good morning. coming home, president obama and nato leaders set a date to end the combat mission in afghanistan and start bringing troops back. but what does that really mean for americans in harm's way? we're in the war zone this morning, for the latest. hands off. with anger growing over the new and more addressive pat-down measures at airports, the government is standing byhe searchs many consider illegal. do they go too far? a big holiday surprise for someone in our cro here in afghanistan. we're live from bagram airfield, today, sunday, november 21st, we're live from bagram airfield, today, sunday, november 21st, 2010. captions paid for by nbc-universal television

from nbc news, this is a special split edition of "today" with lester holt, live from baam airfield in afghanistan, and jenna wolfe, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. and, welcome to "day" on this sunday morning. i'm jenna wolfe. lester it looks like you not only went to afghanistan you took half of our "today" crowd with you over there. >> i only took the ones that wore camouflage and these were the on that showed up. they must shop at same place, jenna. what a great crowd. good morning from bagram airfield in afghanistan. we are with members of the 101st airborne division and we couldn't be prouder to be with them. big news on the war front this weekend, president obama declared he wants americans here to be done with major combat by the end of 2014. is that a realistic deadline? we're going to get reaction from the troops and talk with a top commander here coming up. and we're also going to have fun a bit later with our hosts who

are no doubt missing tir families this thanksgiving week. a real treat coming up, jenna. >> we'll look forward to that. back here at home we're following some big stories, including the uproar over the airport pat-downs. with the holiday travel season under way, new procedures have led to some tense standoffs between passengers and tsa employees. many people find the pat-downs flat out offensive. what can you expect if you're traveling this week as many of us are? some answers this morning from the head of the tsa, who will join us live in just a moment. also, is it her? the big new discovery that may finally unravel the mystery of talee holloway who disappeared in aruba more than five years ago. we're going to bring you the latest details. and the latest royal news. not only are we waiting for the when and wre of the wedding of william and kate, but a new poll out this morning reveals who brittons won't as their next king. the answeray surprise you. we're going to head back to afghanistan and lester. >> all right. jenna, thanks. at the nato summit in

portugal this weekend president obama said 2014 is the year when u.s. and coalition forces start handing control over to the afghans. joing me is john campbell commanding general of the 101st airborne division. thank you for being here. >> thanks, lester, thanks for ving me. >> what a great group of individuals you here, have been terrific hosts of the today show and we appreciate. >> >> thanks. >> 2014, is that realistic? you command the eastern part of this country, including the pakistan border, the porous border, is four yearsenough? >> every single day there's progress made in afghanistan. the afghan national security forces, the police, the border patrol and the army continue to get better as we partner up wh them. in the time that we're here we're going to see great improvement. 2014, i can't really go into that date. i know people are talking 2011, before that. we're making progress every single day here. i think time wl tell. >> it's probably not a surprise to you the taliban sent a message to the media today saying they're going to try to force a withdraw before 2014.

they certainly show a capability to continue to fight. is it disheartening that they continue to show some resolve? >> i tell you what, every single day the afghan security force is getting better and better. when they come out in mass like they did several times they don't make it, they perish. our soldiers and the afghan soldiers worktogether. i do not think that it matters what he put out there. our soldiers don't see that, don't hear that. theye here for each other. they will take care of the taliban. we're going to continue to build and work the capacity of the afghan security forces. that message from the taliban doesn't mean much to us here. >> 2014, that's a military deadline. what does it mean for the folks behind me and all the folks servinging under your command? >> they're very dedicated knowing what they're doing over re is a noble cause. we worry about ouramilie back home but we have great support back there. for these guys behind me they're used to this. we've been doing this for ten years now. we worry about the dwell time anthe time folks have back home. we committed to this. we've invested blood, sweat and tears here. the afghan people deserve is, so we're going to continue to

