good morning. breaking news. two top officials at penn state university step down overnight as an investigation widens into shocking allegations that a former coach with the school's legendary football program sexually abused at least eight boys over the course of 15 years. herman cain fires back at reporters after being asked once again about being accused of sexual are harassment. new polls are showing more support for former house speaker newt gingrich. this morning he'll speak with us. ♪ where in the world, where in the world is matt lauer ♪ where in the world is matt lauer. there are at least three people around here who have no idea where he is. matt is about to reveal his location "today," monday,

november 7th, 2011. ♪ where in the world, where in the world is matt lauer ♪ captions paid for by nbc-universal television and welcome to "today" on this monday morning. i'm ann curry. we have the latest on the overnight developments in the sex abuse scandal that has rocked penn state in just a moment and also as well we'll also have other stories, the st top stories of the morning. we begin with the question al, natalie and i have been asking ourselves all weekend. >> where in the world is matt lauer? ♪ where in the world, where in the world is matt lauer ♪ ♪ she a sign, give me a clue ♪ drop me a hint and tell me something new ♪ ♪ it's a global mystery ♪ mystery ♪ you've got to watch and see ♪ where in the world, where in

the world is matt lauer ♪ >> hey, guys. good morning. it's nice to see you. i hope you had a nice weekend and if you remember before i left you on friday i did give you that little clue. it conjures up thoughts of a child's worst fright but there are no people to scare in this skier's delight. for the first time this week and hopefully the fifth time or fifth to last time ever, where in the world am i? >> you know, obviously i'm wrong. i was thinking over the weekend, transylvania because it's scary there and skiing. >> i have no idea. >> looking at your background and wearing a lightweight shirt i was guessing antarctica, the ghost mountains but i'm completely wrong. >> okay, matt, where are you? >> here we go. let me break down the clue for you. the conjuring up thoughts of a child's worst fright refers to skeletons, all kids are afraid

of skeleton so we're on the skeleton coast of africa. the part about no people to scare, it's because we are also in the middle of the nabib desert and if you translate nabib in the traditional language of koi koi, it means language of no people. instead of telling you about, why don't i show it to you. if you're ready, look out below. >> sand skiing. >> oh, wow. >> wow. >> oh my gosh. >> all right! that's fun. >> this is namibia? is that where they are? because they have the beautiful dunes. >> beautiful. >> nice form, matt. >> so here in the southern hemisphere, that is what we call

spring skiing and they, ann, on the way down i heard you say it, is that in namibia. you're right. we're at one of the most amazing countries i've been doing in the ten years of this series. the dunes stretch as far as the eye can see. actually for hundreds and hundreds of miles, and they're ever changing. the winds here between the desert and the atlantic reshape the dunes every single day. some move as much as a half a mile every single year. you can walk a couple of hundred yards in any direction and feel completely isolated, just you and lizards and beetles and occasional marimba band. it's a very young country. namibia is the third youngest country in all of africa, lots of variety here. up north and to the west the terrain changes dramatically. you've got exotic an jals, the

big five everybody wants to see on safari, elephants, we'll take to you see those and huge colonies of cape fur seals down by the atlantic ocean just a short distance from here. i'll take to you see those live in a little while, also, diamonds and the definition of the skeleton coast, think whales and shipwrecks. i promise you won't be disappointed as we spend the morning in namibia. >> you already got us smiling, matt. thanks so much. let's begin this morning with a check of the day's top stories and there are serious stories to get to, natalie? >> good morning, everyone. two penn state officials step down as they face charges of covering up allegations of child sex abuse. at the center of the scandal is the football team's former defensive coordinator, jerry s n sandus sandusky. nbc's kristen dahlgren has the story. >> reporter: penn state and college football's winningest coach, joe paterno are facing

serious questions. the school's athletic director and vice president are stepping down after being indicted in an alleged coverup involving former defensive coordinator jerry sandusky charged with child sex abuse. sandusky has an assistant coach for paterno for over a decade. he said he's troubled someone he knew may have harmed young people. sandusky was well-known for his work with at youth risk youth. >> they succeed here. >> reporter: now sandusky is charged with sexually abusing eight boys between 1994 and 2009. one of the alleged encounters happened in 2002, on the penn state campus, and was witnessed by a graduate assistant who went to paterno within days. paterno in turn reported it to the athletic director who prosecutors say failed to alert authorities.

