will gave kate? "today" show is next. right back starting at 4:30. until then, have a great day. see you tomorrow. >> bye. good morning. let the countdown begin as britain prepares for the big day, prince william and kate middleton speak out about their engagement. was she surprised? how did they keep it a secret and why did prince william decide to give kate princess diana's ring. in custody, a former producer of survivor accused of lling his wife during a mexican vacation, is due in

court today. his lawyer says he's inept, but court documents seem to tell a different story. and where does most of your seafood actually come from and ho healthy is it in a new investigation could have you ordering steak today, wednesday, investigation could have you ordering steak today, wednesday, noveer 17, 2010. captions paid for by nbc-universal television and good morning. welcome to "today" on a wednesday morning. >> matt's been giggling nonstop since the announcement of the engagent. >> i can barely contain myself. this is going to be the biggest event in britain in 30 years. how do william and kate feel

about sharing their news with the world. we're going to hear from him straight ahead. >> of course everyone is talking about that ring, an 18 caret sapphire surrounded by diamonds and it was princess dianas. we're going to talk to one of kate's friends who knew abo the engagement long before the rest of the world. "today" national correspondent natalee morales as made her way there overnight. >> reporter: could the headlines be any bigger or bolder here? you seehe daily telegraph, kate's very special, the daily mail, "with this ring, i thee wed" they have been waiting for a long time for this announcement. of course as you mentioned, the spotlight shining brighte than ever and the couple did not disappoint as they shared their

first interview as royals now newly engaged. the royal couple who may one day be king and queen yesterday talked about their engagement. how did william pop the question? >> we had a room for holiday in africa. and it was very romantic. >> did he get down on one knee? >> prince william, why did it take you so long to propose? >> i didn't realize that i would -- the timing is right now. we'r very, very happy and i'm very glad that i have done it. >> reporter: in her first interview before the world, a rather nervous kate talk about becoming part of the royal

family? >> i'm taking i in my stride and william is a great teacher so he'll be there to help me along the way. >> reporter: and the sapphire and diamond ring, it was william's mother princess diana's. >> i heard the ne, it was absolute absolutely wonderful. >> i'm just so happy for both of them. >> a cheeky reference to the abili eight years the couple have been dating, william and kate talked to tom adby about how they're feeling. >> you both look incredibly happy and relaxed. >> we are, wre likeducks, calm on the surface, but a pi

little peeky under the water. >> were you going to do this the whole time? >> i thought about it for a while. but as every guy knows it takes a bit of motivation to get going and it felt really right in africa. >> i didn't know anything at all. i thought he maybe had thought bit. i'm very excited. >> people are bound to ask this question, but children, do you want lots of children? see what comes? what's your -- >> i think we'll take it one step at a time, wll get over the marriage and thenook at the kids, but obviously we want a family. so we'll have to start thinking about that. >> reporter: now of course the royal wedding planning is already well underway, no date set just yet, but of course as you have heard, there's talk there could be a spring or summer 2011 wedding. prince william is also said to

be favoring westminster abbey where his mother was married and where the funeral of his mother was held. many here are already talking about this wedding as being the wedding of the century. more than a billion worldwide are expected to tune in to this one. >> natalee rales, thank you very much. pierce morgan is t editor of the daily mirror. tom bradley is its royal correspondent who scored the int interview with william andkate. >> you're the first journalist in the world to sit down with the couple. he described themselves as two ducks in the water, on the surface, very calm, but underneath both feet are going

like crazy. >> we had a half an hour before hand where things were pretty relaxed. in all ourminds, when his parents got married, there was this toe curling awful interview where prince charlesaid whatever love is. it was played and played over the years. so we were all there before hand, kind of conscious that we didn't want to do that. it's a normal day, it's not a rottwyler interview, people are rious about you, they want to know about you, i've just got to lead you through it. >> do you think that they were coached at all, particulay kate, or katharine, we should call her right now. >> they definitely weren't coached. wiiam is quite the polished media performer the days. if you think about it, the queen's never done an interview.

prince charles never does an interview. william does live interviews, he's actually very, very polished so he doesn't need any media training. kate didn't have any and she was nervous, i mean this is a first-ever interview on tv and it's something tha you not only you know hundreds of millions of people, but it will be played back for years and years to come. there's hardly a more intimidating interview. i thought she did actually well actually. >> you have covered the royals extensively over the years, you spent some time with princess diana and william when he was 12 years old. and william talked specifically about humor and kate. do you see any similarities with the relationship on any level? >> i had lunch with william and diana when he was about 13 and a

half, i was struck by the relationship. but there's this crazy royal humor they have, because they live such ridiculous lives in this mad gold initiate bowl. you can see william saying i'm a wonderful cook and being apparently quite boastful, but obviously he's not likethat. william is a very independent mindedguy. i think that interview, first of all, congratulations the credit interview scoop. it would have been better if i had done it. but it wasn't bad. but actually to be serious, it's great for britain and for the world that we're in this terrible recession, people are losing their jobbings and stuff. along comes a good old-fashioned british royal wedding. this is going to be the wedding of the millennium. >> this is our royal family. tom during the interview, prince

william said that they're going to forge their own way, nobody should expect kate to be like his mom. so what should wexpect from kate going forward? >> one of the reasons i think it's taken them so long to get here is that they have put a lot of thought into this and, you know, the charles and diana years were very crazy and william had a better view of that than anybody else. he doesn't want to repeat that. but famous last words. i would eat my hat if they ever got divorced. i hope they'll be ppy, i'm sure they will. but he wants to be like his grandparents to be there through thick and thin, they know that divorce is not an option. they've been careful about this, they have been thoughtful about

this. they'll do all that, but they'll retreat very gratefully as soon as they can into private. both of them, particularly william, a very, very quiet recently focused on wanting to lead the life that he wants to lead that they want to lead. >> what is really significant, i think is that there was apathy growing about the royal family, young people really weren't that engaged with them. what is great about this announcement is that everyone is now engaged with the royal family, the monarchy. and it's great for the royal family, americans love a good old-fashioned wedding and what is better than this young prince, i think everybody's going to be very proud about this. i was very proud yesterday, and having known diana quite well, she would be looking down saying

what a great match. coming up, we'll have much more on the royal couple and the ring and we'll have an interview live with one of kate's friends who was in on the news. the brutal murder of an american tourist at the popular mexican resort. the victim's husband, a reality tv producer has now been arrested and is due in court today. miguel, good morning to you. >> reporter: matt, good morning. last night u.s. marshals took bruce beresford-redman into custody at h home. for the first time, he's now under arrest. the question now, for how long? fo months, bruce beresford redman has been flee in this country, spending time los angeles with his children bu now he's under arrest for murder. his wife's body was found dumped in a hotel sewer in cancun.

authorities are now outlining this murder case against him. they say evidence shows he was having an affair. on the night of monica's murder, hotel guests heard her screaming for help from the couple's room. forensic teams later found blood on the bed, pillow and on the balcon bryce had scratches on both hands, behind his ear, on his left skin and on his rht ankle. mexican prosecutors say after monica vanished, he phoned a friend as i was he was reading from a script and was very calm like he had just lost hiss dog. after being a producer on shows like "survivor," bruce beresford was the only suspect in the case. th

from day one, monica's family has blamed bruce for her murder and went to mexico to try do get him arrested there. >> we love our sister and we want justice. >> monica's family say they're relieved by bruce's arrest, but bruce's lawyer has ved to fight extradition back to mexico. >> the odds are that he probably is going to be extradid because they're going to have to showhat it would be a gross miscarriage of justice for him to be extradited back to mexico. and that's a pretty tough standard. >> reporter: in the meantime, the couple's children remain in the custody of his parents. bruce's father says his major concern is with his grandchildren. >> the children will be protecte as long as we live. >> although beresford redman's

legal team will fight extradition if that process even happens, it won't come quickly, legal experts say the process could be tied up here in court for weeks if n months. >> it's now 7:14, once again, here's meredith. >> now to washington where it's decision day on capitol hill as democrats and republicans hold leadership elections, and house democrats have avert what could have been a messy power struggle. >> reporter: well, it is another election day rolling around here, house members will pick a handful of leadership positions. nancy pelosi is an expert vote counter. but we do expect a challenge that will end up being just symbolic to her authority. right now we have pelosi and one of her long-time allies, charl rangel both facing pressure for very different reaso. today outgoing speaker nancy losi is expected to lock in

her spots the top house democrat. and quiet steady grumbling that democrats would really like to see pell lows si out. pelosi out. south dakota's christy nome and south carolina's tim scott. both tea party favorites. but a very different kinof house vote tuesday. >> we found a violation by clear and convincing evence. >> reporter: in the twilight of a career, congressman charlie rangel guilty on 11 counts for failing to by income tax, using his office and staff to solicit millions in charitable donations for a harlem college bearing his name. >> we have tried to act with

fairness, led only by the facts and the law. >> reporter: rangel who was not there for the verdict and did not offer a defense says he's been treated unfairly. >> as it relates to the d process, i am really disappointed. >> reporter: but the strain of this case weighed on both democrats and republicans who found that rangel w a diredit to the house. >> none of the members of this committee are volunteers. >> sitting in judgment of a fellow member, a colleague is very difficult task. >> reporter: and tomorrow the ethics committee will meet again to talk about punishment for rangel. 's expected that it could end up being something like a formal reprimand, a censure. some rumbling about his resigning, but after the

overwhelming reception, it's not expected. this morning we're learning that air travellers won't be allowed to refuse pat downs or revealing full body scans on religious grounds despite all the outrage over the new airport security measures. even refusing to be searched will not be allowed to fly. a man who's been called the mehant of death landed in new york city this morning after being extradited to thailand. he's accused of selling weapons to terrorists who target americans. the panel of independent experts found that bp continued drilling despite, quote, several indications of potentialhazard. the dominican republic has now reported it's firscholera outbreak.