stay at it. this wilbe an enduring relationship we have. >> it's safe to say the american people do support the troops, but are you worried about a discnect with this war, that nine years after 9/11 people are beginning to wonder, is there a connection between what you're doing here and the current threat of terror as we see it? >> it bothers us sometimes, sometimes it bothershe soldiers. they know absolutely they're doing a very worthy cause over here, helping the afghan people. think about it the last ten years ere hasn't been a major attack against the united states in our homeland. our soldiers are fighting over, that our country is a lot safer. >> talk if you can about your retionship with the afghans. i know you're working this at a local level, trying to build relationships and communities and towns. is that going to be the seed that makes this handover work? >> we're really working hard on what we call district reinforcement, starting at dirict level. that's where all the local governmes start. we have a security bubble over that. bring in the line directors that work at the security districts there. and the people start coming in

and they develop great credibility with t people around them. i think once we do that it will spread out. general petraeus talks about a security zone and security bubble and expanding that zone and we see that every day. >> thanks so much for your time, for being here, and it continued to be safe, all of you. >> thanks. thanks for the great support back in the united states and thanks to our families. >> y got it. let's send it back to new york and jenna. >> lester, thank you. now to the uproar over the airport pat-downs. in a momt we're going to talk to the head of the tsa, but first, here's nbc's krystal welker. dave dreads the long lines at los angeles international airport during the holidays and says the new, stiffer security measures are adding to his stress. >> it's a silly, ridiculous waste of time. >> reporter: with an estimated 1.6 million people expected to fly this week, 400,000 more than last year, the new measures have people around the countr talking. >> i think the entire process is invasive. >> if it keeps us safe, i'm not too worried about it.

>> reporter: this weekend the president weighed in. saying increased security is necessary, especially given recent close calls like the so-called underwear bomber who nearly brought down the delta northwest flight last christmas. >> what i said to the tsa is that you have to constantly refine and measure whether what we're doing is the only way to make sure that passengers on planes are safe. >> reporter: marlene mccarthy of rhode island is all for super safety but said she had a terrible experience at the airport. >> it was just a real surprise and i felt very invaded by it. >> reporter: mccarthy, a cancer survivor, who has a prosthetic breast, says a tsa official stepped over the line with her. >> she took her two hands, she touched the prosthesis, she moved it up and down and left and right and then she said, you're okay. >> reporter: some passengers have filed lawsuits. the internet is buzzing with thousands of people venting their frustrations.

there's even a site that purports to post the views of tsa workers. many are anonymously saying they don't like the new rules, either. one writes, it is not comfortable to come to work knowing full well that my hands will be feeling another man's private parts. but tsa officials say recent polls show about 80% of the traveling public support the increased security. and they are predicting a smooth holiday travel. >> there's currently an internet-led movement urging passengers to protest on wednesday. this as the tsa released a video reminding people if they opt to have the pat-down, they can do it in a private room and with a witness of their choosing. for "today," kristen welker, nbc news, los angeles. the tsa admin separator john pistole is standing by the new pat-down procedures and he joins us live from washin ministtor piole, good morning, thanks for being with us. good rning, jenna. good to be here this morning. >> let me start with this. yove hea the backlash.

passengers are calling some of these security measures humiliating, intrusive, others have likened it to a sexual assault. these are harsh words. do you understand the outrage here? >> yes, jenna. it's heard a lot in this past week. i would note that we are trying to deal with each person with dignity anrespect, and that is the goal while we provide the best possible security, recognizing that it is difficult to have the ultimate security and privacy blended in a precise manner. we know that the threats are real and the stakes are high, so how can we best work with e public to say, be prepared when you come to the airport, understand what the security procedures are, for your safety and for that of your loved ones that you're goi home to see. >> there's been some confusion over how this whole process works. does everyone stand in line get either screening or pat-down or are they selecting certain people? how does it work? >> sure. the bottom line is, that very

