this morning on "today's" take sandra bullock on her movie and the one man who has changed her life. then, brad and angelina open up about their marriage in an exclusive interview. we're talking turkeys with curt is stone cooking up the ultimate turkey dinner coming up now. >> announcer: from nbc news this is today's take with al roker, natalie morales, willie geist and tamron hall live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> welcome, it's monday morning. we have a big crowd ringing in

willie along with al and al, the morning jam >> lay it all on me. a little chorus. >> i like this song. before. where have i been? >> the hit sound on hits one. >> i listen to all the time with the kids. >> they are dancing now in kansas city. tell you that. royals won the world series. they came back again. they won in 12 innings last night here in new york city, they beat the mets 7-2 after they were trailing 2-0 into the ninth. the first world series title for kansas city in 30 years. here. throw home a good throw home. gets the runner but it's well wide. that's the tying run that sent it into extra innings. >> i got to tell you. watching last night, that whole controversy with terry collins and matt harvey, you know, he pitched great and then did not

want to come out. >> they pulled him. >> no, they kept him in. unfortunately. and that's when it all went. >> as a manager do you listen to your gut or the player. he pitched great for eight innings. usually bring in a closer. they wanted to close out the game. once you walk the first hitter a lot saying it's time to take him out. then the rally started. kansas city tied it up and they won it in 12 innings. 7-2 the final. it's over. parade in kc tomorrow and the mets, they wanted more out of this. they got a young team, great pitching. they will be back. >> it was a terrific season. sure. finished. great. great job, mets. >> so we were the peanuts characters over the halloween. creeping out america. one peanuts character at a time. >> creep me out.

>> i can't remember the website. there was a website that listed us in order of creepiness. charlie brown was number one. >> you know what the problem was in hindsight? among other things. the peanuts characters were characters with big heads and little bodies. we had little heads and big bodies. i mean, everybody's a fantastic job. fantastic. >> i'm seeing now with all of the cute effects and everything. >> great job. the best character was dylan as the kite. >> but weekend today the voice you nailed this. you as carson, look at this. >> wow. wow. >> listen to the blind audition auditions. this is the seventh show i hosted already. if i'm not on television at any

moment i'll die. we've got a special show for you. a full lineup to get to. our first contestant from los angeles. >> you were really good at getting the mannerisms down. >> i studied carson. he was sitting right across from me dressed as gwen stefani. >> disturbing. >> oh, man. that's not right. >> sheinelle was pharrell. >> it rhymes. >> there is erica as blake shelton. >> not even close. >> that was good. >> you were awesome. got it right down. >> you and your family. >> our town goes nuts during halloween. i think because it's saturday, it started probably around 2:00. had kids already. i probably went through 3,000 pieces of candy. i went to the store twice.

>> we were kids my parents just would send us out, because we live in the projects and you would dump, after you got your haul you went out and started replenishing the candy jar. >> my kids are at school now. i did take some of theirs. >> a picture of luke dressed as obi wan kenobi. >> very nice. and your husband a ghost. >> this is my husband. he goes crazy. >> i love this. in and out burger. >> look what's on the grill. in the background it says eat if you dare and like little hands and body parts. >> nice. >> you weren't kidding. you guys go all out. >> the town goes crazy. >> i like how you have candy corn. >> i put candy corn everywhere. >> you guys had a great weekend.

>> she ran with the abc news relay team. and they had a great time. came in at the end there. had great time like 10-minute miles. fantastic. such a nice day for it too. >> i know. >> i love standing at the finish line and seeing all kinds of people across the finish line. >> people from all over the world too and the country. i was standing at 97th and fifth waiting for my sister-in-law and husband run by. there were two cops working security in front of us the whole time. and someone from the nypd an officer was running and struggling. it was mile 23. these two officers broke security you can see in this picture, peeled off and they -- threw her arm around them and gave her a nudge for i don't know a block or so and came back to work. wow. >> then i saw another firefighter running which is impressive on its own. he was wearing his gear.