the death toll now tops 1,000. incumbent republican lisa murkowski has taken a major lead in the fight for the alaska senate seat. she has a 10,000 vot lead over tea party candidate joe miller. police are -- 64-year-old ronny chason was best known for her work in driving miss daysy. and young people in kabul can escape the violence and play. two australian skate borders founded the facility in 2007 and every weekundreds of local boys and girls come in for lessons on how to skate through obstacle on and off the board. it is now 7:19, let's go back to matt, meredith and al. >> mr. roker is here with a

check of the weather. >> we had sunsne has returned on this wednesday morning. good morning. i'm meteorologist tom kierein. right now we're in the low to mid-50s. 55 at national airport. winds will likely increase today, gusting 30 to 35 miles an hour, and we'll have a few clouds racing through. winds will diminish. a small chance of a sprinkle. high 50s. chilly weather returns for friday, saturday, around sunday. a bit milder next week. and that's your latest weather. more now on the royal engagement.

princeilliam proposed to kate middleton with his mother's engagement ring. >> reporter: the only thing more dazzling that the bride-to-be's smile was kate middleton's left hand. her engagent ring is blinding, even without the flashbulbs, an 18 caret sapphire blooming out of a garden of diamonds. it is a loto look after, especially given its former owner. princess diana picked out her own ring. the future princess chose a ring out of a catalog instead of having one custom made, a mere $60,000 it cost. but princess di had an eye for style even then andhat commoner sapphire has born her

name ever since. >> that style of ring is 100% a princess di ring. f >> reporter: for her son, the future king, there's nothing mo valuable. >> this is my way of keeping her close to it all. >> reporter: he spent three weeks in africa for three weeks before finally popping the question. the comparisons between kat middleton and princess diana are inevitable, she's already become the most photographed woma in britain. >> she's got to be quite media savvy to be a 21st century princess and she's shown she's able to cope with a lot of probms, paparazzi and things like that. >> reporter: and just like another princess, kate is already setting trends. >> after fires are back in.

>> reporter: just in time for the holidays, guys, her rin is already -- >> we're learning that ring was actually in prince harry's possession. after dianadied, he asked for that ring as a memento. >> and harry decided that the ring should be in the possession or on the finger of the future queen of england. coming up, kate middleton's rise from commoner to princess, we're going to talk about that with one of her friends who knew about the engagement before the rest of us. [ man ] are you aware that verizon fios brings fiber optics to your home

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what happened was i thought something would overspill and something would catch on fire and she would be sitting back basically trying to take care of the ole situation. >> 7:30 now on this wednesday morning, november 17, 2010. who knew the prince cooks? that is prince william opening up about the early days of his interview with kate middleton. a so-called commoner, i don't why that term doesn't sit

well with me. just who she and how will she deal with the pressure? we're going to talk to one of her long time friends. also ahead before you have shrimp for lunch or dinner, do you know what is in it? there's a chance that your seafood could be tapted with dangerous chemicals and drugs. let us gun with the grooming of a princess, natalee morales has more on kate middleton. natale good morning again. >> they have been enamored with kate or katharine middleton for a long time as you can imagine. but as much as people have read about her here, they really haven't heard her speak much. she did yesterday for the very first time and now they're getting an idea of who she really is. with william by her side, she's stepping into what she called a most daunting ro.

she's attended her fair share of weddings and now after eight years of waiting, kate middleton is finally looking at walking down the aisle herself with her prince. they were a coupleoing couple things. >> we went to university and it would always come with a little bit of angst. >> they even graduated together in 2005. kate's good looksnd her love of sports have always chimed with william and made her a popular friend. >> there'no pretentiousness. >> reporter: it may be just those qualities that kept william coming back even after they briefly split up three years ago. >> she's got a very good sense of humor. >> reporter: now the middle class girl who comes from a close knit family haso prepare for a future as a full-time

princess and that will bring some challenges. >> when you marry prince william, a lot is expected of you, you will be spending the rest of your life in the media spotlight. >> reporter: kate will have to share her life with a protection office there will be tiaras to wear, jewels to protect. and she'll have to shake innumerable hands. >> she's been introduced gradually to this and her age and her experience will be a tremendous advantage. but it's certainly going to change her life. >> reporter: those who know her y she's got what it takes to deal with life in a guilded cage. >> i think a princes needs to be able to blend in with every part of society. going into any country. if anyone can handle being a princess, then kate will be able to handle it.

>> reporter: and while the comparisons with princess dian are of course inevitable, as ince william said, there is no pressure really to fit into his mother's shoes, as he said. but interesting to know and to point out to you, matt, that ng which was dianas was a perfect fit. >> all right, interesting tidbit, natalee. jessica hey is a long-time friend of kate middleton. good morning. jessica, let me start with you, i know you went to school with kate, you have known her since you were 13, you played sports together. how did she break the news of this engagement to you? how did you find out? >> it was by phone, but it was a while ago, quite a while ago, but nothing could be said so i kept my mouth fmly shut. >> was it lahard to keep the

secret? it was one of the best kept secrets over the last few decades. how hard was it? >> if you know kate, you would be able to keep a secret. she tells me something personal, you're able to keep it. she's such a supportive person, i couldn't wish for a better friend. >> people really want to know what she's going to be like as a prinss and perhaps the future queen of england. talk to me a little bit about her qualities, you say she's a supportive person. what else do we nd to know about kate that tells us how she's going to do in the role of princess, for example? >> i think what will make her a great princess is she's very grounded and she ces about people. but more oftenhan not, she will do what she wants to do, she's very, very independent, she's ver headstrong and i ink that will stand her in good steady in the years to come. >> we talk about her as an individual, and william as an individual, you're one of the few people that know about them as a couple.

can you describe their dynam as a couple both in front of the camera and away from the camera. >> they're a very, very normal couple. they're the kind of couple you would see at a restaurant. they're a very down to earth couple, they aolutely adore each other. i can't even say how much they feed each other. they both just mesh well together. >> ken, let me turn to you and it's almost unimaginable what she i now going to face in terms of public scrutiny, you've been there, you've seen it, tell me a little bit of what's in store for kate middleton. >> i think just despite all that's been said about kate,the perfect woman for william. undoubtedly what's happeni now is the beginning of a huge change in her life. simply because of the huge media attention we saw yesterday. and this will be ongoing in the months ahead to the date of the

wedding et cetera. and with that comes a security package. sadly in the wor that we now live in, that's exactly what's going to have to happen, so it will, despite all that's being said, her life will change dramatically. >> then there's this idea of the media and the parazzi, we saw what happened with princess diana, do you think the rules of engagement have been changed at all? have lessonseen learned after the dea of princess diana? >> i don't think the rules of engagement have changed. in the last ten years, media interest in the btish world family has waned dramatically, particularly after the death of diana. this is sort of a rebirth of that. one thing is for certain william aged 28 and kate the same sort of age begins a newuture for the royal family and they will generate an appeal to that

generation that will take them into the 21st century. in the last ten years, the whole world has changed dramatically, so it brings security even greater and nearer to focus upon. >> jessica, you say you knew about the engagement before any of us did, so do you also know the wedding date? >> i could not give that kind of information out. but it will be sometime next year, that'shat all i'm going to say. >> not even for me, jessica? >> don't try and charm me now. it will be definitely sometime next year. >> jessica and ken, thank you both very much. i appreciate your time. >> and you can see more about the royal couple on a special "dateline" william andkate. and on friday nit, brian williams has an exclusive interview with prince charles,

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antibiotics and drugs just to keep tm alive, boosting production and driving down costs. >> would you consider this a public health threat? >> absolutely. >> reporter: ron smith is with the department of -- there's seral chemicals that are added to seafood. chemicals so toxic to humans, they're banned in all foods. >> in some cases, 40% to 50% of our tests will come out positive. >> that's a disturbing number. >> it is to me that's high w continue to test. >> reporter: similar results all targeting seafood with the worst record of contamination, shrimp, catfish, crab meat. in many cases officials say ending up in our country's restaurants and grocery stores.

