good morning. senator lisa mkowski claims victory and is claimed to be the apparent winner and how did she defeat the tea party and sarah palin and why is sarah palin saying she can defeat president obama in 2012. and a picture in front of london's westminster abby? is that where she will marry her prince. natalie takes us on a tour of the place where they call home. and 250,000 ping-pong balls in the most downloaded in

history. our attempt to go viral in 2010. welcom to "today." i'm meredith vieira. >> i'm matt lauer. >> the results are not official but looks lik lisa murkoki will become the first u.s. senate candidate to win a campaign in 50 years. >> what appears to be a long shot to save her senate seat, that after she was defeated by rah palin endorsee, j miller in the state's gop primary. we will talk to lisa murkowski straig ahead.

and the food you eat at the local mall food court, how safe are the items served, "today"'s investigation uncovered health violations insid some of the most popular malls in the country. new details of the most bitter custody between mel gibson and his girlfriend and she sits down for an interview and describes in detail the night mel gibson allegedly hit her and why she srted her private phone conversations. >> we will hear from ann curry standing by with the day's headlines. >> good morning, everybody. in the ns this morning, in the first ever civilian trial of a former guantano detainee, he has been found not guilty on all but one count against him and the decision could undermine president obama's plans to put other detaies on trial in

civilian courts. highly sensitive e-mail exchanges between the senior u.s. deposit and military officials according to a rept to congress and chinese officials say it was all accidental. haitis chole epidemic has now reach the united states. a woman in florida has it and there is no panic stateside as cholera is generally a water borne disease and not spread person to person. two americans were freed kidnapped by insurgents from an exxonmobil oil rig 10 days ago. it is one of the most significant sources of oil for the united states. a democrat led on push to allow gaysn the military could be taken up again. senatorarry reid said it must be repealed immediately. general motors made the rgest publi offering in

history in response to overwhelming demand. we have trish at the stock market with more. what's the latest with gm? >> certainly a big day for gm, back on thearketfter declaring bankruptcy last year. this is a company investors have been clamoring to get in on. it went up in price, just $33 a share, gm, as you said, is on track for a major offering here, likely to raise more than $20 billion. of course, while it may do very well today, the big question here is how is this company going to be faring six months from now? that still remains to be seen. trish regan, thanks so much this morning. quantum airlines announced half of the royals royce engines on their fleet of airbus must be replaced. they're considering pulling those 40 turbines from the world's biggest jumbo jets after a blowout on a qantas flight

earlier this month. a 3-year-old argentinean girl is alive after following 100 feet into a well, at an age when tieing a shoelace can be a chlenge, the girl managed to fasten her own harness so rescuers above could hoist her to safety. doctors say she is doing just fine today. just 3 years old. it is now four minut past the hour

clear and calm on this thursday morning. good morning. here's a live view from the sky watcher camera. sun's up and a clear sky overlooking northwest washington in the foreground. the northeast the distance. in the suburbs it's down near freezing imany locations. and later today we'll have increasing clouds. highs reaching mid-50s. there's a slight chance of a sprinkle this afternoon. clear tonit. tomorrow sunny and chilly. sunny with chilly mornings and cool afternoons over the weekend. that's your latest weather. matt. >> thanks very much. we turn to politics now. more than two weeks after the mid-term elections, alaska senator lisa murkowski is claiming victory in her historic write- to keep her seat. kelly, how are you? >>eporter: good morning. we talked how unpredictabl this

season has been and look what's going on in alaska. voters have done something that hasn't happened sin dwight eisenhower has been president. a sitting senator winning back her seat on a write-in. it is not official yet but looks like alaska has made more history. >> they told us this coun't be done. >> reporter: alaska making human rights. >> c -- making story. >> 100,000 people writing in the same name. >> reporter: lisa murkowski but voters through an election spelling test. and she scored big! >> you are m-u-r-k-o-w-s k-y. >> reporter: she held a 10,000 vote lead, a stunning comeback. in august, senator murkowski lost her republican primary to newcomer joe milleracked by

the tea party express and her long time rival, sarah palin. she was called a sore loser when she launched her write-in campaign. now, miller says he hasn't given up. >> it's looking like it's less than where it will come out and we will obviously continue to watch the process very closely. >> reporter: back on capitol hill, it was speaker, nancy pelosi, who bounced back after the democrats shattering defeat. >> they know that i'm the person that can attract the sources, both intellectual and otherwise to take us to victory because i have done it before. >> reporter: pelosi was chosen to serve as the next minority leader, transition out ofower for democrats has been rough. >> madam speaker, you're still speaker, thank you so much. >> reporter: 43 houseemocrats turned against pelosi when a more moderate democrat, north carolina, heath shuler ran against her. >> it wasn't about winning a

race but a voice within our caucus. >> reporter: no surprises and no on camera comments after house republicans picked their team. with two newly added leadership spots reserved for incoming freshmen,risti noem and scott won those asexpected. democrats got criticism for keeping the same team in place. republicans have done bically the same thing but added new positions for freshmen to reflect tea party influence and make their leadership team appear morediverse. >> kelly on capitolhill. thanks very much. alaska senator lisa m-r-k-o-w-s k-i. congratulations. apparently, is that what i should say? >> thank you. yes, apparently. i las scans have leaed to spell it just as you have. prettygood. >> the divisions of elections has not certified this and will not do that until the 29th of the month. nbc news has declared you the

apparent winner. are you at all concerned based on the twists so far there may be another surprise down the road? >> we were waiting for the numbers. that's what this process has been. it's taken a while. there were a consortiuple hundr thousand ballots castnd that chose to go the write-in way and we made sure they were counted in a very good process so it's taken a good bit of time. the fact of the matte is the numbers are what they are and clearly indicate alaskans have not only spoken, they have written it down. >> there were doubters, as you well know and people who thought -- >> yep. >> i think i was one of those september 22nd when you were last on this program thought maybe you suldn't do this and couldn't do this. explain to me briefly, how did you win? >> it was alaskans coming together.

the most phenomenal coalition of alaskans. this was not a republican campaign. this was democrats and republicansnd independents all coming together saying, this is too important for the future of our state. we're going to take that extra step. we're going to take that affirmative act and we're going to do someing that the rest of the country says we can't do it. it was a challenge for alaskans and we clearly met it. >> this morning, there are alreadpeople saying you defeated joe miller and a lot of people saying you also defeated sarah palin. she backed mr. miller in her home state, put the prestige of her power behind that endorsement. how much does this say about her power and impact in your opinion? i think it's important to recognize that here in alaska, we are looking at alaska, we're looking at those issues important to us. endorsements from outside may not have as much pull as much stroke as you do in the lower

48. this was alaskans speaking up. i think what they said was we want the consensus building that i bring to the table. we don't want -- we don't want governance based on ang or fear, we want governance that comes about when people reach across the table and try to figure out how we build good policy? you tal about governance based on anger or fear, you're a moderate republican and say you do not pass the purity test the tea party has set out. you said somethingelse, i wil tell you i am not one of those who wants obama to fail. will you stand up against other republicans who feel the only way for themo succeed is for the president not to succeed? >> we have too much to do for these next two years to be focused on who's go going to be president or who's going to be leading the senate in 2012. we have an obligatn to the people of this country to

govern. we have unemployment at 9.5%. we have people continuing to lose their homes d to foreclosure. we he work to do. that's what the american people want. that's what the people of alaska have asked for in this election, is get to work, whether you're working with the president, whether you're working with the majority leader or the speaker, figure it out, congress. snow senator lisa murkowski, the apparent winner in alaska's write-in senate campaign. senator, congratulations. >> thank you. it's good to be with you this morning. thank you. >> nice to have you here. 13 minutes after the hour. here's meredith. south carolina's republican kristi noem has bn elected to the leadership team. good morning. >> good morning. thank you for having me. >> this leadership team has been a nod to the tea party in a way of dispelling any rumors there is tenon between the old guard

and new guard. is that how you see it? >> i see it as the leadership giving this freshman class an opportunity to weigh in on a lot of decisionshat will be made on policy we need to get this country back on track. the freshman class is definitely viewg this as a great opportunity for them to have a seat at the table in those important discussions. >> for you, it is not window dressing at all? >> no, i don't. ever since we arrived here in washington d.c., this leadership team has been in the room. they have come to extra meetings. we requested as a clas they've listened to us theyave the same goals, same agenda, same items on our mind all of us do, what we've been hearing across this country and from the american people. >> you talk lot about coming to washington to make change there and you want to shake things up. you look at the gop and democrats, all the key leadership positions, the ones at the very top went to the same people. how do you affect change without the significant change at the top? >> i think you've seen through the republins pledge to

america we have real changes we'd like to make. a lot of us coming from the freshman class are businessmen and women, living ordinary everyday lives running our businesses back home and affect change coming here and making sure the politicians and bureaucrs thatave been here in washington d.c. understand the ramifications are when we pass legislation in washington d.c., how i impacts real people back home. that's the perspecti we need and good to see our republican leadership is listening, giving us seats at the table so we can have those kind of discussions. >> the tea party did eorse you but you made it clear you are not a tea partier. do you plan to caucus with the tea party? what'sappened through this election cycle we have seen labels used to create divisions. that needs to stop, have everyone sit at t table, have adult conversations toolve these problems. as far as joining caucuses, we'll consider that when we come back to washington d.c. and want to h the ground running. right now, we have a lot of work to do.

>> interesting when you were campaigning, you were campaigning against washington insiders and specifically nancy pelosi in some of your ads. the irony you and her are the only two women who hold leadership posions. can you work with her? >> i believe i can work with anybody who is willing to sit down and make changes to get th economy on track. the fact that the democrac party elected her in leadership endorses what they have done and i don'telieve it's the right directioto go but we will work with people who will find solutions. >> a lot of people compared you to sarah palin. she did not directly endorse you, the tea party did. you' both strong conservative women, both like to hunt. where do the comparisons end? do you like the comparisons? >> i certainly admire her for her work and willingness to step forward. people need to recognize it takes a lot of courage to step into the political ring. i admire her for that. i want people to focus on the fact i was a south dakotan, like

every other back home and i'm kristi noem and willing to work for them. >> congratulations. >> thank you. i appreciate that. >> it is 7:16. more now on sah palin. her new book seto be released next week. we're getting an early look at some of the people she's taking aim at in it. norah o'donnellas details on that. good morning to you. >> good morning. sarah palin's book is called "america by heart," settles old scores by leviohnston and her daughter's chastity and the stars on "american idol." >> sarah hit is everywhere, on her hit reality of alaska, the front of a magazine and interview with barbara walters. in the special, she admit she has barack obama in her sights.