attorneys for sandusky and the school officials vow to fight the charges. prosecutors did not accuse paterno of wrongdoing. in a statement paterno said "i understand that people are upset and angry but let's be fair and let the legal process unfold." kristen dahlgren, nbc news, los angeles. greek leaders from rival political parties meet today as they hammer out the historic power sharing deal that forms a new government. george papandreou agreed to resign once the conditions are complete. the greek economy is threatening to collapse, threatening other nations as well especially italy. for the latest on the imimpact on our markets we turn to cnbc's courtney reagan this morning. >> good morning, natalie. a lot of uncertainty is probably definitely in what's going to happen today for the markets as a part of what we're going to wait for, for greece, we want to hear how this new interim

government plans to use the massive bailout package that they're going to get from the european union. so all of this combined with your worries about what's going on in italy, and if they can pass a budget vote over there, it will certainly cause trouble here in the u.s. markets. watch for any headlines to possibly cause a wild swing in either direction today. natalie, back to you. >> we'll stay tuned to cnbc all day long. thanks, courtney reagan. blink and you'll miss her. lindsay low han was in and out of a los angeles county jail last night, after reporting to serve her 30-day jail sentence for violating terms of probation. the troubled star was released four and a half hours from her initial booking due to jail overcrowding. back to ann and al. let's go back to matt and ask him, he did that so well skiing down the sand. matt, listen, how many times did you have to practice that and how does that compare with snow skiing? >> we practiced it twice

yesterday. we didn't want to do it this morning because we wanted it to be virgin sand. they didn't want to see tracks in it. for skiers out there it's a little easier than snow skiing. you don't slide as much. it's like skiing in very wet, dense powder. it's a lot of fun. >> but if you fall, it's a lot different. >> if you fall, instead of getting a mouthful of snow you get a mouthful of sand, which is not fun. >> and you turn into a little sand ball. well, listen, i'm so glad you didn't fall. you look fantastic. we're excited about your reporting. >> how warm is it out there? >> you know what? down below here, where there's no wind it's probably about 80 degrees but it's a cool wind that comes off the atlantic ocean. sometimes we're wearing jackets up here. it's not desert hot as you would imagine. >> oh, interesting. >> all right, well thanks so much, matt. now let's get a check of the weather from you, mr. rocker. roker. >> that's right. some folks in the rockies will be doing real snow skiing this morning thanks to a big system

in the midsection of the country. on the west side we're talking winter storm watches. we have severe weather possible from san angelo to tulsa. possibility of tornadoes due to a vigorous low pressure system developing in the southwest. rainfall amounts from four to six inches of rain for much of eastern oklahoma. behind it we're talking about anywhere from three to eight inches of snow through the central rockies. that's what's going on around the country. here is what's happening in your neck of the woods. good morning. frost stay cold on this monday morning. temperatures right near freezing throughout much of the region. we have patchy dense fog. later this morning the fog will dissipate. highs tomorrow even warmer with lots of sun, upper 60s during the afternoon. increasing clouds wednesday, might get a passing shower on thursday with a high near 60. as we get toward the weekend, chillier weather returns for

>> and that's your latest weather. ann. now to presidential politics. in a moment we'll talk to gop contender and former house speaker newt gingrich, but first, nbc's chief white house correspondent and political director chuck todd has the latest on the race for the white house. hey, chuck, good morning. >> good morning, ann. it's been over a week since the allegations of sexual harassment against herman cain surfaced. while the candidate has made no progress in ending the controversy, there's not a lot of evidence it's hurting him politically, even as he finds himself unable to change the subject. >> don't even go there. >> reporter: can i ask my question? >> no. >> reporter: the questions about herman cain's past behavior aren't going away. >> where is my chief of staff. >> right here. >> please send him the journalistic code of ethics. >> reporter: then he's not exactly walking away from them either. >> i was going to do something my staff told me not to do and try to respond, okay? what i'm saying is this. we are -- >> can you get to the mike?

>> we are getting back on message, end of story, back on message. >> reporter: he alluded to the story again during a friendly debate with fellow candidate newt gingrich. >> what's been the biggest surprise to you out of this whole experience? >> running for president? >> yes. >> the nit-pickiness of the media. >> reporter: gingrich, who has his own beefs with media coverage suggested these complaints about the press have not served him very well. >> it's a very hard business and it should be. this is the presidency of the united states and if you can't get through the campaign, you sure can't govern. >> reporter: a thing echoed by fellow republican candidate michele bachmann. >> everyone loves him. who doesn't? he has a great personality but this is the leader of the free world that we're talking about. >> reporter: so far cain seems to have maintained his support and co-front-runner status to the surprise of some establishment republicans. >> it's an unconventional year. the response has been unconventional.