>> unfortunely, consumers can't tell if any of these compounds are in their seafood. you can't smell it, you can't taste it, you can't cook it out. >> reporter: so how dangerous are these chemicals? scientists say overtime eating is tainted seafood could cause cancer, even birth defects. the risks are long-term and not fully understood. while the fda is responsible for keeping the nation's food supply safe, our "today" investigation found it tests less than 2% of imported seafood. >> they're not going to get caught. i mean they're sending tons of seafood to this country and if you only catch a small percentage of it, why would they stop >> reporter: does the fda need to do more? >> i would certainly suggest that the fda do more. >> reporter: while government tests show u.s. seafood is three of tse contaminants, even back in 2007, this congressional

seafood report said thateafood imports remain problematic. the fda deined to speak with us on camera but says it's doing the best it can targeting countries that are repeat offenders and rejecting their products until they're proven safe. yet it keeps happening. according to fda test results, this year alone, 8% of seafood tested from china was tainted and from taiwan, 16% of seafood tested was tainted as well. is that acceptable to you? >> any use of antibiotics is unacceptable. it's been a problem for years and it's not stopping. so what are the importers doing to stop it, to say any authorized use of antibiotics is inappropriate. >> the vast majority of seafood coming in does not exhibit any

kind of problems. >> reporter: you'relaiming no kind of seafood is making it from overseas on to our dinner table. >> any use of unauthorized antibiotics appropriate. >> reporter: he says most follow the rules and the problem is being overblown as a trade issue. he says this video of polluted fish ponds and rotting sewage is misleading. it keeps happening year after year after year. while federal law requires ocery stores to publish its cotry of origin. in restaurants where most of us eat our seafood, it's a different story, most states don't require you to tell you where it's from at all. >> that's awful, i'm totally in shock. >> we label everything, why

wouldn't weabel or fish? >> reporter: would you support legislation where we would know no matter where we go where our seafood is coming from? >> studies do not indicate that amerans are deeply interested in the source of their fish or other protein. >> reporter: as a consumer, don't i have a right to kw where my seafood is coming from, especially knowing what we know now? >> i think that consumers should fe comfortable that fda does a good job. >> reporter: but until more seafood is tested, consumers are at sk. >> it is a cat and mouse game, they quite honestly don't care about the health of united states citizens. >> reporter: some officials say this just isn't a health issue, americans say they're losing jobs because they can't compete with competitorsho are selling their seafood much cheaper in the u.s. most of the seafood coming in two overseas is safe, the

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our time right now is just about 7:56. 59 degrees outside. beautiful bright sunshine on this fall day. november 17th. good morning. i'm joe krebs. in the "news 4 today," the area is cleaning up after powerful storms move through overnight. arlington was one of the hardest hit areas. this is what it looked like on george mason. some people remain without power. in maryland an anne arundel middle school is closed. because of a power outage. we'll come back a loo

well, at this hour we've got bright sunshine and the temperatures are in the mid 50s. later today we should make it into the low and mid 60s. few clouds developing through

th a blustery northwest wind that may gust over 30 miles an hour beginning in the next few hours and into the afternoon. winds should diminish tonight and tomorrow. there's a small chance of a sprinkle tomorrow and then bright and sunny and chilly friday into the weekend. how'traffic now, jerry? >> it's been a little rocky. an accident over on the shoulder but there's a pretty good sized delay. a beltway crash on the inner loop. delays will begin on the inner loop as you leave i-95 all the way on up. a lot of sunshine delays in from the west, so keep that in mind. joe? >> thanks very much. tonight on news 4 at 5:00, tips from the cockpit. pilots share tips about where to sit and what to drink.

8:00 now on a wednesday morning, it's the 17th day of novemb, 2010. you know it was nasty overnight here in the northeast. lots of rain, but it has cleared out, a littlebreeze, and al says the winds are going to pick up considerably a little later in the day. but these nice people in the plaza are in for a beautiful morning. what were you doing? out on the plaz i'matt lauer along with meredith viera or marcel marcel, we'll talking you. and coming up the inevitable comparisons between kate

middleton and princess diana. >> the engagement ring he gave to kat was his mom's. will princess diana's legacy help kate deal with her placen the roy family? . >> who will be crowned "people" mazine's sexiest man alive? lenny. >> i'm there. >> we're going to reveal the person to the world. >> wow. >> in just a little t. all this week, also we have been going viral, "today" goes viral, we had already done a dynamite acapella, we have been auto tuned by the gregory brothers. and their videos have become so popular, they have become viral video sensations. we tk that segment, which we

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different from diana. >> reporter: william proposedo kate middleton with his moth's engagement ring. she was beaming for the first time since the announcement. >> he's a true romantic. >> the big difference iteems to me that prince charles didn't really know what he was getting into with princess diana, i estimate they were together for like 28 days as a couple before he popped the question. >> and prince william knows exactly what he's getting. >>hey have spent a lot of time together. >> reporter: kate has gradually eased to the part with help from the monarchy. >> she has had input from the palace, it's nothing so formal as sit down training, it's advice, it's consultations, it's the videos of diana and how the paparazz dealt with it.

>> reporter: like diana, kate will have to define her new role in the royal family. >> i would love to have met her and she's a person and a woman to look up to. >> i'm always trying to fill my mother's shoes and what she did was fantastic. and kate will doing a very god job of that. >> reporter: for "today," kate snow, nbc news, new york. >> martin brashear is with dateline nbc. and an nbc royal watcher. >> as much as been talked about kate, there's bee so much discussion about the engagement ring on her finger, that was princess diana's ring. do you feel tt princs diana istill a strong part of this

story. >> when you think about the late princess of wales, people think of her as a fashion icon, she demystified aides, she served the international red cross with regard to things like land mining campaign, but in reality, her primary role was as a mother and that was something she excelled at and the fact that her son has chosen that ring, tells you something about her le as a parent. i think there's no question that the princess of wales' greatest achievement was as a mother. he wants his bride to wear that ring. >> when you inrviewed princess diana back in 1995, it was after she separated with prince charles and before the divorce. she said iwasn't the responsibility of marrying into the royal family that was so daunting, this was the media attention. won't kate middleton will exposed to a lot more of that than even princess diana was?

>> remember these are two very different people. when the prince of wales married princess diana at the time, he was 44, she was 20. she had never had a formal job apart from part-time in a nursery and she was suddenly thrust int the royal family. in addition to that, she had had an adolescence which was very, very challenging. she developed eating disorders. she had been through her paren acrimonious breakup and subsequent divorce and so as a consequence of that, when lady diiana married princess charles, she went into an undermined state. kate has known prince william for 10 years, they both went to the same university,hey both studied the same academic subject, they have had a

commonality of experience so i think that she is much better prepared for the challenges than diana ever had. >> let me bring you into the conversation here, you were at the photo-op yesterday with all the flashing bulbs going on, h do you kate or katharine, how do you think she handled that now, how do you think she handled that media attention? >> i thought she handled it brilliantly, meredith. at the end of the day, we have never heard from kate middleton before yesterday. it was the most extraornary afternn of my royal reporting career because they both did a briefing before hand, the context of tho conversations i can't actually tell you, but they were all covered in the news around the world. she was there as an equal. it was very teresting, it wasn't a case of william looking at her off afternoon and covers her back, she spoke to the press by herself, he spoke to the press himself, they k5i8 together on that sofa. but what we were presented with

was a mature, glamorous classy woman who i thought had star quality oozing from her ever pore. >> but the marriage of princess diana has been -- how does kate emerge from out from underneath that? >> when we saw the interview yesterday, the one point at which she became a little bit uncomfortable was the question about how is she going to fill diana's shoes? how is anyone going fill diana's shoes. william was very protective with her and said that kate's going to make her own path. of course comparisons are going to be made, but as martin pointed out, two women at different stages of their life when they're coming into this royal marriage. kate is her own woman,she's got potential, she's clearly a bright girl, she shares diana's glamour, she's a designer's dream. but i think 's important to let kate carve out her own path

in this and she's got huge potential to be a star. >>hank you for jning us. >> and you can see more about the royal couple on a special "dateline" william a indicate, a royal love story. and on friday night, brian williams has an exclusive interview with prince charles, that's the man who would be king at 9:00, 8:00 cenal time right here on nbc. and up next, mark whitman takes the mystery out of an apple turn over. it one's venture card, we get double miles on every purchase. echo! so we earned a trip to the grand canyon twice as fast. uhoh. we get double miles every time we use our card. i'll take these. no matter what we're buying. plus the damages. and since double miles add up quick, we can bring the whole gan it's hard to beat double miles. no, we ride them. [ male announcer ] get the venture card from capital one and earn double miles on every purchase, every day. go to capitalone.com. what'sn your wallet? oh, that's the spot!

