until then, have a great day. we'll see you tomorrow. >> bye. good morning. breaking news. mark your calendars, april 29, westminster abbey, that is the official de and location of prince william and kate middleton'swedding. we're live with all the latest details. deadly clash. north korea fires dozens of artillery shells on to a north korean island escalating tensions between the nations. an attack being strongly condemned by the white house this morning. and dangerous storms. rare november tornadoes in wisconsin and illinois including one that caused a school bus to ro over. and out west, heavy snow is already creating big problems

for thanksgiving travelers and more is on the way today, for thanksgiving travelers and more is on the way today, tuesday, november 23, 2010. captions paid for by nbc-universal television and welcome to "today" on this tuesday morning. i'm meredith viera. >> and i'm matt lauer. and take a look live a westminster aby. we understand the queen is there this morning and we now know th prince william a kate middleto now known as katharine middleton. if you had planned for april 29, cancel tm. that's 157 days from now. we'll start to put a little counter up on the bottom of the screen there fm now on. >> the announcement was made at

st. james palace shortly before we went on the air this morning and now there are just a new additional details to be sorted out like the guest list, the reception and, yes, kate's wedding dress. which designer will she choose? what is it going to look like? and how much will it st? we'll get some insight from the one who designed princess diana's gown. >> let's go stephanie gosk, she's at westminster abbey, good morning to you. >> reporter: looks like we have a spring wedding here at westminster abbey. this is a 1,000-ye-old church. it is rich in royal history. there have been royal burials, coronations and of course weddings and prince william will be the latest wedding. this seems to be something of a victory for the prince. he had been pushing for a spring date

we could be in trouble here with rain. we see some issues on this issue, it seems prince william got it rht. theeremony will be broadcast live around the world with 1 billion people watching, the kind of attention a future brith kingan expect, but the average girl growing up expecting a smaller event. here she is in a school day. >> i wish toarry you. >> be careful what you wish for young te. a royal engagement can also be a rude awakening. kate like diana in the '80s i under a microscope. >> the palace are very aware that she's going to be taking on the biggest role in her life and they're paving the wayor there to be a support network for her.

>> the queen is very much of kate's and there's a feeling that could really help guide indicate into the role. >> repter: lack of privacy, an endless series of rigid procols, kate mileton's new reality. her friends and family say she's up for it. a strength she often showed as an athlete. >> kate is a very intelligent human being and she'll handle it. >> reporter: having watched his mother diana struggle, william is said to be very aware of how difficult this life will be for ka. it's a high price to pay for faing in love wh a prince. you're looking at a live shot of westminster abbey. appropriately enough, she was married in westminster abbey and

now we know that her grandson will be married there as well. >>stephanie, thank you so much. nbc news royal expert robert jobson is the royal editor for news of the world. good morning to you. i know that you were at that briefing, let's start with the date of the wedding, april 29, what is the significance of that date? >> well, this is the date they wanted, they wanted a spring wedding, but it's also the date of katharine of sienna, queen katharine. but it basically shows to me that prince william has won his first battle, he wanted a wedding sooner rather than later d it's going to be a bank holiday.

>> we saw kate middleton visiting there last week, and the significance ofthat. >> this is theoyal family's church, this is where the queen was married and this is where princess diana's funeral was held. >> william and kate want to control every detail of their wedding and we have heard that that's caused se friction with the queen's staff, what can you tell us about that? >> there's a little bit of a debatebout the timing because william and kate want to get married sooner rather than later and yet a summer wedding would have looked better. you guys kno what the british weather is like and there were fears if they had had it earlier in the year, say, march, it could rain. april 29 is just about the last day of spring. >> but april showers, you never

know, that's the problem. >> let's tal about the price tag for this wedding, we're hearing numbers in the range of $40 million. prince charles will pick utmost of the bill but another $30 million for security. that's going to fall on that taxpayers during tough times, how do you thi they'll respond to that? >> the second part of that statement is about the cost. the security will be taken over by the government as well. we're going to have heads of state here, the rest of the money will be footed by prince charles and also the middleton family will contribute as well. but in all honesty, i think we should be looking in a very upbeat way about this wedding. this wed will constitution billions of pounds for the british econom it will actually raise awareness.

william and kate are very concerned that it not be tooof citizen tod citizen -- >> prince william doesn't want what happened to his mother, but how can he control that? >> this couple are going to be the future king and queen of england and there's huge media interest in them. they want to be in control of th situation, not only for themselves because they're t ones that are pressing all the buttons because if they don't control it now it will spiral out of control and that's why ey're putting their feet down and saying this is what we want and you're going to have to do it. we know that prince william is very good at digging in his heels and clearly he has won the first round. >> when princess diana met her horrible death in paris, she had no body guards. this time katharine, kate is

protected by scotland yard. so the paparazzi just better watch out. >> and very quickly, robert, at the briefing, was any mention made about the guest list, the reception or the wedding dress? >> actually it's quite interesting, they want the guest list to be as much as they can be to do with their personal guests. but obviously there will be heads of state. there will be a lot of their friends. when i asked how many people would bethere, they said the church will be full. so you're talking a few thousand people there. i think it's going to be a gate occasion full of pomp and pagea pageantry. they will be riding in one of those state carriages, you can bet your bottom dollar. >> thank you f your perspectives this morning. let us get the other top stories of the morning now, ann's on assignment. tamron hall is at the news sk. good morning to you.

a south korean island is smoldering this morning after north korea issued one of its worst attacks since the war ended half a century ago. >> reporter: even for the unpredictable north korea, this latest action is alarming. the north korean military pounded a south korean island with as much as 100 artillery shells killing two north korean marines and several civilians. the south koreans shot back and scrambled their f-16 fighter jets. earlier this morning the white house issued a statement condemni the attack and telling the north koreans to a lot their belligerent actions. >> and this comes right on the heels that northorea has built a nuclear facility. >> reporter: north korea is seeking world status, they often

use -- all this could spiral well out of control and only yesterday the state department told north korea that it will not reward bad behavior. and it doesn't get much worse than this, tamron. >> thank you, mick. and cambodia's mourning today as 378 people are dead and hundreds injured on a stampede on a bridge. this morning rescuers are scouring the muddy river below for any survivors. and new video showing the

good morning. it's clear and cool. temperatures are on the cool side, just down near 50 degrees throughout much of the region. we do have some showers. we see the moving color moving into pennsylvania andest virginia. those showers heading east should be into the metro area by mid afternoon. before then, though, we'll soar into the 60s today. add then tonight clearing out, cold tomorrow moing, down into the 30s. afternoon highs with 50s with increasing clouds. might get sh and that flipped over school buzz in illinois, there were no injuries. . with the thanksgiving rus high gear and some calls for a boycott tomorrow, there's word that the policies may have been slightly modified. tom costello is at reagan national airport, tom, what can you tell us? >> these enhanced pat downs that

have been so controversial have been for people who opt out of the full body scans, now word that's changing slightly. after more than a week of outrage about where tsa screeners have been putting their hands, senior government officials say the tsa is reducing the number of passengers who are randomly selected for a pat down. the public and political uproar hit a boiling point on monday. >> our goal must be to maximize protection and security and minimize inconvenience. >> reporter: the administration says intelligence continues to suggest terrorist are targets commercial airlines, but on this bu travel week, passengers are asking, where is the line between smart security -- >> this is the world we live in, so i would rather be safe than sorry. >> reporter: and invasion of privacy. >> i don't like them touching private areas.

>> i'm all for security, but at some point, enough's enough. >> it's not offensive as far as i'm concerned if itill keep me safe. >> reporter: now there's a call for passengers to boycott tsa scanners on wednesday. the travel industry is calling for a to examine it's approach to serity. >> we're calling on 100% of travelers as a threat to the system. >> reporter: but from the shoe bomber to the alleged underwear bomber to the recent attempt to bring down cargo planes, the al qaeda remains real and it will continue to use full body scanners and pat downs. >> very few passengers receive a pat down. those who decide they don't want to go through the walk through

metal detective for or the new machines, they will get a pat down. >> less than 3% of people actually get pat downs and tse who are selected for the full body scanners, less than 1% opt out. we have seen no indication at all of those people who say they're going to protest and tie up tsa checkpois. but tomorrow is the critical day, it's one of the busiest travel days of the year, the government, the travel industry, are all urging people not to tie up the checkpoints. >> it's 17 after the hour. once again, here's meredith. police in georgia are looking for more witnesses to what's being described as a cold and calculated murder. a father shot just moments after dropping off his 2-year-old son at school. tom trong is in georgia with details. >> reporter: you know, so many parents start their day by dropping off the kids at school and that's what 36-year-old

ruell snyderman wassing the here doing here, dropping off his son and then in broad daylight he wasunned down. the family of russell snyderman or rusty say what mattered most to him are the people in these family photos. his daughter son and wife. >> my niece and nephew will never know their father. my sister-in-law has had an entire lifetime of dreams ripped from her. >> reporter: aer dropping off his son at this preschool last thursday, police say the harvard educated businessman was returning to his silver sedan when suddenly a man walkedp and shot him several times at pointblank range. thiss a sketch of the shooter. witnesses say nowards were exchanged, the shooter simply opened fire and took off in a gray minivan similar to this

one. >> it's awful. that's what i can't get over. who does this at 9:00 a.m. when innocent children are trying to go to school. i don't understand how this could happen? >> reporter: needer man's brother doesn't understand either, he says his brother was generous, volunteering to help many charities. >> our whole family has lost its brightest light and we don't know why. >> reporter: authorities say they'll be investigating his business dealings and even the charity work. >> from our initial investigations, this case appears to be a cold and calculated murder. >> reporter: criminal exper agree this was an assassination. >> i don't think this was a random shooting, largely because the vehicle was not stolen, there was no attempt, it appears to engage in any kind of robbery. this was, you know, i'm here to shoot this man and get out of here. >> reporter: left with only memories, snyderman's family sends this message to his killer. >> come forward and face justice. don't be a coward.

reporter: and the snyderman family is offering a $10,000 reward hoping to generate some leads that will lead to the capture and conviction of the killer. >> thank you very much. and just ahead, phoebie prince who took her own life after being bullied at school.