>> i'm looking at the lay of the land now and trying to figure that out, if it's a good thing for the country, for the discourse, for my family, if it's a good thing. >> if you ran for president, could you beat barack obama? >> i believe so. >> palin's new book, which is of the strengths and virtues that made this countryreat comes out next week but a blogger that has excerpts from the book, palin writes about the personal, including fresh criticism of levi johnston the father of the daughter bristol. because the new fatherasn't there until the end of bristol's lay ber, i helped deliver tripp. >> she praises her dedication to abstinence and dredges up the '90s sitcom murphy brown that got dan quayle in hot water. palin writes i'm biased but

given a choice of role models between bristol and murphy brown, i choose bristol. >> another palin target, "american idol" and blames its producers for providing a supply of people who can't sing but deluded enough to get up in front of a nationa televised audience and screech out a song anyway. ironically, it's bristol getting criticized these days for lack of talent. just this week, she advanced to the finals of abc's "dancing with the stars" despite receiving the lowest scores from the judge's panel. >> the judges scores are important, but viewers don't necessarily go by them. they will vote based on who they think deserves to go to theext step. >> conspiracy theiorists are accusing sarah palin's tea party tting out the vote for bristol which she denies.

>> when they say that, i say, think of all the people that hate my mom. why don't we talkbout that. >> back to the 2012 election and "new york times" article this week, palin acknowledges if she decides to run for president, she would face t challenge of proving her qualifications and expanding her small close-knit and secretive team of advisors. matt. >> norao'donnell. shu very much. 20 minutes after the ur. a new photo of newly engaged kate middleton is fueling speculation where next year's royal wedding will be held. today, we turn to nalie morales in north wells at anglesey, home to prince william and kate. good morning to you. >> reporter: yes, kate was seen leaving westminster abbey, fueling speculation tt will be the choice for the royal weddin as she remains in london, prince

william returned back to work at the royal air force base and here is where they will spend their first years of life as a married couple. >> reporter: their engagement may have been a traditional affair but kate and william are a thoroughly modern couple. the last eight months they have been living as man and wife where prince william flies as an air force pie lot of on rescue missions. >> luckily we live in the 21st century and a lot of people live together before they're married. i think in this instance, the queen was delight. >> reporter: far ay from the media glare and in this insulated part of lake wales, they've been trying to lead a normal life, shopping at the local supermarket and picking up a takeout dinner and having an occasional drink at the pub. >> she was here for a good hour. it was quite pleasing to have them in the establishment.

>> reporter: it's a long way away from the royal life and glamorous surroundings prince william is used t and kate might struggle to find the latest fashion. >> a great place to live, a great place to holiday. fantastic scenery all around. >> reporter: you have to get past the wind and rain. >> we have a b of rain here. >> reporter: where it rains most days and temperatures rarely hit a high. william can go on his adventurous reak. >> they have been running arod with their helmets on. >> reporter: kate can work on her photographly with the landscapes right at her doorstep. >> reporter: how much of a boost is this for your tourism? >> quite a boost. they will think, wow, prince william and kate middleton live here. >> reporter: they're hoping the boost will be good for tourism. >> it good news and good for the economy. >> reporter: they're not about to give away their secret.

>> it's not that much of an issue. >> reporter: that's how ke and william hope to hold on to their private life a little longer before they face the full force of their royal duties. the royal couple will continue to live her through 2013, when the prince's tour is over and after that, speculation already began whe they will choose to settle then. >> thank you very much. coming up tomorrow, brian has an exclusive interview with prince charles. you can catch the man that would be king at 9 and 8:00 central time and harmony, and our climate crisis on nbc. and meanwhile, the reali producer charged with killing his wife on a mexican vacation makes his first court

still ahead, the local mall.

>> what our cameras caught on the local news. good morning. at 7:26 on this thursday, the 18th of november, i'm joe krebs. and in the "news 4 today" the metrotation is open again this morning. it was closed last night after part of the ceiling collapsed on the platform. roadwork above the station on connecticut avenue caused a chunk of concrete to fall. no one was injured.

good morning. we have sunshine now, but clouds will increase later today, and it's cold now. later on into the mid-50s. a small chance of a sprinkle as the clouds come through. clearing out tonight. sunny and chilly on friday. over the weekend, sunny and cool. jerry, how's the traffic >> following breaking news in northeast washington, rhode island avenue and 18th reeft. the cident occurred a short time ago and authorities have been -- they are currently keeping rhode island avenue

closed both ways right now at 18th street northwest. quick check on t topside of the beltway, university boulevard is now clear. joe? >> thank you, jerry. tonight on "news 4 at 5:00," take the stress out of

7:30 on this thursday morning the 18th of november, 2010, another beautiful fall day here in the northeast. kind of brisk but nice. a great group of people outside. we thank them for making their way to rockefeller plaza. we will be outside. and matt lauer with meredith vieira, the reality producer who once worked on "survivor," accused killing his wife at a popular mexican resort. we will get details and talk to

the victim's sisters. he was arrested yeerday. and how safe is the food at the food court, we will show you what our "today" investigation uncovered. a little later on, we have fun with the okays from okay go. we gave them free rein with us, which was a bad decision and we will see the results later on in the show. and the hollyod producer accused of killing his wife in mexico appears in a los angeles court and vows to fight extradition. nbc has details. >> reporter: dressed in a white t-shirt, shacklednd handcuffed, bruce beresford-redman never entered a plea. he was arrested seven months ago. he wasttentive politely answering the judge's questions in an extradition hearing that lasted only minutes.

his lawyers said he's innocent but beresford-redman remains behind bars at least until the end of the month. >> he's prepared and knew it would come eventually and waiting for the day it would happen. >> reporter: sitting feet away from the man accused of killing their sister, the sisters say they knew this day would come. after monicaas murdered in april, they flew back to hear murder charges against bruce but by the time the charges were filed, bruce was back in los angeles living with the couple's children for months. >> for me, there is no happy ending on this, you know, just hope to get what we need too so justice is served. really, there is no happy ending. >> reporter: new courtment tos paint the picture of a troubled marriage saying bruce attempted

to assault his wife the day before the murder and had conflicting statements afterwards. a marriage on the rocks, prosecutors say ended in murder and the start of an extradition battle that could last a year. nbc news, los angeles. >> monica birthderesford-redman sisters is here. good morning to you all. good morning. >> it's been seven mths since your sister was found dead in cancun and most of that time, you believed her husband was behind this, responsible for it. carla, what was your reaction tuesday when you found he had finally been arrested? >> it's been so long, it was a mix of feelings, but, of course, i was really relieved all this process has started for the extradition and the justice for my sister. >> you were actually at the court hearing yesterday, just a

few feet from bruce. what was that like for you? >> it's surreal! i think you anticipate feelings and when you get there, it's really a total different experience. it's hard. it's a relief and it's sadness. it's a combinaon of feelings and it's really even hard to explain. >> did you make eye contact with him? >> yes, idid. >> did you say anything to him? >>

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this boston mall, we saw it. a cockroach climbing the wall right next to a grill at this popular japanese place. >> you're kidding. i wish you hadn't told me that. >> reporter: mos aren't as obvious. bare hands on the food, raw meat sitting out, filthy kitchens to name a few. we traveled across the country and to the mall of america in minnesota and boston and new york city. we traveled with food safety expert, cindy rice and pulled hundreds of inspection reports that exposed the dirty truth. rice says food courts may b more risky than average restaurants because of tighter workspaces and higher volumes. >> reporter: they start cutting corners? >> they start cutting corners if you're not careful. >> reporter: we found it too ten. 43% of vendors had critical

violations that could make you sick. at the mall of america, 68% had critical violations. at the new york seaport mall, a tourist hot spot, a whopping 48% of vendors had critical violations. one of the most common unsafe foodtemperatures, hot foods kept too cold, cold foods too hot can lead to dangerous bacteria growth. we found it a lot, these raw rgers just sitting out. even if cooked later, they could still make you sick, so could these kabobs piled too high and o far from the heat. >> when you go up to a deli case holding hot foods, ask for the one on the bottomlayer, that's usually the hottest one in the pile. >> not the one on top sitting out a couple hours? >> that's right. >> reporter: not just meat. produckept too warm can grow bacteria, like these salads at room temp. those these food cups look

refrigerated, don't be too sure. >> touch the outside of the deli case. >> reporter: this one was warm. >> this one was warm and risky. >> reporter: and another is rodents and insects. remember this cockroach next to the grill. the same vendor had mou droppings in their storage area. we confronted the manager. >> do you have a pest control problem here? >> no. >> reporter: we just saw a live cockroach. >> reporter: the comny told us it never had food problems and always gets outstanding suspicions. but we saw different on our video. >> ifou have one cockroach, chances are you have thousands in the walls and ceilings waiting to come out at night. >> reporter: an inspection report shows since2009, more than half the vendors have hat pest violations. at the charcoal grill, the

inspector saw mice ex-cretia and this food prep area. and the owner had no comment. >> how comen is it to have rodents and insects inside the food area. >> they're all of concern and will have salmonella, e.coli, viruss. >> reporter: but rice says most comes from the workers. in boston, watch this worker put her eye drops in, then hand out food samples. >> it's a problem because bass sbass -- she has bacteria and mucouses on the foods. >> reporter: watch this worker wipi the counter with a fit the rag, no glos and then handling the food. sometimes cross contamination can send you to the hospital. >> it hurt so bad. something was wrong. >> reporter: stan had eaten

mexican food at this maul in illinois and days later, rushed to the emergency room with e.coli poisoning. doctors said he could have died. a department of health investigation found five customers got sick most likely from cross contamination from the same food vendor wit workers accidentally mixing salsa with raw meat. >> do they know the consequences of taking childrens and people's lives in their hands. >> reporter: that vendor is out of business. we found 6 out of restaurants had critical health violations. >> it's offensive to me. who has the responsibility for testing the public, protecting the puic. >> reporter: that falls to the local health department who do annual inspections of restaurants and will shut them down if the aren't fixed. follow-up reports show all the violations are fixed. the mall told us the safety of our customers is a top priority

and any safety in fractions is a top priority to be corrected immediately. >> we see a pattern. vendors get a violation, fix it, a few months go by, maybe a year, get the same violation and fix it, it goes on and on >> they d get away with it because the health inspectors are only there one or two times a year and see a snapshot, not there every minute of the day. >> reporter: with all these health violations, you may wonder why don't we see a lot of people getting sick? the cdc doesn't rept it because they don't connect the illness with what they ate a few days ago, check for clean workspaces and hairnets and gloves. the only thing you can look for. >> what's this best way to crack down on these vendors. >> the health department doesn't have the money to go more than once a year. if they get a violation and fix it, they get a clean slate. they can go year after year and it's okay. once again, there's no more