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dougthat you can buy at any supermarket. >> premade? >> this is out of the package, actually. >> this is whole wheat? >> this is whole wheat, which has understand advantages, but we're going to fold it up. we're going to do a couple of them you and i. they're so delicate, so y just throw them out if you tear i because there's so many in a package. >> you start with that one so w see how it's done by a pro. >> we'll see how it's done by someone who's done it before, at least. you butter it very lightly and you don't need a lot of butter, and we're going to do a couple of layers of filo. and then some apples and cinnamon and sugar. >> you don't have to cook them first, the apples? >> no, you don't have to cook them. >> and a layer of ns in here also. >> what else could you use? what works and what doesn't

work? >> apples work beautifully, pears work beautifully. this is also the technique you would use for spinach cheese pie. >> mean did not tear, yours did. >> did you do a second ler yet? >> no. let's say that we did a sond layer. how many layers do you need for a good turnover. >> these two are going to turn into four very soon. >>e're going to fold? >> yes, and then the fold is going to get folded four times. a sprinkling of nuts. >> and then, it goes like this. are you with me? >> both sheets. >> both sheets. >> and tn another brushing of butter. >> this is a little bit time consuming. >> well, so far we have been here for 90 seconds.

so we're rushing through it. >> we are rushing if that's bothering you now. >> i have a short attention span. >> now you employ your flag folding skills, the triangle thing, yours is going to look better than mine. by the time you're doing the second or third fold, yit's starting to look like it's supposed to ok. and if you have any excess, you can trim it off or the unit under or anything. >> we pop this in the oven for how long? >> on parchment paper, we put them in the oven for about a half hour. this is a cranberry sauce, just made cranberries and honey that you cook for a little bit. >> how do they stay chrriscrisp.

but you can reheat them before you eat them. >> let's go over to meredith. "people" magazine's sexiest man alive issue hits newsstand on friday. here is julie jordan los angeles's special correspondent. so you have been searching for the sexies basically since the lastover year, you start the search. we're not talking just sexy, and good looks. >> we're looking at someone who has a good sense of humor and a good heart. >> the sexiest man alive i >> ryan reynolds. >> who we happen to love here on today. he's been here many times. why ryan? >> ryan definitely has a sense of self-deprecation, we know him of course in the green landing. >> he's married to scarlet

johansen. but he rlly enjoys it all and he's a good person, and that's what we're looking for. >> he share the mazine with how many? >> there's 140 8:26 is your time now. 60 degrees out there. calm skies after severe skies overnight. good morning. i'm eun yang. some severe storms swept through our area overnight in northeast washington. high winds tore the roofs off several buildings. this is a look at the parking lot of a shopping center in brentwood littered with debris. crews have tried to clear up many power lines and trees

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♪ let freedom ring good morning. temperatures in the mid 50s. we've got quite a bit of sunshine. the winds are beginning to increase, and we'll see them gusting over 30 miles an hour throughout the rest of the day and through the afternoon into the evening hours. by then we should make it to the mid-60s. after that, tonight, turning chillier. mostly cloudy tomorrow. jerry, how's the commute? >> pretty tough. from i-95 springfield to i-66 crawling but all the lanes are

reopened from an earlier accident and along i-270 still tough. german town all the way down. eun? >> tonight on "news 4 at 5:00," tips from the cockpit. pilots share where to sit and what to drink.

8:30 now on this wednesday morning, november 17, 2010. a day to do a little sightseng in t big apple. but if country is your thing, we have a live performance from country superstar keith urban just ahead. there he is. also a woman who can only be

described as a legend this half hour? >> liza minuelli is here celebrating 50 years in showbiz. and also coming up ts morning, we're going to learn how to go on an energy diet. with the winter coming on, we're concerned about how to pay our energy bills. there's an easy idea to help us all. and a little bit later on, hang on to your hats, kathie lee and hoda are devoting their

good morning. the sunshine is back. the winds are beginning to increase, and we've seen gusts now to around 20 to 25 this morning name be over 30 to 35 perhaps at times for the rest of the daylight hours. right now wee in the mid to upper. the wind should diminish tonight. and tomorrow, mostly cloudy. there is a small chance of a sprinkle on thursday. highs mid-50s. ight and sunny on saturday but chilly. afternoon highs low 50. into the 50s satur >> and don't forget, you c get any of your holiday needs coming up for thanksgiving on

weather.com. an associated professor at albert einstein college of medicine. each year half a million babies are born prematurity today is national prematurity awareness day. it's hard to beeve this, but when it comes to preterm births, the united states in a recent study got a d, that's really surprising. >> well, the issue there is that we have so much to improve women and children's health. what we want to do is raise awareness that the right time to have your child is about 39, 40 weeks. so 37 weeks and lower is called preterm and that can ld to lifelong health consequences, we want to encourage children to be born at 40 weeks. >> a lot of preterm births are c-sections. >> we encourage that anything

th's elective and scheduled should be after9 weeks. >> and with this trend, what can we do to change that? >> well some of the most basic things like encouraging women to quit smoking, making sure women are as healthy as they can be before they become pregnant and then thinking about anything that's scheduled like an inductionor c-section, doing that after 39 weeks unless there's a medical reason to do it before. and still to come, we have got liza minelli in the house. but first, this is "today" on nbc. wi capital one bank's new checking with rewards,

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♪ it's a cabaret >> back at 8:36, la minelli is

back with a new album. it is called "confessions" liza milli, how are you? >> good morning, darling, how are you? >> you look fantastic. i know you have had some issues with your knee recently. and you had pneumonia. i feel great. when we were talking before, i had a knee replacement. ow. but god forbid, i don't do anything. that's when billy and i recorded this thing. >> in your bedroom? >> in my bedroom. >> no wonder it's probably intimate, obviously. >> it's that great thing that rock brenner said in the notes on theback, do you have that by anchance? >> yeah, i do. >> he put it perfectly. i have known him forever. >> until now only the friends of hers have heard these highly classic gems. that really is the genesis of this album. i mean you have these dinner

parties and you always end up around the piano, singing these songs. and that was really what gave you the idea to make this album? >> yeah, well there's a difference on stage when you're performing. and there's a difference when you're stand and you're part of the music and you're sharing the song. my godfather is ira gershwin. my god mother is kate thompson. >> your mother is judy garland. and yoused to sit under the piano and listen. >> i was very shy and i didn't know how to express myself, but i found that songs said it for me. so i started learning to collect songs instead of stamps. this album is all the ones i collected abouteing in love

over my whole life. >> how would you describe your love life? >> listen to the album. interesting. yeah, very interesting. and kind of marvelous too. >> and kind of marvelous too. >> those songs that you picked, some of them are familiar, but some of them are not going to be familiar to the audience. but they're special to you? why did you pick those particular songs? >> because of what they say and the words and how they go with the melody. but the strong from "lady and the tramp". he's a tramp, but i love him. you don't realize it's from a cartoon, "lady at the tramp." >> is there someone you're thinking of? >> oh, sure. >> which one? >> i'm not telling. >> you've been 60 years in the business. i can't quite believe that. >> me neither. >> do you have any regrets,

anything you would do over? >>h, sure, but so what? it's done, so that's what you try and do every day is take the bestf the day, do what you can with it and do your best. you know, and take care of yourself. that's what i love, hearing other people sing. >> who are the peoeou admire that you think are stars to be watched? >> i love bouble and i love pink. michael townsend so i was lucky enough to diover is wonderful. >> i want to talk a little t about turn you are classic movies, you starred with robert osborne from turner classic movies and he talked about your

parents. is it true you initially wanted to be an ice skater? >> absolutely. i could skate right here. absolutely. >> so what happened to chang that? >> i wanted to be on broadway. >> and your parents were necessarily gung ho about your going on broadway were they? >> no. they let meo to new york for a summer, when it was 15 and a half almost 16 to study. and i said i want to get a job. i said can i get a job? and my father said, well, of course. mom said sure, so i got a job. >> you got a job and then another and then other. >> i got a job changing scenery, i got a job making paper roses i was a stage manager, i d all these things to learn about it. >> and such good training to where you are now. before i let you go, can you

leave us with lyrics from the album, maybe from the title song, "passions"? ♪ i never kissed a man before ♪ now isn that a shame ♪ i never kissed a man before ♪ before i knew his name ♪ i always had a taste for wine ♪ ♪ now isn't a sin ♪ i always had a taste for wine ♪ ♪ but wine can't compare with begin ♪ ♪ it's nice as nice can be ♪ my faith is at last restored to snow that ve can be it's own reward ♪ ♪ i always go to bed at 10:00. now isn't that a barrel ♪ ♪ i always go to 10:00 ♪ when i go home at 4:00

>> liza minelli, you are the best. congratulations on your new album. back in a moment, this is "today" on nbc.