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7: 30 now on a tuesday morning, the 23rd of november, 2010. just this morning, the royal family has announced that prince william and kate middleton's wedding will be held in that building right there. that's westminster abbey. it will be held on april 29, a spring wedding for the most talked about couple in the world. kate'sext decision, who will design her wedding gown. meanwhile, across the pond, kind of a sunny morning here in manhattan, our plaza filled with use susan boyle fans, she'll be

performing in our 8:30 half hour. the latest on the phoebie prince case. she is the teenager who committed suici after allegedly enduring relentless bullying at school. coming up her aunt speaking out in an exclusive interview. and sarahpalin's new book is out today and what she writes about president obama has some saying it could be a road map, the book for how she will run for the white house in 2012. but now to the family of phoebie prince speaking out about her tragic suicide. we're going to talk to her aunt in just a moment. but here's jeff rossen. >> reporter: from the moment this happened. phoebie's family has been hurting, but it's especially hard this week, not just because of the holiday, tomorrow would have been phoebie's 15th birthday. noher father is opening up about the llying, the pain and forgiveness. phoebie prince at 12 years old, her whole life ahead of her. in this he video, given to nbc

news, the portrait of a happy, playful girl. just last year, at thanksgiving, relative say phoebie seemed okay smiling, enjoying some family time and over christmas e opened presents wit her dad, it would be her last thanksgiving, her last christmas. just months later, phoebie hanged herself athome. she was allegedly the victim of vicious bullying at school. prosecutors say the mean girls would scream at her and threaten her daily. phoebie couldn't take it anymore. monday night phoebie's father jeremy prince broke his silence on irish television. you keep waking up thinking it's a scream, but he's not angry at phoebie's bullies. there's no realing in anger, no healing in revenge. the only real healing in the long-term is from finding the ability to forgive. phoebie grew up in ireland and

moved to massachuset last year when her parents split up. in a new school, a new country, there was no mercy. in phoebie's final hours, prosecutors say the bullies were especially cruel, confronting her in the library saying, close your legs, i hate stupid sluts. and as phoebie walked home, one last jab. >> calls her an irish slut. an irish whore and saying why don't you go kill yourself and she did. >> reporter: two girls and four boys are now charged with felonies. they have all pled not guilty claiming phoebie was suicidal long before the alleged bullyi. court documents say she battled severe depression. phoebie once swallowed an entire bottle of cerro quell. her father called it a cry for

lp. phoebie's birthday is tomorrow, thanksgiving on thursday. the fst year her family will suffer rather than celebrate. in that documentary, phoebie's father said the bullies have alady been punished, charged with crimes and pulled out of school. and if they would just apologize, he said he would be able to forgive them. the alleged bullies are to go o trial next year. >> eileen moore is with us exclusively. tomorrow would have been phoebie's 16th birthday, it's been almost a year since her passing. i can't even imagine what this year has been like for you. how are you doing? >> we're doing the best we can. and trying to understand. it's probably two things i will never have the answer to is why phoebie is no longer with us and

also why she's the one that has kind of brought bullying to the forefront. which is good for all the other children, so trying to balance each. >>yeah, you were very, very close to your niece. when she came here from ireland to massachusetts, you helped her with the transition. >> we did. it was -- you have to understand ann who was also starting teaching the first time in america, under the american school system and also it was a check and balance. on those days, i would be at the house when she came home or they would call. >> ann is her moer? >> yes, my sister. so a check and balance because her school day ended afterhe girls so everyone was adjusng to this life. >> and during all this time, did you have any idea what she was going through? >> not athis level, there was

sometimes that phoebie talked to me about some issues but never once of bullying and the school and the kids never once. >> on to someone who prosecutors say was bullied herself, you feel that student who i bully another student should be held responsible for their behavior and whatever happens because of it. >> i think there should always be responsibility for someons behavior. and i think we have to really get in a teach our children what it when you berate and belittle, you abuse somebody. we have to do that for the person being bullied, not to hold that in, not to take ownership ofomeone else's meanness and to express it and to talk to a trusted adult. >> you created this guide book, you are not alone, a resource for suicide preveion in part

to help kids, parents of children who are bullied or who bully. >> and in part i found myself asking this be brought to the forefront in albany and in the news. wonderful website and a lot of good people doing great things and have been doing great things. for a long time on issues of bullying and depression. but i didn't know that. the information was out there and i found myself continually to say i wish i knew that then. i wish i had more of this information. >> so the fact, eileen, massachusetts passed a law that requires every school district to come up with aullying prevention and intervention plan. yes. >> only a handful have done so to date and it's supposed to be in place by the end of the year. so do you worry that there's not a sense of urgency witn

schools to deal with this problem? >> a sense of urgency and maybe a ltle bit of how do we go about this? how do we explain what is appropriate behavior, when have you crossed the line to being upset or not at someone to bullying. i think that might be part of the problem too is defining crossing that line. but the other part that i desperately want to see in the schools on this policy is when they make -- right now the schools are to report home when your child is a bully or is being bullied. but we need to alarm with that phone call the cld who is a bully. we need to give them resources, give them knowledge so tha maybe they move forward to that. and to the child being bullied,

we need to do the same thing and to follow up and to say, these are great support services. these are places where your daughter, or son can express and learn not to hold those feelings in. >> so the last thing you can do to honor phoebie? >> exactly. help another child so no other child has to suffer what she did. >> eileen moore, thank you for being here, i know this isn't easy foryou. >> thank you very much. >> now let's get a check of the weather from al. >> and as we

good morning. i'm happy to report we d't have any traffic times on this tuesday morning. if you're heing west, you'll be running into rain in the mountains. that's a long front that will sweeping our way. righnow in the low to mid-50s. before the front arrives we'll be into the 60s. you can see the moving color. that's the area of rain. there's only about a 50% chance of showers here this afternoon. white clouds coming through. much cooler tomorrow. maybe showers th >> a with holiday travel all important, you want to check in with the weather channel on cable or weather.com online. . sarah palin's much anticipated new book hits stores today. nbc news received an advanced copy last night and the former alaska governor is not holding backhen it comes to president

obama. nbc's norah o'donnell is in washington with the details. >> reporter: well, you know her new book i called "america by heart." it's full of what she calls reflection on faith, family and flag. but wi all the attacks on president obama and others, some say it could be a handbook for her for a 2012 campaign. even before "america by heart" hits bookstores, sarah palin is all over the air waives. in a surprise visit to "dancing with the stars" cheering on daughter bristol. on fox news -- >> well, now i'm thinking about 2012 and i am thinking about it. >> reporter: and of course on r own reality tv show. >> it's tougher than it looks. >> reporter: palin it seems is everywhere, plugging her book and settling some old scores. >> would you even do another interview with katie couric? >> "america by heart" highlights

some of her heroes like ronald reagan but it also rips some of her opponents. palin says as hard as she worked to beat mr. obama i 2008 when he was elected, quote, i share the feeling of almost despete hope that many other americans felt. like then, like you, i loved my country and want it to succeed, but a new morning in america  hasn broken over the capitol dome. in very personal terms, she also questions the president's patriotism, concluding he has a stark lack of faith in the american people. some say the book offers a blueprint, clues on how she would attack obama if she runs in 2012. >> ctainly this book has all kinds of dog whistles for the base about what her messaging would be if she ran for president. >> reporter: on obama's signature lislative achievements, palin writes, we don't consider the health care vote a done deal, not by a long shot. instead it was a clarion call, a spur to action.

palin also attacks hillary children in what she calls her bra burning militancy for this comment made in 1992 when bill clinton first ran for president. >> i could have stayed home and baked cookies and had tea but what i decided to do is fulfill my profession. >> reporter: palin says some of us like to bake cookies, some of us also think we can do that and still have successful careers. will it help show that palin is qualified for the presidency? >> going negative definitely will help spur sales, but voters want to see someone who can be soothing, who can project optimism and who can seem like an executive instead of take a swing at anyone who offends them. >> palin's book is fied with politics and pop culture, she quotes everything from the credibles to tony keith to the 19th century politic thinker.

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>> reporter: what put peggy angle over the edge is when her son a colge student was charged $2 just to check his account balance before he withdrew money from his banks's atm. >> so to t to be a responsible banking participant, they $2. that's wrong. >> reporter: and when he used another bank's atm, he sometimes paid $6 or $7 to get $40 in cash. all the fees have eaten away at money he earned over the summer. >> $25. $2, $2.50. $ $2.95. >> reporter: the las stw, the bank recently paid a monthly fee of $8.95 to what had been called totally free checking. >> now you tell your children about a bank to warn them of all the con games and the nickel and diming that goes on.

>> reporter: fees have gone up across t board this year. >> the increases were seen on everything from monthly service charges to overdraft fees, even atm fees. >> reporter: the number of americans enjoying free checking has dropped from 76% to 65%. and if you want an account that pays interest, the average minimum balance ruired to avoid fees has soared from $511 to $3,838. some consume who weren't watching their statements clely have learned the hard way. barbara nelson was shocked to discover she had been charged $6 to $12 a month by her bank jpmorgan chase because she didn't use her debit card enough, basically an inactivity fee. >> it mes he really angry because they're charging me for not spending my own money. >> reporter: eventually months of service fees and a newnnual fee drained her account triggering an overdraft fee.

in all she said $118 in fees on an accnt she didn't use once this year. >> the banks are making huge profits off small potatoes, hundreds of millions of small potatoes like me. >> reporter: a chase spokesman says we encourage customers to check their statement every month to ensure they're aware of all the activities including seice fees. the banks argue that they're merely charges customers for the services they use. and with increased regulation, industry spokesman scott talbot says the banks's costs have gone up, necessitating higher fees. what do you say to consumers who feel they are being gouged by banks. >> o shop around, and make sure you understand your account and understand when a fee been charged so you can work to avoid those fees.

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good morning. we have sunshine now. temperatures generally in the 50s. but later today we'll have increasing clouds. it should shoot into the 60s by early afternoon. later in the afternoon showers are possible and much colder tomorrow. jerry, how's traffic now. >> tom, at this hour, 270, not bad. a couple of problems along the way have clear. finally good news in virginia. the broken down truck just moved out of the roadway. lanes reopen once again, very slow, though, leaving i-95. joe? >> thank you. tonight at 5:00 tennis great andre agassi has

8:00 now on this tuesday morning, november 27, 2010. an that is the queen of england leaving westminster abbey this morning. that will be the site of the wedding of her grandson prince william to kate middleton on april 29. up next yr, something very exciting. >> her fans consider her the amazing voice, taking center stage on our plaza in our 8:30 half hour. >> this time she came all the way from new zealand.

just ahead, speaking of the royal wedding, what is kate middleton going to wear when she wa marries her prince on april 29. some famous designersave emerged as possibilities. we'll talk to the woman who actually co-designed princess diana's gown, she's going to jo us for a live interview. and a brave 6-year-old girl who wasiagnosed with on of the rarest and deadliest forms of brain cancer. jenna bush hager is here along with marlothomas, they're going to be sharing that young la's story. the best part of thanksgiving for some, the dessert. one of our little sweethearts is going to be bringing us some very nice spiced cider.