few people actually receive the pat-downs. everybody at the approximately 70 airports where we have the advanced imaging technology machines are given the option of opting out of that and have the pat-down. what we're trying to do is avoid a christmas day bomber abdulmutallab who knows with a nonmetallic explosive device when you o out of the advanced imaging technology can go through the metal detector does not set off an alarm, does not reive a patown kaen get on the plane andill hundreds of people. >> some passengers have called some of the pat-downs inappropriate, they've been inapopriately touched. are there spefic guidelines as to how the tsa agents are supposed to pat them down or touch these performs? >> there are standard operating protocols which should be adheard to strictly. we have ensured that each security officer is properly trained and versed in h to go about doing the pat-down. one of the keys is clear

communication with each passenger. say here's what i'm going to do and to work with that person to help them understand not only what is about it to happen, but as the pat-down occurs. there are a number of options here and we try to clarify that on the tsa website or with signage at the airport. >> as a passenger can i refuse these security asures? say i don't want to do any of this and not be fined a penalty as a result? >> oh, sure. , yeah. you don'to do the advanced imaging chnology and if you opt out of that, if you want to fly, you need to have a pat-down. so you can't just opt out of all security, of course, because that -- everybody else on the plane will say why get on a plane with somebody who's not been thoroughl screened. i would note, jenna, there's new information out last night about terrorist efforts tohwart our security, they talk about the recent cargo plot end of last month out of yemen, and all the

challenges that they are presenting that we are dealing with and alsoe've known about this for some time. how do we make sure that we are providing the best possible secuty, while working with each individual passenger to say, look, we want to work with you, let's do this in a partnership. >> john pistole, we thank you so much for your time. >> thank you, jenna. i want to head over to the news desk where msnbc thomas roberts has the latest headlines. good morning. >> hey, jenna, good morning to you, and to everyone. the heels of the tsa interview with begin with al qaeda in yemen saying they are xhizing in their attacks against the west in militant websites the group says they're parcel bomb plot only cost them a little over $4,000. the bombs were intercepted last month in britain and dubai. the group threatens more small scale attacks meant to inflict great economic damage. to north korea where an american nuclear scientist says he is stunned by the sophistication of their large ne uranium enriched facility.

"the nework times" reports siegfried hecker says the facility includes hundreds of newly installed centrifuges. pope benedict says there are times when the use of a condom is jusfied when me proposty taouts are trying to prevent the spread of hiv. the catholic church has long opposed the use of condom since they are a form of contraception. the world waits for when and where william and kate get married, they are voicing their opinion on who should be the king. according to a poll, 56% preferred william to be the next king, not his father prince charles. 44% said prince charles should step aside for william to take the throne when queen elizabeth dies. skiers out west you can rejoice they are getting pounded with snow. the sierra nevada area getting up to two feet and more up in the mountains. mother nature pounding also utah and southern colorado. forget about a white christmas, it's time to break out your skis

in time for turkey day. send it back over to you guys. >> i'm sure the skiers can rejoice. everyone in the traffic like is like -- wish i was a skier! thomas, thank you so much. jani hoff is sitting right here, right in this area right here. >> good to see you. >> with a check of the and a good sunday morning. i'm news 4 meteorologist chuck bell. off to a cool start here on a sunday. filtered sunshine getting throh to help warm temperatures out of the 40s and into the 50s by later on this afternoon. current temperatures in the low to mid0s around washington. mid-30s across much of the suburbs. mid-40s alongside the chesapeake

y. our forecast today, gradually increasing numbers of clouds but mild by november standards. highs today upper 50s. now here's jenna. >> jane, thank you. up next on "today," mystery solved? the potential big break in the natalee holloway case. that's right after this. i'm off to the post office... ok. uh, a little help... oh! you know shipping is a lot easier with priority mail flat re boxes. if it fits, it ships anywhere in the country for aow flat rate. plus, you can print and pay for postage online. and i can pick them up for free with package pickup. perfect! cause i'm gonna need a lot of those. wow! i knew i should have brought my sleigh. priority mail flat rate shipping starts at $4.90 only from the postal service. a simpler way to ship. [scraping] [piano keys banging] [scraping] [hornsonking]

