. good morning. breaking news. militants release a chilling new video claiming they've beheaded another american hostage. this horning the white house and world leaders outraged as the young man's family waits for confirmation. deadly chemical leak. nerves on edge outside houston the day after the accident at the power plant there. a big gas cloud spread for miles. is the public at risk? hosts revealed. the daring rescue can on youtube turns out to be a fake. why one film maker says it had to be done. and music with a mission. 30 years after this song made

history. the biggest stars in the industry coming together for a new cause bringing bands back together today. sunday november 16, 2014. from nbc news, this is "today." with lester holt and erica hill live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. and welcome to "today" on this sunday morning. i'm erica hill. >> i'm lester holt with shanel jones. isis claim to have beheaded another american hostage. this is the u.s. aid worker peter kassing. richard angle is covering that story for us this morning in istanbul, turkey. good morning richard. >> reporter: good morning.

the family has issued a written statement saying they are aware of this claim by the militant group isis. they say they are still waiting for confirmation from u.s. authorities. american authorities are aware of the video but trying to confirm it. i've seen the video. it's similar to other videos we've seen before, the same style, graphics. it looks quite authentic. in it we don't actually see kassig be beheaded. you see mass executions but the militant with the british act sent claims kassig was executed because he had been a soldier serving in iraq before he decided to change his life, the 26-year-old, volunteering, going to syria to help refugee families to help give head kal services to the people in that

war torn country. he was captured one year ago. earlier last month, peter alexander spoke with the kassig family, to his father. the the father had received a letter from peter while in captivity. while also in captivity peter changed his name. this is what the father said about that letter. >> don't worry dad, if i go down, i won't go down thinking anything but what i know to be true this you and mom love me more than the moon and the stars. >> reporter: so now he has those effectively final words to think about as the family a waits confirmation hearing from him saying if i go down, i'll go down knowing you love me. a terrible turn of events. this would be the fifth western hostage isis has killed. isis has killed many other people, but this would be the fifth western hostage. we're waiting for confirmation.

>> thank you richard. the white house has responded to latest claim. kristen welker is traveling with the president in australia. good morning. >> erica, news of the beheading came an hour after president obama had left. he was here attending the g 20 economic summit. with the president still in route to d.c., his national security team release what had is becoming an all too familiar statement saying in part, quote, we are aware of a video that claims to show the murder of u.s. citizen peter kassig by isis is also known as isis. the intelligence community is working as quickly as possible to determine it's authenticity. if confirmed, we are a pal add by the brutal murder of an innocent american aid worker and express con doll enss to his family and friends. united states started targeting isis and iraq this summer after the first james foley was beheaded. during a press conference

earlier today, mr. obama said his administration holes weekly meetings about isis continues to learn about the group's weaknesses and assess u.s. policy. in an earlier statement a, president obama said it's too soon to know if u.s. is winning the war against isis. back to you. >> thanks kristen from australia this morning. >> a rapid response team is on the scene of a dead areally chemical spill outside of houston texas that left four dead and another hospitalized. there are deep concerns about the cloud of gas released for miles over the area. gabe gutierrez has more on the story for us. >> reporter: this morning officials are trying to figure out the cause of a deadly chemical league at a dupont plant in texas. it started saturday. >> we had the exposure of fyffi employees, four were fatal. >> the fifth is in the hospital.

the gas has a strong rot ten eg smell. it spread across the area up to 40 miles away. the company insists there was no danger. >> there was never a hazard to neighbors. there was a strong odor. we deeply apologize for that a nuisance. >> federal and local safety agencies are investigating. so is dupont. >> we'll find the cause. we don't know why this happened. >> the sense of unease may hang around longer. nbc news. turning now to the record break cold snap that is gripping much of the country. it has sent temperatures dipping to levels we usually don't see until dead of winter. everybody wants to know how long it will last. dylan has the magic eight ball

and several model. >> the cold is stretched as far east as it can go. we are going to see cold temperatures work back into the plains. we have snow that fell yesterday. this is minneapolis, an inch or so. it was windy. it was just enough to make roads slippery. temperatures have been so cold, obviously icy too. here's the polar vortex always sitting up to our north. every once in a while, chunks dip off of it. we are going to see the cold air spread south. rights now, it feels 14 below in sioux falls. this stretches to atlanta where it will feel 10 degrees by tuesday morning. monday morning's commute is going to be an absolute mess. slight risk of strong storms in florida and georgia. heavy rain along the corridor.