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the energy bills, we got a wakeup call. >> and joan and john goldman to reduce their energy use. >> our summe bills are around $300nd our winter bills are around $600. >> we safed around 10% in that process. >> reporter: and they have embraced changes by compact uorescent bulbs and air rated shower heads. for the goldms sealing up leakshelped. >> i definitely noticed that there wasn't the wind blowing downstairs. >> they realized an annual savings of $312. >> we're always very conscious of how we spend energy, but we're even more mindful now. >> lou is our expert on this and 's the host of the syndicated show "house smart." got to get rid of the drafts in

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how has fatherhood and marriage changed you? >> it's brought more purpose to anything i do. any dad will tell you when that happens, you don't really get it until you get it. >> you can't prepare for it really? >> it's just a feeling, so tween finding nick and now having a child, it's a whole new world. >> in may there was terrible flooding in nashville, and you lost 50 guitars in the process? >> it was awful losing them, but because we were scheduled to make a record starting that weekend, and all the things i'm so used to reaching for and playing music with were gone and so i just embraced it. i borrowed a guitar from the studio. i got on ebay and found some more guitars and we went to work making a record. >> so you weren't as interested in your old equipment as you

we in making good music? >> an album is supposed to be about great songs. >> when are you going back on tour? >> middle of next ar. it's not confirmed yet, we're working on it, but it will be middle of next year we're ing to start. >> what areou going to do? >> i'm going to "put you in a song." >> i would love it. don't forget you said that. ♪ well here you come again and you're looking so fine ♪ ♪ you don't notice me but it's all right. ♪ ♪ i'm just a guy who wishes that i cou be your man someday ♪ ♪ yeah a picture paints a thousand words its true ♪ ♪ but it's still not enough for

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>> keith urban, thank you. more music in 8:55 is your time now. 58 degrees. beautiful blue skies. a few clouds out there, but a nice calm weather day. tom will have your forecast after the news. in the "news 4 today," our entire area is cleaning up after some powerful storms blew through overnight. this is what it looked like on george mason drive where strong winds snapped trees and brought down power lines. some people are still without power this morning. in maryland anne arundel school is closed to both students and staff members due to a power outage. we're going to take a b

good morning. we have sniechblt winds are beginning to pick up. we may have gusts over 30 miles an hour from time to time with few clouds racing through. tomorrow, mostly loudy, a chance of a sprinkle. how's the traffic, jerry? >> along i-270 -- i'm sorry. we'll start in the southeast. traffic remains heavy to east of the bridges. no accidents. earlier we had multiple accidents. we're still looking at delays from gaithersburg on down. lookinbetter. eun? >> thank you. tonight on "news 4 at 5:," tips wó

♪ >> we're back now with more of "today" on a wednesday morning, the 17th day of november, 2010,

keith urban rocking our studio here and you're going to hear more music from keith coming up a little later on. out on the plaza o what's turning into a beautiful day, a little windy but beautiful here in the northeast. i'm here with tamron hall and al roker. natalee is in buckingham palace in london where all the action toy. after the announcement of william and kate, there's a little bit of a media presence here? >> reporter: they have bn expecting this engagement for a long time. it's been widely reported in some media outlets here for a while as well as you know with a proposal that happened back in october, but we're of course only finding out all t details now. but it's been widely reported that this was sort of a secret engagement, but the world media has descended here and this is a little glimpse or glimmer of what's to come over the next couple of months.

the weddi could happen as soon as spring or summer. wedding plans are fast in the works and a lot of anticipation and exciteme building. >> tamron said bob marley called and wants his hat back. we all think it looks great. >> we like it. >> it's adorable. >> you flew overnight. come on. we're going to check in with natalee in just a couple of minutes.

good morning. here we've got the bright sunshine, and winds will gradually be increasing into this morning. this afternoon we may have gusts over po miles an hour. right now it's near 60 throughout much of the area. it niece the 50s.

near 60 by the washington bay and lots of sunshine. a few clouds may develop and race through with the winds that may develop in the next few hours and continue into late afternoon. they'll diminish tonight and tomorrow. clearing up for thursday. a small chance of a sprinkle tomorrow. sunny and chilly friday into the weekend. >> and that's your latest weather. now to william and kate, the most famous couple of the moment, they faced the press together for the first time as an engageded pair. and "today" correspondent natalee morales has made her way to buckingham pale to get the latest on all the excitement there. natalee, good morning again. >> reporter: of course it is the top story in the press here, kate's very special. a lot of focus on the engagent ring which was of course princess diana's. theyave been waiting such a long time for this event. the countdown on for what will be the royal wedding there saying of the century. and already thisouple did not

disappoint, they stepped into the spotlight and they shared their first interview as now the newly engaged royals. the royal couple who may one day be king and queen yesterday released news of their engagement. >> it was very romantic. >> prince william, why did it take you so long to propose? >> well, didn't realize that the -- but also the timing is right now, we're very, very happy and i'm very glad that i have done it. >> in her first interview before the world, a rather nerus kate talked about becoming part of the royal family.

>> maybe i'll take it in my stride and william is a great teacher and he'll be able to help me along the way. >> and that sapire and diamond ring, it was william's mother's back in 1981. >> carol and i are absolutely delighted by "today's" anuncement and thrilled at the prospect of a wedding sometime next year. >> i heard the news, it was absolutely wonderful. >> i'm just so happy for both of them. they are so happy and it's wicked. >> a cheeky reference to the eight years the couple has been dating, william and kate talked to t bradby about how they're feeling. >> you both look incredibly happy and relaxed. >> we are. we are. we're like ducks, calm under the water but little feet going

under the ter. it's aeal relief. >> did you know you were going to do this or were you holding it until the end? i have been planning it for a while. but as every man who knows, it's hart to get motivated. >> i thought he might have just maybe decided. but it was a shock when it came and i was very excited. >> people ask about children, do you want lots of children? see what comes? what's your- >> i think we'll take it one step at a time, we'll get over the marriagehing first and then look at the kids, but obviously we want a family. so, you know, we'll have to start thinking about that. >> reporter: and the royal wedding planning is already well underway as you might expect with plans for a spring or summer wedding of 2011. prince william has also said to

say that westminster abbey is the location, which is where the queen herself got married and where princesdiana's funeral was held. already they're expecting a billion people will be tuning in to this, and as i said, this is gearing upo be the wedding of the century. >> nancy jeffrey is senior editor at "people" magazine and collin cowley is a senior wedding planner. he said a low key affair about a billion people watching? >> it's going to be the coveted wedding, and we're fascinated by royalty and this is the strongest of all the monarchies out there today. >> you covered this couple in thbeginning when they were friends and then they started to coyly date one another. william reveled in the fact that we were taken off guard. >> what's amazing about this

story, they were dating for eight years. everyone expect them to get engaged, but when the moment came, they took the world by surprise. if you were watching william, he looked very pleased with himself that he pulled it off. >> it's usually the bride that glows, but in this case the groom was glowing. what do you make of katharine during that intervw? her body language was very comfortable. >> i think she handled herself with incredible poise. when you watched them, yesterday, you can absolutely see their comfort with each other. >> you're looking at tt beautiful sapphire, of course it was princess diana's engagement ring, there's a little bit of tradition, but this is a model couple. >> that is probably one of the most famous engagement rings ever. i love the fact she wore blue to

match the ring as well. >> they have got about a year maybe to go when planning is wedding. when you're planning a normal wedding, it takes a year, when you're planning something on this scale, where do you start? >> you think about it, it's going to be a royal wedding, will it be a private wedding. it will be multiple events and i'm sure all of this has been planned in advance. she' have a certain say in flowers and the dress and the designer, but there's a big protocol as to how this is going to be presented to the rest of the world. after all it is the british monarchy. >> does much othe planning come from the queen and her staff? >> the palace has said this is going to be a swroint sort of thing. the palace will be very involved but this is will and kate's day and we have seen that they're their own people. and we have to keep in mind it's william so i would expect some surprises. >> and the dress, i understand that kharine is a big fan of

alex temperly, will we see a traditional dress? >> she'll probably do something down the middle of e ad. i think she's probably going to go classic with an edge. >> she's dressing for the world. she's dressing for all of britain there. >> every dress designer in the world would love to be taking care of that dress. >> they were engaged in africa, it may be hard to out do that. >> again, i will expect that they have probably planned it, they probably have agreed on what they're going to do and we probably won't hear about it, they'll probably keep i under wraps until they ready to share it. >> i think we'll find out when they're on honeymoon. >> they waited eight years, but it seems like ts is the right time as william put it for them. she looked so poised and this perhaps will help them ming ahea >> without a doubt, i think they'll grow into this with the

focus from the world being on the two of them. >> in giving her that ring, he also made his mother part of this day. >> collin and nancy, thank you very much. >> you can see more about the royal couple. a special "dateline" william and kate. up next, answers to your money emergencies on "today's" money 911 and kei urban sings one ofis biggest hits. i used to swing over those rocks... took some foolish risks as a teenager. but i was still taking a foolish risk with my cholesterol. anyone with high cholesterol may be at increased risk of heart attack. diet and exercise weren't enough for me. i stopped kidding myself. i've been eating healthier, exercising more... and now i'm also taking lipitor. if you've been kidding yourself about high cholesterol...stop. along with diet, lipitor has been shown to lower bad cholesterol 39% to 60%.

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>> the darkness box set gives fans an unprecedented behind the scenes look into springsteen's creative process into the making of this pivotal fourth album. it also includes 21 never released songs during this prolific period. >> things sometimesave to bring them in and work on them and see if they're -- and they may re up to something spectacular, or they may turn to sand as you're working on them. and most of the time, you get sand. that's t trigger. the trick with song writing is that you're probably successful one out of ten times. you have to be able to tolerate failure and i have learned to do that pretty well. >> while he says he's learned to tolerate faure, outwardly at least bruce sprinteen hasn't had to deal with a lot of it. he has sold more than 121 million albums and he continues

to sell out concert tours. you were oppressive and excessive during the rording of darkness. what did you put your colleagues through? >> everyone was a young man because it demanded 24 hours. i didn't he a life, i didn't think you should have one either. >> the notebook plays a prominent part in the darkness documentary. it just looksike things are spilling out of your head. what is going on in your head? ve you figured that out? >> no, that'shy i still go to the psychiatrist. it's like, you know, it's a mystery. and the notebook to me are always part of the package. they are prettyood little documents of aoment i was living through and what i was trying to accomplish or what i was thinking about at the time.