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teenager disappeared in aruba, authities are analyzing a jawbone found last week thatay help unravel the mystery. >> reporter: on the picturesque island of aruba not far from the hotel where natalee holloway once stayed an american tourist last week found a jawbone with a tooth in it. after gduating high school in alabama, the 18-year-old holloway vanished during a class trip to aruba five years ago. >> i'm not leaving aruba without her. >> reporter: beth holloway is desperately waited for any development. she issued this statement on the possibility theaw daughter's. there is no good answer. whether it is natalee or whether it isn't. but no answer at all is the most unbearable. forensic experts first have to determine if the jawbone is human. then they'll compare it and the tooth to holloway's dental records. the nextnd final step is perhaps the most important. >> then, the tooth will be

pulverized. there isome pulp within the tooth that will yield dna material. >> reporter: forsic pathologist wex's results usually only take a few days and could answer the question to what happened to natalee. that is the gold standard. the nuclear dna analysis will tell you specifically and unequivocally without any question whatsoever whether it is that individual. >> reporter: authorities say joran van der sloot was the last person to see holloway alive. but the prime suspect in this case is in jail in ru. van der sloot is accused of murdering a 21-year-old peruvian woman back in may, nearly five years to the day natalee disappeare beth holloway's attorney spoke to matt lauer in june. >> it's no secret that he holds the key to where natalee is and at happened to her. we've always known that. >> reporter: the search for natalee holloway has been filled with dramatic twists and turns. soon, a mother may finally start

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well, it's hard to beat the weather we had yesterday but today is going to try. more on that in a moment. good morning. it is 8:26 on this sunday, november 21st. i'm kimberly suiters. grief counselors will be at osbourn high school in manassas tomorrow after the stabbing death of a student. police say 18-year-old mauricio martinez and a 17-year-old attacked 15-year-old muel hernandez as he walked homerom school. they say the stabbing could have been gang related. one man is dead, five others hurt including a baby after a police pursuit and crash. police responded to a domestic dispute at an ihop in silver spring when a father grabbed his

11-month-old girl and ran officers caught up to him nearby on cherry hill road but his van hit an suv ioncoming traffic and killed the passenger. three others from the crash are in serious condition and in the hospital. starting today montgomery county owned liquor stores can operate on sundays. the 24 stores will be open noon to 6:00 for the next six months as part of a pilot program. they say it's not designed to generate extra money pour the county but for customer convenience. revenue goes to the county's general fund. privatelowned liquor stores can already operate on sundays.

let's check in with check on the weather. a good sunday morning, everybody. a beautiful, brig sunny start to the skies. looking off to the west, plenty of blue skies out there. maybe we'll see a gradual increase in clouds. on the whole it's going to be a fairly pretty day. 44 in washington but 34 in arlington. 32 manassas. 38 degrees now in germantown and gaithersburg. so your forecast for today, increasing clouds but still nice. highs today mid to upper 50s. tomorrow warmer once again. back into the 60s we go. a chance of a few showers on tuesday and on wednesday.

>> we're heing back to new york for the tod"today" show. join news 4 at 9:00 this morning for a full hur of ws, chuck, aaron and i look forward to seeing you. ♪ ♪ i hope to get her name ♪ she feels us >> we're back on a sunday morning, november 21st, 2010. you're listening to the 101st airborne divisio band playing, a group currently stationed in afghanistan with five members. one plays keyboard, one bass, one drs, one vocal.