i think one of the things you're seeing, you're not seeing yet is as much damage as you would expect in other years or with other campaigns. >> reporter: this unconventional year with no republican breaking out of the pack has some people asking whether there might wind up being a third party candidate. on sunday, ron paul, who ran as a third party candidate in 1988 said he might not support the eventual republican nominee but ruled out a third party run for himself. >> i have no intention of doing that. that doesn't make any sense to me, to even think about it, let alone plan to do that. >> because? >> because i don't want to do it. >> well the appeal of a third party is just one of the things that we test in our special "wall street journal" poll debuts tonight and tomorrow morning. tomorrow officially begins the one-year countdown to election day. >> chuck todd, thank you for your reporting on this. former house speaker newt gingrich as we all know for the republican nomination for president and author of the new

book called "the battle of the crater." speaker gingrich, good morning. >> good to be with you. >> good to be with you as well, sir. can herman cain not answer these lingering questions about sexual harassment allegations and still win the republican nomination, in your view? >> that will be up to the american people. if they conclude that anonymous allegations from people who don't want to be identified involving purely civil activities, that the american people could well decide that they want a solution-oriented leader more than they want a scandal. i think it has probably surprised most professionals that herman has done as well as he has over the last week but we'll see if this has legs or not. he's going to hand tell his own way. i do want to say by the way matt lauer's report brought back memories. calista and i were in namibia a year ago and it is a truly remarkable country today as matt takes people around. >> i'm glad you're enjoying his

reporting on that. back to the topic at hand, if you are right it is possible the american public could decide to overlook these allegations, what would it mean for the party to have a republican nominee for president, with unanswered questions about sexual harassment, what would it do to your party's chances of defeating barack obama? >> what does it mean to the elite news media that nobody in the country ever walks up to us and raises questions you all raise? i went through two months in june and july where folks in new york and washington said my campaign was dead, i was gone, it was all hopeless. nobody in the country said that. herman cain i suspect is getting far fewer questions from citizens about these kind of things than he is about jobs, about other things, and i just think there's a huge gap between the gossip that fascinates political reporters and the average person's concern about the price of housing, the availability of jobs, solving the budget deficit without

crushing the middle class. a lot of things that, frankly, the substance level are dramatically more important to most americans. >> your point is well-taken. however, it's not just the media that's asking these questions. haley barbour, the mississippi governor, jon huntsman also a candidate are saying this past sunday herman cain must step up and be more up front about answering these questions. >> i'll let them argue with herman cain. i'll let you argue with herman cain. i'm trying to focus at nut.org with a 21st century concept of america, brand new proposals that matter. >> are you saying questions about the character of a presidential candidate don't matter? >> no. questions matter a lot. i'm saying when the news media goes and finds an anonymous report about an anonymous incident, about which you have remarkably limited information, and you decide that matters more than every other issue in the campaign, that may put your judgment in doubt, as you, being

the institutional news media. >> i want to get to your book which clearly shows a real interest in the presidency of abraham lincoln. in this book, abraham lincoln is facing a difficult time, during the civil war, and general ulysses s. grant brings up a particular time. "please, general, no mistakes this time, no politics, jealousies, rivalries or decisions based on blind prejudice." is that possible during this presidency? >> probably as possible as it was with lincoln. it's always hard to lead a free people. you ended up with general meade overruling general burnside probably out of pure personal dislike the result was thousands of casualties thorpe unnecessary. "the crater" is a fascinating novel because it's about the

largest use of african-american troops in the campaign, an extraordinarily daring campaign that was developed by pennsylvania coal miners and it is totally messed up by the personality fight of two generals. i have to say, by the way, we're a pretty literary family. my wife, calista was a best selling book called "sweet atlanta misery" so we have dueling family books out there. >> we'll see which one wins. congratulations to your family, former house speaker nng nng. i hope you continue to enjoy the report from matt in namibia. >> thank you. it is 7:18, hooer's matt. >> nice tip of the hat from the former speaker of the house. we're in in mibia, the south coast of africa, it's twice the size ofical but with only 2.1 million people living here. the set zens are fiercely protective of their environment. namibia is the only country in the world that includes conservation as part of its

constitution. you want to see this rugged country? you need some time, a sturdy vehicle, and the guts to get off the beaten track. ♪ it is said in namibia your adventure begins where the road ends, and so we take flight on a journey of epic landscapes, animal kingdoms, and ancient tribes. ♪ >> what is in mibia? namibia is the jewel of africa, a hidden gem, waiting to be discovered. ♪ namibia, namibia, namibia >> reporter: this is a world of distant horizons, there are duned seas, bustling salt pans and lush rivers. >> it is open range like in the old days of the wild west, when you guys could just get on your horses and ride. ♪ namibia, namibia, namibia,