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7:56 is our time right now. 46 degrees in our nation's capital. beautiful blue skies. chilly temperatures. good morning. i'm joe krebs on this thursday, the 18th of november. in "news 4 today," a heads-up for transit riders. they're having trouble with its communication system. metro's line is down and the public address system is also down. metro is working onhe issue, but it's not clear when everything will befixed. it is day two of jury deliberate rags in the chandra levy trial. the jury spent five hours yesterday going over evidence trying to decide whether guandique was guilty. we'll take a break now and come back and look at our weather

forecast and check out o oo

good morning. it's sunny and cold. temperature, 46 at national airport. that's the warm spot. elwhere in the 30s in most locations. highs today reaching mid-50s and increasing clouds. small chance of a sprinkle this afternoon. clearing out into friday andthe weekend. looking dry. cool afternoons, clly mornings. how's the traffic, jerry? >> we've had a couple of challenges this morning. accident on theouter loop of university boulevard. the inner loop, there are some sunshine delays. one more stop to virginia, the inner loop very slow. springfield to 66, earlier issues out of the roadway. travel times added onto that. joe? >> thanks, much. tonight on "news 4 at 5:00" take the stress out of thanksgiving

♪ 8:00 this thursdaymorning, the 18th of november, 2010. this this band has donated 50 million hits to their treadmill dance alone andore than happy to give one up as today goes viral. straight ahead, our latest journey into the world of viral

vio. >> what we did is we gave ok go! complete creative freedom and they could do anything they wanted for a video. you can see they had some fun. we were in cubes that would crte claus strophobia and lots of ping-pong balls as we go on later on. >> i was actually a little freaked-out by it. >> plus, we ask you, our viewers, to create some "today" show themed viral videos. >> and we catch up with actors gyllenhaal and he descres the scene as an nude-fest. hard to recognize them in clothes. >> ann is at the newsdesk with the headlines. >> hi. in the news, president obama is stepping up pressure on senate republicans to approve the nuclear arms treaty he signe

with russia. today, he is hosting henry kissinger and madeleine albright and other former secretary of the state of defense why it's in the u.s. interests to have it ratifiedhis year. and a mosque in murphy's borrow, tennessee, arguing the proposed mosque was approved withou enough public notice, opponents tried to claim the was a muslim conspiracy to impose extremist islamic law in the united states. rescue aircraft searched overnight for the fighter of an air force fighter jet. a helicopter crew spotted the wreckage wednesday. a new gernmen svey finds 1 in 5 adult americans suffered from mental illness last year with symptoms ranging from severe depression to attempted suicide and, still fewer than half received treatment, according to the survey. here's brian williams with what's coming up on nbc evening

news. good morning. >> hi, ann, you're a fellow dog lover and you may already know this, theye changing lives in their own way from simple tasks to companionship and loyalty. when you thinkbout it, they're making a difference and that's what we bring you tonight, that story on "nightly news." ann, back to you. >> thanks. a 3-year-oldoy inreat britain using a metal detector for the first time as he unearthed a 500 year old gold pendant. expes say his find could be worth as much as $4 million. it is now 8:03. hey, guys. his father was blown aw away -- you're not even listening. >> that's okay. >> i will dos for myself. no, it's fine, really. this boy is 3 years old, using a metal detector for the first time, discovers someewelry

that's 500 years old, that's worth $4 million potentially. >> wow! >> really? i got to get one of those thin. >> we did. we got nothing, bottle caps. >> that kid will have a ton of money. >> thank you. a cck of the weather from mr. roker. that was a strong finish. next time, pay attention to ann's newscast, please. these guys are in the spirit of christmas. what's your name? riley. >> what's your name? where are you from? >> north carolina. >> you got to see the rock eths? let's check your weather. nashville, tennessee, one of the greatest nbc affiliates ever. 55 degrees, working for you. look on the satellite, we have sunshine in the southeast. rain is coming in there to the ohio river valley. big storm moving onshore in the pacific northwest, dumping

anywhere from 3 to 9 inches of snow. snow showers in the upper great lakes and upper river valley weather moving into the northeast and southern > good morning. sunny and cold on this thursday morning. right near freezing in most locations. in washington, though, it's in the low 40s right near the bay. temperatures are in the low to mid-40s, and we have the sunshine now, but the clouds will be on the increase from the west as the day progrees. his reaching mid-50s. clearing out tonight. sunny and chilly on friday. sunny over the weekend. saturday and sunday highs mid and upper 50s. nouncer ] your mouth is amazing. >> that's you latest weather.

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>> what happens when you combine ok go! knowledge, our questionable looks and amazing stamina, check it out. >> ever been to a turkish pson before, meredi? >> five frames, everyone settled. >> if you get claus strophobia, what is t way to let everyone know? >> scream. >> simply scream? >> enter your cube. >> fire, fire, fire. >> hang in there, al >> if you're wondering what we're doing and how we got here? >> you can do it! >> good luck, al. >> you're not the only one. we do have some concern the thing we're trying to do with the "today" show hosts is not actually possible. i guesshat's kind of always an issue. >>yeah. we like to try to make the impossible poible. >> if anyone can pull off the impossible, it' the band ok go!. th call their viral deos

incredibly awesome art projects. apparently the rest of the world agrees. this treadmill dance has over 50 million hits on youtube. they've become the most downloaded band ever. what are the rules of our vide? >> awesome cars. >> always bigger than a c cup. >> left over cash. >> gold bars. >> when bling and hot chicks a scarce, they prefer simple and brilliant ideas over big budgets and special effects. shooting an entire video often in one shot requires meticulous planning, tireless crew and endless attempts. >> the dog video was 128 takes, althou we used take 72 so the last 50 were useless. >> can we suffocate? >> no. you can't suffocate. >> i was completely submerged and you will be fine. >> t maintain our sanity, we mit the band to three hours of our time and give them total

creative freedom. the concept seems simple. >> the hosts of the "today" show have to spend three hours in these small claus strophobic cubes. i'll be back, i'll be back. >> hello. >> s the cubes will have ping-pong balls. >> we will dump those balls on the "tay"'s show hosts. >> different color balls. >> the biggest challenge, spillage. >> no one has ever die >> tim was shot in this face with a paint that had not been fully diluted and thought he had broken his nose. >> define seriously injured. >> you ready f us? >> yes. we are ready on set. >> this for al. >> it will all be over in three hours. don't worry. >> and four. >> here we go.

>> are you okay, al? >> al, say something. >> al. >> al! >> it takes about 20,000 ping-pong balls to fill each cube. >> it's kind of cool. >> which means we amassed a quarter of a million for this shoot. >> okay. i think tt's plenty. >> we've gone to a new territory here. >> for the first five minutes, we're having a blast, all well behaved and keeping the ball kes to a minimum. >> these ping-pong balls all come from china, don't they? >> i'm the shortest so i will die first. >> you start whining now, i will come over there and kill you. >> the fumes are overtaking me but i feel great. >> provided we survive. how does this translate into a compelling video? the idea is to use stop motion photography, shooting raufly 600 pictures in three hours. e result will be changing patterns of color. whether it will work is anyone's

guess. if you think our job looks tough. >> this is our team of highly trained ball sorters. whenhe colors mix, it goes to them. >> in no time at all, boredom sets in. >> he meredith, are you empty? >> yeah. i'm empty. and on the floor. >> she's falling asleep. >> another day at the office. >> thankfully, us crackbey addicts can still get our fix. 20 minutes later and viea has lost it. >> hold your fire! >> like we trust you! >> hey, i thought you said truce, i thought you said truce. >> we have three hours. this will make it. please do not do this. >> sadly, we're oblivious our angry cleup crew, but they get

back. >> now, just turn your head. >> what is it the exorcist? what are you crazy? >> let's clear cube one, please. >> remember, quickly emptying 20,000 balls from each cube is no simple task. i am ball-free. >> you yfind yourself counting the seconds until they clear your tube. >> this will go down as one of the strangest things we have ever done. >> free the host. yeah! >> but a bit of discomfort is a small price to pay for the chance to become cyber superstars. >> sthank you so much. we really appreciate that. >> if i never see another ping-pong ball as long as i live, it will be too soon! >> what people don't know is they had a really weird odor.

>> some of the colors did. >> the pink? which one did. >> red. >> as they got closer up to your chest, you really were inhaling this stuff and made it uncomfortable. >> you had something with them? >> there was a bug. it was alive. >> so the goal was to shoot 600 pictures during those three hours, which was very ambitious. in reality, we only ended up shooting about 200 stis so they had to get creative with the editing. are you ready to see how it looks? let's take a look. >> all right, guys. ready? let's do it. ♪

♪ ♪ ♪ how do you get that taste out of your mouth and ner get the paw print out of the henhouse now and you can't go back the same way you came, grind all the pieces up but they just don't get the same ♪ ♪ so let your hair down now ♪ and let i all come down now ♪ just let it all come down >> wow! that's creative. >> that was with only 200 of the 600 shots. >> if we stayed there six more hours, we wld have finished the video. >> if you wt to g your hands on a quarter of a million ping-pong balls where do you go?

go to ping-pong balls.net. actually, the compaaid they never had an order that big. if we didn't return those balls, they would have been out of business. a big thank you to them and huge thank you to ogo!. they helped us pull off this thing. they couldn't be here today but were really fun to work with. >> you still havesome, don't you? >> yes. >> by the way, you c see all of our viral videos on todayshow.com and theinners of our viral video challenge. coming up tomorrow, we have a feeling you will like our final video, one of the most ambitious things our staff has undertaken, one song, one take, no edits. can we pull it off? you will find out tomorrow on "today." [ women ] ♪ pop-tarts happy sunshine time! ♪ [ man ] ♪ grab a pop-tart and you might just start ♪ ♪ to sing songs like a meadow lark ♪ ♪ stretch and yawn

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go to takeadvil.com. ghailani. back now at 8:22 with "today" goes viral. >> we didn't want to do this at all. >> yeah, we did. we didn't want to do it alon we like to share and challenged our viewers to come up with their own "today" show themed with clips from our shownd here's the winner, the chandler family from arlington, texas. ♪

♪ ♪ >> yeah! ♪ >> wa, wa, you anchor, you! >> oh! >> this is "today" on nbc. >> they did a good job. >> i like the way baby hallie

got into it. >> we weren't worried about baby hallie. >> that was great. >> we appreciate it. let's check with our friend, willard scott. >> i love a party! good old birthday parties. we have so many nice birthdays, friends, take a look. marcelly baker, of winter park, florida. you don't really see her. we got this in too late. no picture. a party girl and loves cross-eyed putz lsz. john nakagawa, 100 years old today, retired carpenter and survivor of the nobel peace prize camp during world war ii. we have rose duprey, from connecticut, 103 years old, wants a boyfriend.

