun and fresh bride for his son, even when her behavior raised eyebrows. she looked out at diana coping all on her own and she really felt for her, a friend is quoted as saying. the queen's thought was that diana was a new girl who was finding it very difficult to get used to things. the birth of prince william led to a period of calm in the royal marriage. it's even said the queen joked to diana, at least he hasn't got ears like his father. there weren't to be many laughs, though, after eleven years diana and charles separated. the queen reluctant to take sides, until, that is, diana gave an interview questioning whether charles should be king, and even suggesting the role she would like. >> i'd like to be a queen of people's hearts, in people's hearts.

>> reporter: for the queen, it was too much. she advised charles and diana to divorce. her majesty's patience had finally run out. for "today," nbc news, london. >> camilla is an nbc news oil expert who's been covering the royal family for several years now. good morning. >> good morning. >> we're going to get to all this news about diana and the queen in just a second. but first i have to ask you about this other news we heard this morning, that will and kate have put their baby plans on hold. any truth to that? >> who ever knows, jenna. there have been so many rumors about when they might start a family. of course it's an inevitability, kate's made no secret about the fact she wants to be a mother. i think the planning is going ahead as normal. one of william's closest aides enjoyed to me, the women in the background were saying, hang on a minute, what about if kate gets pregnant and has a baby and they're just plowing ahead with their plans. if there is a pregnancy on the

horizon they will factor that in. we know that william and kate are going to be doing a tour over in the southeast asia in september or october time. she could cope with that if she was pregnant, and in her second trimester. or they might leave it till next year. at the end of the day only they know. >> baby or not it's going to be a very busy year for them. so now i want to talk about diana and the queen. she spoke, diana spoke very candidly in that 1995 interview about some pretty hefty topics, about her battles with depression and bulimia, about charles' affair with camilla parker bowles. about her own infidelity. she also questioned charles' ability to king. how controversial was this interview? >> well, it was so controversial at the time. ground breaking, really, for diana to speak that candidly to the public. it's one thing her, perhaps, expressing her sorrow over the end of the marriage. but it was quite another, particularly where the queen was concerned, to be commenting on

whether charles is fit to be king or not. also, as pointed out in your piece there, how she almost rivalled the queen in saying that she wanted to be a queen of hearts. that was quite a lot of competition that she was putting up there. effectively she was very much supported by her mother-in-law. that was really the straw that broke the camel's back in their relationship because i think the queen felt that her being so ref lating in that interview was a betrayal. >> before that she got on quite well. diana's relationship with the queen was quite good up until then, was it not? >> diana was very fond of the queen and vice versa. they were confident. i think the queen also wanted to take diana under her wing. she was quite vulnerable and she understood she was very young into the role. she also appreciated diana for making charles a better man at the time, and also being such a good mother to william and mary. i think she was very disappointed, as was prince philip, because people forget, had an extraordinary relationship with his

daughter-in-law. used to write her letters. he was foremost in trying to get charles and diana to work out their differences. yes, they were very close. also the queen appreciated the diana effect. people seemed to suggest that she might be jealous a bit. she wasn't because diana made the royal family so popular when she was alive. >> you mentioned will and harry. how has all of this affected the queen's relationship with her grandsons. >> i think the boys are very, very close to their grandparents. equally i think their relationship with prince charles has improved greatly. he perhaps is quite unfairly not credited enough with the fact that those princes have turned out as well as they have. because of his help, not just the mother that diana was when she was alive. and i think really, both boys are extraordinarily close to their grandparents. you can't forget, of course, the moment where prince philip persuaded william to walk behind diana's coffin, basically signaling that he was supporting him there. >> what do you think the queen has learned from diana's legacy?

you have covered this royal family for so many years. and there was a lot to come out of the marriage, the separation, and then inevitably that tragic death. >> well, i think actually the queen is a great modernizer. and she does accept when she's wrong. and she does change things for the better. and i think the best thing that came out of it that was, of course covered in the film "the queen," she realized she made a mistake in not coming down to london early when diana had died but actually made up for that. i think really all of the royal family learned a lot that week and learned a lot about how diana was regarded across the world, as a figure. but also what the people want from the royal family. and they want the royal family to actually be a bit more normal and less traditional than they might have been in the old days. and the queen, ever mindful of the younger audience, and the future for the royal family, very much can tune in to that. and she's very good at actually listening to the people, which i think is why she's stood the test of time and remained so enteringly popular. >> all right, as always, thank

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now to a remarkable story of lost and found. in 2008, brothers were fishing in their boat called the queen bee off the coast of nantucket. that's when rough seas tipped the boat to its side and flung the two men overboard. they were able to swim to shore but they thought their boat was lost forever. that was until last week when the queen bee turned up in a place no one would ever expect, over 3500 miles away off the coast of spain. here to share their incredible

story is scott and rich. good morning to both of you. >> good morning. >> thank you very much for being here. so take me back a couple years ago you guys are in this fishing boat, you're enjoying a day out on the sea, terrible waves come about, the queen bee tosses you, you're what a mile from shore, did you -- did you think at that time this may be the end, this is how it's all going to end for me? >> you know, it's funny because we both popped up, fortunately. and rich is about 30 or 40 yards away from me and he looks at me and says, i don't feel too good about this, scott. you know, and that's when the realization hits you, like oh, my goodness, the boat is on its way away from us. >> without you. >> and we're looking at one another saying, this could be it. >> mm-hmm. >> and rich you had a heart condition at the time. had to swim over a mile back to shore. couldn't have been good news for you the prospects of getting to shore at that point. >> well, i think it was a lot better prepared for it, since i already had the operation, than i would have been before i had it. but it was, you know, certainly gives you an opportunity to -- to realize how vulnerable you are when you're in that situation.