>> let's go inside. >> tamron hall is filling in for ann. good mning, everyone. the white house is strongly condemning one of the worst north korean attacks on the south since the end of the korean war in 1953. south korea says it returned fire and scrambled fighter jets after artillery shells from the north killed two soldiers and wounded several civilians on a sml island. a stampede killed more than 375 people and injured hundreds of others monday. revelers and hundreds of others rushed over a bridge. the tsa says it has reduced the number of passengers randomly chosen for security p downs, however the agency warns of long delays if too many thanksgiving travelers refuse full body scans and have to

undergo the pat down. officials in belgium say ten suspects are in custody today after anti-terror raids. theargeted suspects planning a possible attack in belgium and others for a chechen terror organization. a guilty verdict in the chandra levy murder trial. he faces up to life in prison for killing aashington intern. it also ended the terms of gary condit. police in colorado have closed their invtigation of a

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weather north, south, east. if you're heading west, you'll be driving into rain. we'll be jen ralgly 50s. that rain as you look at the color is vancing to the east, now in the mountains of western maryland and west virginia and it looks like it'll will be drying as it generally comes our y. there's only 50% of a chance of a passing shower around noon in the d. area. >> and that'sour latest weather. big question, who's going to design kate middleton's wedding dress or gowns they would call it. we're going t ask the woman who designed princess diana's gown. right after this. with the capital one venture card

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back at 8:09, it is said to be the most talke about and photographed dress of 2011. what will she wear when she marries prince william. tamron is here with the latest. >> every bride wants to shine on her big day and when it comes to picking her wedding gown, one thing is here, kate middleton's pick will get worldwide scrutiny. >> reporter: kate middleton wore the brazilian designer's

creation to announce to the world she found her prince. >> i was very excited. >> isa is said to be kate's favorite designer but the british are hoping one of their own gets to design the future queen's wedding dress. >> just that little bit more. >> reporter: the odds on favorite british design tore the st st stars. >> i think she does a really romantic dress, they're large scale, but not heavy and clunky, she can bring a delicacy and lightness into a huge garment which i think is quite an achievement. >> david enuel created princess dianadiana's gown at t

time. >> we're in a different mood now, where you know 2010 going into 2011. we look forward to these big, big intraicelebrations, they'r exciti. >> reporter: princess diana's dress cost $115,000, kate's dress willost nearly double that. >>ate has to be sensitive to it being too out landish and expensive. >> reporter: no matter who she chooses, this english rose is sure to shine and the designer rememberedorever. >> the second kate picks a dress, there are sure to be copycats and british sellers already selng an inexpensive copy of that blue dress she wore

to announce her engagement. >> susan zuckerman is a writer and reporter for people working with the royal coverage team. good morning. >> suzanne, if i could start with you, let's talk a little bit about these two top contenders who will sign the dress. isa the brazilian designer a phillipa. >> obviously isa is on everyone's mind because kate wears her dresses so well. last week she suddenly emerged th british odds makers putting a lot of emphasis on phillipa. she is a london based designer and she does have that relationship. kate has the power and the

ability here to t a british designer, and there is a sense of nationalistic pride that goes along with that. >> but is there a big difference in the kind of style these women would use in terms of creating the dress? >> i think that isa is clean lined and polishes. phillipa has a little bit more refined. >> yr name has come up as one of the possible designers of the gown. they're putting you at five to one at this point. if you were to design the dress, what kind of a dress would you design for her knowing her style over the past eight years? >> i tnk the difference between kate and diana is that kate has developed her own sense of style, she very much knows what suits her. and i would imagine she would go to something quite simple, but also, you know, it's going to be a fantastic challenge for a designer because it's a royal

occasi that's going to be an historical moment, it's got to be something that really reflects the history, you know, side. so it actually could be anything, but the one thing i'm pretty certain about, probably not going to look like diana's dress. >> you designed diana's dress. so you know the pressure of being in that position. >> oh, goodness, yes. >> what would you say to whoever designs this dress? >> it is incredible pressure and the thing is i youave a really good team around you, that's very, very important and you're got to get very good security. and the thing is to really concentrate on what's the most important thing which is to do an absolutely amazing dress for the bride. the bride is the most important partf this at the end of the day and put in the back ofour mind, there's going to be i don't know how many billion people watching as well. you've got to try and not think about that. >> right, like they couldn't.

>> elizabeth emanuel, thank you so much. and now let's head outside to tamron. >> hey, meredith, al, the crowd is getting ready for the sensational susan boyle concert. this is a young handsome fan. anyway we have got a trivia question for her fans. what part of scotland does susan come from? there it is right there and right after this, we will have the answer. and already they're yelling out answers. what do you think? we'll see if you're right after the break. ♪ [ female announcer ] keurig has over 200 varieties of gourmet coffee and tea to choose from. ♪ urig is the way to brew fresh, delicious coffee in under a minute. way to brew. [ female announcer ] so with keurig, every cup

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the next half hour, meantime over to matt. >> now to our speci series thanks and giving. "today" contributing correspondent jenna bush hager visited the hospital and spent some time i familiar territory. jenna, good morng to yo >> like you i had the opportunity to go to st. jude and i got to go back to my texas roots witan extraordinary young lady. to cassidy, she loves the rodeo. from therize winning belt buckles to their 27 acre farm complete with horses, calves and steers. this family takes roping, riding and ranching seriously. >> where does this love of being outdoors, being at the rodeos, riding horses come from? >> it's a passion tt i love and we introduced it to our ks and they love it naturally. >> reporter: dars si cassidy was well on her way to following her

father's passion. but in december of last year, that perfect lifwas in jeopardy. how did you know something was wrong with darcy? >> she started throwing up in the rning. oh, no she has a cold. and six weeks later, he was getting frustrated because it's not normal. >> we had to wake up at 5:00 in the morning to give her bread so she won't throw up. >> reporter: after several visits to the doctor, darcy underwent an mri. she had an atypical tumor. one of the rarest and deadliest forms of brain cancer. >> you're not hungry, you almost don'feel the pain, the pain is just so large, you don't feel it. you don't know what to think, you don't know what to say, you don't even know what to ask. >> reporter: after emergency life saving surgery, a family

member told them about st. jude's research hospital. at first the family sisted. >> we have four kids, my husnd travels, we have animals, you can't let them go, they need water, they need food. >> reporter: dpite the long distance, the kcassidy family chose st. jude's. why was it important they come to st. jude's in particular? >> this is a very rare cancer and has a very poor outcome. there's very little success with the treatment. >> reporter: this is darcy's tumor before, after surgery and treatment, the tumor is gone. how often do you see these tumors coming back? >> i her case about 20% chance of herumor coming back. >> reporter: n darcy has been cancer free for over a year and on this day, there's good news. >> we're good, we're coming home. >> we have courage now to get back to their normal activity in

life. >> reporter: get back on the horse? >> get back on the horse, absolutely. >> reporter: today darcy's back in t saddle. how do you feel about riding hors? hanging out with the family on their farm, i could tell where she gets her strength. what would you say to darcy now that she's back. >> that she's reallyrave that she survived cancer. >> reporter: as darcy gets stronger, life is almost back to normal on the cassidy farm. where did you get this one from? >> a rodeo. >> reporr: darcy even won a belt buckle in a recent competition. >> reporter: what do you see in the next 10, 20 years? what's your hope. >> one birthday at a ti, not what we want, i just hope she finds a way to tackle what she wants to tackle. >> in the cowboy world, you got to be tough or you're not going

to make it and i think that the people that we're around just look at her like she's a professional challenger. >> and now she's fighting to win. >> and darcy's cases so rare that her local hospital had never even seen this type of tumor. remaining cancer free for the ne two years is critical. matt? >> it's a great story, marlow thomas joins us this morning. there are fewer than 100 cases of this particular type of cancer, so some might ask why would stjude's focus on this cancer? >> aside fm the obvious that every child's life matters. 70% of the kids who get this are under 3 years old. so there must be a genetic component of this. which is exciting because we're involved in the first and largest genome project ever. we're going to take 600 kids with cancer and decode their dna

to find out what's different between the healthy cell and the bad cell. what we're figuring out also is at all of these cells, what makes a brain cell turn into a brain tumor. what makes a blood cell turn to a leukemia? and this is important because it's obviously genetic. >> but the 1962 survival rights for children with cancer 20%. w they're 80%. and i think people are familiar with the bush family history know that stories like this hit home for you. >> yes, my dad's sister died of leemia, right before st. jude hospital opened. >> i know i talked to your grandmother about that. >> and my grandfather, the doctor i met at st. jude told me that when my grandfather came, he hugged a little girl and said i wish this hospital had been around forever. >> a lot of people wis i had been aroun forever. marlow, it's always good to see

you. see you tomorrow. >> yes, absolutely. just ahead, susan boyle live in conrt on the plaza, but first your local news.

8:26 is your time. it's now 59 degrees. it's going to be a nice day in the nation's capital. good morning. i'm eun yang. in the news this morning we're following breaking news out of the district. that's where a juvenile has been shot. it happened a short time ago in the 2200 block of otis. he has been taken to the children's hospital and his injuries are notelieved to be life-threatening. we'ltake a quick break it's that time of year.