pink is the ice. lake-effect snow kicks in especially as we go to monday night and tuesday and wednesday and thursday. some areas could end up with three feet and blowing snow going to be an issue as well. visibility is going to be poor. you know, the workweek is starting off as bad as last week ended. >> get used to it, huh? thanks dylan. a worker who contracted ebola in sierra leone arrived saturday in critical condition. later today, a new video is released. the top pop stars from overseas banding together to raise money for fight against ebola. it's called band aid. it's the first for the group that formed 30 years ago. kelly has this this morning. >> what a collection of music stars. chris martin, bono, guys from

one direction. all dropping everything to come to london and record a thank you version of the classic, do they know it's christmas. it was the first of its kind, music's biggest star banding together to raise aid for africa. band aid 1984. 30 years later, a new wave of stars plus a few originals. >> i'm excited today for the next generation. i'm happy to stand in the background and wave. >> it renders humans untouchable. that is sickening. mothers can't comfort their

children. lovers can't cradle each other. wives can't hold their husband's hands. >> bob wrote the first "do they know it's christmas." this time lyrics have changed. the signature line by bono is now." we're reaching out and touching you." the final version is top secret until the debut. >> i want to keep it a surprise. it's a really good band. >> the original raised $11 million for africa. the message from stars this time, don't share it, buy it. >> we'll hear the song and see the video for the first time on x factor here in the uk tonight. you can download it starting tomorrow. bob wants you to know lester, every penny goes to the fight against ebola. >> all right kelly. thanks very much. i'm anxious to hear it. >> i am too. >> tonight will be our time. let's get a look at the morning's other top stories.

shanel is following those. >> good morning. we begin in eastern ukraine where after months of delay, death investigators are at the site of the malaysian mh 17 crash. they're collecting wreckage to transport those to the netherlands to look at the cause of the crash. the boeing 777 was shot down in july over the area of the ukraine controlled by russian backed rebels. centers for disease control and prevention will board a cruise ship today. so far 158 passengers and 14 crew members are sick a board the crown princess ship set to dock soon. an investigation into the death of a baby gorilla at the san francisco zoo suggest her pin was unsafe. she was killed last week when she unexpectedly darted under a closing door that doesn't stop when it hits something. a gorilla expert says staffers reportedly didn't have a clear

view of the door. zoo officials will ultimately decide how to proceed with safety recommendations. this morning people in hawaii are warned to stay indoors as heavy smoke is near the erupting volcano. saturday, a big lava flow began advancing on the island. officials say it's in order to yet posing immediate threat to residents. airplanes are urged to avoid the erupting volcano in alaska. it's 30,000 feet above sea level. one thing foreign leader can say agree on, cuddly koala. even australia's president eagerly posed for a pic with his counter part apparently warping a frost between the two leaders.

cheers to healing power. babies and animals. >> we should get some of those in congress. >> put them on their desks. >> something for them to come back to right? dylan, we're inviting you back for another chance to make us happy with weather. >> i'll do my best. no guarantees here. we are looking at heavy rain. it's warm enough for rain through louisiana and up to parts of mississippi. look at where we could see strong storms. tornados possible in red along the gulf coast stretching to western most panhandle of florida. we'll most likely see heavier downpours and damaging wind gusts. to the north of that, we've got the snow. two to hi, i'm brittney shipp. we have a winter weather advisory in effect through the poconos from 7:00 p.m. until 9:00 a.m. snow, sleet, freezing rain, and icy spots all possible in the early morning hours. then switching over to all rain. rainfall is going to affect our

entire area monday, but for today, cloudy and cold, and then your seven-day forecast shows lots of changes. 56 degrees on monday with rain all day and then an arctic blast drops temperatures back down into the pos. that's your latest forecast. erica? >> dylan, thanks. this morning as we mentioned president obama is on his way from the g 20 summit in australia. before leaving for washington he offered tough talk for russian president vladimir putin. chuck todd, moderator of meet the press joins us this morning. >> there was interaction between president putin and not just the u.s. president but also a number of other world leaders at the summit. those relations described as polite but icy. what a could the impact be of those relationships, not just the u.s. president but other world leaders on president obama's a foreign policy at this point? >> i think when it comes to -- you brought up the putin issue.