namibia ♪ >> namibia is its people, different shades with different trades. we sing. we dance, kicking dust to the air. >> reporter: there are only 2 million people in namibia, with over a dozenette lick groups and languages, yet they all co-exist peacefully. education is a priority, and the vast majority here are literate. perhaps the most treasured are the aristocratic himba, pastoral nomads living in the remote desert who cling to the traditions of their ancestry. >> namibia is its ancient desert, history carved in the curve of each dune. >> reporter: here along the western coast is the namib, the world's oldest living desert. basically never rains here, but there is water. it comes from the mist that rolls in every day, and life around here survives on the little dew droplets that form from that mist, so from the

tiniest beetle to the largest desert elephant, the rule here is, adapt or die. ♪ >> in namibia the animals roam freely, nurtured by the people. it's the lifeblood of the land. >> reporter: in years past, poaching nearly decimated many of the major species but after gaining independence from south africa, namibia became the first country to protect the land and wildlife if its constitution, through an innovative system of local conservancies, communities now monitor their own natural resources. today, over 40% of the country is protected. >> the new culture that the people are having is, it's ours. it's ours. it belongs to us. nobody else. and if we don't look after the game, then who is going to look after it? we want our following generations to see what's happening, and then benefit. >> reporter: these days their

endangered species are thriving like the black rhino, once on the verge of extinction. its population has tripleded. namibia's model of conservation is now a blueprint for other nations. >> namibia is the skeleton cove, a no man's land, where shipwrecks lie forgotten. >> reporter: the ocean here is so treacherous and the climate so harsh that sailors who crashed on these shores lived only to die in the desert. bones of their ships are all that remain, scattered along their coastal grave. ♪ >> namibia is a playground where you can soar on the wings of adventure if you're bold enough to dare. >> reporter: camps range from rugged to five-star luxury and if you're up for a thrill you can leap out of the waves, race down slopes as tall as skyscrapers, take flight above the dunes or simply lose yourself in the wild. then again in namibia, it's wise to remember, you're never truly

alone. ♪ namibia, namibia >> and that is namibia. >> reporter: it is truly an extraordinary place, so much to see. coming up, we're going to jump on that helicopter, you might be able to see over the dune back there and take you for a tour of the skeleton coast. you'll find out how it got its name. be prepared to see real skeletons and lots of shipwrecks on day one of where in the world is matt lauer. first this is "today" on nbc. look, every day we're using more and more energy.

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7:30 now on this monday morning, the 7th of november, 2011, and matt is on his first day of the tenth anniversary of where in the world is matt lauer, and he's somewhere, i think, in that little, deep down in that picture because we're looking at a wide view. where are you, matt? >> i'm just back up on top of my little personal ski dune here, ann, and just enjoying the view. it's a sensational place. a lot of people have heard about namibia and some people at home might be thinking i know i heard about it recently and can't remember why. it may be because brad pitt and angelina jolie came here not long ago and decided to have their daughter, shiloh nuvelle

jolie-pitt was here. that's one of the reasons this place has been in the headlines in the not too recent, distant past. let me give you a little idea, ann, of how we got here. we left new york friday night and flew 3,800 to dakar on the northwest of africa, stopped there, got fuel and down to walvis bay in namibia. so far we have traveled 16 hours in our plane and we're just getting warmed up, ann. >> it's very exciting. i'm looking forward to it, matt. also ahead this morning from here, suze orman, her advice on where to put your money in the difficult times economically. and also coming up, raffaele sollecito, amanda knox's once boyfriend and co-defendant, his message to amanda. and also how did conrad murray spend his weekend as he awaits the latest in the case. for now matt, back to you. >> ann, thank you very much.

the coastline here in namibia where the desert meets the atlantic ocean is called the skeleton coast. some people in the past called it the sands of hell and you get a lot of shipwrecks around here. the reason is you have the hot air moving off the desert, meeting the cold air of the ocean, dense fog forms, the dunes are changing and shifting, the entire shoreline is changing so the captains of the ships never quite know where they are. as i said, it's been called the sands of hell. the best way to see the area is by chopper. take a look. my guide, bruno nebe, promised me a memorable adventure. this may be the best thrill ride you could ever go on. we must be five feet above the with the aer. i kind of want to say pull up, pull up. huge whale bone over here. >> this is what gave the coastline the name, skeleton coast, because of so many dead

whale and pieces of shipwreck. can you imagine wrecking offshore, managing to swim onshore, landing here. >> knowing you're not getting out of here. tell me the name of the ship here? >> this is the edward mortar. >> one of the more than 500 wrecks along the skeleton coast. >> this was in 193009. >> almost half a mile inland, frozen in time, a severe memento of the power of the deadly moving sands. this is all the remains of the edward bolan, deteriorating skeletons along the coast. hyenas and jackals live inside. here's where they drag the seals, they eat them here and here's the mummified remains of a seal right over here.