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good morning. no travel problems north, south, or west. but east, you'll run into travel problems. a big change tomorrow. much colder. on thanksgiving day cloudy. could get showers through midday on friday. then drying out over the weekend with chilly weather to follow. saturday and sunday, highs in the 40s and 50s. jerry, how's traffic now? >> we'll head over to occoquan bridge. there is a bit of backup as you make the trip on up. after that, a little bit of volume headed for the beltway.

topside of the beltway remains slow from college park to silver spng. inner loop a little slow in the sunshine as well. >> tonight at

8:30 now on a tuesday morning, it's the 23rd day of november, 2010. beautiful dayere in the northeast. we have got bright blue skies, we have got moderate temperatures and we have got a moter crowd out on the plaza. these people here to hr singing sensation susan boyle up on stage and she'll be performing for us in just a couple of minutes. by the way. susan just accomplished something last accomplished by

the beatles in 1969. we'll fill you in on that in just a second. meanwhile out on the plaza. >> another great concert tomorrow, tennessee rocker kings of leo will be live on the plaza. >> that will awfully good. also awfully good, we're talking about dessert. but if you want to save a little calorie count, y might want to think about the minidesserts. johnny delorenta is going to show us how to downsize without giving any calories. >> we're going to teach you how to celebrate the holidays. before we go any further, can we please welcome in jessica

dowd, which is the latest contestanto be voted off "the biggest loser". nice to see you, bad news is, voted off. you started "the biggest loser" you weighed 282 pounds. how are you doing? >> i'm doing great. i'm doing fantasti and my goal, i am this close t that goal for the finale so i'm really looking forward to it. >> your goal is 160ish. >> it's a little bit higher than that, probably around 170 for the finale. my goal the way i look at it, it not over after the finale. it's going to be my life and if i lose another 10 or 15. >> it's a marathon, not a sprint. >> you left one week before the makeover week. my hair was about down to here when i got home, the best way to

pay it forward immediately is to donate it and help who i can. i cut it to he when i got home and now it's already grown this much and maybe i'll do it again in a couple of months. >> now you wear the same size as some of your girlfriends. how d you keep it going? >> it's all about beg interesting for me. i do some yoga. i try to do something new every day and keep it exciting. >> congratulations. >> nice to meet you, you can check out "the biggest loser" tonight at 8:00, 7:00 central time right here on nbc. mr. roker? >> as far as your thanksgiving travel, friday, we have got rain changing over to snow in the northeast and new england, wet weather in the pacific northwest, wet up and down the east coast, atlanta, probably some problems the, saturday

good morning. we have sunshine. temperatures in the 50s throughout much of the region. if you're traveling north or south our east, you should not have any difficulties. the you're heading to the east you may have rain coming from a front moving rapidly et. there is a chance of some passing showers around the d.c. metro areay mid to late african earlier farther to our west and later farther to our east, but it's drying as 's heading east. highs in the 60stoday. much >> and of course you want more information on your holiday travel weatr, check out the weather channel on cable and weather.com online. up next, some tasty bite

sized thanksgiving day desserts. plus a live concert on the plaza from susan boyle, but first this is "today" on nbc.

"today's" holiday kitchen is brought to you by ocean spray, tastes good, good for you. >> 8:37 this morning on "today's" holiday kitchen. many thanksgiving desserts no matter how much turkey, stuffing and sides you dig in to on thursday, there's always room for dessert. happy holidays are you ready for the big day? >> my siblings for the last three months, are we going to have it at your house? >> why would anyone cook when they have yo house. big meal, yt

want the big pies, so i've got three of my favorites. we're going to start with pancakes. >> minipancakes. using batter f scratch, but you can use sre bought batter? >> basically you just mix it and then you just put itn a hot griddle and these are little baby ones. this was inspired by my daughter who loves pancakes. it doesn't matter who day it is. so i decided to make a little deert pancake. basically let them cook one, 1 1/2 minutes. this is what they end up looking like. what i do is, i put them on a plate like that. and i think this is really fun. this is raspberry. this happens to be my daughter's favorite, but you can do anything. you can do them slightly warm, it's fine, it just starts to

melt, but it looks pretty that way. now this is something you can make ahead of time, obviously. but just as easy at the last minute. >> what kind of chocolate did you melt there? >> it's dark chocolate. it's one cup of cholate chips and half a cup of cream. so it's very light. >> this is great. >> so the best way to actually me chocolate is over a double boiler. bring a little water to boil. otherwise you can burn the chocolate. and then it won't taste the same. >> add a couple of raspberries so it's like a pancake sorbet sandwich. >> so yore going to make minicheese cakes? >> instead of having a little sliveryou can have a little individual one. these are chocolate wafers. so it's a chocolate wafer, you just kind of crumble it up. >> you're overwhelmed by a slice

of cheese cake, but you put cheese cake in the middle? >> graham crackers, whatever you like. i take this and i cover it with melted butter. so then, why don't you do this. >> you know me. >> cream cheese. we're going to do a quarter cup of sugar. one egg and a little bit of orange zest. >> why do you put the orange in there? >> flavor. >> you want topulse, what? >> you just keep doing this until it becomes a nice, smooth batter. and then you pour right in there. just like that. >> how long do you bake these? >> 350 for 25 minutes. and then you cool them for 15. and what i do is i bake them in water.

if you have any issues or imperfections on the sides, it pops. >> you've put more sugar thisin there, haven't you? >> you need to have something pumpkin for thksgiving. >> how many people are you having for thanksgiving? >> i'm actually having thanksgiving in rome. so it will be very -- it will be a little different. we're still having thanksgiving with an italian twist. >> but normally you do the cooking? >> i do. >> so you'll invite me next year, maybe? >> maybe, i'l think about it. see how nice you are. >> minidesserts for thanksgiving. u'll be back tomorrow with a twist on traditional potatoes. international superstar susan boyle is live in concert, but first this is "today" on nbc.

theoyota concert series on "today," brought to you by toyota. >> susan boyle shot to international fame in 2009 on "britain's got talent." her first album sold nearly 10 million copies worldwide. she's performing with the hudson river children's oir, ladies and gentlemen, susan boyle. ♪ just a perfect day ♪ a walk through the park ♪ and then when it gets dark we

go home ♪ ♪ just a perfect day ♪ and then later ♪ it's just a perfect day ♪ i'm glad i spent it with you ♪ another perfect day ♪ you just keep me hanging on ♪ you just keep me hanging on ♪ just a perfect day ♪ problems all melt awa

♪ just a perfect day ♪ you may me forget my problems ♪ ♪ it's such a perfect day ♪ i'm glad i spent it with you ♪ it's such a perfect day ♪ you just keep me hangingn ♪ you just keep me hanging on

♪ ♪ ♪ >> susan boyle, thank you so much, we are back with more music in a moment. but first, this is "today" on nbc.

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and that has not been done in more than four decades. susan, good morning to you. the last group to do that, the beatles, 40 years ago to have the top in the u.s. and the uk twoears in a row. what does it feel like for you? this must have been a crazy couple of years for you. >> it's been really fantastic. >> your fans who love you and they care about you obviously that's why they're her this album, mostly holiday songs, christmas songs. >> it captures the magic of the season, and the holiday atmosphere. >> do you have a favorite christmas song? >> they're all good. >> i wanted to bring in amber. amber's going to be singing with you on the next song. amber was the winner of the birch contest. she picked you.

you are a mom of three, you're a medic from bloomington, new york. how did you feel when you got that phone call from her? >> absolutely amazing. i was so excited that i was actually talking to susan herself and then when she told me i won, the world just stopped, a dream came true all the way around. >> and what was it about susan's voice that impressed you? >> it's a very soulful voice. >> that's prett high complements from susan boyle. you're going to sing a duet together, a holiday classic, "do you hear what i hear"? ♪ tre'sdo you see what i see ♪

♪ way up there in the sky ♪ do you see what i see ♪ a star, a star dancing in the night ♪ with a tail as big as the sky ♪ ♪ let the ltle lamb through the shepherd's call. do you hear what i hear ♪ ♪ ringing through the sky

shepherd's voice ♪ ♪ do you hear what i hear ♪ a song light as all the breez with a voice as big as the sea ♪ ♪ with a voice as big athe sea ♪ ♪ do you hearhat i hear ♪ as the shepherd boy sees a mighty king ♪ ♪ do you know what i know

♪ do you know what i know ♪ do you know what i know ♪ let us bring him silver and gold ♪ ♪ let us bring him silver and gold ♪

>> susan boyle, thank you very much. the album is called "the gift" and we'll have one more song from susan in just a bit. but first your local news.

8:55 is your time now. 58 degrees. big changes in the weather are coming. tom will have your forecast right after the news. good morning. i'm eun yang. in the "news 4 today" we're following brking news in northeast washington. that's where a juvenile has been shot in the leg. it happened in 2200 blk of otis reet. the injuries are not believed to be life-threatening. in other news there is trouble for vre riders. it was stopped between manassas park and burke because of equipment problems. right now vre has anotherrain trying to push that train up the hill. you can use your ticket at the vienna and franconia stations. we'll take a quick

good morning. clouds moving in from the west. before any rain arrives we should be climbing into the mid to upper 60s and after passing showers back into the 50s. how's traffic, jerry? >> at this hour the outer loop a little slow. a broken down car moved out of traffic. over the american legion bridge both directions looks like we're moving along pretty well. travel lanes open. >> o tonight at 5:00 tennis >> o with capital one bank's new chking with rewards, me and the boys earn rewards just for everyday banking. like getting money from the drive thru. and taking out cash at the bank. paying our bills online earns us rewards. now send. we even earn rewards just for swiping our debit cards. it's new checking with rewards

at capital one banks all over the dc area. what's in your wallet? we're back now with more of "today" on a tuesday morning, 23rd of november, 2010. you got a very happy crowd out on the plaza right now. with good reason because they have just been wowed by susan boil, the scottish singing sensation performg a couple of songs. and u know what's nice? she's not done yet. more music from susan boyle coming up a little later on. i'm here with al roker, and susan boyle, not the only thing doing across the pond. we find out that kate middleton and prince william will be married right there, westminster

abbey, on april 29. that's the date that has bn selected. that's stephanie gosk. they have already declared it a public holiday. >> it's going to be a short week for them, because it's easter sunday and then there that's that holiday on that monday. >> the weather is going to be beautiful. coming up in this half hour, if you happen to over do it this week, of course we're getting ready to start with thanksgiving and that's theeginning of overindulging, whether it be food, drink, we're going to have something to keep your mood a your health in shape. and to keep from going overboard at the dinner table, joy bauer is here with ways to cut carbs and fat and keep your hlthy eating lifestyle in check. >> do you like pigs in a blanket? >> i love pigs in a blanke could survive on pigs and a blanket. tamron hall is at the news desk. the tsa is hoping to keep

security lines movin at airports across the country ead of tomorrow's peak travel day. the agency says that anyone protesting full body scans will cause delays for travelers trying to t home for the holidays. rescuers are searching a muddy river for survivors after a panic spread through a crowd of thousands causing a massive stampede across a narrow bridge. at least 375 people were killed andundreds more were injured. tensions on the korean peninsula -- setting homes ablaze. south korea says it returned fire and scrambled fighter jets. it's been more than a decade since myanmar's pro democracy leader last saw her son. the two were reunited todayt myanmar airpt. greeted by throngs of well

wishers. the nel prize laureate has been in detention for much of the last 24 years. a tearful capri anderson appeared on national television monday saying that the actor had raged -- he claim -- self states are recovering from severe weather today, the first major snowfall of the season left drivers stuck in traffic overnight on a washington state highway. and major damage was reported in wisconsin and illinois where residents caught a suspected tornado on camera. it is three past the hour, now back to matt.