they perform old and new music, mix of r&b. their goal is to play music that is familiar from fallout boy to leonard skinered and their commonly requested song "free bird." thanks for coming out. what a thrill. they have invited me to play with them, jenna, later on. should i or shouldn't i? >> i wonder. only if they take requests. can i throw something o there? >> they broug an extra bass. we'll see maybe at the end of the show i'll sit down and play. we appreciate them coming and joininus this morning with all the great soldiers of the 101st airborne at bagram. you have more coming up there, i know. >> we do. we were really -- was that great? did you all hear that? i was going to request barry manilow, but that was inappropriate and i won't do that. we have a lot coming up in this lf hour. we're talking today about amanda knox the american exchange student who was found guilty of killing her british roommate in ity. she'll be back in court later

this week. what can we expect? we will let you know. also, who should be the future king of england? surprising poll results show an overwhelming numbe of britain's want william to be king instead of charles. we will get t lest from london. also, he is on the clock. we gave our own willie geist a special assignment. you have two hours to make a thanksgiving turkey, because h had nothing better to do with those two hours than make an amazing meal. we'll see if he can do all of that coming up. we want to get another check of the weather with janice huff. >> thank you, we shall. first i'm going to introduce you to people in the crowd.

good morning once again.

i'm meteorologist chuck bell. lots of sunshine out there for the first half of our sunday anyway. i do think we'll see a slow increase in the number of clouds as we go through late this morning into the afternoon. temperatures are in the mid-40s right in downtown and up alongside of the chesapeake bay. 45 in annapolis. 46 down into leonard town and st. mary's city. but meanwhile for the rest of today lots of sunshine giving way to some more clouds but still pleasant, highs upper 50s. back into the 60s tomorrow. it's sunday night. you know what that means, football night in america right here on nbc. two big rivalries, t big teams playing tonight. the giants are visiting the philadelphia eagles. partly cloudy and chilly with temperatures in the 40s. not bad. it's football weather for sunday night football night in america right here on nbc. now here's jenna. >> janice, thanks. amanda knox has long insisted she did not murder her roommate and this wednesday the american college student convicted of the crime will ask a court to set her free. nbc's stephanie gosk reports.

>> reporter: it was a vicious crime. in 2007, british exchange student meredith keher, just beginning a study year abroad in italy, was sexually assaulted and stabbed to death in her own bedroom. the accused, kercher's roommate, american student from seattle amanda knox, her former boyfriend raffaele sollecito, and drug dealer drifter rudy guede. the italian public was fascinated with the young american they dubbed angel face. the trial became a need ya sensation. knox's family went broke paying for more than a million dollars in legal fees and travel. the emotional toll was higher. >> pple talked about how she looks so calm. she's t calm. she's terrified. it takes everything. i'll have to tell later. >> reporter: t verdict delivered in december last year, guilty. knox was sentenced to 26 years in prison. sollecito, 25. the leg team and famy were stunned.

>> when do you think you'll appeal? what will happen next? >> the second we get a chance. >> amanda, like the rest of us, is extremely disappointed, upset about the decision. we're all in shock. >> reporter: when the appeal trial begins this week the legal team will set out to discredit e prosecution. they will argue there was never a clear motive and that forensic evidence was contaminated during the investigation. the defense is hoping for a full review of the case. >> that would mean that the judges have some doubts and want to delve into the evidence more in detail than was done in the trial level. >> reporter: knox's lawyers say she is sad and worried. the aeal will likely drag on for months. the prosecution says they are beefing up their team and they will be looking to get the sentence increased to life in prison. for "today," stephanie gosk, nbc news, london. can knox and her defense team convince the court she is not a killer? dan aams is nbc's chief legal

analyst. dan, good morning. >> good morning. >> so there's a new judge hearing this case. >> yep. >> how does that affect the outcome of the case? is everything going to let back in here for the appeal? >> the first big decision this new judge is going to have to make is how much evidence do they effectively let them retry. are they going to let them bring in all the edence from the first case, are they going to effectively let them retry this? this judge may let them do that. not somethinghat would happen here, but in italy, this judge has the discretion to do that and if that happens, this is effectively a fresh second be at the apple for amanda knox. >> is this going to take as long as the first one did, if that's the case? >> it could. you're talking about the same sorts of witnesses if they let in all t evidence again. but it also mea that both sides have already had a chance to hear what witnesses will say, hear how the cross-examination we, et cetera. if this judge allows them to effectively retry the case, that in and of itself i think is a win for amanda knox. >> just like in the murder trial in the appeals process, both knox and her ex-boyfriend's case

