we're back now with more of "today" on a wednesday morning. it's the 31st day of october, 2012. boy, does that look good. the sun is shining here in new york city. first full day that we've seen of that in the last several days. of course, october 31st means it is halloween morning, but while a lot of people across the country and their children will be celebrating tonight, a lot of people in this part of the country will not. obviously their towns have been really hardly affected or hard hit by the hurricane and then tropical storm sandy, so it's going to be an unusual halloween for a lot of people. i'm matt lauer along with savannah guthrie and willie geist. we didn't do our halloween

celebration here this morning, but our thoughts are with the people who are getting to celebrate. meanwhile, the destruction is evident. 6 million people or more are waking up without power today. you've got homes submerged all along the jersey shore, along the coastline of new york and connecticut. the president is going to get a firsthand look at this today as he tours some of the hardest hit portions of new jersey with the governor of that state, chris christie, so we're going to have more on that. >> he'll be getting an aerial tour, and natalie's been getting an aerial look at some of the damage along the jersey shore, and it really gives you a vision of the scope and magnitude of what's happened along the shoreline so we're going to check in with natalie in just a few minutes. >> as you said, matt, a lot of people celebrating halloween and a lot doing it differently. hard to think about candy at a moment like this, but we'll give you tips to be creative. maybe in the wake of the storm we'll do it a little bit differently including a little last-minute pumpkin decorating to make it fun for the kids, despite the weather.

>> all right. but first, as savannah mentioned, natalie is touring some of the hard hit areas by air, and i believe she's flying over hoboken, new jersey, which also happens to be where she lives. natalie, good morning. >> good morning to you, matt. well, of course, i have heard all of the heartbreaking stories from friends, and now i'm getting to see it firsthand from overhead. as you look down, this is the south and west end of town, but much of what you're seeing with cars and people walking in, you know, pretty much about a foot of water, some places it's even two to three feet deep as we've been able to see from up above, but this is a view that is pretty much seen throughout half of this city. it's a very densely populated city. about 50,000 people live here, but about 20,000 or 25,000 people have been stranded according to hoboken's mayor and did not evac a.they are stuck in their homes. the mayor did call in the national guard, and we are

getting our first view that the national guard has arrived. we saw a truck move into town. hopefully being able to get some troops there who may be able to help with the rescue and help some of the residents that are still stuck in their homes. but you see just to give you a perspective of this city, it is, as i mentioned, a very small city, about one mile square, to be exact, but it is so densely populated. when you think about half of those people or so are stuck in their homes not able to go anywhere, it's a pretty scary situation there. now, of course, most people also don't have power. there are some who do, and for the lucky few, i know from neighbors and friends, that they are taking in anybody that they can to help out and a lot of people volunteering as well, but the good news is for the first time we're seeing the national guard arrive here and hopefully getting some much-needed assistance to this city of hoboken. matt? >> natalie, should also mention that people without power, often that means they are without heat

as well, and the weather has taken a turn to the cold side. it's brisk. it's going to be brisk over the weekend, and that's going to make life even more miserable for the people trying to bundle up without heat. >> you speak of the weather, want to check in with al roker in atlantic city. parts of the boardwalk there just obliterated by the storm. al, good morning again to you. >> yeah, good morning, savannah. in fact, there are parts of the boardwalk that are fine, that are untouched, but down at this end this boardwalk has been destroyed, and, in fact, there are parts of the boardwalk that have floated down and are on the main drag of atlantic avenue here in atlantic city, but there is cleanup going on. as you look beyond, you can see dump trucks, front-end loaders working, backhoes, all trying to clean up the mess, that happened thanks to sandy. much of this part of atlantic city still without power. we saw power crews working a couple of blocks down. the mayor says they are going to rebuild. they don't know when, but the