clouds rolling in from the west right now, and temperatures ahead of that have climbed near the upper 50s now here this morning. right now, 58 at national airport. may make it into the mid to upper f 0s by noontime. but we do have a front bringing rain. that moving color is rain now

into western myland and west virginia. that should be moving into the area by late afternoon. passing showers possible. much cooler tomorrow. on thanksgiving day, cloudy. might get showers thursday evening through midday >> and that's your latest weather. now let's head out t washington and say hello to uncle willie ott. >> the 11th hour of the 11th day of the the 11th month, that's when world war i ended. love the veterans always. theyove them in ordale, ohio, take a look at leo loring. and ariscott, 101, third time

she'sried to g on. we finally got mark, very active in the senior citizen's club, loves to play bingo. computers, older people are really into computers. and claude gardner is 100 years old. restored a 1948 pontiac, that was one of my first cars. an old car, you fix it yourself, you see the ground when you open the hood, now you can't even see the hood. and rosella watts, 100 years old. voluntee reading to the blind people on public radio unl she was 93. very worthy cause. and we haveteve cutchten of lady smith, wisconsin. 100 years old, plays the guitar in the band, still plays, but pled in the '30s big-time. happy birthday, god bless. and fredafalk, of spokane,

washington and she is 101 years old today. active hiker in the hiking club. always loves to get out and take a walk. can't beat that. that's it and that's all. back to the gang. it is the news we have been waiting for since the announcement of william and kate's wedding plans, the where and the when. this morning, mark your calendars for a spring royal wedding that the worldf course will be watching. stephanie gosk is at westminster abbey with all of the exciting details. ephanie, good rning. >> reporter: that's right, friday april 29, a spring wedding here at westminster a y abb abbey. this is a storied church, this is where the coronations take place, a number of burials as well as the weddings, the queen was married here and princess diana's funeral was here as

well. and ts is where prince william will be getting married. on the roman calendar, it marks the feast of st. katherine. m not sure if that was planned, but it sure is a nice coincidence for kate middleton. prince william was said to have wanted a spring wedding a the palace wanted something more in the summer to get more of a guantee of good weather. but aleast on ts issue, prince william got his way. the ceremony will be broadcast live around the world with 1 billion people watching, the kind of attention a future british king can expect. but the average british girl rose up preparing for a big day, not a global event. here is kate middleton, 13 years old in a school play. >> i wish to marry you. >> you can't marry me, you aren't prince william. >> be careful what you wish for young kate. a royal engagement can also be a

rude awakening. kate like diana in the '80s is under a microscope. her every me is scrutinized. >> ty know she's goi to take on the biggest role of her life and they're paving the way for there to be a support network r her. >> rorter: sophie, who's married to the queen's youngest son. >> she's very much o kate's ilk, and there's a feeling that sophie could really help guide kate into the role. >> reporter: lack of privacy, an endless series of royal proto l protocols and a sea of media. herriends and family say she's up for it. a strength she often showed as an athlete. >> kate's a very intelligent human being and she'll handle it. >> reporter: having watched his mother diana struggle, william is said to be very awaref how difficult this might be for

kate. it's high price to pay for falling in love with a prince. appropriately enough t queen was actually here at westminster abbey this morning. she was marking the beginning of the celebration of the anglican leaders of the church. she was probably also checking the place out for the big day. >> nbc news royal expert robert jobson is the royal editor of the world. now we have the date, april 29, we have heard july, we heard they had to coordinate with harry's schedule, but what do you kw about this exciting date? >> i think this is going to be a classic royal wding put on by the british in the only way they do it, with pomp and pageantry, ihink we're going to have a very upbeat day and it's going get the attention of all the world. >> westminster abbey would be the location, the queen mum and

queen elizabeth both were married there and the funeral for princess diana was held. was there any other choice? >> well, there was, actually and they admitted that today in a press conference that i attended withhe senior royal crt from prince william's household so i think they were seriously looking at windsor castle because of the privacy it would give them, that's where prince charles and camilla were married and they're next in line for the throne. but westminster abbey is the royal family's church. at's where they do their births, deaths and marriages. and that's why it's the right place. it's also where king william and queen kate will be crowned. >> and the price tag we're hearing is $40 million $20 million of tha paid by the british taxpayers we know that the economy around the world suffering there included.

>> the british tend to put on a party quite well a intruth, david cameron, the prime minister has said that he's going to give the whole country a day off. and there's nothing like the brits like betr than a day off is a party. this comes with money, we live in a very dangerous world and it would be very stupid of the british not to have is the very best security possible. there will be armed guards that will be here to protect the heads of state. it would be stupid not to have those people in place. if it costs money so be it. but the rest of the money will be picked up by prince charles, the queen and the middletons are said to be chipping in. they're such a beautiful couple. there's also reports out there that william really wants to protect kate. he saw how his mother suffered

so greatly with the paparazzi constantly follong her. so he's there to help his new bride? >> i have been reporting on this royal family for 30 years so i was around when princess diana was in those awful circumstances with the paparazzi. but royalty protection was not guardinger at that time. it's very different now for kate middleton. she has armed body guards, go of them by the way, female body guards who will be guarding her around the clock. if the paparazzi really want to take on armed body guards, they're braver than most. the tabloid newspapers are not behaving the same way as they did. there's a lot of rule changes. i don't think this whole busiss of the paparazzi is an issue. >> april 29 is the date we'll all be waiting for. and coming ski skimping on

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overboard. good to see you. first you say you can eat and enjoy holiday foods, but don't do the mindless eating, be very aware? >> i'm not saying don't eat a lot of thanksgiving. we're talking about a whole season here, multiple feasts, parties, thanksgiving. >> it's a marathon. >> right, you thought that marathon was hard, get ready for this maratho sampling is break, taking breaks courses is a good idea. and don't lie down after the meal, it's really tempting to lay out on the couch, that actually causes more acid to come up into your esophas, you can really get a bad heartburn there. >> the over the counter antacids in the house. taking a walk, a leisurely stroll can get them moving in the right direction. >> raising a glass, moderation

is the key? >> especially if you're not used to drink a lot. one thing to do i make sure you have some food in your stomach. avocado or nuts can help slow down the absorbsatiption of alc. avoiding t mixes like the sour mixes that have a lot of -- and the diet sodas are not a good idea. >> why not. >> the artificial sweeteners enhance -- >> and a glass of water between drinks? >> because one of the bigst problems with hangovers is dehydration. >> you go too far you say coconut water? >> doing that before you go to sleep is a great idea as well as the next morning, even foods like banana us which are rich in

potassi potass potassium. >> visiting family andfriends? >> it's going to be more stressful this year than ever, but what you need to do is give urself plenty of time. get a good night the day before, when you're on the plane, bring some anti-bacterial wipes and wipe down everything before you sit down. make sure you wash your hands frequently, make sure you're moving your legs because you want to prevent blood clots on those long trips. >> what about jet lag? >> get out during the sunlight hours, make sure you can take a quick nap, 15, 20 minutes, nothing more than that. >> how do you shop without dropping? >> i love this. because women especially, when we go shopping, it's like we get superhuman strength, we think we can carry ten packages, it can

really cause muscle strain. don't try to do the whole mall in one day. when you're carrying heavy packages make sure you bend at the knees not the waist. king a warm bath, using a hot compress can help. but if the pain persists you may need to see your doctor and even get some physical therapy. >> and it'sot hard to do burng a candle at both ends at the holidays. >> sometimes we end up really burning out because of our working plus we have the holiday parties at night. it's okay to say no. but also taking a quick nap can help as well. making sure you're not skipping meals, keeping you exercise routine. it's easy to skipt during the holidays, but even 15 minutes a day can keep you fit mentally and physically. >> and choose a stroll outside instead of taking a shotf caffeine? >> caffeine can have a rebound effect which can make you more tired as you withdraw so getting out and exercising. >> and power naps are a great idea.

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that's the southern rock band kings of leon. singing their hit song. they will be performing live in our special concert series out on the plaza. but we're not done with "today's" outdoor concerts yet. there's more. susan boyle will sing another holiday favorite for us. >> walking out on stage, she's adorable.

also ahead in our diet s.o.s., we're talking turkey and all the trimmings when it comes to saving calories in our thanksgivi meals, she'll be answering questions aboutow not to pack on the pounds. and she'll have advice on planning a vegetarian thanksgiving. al has teamed up with an award winning crime novel. a midnight show murder, a follow-up to last year's sensation a morning show murder. i'm going to interview you about your book. >> as conan o'brien can tell you, it's a killer busiss. >> you can survive. i have got so manquestions to ask you. >> and i have the answers. >> but first l's get a check of the weather. >> when you do a little

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24 this morning on joy's diets.o.s., with turkey, stuffing and pie on the mea you, joy bauer hasips on how to stay healthy on the most endull j especially of holidays. >> i was just wondering, this is my first year as a vegetarian at thanksgiving and i was just wondering what some other options are besides turkey for dinner? >> this is a great question and i think your best bet and certainly the most fun is that instead of stuffing a turkey, stuff a vegetable. you can start with a portabella mushroom cap and use that as your container and then fill it with some sort of scrumptious

whole grain stuffing whether you use wild rice or barley and then you can add in seasoning and dry fruit and nuts. u could also serve up a vegetarian lasagna. but to make it more of a holiday and ssonal theme, you can incorporate pumpk or acorn squash or butter nut squash as well. there's great recipes for the things that i mentioned and you'll probably find a whole slew of other ideas. you don't have to make a tofu turkey. if you want to, you can. have a nice holiday. >> i found a ton of vegetarian recipes, delicious, healthy. >> the next question comes from ellen. ellen, good morning, what's your question? >> i'm looking for a way to cut the carbs and still keep the taste in my thanksgiving day stuffing.