will be heard simultaneously. will that help or hurt amanda? >> i think she would probably rather have it by rself but i don't think that's going to have a significant impact moving forward. the bottom line is they're not it turning on each other. if they turned on each other this would be a very different case. they both have consistent story which is they weren't involved. although the authorities would say their stories have been inconstent over time. >> what is the defense's argument here? hodo you get this appeal reduced? how do you do this? >> there are two things they want to do. number one, they want to attack the process. they want to say they were treated unfairly, that these prosecutors were bad people who did bad things in the context of this case, and the second thing they want to do is talk about the evidence. so basically they're saying, we didn't get a fair shot from day one because of the way these prosecutors handled the case, and number two, when you look at the evidence, the defense will say, there's simply not enough evidence to convict. the prosecutors on the other hand will bring in much of the same evidee they brought in

the first time, including dna evidence, et cetera, and they're going to say we think we've got it. >> the prosecution islso appealing as we. they want not only this sentence but a life sentence. >> couldn't happ here. >> right. >> prosecutorsouldn't be able to appeal saying we want a tougher sentence here. yes they're appealing. not only are they putting her on trial for another crime, which is for allegedly effectively slandsering the police. >> righ >> by saying that they mistreated her, they're trying her for those comments. very unusual. and then they' also saying in addition to that, we want to see a stiffer sentence? connection with the murder. >> does it help or hurt her that the other coconspitter rudy guede got his sentence reduced from 30 to 16 years? >> i think that should be encouraging. i think the evidence against him is probably stronger in many ways than against the other two. i think they should be encouraged by that. but again, the world is watching this case. >> right. >> the judge knows they're going have to be very careful in whatever happe here either

way. >> dan abrams, thank you so much for your insights. up next, which of these soldiers will have a surprise fromack home? we're back right after these messages. the challenge jobs. don't tell me about a dog. a day care full of kids, house chickens. call a day's work. call 1-800-steemer i have asthma. and when my symptoms came back i'd get this tightness in my chest. so i went back to my doctoagain. we chose symbicort to help control my asthma symptoms allay and night. [ man ] symbicort improves my lung function, starting within 15 minutes.

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the vermont national guard. a guy that has a sign that says hi brook and tyler. 8-month-old twins my wife had after i deployed here. >> when is last time you saw them? >> you're a new dad. can you come ou perfect for this new segment we have here. come out here. can you put it -- why don't we put an ear plug on you here. this is going to be fun. you'll get a kick out of this as a new father. your kids were born in may, you were home? >> yes. >> okay. all right. come over here. bobbie puts that in your ear. tell me ife're going to put something up here in a moment. do you recognize this? >> oh, my god. >> hi, dad. how are you? >> that's your wife and your twin >> how are you doing? >> good, how are you doing, babe? >> that's got to be tough looking at the monitor. makes us azy. you can talk in there. you last saw them in may and

they were born premature. >> yes, they were. >> debbie, how are they doing? >> they're doing great. they reallare. >> and i know you hope to be home for christmas. you miss thanksgiving. what do you want to say? >> hi, guys. this was quite shock. they look good. they look good. so do you. can't wait to get home pretty on. >> thanks. hard to keep it a secret, especially after you told me last night. >> yeah. i know. thanks for keeping the secret. you get to skype a ltle bit, i understand? >> once in a while. it's been a little while. this is the first time i've seen them on the screen of any sort in several months. this is great. >> you get to talk from time to time. your wife debbie. >> yes, it is. >> and the kids. this has been a tough separation. you were trying to time your leave to see them. >> yes. >> you have a ltle glimpse and then time to come back. >> yes, it was. i would rather have been home while they were already born than come home from leave and not have them be born and miss.