fact of the matter is this town took a direct hit from sandy, and at this time yesterday a good portion of it, at least 70% of atlantic city was underwat water. most of that water is now done. good news for folks in new york city, and as you move up the shoreline up to seaside heights and point pleasant beach where we were the last couple of days, still a mess. people are without power. the barrier islands have physically been changed. i mean, they physically have been changed. this is very reminiscent of the hurricane of 1938 which physically changed the coastline of long island and connecticut permanently. sandy probably will have done the same thing for the shoreline of new jersey. willie? >> all right, thanks. we heard new jersey governor chris christie say yesterday the jersey shore of my youth is no more. al mentioned seaside heights. that's where nbc's lester holt

is for us this morning. what are you seeing today? >> reporter: i'm in point pleasant beach not far away but seeing lots of what al is seeing, lots and lots of damage. this is some of what president obama will likely see on his tour here today. i'm standing at a restaurant in a beachside motel, and i'm standing in sand. it's got to be three or four feet, think about it. this is the breakfast counter right here. on a typical morning like this people would be in here enjoying a cup of coffee, breakfast, maybe watching you guys on tv and checking out the view. by the way, i stayed at this hotel last night, breakfast not included and certainly not power either, but the bed was comfortable. let me show you out here. the sand was swept in by the surge. it goes in block after block after block here. there are homes, vacation homes. there are year-rouyn residents that live here, condos. i found it interesting. this clock up here is one of the few things that was actually running. must be on battery because it actually hats right time, eastern time right now. this is an area where people have been starting to come today

to view the damage for themselves. we mentioned the president and the governor will be touring the jersey shore, but people who live here are touring it, and they are seeing it through different eyes. it's personal. they live here, and now they suffer here. they watch as al pointed out, watch this coastline dramatically change, their lives and homes, many filled with sand and water. the flooding went on for blocks and blocks. they will rebuild here, but as the governor had pointed out, it probably won't be the same. police are manning checkpoints all around this area. they are very concerned about looting. we haven't had any repts of looting, but it's obviously a very, very big concern. so everyone right now in the light of day. the winds are gone. the skies are clear, now getting their first real look at the amount of damage that has occurred along this coast. willie? >> all right, lester holt in point pleasant beach, new jersey this morning. i come from new jersey. people seeing these aerial pictures on television this morning, many of them for the first time, devastated. it's breathtaking footage. some people seeing their own homes on national television.

>> hard to get your arms around it until you see it that way. let's go inside and tamron hall standing by at the news desk with the other stories making headlines. good morning to you. >> good morning, everyone. sandy has thrown a major obstacle on the campaign trail with less than a week to go until election day. president obama is foregoing his scheduled events in battleground states to tour the storm damage in new jersey. he returns to the campaign trail thursday, and while partisan attacks have gone largely quiet in the wake of the storm, republican candidate mitt romney is back to drumming up support today at three events in florida. he plans a major rally friday night in ohio to kick off the home stretch of the campaign. the teen who allegedly confessed to killing 10-year-old colorado schoolgirl jessica ridgeway has been charged as an adult with 17 counts, including four murder charges. prosecutors also say 17-year-old austin sigg sexually assaulted jessica ridgeway f.convicted as an adult, he faces life in

prison. his defense team is still trying to send the case to juvenile court. nasa has compiled a first ever list of minerals found on another planet. the curiosity rover on mars finds the soil on the red planet remarkably similar to the volcanic sand found in hawaii. this discovery will help scientists figure out if our neighbor in the solar system could once have supported life. and yet another shark attack in california, but unlike last week's victim the 25-year-old surfer bitten on tuesday has survived. he's been hospitalized and is in fair condition. fellow surfers helped rescue the man who was suffering from a 14-inch bight from what experts say was likely a great white shark. the city by the bay is shutting down today for a ticker tape parade to honor the 2012 world series champion san francisco giants. the celebration is build as a family-friendly alcohol-free event. many fans are expected to show up in costume since the parade