>>that's a dilemma. >> this is a terrific question and i'm very excited by it. this is what i'm going to suggest. you should saute up a whole lot of sort of stuffing friendly chopped vegetables in a little bit of only live oil or canola oil and then you're going to add those sauteed vegetables into the liquid and the bread. if you're using one cup of sauteed chopped vegetables, you can add it to one cup of the bread mix. mushrooms and celery, you can do onions or leaks, certainly water chestnuts and things out of the box, you can do artichoke harts, even roasted red peppers and the best part about this is tt when you add vegetables into your stuffing mix, you're going to trim about 100 calories per rving and bump up the nutrition and fiber. so this was a great question. and like i said, it makes me very excited. >> ellen, thank you and happy

thanksgiving. and viewer e-mail, from plymouth, north carolina she writes, how many calories are in a portion of my tnksgiving dinner, turkey, stuffing, gravy, ham, potato salad, green beans, mack and cheese, sweet peas and sweet potato pies? >> about a gazillion, it's really difficult for me to give a specific number, because i don't know the amounts of each of these that she's eating. i do know that the typical thanksving dinner is about 4,000 calories and it takes a woman of 50 pounds 14 hours of walking to burn that off. i call this my rule of one. you want to have onef each delicious appetizer, one plate of anything you want just keep the portions appropriate and one

dessert. or two slivers of two desserts. >> what's your question? >> my question is, how do you manage to skip the mashed potatoes, the pumpkin pie and all those things without hurting the co's feelings. >> if you really doant to skip that fattening fare, you have to lay it right out on the table. tell the host that her sides look delicious and outstanding and the only reason that you're going to skip them is because you're diligently right now trying to adhere to your diet, but u're going to double uon her turkey and her vegetables. i think you want to share that. >> thank you to everybody, joy, thank you, up next, a murder in the world of late-night tf, our very own al roker tells us about his latest page turner the midnight show murders after these messages. mom...? umm...in a far away land

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you fit it in. because it's something you enjoy doing. >> so what ipired this latest, and by the way, i need you to sign this. >> you're going to give this as a gift to your mom. >> exactly. >> midnight show murders. was it inspired by work. >> the first one, we did the morning show murders, they said write whatou know. billy blessing also i a -- out west to talk to a late night talk show. there was all this stuff going on whe we started to write this thing about late night talk shows with jay and conan and jon stewart and all this. >> so it was swirling in your head? >> things we swirling in my head, i thought what better way to be a little topical. >> billy is your main chacter, the detective, are you billy. >> billy is african-american, he's bald, he's a little stocky, and he's on a morning show. >> so that answers my question.

>> there you go. they say write what you know and who you know so i figured, i didn't want to make him a weatherman, althoughhat would be little bit too obvious. although i do refer to the "today" show. h. >> a little slice of the "today" show news. but you carry your ipad everywhere. did that help in the writing process this time around? >> i wrote this on the ipad. because i really was traveling a lot and i didn't feel like lugging around a lap top, even though i had a fairly small on but when i got bored, i could watch a movie. >> you bounce it off your wife. who's your- other than dick, who y bounce this off of and make sure it's juicy and entertaining? >> i feel like if i'm entertained.

it not gruesome, there a no -- although there are a couple of people who buy the farm in it, but it's kind of light. >> i think dick wolfe needs to oduce this. >> if there's a tv version or a movie version, who plays billy/al? >> if terrance howard isn't available, i wish that anthony anderson would be my -- >> anthony anderson would be a good choice. >> any number of really -- >> really handsome black men. >> or if he's notavailable, pee-wee her man. >> sowhat's next? >> for some reason i think he is. what's next for you? >> i think i'm going to kill off a cable news talk show host? >> rachel maddow? >> wow, man. >> you said a cable news person.

>> you went right to rachel maddow. >> it was a dream come true, al. thank you very much. up next, a soaring performance by susan boyle but first this is today on nbc.

kate lee and hoda, thanksgiving animals and i'm going to be talking with kathie leend hoda about the midnight show murder. >> and legendary singer glen snipe will stop by. >> and susan boyle has bun more great classic for us, oh, holy night, have a great day.

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9:56 is your tme now. 56 degrees. it's pretty warm out there for november, but changes are coming. good morning. i'm euyang. in the "news 4 today" we're following a developments story. more than 1,500 passengers are stuck on the vre passenger train. it was stopped between manassas and burke park center because of equipment issue. another train was pushing the train up the hill. but now several trains areuk behind it. right now cabs and buses are being sent to take passengers to the franconia a metro station. riders should expect major delays. tickets will also be accepted at metro. tell us when things are changing. >> rightow it is getting balmy. climbing into the 60s. we see the patches of blue in washington county, panhandle o st virginia and points west. out ahead of that we're into the 50s or 60s.

we may make it into the mid-60s in the next couple of hours. tomorrow, much cooler. thanksgiving day, cloudy. might get showers thanksgiving into friday. jerry, how's traffic now? >> midday roadwork set up, i-95 southbound virginia near newington and south rneton. let's over and see how we're doing. both drkzs clearing out very, very nicely. eun? >> tonig on "news 4 at 5:00" tennis great andre agassias lunch with lindsey.

captions paid for by nbc-universal television hello, evybody. it's tuesday, november 23rd. we're so glad you're here with us. getting ready for the big thanksgiving holiday coming up. >> yes, i ordered my turkey and trimmings -- by the way, whole food is awesome. can you buy the turkey -- cooked. you can get the sides -- cooked. and u can order it, i have a pick-up window from 7:30 to 8:00

on the d. when everybody comes around we want to see the parade. >> i'm not a parade person. we like to have it on while i'm cooking and sort of glance at it. i like the smells and stuff. >> what are you doing. >> we're going down to our place in the keys. >> who's cooking? >> well, i invited my mother because i thought she'd cook. >> how did that go? >> apparently that's noll going to happen. she's just along for the ride. she's coming to eat apparently. >> very nice. >> and the woman can eat. i'moing to have her make the gravy. she makes the world's greatest gravy. got to get home and get the sous chefstuff made. you said how great it was whole foods. i can give a shout out to 800-588-2300 empire! unbelievable. >> what? >> i've been watching their commercials all these years. never used them before because i for some reason thought the qlity couldn't be very good. i don't know. >> who knows? >> they put the rug in my new apt, wall to wall.

gorgeous. gorgeous. then they did the -- i went in yesterday, they're putting in the blin. gorgeous, on time, nice people, not expensive. you know what? kudos to them. and around the holidays to get things done on open isn't easy. >> i've had open and exposed windowsince i moved in that place. you know how that is maneuvering through the apartment with windows like that? i'm getting blinds today. supposedly. >> you have no neighbors. i've traded places with you. >> you me eye contac with people in other buildings. >> i know. hey! hey. >> you see them on the treadmill or watching tv -- >> it is a little too voyeurisc. i don't like that. >> today is a big day because william and kate have announced their wedding date. it is april the 29th. they're having it at westminster abbey. the forecast usually during th particular day is -- it dose from the 40s to the 60s. the highest is 63. they say there is normally at that time of year .06 inches of

rain. because i asked. it may or may not range. >> it is a straight danger but it is not our wedding. you know what i like about it though? prince william apparently is overseeing the details. not letting the queen's people -- minions -- do it. they tend to be rather stuffy, you know. but it seems to me, does she have any sa in it, i wonder? >> i got the feeling she does. >> prince charles is paying for it. almost $40 million. >> is he paying? he doesn't have $40 millio no, the kingdom does. he doesn't. >> he's got -- he's loaded. >> that's the people's money. >> exactly. >> anyy, the people are paying then. the dress is supposed to cost $200,000. >> people have such mixed emotions. they want the pomp and ceremony and all the glorious aspect of it but people are very aware that times are tough. very, vry tough. the uk's having a very tough time, as mo of europe is and we are too, in our country.

so where is the line between the pomp and rcumstance and -- >> yes. and the sort of cutting corners a little bit. i think it is going to be a huge deal. can you imagine how many people? i remember watching diana's wedding. >> did you get up in the middle of the night? >> yes, i got up to watch it. i can only imagine. i don't think it won't be as huge -- >> there's tivo and dvr. not that i know how to do it, but i think people might do that instead now because you couldn't even rerd something back then. you had to get up or see a little bit on the nightly news. >> when i was crossing the reet to come to cork today i sounded what i thought was an angel singing. i saw what is that. i saw a whole bunch of people and i frgot susan boyle was performing. people stopped on the street just to listen. ♪ >> don't you love to watch kids'

faces in their little choir robes? just so beautiful. her second album is called "the gift." this has not been done since the beatles. it is the number one album in the united states, number one album in the uk. first woman ever. wouldn't you thought it would be beyonce or lady gaga or something like that. but no. >> if you lok at faces of people watching, they're mesmerized. i think there's something about looking up at a woman -- >> who is one of them. ye anyway. >> i thought she was great. yeah. always something going on here. i love that it was that guy mars yesterday. bruno mars. then susan boyle today. but the funniest thing, everybody in the audience with their susan heads. i'm sorry, it was a skitfrom "saturday night live." it really was. >> it's booze day. we should have a little something. >> well, it is in our contracts so we're going to have a gentleman by the name of charles joe lee. because it is on t rocks. >> now this guy has won a bar

tending competition. >> how many of you were there? >> oift us total. >> trying out for the best bartender in the country or in the world? it was in the united states. >> is there further competition? could you then become maybe the world? >> we'll have to start that one. i come bearing gifts. we'll have to lose the tea. >> that's what i usually drink but okay. >> amp things up a little bit here. i like tueay booze day. we've teen team-fused vodka. sloe gin and a bird told me you like chardonnay. we icorporated some wine into the cocktail. fresh citrus is a necessity in any good quality drink and then nice little garnish with some citrus oil over the top. >> hoda woman? >> what'soing on here? >> hers is bigger than mine. >> that's a lot of something. >> excuse me! hers is twice asback. >> i have twice as much for you in back. this is a little bit of a nice ginger beer with a mandarin vodka using a little elder

flower lique and a mildly bitter italian liqueur. >> she likes sweet. cheers. thank you very much. >> thank you guys so much. >> mm. >> that's good. >> 800 -- that's very good! thank you. congratulations. go in on and conquer the world now darling. >> let's do it for cocktails later. >> all right. >> what? what just happened? you're married. i don't know if you realized. >> i'm married but i'm not dead. >> "dancing with the stars" is big last night. three people are left. just three. >> yes. but i think it's finally going to get down to the nitty-gritty. >> jennifer grey is in front. >> she's absolutely lovely. ay i. >> she's absolutely lovely. ♪ >> kyle has got 56 points. he's in second. oh, wait. this is tootsie roll!