get on facebook. john ghiringhelli, from milford, massachusetts. played in a ban until his late 90s, happily married to his beautiful wife, blanche, 75 years. that's a feat. >> hazel youngman, from murraysville, 100 years old. sponsored by the aarp group. happy birthday. and mollie keitelman, of douglaston, new york, a bookkeeper secretary and longevity is how she gets along in life. anrobert and mary prosser, 78 years they've been heard, always

being humble about love. that's it. that's all. back to new york where they are, always humbly in love. >> willard, thanks so much. just ahead, j 8:26 is your time now. 46 degrees. a nice day, a chilly start. tom will have your forecast after the news. good morning. i'm eun yang. in the news this morning the transit station is telling us ey're having troubleith its communication system. their website is down and the signs and public address system is not working. they're working onhe issue but it's not clear when things will be fixed. meanwhile the other station will be open. it was closed last night after part of the ceiling collapsed onto the platform. none was hurt.

it's a cold oovember morning. we've got the sunshine but temperatures are still in the 30s the most locations. 46 at the national airport. that's the warm spot. later today climb oing into the mid-50s. there's a small chance of an isolated sprinkle in the afternoon. dry and chilly into the weekend. how's traffic, jerry? >> at this hour wre checking the report of an accident. looks like something near the inner loop of the beltway, fire and rescue crews are headedover

ere on the inner loop. in townt canal and arizona avenues we've got some traffic light problems. eun? >> thank you, jerry. night on news 4 at 5:00,

utah. we're back now, 830 on a thursday morning, the 18th day of november, 2010. that is just a gorgeous christmas tree behind all that scaffolding. 30,000 lights being placed on that beauty and al will help flip the switch november 30th.

natalie morales as well. will unveil what another one of the stars of that show will be later on. al roker and ann curry, we have two big stars in the studio. >> they are tming up for an

it is sunny now. we'll have clouds on the increase as we get into the afternoon. ght now temperatures are getting above freezing in many locations. still now in the mid-30s on this cold november morning and clouding up this afternoon into the d-50s. a small chance of a sprinkle. cleang out tonight. friday, a chilly day. lots of sun with highs into the low 50s. we'll have a lighbreeze. saturday and sunday will be chilly, sunny in the morning. cool for the

if you're doing holiday traveling, don't worry, the weather channel has you covered. check out the weatherhannel on cable, weather.com online. coming up, anne hathaway

back at 8:36. jake gyllenhaal and anne hathaway play an unconventional married couple in ""brokeback mountain"" and now playing a couple who can't keep their hands off each other in the new romantic come, "love and other drugs." >> wait wait. oh, my god. what are you doing here? >> i'm sorry. i'm sorry.

i know it's so late. >> oh, my god! >> oh, my god! >> josh, turn around! >> leasure to meet you. >> jake gyllenhaal and anne hathaway, good morning to you. >> let's just cut to the chase. a lot of nakedness in this >> well, yes. but i will sa my dad was at the pmierhe other night. >> you're kidding. >>e said, i'm so happy all the ndudity has been trumped up so much because it's really not that shockinghen you actually see it. >> all that everody's talking about. >> compared to the hoopla and i really don't think there's so ch. >> squif% of the movie we're naked. >> 62%, jake. >> you play characters and have sex with a lot of people but have real trouble committing, right? we are you laughing? >> i love your description of this movie.

you have sex with a lot of people and have trouble committing. >>it's a movie with a phobia about commitment? >> two characters afraid of intimacy and ultimately finding each other and through fate or something, they have to open up to each other. >> let's get off that. there's a funny story behind that scene, right? >> >> just watjust watching tha miss josh so much. >>josh isn't watching. josh isn't up until noon. >> you like to think he's watching. >> when we were shooting that scene, we were shooting it a couple hours. it's a little scary, very revealing. after a few hours of shooting it, i guess the set was quiet. i was behind the scene waiting for my cue and got into a conversation with someone and they came up, annie, it's time, it's you. my gosh, iun onto the set and take my top off like i do in the scene and all of a sudden, i

notice jake is wearing his pants,osh isn't in his costume and everybody is talking and i realize we're rehearsing and i unnecessarilhad gotten completely naked in front of the crew. >> i love how she knows we're rehearsing because my pants are on. which is an amazing subject. >> is doing this stuff, you're actors. but is it intimidating? scary? it's cold. >> nudity in pittsburgh, not the best. >> we already had our experience in "brokeback mountain." we had le scene in that. i was pretty familiar with anne hathaway. i wasn't totally comfortable but it is an awkward thing to make fake love on the screen. >> at the same time, we are actors and made our piece with our job. >> sh always clears it up for me. >> i'm sure when you're involved in scenes like that, just acting together, you learn stuff about

each other. >> it's pretty tough to be -- you know, turned on by a girl like her. >> thank you. thank you very much. not even 9:00 a.m. and you already crushed my soul. >> seriously, you must learn things about each other as actresses and actors? >> as actresses we do. >> one of my favorite jokes is scratch and actor, find an actress. >> what does that mean? >> i'll explain to you later. >> have you learned anythin abt each other? is there any depth here? >> no. no depth. >> only interested in each other's surfaces. >> you do have to g close to somebody like that particularly the amount of times you do it in the movie. a lot of emotional scenes are even harder. she's a brave present awesome person and actress. >> there's a very serious side to the movie. you play somebody with parkinson's, first stage rkinsons and part of the reason you have the commitment problem to begin with. >> and part of the reason why

she's intereste in jake and so sexually aggressive, she is attempting to control all relationships she has and looking for people -- purposely looking for people who aren't interested in romantic entanglements or attachments. >> i play a viagra rep, which is the same thing? >> it says you'r fully into your manhood or adulthood in this film for the first time. do you agree with this? >> i do in a way. it was an opportunity for me to be more like myself and be okay with that. at a younger age, we're trying to do something everybody else wants us to do. in thi movie, i felt very comfortable with myself. and, yeah, i think that's a big part of being a man. i do feel that way. i'm glad he said at. >> it's a nice place to be. you're hosting "snl" this weekend? >> yes. >> i asked you which is scarier, taking your clothes off or hosting "snl"? >> both for different reasons, they're both equally revealing.

>> you are america's sexiest man in "people" magazine, you know this. >> it's a tough job. somebody has to do it. >> ah! >> congratulations. >> and "love and other drugs" opens next wednesday, november 24t coming up,

martha on "today" is brought to you by macy's, the mtha stewart collection available only at macy's and macy's.com. >> we're back now at 8:44. martha on "today," thanksgiving day treats. >> martha stewart has put her iginality on tasty delights and everydayfood. good morning to you. >> we're negotiating turkeys. do you want one? >> of crse i do. >> do you want one?

stuffed? >> absolutely. >> i'm coming here thanksgiving morning. >> i know you are. >> i will show, everybody can watch and we can cook together a rely good turkey and really good sides. >> count me in. >> we will start really early in the morning, 7:30, 8:00. >> we'd like a standg rib roast thursday. you are doing something not as traditional. >> these are delicious pumpkin desserts, not just the pumpkin pie. this is a wonderful bread pudding. who wants to mix this up? >> talk to mebout ingredients. >> 15 oces of canned pumpkin. your own homemade puree pumpkin, one cup of milk, half a cup of cream. >> yeah. >> mix that together, add two eggs. you're making basically a pumpkin custard you will pour. >> keep going. >> i'm trying. >> a quarter cup of light brown

sugar. half a tea party of cinnamon, this is good, three-quarters tea party of vanilla. >> and seized. >> an additional. you will like it. it's good. >> i like licorice. >> you can buy this- >> can you cube it also? >> you can cube it. this is a pretty presentation >> you like it day olon't you, your bread? >> you can do it day old. it will soak up the pumpkin mixture. there you go. >> very nice. pour this over. the dish is buttered, by the way, underneath. >> that'shat you do? >> yes. isn't that beautiful? >> gorgeous. >> that's the custard. you bake this- >> just like that? you cover it? >> you bake this in a 300 degree oven. >> so you don't cover it. >> let that bake and put pecans

on it. here are the pecans. >>pecans. >> pecans. and sprinkle this all er. while this is baking, make it delicious. this is -- taste that, matt. six cups of milk cooked with 1/2 cups of sugar. you cook that about two hours. it's so good, right? >> it is. >> so good. >> this is going over the top. >> yes. three-quarters of a cup of baking soda. very important to put that in this. it reduces the acidity. >> okay. >> put it on low. >> muffins. >> they're not muffins. thes are pumpkin donuts? .but they're not fried, they're baked. they're so fun to make. it's a very easy -- >> what did you put in there? >> butter and brown sugar. o eggs. >> same thing as before. >> and some -- you have some pumpkin 1 1/4 cups of pumpkin

and buttermilk. this is a very kind of healthy -- like a muffin mix but it's baked and looks like a donut and tastes like a donut. taste that, matt. >> i am. >> you are going to love it. so this -- >> how long do you do this? until it's all mixed up? >> just cream it. butter allspice, nutmeg, all the good flavors and baking soda. we're using buttermi. that gets alternated with pumpkin and buttermilk mixture. >> putting that into a buttered pan? >> using the ice cream scoop. >> it's so easy. >> i could even do it, is that what you were thinking? >> level it off on the side of the bowl. >> how long do you cook these? >> 350 degrees, 20, 25 minutes. that's what the bread putting

looks like when it's done. pretty, right? >> cockroach, cockroach. it a gone. >> it's gone? >> you scared me. >> the "today"' show kitchen is very clean. >> really? >> i cleaned it myself. you want to know what's up next?