>> how have you been holding up with twins and your husband dispatcheded over here? >> you know, it's been a lot, but it's been a lot of fun. we spend a lot of time running and just playing and they're doing great. it'seen a good year. >> can you believe how they've grown? >> it's unbelievable. they we still very tiny when i was home on lee. it's amazing. every time she puts new pictures on facebook or e-mails them to me they're a little bigger and that's a great thing. >> what are the holidays around here like? are you looking forward to thanksgiving but a lot of these folks will be separated from their families. at's it like around here? >> obvious you become sort of a family with the guys you're fighting with all the time and make the best of it. fortunately this deployment communication has been fairly good, so the guys are ae to call home and use the internet on a somewhat regular basis. that's definely a benefit. it does appear we should be home for christmas.

certainly looking forward to that. >> debbie, you have a good network there of support at home? >> you know, my family doe't live here but they come often and i have amazing friends and neighbors that have been invaluable. >> well, congratulations to you. everybody says nothing harder than being a military wife and military mom. >> i can only imagine. >> i was born to one. i kn the story. continued good luck to you and i can't wait for all of you to be reunited with your families. get one last look at them there. >> i appreciate it. >> we'll take a break and be back with more after this. >> bye. ♪ express yourself

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while the world waits for more on william and kate's weddg new details about where they will live who is controlling the wedding and who the public thinks should be the next king. joining us from london is jessica hay, royal distributor and longtime friend of kate middleton. thanks for being with us. >> good morning. how are you? >> i'm great. there's headlines in a couple news items this morning. let's start witthe first one. a poll by one of the british newspapers shows more britons would rathe see william as the next king rather than charles. y truth to that? what can you tell us? >> i don't know whether there's any truth to it. the natural progression is that charles would be theext king, although i do understand the public poll is a public poll and that's what people think. we're in a modern society now, and i think that william is actually bringing us forward. so the natural progression would

be for charles to be king, that's the natural progression, but speculation is the word on everybody's lips at the moment. it's all speculation. nobody really knows. >> where would we be without all this speculation, right? here's the next one. >> i know. absolutely. >> a lot of wedding planning already happening. there's a rumor out now that william and kate want to sort of take charge of their own wedding plan as you might imagine, and i guess that's causing friction with the palace and the rest of the royal family. any truth to this rumor? >> i think there may be some truth to it. as i said i my last comment, we are living in a modern world now, and i think that because there's such a support to each other, the natural thing they do want to organize their own wedding with katherine or kate as the media call her, to be the main organizer. but, obviously, the royal family will have a lot of input as any family would. but there's no friction between the royal family and catherine and wil wanting to do this themselves. >> now the next big question is,

where they're going to live once they get married. there's rumors that they may actually live, move into kensington palace the home of william's mother, princess diana, have you heard anything about that or are they going to shack up with you? how does that work out? >> they can stay with me in my little apartment. no. i think they're probably stay in kensington palace, initially. i think soon after they'll want to find their own place maybe around the gloucestershire area, that's the inclination, that's what i've heard. to start with, i think probably kensington palace. it's the right thing to do and i think that's what wil and kate would want. >> the big question surrounding the weing. the big when and where. let's start with when? . july, august.rything from te has to at least have ispered some rumors to you, no? >> yes. i have heard from a reliable source fro herself that they wanted it to be -- they wanted to make a compromise.