is happening on halloween and the team colors are orange and black. and marry cory booker did not disappoint during sandy and is still going today. relatives posted tweet, they could not reach because of the flood, booker replied to each worried individual on my way to check in on your family now. one resident wrote about a tree falling on the family house. mayor booker headed to the scene and wrote back. i stopped by and had a good talk with them and they are fine. and when not going door to door he was trying to convince homeless people to get inside a shelter. when one resident offered him a stiff drink as a reward, he implied that he's in for a firm milk shake instead. it is now ten minutes after the hour, so matt, savannah and willie, if peter parker is

spiderman, super cory, what's his alter ego,. >> he's a good man. he's a good guy. knows how to get it done. let get a check now of the weather with al down in atlantic city. >> tamron went with salty-tongued bar guy, wow. that is so random. >> no, no. listen, peter parker is, you know, spider-man. clark kent is superman, so if cory booker is the superhero he has to have an alter ego that's different. never mind. >> okay. >> good to talk to you, tomorrowon. always good seeing you. hey, this just in. the u.s. navy is sending three helicopter carrier ships right off of new york city to provide platforms for the coast guard civilian aircraft and the national guard in case they need landing spots to help carry out

rescues. that's good news. let's take a look at see what we've got as far as our weather is concerned. sandy is still moving out through pennsylvania, but the wrap-around still bringing rain and snow. west virginia, parts of west virginia and virginia may pick up another 1 to 2 feet of snow out of this thing. as you take a look, we'll show you right now, we'll be looking at more rain and snow. winds are going to be a problem, too. look at these winds that will be gusting today on into tomorrow. still in the 20s and 30-mile-per-hour range. as we go through the day today and into tomorrow morning, obviously those winds will die down, but in the meantime it is still going to be a very breezy day, and, again, that snow is going to be a big deal down through west virginia, and parts of the virginias as well. >> good morning.ing the weather will settle down

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>> does a huge party this year. >> and postponed it tonight obviously in light what have happened, but she always has peanut m & ms and regular m & ms in the house. >> very nice. >> and i love that she eats that. >> may postpone her halloween party until christmas and make it a spooky christmas. >> saw that. >> gloria and emilio estefan are in miami and they are trick-or-treating. they give out these unicef boxes which allows kids to collect money and donate to people around the world. >> socially aware. bet and howard stern, intriguing. >> also new yorkers. >> so people are trick-or-treating, but they give out a lot of things, everyone is like us, they give out snickers and mounds and rasinettes and do thes. kids are allowed to come and take as much as they can carry in their hand. >> love to have a psychologist analyze what kinds of candies you give in relation to your personality, rasinettes, old-school movie theser. >> like regular people and give out candy we all love.

>> last-minute things can you do to entertain the kids in the house. you have theodorea and cannon. >> boyfriend and girlfriend. >> so i've heard from theodorea. we'll talk about that later because she's 2 years old with a boyfriend and i'm 42 without one. but we digress. >> i'm actually staying with theodorea. i said last night, if we only had the basic things in the house what can we make for people without power. cannon, that's you, show us what we're doing here. >> making the bread. >> got sweet bread. >> and then some halloween candy we made all of these different faces. >> very nice. >> that is super cute, super cute. >> cannon did a great job. >> very hands on. very hands on, thank you. and next up, theodorea. slept in her rapunzel bird and we were very busy making her own candy apples, an apple with a fork in it. >> i'll help you out. >> in honey. >> roll it in honey and whatever cereal you have in the house. >> right.