♪ we are back now with today's bow to wow. we take shelter dogs and clean them up and find them great new homes. we have a100% track record on this. jill, good morning to you. "today" show's animal advocate. >> i will say we have a great group and again today, we have a great group. this is a feast for the eyes, thanksgiving special, personalities so delicious and names to match. as the weather begins to turn a little colder at animal care and control in new york city, we have four great dogs guaranteed to bring a lot of warmth to new long homes. ♪ and they called it puppy love ♪ >> starting with this scrumptious little pup named truffle. this little baby is only 3 months old? >> only 3 months old, a

lab-hound next. a lot to be thankful for. walking next to a busy highway. could have easily wandered out and hit by a car, somebody brout her to us and anxious to get into a home. she will be energetic and running around and very playful for sure. >> from sweet truffle to a mop top maltese, who could use a little makeover. this little lovebug is appropriately called muffin. yes. >> muffin is a 3-year-old maltese. somebody put her in aag and left her. you can see she could use a little grooming. she's little matted and her paws dirty. she will look amang when she gets done. >> look how sweet she is. on to a hot dog named snitzel. >> she is a 3-year-old dachshund, hit by a car. she broke her leg. >> it was a story that started out tragic. you help dogs injured. >> came in with a broken leg and

through our maggie fund able to get care at the hospital. >> and a shepherd mix named biscuit. >> 70 pounds, probly won't get bigger than this, a big boy. >> probably suited for older, maybe teenagers, not yng kids. >> not young kids, foot that he is aggressive but may bump into them and is big and strong. >> fourerrific dogs looking for loving homes justn time for thanksgiving. >> as always, we're joined by richard from animal control care of new york city. holiday time, people say, let's get a dog, fun for the holidays, holidays pass a have different feelings. >> don't get caught up in emotion of the holidays, don't give a dog as a gift or cat as a gift. a lot of shelters have gift certificates, animal control has gift certificates and be careful of feeding table scrap and

turkey bone and ocolate. >> thank you very much. good advice. why don't we talk about our dogs up for adoption today. let's start off with truffle and meredith isringing truffle out. look how cute this dog is. richard, tell me about truffle. >> truffle is still a puppy. she loves the steel shoe and a you have to chase her. she was found walking next to a street. >> how big is she going to get? >> i think probably 50, 60 pounds, hard to tale, a medium-sized dog. she will sta cute her whole life. >> meredith, thank you very much. truffle, thank you very much. next, we have a major makeover. let's see muffin's before picture. >> a little mop top. >> a 3-year-old maltese. here comes ann with muffin now. >> ah. >> because muffin was matted, a lot of her hair was cut off. that's w she's a little cold

right now. she likes to be around people. she would do great in a home where somebody is home a lot, whether they work from home or are retired. she needs to be around people all day. >> muffin is adorable. >> she dances. when you put her down, she twirls around. she is precious. >> thank you. we have a dashund now, right? this is schnitzel. do we have a before picture? yes. >> not totally different because she is a short hair. >> here she comes. yocan see a big difference, how well she's walking now with that injury, almost 100%. loves to curl up in your lap. she gets very excited when company comes over. she will be a great family dog. >> thanks to donations, she was

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hiding the mid-50s by the afternoon. cloudy, a small chance of a sprinkle. clearing out by tonight. sunny saturday and sunday. cool afternoons, chilly mornings. how's the traffic, jerry? >> tom, that hour in some spots we're thinning out. in some spots not so bad. crossing t 14th street idge, outbound moving along very nicely. one more stop. 270 southbound. look at that. thinning out quite nicely. barring any complications. looking better. eun? >> tonight on "news 4 at 5:00," taking the stress t of thanksgiving. liz crenshaw has tips for creating the perfect meal.

we're back now with more on "today." on the plaza, matt lauer. and meredith is out there. >> running for office. i'm matt lauer, along with tamarine hall and al roker. speculations growing perhaps prince william and kate middleton will get married at

westminster abbey. pictures taken from thathurch closed down and a private meeting there. will they get married there? one thing we do know after they get married, they will be living in a small town in the northern part of wales. that is where natalie morales joins us this morning. good morning to you. >> good morning. they've actually been living here already. this is a quaint and beautiful part othe world in north wales, absolutely stunning, as you can see from the gorgeous landscape behind me. it is rainy and windy. i imagine they will spend a lot of time indoors and being romantic, whatewlyweds do, once they get married. a beautiful part of the country and said to be enjoying their time here and do get out and mix with the locs and have my tour

of anglesey next. >> i wasn't sure where natalie was going with that story. you pulled up just in time. >> that hat is very nice. >> very ni. what else is coming up? >> als talking about, speaking of natalie's fashions, talking about kate's fashion sense, known as being sophisticated and classy and many wondering what designers will she put on the map? which designer will she select to put her gown together and we'll look at kate's fashion sense and how it will make a huge splash, not just across the bond but here as well. that time of year and you start hearing coughing going on in the office. what right medicines are good for your symptoms. we'll help you make the right choice for fast relief without overmedicating. then later, we tell you why your grocery bill is going up later in the nextew monthings

a -- months and how you can prepare yourself. >> ann curry is next with the headlines. in the news, the fbi arrested two women who worked for ponzi schemer, bernie madoff. federal prosecutors already filed civil complaints against the women seeking to recover at least $5 millio the first guantanamo bay prisoner to face a u.s. civilian trial has been found not guilty on all but 1 of 285 counts in a civian court. it could put 36-year-old ahmed g ghailani in prison the rest of his life but still a setback for president obama trying terrorists in civilian courts. and lisa murkowski wins after her write-in campaign against joe miller. she appeared this morning.

>> the fact of the matter is the numbers are what they are. they clearly indicate alaskans have not only spoken, they have written it down. >> it will be the first time in more than five decades a senate candidate has won a write-in seat. and senator harry reid says he will call for legislation to allow gays to serve openly in th military but several including john mccain says they will fight to keep the "don't ask, don't tell" policy in place. george bush and investor warren buffet are among the 2010 winners of the presidential medal of freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor president ama will present early next year. wednesday, they awarded the highest honor for science, the brains behind super glue, microchips and digital cameras. northeast overnight, the storm knocked out power more than 82,000 people and left a

lot of damage behind including 2 200 damaged homes in maryland. hong kong confirmed its first case of human bird flu in seven years. a 69-year-old woman is in serious condition after returning from a visit to mainland china. a sports car developed by british engineers has made a pan-american road trip from the arctic circle in alaska to the world's southern most city. the team drove through 14 countries in 70 days, covering more than 16,000 miles without a single blast of carbon dioxide emissions. a california woman may never want to pop the hood of her car again, she found a 10 foot long boa constrictor curled around her engine. it took a half hour to pry the snake from her car, even greasing up the reptile with cooking oil to help free it. experts have no idea how it got there. i'm sure they're all glad to get it out of there. five minutes past the hour.

good morning. clouds are beginning to move in from the west. it's been a cold november morning. now past 9:00 we're beginni to hit the 40s throughout much of the region. except there are a few locations where it's in the 30s. near 50 by the bay. later today with the cloud cover, we will likely make it into the mid and upper 50s and there's a small chance of a sprinkle this afternoon. clear tonight. cold tomorro morning and near freezing. during the afterno, bright and

sunny. highs near the 50s. dry and chilly fothe weekend. >> that's your latest weather. ann. thanks. we have new clues about where prince william and his bride to be, kate, may get married, we have natalie morales in anglesey, wales. i hope i said that right. >> reporter: good morning to you. kate middleton was spotted in london leaving westminster abbey and leaving speculation and becoming more evident that will likely be the choice for the royal wedding. meantime, sh remains there in london. prince william has made his way back here north of wells to anglesey, where they will spend the first years of their life as a married couple. their engagement may have been a traditional affair but kate and william are a thoroughly modern

couple. for the last eight months, they have been living as man and wife in anglesey, whererince william serves as helicopter pilot serving rescue missions. >> luckily we live in the 21st century and a lot of people live together before they're married. in this particular instance, the queen was delighted the couple were living togeth. >> reporter: far away from the media glare in this isolated mart of lake whales, hey have been living together a normal life, shopping at the supermarket, picking up an occasional dinner and drink at the pub. >> there were her for an hour. quite pleased to have them in the establishment. >> reporter: it's a long way away from the royal life and glamorous surroundings prince william is used to. kate might struggle to find the latest fashion. >> it's a great place to live. great pla to holiday. because of the fantastic scenery you can see all around.

>> reporter: you have to get past the wind and rain. >> we have a bit of wind and rain in wales. >> reporter: where it rains most days and temperatures rarely hit a high, prince william can go o his adventurous streak. >> he has been whizzing around on his ducati motorcycle. >> reporter: and kate can take pictures right on her doorstep. >> when they come here, people will think, wow, prince william and kate middleton live here. >> reporter: they're hoping the couple in their midst will boost toism. >> good for them and the economy. >> reporter: they're not about to give away she kretsz. >> you're making far too much of an issue of it. >> reporter: that's how kate and william hope to hold on to a little bit of their private life a little longer, before they face the full force of royal duties. >> the royal couple will continue to live her through 2013, when prince william's

toure with the raf is over and eculation has begun where they will then settle after that. ann. >> meantime, kate middleton has been praised for her elegant yet modern styles, who may she pick design her wedding go? who knows? but we have ideas bus weigh will talk about this with our executive fhion and beauty editor for harper's bazaar and has ideas. and anna, a senior editor with "the knot".com. before we get to anything, we should talk about your having had a wonderful experience being in london when diana was married. >> yes. i was in the crowd. my first job after university. i was in london. the whole run up to the glamor and fabulousness of it all and luckily in my career, i was able to meet princess ana and now we're celebrating a daughter in law, kind of lovely. >> i was talking to my

girlfriends, does feel like a irytale nature of it. people are really excited and seem to really like kate middleton. >> yes. and we all are dying to know what wedding dress she will choose, what it will look like. she will be 29 when she gets older -- gets married. she has her own sense o style. she is a fashionable girl. i don't think she will be covered in tool or beads like princess diana was. she has a structure to her. she loves weang v-neck lines that plunge like that and has styles that look great on her and i think the wedding dress will look the part. >> yo know how it works. it has to be a situation -- is it fair to saynote is applying in some way? >> you have this willowy gorgeousirl with long auburn hair, wonderful to dress and you

have vivian west woods and stla mccartney and john geana a all british and all could be in the running to design the dress. >> do they send notes? hopefully they have a relationship her already because she does have beautiful clothes and worn beautiful clothes. how do they put the name out there so she willonsider them because they will want to dress her? >> the prs will all be -- >> also, there's also so man wedding dress designers very well-known in britain i imagine will be coming out with amazing styles that look like her. bruce olefield, one of diana's favorite couture designers and someone up and coming, someone british so she can buy local, i think, that also really again, speaks to her personality and style while kping that royal look. >> one of the ideas we were

talking about before we started speaking on camera and she looks so lovely and v-neck sort of type. >> not too plunging. you have to please the establish. as well as the younger generation. already, she has that broad apal. she still has to be very stately and very glamorous and sophisticated because the eyes of the world will be on her. we will keep her in the spotlight and i don't think our eyes will be off. >> i think she could very well be such an influence on fashion. i think she is already. people already wanto find a beautiful blue dress the color she wore when she announced her engagement, don't you. >> already. she s a very modern style but remember the prerequisite of being a princess, not only look good in a bikini, look good in the countryside, fishing, looks, in a stately ralph lauren kind of way. >> here we go. buckle up. >> it's going to be fun! >> thank you so much!