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the 16th book, cross fire hits store shelve this is week. >> oh, my god, another alex cross? >> just in time for the holidays. >> absolutely. >> i'm biassed, but i think this is the best one. >> why? >> well, alex gets married. >> finally? >> andne of his great adversaries is back to try to maybe knock off mr. and mrs. cross. >> ando are the stakes -- >> that's a little hat. we also know about corker congremen. has he raised the stakes now? he's got a family now. >> and he has a wife at home and his girlfriends have not done well in the pa, so he has to be careful of the gunman with the pen and the computer, me. >> that's righ because let's face it, this guy's had worst luck than any cartwright. when you write something like this. you want to obviously please the

fan, but is it important to please yourself as well? >> it's important for me to be -- to be interested i challenge. if i'm t, then -- if i can't get emotional about what i'm writing, i don't do a very good job. >> you menoned alex getting married,his is a pivotal event in this book? >> yes, it is. >> this has taken him 16 years to get to e alter. >> it's not 16 years, because we're very carefulhat alex doesn't ageery much. even though there's a year between books, it's not a year in his life. and it only covers one year of hi life, the whole 16 books. >> this a time travel. the last time we saw it ongreen, it was morgan free man >> he's great. he's a sweet guy and he's very handsome, very good loing,

even better looking than you. and i think he'll be a great alex. we have to beat up the studio a ttle bit. i'm going to hollywood tonight. >> are you? >> here's what i don't understand. i have had trouble just writing one book at a time. you write a number of them at a time time. >> and scree plays. it's like anything else, you start doing something and you fall into a pattern and you're comfortable with it. i'm very comfortable with what i do. and, you know, that's l. >> where do you see alex cross going from here? >> well, hopefully he's going to protect his wife. the kids are getting older, so that's an interesting thing for him. the trick is always to imagine things that you haven't seen

before and hasn't been in the movies wech movies. we have a game coming out on facebook so people can play along with alex this fall. so that will be fun. >> you come up with them all the time so we're glad you do. not as funny as your book. >> that's high praise indeed, sir. coming up next, we have got one more song from country sfrr keith urban.

coming up -- >> hoda and kathie lee get to the bottom of things, a whole hourf everything you always wanted to know about sex but were afraid to ask. >> i think i would be afraid to ask kathie lee. stay tuned for that. but we have one more song from country superstar keith urban, performing his hit, "sweet

thing." ♪ when i picked you up for our first date baby ♪ with your pretty blue eyes they were driving me crazy ♪ ♪ and the tin little thoug that was so amazing is they were looking at me ♪ ♪ i held open the car door for you ♪ ♪ then you climbed inside and slid on over to the other side ♪ ♪ i thought my oh, my ♪ sweet thing ♪ the moon is high and the night is young come on and meet me ♪ ♪ in the backyard under the cottonwood free ♪ ♪ it's a good thing

♪ and i wishing ♪ common sweet thing ♪ won't you climb out of your window while the world's sleeping ♪ ♪ you know i need you and there's no way i'll be leaving ♪ till we're kissing on the porch swing ♪ ♪ oh, my little sweet thing ♪ yeah i know i'm gonna see you first thing tomorrow ♪ ♪ but i just couldn't wait so i had to borrow uncle jake's mustan ♪ ♪ its his favorite car and so i can't stay long ♪ ♪ standing here feeling like a lo struck romeo ♪ ♪ all i want to do is hold you close and steal a little more time ♪ ♪ is that such a crime? ♪ sweet thing ♪ the moon is high and the night is young ♪ ♪ come on and meet me ♪ in the backyard under the cottonwood tree, it's a goo thing ♪ ♪ and i'm wishing.

common sweet thing ♪ ♪ won't you climb on out of your window while the world's sleeping ♪ ♪ cause you know i need you and there's no way i'll be leaving ♪ ♪ till we're kissing on the porch swing ♪ ♪ oh, m sweet thing ♪ oh, my sweet thing ♪ sweet thing ♪ sweet thi ♪ oh, my sweet thing ♪ the moon is high and the night is young ♪ ♪ come on and meet me in the backyard under the cotton wood tree ♪ ♪ it's a good thing ♪ tell me i'm not dreaming ♪ sweet thing ♪ won't you climb out of your window while the world's sleeping ♪ ♪ cause you know i need you and there's no way i'll be leaving ♪ ♪ till we're kissing on the porch swing smoet ♪ oh, my little sweet thing ♪ common sweet thing ♪ sweet thing

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some clouds up there but a dryer day than we had yesterday looks pretty out there. 61 trees, the temperature. good morning, everyone. i'm barbara harrison. in the northeast washington high winds tore the roofs off several buildings. this shoing center parking lot in brentwood is littered with debris. jury deliberations in the chandra levy trial are about to get under way. guandique faces charges in her disappearance and death. her body was found in rock creek park one year lateeer let's talk about the day out there. it's pretty, but there are some clouds. are they going to turn into rain clouds? >> not today. the big story today is going to be the winds. we've seen them gutting over 20.

it's going tincrease in the next few hours and into the afternoon as welimb into the low to mid-60s. right now it's near 60. morrow, mostly cloudy, a small chance of a passing spnkle. highs in the mid-50s with lighter winds. jerry, how's the traffic now? >> tom, take a look ott the beltway. will not let go. still looking at delays from springfield on up through t work zone headed toward 66. one more stop on the beltway north of town. a couple of trucks here on the shoulder of outer university boulevard but things are thinning out very nicely. barbara. >> thank y, jerry. tonight on "news 4 at 5:00," tips from the cockpit. pilots share tips on where to sit and what to dr

captions paid r by nbc-universal television from nbc news, this is a special etion of "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb talking nothing but sexreally. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. okay. we were quite prepared for that. it's wines day, wednesday on this november 17th. we have a very special show for you. >> yes, do. if you've got any little ones within earshot, you may turn downhe volume. we're talking about s-e-x which

is what the announcer said fully. >> i think there's too much sex this world, but that' just me. we're talking from dating to marriage and foods that enhance it and so much more. >> we'll answer some of your questions, because we know that you have them. >> all my questions have been answered. >> are you sure? >> i think so. >> you know who still has questions? the woman -- the man who would be queen, kate middleton. she'll be queen katherine. >> we got to see her engagement ring, it was a sapphire. >> not just a sapphire. >> it was the ring that belonged to diana. >> his mother. there's some question about that. i hadn't thought about it until we brought it up in the makeu e room this morning, which is a lot of the ladies were appalled they see that ring as something that's sort of -- that's a dooms dai attribute to it cause of what happened to the marriage

between diana and charles and ultimately what happened to diana. i didn't s it that way at all. mae because it's my mother. when he said this is how i keep her with me, and she can be part of it. i thought that was so tender. >> i actually had nevereard kate middleton speak until just now, so it's interesting to hear her. u always see majs of her and she's fashionable. she wears low cut. >> she's not bosomy. she's adorabe. >> they sat down with a reporter, and let's listen to a little bit of them discussing the engagement. >> i'd been planning it for a while, but every guy knows it takes a ceain amount of motivation to get yourself going. i was planning it. it felt right in africa and it was beautifult the time. i did a little bit of planning to show her myrow m romantic si. >> was he getting nervous or

jumpy? >> not at all. we were out there with friends and things. i didn't expt it at all. i thought maybe he thought about it. it was a total shock when it came and very excited. >> the stories go around that you had a picture of him on your wall -- >> it was just one of many. >> he wishes, no. i had the levis guy on my wall, not a picture of william. sorry. >> they're so cute. they're like any other couple in love, you know. love is a great common denominator, whether you're a king-to-be. >> i like she's older a little bit she's 28. i love that. >> so important for her. she assumes the responsibilits. she's not the18-year-old that diana was. >> there's a big "dateline" on tonight about the whole shebang. >> if you were watching the

tube, you had a couple of choices last night. >> i chose "glee" and gwyneth paltrow was amazinamazing. >> listen to her. ♪ forget you ♪ got some change in my pocket ♪ wasn't enough i'm like forget you note yeah i'm sorry ♪ ♪ i can't afford a ferrari no ♪ >> that song can be a lot more graphic. she was terric. >> she had that hit with huey lewis years ago. i forget the name of it. can she do it live? i didn't see the country music awards the other night. i thi she's talented. >> the other option was "dancing with the stars" and a lot of peopleere upset because brandy got kied off and bristol palin

remained. keep in mind, brandy had a better vote from the judges than bristol. >> look at brandy. the audience is booing. that's awkward. brandy looks totally crushed. >> the judges picked brandy and the audience picked bristol. >> here's the controversy. is bristol being being rewded for her mother's popularity? is the tea party keeping bristol palin on? that's not against the rules, right? >> no. it doesn't matter. >> the people decide. it's just like politics. >> yes, it is. we'll see what happens. brandy is probablyhe better dancer. >> a lot of people agree with this choice with "people's" sexiest man alive. 34-year-old ryan reynolds. why do we have a different cover? >> because we do. there's plenty. >> there's two. he's so much man -- now, see,

you and chose different people. we didn't know who the winner would be. you said edwardo. >> if you don't know whoe is, keep googling him. just look iup. he'll pop up first. >> he's the sweetest guy in the world. i couldn't vote for him because he's my very gd friend and like an angellend you can't lust after angels. i would have gone with ryan reynolds if he had children. >> who did you go with? >> i went with sting. i think sting is awesome. he's everything. he's the whole package. i love musicians, and he is a greathusband, loves his wife and a terrific father. i think he's awesome. >> speaking of our sex show, we have a sex wine o the table. >> when jerry brought it over this morning. i said jerry knows his sex wine, and he sai jerry whines about

sex every day. i don't know why. okay, hoda. >> it's a sparkling rose. very nice. this is one of the trivia questions. healthy sex makes men live longer. >> frank is 80 years old. need i s more? >> they say men who cheat and have sex don't live longer because they claim that the stress that they are going through because of the cheating does not help them. >> i have problems with that. i think people that are serial cheaters have no stress at all about it and they have no conscience about it and no guilt and sleep like babies. >> i agree 100%. >> all the guys are saying that's right. >> if you're a onetime cheater. >> if it goes against your moral fiber, you would lose a lot of sleep. >> i feelike we should show these. these are bra and panties that are not typical. they are magnetized for easy access. we should bring up caitlin.