if this wreck could talk, what story would she tell in. >> first of all it will tell us how it ended up here, when she stranded on a sandbar, and then within two days basically was covered by sand. when everybody was rescued, the diamond diggers in the back decided to use this as their hotel and their mining director used the cavern of the captain. >> reporter: with thick fog and winds of 80 miles per hour along this coast, even on a normal day, you begin to understand why the early seafarers named these parts the sands of hell. if you like to be by yourself, if you like a little solitude, the nearest town in that direction, how far? >> 300 miles. 300 miles south. >> reporter: i'm happy we brought the helicopter. back in the air. look at all the seals. the other wrecks like the otave which beached in 1945, have also become a refuge for wildlife. down there, the shawnee.

>> american shipwreck. >> there are still ships wrecking on this coast even now. >> yes, yes. we had a shipwreck two years ago. >> even with gps and all that, they still run aground. >> yes. >> reporter: this is incredibly dramatic with the height of the dunes. they literally drop down to the ocean. it is so beautiful. one of the most iconic places on the planet, 43 million years old and virtually untouched. jackie usheke is the head of namibia wildlife resorts. pleasure to see you. how are you? >> i'm fine, how are you? >> you're from washington, d.c. >> that's my secret, born and raised. >> how did you find your way here? what made you fall in love with in in inia? >> first i fell in love with my husband. i talk about the white charge and my husband took me on a zebra on top of a sand dune into

a hut. >> you like working here? >> i love it. i really do. >> we went on a helicopter tour on the skeleton coast, there is nothing but mile after mile. how do you deal with the isolation part of living? >> that's what i absolutely love. i remember thinking on capitol hill what i want to do with my life, on my 15-minute coffee break, my half hour lunch break, i get sand dunes, elephants that are mine alone, i watch the most beautiful lion fat with a kill rolling over a pathway through the jungle. you just can't, doesn't get any better. >> there are a lot of people who watch this and say i got to try that. i got to get out there. first of all, what do you want them to take away from this broadcast and is there at all a cautionary tale at the same time, you want to love but not overlove this country. >> yeah. obviously they have a fragile landscape and tourists sometimes come and enjoy but also a little bit destroy. we have to make a small

ecological footprint when you have a very diverse, biodiverse ecosystem. the desertness are fragile. animals are more fragile, you don't want trash thrown, feeding animals. sometimes our tourists do these things and it has catastrophic consequences on the wildlife. people who come should be prepared for a soulful, rugged, pristine, fast holiday. >> extreme sports are becoming popular. we want people to know this is a magnet for people who love that sort of thing, we've seen some skiing on the dunes, sandboarders just behind here, all kinds of fun to be had here. do you miss washington at all? >> i miss my mama, that's for sure, but my mom and my whole family, i'm going home for thanksgiving, first time in 20 years. >> good for you. >> i'm going home so that's good. >> thanks for your hospitality. we are falling in love with this country. >> thank you. >> thanks, jackie, what a pleasure. >> thank you so much. >> we're going to have much more ahead from namibia on day one of

where in the world. let's go back to al and get a check of the weather. >> announcer: "today's" weather is brought to you by citibank. what's your story? citi can help you write it. >> yesterday in the new york man it's your first time running. >> what's your name? >> 24 in a row. >> 24 in a row, and you're going to be how old? >> i'm 84 now. >> 84 now. god bless. that's fantastic. let's check your weather and see what's happening. we've got the week ahead above normal temperatures in the eastern half but heavy rain, tee eastern half. snow back through the rockies. midweek period, we're looking at snow in the northern mississippi river valley, above normal in the east and the latter part of the week we see a change in the temperatures. it's going to be cool out west with a lot of rain, above norm nl the plains and into the gulf coast. below normal into the gulf coast and showers and wet weather but above normal temperatures up into new england.

that's what's going on around the country. here is what's happening in your neck of the woods. a live picture from the sky watcher camera shows the sunlight and blue sky illuminating the autumn foliage as well as the fog draped over the landscape this morning. i'm meteorologist tom kierein. low to mid 30s in much of the region. a frosty cold start. later today should climb to around 60 with lots of sun, the fog dissipating over the next couple hours. sunny and warmer >> and that's your latest weather. matt? >> all right, al, thank you very much. we're going to have more music from namib, marimbas behind me. we'll also look at incredible wildlife that calls this place home. first these messages. ♪ [ cellphone rings ] cut! [ monica ] i have a small part in a big movie. i thought we'd be on location for 3 days,