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treat paicular symptoms. >> a board certified internist and medical director. good to have you here. >> nice to be here. >> is itrue there's no cure for the common cold. >> no. >> how is this possible? >> there's so many variations out there they captain nail it down to a vaccine. believe me, we are working on it. >> it seems like there are 100 choices when you walk in the medicine aisle. do these things help? >> you are already sick and there are so many forold and cough and chest congestion. they work and don't eliminate the symptoms but reduce them. >> let's start with congestion for a stuffy nose. it's important to know the category. when you look at the box, see the words stuffny nose or nasal decongest stand. portant you don't get that if you don't have that symptom. that's the problem. >> why? >> a lot of side effects.

this would be the ones tt make you ttery, keep you up at night, make you pharmaceutical raese. they're the ones you're not supposed to take if you have uncontrolled high blood pressure, heart problem or pregnancy. this has the most problems. >> a lot of side effects. you get the multi-onehat has everything, you will get this ingredient and you may not need it. >> what aut expect tore rant for cold medication? >> this is the one no one can remember. the green mu cuss you want to get out, take this. the reason point it out, it doesn't tend to be i cold mecations, look for this when you have a cold, you get all stuffy, sinuses get clogged, nothing is owing, this will help things cd and get the mucous out so you can feel better. >> cough it out.

speaking of coughing, cough suppress sants withants, has a . if you're blocking the urge t cough, you might be keeping everything in which sets you up potentially for another infection. >> if you have the mucous and take the mucous loosener and take a cough suppressant, you're battling what you should be. >> and you should be taking the other one to loosen and get it out. dm is for annoying tickle cough or on a plane, but you shouldn't, taking it blanketly for a cold. >> what about combination pain reliever and fever reducer. >> ibuprofen, plain and simple. if you have a cold and stuffny nose, you grab that multisymptom cold pack, you will get that in it. later on, you take a headache, take acetaminophenagain.

>> people overdo it. >> yes. it's important to look at the box. >> what about any multisymptom? what's the problem with those, if you're knnot careful besides this. >> i urge people to look at this, nasal congest stand, expect tore ant, cough, congestion, and look at it. it could keep you up at night, and you're not tailoring it to your symptoms. >> what if you don't want to u medition? >> salt, garageles, nasal saline, humidifiers, and chicken soup an hot fluids. >> can't hurt. >> it can hurt and helps loosen up the mucous. >> good to see you. up next, a head to toe makeover in a special ambush. echo! so we earned a trip to the grand canyon twice as fast.

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good morning. temperatures now around 50, and later today in the upper 50s with increasing clouds. small chance of an afternoon sprinkle. tomorrow should be sunny and chilly. saturday and sunday, high 50s. how's traffic, jerry? >> tom, still dealing wi late delays. 270 southbound just as you approach the 0 interchange, two right lanes are losed.

one more stop. the inner loop of the beltway remains closed. eun? >> thank you, jerry. tonight on "ne 4 at 5:00," taking the stress out of thanksgiving. liz crenshaw has the tricks for

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expensive. same product, same goods or services, essentially, the same product, you're paying more out of your pocket for that product. >> is it too simplistic to say inflation is good or bad? >> that's the biggest issue. some inflation is necessary. you have to have some price increases in order for the economy to grow. but too much inflatn, those who remember the 1970s for example, is terrible. you have to have a fine line between some inflation, 1 to 1.5, 2%, when it gets above that, it starts to hurt the economy. >> where are we now? >> theeported figures today is we have no inflation. that's one of the reasons why

it's so frustrating to individuals. the government will tell us we have basically zero inflation because a lot of their statistics is x food and energy. it's somewhat ironic, depends how you want to define . any viewer i know knows it depends on how they want to spend their money on? >> why is it reflected in espe products, eggs, coffee, stable products in everybody's home? >> because the manufacturers of these products are passing these cremental costs on at the wholesale level and the retail level has to pass it through the consumers to protect their own profit margins. >> deflation, the opposite of inflation is that something that we will see here soon. will that help us? >> that's the biggest fear of the federal reserve and government. the biggest fear, deflation, japan was in a deflationary environment the last 20 years. when you have deflation, ping less for the same level of

servic services and goods and products, it's great for the consumer but businesses don'tire and the economy doesn't grow and the biggest problem is the unemployment rate and how to improve that. >> all of that has to do with the fed. lot of people, glaze out of this, but you know what you're paying out-of-pocket? >> absolutely. even if you don't invest in the stock market, not interested what's happening on wall street, what the federal reserve bank is doing to system late economic growth and full employmen is going to affect the 90% of ople who have jobs and who are working and the idea of creating higher prices to stimulate economic growth. snow i w sn >> i was stunned, you were asked what should people do to set aside for higher cost of food an you said set aside 20% mor of your budget because things will continue to tick up. >> when i was actively managin money, and i had a tendency to

be too conservative, and that was a great strategy to follow, given the game plan, strategy of the federal reserve bank today, plan your 2010 budget, expect these staple items will go up 20%. if it doesn't happen, you have moreoney to save the end of the year. the last lessonf the decade is plan for the worst and you'll be better prepared. no w policies today you will see retail prices come down. >> so your estimati, we're in it for the long haul. >> t just individuals, state level. >> local governments cut back and we have to do the same. >> we are paying the price now for 10, 20-year period where debt was encouraged, taking on -- spending more money and that is now -- we are deflating that bubble. >> gary, thank you so much. greainformation there. you can catch gary on cnbc's strategy session every weeay at noon eastern time. up next, best of cookies on

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this morning in "today"'s kitchen an ilian today's christmas tradition with lidia bastianich, who spent many holidays in italy and now sharing her love and a new children's book called "nonna tell me a story." lidia is here with her granddaughter, julia. good morning. >> bonjorno. >> or as lidia calls you, nonna. >> when we go to bed at night, what do we do? all together, we pile up. the question is, nonna, tell me a story. yes. and the story, in this case, i

told her many stories, in this case, it's about christmas, the christmas tree i made out of edible things, cookies and candies and apples and oranges and so on. we begin making the simple dough for this delicious cookie called a crostoli. tell nonna. >> crostoli. >> your question for your grandmother, nonna, is what are we making today? all right. >> out of the 14 recipes in the book, this is one, crostoli. we have butter and sugar and flr, very simple. for family, mother, grandmother, siblings with children, in the processor, eggs, lemon juice, lemon rinds, orange juice, orange rinds, and put milk and will get that all into a dough. >> now, did you grow up making

this as a child? did your mother or grandmother teach you this as well? let me help you with that. >> help me out. >> i'm sure you grandmother stirred it all up and didn't do this. you know what? we will pretend this happened. this became this. >> this becomes the dough. >> the magic. >> the magic of christmas. so it comes out like that and julia helps me roll it. >> how did you learn to do this? >> nonna taught me. >> what did she tell you to do? >> push down and roll. >> you're using flour so it doesn't stick, right? what is nonna doing now? >> tying the cookies into a knot. >> i would show ann how you cut them. why don't you cut some more? right here, you can do this one. ann can help us how to tie it if you show it to her. >> a little serrated edge there. does it have to be just perfect like that or can youe a little erratic how wide you make it? >> it can be straight.

anything goes. in the kitchen with children. the beauty is everyone is different. every single cookie is different. snow thank y . >> thank you. >> ann, how about you getting into the action? then we fry them, just like that. >> then you go under. >> wonderful! listen, we have only a few seconds left. right now, i will pick you

chilly day out there. 56 degrees. good morning. i'm barbara harrison. it's in the news at this hour. we m soon have a verdict in thchandra levy trial. jurors are just about to start day two. ingmar guandique is charting with killing levy in 2001. the metro station was closed last night. it was closed after part of the ceiling collapsed onplatform, no one was hurt. tom's here to talk about the forecast. >> we have clouds increasing coming from the west. as we take lookat temperates right now, it's just near 50 tee degrees or so. the temperature is reading a little bit higher because it's the sun. we'll have the highs reach upper 50s today. there's a small chance of a

sprinkle this afternoon and then sunny and chilly on friday. saturday and sunday should be sunnboth days. chilly in the mornings. cool in the afternoons. now, jerry, how's the traffic. >> taking a loofb look, i-270 where the authorities are clearing away accidents just before370. one more stop along 395 headed along to the 149 street bridge. no worries. lanes are open right now. looks like we're in pretty fair shape trying to wind the rush hour down. barbara? >> tonight on "news 4 at 5:00," li crenshaw has tricks for preparin "know the species, know the stain." lanolin-free coat, i know it's an alpaca. walks in here, looks says "hey look, it's a llama!" cleaning the stain like he would a llama stain. time he's wasting. ♪ call 1-800-steemer

from nbc news, this is "today" withathie lee gifford and hoda kotb. from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> hello, everybody. this thirst day, it is november 18th, we're so delighted that you're here with us today. what we really want you to come back and be with us tomorrow because tomorrow -- >> it's big day. we're going to be on -- is it the biggest cruise ship? >> it is one of the two biggest. >> one of the two. called the llure. >> royal caribbean. >> so we have some antics planned for you from that ship.

>> we're going to get down a little early and hilarity will ensue. >> live from that ship. >> it is brand-new. it not even has had its maiden voyage yet. we don't want to trash the thing. >> you just never -- the crew will be with us. >> t crew. they can be cute. >> we're going to have some fun. looking forward to that. >> you may get lucky on the cruise ship. >> i don't know why i show up. some days i wonder. okay, today is also a big day because last week the entire "today" show staff shot this incredible video. we were talking all week about "today" goes viral. we wondered if you could use the entire staff and i'm talking aut 150 people, okay, every erson, crew guy, audio, everybody, executive producer, all involved. the song is the one -- >> i want to talk to the caterer. >> the black eyed peas "i got a

feeling". >> i couldn't get it out of my mind for five days afterwards. >> it is a single camera and the whole entire staff. you got to -- >> all over the whole rockefeller -- >> it is going to run tomorrow. >> right. >> this is what we call a tease. >> that's j.k. lon our producer. she also produced our trading places. hot shot, that one. >> yeah. >> if you are traveling over the holidays, remember this, americans are two thgs when traveling acording to trip adviser.com. we are both the friendliest travelers. >> which is nice to hear and we're also the -- >> most annoying travelers. >> is that at the same time? are we so friendly that we're annoying ors it that half of us are really friendly and half of us are the most annoying? >> you know we all have a friend, you're thinking of yours now, and ihave one too, who is both incredibly friendly and incredibly annoying. >> and you don't know who you

are, that's the problem. >> the other friendly traveler are the australians and the canadians. >> that i believe. the other annoying ones are the french and the japanese. >> i wonder why. >> japanese are very pole, i think. i'm surprised by that i'm surprised by that too. that was from, you know, trip adviser.com. >> i thi it is important. i'm always afraid somebody is going to say later, i met that kathie lee, she's the biggest jerk in the whole world. i overdo it a little bit. >> i remember when we went on a trip to san antonio, one of those places and -- the crew on the plane and, you know, entertaining and taking pictures. >> it might the only time they have any interaction with you, it should be a pleasant one, don't you think? they work hard. >> they do work hard, yeah. >> 90% of the people areo nice. it takes one jerk to ruin your day. >> and you doknow who you are. >> if you could have thankiving dinner with anybody at your table, who would you ask to sit down with? >> celebrities. >> celebritiwise.

pop eater rob shuter, did a poll. >> popeater.com. >> he is on -- he's crazy. he's crazy. >> they did not put us in the mix, i'm a little disappointed. >> they gave people a list and they asked who would you want to have dinner out of this group. so the top honors are split between susan boyle and brad pitt and angelina jolie. >> isn't that interesting? >> maybe they want her to sing. i don't know. what do you think? >> then the kardashians. robert pattinson, tom cruise and katie holmes. i want to see who was on the list, wouldn't you? i would like to have dinner with everybody. >> all of those. the kardashians woulde an interesting -- you had plenty of meals with those guys. >> yeah. my problem with the kardashians is they are not anywhere -- my experience with them is completely different from what you see onheir tv show. i've known them since they were little kids so i think a lot of

that is shtick. >> guinness book of world records came out with its brand-new, brand spanking new book so we wondered could we t a couple of world records in our own studio. it could happen. >> i think it could happen. it will and it won't. >> one of them is a great guy nam james romolarios. what is it? >> romiliodis. >> he's going to attempt on that pogo stick for one minute, he's going to try to break the record and the record is 238 bounces. and he's going to try to do 239. and judge stewart claxton is with us. he'll watch and keep track as he does this for a minute. >> if there is any question, we're n going to know, we'll go to a videotape, right? >> start the timer. you ready? this is it, james. is it up? okay, hold on. he's already going. okay. >> three, two, one. >> go.