this is don nash's assistant who is humiliated but she has it on the outside of her outfit. >> you look adorable. >> what did you think when they asked you to put this get-up on. as first i said i'd do it. now immediately i regret it. >> your boss is about dying right now. >> i'm sure he is. >> do they stay? >> do the big stretch, the big old stretch. >> does it come on? now it stays on. >> they're pretty strong. >> how long does it take to get that baby off? >> wow. >> okay. >> you can get these they're 230 bucks. they're very expenve. >> do you get both? >> i think so. >> thank you, sweetie. >> you're welcome. >> you know about this, hoda? we don't have time to talk about

the porn hotels? >> go ahead. >> good. a porn mogul is planning a chain of hotels. why we need this, i don't know. where guests stay for free if what? >> if you have sex in the hotel room and you agree to be videotaped for a live broadcast on the web. >> broadcast live. >> i'm su they'll use the tape over and over. the question is why? >> money. it's going to generate millions and millions of dollars. >> maybe i'm an idiot, but i don't think people want to watch mary smith and her husband having sex. >> snooki would be. there's an appetite for everything in the world. >> porn i get. >> you get subscriptions? >>top it. i don't understand why -- i don't know. having sex is not something that's pretty to look at, do you think? >> it depends on how you look, i

suppose. i don't know. this boggles my brain and i hope it never comes to be. >> coming up, we'll have our girlfriend's guide to s-e-x. >> and so much more as the show gets rolling along. >> being sexy is all about having confidence and feeling comfortable in your own skin. >> when i wear heels and walk down the street especially in new york city, i strut. i can't help but strut. when i strut down the street, i know i draw atteion. we're always stoppinghat n is because i have to go to the bathroom. and when we're sitting in traffic, i worry i'll have an accident. be right back. so today i'm finally going to talk to my doctor about overactive bladder. [ female announcer ] if you're suffering, today is the day to talk to your doctor and ask about prescription toviaz. one toviaz pill a day

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sex is preferable because you want to know that you have tact. >> you want to go with what you feel in your heart and body, i guess. >> i'm just the type of guy, i guess, if you give it up on the first night, i'm not going to hang out wh you again. >> what? we're back with our special show dedicated to make your sex life, not his, a better one. whether you're married or single. since our girlfriends are the first os we turn to when we're in need of advice, we assembled some here. >>hey are the single jill martin and janine milner a married moth of three and a founder of mybrownbaby blog. sharon sloan is married without kids and then we have divorced mom debbie creator of

stillababe.com. how honest are we about our sex lives with r girlfriends? jill? >> i think we are 80% honest. i think your besties and close friends you're honest with. those outside your group, you don't really talk about the really -- >> do you feel comfortable talking with your girlfriends about sex? >> after a few glasses of wine. >> and genational. >> more innuendo with the older girls. maybe more blatant talk with the younger girls. >> everybody was shocked when sex in the city first came out and everyone saw these women talking so exiciting about everything. i was stunned by it. i think some things schuck sacred. where do you draw the line at something truly private, but i seem to be in the minority about hat. >> with our girlfriends we talk about as a help for ea other. we don't give each other the dirty details, but it's helpful to get advice on how do i make it more interesting. oh, my god, i had a glass of

wine and my husband reactsike p pavlov's dog. we talk about it to help each other. >> when you'resingle, yu want to talk about it. you want advice from your friends, and your friends want to hear about it. especially my married friends. >> why? >> because they're bored. they're bored. so if you go back to a man's house, you guys, this is a qution, after the first date or you invite him to your home, are you expected, do you think, to have sex? >> we argue about this. i think absolutely yes. approximate if you go back to a man's apartment after a date. if gu back, you're saying i'm ready to sleep with you, and you're either ready to be in a relationship, which is what i would do i i went to a man's how. yo don't go to second base at my age. >> you bothnow why you're there, and as long as ear okay

with that, that's fine. >> what kind of woman will sleep with a guy before she sees how he lives and where he liv? you find out what the guy is like. >> when you're back in the dating game again, you sort of find yourlf doing things you wouldn't have done prior in the last life. you're in a new body and new place and take new risks. you will go someplace you hadn't have gone. >> where do you mke out, then? >> it's not making out but hooking up. >> sometimes you want a kiss. >> you kiss outside when the date ends. you go to lunch. you go before the date, after the date after a few glasses of wine. you don't belong in a man's apartment if urtot going to sleep with him. >> you can say y don't you come up. i want to talk to you a little bit more. i think you can go to a man's apartment and he doesn't expect sex. >> depends on the man you're going out with, too. >> i agree. yom it necessarily means you have to say yes if you want to go back to his apartment and you guys are having a good time, you have the right to say no.

>> i don't think you have to say yes. you're telling him by going bk to his apartment. >> before that moment. you've already told him. >> i think you set the vibe before you go up and walk in. >> i think it's an important point. it's not a hard thing -- >> it does. >> you can have a fferent outcome. >> should you ever sleep with someone who is separated but not divorced, yes or no? >> absolutely no. unless the papers are signed, this is a horrible position to be in unless the papers are signed and everything is finished. >> what if the dvorce takes a yeaand a half? >> think that people stay married a really long time because they think they're supposed to, and the marriage may have been dead long aago. when they've been out there for a very long time, by being separated they say i'm out here again. do you want a man that's untied or not, and if if it doesn't matr to you. >> i'm not so sure.

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if i could buy one thing to improve my sex life, it would be anything that adds to the mood so whether that be candles or sexy sheets or maybe just a stiletto pair of heels to turn myguy on. >> maybe some oth stuff. lingerie and candles might be a nice way to set the scene, but you may want to take it an itty-bitty step further. >> molly persons, features director has some spicy secrets built to bring on the satisfaction. >> come on down here. >> we want you to uch it. >> tell us about this section right here. >> first of all, it's a great idea to do new things in bed. not only is it fun, but whenever youdo something new it sends dope mean in your brain and it's exciting. this is some kissable body shimmer. it it looks really pretty and

sparkly on yo skin, but it also smells and tastes really delicious. th most scents you can get involved, the more intense it will feel. >> don't put it on me. don't waste it. that's actually pretty. oh, i don't like the smell of that. it's a little too cotton candyish. >> it's a little sweet. here we have chocolate body fondue. you can paint it it on yo partner. over here a candy bra and string. >> this looks like it might be a fun idea, but i think when it's going on i can't imagine -- i bet it's nasty. >> you see little kids eating these things all the time. i don't know about that, molly. so far you're three down. >> here we have lubes. instead ofetting the basic kind, there are a lot of cool, new types of lube out right now.

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all rig. we're back with more of "today." we're ready to play the weekly quiz game who knew? in honor of the special show we want to remind you what we're talking about is for mature ears only. today's topic is sex. kathie lee across the street and ready to hand out 100 bucks to those who answer the questions correctly. to those that don't theyet that lovely cd. ian turner is here to help me out. let's see ho people doing. i'm curious to see. >> lovely ladies from san francisco. here's your first question.

according to the world health organization how many acts of sex happen every day around the world. 40 million, 200 million, 500 million or 2 billion? >> oh, my goodness. >> let's have a general consensus. >> 200 million. >> you're right. >> that was a lucky guess. >> 0 million. >> in this country alone 40 million americans say they're stuck in a sex rut, so i think that 200 million nuer can get higher. >> let's go across to kathie lee. >> what percentage of married women fantasize about having sex with someone other than their spouse? 12%, 62%, 75%, or 99%? >> 75%. >> you're going to love it. >> the correct answer is only

62%, which i found surprising. >> i know. that's from an ivillage survey. every woman who i've asked that question to said 100%. men don't fantasize during sex. it's totally a woman's thing. we're happy to be the. >> glad to be in the room. okay. >> you're from canada, right? texas. i'm sorry. they're on their honeymoon, so it's nice for them to take time out of their busy schedule having sexo be here talking about sex. how many positions are depicted in the original kama scattered su sutra? >> we'll go with c, 101. >> it gives you something to look forward to. >> the correct answer is 64. that's a lot of positions. >> you know what the number one around the world is? missionary posion. i think it's the eye contact, the intimate see. you really need one if it rks.