>> so you make it to shore, you were able to call for help, you're so lucky to be alive. at what point did you think, i wonder where our boat actually went that was still sort of on as it took off and left us behind, when did you think about your boat? >> honestly, i -- after the accident, i thought very little of the boat, because i think the two of us, and i'll speak for myself, were just so fortunate and so happy that both of us made it given the conditions and the situation, that the boat was the last thing. i hoped the boat was fine but i just wanted us to be okay. >> then you get a call, this was over three years ago that your boat was found in spain of all places, spain, the country of spain, not the town of spain where, but the country. what was your reaction, rich? >> well, i was shocked first of all. but it -- it -- know, it was kind of a happy ending to the whole thing. because, we've had to tell this story a million times probably at every cocktail party or something, and at the end the question people ask, you know,

what happened to the boat? and there is all sorts of theories, no of them bad. >> correct. >> but this was, i don't know, i think it was more or less a happy ending to the whole thing. >> well speaking of happy endings i want to really quickly run this if we have time. brian williams on "nightly news" had some fun with your their once was a boat from nantucket. >> there once was a boat from nantucket, that bobbed across the sea like a bucket. hit by winds and heavy rain, it drifted clear to spain. now they must decide whether to chuck it. >> did you? come on. i mean, i guess now that you're all healthy we can make light of the fact all in all we're so happy that you guys and you're both fishing again and you're fishing in nantucket. >> yeah. >> you're a brave man. scott and rich, thank you so much for telling your story, again. it's nice to have you here. >> appreciate it. >> and we're back right after nice messages. it's 1% cash back everywhere, every time. 2% on groceries.

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first time you heard your parents swear? no, of course you don't. >> i told you that already. >> i know, i just double dipping. pretty shocking stuff. cursing used to be reserved for sailors or when you hit your thumb with a hammer and used sparingly. no more. the latest place we're seeing lots of expletives has us wondering what really is in a name. browsing the stacks at your local book store probably makes you feel intellectual. until you come across the title like go the [ bleep ] to sleep. or [ bleep ] finish first. even a book about knitting leads with choice words. what the bleep is going on here?

>> it immediately says, this is cutting edge. this is aimed at young people. >> edgy words that aren't just trending on the best-seller list. >> what the hell happened to you? >> in his new book "shatner rules" william shatner talks about starring in the first network sitcom with a title they couldn't even say. >> bleep my dad says. >> pooh-pooh my dad says doesn't quite have the appeal. sounds like a children's show. >> even the great white way saw expletives up in lights this year with chris rock's turn in the mother blanker with the hat. >> [ bleep ] >> "new york times" etiquette expert and author of "social qs" says it reflects the coarsening of our culture. >> don't be [ bleep ] rude. >> are you kidding me? i can't imagine, philip, walking in to a book it store, walking up to a 90-year-old woman and saying, hey i'm looking for that book, go the bleep to sleep. >> you wouldn't say it to the 90-year-old woman, but to the 19-year-old with a nose ring and

a tattoo on her arm. >> or i would just text her and then she would just bring me the book. >> where are you [ bleep ] >> most people we talk to think it's time to rein in the swear words. >> i think it's getting worse and worse and worse. >> some people say it in every sentence and like, it's not good. >> it shows a lack of education. because if you know your words you don't have to use the naughty ones. >> but editor of author of the children's book parody if you give a kid a cookie will he shut the bleep up disagrees. >> there are other words that have the same feeling, that -- that denote the same kind of emotion from somebody. >> as bleep does? >> as bleep does. >> let me try. >> cheese. >> no. >> okay. that was my first one, calm down. how -- how about horseshoe. >> nope. >> manure. >> not even close. >> nose hair. before i let you go i should mention that i actually wanted to write a book. i have a lot of ideas, actually. i don't know. i just felt like i didn't like

the font. i had this idea that we all walk around on tennis balls. the biggest issue i have with -- >> in new york. >> if i give you a cookie, would you -- >> you know what he was saying there, right? i just want to make sure you got it. i always like in today's society we sort of water down so many words that it's almost bleeding into being okay. >> when i was a kid and i said words like that. you know what would happen? i'd get my mouth washed out with soap. >> that happened to my brother michael one time. humiliating for him. i sat there and laughed. >> we were a zest family. this tastes better. >> better you than me in >> finally today's life illustrated since we launched this new segment you've sent us thousand was your most memorable life moments. >> next week we're doing a football theme for our special super bowl show. >> that's going to do it for "today" on a sunday morning. i'll see you back here tonight on "nbc nightly news." have a great day, everybody.

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