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back now at 7:43 with the trial that was closely watched around the world, amanda knox's former boyfriend and co-defendant is now speaking out about the case for the first time and natalie's got details. >> good morning again, ann. raffaele some see toe was incredibly forthcoming during an interview on italian television. for more than an hour he spoke candidly about his relationship with amanda knox and the cruel injustice he said that destroyed their love. speaking only once just a day after being freed. >> thank you so everyone who has believed in me. >> reporter: amanda knox has

kept away from the spotlight. but just a month after she and her italian ex-boyfriend, raffaele sollecito were cleared of murdering meredith kercher, some see toe spoke out for the first time after serving four years in prison, what he described as hell. and he talked openly about his ten-day romance with amanda knox, the american college student who had come to perugia, italy, four years ago to study. he described their love as a seed that was planted, and stamped on, when the two lovers were charged in 2007 with the murder of knox's roommate, british exchange student meredith kercher. they sat in the same courtroom, convicted in one trial, exonerated in the other. calling himself an honest person with a big heart, some see toe

recalled the moments they were released. he called kercher's murder senseless and says he prays every day for their family. as for the famous video of some see toe and knox kissing hours after the murder of kercher, he said those were kisses of comfort, not passion. he says although their love story is over, he and amanda will always be united by tragedy. raffaele some see t raffaele sollecito has great affection for amanda. as for the invitation to come to the u.s., he said he'd like to take them up on it but wants to rebuild his life piece by piece. >> still could come up, much more from matt in namibia,

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now, in this part of the country, they get about 300 sunny days every year. they also get less than one inch of rain per year, and weather is a major topic of conversation. when locals get together and meet they'll often shake hands say hi, how are you, how's the family. have you had any rain lately. you can understand why, because here water can mean the difference between life and death. in the more than reaches of the manib desert far from the modern world you'll find one of the last nomaddic trips on hert, the himba, beautiful and proud cattle herders who live like no one else on the planet, the way their ancestors did centuries ago. >> they have to live with the little that's around here, and then they have to learn how to preserve and conserve. >> reporter: at the mercy of the elements their dung covered huts provide shade from the sun. to protect their skin the women

apply a mixture of okre, ash, and herbs. >> it makes the skin glow naturally and that makes them beautiful and attractive to their men. >> reporter: as does their dress though the men now wear western clothes the women live in goatskins and decorate their hair with intricate braids. the hinda spend their days with cattle and survive on milk and goat meat. the tribe settles miles from the local river. with water so scarce the women have learned to bathe in smoke. >> they collect different herbs and this herb has a perfume scent and then they burn these herbs and it gives off this beautiful smell. >> reporter: at dusk these himba gathered by their sacred fire, singing to their ancestors to ask for good fortune, health, and the ever elusive rain.

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good morning. i'm meteorologist tom kierein, sunny and cold with fog in treej on. in the 30s much of the area. later today climbing to the low 60s. fog dissipating with lotsds of sunshine. sunny and warmer tomorrow. might get a shower thursday. friday into the weekend sun returns, but chilly. joe? >> tom,

♪ 8:00 now on a monday morning. it's november 7th, 2011. welcome back to day one of where in the world is matt lauer 2011, and as you know the answer by now i'm in the country of namibia on the southwest coast of africa, and i'm on the move, arriving fashionably late for the 8:00 open. i've gone from the dune where we started the show to a spit of land between the atlantic ocean and the lagoon. it's called pelican point, and as you can see, i think, an old light house behind me that was once an army post out here, and in a minute we're going to see some of the wildlife that calls pelican point home, as we touch down, i see someone gracefully running toward the helicopter, and i believe that is our very own savannah guthrie, who is

joining me here in namibia for day one. duck, savannah, you're a tall lady. trying to release. there we go. how are you? nice to see you. anyway, we're here at pelican point. i think you may have even seen as we came in some of the ships that are out in the harbor waiting to go into the harbor here and while this may be the only working harbor in namibia? how have you enjoyed your time? >> it's wonderful. this is home to thousands of bird colonies. we've seen pelicans and flamingos and right over there we saw a colony of cape fur seals yesterday. they line this coast. one colony can have up to 100,000 of them, and these are not exactly delicate creatures either. we saw bulls up to 800 pounds. >> exactly. we're not going to get too close to the cape fur seals. a couple of reasons, one, some

of the females just had their pups so we don't want to run afoul with the 800-pound new fathers. the other reason, we're in a kayak, savannah and i went in a kayak, went into the colony, they swam around us. >> there was a fragrance, shall we say. >> they wreak, they absolutely wreak. you don't want to be too close. >> we were joking it's the real reason all of the ships wrecked along the coast is the odor. also ahead not just seals we'll visit unique creatures, desert dwelling elephants, somehow against all odds they survive in this harsh environment, because of the adaptations they make. they can travel for water up to 40 miles a day. wait until you see some of the pictures we have of elephants and the lengths they'll go to to get a drink of water. >> we'll continue our tour of the beautiful country and look at the wildlife in a couple of minutes. right now, al, ann, back to you. >> thanks a lot, you guys. boy, looks so great.