i couldn't see close enough to see what fire department. if someone's watching. >> that's an extra 30, 40 poundings. >> the tank, the jacket and the helmet. amazing. >> last hour we heard such a great interview, tom brokaw sat down with brad and angelina. they are promoting their first film together in 10 years and they talked about everything from their marriage, they got married a year ago, and how angelina's health problems brought them closer together as a family. in march of this year she had her ovaries and fallopian tubes removed and followed having the mastectomy after her gene mutation. here is what she told tom. >> there is no vanity to my wife's approach. mature, there was excitement to where this is our life, we're going to make the best of it. there is strength in that. it's another one of those things in life that makes you tighter,

and her family, so said we could be together, was trumped everything, and anything. >> i think for as much as he speaks about my strength, i knew that he made it very, very clear to me that what he loved and what was a woman to him was somebody who was smart and capable and cared about her family, it wasn't about -- it's not about the physical body. i knew through the surgeries that he was on my side and that this wasn't something where i was going to feel less of a woman because my husband wasn't going to let that happen. >> they make a powerful team. she said it. absolutely. they also talked about married life and one of the things that came up was i guess angelina joked she felt she should cook more at home. brad is not into her cooking. >> so now you are a married couple. certified. and angie told me that shortly after you got married she

more conventional wife and cooking. >> he looks at me. every three months i say honey, i think i should learn to cook. >> i just humor it. she has no business in the kitchen. >> she can do other things very well. "by the sea" produced by our sister company universal. >> i would listen to tom brokaw read the phone book. you know. god bless him. i am so thankful that he works with us. >> good interview too. watch it at today.com. >> what if he had been a weather man. >> you would be out of a job. >> i'd be out of a job. >> we could listen to you do weather all day. you're going to do that soon. >> rokeron this 50 states in 7 days starting on thursday. right now what we're looking at a lot of wet weather through

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that it will glide over the can easily the next time? that's very cool. >> there's that. wax paper can also help save the remnant cans of paint you have. >> this is my favorite tip and it's because we've all been there with house projects, have half a can left. before you store t.trace the lid on to wax paper and cut yourself a circle and then you're going to float it on top of the paint and it's going to prevent that layer, that thick layer on top that when you mix it back in that will leave you with chunks and an unevenmazing. how did you know? >> that's what we're here for and find the tips out for you. >> once we have the paint and dripping for the paint and a use for may nanz. >> you can get these drips off the tile, try them when they are wet, a little dab of mayo on the corner of your dry cloth and you'll swipe and what's happening here is the oil from the mayonnaise is attracting the oil in the paint because oil and oil -- >> breaks down.

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well, she's breaking out again with her latest album "the fir watcher's daughter." the record is her highest charting to date and her first number one on billboard's top rock album chart, and last summer she hit the road on an unplugged tour and left her guitar cables and mikes at home but brought her 1-year-old daughter along for the ride. here now is brandi carlisle performing her latest song wherever is your heart off her new album "the fire watcher's daughter." take it away. i think it's time we found a way back home you loose so many things you love as you grow i missed the dates when i was just a kid

my fear became my shadowings i swear it did where is your heart i call home wherever is your heart i call home though your feet may take you far from me, i know home always falling always falling down without a place to land somewhere in the distance i heard you calling oh, it hurts so bad to let go of your hand wherever is your heart i call home wherever is your heart i call home though your feet may take you far from me, i know wherever is your heart i call home even when you're high, you can

even with your friends you love you're still alone we always find the darkest placing to snowed god forgive our minds we were born to roam wherever is your heart i call home wherever is your heart i call home though your feet may take you far from me, i know wherever is your heart i call home oh, god forgive my mind oh, god forgive my mind when i come home, when i come

oh, god forgive my mind there's a road that's long and winding, it hollers home i'm calling home oh, god forgive my mind oh, god forgive my mind when i come home when i come home oh, god forgive my mind oh, god foregive my my mind when i come home when i come home wherever is your heart i call home wherever is your heart i call home though your feet may take you far from me, i know wherever is your heart i call home >> brandi carlisle, fantastic.

thanks so much. we're back in a moment. this is "today" on nbc. nice job.

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