♪ >> how is he doing that? >> he once broke the record for the longest length of time on a go stick, 20 hours he went. this is a piece of cake, i think. >> what is judge stewart claxton doing. >> he's counting. >> how? justooking? >> yes. he's trained to do this, hoda. >> wow. i think james can do it. i think james can do it. he did it -- when he did last -- oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh. >> it is not like -- >> he wants to get in the book. come on, james. come on. >> the next one -- >> focus, focus, james. 15 seconds. he's down to the last 15. >> you're milwaukeei imaking hi ha. >> he can't even hear me. he's in his own world. come on, james. >> turn around, james. that's a long -- >> that's it. >> three, two, one. >> okay. did he break it?

judge? >> it is a little to tricky to call now. we'll review the tape. >> who's checking you, judge? >> you. >> here is our second attempt. >> it is boujelaise nouveau day. >> the most m&ms eaten in one minute using chopsticks. the old record is 42 and it is by pharaoh anderson in munich, germany, in 2009. >>oes it matter which end we u? can we go like this? >> one arm behind your back. >> one arm behind your back. oh, i don't like it already. and ten what? >> you have to pick them up individually. >> one by one? >> one by one. >> okay. wait, we're not ready. >> one minute. >> one by one. >> the speed is 42. >> don't poke my eye out. you're close. you're close to my eye. >> three, two, one, go.

♪ >> i hate this game. how did phara anderson do it? ♪ >> i got it! i got it! scoop it up. >> i got it! what am i on, 12? >> 12. >> 6, 7. >> 14, 15. ten seconds left. >> i'm full. >> i'm full? >> hoda, hoda, hoda, hoda, hoda!

>> that's time. >> i think you got 19. there was a lot of multiple scooping there. so i'm not sure. >> what is this? >> ew! gross, gross! you are sick. >> i'm sorry, i'm going on ship tomorrow and i don't want the calories. >> okay. >> how many is that? >> don't even look. >> it would have been 14. >> 19 and 14 adds up to what? what do it add up to? oh, oh, oh, okay. >> it reminds me of bambino. >> ew, gross. we'll ke these here. >> so we didn't break the record. >> thanks, guys. >> thank you, judge. thank you. jerry, god bless you. jerry cares. thank you, jerry. >> don't need it, but ew. nasty. >> i wasn't going to swallowit. >> you left it in your mouth -- so now it is time for the other portion of the program that i love so much. >> can we talk about the

boujelaise. >> this is an oldie. if you k any one of my friends, what one ofmy songs is, it is this one. they know this is it. kate harvest, listen. it will put you in a good mood. we have to play it very loudly, please. please. ♪ we get it almost every night when that moon gets big and bright it's supernatural delight everybody was dancing ♪ >> this is devon, you guys. i don't even know how to spin. ♪ everybody here is out of sight ♪ ♪ they don't bark and they don't bite ♪ ♪ they keep things loose they keep things alive ♪ >> come on. devon, you're the best. ♪ dancing in the moonlight dancing in the moonlight ♪

♪ everybody feel ein' warm and bright ♪ >> if you get any version, get the king harvest version. >> i'm not crazy about the lyrics. i like the beat of that. >> you don't like it? it is classy. people like that. let's talk about boujelaise. >> today is the official day and they're not allowed to sell it in france until midnight. and then it is shipped all over the rld. so you're getting -- this has not been bought, it has been shipped to us. want to try this? this is 2010 beaujolais nouveau. >> that is delicious. >> it is $10 a bottle, there are parties all around the country. >> i love it. that's delious. okay, not okay. let's do that. >> the question is, is it okay

to tell your friend -- is it okay to tell a friend that they're too skinny? >> kathie lee said yes, but only if you're truly concerned and not secretly jealous. >> yea and hoda said, yes, a good friend should tell the truth. if you are worried about hurting their feelings, don't be. they will probably take it a compliment. >> there are some people who are really crazy, crazy skinny and i think that seems unhealthy, but they like being that skinny. i haven't met a really thin person that doesn't say thank you if you say i think you're too thin. >> that's true. all right, we got a big show for you. >> mm-hmm. >> up next, when your daughter takes her clothes off for a living, actor andy garcia weighs in. >> then later, a special thursday ambush for two lucky ladies. but first, these messages. ♪ turn the tub around

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>> yeah, but, like, you know something special, like for a real special occasion, something special, something nice? >> you want balloons o something? >> no, don't want balloons or something. i'm just saying something nice. >> when don't i make something nice? >> make it nicer. >> make it yourself! >> you're looking at a scene from the movie "city island" starring andy garcia and julianna margolies. it is has a small budget and a huge heart. >> and starring andy's real life daughter. there is oscar buzz about this. the story is set in the small community in the tskirts of new york city called city island and it is, in fact, a real place. welcome, andy. >> so great to see you. this say labor of love movie for you, isn't it? >> we started on this journey together, took us about three years to raise the money for it, and -- >> and did well at sundance, right? >> we won the audience award at i becca and picked up a

distributor and it stayed out there for 24 weeks and there is a buzz about it, you know? >> it is a great movie because it has tons of humor like we showed in the clip. it also has a lot of heart. your character is very complicated. you take us on a ride, don't you? >> he's a prison and a correction officer, in a prison here in nassau county. and he has several secrets. one is that he wants to be an actor. tell his wife julianna margolies, he wants to -- that he's going to play poker but he's taking acting classes. and then also he has a son that he's abandoned that he never too responsibility for that he finds in prison as an inmate, he brings him home to this crazy family. without telling him he's the son or thefather, just a prisoner in his house, but it is a beautiful script. has a lot of humanity in it,

en thgh it is very funny. the undercurrent of the material is very emotional. >> it was striking a lot of cords with our crew members here. it really does hit a lot of people, though, doesn't matter where you're om, right? >> it is amazing, the movie that -- you make a movie independently like this, like a child, you know, so whenou -- >> you have to raise it. >> yeah, you raise it. but when you see it flourish and people really engage and respond to it and the way it traveled, we were very proud of it, you know. so we're still here talking about it and it came out in march. >> i think there is great buzz about it and we may see you up on a stage, you know, collecting a ttle hardware. >> well you know -- >> for the mantle, you know. you never know. >> to be honored by your peers is the greatest thing youcould possibly achieve as an actor or any profession, when your appears respect you or want to say something about what you do positive. >> you have other projects you're kicking around w, right? >> always got something in the bag. you got to invent always something. >> you can't wait for the scripts to come to you. >> they come, but they're not

necessarily good, but you can't sit around as an artist, you know, to -- you have to do your own ing. and then whatever isut there that comes your way, you can assess. i always have things i'm doing, writing or trying to -- >> was it hard not tdirect your daughter in this? >> i wasn't the director of the ilm. >> i know, so -- did someone take her aside? >> she's a professional. she's more of a colleague and as a father, i look across the way to her, i'm very proud of her, but she's a colleague. >> all the best with t "city island" on dvd. >> we'll be back after this. ring ring. progresso. oh yes h can you please put my grandma on the phone please?

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all right. we're going to go to sara in a second. we want to point out our pogo jumping guy sadly did not make the world record, thgh he does hold the world record for the longest duration. >> still has that. didn't make it by about 40, they say. he'll live to break another record >> yes, he will. we're back with our new series called sara on the streets with miss sara haines. >> weet so much stuff sent to us at "today,"t is hard to make heads or tails out of some of it. >> i look the latest thingamajig and this one really stumped up. i hit the streets to see if someone out there could figure it out at all. want you to tell me your best guess, what is this? >> my goodness, it has got lady bag on >> what do you think this is? >> a glove? i don't know. it is really strange.

>> like a glove you use when you're cooking or -- >> we can use this for all kind of things. >> want to show me how you put your hand in there. whoa, okay. >> it is for women because it is pink. >> it is like a portable going to the toilet device or something awful. >> something to scoop something up on the street, maybe it pick up doggy -- >> i bet it is for airplanes. >> yeah? >> the kind you vomit in. >> a barf bag. secure this on your child. >> a puke back. >> a puke bag is your final answer. >> a net where you can put it in a fish tank and catch -- >> can you show me how you do that? what is that? >> catches bugs. >> scoop it in -- >> get the fish. >> when the fish is around the hole, pull it up. >> like lightning bugs and stuff and you swat them like this. >> yeah. >> how do you close the top? >> grab it.