>> did a good job. >> i think you have to be under ten to bite into this, otherwise your teeth will be out of your head. >> you'll have to show it. >> your apple, super cute. want to hang on to my apple. okay. a real winner over there as a boyfriend, theodorea. moving on to the carve-free pumpkins, right? >> you have pumpkins in the house and you think how can i do this now and theodorea actually taught me this. these were outside their apartment already. >> i love these. >> she took her mr. potato head, right, and took all the different parts and put them in the dump win with the glitter, and you want to show us how to do this one. >> oh, okay. i'll pick you up. >> a lady bug in go-go boots, and now we're making a little "star wars." >> if you do not have power, you have the basics, still ways to have fun at home. >> awesome job, guys, can i get

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they are the bad boys from boston. they have been rocking for 40 years, and come friday a first for them. a live concert from aerosmith on our plaza. first morning show appearance. we're going to definitely be putting a smile on people's faces after a tough week around here. aerosmith this friday only on "today." if you can get down here safely, we hope you do because it's a great way to finish off the week. >> how do you get a row, up that early, especially a rocker who has been doing it that long. >> i have a theory, stay up all night. >> don't go to bed. >> this is not like their normal getting-up time, just saying.

good morning, everyone, i'm savannah guthrie alongside tamron hall and willie geist. >> much of halloween around the country is going on as planned, but if you have not had a chance to get into the trick or treat spirit, we'll help trick out your pumpkin with easy decorating ideas. >> can a pumpkin be tricked out, definitely speaking? >> put a little bling, is that hip to say? gold grills on your pumpkin. >> it can be tricked out. >> a little halloween fun with five facts you may not know about halloween candy and a surprising admission by tamron hall about her favorite candy. >> controversy, controversy. >> really. the battle ebb sues, by the way. the presidential election just six days away. we'll take a look back at the drama of the past election night as it all played out on live television. >> looking forward to t.before that we'll check in with mr. al roker in hard-hit atlantic city, new jersey. al, good morning again to you. >> good morning, guys, and i'm

betting that tamron's favorite candy is candy corn. >> well, that's my guess since she said it was not a good choice. >> al roker is a wise man, that's all i'll say. >> because al thinks i'm corny, get it. what do you think about that, al? >> anyway, okay. well, i -- i think that tamron is very sweet, and so is candy corn, so there you interest it. let's show you what we've got looking ahead over the next 48 hours. of course, we still have the remnants of sandy to deal with, spinning there throughout pennsylvania, and that is bringing some more rain, wrap-around showers and mountain snows in virginia and west virginia. we're also looking at a gorgeous day along the west coast, though we do have showers and thunderstorms moving into the pacific northwest coast. clouds around the plains. beautiful day around the gulf coast. for tomorrow we expect to see more rain in the pacific northwest coast. showers finally getting out of new england, slowly but surely

due to sandy. we'll be looking at plenty of sunshine through the mid-plains into the gulf coast. a few >> good morning. the weather will settle down a little bit. breezy and >> that's your latest weather and willie geist agrees with me. those little candy bars, those are not fun-sized. candy bars would be a candy bar three times the normal size. that's fun. >> exactly. we want giant heath bars. >> bigger than your head.

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nothing. >> no carve. all about that this year, new trends. parents looking for fun ways to embellish their pumpkins. >> let's launch in with well spin. how did you do that? >> made a spider web using the black roofing nails, can you use brass or black push pins and tie a piece of yarn and then it's just about looping. >> oh, cute. >> whatever design you want to make. >> yeah. we're doing a spider web, but, you know, kids can get creati , creative,ance once you have the design, the web shape, you can follow up with the yarn. >> i love it. >> and get a scary spieder. >> no mess going on there. >> no mess there. >> next out. >> you have candy tricked out pumpkins, halloween. >> willie was doubtful that you could trick out a pumpkin. >> well, i hope we're proving that you can. >> okay. >> we used licorice lips and curly hair for the mom, jelly beans and marshmallows, and over

here we have our kid pumpkin, necco wafer eyes. >> how do you attach these things? >> using hot glue and if you want add this bow. hot glue will create a really quick fast bond which is important if you're using candy that's heavier. >> and limited time. >> a nice big dab in the middle and can stick it on and she will be all set for the front porch. >> adorable. quick dry and good for parents, once you put the candy on, you can't eat it so it's diet friendly, too. >> and tease are freaky streaks. >> my favorite. these are a lot lighter than regular pumpkins because they are fake pumpkins, they are fun-kins. >> i didn't want to expose you. >> yeah. >> the idea is you can reuse it year after year. >> nice. >> we'll make one of they come in white and orange. can buy them on funkins doesn't come. want to grab a bottle. can't go wrong. add the streaks, watch them drip down.