he was with him in two different places, one in beijing at the asian economic conference, and of course this, g 20, world's largest 20 economies. there's some world leaders that are hoping this stand off between the united states and russia will sort of ease a little bit because the sanctions against russia are having a financial impact, particularly on european countries. i think it is notable the president early this morning, while having tough talk for putin, said there were no plans for new sanctions despite the fact really that putin hasn't changed any of these actions when it comes to ukraine. >> back home there's a lot of talk about this pending immigration reform that the president could announce. also, one would imagine a number of meetings behind closed doors between republicans that the point. what is -- how is that going to play out? is there a sense yet? >> there's not. in fact you have republicans --

they're meeting with themselves. republican leadership while wanting to confront and be tough with president obama if he indeed goes through on his own with executive action, the leadership doesn't want to do retribution threatening of shutdowns. you had the leadership of the republican party on capitol hill circulating a memo to fellow republicans reminding them of negative political impact the shutdown had on the republican party a year ago. there are some conservatives who say guess what, the shutdown didn't have impact or else republicans wouldn't have been so successful earlier this month during midterm elections. i think that's going to be one of the things we should be watching here. how are republicans going to deal with each other when it comes to reacting to the president? >> that's one of the things you'll tackle this morning on meet the press. anything else we should look for? >> we do a big health care focus as well. the debut of enrollment

yesterday. i've got the hhs secretary here as well the head of cleveland clinic, a republican governor who did not implement the law. we've got quite a bit of a focus on health care. like a health care summit. >> looking forward to it. chuck, thanks. >> all right. we're back right after this. ♪ ♪ ♪ let us be lovers, we'll marry our fortunes together ♪ ♪ i've got some real estate here in my bag ♪ ♪ it took me four days to hitch-hike from saginaw ♪ ♪ "i've come to look for america" ♪

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now controversy. the group of norwegian film m makers say none of it is real. the film's director talked yesterday to norway tv. he says with this movie, we made a stiory where many things will go wrong, but it ends well. many are engaged in it. after three years of conflict, 1.6 million syrian children and refugees, schools and homes destroyed or occupied. these behind the scenes images of the production shot this past summer show the careful choreography of the cast and crew. while this may be like the baby snatching eagle and the fall seen around the world, this time it's backed by a cause to

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turning now to what's called the super bowl of nascar. the sprint cup champion will be crowned in a few hours. already this year's chase is bringing new drama. kristen, good morning. >> check this out. there's a chance the champion crown won't have won a race all season. it's never happened before and it's a result of a new format adopted by nas car. all that while a congresswoman is asking nascar to sideline one of the its biggest stars. it may all make for tense times on the track today. >> for ryan newman, the chance to win the nascar championship feels like a dream, especially since he hasn't had a win all year. his consistent top 20 finishes means he's one of four contenders for the sport's biggest prize. >> it's a story book in some form or fashion. hopefully we can get through

sunday and write our own book. >> a cinderella story, helped out by a new system for narrowing the chase for the sprint cup this year. >> this significantly increases the amount of pressure and tension and really turns the championship into a jump ball. if you have -- even if you're a significant favorite coming into this race, if you have a bad day, mechanical failure, that could cost you a championship. >> big names like jeff gordon and jimmie johnson are out of the hunt. instead today, a new star may be born. newman, harvick. harvick is best known recently for this shove that started a pit brawl. congresswoman jackie spears is calling on nascar to sideline kurt busch after the ex girlfriend accused the driver of domestic assault. nas sar says it will take no

disciplinary action at this time. the star has not been charged and denies the accusations. in a statement, stewart's team says we are monitoring the situation closely and will let authorities continue with their investigation. >> lots to watch today guys. >> thanks very much. still to come, seeing green. hundreds of pounds of marijuana for sale at the largest pot auction, and first of its kind in this country. and a new project. let' "america's next top model." i have moderate to severe plaque psoriasis. so i talked to my doctor about my condition and my treatment options he told me about stelara® in a medical study, 7 out of 10 stelara® patients saw at least 75% clearer skin at 12 weeks. and 6 out of 10 patients had their plaque psoriasis rated as cleared or minimal at 12 weeks. [ male announcer ] stelara® may lower your ability to fight infections and increase your risk of infections

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nbc 10 news starts now. >> good morning. i'm rosemary conners, just a few minutes before 8:30. it's dry outside right now. not going to be the case later on today p let's get rig. let's get right to the forecast. >> another cold day on tap for us. as we head into our overnight hours, that's when we'll start to see the rain moving in. if you're the poconos, we could see a chance of a wintery mix. temperature range today, 45 to 48 degrees, and your seven-day forecast shows lots of changes as we head into monday, we have rainfall all day long. temperatures warm to the mid 50s, but then another arctic blast drops us into the 30s tuesday and wednesday. this morning, we've learned that a 10-year-old boy who accidentally shot himself in delaware county is in good condition. nbc 10 was on the scene where police say the boy was shot last night in an industrial park. again, they determined that it was an accidental shooting.