that song! crank it! ♪ now dip baby dip ♪ dip baby dip >> he should win. >> tootsie roll! i'm voting for him. okay. then brisl palin, 52 points. she started in a cage and then came out. >> apparently that happened so we're going to see what happens. she has improved. >> oh, her mom was there. >> now if she wins this thing, is there going to be anarchyn the stets? >> if she wins, people are going to think that, you know, that people voted for her because of her mom. that's what people are going to think. >> then we go on toext year. no, "skating with the stars." >> that on was after. did you see it? >> you got do k"skating with th stars." nobody skates like you. >> you know what?

ou're hilarious. >> betny frankle can skate. >> she can do anything. who do you think this is? >>ne guess. >> what comes to mind? sharon stone, right. it is lindsay vaughn. the skier. it's a cover of espn magazine. she was 8 years old when that movie came out. i guess there is a bunch of athletes that are posing in sort of iconic -- >> movie roles? >> um-hmm. she looks fabulous. >> tell them what you did yesterday. >> you guys, it is thanksgiving week and i always adored thanksgiving because it is all about being grateful. hayes it. don't have to buy gts. just be grateful. every year i go down to the new york city mission way, way down on lafayette street and serve the great thanksgiving banquet. you went with me last year and the year before. believe me, there were shout-outs, where's hoda woman?

but anyway, it always reminds you of how incredibly blessed we are as a nation but how some of our neediest citizens are in even greater neednow. and what i've seen over the maybeen years i've been doing it -- i don't know -- is that so many more families -- used to be all homeless men pretty much. few homeless women when i started. last couple years i've seen more and more children. this time yestrday it was almost all women with no husbands, no men in their lives, and children. lots of them. >> okay. >> so go buy a food pantry somewhere in yourneighbor. they are everywhere, running at record lows. people are really starvi in our country. before you sit down to yur bounty, think of somebody who has nothing. give canned food, something. okay? hello, sarah. >> lang wrote in, hello bartender! why ithat when every guy comes on the show we eat them alive? >> well, we didn't. we just had a little fun.

he's very cute. >> t she also doesn't appreciate you planted the empire jingle in her head. thank you very much. >> before you buy anything really expensive, you suld check it out. >> we got a big show. our own al roker is in the house. >> oh, my gosh. and gladys knight's with us, too. >> i'm her pip.just to out of bed. then... well... i have to keep winding myself up to deal with the sadness, the loss of interest, the trouble concentrating, the lack of energy. if depression is taking so much out of you, ask your doctor about pristiq. (announcer) pristiq is a prescription medicine proven to treat depression. prstiq is thought to wo by affecting the levels of two chemicals in the brain, serotonin and norepinephrine. tell your doctor right away if your depression worss or you have unusual changes in mood, behavior, or thoughts of suicide. antidepressants can increase suicidal thoughts and behaviors in children, teens and young adults.

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roker is a born story teller. last fall he made his foray into the world of fiction with his terrific book called "the morning show murders." >> since that was such a success, he's taken his skills into the evening with a behind-the-scenes look at competitive world of late night tv with his new novel called "the midnight show murders." it's a eme! >> first of all, al was training for a marathon. >> i know! >> he does ""wake up with al."" he does this show. hayes a whole production company. when, oh when, do you have time to write. >> you travel, you do stuff in between. i literally wrote this on my ipad. i had a little help, dick ckey a terrific mystery writer gave me a framework to get these characters from point a to point z. >> but james patterson, one of the great writers, said that you should maybe think of quitti your day job, this is so funn funny, funny. >> he said it three times. >> funny, funny, funny. high praise indeed. i really am honored and humbled

by that. but it is a lot fun and that's what i wanted, i wanted this to be almost in the vein of "murder shewrote" except it's set in the wor of late night television. chef billy blessing who happens to be kind of a stocky, bald afcan-american chef who works on a morning show -- >> that's the old al. not the new svelte stud-puppy baby. >> come on! some more! he get sent out to help start a late night talk show, a la conan o'brien, and the host gets murdered. >> may i ask you a question, why are you being allowed to do our show, the happy hour? >> u know what? nobody's talking to me. i am getting voices in my head. strange voices. >> get rid of it! it's just us now! >> now wait. do you have -- should you have read the first one, al --

>> james patterson didn't read this. he just said it was funny, funny, funny. >> it is out in paperback so if you wanted to get it as a package to give as a gift, that would be fantasti >> it is not a sequel. >> only in that it continues his adventures. >> you dedicated it to the woman who actually does "wake up with al," your beautiful wife. >> what did she think when she read that dedication? >> she was just a little embarrassed because she tries to distance herself as much as possible. so it is very hard when it is acally in black and white. >> do you think this book can be translated into like tv or big screen? >> maybe the movies? >> i'm just saying. well, you know, maybe if wolf wants to option this, who knows? >> maybe the right guy for it? >> he could be. anybody who wants it could have it actually. >> then your own production company could help with it. >> there you go. >> and could you play yourself. >> i would want will smith if he's available. denzel. anthony anderson. any number of very -- peewee

herman. you know, any one of these -- >> fine actors. >> studly gus. eddie murphy. >> there you go. >> what's next then? >> he needs a hit. >> yeah, he does. >> hedoes. eddie needs a hit. >> i love eddie murphy. it's been a while. it would be good for him. >> yes, it would. >> this guy is going to be busy. you're siing books tomorrow. >> i'll be with you. >> i'm noticing your book seems to be floating around in the crowd behind us. did you have anything to do with that? >> i don't know! i hope they paid for them. >> al, we wish you great luck. >> the next one actually is -- we're going to set it in the cable news world. going to kill off a cable news host. >> why not? >> there's so many to choose from. >> there are many left. many left. >> ripe for the pickens. we're very proud of ou.

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it is that time of year when cooking and eating outweigh fitness an exercise. let abhonest. >> our own sara hains found ws to keep calories from piling up into pous. >> that's right. found three classes that use singing, dancing and flying to distract me from the calories i was burning. are you guys glleks? >> totally. >> class is called glee club. it is all about singi and dancing, getting your heart rate up, burning calories. >> this is all about having a good time, combini singing and dancing. >> that where calorie burn comes in because there is constant movement, easy fun-to-follow dances. that's why you can't think about it, you just end u burning those calories.

>> is anything gng to hurt tomorrow? >> hopefully not your vocal chords. >> i'll try not to exhaust those so much because i need work down here, not up here. ♪ >> what is jukari? >> jukari derived from the sicilian word meaning play. it is a partnership between reebok and cirque de soleil. it makes washinging out fun. you'll feel like an artist al at the same time. >> is this going to happen to me? >> no, unfortunately this is why imneat going to be doing the workout today. >> this is an interval training wokout. you'reoing to get cardio, strength and flexibili all in one. your heartrate will go back up, we'll bring it back down, you'll breathe easy, then we'll shoot

it rht back up again. >> cuerpaso means amazing body in spanish and portuguese. >> but how did it become the name of this class? >> that was my name around the whole islands, kuepaso. so i give all my clients and people who come to class a cuerpaso as well. we'll mix latin dance, a fun way to burn fat and soccer moves. because who has the bets butts in the world? >> soccer players. >> exactly. i'm going to give you a natural butt lift so your gluts are going to be super sore, your quads are going to be tight. you're going to get your eyes, t triceps sculpted, sculpted bs and firm gluts so you'll look like a brazilian super model. >> you can find more information on kklgandhoda.com. >> were you sweating up a storm.

>> you weren't sore after? >> cuepaso i made it 15 minutes. then i was like -- >>ou are kidding. >> michelle who was in there one of the producers kept falling just so he'd help her. it was like the victim hard. that was hard. but the glee one i did not expect to have so much fun. i was dripping. >> they all look great. >> yeah. >>thank you, sarah. still to come, r&b legend gladys knight's with us. we love this lady. yes, indeed. plus cleaning the germs can you not see in yo kchen before you get ready for thanksgiving dinner. oh yeah. and dave is here. with his pet. [ female announcer ] don't stand out in the cold! walmart's open

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hospitalization or even death. raw foods that come from animals like turkey are the most commonly contaminated. >> we can fine things like salmonella which with cause very severe illnesses. sometimes we even find e. coli in these -- in the raw meats depending on how they're processed. >> reporter: we arranged for connie to take samples from jamie's kitchen for analysis. >> my kids always touch the doors. they come in from school, they open the door. >> reporter: with four daughters and a husband, jamie's kitchen is always in use. >> on any given day even if i've just made lunch, one wants a snack. i clean up the snack, another one wants another snack. another one wants something to eat. i'm in the kitchen all the time. >> reporter: a lot of traffic can be hard to keep cln so connie swabs all of the kitchen hotspots. cuttingboards. >> this one looks like it does have something dried on it that might be food. >> reporte: the microwave. >> if we get poultry or other

meat juices and it gets into the cracks and crevices, that could be a potential problem. >> reporter: outsidend inside the fridge. >> there's -- oh, there's some nice fuy mold. >> that is gross! >> reporter: connie swab the samples in petri dishes letting them sit a few days to see what grows. she is confident she'll find bacteria. >> if there is anything nasty growing, just puffing it up and aerosolizing it if someone is not too healthy m cause someone to become sick. >> reporter: the question is are these bacteria the harmful kind. >> environmental scientist connie morebach and carol forte, hello. >> so it was pretty disgusting. >> so on the refrigerator door, what did you guys end up finding? >> we actually found mold found often in soil and in carpet

dust. somebody plays on the floor and touches a refrigerator. we also found quite a bit of basillis bacteria which is also in dust and soi and sta staffstapholocceos. it does demonstrate whatever you touch or whatever people are generating make their way to the surfaces we touch. so under a situation where someone might have a vir or cold, could be readily transfer transferred. >> how do you clean it off? what's the right way to get rid of it? >> bleach and water is your best bet. as mild as a tablespoon to a gallon and it will sanitize or you can even make it stroer. >> what about these things? >> bleach and water is not the quickest things so mix together so the wipes are great. check the label, make sure it is epa registered and keep the surfaces wet.