then it will drip. >> is this easy to clean up. >> no mistakes. >> keep going, the more colors and streaks, the bet ter looks. >> green happens to be my favorite. >> and let it dry overnight. >> these are pretty cool. this is a frankenpumpkin. >> our category called a dressed up pumpkin because it's all about costumes where everyone can get in on the action, frankenstein, our witch, craft balm, adhesive, really's it for kids to cut out shapes for the eyes and mouth, for the witch's hair. >> this is a witch. >> and we turn her on her side to use the stem. >> very clever. >> thinking outside the box, and i want to show you how it make the hair here because this is pretty cool. >> took streamer and cut them into 12-inch pieces and like you would curling ribbon, take your scissors. >> there you go. >> if it cuts, give her layers so just go with, it and when you're done you're going to simply put some scotch tape on

there. >> okay. >> keep it on top. >> go. >> and top it off with the fun hat. >> and she's not a witch without her green wart so grab this and peel the back off and add it here and she will be all set. >> i like that. >> giving the pumpkins costumes, too. all stuff can you get at craft stores's >> i last up on the list. >> we have our etched pumpkins, not carving, etching away the skin of the pumpkin. using this paper piercer that we got from createforless.com. put the template on top and poke holes on the outer line. >> because it's sharp patients need to be around. >> something kids can help out with. >> and you use your etching tools to chip away. >> glitter pumpkin. >> topping it with craft glue and sprinkle on the glitter. >> karen, great ideas and i like it. last minute, not a lot of cleanup.

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nig night, a television history, 1948 to 2012." the author is a tv editor at "tv guide." steve, good morning. >> good morning. >> what is an enhanced e-book as opposed to a regular e-book. >> this book tells the story of election coverage as it was told on television over the years, and it has, if you look at the book on a nook or an ipad, you will actually see over an hour and a half of video from the nbc archives that we can even demonstrate it right here. this is the 1948 call on truman, and when you get to that chapter, there's an actual videotape that you can see and call up on the book and you can actually watch what it looked like that first night, that first national election that was covered on nbc. >> so you've mined really the nbc archives, video, photographs. it's just a rich cap industry. if you're a political junkie or history junkie, you love this

stuff. another one we want to jump to 1980, ronald reagan winning a landslide victory over jimmy carter. >> what's interesting about this is that the electoral map that we use today to see red states and blue states was actually created at nbc news in 1976. in 1980 when they used it, republicans were blue and the democrats were red, and it was that way for a while until 1996. what's interesting about the 1980 race is that reagan's sweep across the country led david brinkley to say that the map looked like a suburban swimming pool, and there are a lot of fun moments like that throughout the book where you really get the look and feel of what election night was like over these different areas. >> brinkley, chancellor and brokaw sitting in front of that map, 2000, who can forget, that and really probably the iconic moment of that election night was the late great tim russert with the white board. >> so much confusion on the ground that night with the calls in florida and the tight race

and the electoral college and really the simplest way for tim russert to explain it to have the white dry erase board, and -- and that iconic moment when he wrote florida, florida, florida on it. we all now know what that means, and one of those white boards ended up in the smithsonian institution. it was such a landmark in television history. >> for all the technology we had available it all came down that night to tim's white board. >> the simplest way to express it because it really -- it was almost a tv program about adding at that point. >> in our most recent presidential election 2008 brian williams did something pretty unique on election night. >> brian knew it would be a very special night. they went into the night having a pretty good idea that barack obama was going to win, and how do you tell this story of the first african-american president? it was such a monumental event what. brian did was he got a poster, the type of poster you would see in classrooms across america with 43 white -- 43 ovals on the