the boy is being treated at children's hospital philadelphia. we do have some more details on this case that we'll let you know about at 9:00. taking down the letters part two. today workers are removing what's left of the pnb logo. you may recall that the project was supposed to be finished in august, but there were some problems. safety issues and the weather at the time. it was very windy. this is video from less than an hour ago as the helicopter brought one of the ns down to the ground near city hall. we'll check in with matt delucia at 9:00 for a live report. i'm rosemary conners. now back to the "today" show.

we are back on a sunday morning, november 16, 2014. great cloud on rockefeller plaza this morning. we thank them for sharing part of their day with us. a lot coming up. first, this morning's new headlines. chilling new video. american aid worker peter kassig is said to have been beheaded by isis is. a chemical leak that occur at an industrial plant in

houston, the cause still unknown. this morning a surgeon who contracted ebola while working in sierra leone is battling for his life in a nebraska hospital. he arrived on saturday. his condition is extremely critical. still to come in this half hour, no limits like the movie hang over or the scene community. today he's here to talk to us about his new film, "penguins of madagascar." it's not used to keep your ears warm. mario will explain what it's for and why you'll want to buy it. thanksgiving less than two weeks away. we're sharing cooking mishaps from turkeys that wouldn't cook to lumpy gravy. we begin with a story that gives new meaning to the phrase, the highest bidder.

what does a quarter ton of marijuana look like when it's up for grabs? a user decided to bypass the small scale sales and put everything he had on the auction block. >> in washington wine country, the weekend's big seller isn't wine, it's purple kush. nearly 500 pounds of pot pressed and packaged for auction. >> i'm hoping to make $1 million. that's my goal. >> randy williams used to clean carpets, now he cultivates cannabis locally on his property. >> we love this job. it's a dream job. >> he decided to cash in on his crop hosting the state's first legal pot auction believed to be the first of its kind in the country. >> aaron nelson, the first buyer. >> nine hours round trip and well worth it. he opened a marijuana store the same week washington began

allowing recommereational marij. it's a tightly regulated industry with lots of rules. officers make sure licensed processors and retailers buy in. here they can only look, not touch. >> everybody done smelling it? >> as the day went on, williams realized he'd fall short of his $1 million goal. >> that's okay. i'm happy. >> she's still taking home $600,000. plenty for the trip he's planning. >> some people got a great deal from the beginning. low prices. they're smiling. i'm smiling. >> aaron nelson is smiling too. >> we'll make sure to let our customers know we were the first in the country to purchase marijuana at auction. >> call that a historic high. for today, halle jackson, nbc news. >> let's leave that one alone. dylan, another check of the forecast. >> we have lots of birthdays out

here. we've got this guy turning 12 today. where you from? >> maryland. >> you having fun? >> yes. >> tons of balloons back here. i feel she's going to lift up with the helium many the balloons. let's look at weather across parts of the country. down through the plains, northern texas, north of oklahoma city and wichita kansas, snow is coming down now. we could see three six inches in isolated areas. general one to three. enough to make the roads slippery in the next 24 hours. we have a slight risk of strong storms with hail, damaging wind gusts and tornados in louisiana and gulf coast. that's going to turn into a major rain maker for the monday morning commute. could see a strongest storms through souther hi, i'm first alert meteorologist brittney shipp. we have a winter weather advisory from 7:00 a.m. to 9:00

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this is a new take on the personal shopper thing. >> it takes it to a new level. it's called fetch. it's a free app. if you see something while shopping, take a picture or send a text through the app. it actually gets answers responded to by a live person. if i was shopping, you would see here's what i'm looking for. i'm shopping for xbox earlier as you see here. basically i send that information in. they send back within minutes a response. here's the lowest price i can get it for you that includes shipping. we've applied coupon codes. their job is find the lowest price for you. they can get it for you through the app. >> i can do it myself, but i don't have time. >> that's the thing. promise of technology with the gift of time back. >> does it cost much? >> i'm trying to figure out the business model. >> free is a good model. >> i think once you make a purchase, they get something

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he's been called the scene stealer. if you've seen his movies you know why. >> he plays a short fuse feisty seal pup. >> they have flippers boss. >> i have flippers. it's flipping useless. >> ken is here with us this morning. "the penguins of madagascar."

love it. >> thank you for having me. thank you so much. >> you had a blast doing these films. when you accepted the role, was this more for you or your twins? >> i have twin daughters that are seven. they're alexa, and i don't know what the other one's name is. >> the other one. >> yeah, i did it for my kids. i love doing voice over so much. now i do it for me as well as my family. it's so much fun to do. i really love doing voice over work, animated particularly. >> we have the clip when you arrived for the first reading. let's take a look and then i want to ask you about that. >> yeah. >> i am a navy seal. >> you're playing a baby seal. >> oh a baby seal? sorry guys.

sorry. >> you want to give extra oomp. >> i try to go in real deep cut. you know, i just read it wrong. >> the part was for a real seal not a navy seal. >> yeah. >> you said the most difficult part of the session was trying to figure out the voice of this seal character. we've got a game for you this morning. we're going to show you different animals. give us your take and how you would voice this particular animal. let's put up the first one. i believe we have an elephant. give us a voice. >> could i have some peanuts? i said elephant, not a drunk elephant. >> can i have some peanuts, no beer. >> that clears it up. >> how about a orporcipine?