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we're back on this thirst day with a special edition of today's plaza ambush makeover. >> our crack makeover team came 24 hours early to give two more women a head to toe verhaul. they are stylest to the stars louis licari and the stunning miss jill martin, author and "today" and "us weekly" contributor all in ne. >> hey, kids, how was it today out on the plaza? >> it was great. a ton of ladies out there, even though we were a day early. >> you were late. >> it's okay. we'll call it confused. but we have a great theme, a birthday theme, we found two ladies, one who is turning the

big 5-0. >> what a present. >> and one turning the big 6-5. >> even better present. >> let's start out with joy abbie, she's turning the big 6-5 from charlotte, north carolina. she just turned 65. her friend begged us to give her a brand-new look for her medicare card pictur >> i know you don't normally wear a boa, but it is a big occasion, you're turning 65 and you say you want a makeover. tell me why. >> i'm turning 65 toy. it is a new step into life and i want to go into that step feeling really good about myself. and looking good. >> and you're single. so tell u we're on national television, what kind of man are you looking for? >> let me see. aery gregarious fellow, a wonderful sense of humor, very generous. >> well, we're going to get you ready for your hot date. >> i'm ready. >> are you ready to go, birthday girl? >> yes. i'm so excited. thank you so much. >> all right. >> especially the generation part. >> hello. >> frank's taken.

i'm rry, lady. >> joy is here with her good friend nancy who has her blindfold on. keep that on until i ask you to take it off. here is joy abbie before. joy, let's see the new you. >> wow! looking good. >> all ght! >> are you ready to see her? take off your blifold, nancy. >> oh, my god, oh, joy! >> are you ready, joy? >> i'm read >> deep breath. spin around. right here. >> you're the hot ticket. can you see? do you need your glasses? i need mine when i -- tell us about the hair, louis. beautiful. >> you look awesome. >> i look great. >> we brought back her closer to her natural color. a slight highlight around the face toeep it soft, if you notice. and i gave her this layered haircut to give her fullness,

create the illusion of fullness. women's hair becomes finer as theging process goes on. even lifted the droopy eye by adding a little bit of darker eyeliner on the edges. >> i love it. what do you think, nancy? >> unbelievable. >> looking good. >> she looks as gorgeous now on the outside as she does on the inside. and won't be single for long. i think this is it. >> this outfit is cool. i love it. >> i would love to take credit, but she went through the racks and sa thiss what i want. >> i love it. >> ann taylor. you can wear it outside and inside. look at the detail on the coll and then the jeans are from talbot's. everyone needs a great pair of jeans. >> big round of applause. >> our second lady is tammy rogers, 50 from yuma, arizona, she takes care of her three granchildren. let's hear her story. >>well, we have another birthday girl and, danelle, you tell me your mom deserves this,

tell me why. >> she's an extremely loving mother, supportive wife and she's selfless. it is about time she does something for her sself. >> what do you think your husband is going to think? >> hopefully henotices. >> i promise you he'll notice. >> wonderful, thank you so much. >> danelle is -- there it is. a the blindfold. let's take one last look at tammy before and now bring out the new tammy rogers. >> wow! oh, wow, wow, wow, wow, looking good. >> go ahead and take it off, hon. >> he's going to notice. >> turn around and see for yourself. >> you look awesome. >> oh, my gosh.

>> you look beautiful. >> turn here. let's see. >> oh, wow. >> what do you think? >> i got to step up my game. >> what did you do? >> in this case i did lighten her hair. we just gave it an overall lightener and i added highlights and the layers. we blew it dry. gave her llness, kept the fullness, it is essential. the key thing is when you're turning 50, doesn't mean you have to lose your nse of glamour. you haveour sense of glamour and that's what it is all about. >> oh, jill, very flattering outfit. >> right from ann taylor. we love this great wrap top. look at the subtle animal print. this is a great way to wear it in a subtle way and a pop of color. the earrings are from kohl's, under $15. >> where is joy? joy, come on over. >> everybody looks fantastic. >> big round of applause for our ladies. nice job. you guys look so good. we'll show you where to stuff it, yes, when we talk turkey. why go one more round ? you don't need a rematch,

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as the day get shorter and darker and you feel like you want to hibernate until the sun comes up again, you're not alone. nearly 20% of the country feels the exact same way. >> rede sunlight can bring seasonal affective disorder, causing mood changes and depression. good news is there is help. dr. roshny raj will tell us all about it. i'm one of those people that feels like i do have it. you say there are people that have it at different levels.

>> sure. so the winter blues as we call it are very common. feeling a little lower energy during the winter, maybe gaining a couple of pounds, not being as active, thas very common. but true seasonal affective disorder is a form of depression, real depression but just happens in certain months of the ye. >> and certain climates, right? >> yes. >> what are the symptoms? i want to know if i'm in a funk or whether i actually have s.a.d. what is it? >> if every day for at least two weeks you're feeling hopeless, low energy, having either trouble sleeping or sleeping way too much, if you are really craving, you know, carbohydrates and gaining weight, loss of interest in sex, these are all potential symptoms of s.a.d. >> a lot of people, i crave k b carbs in the winter. >> if you're gaining a lot of weight and it is accompanied by feeling very sad and low, it could be -- >> lethargic. >> yes. >> do vitamins help? are there just some regular over the counter things you can take? >> generally speaking most of the supplements have not been sho to work.

one that may have some help is vitamin d and vitamin d in general is very important. in the winter, we're not getting ough. that's something to try. melatonin may helpor some people, it is worth a try. this is real depression and requires real treatment from a doctor. >> there are this you can do to bring yore light into your life. tell us about those. >> these are different forms of light therapy. pointere is being exposed to very bright light can increase serotonin and help treat this form of depression. >> even if it is artificial light? >> right. not any kind of light. these are scifically made for s.a.d. treatment. we have travel options, a blue light technology, they think the blue wave length is more helpful and it is quite small. you can brg it with you. this lamp here has a dawn simulator. what is nice about this, if i can get it to work, 30inutes before your time to wake up, set this to gradually increase the light in your room. it is simulating dawn. >> for the blue light one what are you supposed to do with it? stand in fnt of it or what do

you do? >> this brings up an really important point. this should be done under the instruction of your doctor. it is a real treatment. it is about0 minutes a day but talk to your doctor about it. don't stare right at it. it can harm your eyes. about two feet away. it is a treatment and sometimes you do this with antidepressants or therapy, you do it under the care of your doctor. >> you know what worked for me? i put in indoor window boxes in my house so i can have flowers and greenery inside the house. >> it can be as simple as leavg your shades open when you go to sleep or cutting your trees so you get more house into your house. >> or exercise. >> that will help with the sex drive, the craving of the carbs and everything. >> the last two. >> this is more of the traditional light box. you'll see how bright it is. it is very bright. that's why you don't want to look right at it but it will work. >> thank you so much. appreciate it. >> we'll be back with more of "today" after this. ♪ is been a long time

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time for "today's kitchen" getting say with turkey tips for your thanksgiving table neclt week. >> there are a few techniques to follow to get a great bird and the rest is gravy. dana is here. >> hi, dana, how are you? >> you need to start with a fresh turkey, a 14-pound turkey. >> 14. >> you want a turkey that will feed a crowd, not be too big and dry out. if you have more -- >> you can't do two turkeys? >> you need to do a breast as a second one. >> some people fight over the drum sticks. >> people lik the drum sticks. my family, please. we have a problem. >> you'll be able to do that. but you can cut the drum sticks off and cut them a little longer because otherwise they' dry out. i'm going to give you briani br tips next. >> tell us the tip s for brinin.

>> you give the turkey a flavored waterbath. the first thing you do is take a lot of salt and stir it in. we want it to dissolve. and we have a lot of sugar and that will make the bird brown. th we have aromatics, mustard seeds, fennel seeds. >> a lot of salt. >> coriander. >> it is going to help preserve bird and some bay leaves. and then you boil until the liquid is dissolved. if you could just heave that baby into the -- >> it has spto be iced because needs to be cold. you want the breast down. and then we're going to pour the brine over the top. if you don't have a big bucket like this at home, you can just do it in a stock pot. >> i've never seen a bucket like that in my life. >> then you won't have it at home. >> how my of you brine your turkey? am i crazy?

>> of course. >> bianca, of course. our food stylist here. >> e queen of all things food brines. >> this will be news to people who have been doing the turkey the old way. >> they'll be so happy because they'll get really flavorfu juicy turkey. the next thing we have got some amazing stuffing. you probably -- i know you love your mother's stuffing. >> noing beats it. >> it is delicious. >> we're not going to go about the -- what's in the stuffing. if you make it outside the bird, you'll have enough stuffing for everybody. we have a lot of people. >> should you stuff the bird? because it is always so much beer in there, i think. >> that's up to you. but when you stuff the bird, you have to worry has it cooked all the way through and then you can overcook your bird. i recommend cooking it separately and it makes vetarians so happy. >> okay. we're carving. >> we're going to carve. >> this is the nightmare always. >> i'll give it to you. >> excellent. we have a tea towel on here

so your bird won't move. you need to put a fork in the breast of the bird so it doesn't move and then you're going to carve theurkey across the breastbone, back here. >> this is very uncomfortable. right through? >> i believe you're cutting the back, you want to cut the front side. that's good. keep going. and then carve around that way. >> it is so easy. >> you did it. look at that! one cut in the front. oh, my gosh, it is magnifict. >> it is a meriracle. >> you can stop now because we have a double that we have carved. >> up i want mibut i want mine. i worked hard for this. >> you did it. >> there it is. look at it. >> beautiful slices. carve sles this way and everybody will gethat great breast meat they want in beautiful slices. >> did you actually -- did we actually cook this one the way you said with the bryine and al

that? >> yes. >> do you cover your turkey? >> i don't. >> not at all? not even with a tent? >> no. 350, about -- 15, 10 minutes per pound and i don't tent. >> okay. >> a way to do everything. thank you very, very much, dana. i bet it is delicious. this young girl coming up is 10 years old, the voice of angel. she's taken the music world by storm. jackie evancho up next. ♪golden morning family's smiling♪ ♪gonna be a special day anncr: for the perfect start to the perfect day, i always choose land o'lakes all-natural eggs. from hens fed a rich, whole-grain diet

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10-year-old jackie evancho's performance on "america's got talent" won the hearts of millions of viewers taking her from pittsburgh, pennsylvania, into the national spotlight. >> now jackie released a beautiful cd called "o holy night" when brought her here to our studios last week to perform her signature song.

♪ ♪ >> cutest thing ever. >> we love our jackie. we feel like we're really getting to know you now. you've been here several times. you're one of our favorite guests, jackie. >> thank you. >> can you believe everything that is happening for you? >> it's too good to true. >> your talent is almost too good to be true. as a result of that, people were critical at first, they thought you must be lip syncing, no child 10 years old can sing like that. how did you handle that? >> well, i kind of took it to heart. it kind of made me feel a little upset, because i'm a very, very trhful girl. and who wants to lip sync?

lip syncing isn't fun. it is for the phony singers. >> yeah. >> how did you become interested in opera music? that's unique for a little girl. >> well, i became interested in opera or classical crossover from watching "phantom of the opera." we watched it at the movie theater and thought it was a really, really good movie. so when i came back home and started singing the songs around the house and my mom thought i was really good. so what she did is she asked me if i wanted to do a talent competition called "teen idol." sorry it a long story. >> we need you to sing for us. he rest is history, as they say. >> will you sing for us? >> she's been practicing to do the "star-spangled banner," which is very difficult. >> take it away. >> this is a little piece of it. >> okay. ♪h say does that

star-spangled banner yet wave ♪ ♪ o'er the land of the free ♪ ♪ and the home of the brave ♪ >> jackie's album -- >> her cd "o holy night" is in stores and she'll be back with us.