>> spectacular. >> also coming up we've got on a serious topic talking about the financial mistakes that you don't want to make in this economic time. we've got suze orman in the house telling us what we should be doing with our money during these times. >> that's right. she's the first lady of finance. we're going to be speaking with the former first lady laura bush and her two daughters, barbara and our own jenna bush hager about a special honor they're about to receive. >> it's always fun to have them in the house. so that will be fun. but first let's get a check of the morning's top stories from natalie who is at the news desk. >> good morning ann and al and good morning everyone again. the child sex scandal rocking penn state's legendary football program moves to the court today. jerry sandusky was arrested saturday, charged with abusing at least eight boys over a period of 15 years. the school's athletic director and another official are accused of lying to a grand jury investigating the case. they resigned overnight and face arraignment today. head coach joe paterno who

testified and is not accused in the aftercup called the charges shocking and says if they are true he grieves for the victims. the leaders of greece's two major parties are discussing who should lead the debt-ridden country. on sunday they pushed through a financial rescue deal to prevent a greek bankruptcy and global financial shock waves. dozens of aftershocks have been felt in central oklahoma since saturday's earthquake that toppled chimneys and buckled roads. the magnitude 5.6 quake was oklahoma's strongest in nearly six decades. there were no reports of injuries. now to the very latest on the involuntary manslaughter trial of michael jackson's ctor, where the jury is in its second day of sldeliberations. nbc's jeff rossen is in los angeles. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. if anyone thought this would be a slam dunk one way or the other, boy did the jury prove them wrong. on friday, they spent eight hours behind closed doors deliberating, minus a one-hour

lunch break and a short snack break in the afternoon and they didn't reach a verdict. so is today the day? the jury is coming back here to the l.a. county courthouse this morning to try again. conrad murray looked upbeat this weekend in church. >> i had a beautiful day in church. god is good. >> reporter: waiting for judgment day, a verdict that could come at any moment. murray also stopped at a starbucks. friends say he's emotional, but relieved the jury didn't reach a verdict friday. just miles away, michael jackson's kids, prince, paris and blanket, were out and about, too, heading to the movies this weekend. they saw the new ben stiller/eddie murphy flick "tower heist." both sides passing time, trying to figure this jury out. >> in my experience as a former l.a. prosecutor, the longer a jury was out, the greater the chance of conviction. could it go the other way? sure. but a jury is not going to want to be accused of rushing to judgment especially if someone

ends up in jail. >> reporter: the deliberations are secretive, so secretive the jury communicates to the judge in code. ♪ think of it like the vatican choosing a new pope. black smoke in no decision yet. white smoke, we have a decision. with the conrad murray jury, it's a buzzer triggered from the jury room. one buzz, we're here and we're working. two buzzes, we want something. a highlighter, paper, a break. three buzzes, we have a verdict. >> this jury has been the most engaged and the most attentive, i think, of any jury i've ever seen. they have been just riveted. >> who are these 12 jurors? a mailman, a school bus driver, a paralegal, a cartoon animator, a tv director, and even a loyal michael jackson fan. ♪ >> reporter: whenever this verdict comes, whatever this verdict is, the world's most famous singer is gone.

his kids left without a father. >> in some way, this is the last act for michael jackson. this is it, as he said. ♪ reaching out >> reporter: if the jury finds murray not guilty of course he walks out of here a free man. if they find him guilty when the verdict comes in the judge has a lot of discretion in sentencing. murray could receive anything from just probation up to four years in jail. natalie? >> all right, jeff rossen in los angeles for us, thank you. now for a look at what's trending today, our quick roundup of what has you talking online. kim kardashian's divorce filing is a red hot search topic on yahoo. she is conflicted about the split, and spent time talking things over with the pastor who married them. fans are googling justin bieber's performance at mtv's european awards. his appearance with selena gomez since a young woman accused him

of fathering her 4-month-old son. his lawyers said bieber is prepared to take a paternity test. and twitter is popular with "today" show fans as they trade clues and try to guess where in the world matt lauer will be each day this week. as you now know, ma anybodyia. twitter your guesses using #wheresmatt. back out to al and a check of the weather. >> that will be good. we'll have to check the hash tags and see what agency going on. a young lady do your morning news show in your school? >> yes. >> what is your name? >> isabela. >> a future natalie or ann, vn. very nice. let's check your weather and see what's happening. pick city today, channel 7, wcvb, ab bun done sunshine, boston, mass, 61 degrees. a nice one out there. as we look on the satellite, big storm section in the midsection.