poster of 43 past presidents, all of them white americans and brian's message that night was tonight the oval is going to change, and it was really a way to connect with the viewer and also a personal expression of how really monumental that night was. >> and now i understand you're going to update this e-book based on what happens six nights from now? >> the book will have a chapter about 2012. if you buy it before the election, the update will come -- you can get the update a few weeks later at the end of -- probably by the end of november, and it will have coverage and video of the 2012 race. >> given four years we've only scratched the surface. cannot wait to dig into this. steve vitagglio, thanks for being here. >> thanks for having me. >> coming up, indulge a bit. five fun facts about

handfuls of halloween candy will be handed out tonight while kids fill up their bags. >> but don't feel guilty. here are some five fun facts you may not know with sweet tweets is our diet and nutrition expert. i love this segment because it makes me feel good about all the chocolate i'm going to eat tonight. >> chocolate candy, a good thick in moderation, but here is one fact that i think you'll really be surprised at. >> okay. >> the top selling candy in america is candy corn. >> the reason why we're not surprised by this, willie and i have been in a big battle over candy corn. he doesn't get why people love the corn. >> here's what i would say about the corn, if i may. you eat it like three days a year. would you ever eat candy corn in june? it's a seasonal treat. >> which is so weird. >> you don't really love it, you love it now. >> but it makes me feel like i'm celebrating halloween and call. >> like christmas music in the summer, just doesn't happen. >> 20 million pounds every year get sold, 20 million pounds.

>> i eat 10 million pounds. >> okay. >> next up on the list is chocolate. >> okay. >> if you're a chocolate lover, that can boost blood flow and improve overall circulation in your bod. >> isn't it only dark chocolate? >> dark chocolate because they have flavinols. dark chocolate over a long period of time seems to have health, if you want something with more flavinols buy cocoa via. this can help relax your blood vessels. ever think of your blood vessels relaxing and staying calm. >> by binge eating chocolate is not what we recommend. >> that's bad. >> okay. the average amount we eat as far as candy a year. >> the average american is going to eat 24 pounds of candy a year. does that sound a lot, two pounds a month. is that a lot? >> i think so. >> that's three candy bars a week. >> i knock that out. >> do you really?

>> yes, i do. >> a lot of people eat less and some eat more. that's the average. >> i must eat mine and willie's. >> you're eating for two. >> sssh, don't start rumorses. next up on the list. >> chocolate does not cause weight gain. can even cause weight loss. >> how is that true and so much sugar? >> you eat candy and you're thin. >> good point. >> and the idea with chocolate is if you deprive yourself and think bad foods don't have this, you often don't have the kind of control that you really need so you go i'll eat chocolate and goes directly to my hip because you're eating a lot. the highest consume nerts world are the swiss and they only is v an 8% rate of overweight and obesity so there's moderation there. >> who knew. >> to recap chocolate, good for circulation and helps you lose weight. 2 for 2. >> and finally halloween is the top halloween for candy purchased. what other holidays beat out? >> 90 million pounds of candy for halloween, what's the next

highest holiday? >> easter. >> christmas isn't even on the list. 200 million pounds of candy is sold and half of that is halloween. maybe we eat it the whole year. do you eat halloween candy all year? >> i get rid of it mostly the first couple of nights. >> my favorite is candy corn. >> what is your favorite? >> nestle crunch, reese peanut butter cup or twix. >> pick one. >> twix. >> crunchy but likes chocolate. >> a layered man. >> now i know what's good for me. >> thank you. >> brush your teeth. >> coming up, kathie lee and hoda after your local news and weather. >> let's dig in. >> let's dig in. [ harry umlaut ] the five stages of muller. suspicion: it's yogurt, how good can it be?

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