>> let's go back across. >> these ladies are from alabama. the average couple trying to conceive will have sex how many times before being successful? once, ten, 25, or 104? >> 25. >> whoops. >> all right. the correct answer there, 10 times. >> i was very surprised by that, too. it's a british study that was done by one poll rearch. with couples trying to have kids later in ife, trying to have a kid is very trying. it takes something for all those couples out there trying to do it. don't lose fact that it's fun toosh too, not just a goal. >> koo >> what percentage of women wer satisfied last time they had some nookie with their partner?

>> i'd say b, 23%. >> sor about your sex life. >> all right. so the correct answer there is 64%. >> 64% of women said they we satisfied. 85% of men said at their women were satisfied. >> first of all, can i ask about these polls. is anyone telling the truth when they're called and asked about a sex questions? >> this is coming from reliable data. this ivillage poll is true. people lie, but we're getting as close to the truth as we can. >> we have the man from the sea here from alabam in one survey two out of three women are more likely to make out with a guy if they like his eyes, his personality, his smell or the thickness of his wallet. >> boy, that's a tough question.

i'd say the eyes. >> boy, you people are pathetic. >> now, see, i agree. i would have said eyes, too, but the correct awer is smell. >> this was a national study done by axe men's productses and they determined that smell is the most important scent to women, and women have a stronger sense of scent because they're ovulating because it helps tem sniff out jeanettetic capability. >> axe is all about smell. they did with a research institute allbout the senses. >> great questions, by thway. thanks for coming by. up next, if all this talk has your engine running, we have the key to making tonight, that's tonight extra special right after this. being in the mood is the kiss. it it all starts from the kiss. >> what gets me in the mood is going out. if i have a good conversation and i'm having a good time with somebody and i'm feeling it, i'm going to go with it.

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it was exciting to wake up in the morning and jump in the shwer with him or when you get home from work undress him right when you walk in. >> what can improve my sex life? a smart woman, a good wine and a sharp cheddar. >> a sharp what? >> cheddar cheese. >> maybe we do need this show. according to a survey by scoop.com 81% of women would rather have a massage than sex because of their busy lifestyle. >> if you want to be one of the 19% who wants to have sex, you've come to the right place. we have three sexpertsith us.

they're the co-founders of the love consultant and also is maggie of author start calling him honey and start having sex which is kind of cute. so 81% of us would rather have a massage than sex. i get it. it's a long day. you're tired sxpt a massage and go to bed. >> women do get it. at the end of the day, you have your career and juggling kids and everything, you want sex oor a massage. >> i want a massage. >> i'm appalled at this. we try to keep the passion and fire alive in a relationship. your marriage should be one long first date, and you need to take the necessary precautions or maintenance to make that happen. the fire dies. >> that's in a dream world, isn't it? there's only 24 hours in the day. >> you have to find the time to make the time. those products that were mentioned earlier, the edible underwear, the body paint,

viagra, something called zestra, a great product for female arsal. post menopausal females have problems with arousal and drive. you need toon tood what you need to do to maintain your connection. >> you can buy all the edible undies you want and do all that stuff. your desire has to come back naturally, and it can't come back with sort of fixes like that. the only way to get your desire back as we say in the book is you have to remove the bad habs that are sabotaging your sex fe every day that people do every day, sometimes every hour. once you get rid of the bad habits, then you can buy the underwear a buy the -- >> you say don't call him honey or daddy. >> daddy? >> i love that. >> i don't call him daddy. >> yes, you do. >> a lot of couples do. our book is not just about money but about all pet names. we spent several yrs interviewing couples for our

book. >> no pet names? >> yes. your name is the best way to go. we found out that when we did our researchhat there's so many couples that love each other, respect each other, they're a great team, but they've completely lost their sexual connection. they're living like roommates. >> what should you call them? >> you wouldn't believe how common it is. >> call them your name. >> you know what? here's the thing. >> the same old same old. men sleep with the same old same old wife and women sleep with the same old same old husband. you need to experiment. why not do crazy things with the person you're most close to, your husband. the bedroom, reclaim it. let's take away all the computers and all the electronics. the on thing that has to do with sex is -- sex is in the bedroom and sleep. that's the only thing. >> it's about taking control. i ink sometimes women wait for

guys to take control, and we're policy women in powerful career and doing different things in our live, handling the kids. why don't we take control in there? >> people are watching this saying, okay. my husband will comehome tonight and we'll cook dinner. it will be the same ol drill again. what is a take-away? what can someone do tonight? give instructions. >> one of thehachapters is calld close the bathroom door. we get into the basics of what you do during the day to sabotage your sex life. the open bathroom door ruins the mystery and builds up resentment. that's not good. your sex life is very -- your chemistry is very fragile and peep add behaviors and habit and get comfortable and think their sex life is going to survive, but it doesn't survive. >> it makes you vulnable for somebody that's going to --

>> it's fragile. you have to protect it. you have to be careful of the things you do every day that, as i said, that sabotage your sex life. >> do something tonight that you've never done with your husband. >> open the bedroom door. >> that's the thing. open the bedroom door. i don't care what you have to do. be a different woman, rock his world. go from there. change your pattern. >> i tnk it's about changing your pattern. >> but i really do think you have to take some action, because that's what it's all about. if you don't go home, take action, make it a little different, light a candle. >> everybody has their marching orders. thank you very much. >> coming up next, this chef has a meal that will make you hungry for his love right after this. ♪ ♪ i took a ride ♪ it's been a long time

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and saucy kitchen. we haven't cooked and things are already steaming in here. >> we have a recipe to get things cooking starting way seduction dinner. >> hi, curtis. >> hi. it's been too long. >> what are we cooking up? >> we're dng a pasta dish. it's always sexy to share something with somebody. you can uspaghetti, wtever you got. >> you have garlic going here, baby. >> we have onions and garlic in the pan,hich is fine as long as you both ooeat it. >> it comes out of your pores. >> chili peppersn with kwur onions andgarlic and other ingredients go in. i have beautiful crab meat. >> you said on our show the other day there's a specl lady in your life now. have you ever made this for her? >> i haven't made this for her. >> what's her favorite meal you make her. >> she likes pasta so i keek her sta once in a while.

>> does she cook, too. >> she's a good ok. i'm a chef, so i have that bit covered. a little bit of lemon juice and your favorite thing, kathie lee, white wine. >> i don't drink that stuff. >> the heat gets another scent going. the chili pepper and a little black pepper and parsley and others. then you just want to heat this through. you want a lot of parsley. give it a toss. take your boili pasta, give it a shake, and a little bit of the pasta water is okay. >> you're pour is right in there. >> i's a one pot wonder. >> if you're in a hurry. >> if you want to romance, you don't want to be just in the kitchen. >> certain people will remain nameless. >> give it a good toss. bring it together with extra virgin olive oil. >> that looks good.

>> taets it? it's ready to go? >> it's ready to roll. you bring it over here. i di't put any salt because the crab is already a littl bit salty. >> anything with crab, i'm a goner. i love it. >> do you like it? >> yeah. >> thedeal is you put it all on one plate so you share. >> that's so cute. >> sexy music in the background. it's a winner. >> what music do you play, curtis? >> i play -- >> "everyone has a story"? >> something like that,ut not exactly that. >> you start off with this, right? theeal is if you nt romance, you have that done. come back here. you know, the way i'll start off is a pomgrante martina. it works well with the crab. it has vodka, pomegrante juice - actually i used cherry

juice instead. >> you should make it with pomegrante. >> i like the cherry as well. >> cherry is nice. >> what do you think? >> it needs some pomegrante. >> this is the home run. >> for dessert i did a chocolate fond fondue, because you can have it done ahead of time and it's nice and hot. i ma enough for ten people because that's how i roll. >> it's a group thing. >> you are sick. >> that's why you stay in l.a. all the time now. now we know why. >> i have chopsticks. >> the best dessert you've ever made and we have it all the time, it's the only thing i'll give up my dessert ban on is that banofi pi >> banana and toffee. >> if it falls off your fork, you haveto kiss the person

nearest to you. so -- >> did you see what just happened? >> use chopsticks in case you drop it. >> hoda is very good with chopsticks andm&m's. >> now i'm drinking. delicious. >> it's not bad. >> we're glad you're back. >> you've broken a miion hearts but we're awfully glad you're happy. we'll be back with more of "today" on nbc. that's delicious.

we made it through the show. >> who knew sex could lst an hour. >> we want to thank everyone at new jersey for the booksigning. ank you for coming out. really, really appreciate it. >> tomorrow andy garcia and 10-year-old singing sensation jackie is with us. >> for friday we're going to fort lauderdale on a boat on the high seas.

it's going to be fun. the allure. you coming with? >> what? >> he's not coming. he's going home. >> have a great wednesday, everybody. >> have a great wednesday, everybody. >> bye-bye. -- captions by vit -- www.vitac.com