march/april will be quite chilly. june, we have the queen is busy. but july, seems to be the one on everybody'lips at the moment and that's the one i think they would like to have. the weather will be gorgeous and people from around the world will want to take holiday and the summer is a perfect time to come see kate and celebrate. >> when do you think we may get the answers to the where and when? will that be coming up in the next couple days? are they together right now? >> i know it will be within the next couple to few ys. >> okay. ssica hay, we thank you for your insights. we appreciate your time. >> thank you very much. nice to speak to you. >> and now once again, here's lester. jenna, thanks. with four days away from thanksgiving, many families are getting ready for the holiday feast. what happens if you only have two hours to prepare for the turkey dinner? bon appetite magazine says it can be done. we put willie geist to the test. >> i don't cook a whole lot but you say this thanksgiving there

may be hope for even a guy like me. >> i think there might be hope. i'm here to lp. in the magazine we have all different levels and this one we're going to do is basically a two-hour thanksgiving dinner. >> entire meal in two hour >> entire al in two hours. >> bam. >> a little bit of salt and pepper. >> this looks intimidating. we've gone fr the salt and pepper which i can do and we're moving into cutlery. this is where it gets dang pr s prups -- dangerous. this looks kind of professional, right if how is that? >> that' perfect. >> so far a beautiful bird. only one or two of my fingers in. >> that's not bad. >> once we cook -- >> we glaze them a little bit. >> and then -- we could -- want it to try it? >> yeah. i'm just going straight up and down, a little unconventional but it works. >> or we could use -- >> why don't we do that. >> feel like i'm in culinary school, the final exam. would they tell you to leave

now? this one is on the floor. what do you think? imagine the scenario why you and i are alone on thanksgiving. >> i don't wanto go there. >> thyme smells so good. >> it's my favorite herb, i think. >> i'm glad you said it. ♪ >> you can hear the sizzling. >> the bird smells good. >> and then we have another 45 minutes on the potatoes. the bird will be done by then. >> wow. >> the smell -- >> the smell is so good. >> beautiful >> we're going to take o bird out. and then we're just going to kind of for about five or ten minutes put these back ithe oven with the green beans around it. if you want to try that pair. maybe a little bit hot. >> that's hot. >> so now it's just down to plating. you chose yours to be a little

more rustic. >> rustic is a good euphemism for i didn't quite do it right. >> not bad. not bad for a rookie. >> turningnto like a buddy cop movie. i have a great teacher. >> look at that. i think if you took that to any table, and said you did that in two hours, they would be pretty impressed. >> that is a two-hour thanksgiving meal. >> that's a two-hour thanksgiving. >> you've done the impossibl >> we're going to take a break. when we come back, i'm going to join the banhere in bagram.

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toim for a check of what's coming up on "meet the press." david gregoryoins us. good morning, david. >> good morning. coming up this mning a showdown over nuclear weapons between president obama and republican opponents. and the president at the nat summit pressed his allies for the suprt of the u.s. end game in afghanistan. our guest from the summit, secretary of state hillary clinton, then an emerging leader of the republican party louisiana governor bobby jindal and we'll have our political rod table all coming up this morning on "meet the press." >> all right. david, thank you so much. that's going to do it for us from "today." thomas roberts, thanks. had a good time? >> i had a great time. thank you. >> good weekend. janicehover, had a good time? >> i think so. >> i had toask. lester you're having a goo time and sending us out with quite a surprise. >> i'm having a terrific time. the 101st airborne division band has been playing great music for all morning long. they've invited me to join them. i have taken up their

invitation. say hello from bagram. we'll play a little brick house. ready. ♪ ♪ she's a brick house ♪ ♪ she's mighty mighty i just let it all hang out ♪ ♪ she's a brick house now that's a fantastic i ain't holding nothing back ♪ ♪ she's a brick house yeah ♪ ♪ when we're together everybody knows that this is how the story goes ♪

once again a report of a domestic dispute ended in a deadly crash. police are still piecing together exactly what happened. good morning. welcome to news 4 today. i'm kimberly sighters. >> and i'm aaron gilchrist. it's sunday,november 21st. first a quick check of the forecast. meteorologist chuck bell is with us. the heat wave is coming to an end but only briefly. >> now yesterday 66 and sunny. wonderful. everybody loved it. today still a nice day but a little more novembery than octobery outside. temperatures today staying most ly -- these