don't just wipe and go. because you're not going to kill everything. >> would it be a good thing to train your kids to grab a wipe -- or is that too much to hope for? >> if you keep the wipes handy and you just go over the surfaces? the thing is do it often and jt don't threat sit. >> what did you find on the microwave? >> on the might have been wave weound a pretty nasty mold. i believe it came from the adjacent trash can but this particular mold can cause respiratory infections, it actually produces a carcinogen, not that i would expect amounts ofrt microwave to cause it but we certainly don't want to inge it. >> disinfecting themicrowave. >> same thing. use the wipes on the handles. inside use an antibacterial cleaner. any surface that comes in contact with food you want to rinse. >> you don't want that coming in contact with food. >> rinse. but just follow the label, if it says sit for 30 seconds or up to ten minutes, let it sit. it means it. >> the sink, they talk about

ba backsplash. what are we talking about? >> that's the tile or other material behind t sink that's supposed to protect the wall but there is grout in that. when the grout gets wet, just ike in our bathtubs, we can get some pretty nasty things growing. >> what did you find? >> we found penicillium which is actual lit mold they make penicillin from but you don't want to lick yourbacksplash. that again can cause reter tospy infections. >> get rid of these sponges. >> these are a breeding ground for bacteria. soak in a bleach and water solution for five minutes. >> that's her solution to everything. >> trash cans, too. >> thank you, ladies. happy thanksgiving. wow. all right, up next you heard it right -- glat disknigdys kni

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discover a restful lunesta night. of r&b legend gladys knight. sing us a great new song, it is just a preview of what she'll be performing in macy's thanksgiving day parade thursday

right here on nbc, something she's fitting in between working on her new cd and creating her own jewelry line. you're very busy. >> well excuse us, thanks for finding time in your busy schedule to be with us. >> i got something for you guys. >> are you wearing your own bling? >> yes. all of this is mine. >> oh, wow! >> i got some bags for you. >> how did that all come about? >> i'm thinking about now today and time and how we don't have money sometimes. you know? everybody can't go to harry winston's. >> i don't know anybody that can anymore. >> something inexpensive so people can just dress up a black dress. it is between $25 and $100, $125. can you just get your accessories and make it happen. right now go to gladyssnoo gladysknight.com. any minute we're going to be in the stores. >> any minute. >> this song "settled" is beautiful. i was playing it in my dressing room. youust can' sit still when you hear it. this is from a very popular movie right now. >> yes, it is, "colored girls."

i saw the play in europe many, ny, many years ago. i said, likeou guys like this song? my husband said, who's my manager, by the way, he said we t a surprise for you. we sent it to tyler. i said you're kidding! they sent it to tyler and that same day he called us rght back said i'm taking this. >> that is so great. >> you have a great relationship with him. >> he is the most amazing -- >> did he know you wanted to be an actress some sort of secret way? >> he came to see my shw. i was at flamingo for five years and he came to see my show the second year we were there. he said i got do something wh you. i said you don't know how much i would love that. and he kept his word. >> he keeps his word. >> he called me and, you know, put me in the movie first. he then had me do the theme for "family that prays." so we've been working together for a while. he is the most underrated director-producer. >> he's one of the most successful so he's not underrated that way. >> absolutely. but people just don't realize

the real meat that he has. he do love stories bus. that's something you don't see a whole lot. >> you're going to be singing that song in the macy's day parade. right on the float. >> yeah. >> can you imaginethat? that's when i'm tuning in. i'm makinging gravy with grandma. but let me ask you this. what about the randy jackson thg? > randy -- i knew randy before he was randy. you know? and i am so proud of him and the successes that he's had. he has an awesome ear. he's an awesome a and r person. we were together at mva. it's been a longtime. so now we're coming back together. my last grammy album we produced together. >> this new one will b out when? -- this is the one. >> as soon the movie gets going. we kind of let them have it. as soon as they get ready, we're ing to release it. >> could we tell you something she did?

she couldn't be with her husband for thanksgiving. she made him a whole thanksgiving dinner before she left. >> amazing. >> frank gifford would never get that. you make all of us look bad, gladys. the way you sing, the way you cook, the way you love your man. >> he'll just tell me, i can't go with you this time because i got this and i got that. it's lot of things we have on the table right now. so i surprised him right before i left. >> we love yo gladys. happy thanksgiving. have fun on the parade. >> i'm looking forward to this. it is going to be fun. >> the apollo theater has a float. 75 years. congratulations. >> yeah. next, we are talking turkey literally right after this. s on toys and apparel starting midnight. so you c shop while you wait for the big electronics event 5 a.m. friday. with an emerson 32-inch hdtv for just $198. yep, $198...at walmart. [ female announc ] don't stand out in the cold! walmart's open all day thanksgiving, with great specials on toys and apparel starting midnight.

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time for "today's call of the wild." we're talking turkey. how could we talk anything else?

legend has it the european colonist whose celebrated the first thanksgiving found the turkey when they arrived there on our shores. >> we're going to tell you about wil turkeys and other wildlife important to the colonists. >> hello, dave. >> of course i couldn't come on without bringing on turkey this week. if you step over here, he is a little skittish. he's not going to hurt you. this is a domestic turkey. he looks very similar to what a wild turkey you would see. >> near where i live we see wild ones. >> we were originally domesticated by the aez techs, then splanish explorers brought them back to europe for food. that's the turkeys that we actually have today. >> can these guys fly? >> this guy is really big, about 45 pounds. wild turkeys are a little bit smaller than that. yes, they absolutely can fly. they have to. wild turkeys are amazg creatures. they were almost wiped out. by the beginning of the last century they were almost gone.

>> why? >> because of habitat destruction, unregulated hunting. because now of good strong conservation laws, wild turkeys are found all over the country and can you see them sometimes even in your background. >> this one is not going anywhere for thanksgiving? >> a 45-pound turkey. >> this guy lives permanently in saty. he will not be in anyone's oven. >> you're a lucky dude. >> they are amazing. you see the iridescence on their fethers? >> what's with the gobble, gobble, gobble. >> that is all about finding a mate. they can actually flood their whole head. theaddle and snoot on the top with blood. basically gets engorged and makes the ladies really, really swoon. >> a turn-on. makes the ladies crazy. >> hur turkeys were not seen by europeans before. thi is a member of the weasel family called the fisher. they don't eat fish, they eats

small animals, small mammals. . they somimes eats fruits. can you smell him? he's part of the weasel family. they use that scent for communication but you can see his beautiful ct. the colonists and also native americans, this is an important fur bearing animal. it was found across the whole northern part of the u.s. >> and they had cold winters. >> it was an important part of the survival of again the native americans and also the early colonists but again just like with the turkey they were wiped out of a lot of their range but because of good strong conservation laws and groups like national wildlife federation trying to protect habitat, these guys are actually coming back. recently they've actually been spotted in the lower end of their range which is actually new jersey. >> he seems very fond of you. >> we thought he was going to be more crazy. let's move on to our next guy. speaking of ams once nimals onc dinner plate, this guy is an alligator snapping turtle. >> look at that w! >> he's got his mouth open and what he does is actually -- he's lot a little lure that looks

like a worm on the end of his tongue to attract fish. >> that's nasty. >> i wouldn't ever want to eat one of these guys, but believe itor not, you ever heard of turtle soup? this alligator snapping turtle and common snapple turtle are two of the species you use for that. particularly in the south and new orleans turtlesoup is still big on the menu. >> he's got lockjaw. >> with that said, importation and illegal kilng of these animals for food is a proem. >> that's 30 seconds. let's bring in our last guy. why is his mouth staying like that? >> tmj. >> this is a beautiful animal. thi is a lynx. other animal that was an important fur bearing animal for the colonists. you can see the beautif coat. we don't want to touch. >> look how beautiful his paws are. >> we'll finish with this guy. wildlife needs our protection an we want to be thankfu for it on this thanksgiving. right? because they add beauty to our life and sometimes even food. >> thanks, dave.

happy thanksgiving. up next, the cheater's guide to making your store-bought thanksgiving day dinner like i have taste like homemade. but first this is "day" on nbc.

time for kwr "today's kitchen." >> if you want a home-cooked meal but don' have time to make it from scratch, gail simmons is a judge on bravo's "top che plus a special projects director for food and wine magazine. >> we're all living busy lives. not everyone has time to make everything from scratch. if you get a chance to cook, do as much as you can. if not i'll show you quick tips you can doctor up yourlf and home. store-bought butte nut squash or pumpkin soup, very traditional for the holidays. if you make it warm it in a pan. just to add a little bit more

flair i've heated extra-virgin olive oil in my pan. i'll drop in some sage. if you cook it really quickly that will fry up in the oil, will get that beautiful sage flavor. take it out. it gets nice and crisp. put the sage leaves right on top and then a tiny drizzle of t oil right on top as well. because it will now have that beautiful sage flavor. >> and that homemade look. wow. >> cranberries. people buy t stuff from the cans. >> i like the chunky one but i fine that the flavor sometimes is a little too sweet. to balance it out, i've taken fresh orange juice and lots of fresh grated ginger, put it in a pan and reduced it down so it is nice and thin i'll dump nye crmy cranberry sa right in, fresh orange zest i've grated, stir it up. it is cutting down on the sweetness and giving you kind of another level, another depth of flavor. >> that looks delicious.

>> i need help with this one. >> gravy. get the store-bought gravy. i think it needs another level. it need to be kicked up. i've sauteed some mushrooms, fresh herbs, onions in a pan, i'll add the fresh herbs right in an deglaze the pan with a little red wine. then once that deglazes and reduces down just for another minute or two, get out the alcohol. i pour the gravy right in and stir the whole thing together. you have way more flavor in that gravy. >> that's smart. really easy. then finally, dressing. dressing is a big one. it is so easy to make. i have store-bought breadcrumbs, big chunky breadcrumbs i bought at the ste. they're dried out and ready to go. it saves you the time. celery, mushrooms and onions in a pan with a little olive oil. >> you don't use butter at all. >> i would actually use a little butter. olive oil will give it a different flavor. but if you want the richness,

absolutely use butter. i'm putting my breadcrumbs right in. just add fresh heshz and chicken broth. >> thank you! tomorw, who's [ male announcer ] are you paying more and more for cable, and enjoying it less and less?

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