>> did you say no beer? that's pretty good. i worked on that for months. >> i'm sensing a theme with your animal characters. >> they're all drunk. they're flawed tragic heroes. >> oh. >> yeah. they're flaw tragic heroes. that's why i like to do animated voices. i give a layer of depth. >> i know lester is a huge fan. >> it's all due to fans. six seasons in the movie, we're entering our sixth now. it is the gift that keeps giving. it's the fan base. it's the fans that keep bringing the show back. the cast is, you know, it's my

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if you've ever cooked thanksgiving dinner, you know the pressure to deliver the perfect bird. things sometimes don't go as planned. >> yes. let's talk about. that we aspire to be the shop shelf on thanksgiving. turkey day, can be full of culinary mishaps. just ask any of us. remember when ray's mom on "everybody loves raymond" decided to go the diet route. >> look how it jiggles. >> and when joey on "friends" ruined monica's turkey. >> oh my god. oh my god. what is that? >> thanksgiving mishaps have a happened to us too. >> our first thanksgiving in new york city. the turkey wasn't ready.

we put it back in. still wasn't ready. we put it back in. it still wasn't. we had sides. >> i couldn't believe the turkey could be done that quickly. it came out really dried out. the arms were looking like this. >> my grandmother makes a strawberry salad. it's jello base, fresh strawberries, mashed pineapples, bananas, nuts. i was like i'm going to make it on my own. some how it was like soup. kids were walking around with cups and spoons. >> i like nuts and stuffing and cranberries but don't like them together. when stuffing comes and people put walnuts in, you killed a perfectly good stuffing. this is not the moment to do something different. >> i like to mix it up. i throw in a jalapeno cornbread.

>> it's thanksgiving. it's tradition. >> dana is the editor and chief of food and wine magazine forever their latest issue. she worked with a culinary wizard to solve problems she's encountered cooking up thanksgiving dishes. we learn from her mistakes. great to see you. >> i sounded like a whiner in that piece. i didn't mean to be. we start with a multigrain bread stuffing. we talked about dryness. >> i made a dry stuffing that made my mouth hurt. i didn't have fluffy bread. you need one to absorb the liquid. we have the celery, seasonings, sage. it's got wine in it. pour in the egg. add the stuff. there's so much liquid, you should not have a problem with

dryness. >> as long as you cook the right amount of time. >> i'm going to have you toss that around. >> sure. >> if it turns out dry when it comes out of the oven, add a little stock. never, ever go wrong. >> that will be nice and juicy. >> it will be. >> it could go wrong with walnuts. >> i'm not antiwalnuts, i just don't want it in stuffing. >> you toss and you're good. >> brussel sprouts are one of their favorite side dishes. you have a different take. maybe brussel sprouts and bacon is old. >> i try to get beyond brussels and bacon. the thing about brussel sprouts, they can sometimes be tough. get them really young and little like on a stalk. or choose them thin and put salt. i'm going to have you massage. >> what does that do?

>> it breaks it down so it's tender. >> you said shave thin. that's hard. do you put them in food processor? >> yes then the work is done for you. they're tender. then you have almonds for crunch. >> i love these. >> pickled onions. that's my secret for everything then a butter milk vinegarrette. it's so light. brussel sprouts for thanksgiving, forget it unless you make like this. >> salad done. we've got the you hastuffin. how about cranberry? >> start with fresh cranberries. dump them in. we've got cranberry juice. >> i've never made real cranberry sauce. >> start fresh.

going to be great. dried cranberries, sugar, and you stir it around. if it's too thick, thin out with more orange juice. if too thick, cook down. >> gravy is my nightmare. sift the flour? >> watch this. any time you sift with flour, you are never going to have a lump. this is a guarantee. >> what if there's not enough liquid? >> just add more. >> straight up chicken stock. >> you're the best. wanted to come to my house? >> dana, great work. nice to have you. we'll give you all our addresses. >> thanks for being with us this sunday morning. up next, chuck's guests on meet the press include bobby jindal. >> thanks for watching everybody.

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