ahead, a risk of strong storms, behind it, four to six, maybe eight inches of snow in the rockies. sunshine in the northeast. windy conditions with rip currents along the southeastern atlantic coast and more wet weather with mountain snows moving into the pacific northwest. that's what's going on around the country. here is what's happening in your neck of the woods. good morning. we have a little fog around the region this morning as we take a look at the latest view from our sky watcher camera. we can see that fog that does hangover the area right now. we've got a blue sky over that fog which we'll be anticipating the fog gone the next couple hours. right now it's cold, in the 30s much of the region. later today in the low 60s, lots of sun. >> got more marathon winners right out here, they're all running that marathon, all winners in my book. ann? >> all right, al, thank you. coming up neck the unique elephants of namibia, when matt

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around the water, but that's about the right distance to keep as we told you a second ago. i'm matt lauer here in namibia, along with savannah guthrie. one of the big attractions of the country are the desert adapted elephants. they live or manage to survive, if you will, in some of the most inhospitable terrain anywhere in the world. i thought maybe we'll send sarah in a up to find out. >> thanks, what a guy. we traveled to damaraland, a forbidden desert landscape but somehow these animals in bone dry temperatures and bone dry conditions, temperatures up to 100 degrees, are managing to thrive. to see something truly unique to this beautiful country, you have to be willing to cross it. so we set out from namibia's capital on a quest to see the country's legendary desert dwelling elephants. how long do we have to drive to get to the elephants? my wilderness safari guide

piers lastrange says we'll get there just now, a diminishing concept. >> between 30 minutes and three hours. for example we'll see the elephants just now but that might not be right now but just now. >> so just now we head across namibia's vast countryside, six hours on roads getting ever more rugged, terrain more unforgiving. it rains in this desert less than six inches a year. yet here, against all odds -- we find a small but magnificent herd of desert travelers flourishing. our elephant tracker conrad brain says these animals are found in two countries of the world, mali and namibia. >> talking small numbers, hundreds, not thousand. >> reporter: maybe a few hundred in the whole world? >> in the whole world, yes. >> reporter: no different physically than their water-loving relatives, these

elephants have adjusted to the hot, dry conditions here. they know and remember where to find water, travel greater distances than any other elephants, up to 150 square miles a day, and will go to great lengths for a drink. that really happened? >> absolutely. >> reporter: but for us this rare sighting held something rarer still. so cute. ♪ baby love, my baby love >> reporter: a baby desert elephant, just two weeks old. it's so little. a star was born. ♪ baby love, my baby love >> reporter: with baby on board, the herd was extra protective. >> just a little. >> reporter: it didn't sound little. there was a time elephants were nearly wiped out by poaching but now they're cherished. the villages so hospitable they provide a place to drink. >> look at that. >> reporter: they just put their

trunk right over there. and we find our group partying at the local watering hole. so how close can you get to these guys? >> you never want to push them. you never want them to feel like they're on edge. in any other circumstance we'd never come this close. >> reporter: brainy and beautiful, it's easy to see why these elephants draw tourists from all over the world. >> people fall in love with elephants because they have the same activities, the same feelings. we can sort of relate to them, very interesting to watch them. never get bored. >> reporter: far from bored, far from everything, we end our day as the namibians do. thanks for a great day. >> pleasure, cheers. >> reporter: cheers. with the traditional sun downer. and this area of damaraland is such an attraction, will and kate honeymooned with a group of 25 friends in the very area we were in, set up a luxury camp,

to look at the elephants and do some fishing. >> fascinating, savannah, thank you very much. another success story here, the cheet cheetah, their numbers were in trouble here in namibia years ago, now they're on the rise, they are a conservation success story. lately they've had celebrity help. brad pitt and angelina jolie contributed $2 until to the nankuse foundation. representing the foundation are marlese and rudy and their tamed cheetah kiki. how did you come across kiki and how is she so tame. >> she's one of the orphans we rais raised. in namibia they come into conflict once in a while with people. mommy gets shot unfortunately and we raise the cubs and put those animals into captivity. the main objective is not to put animals in captivity if we don't have to. >> this is a success story in terms of conservation. what were the numbers and what

are they now? >> there's no official number at the moment. we're hard with some other organizations to get numbers out there but they've definitely increased in numbers and i think it's because of successful mitigation of that human wildlife conflict. >> you just mentioned sometimes the hunters do get in the way. what are their other natural enemies here in this country? >> natural will be spotted hyena s. >> what does the support from someone like brad pitt or angelina jolie mean to your foundation? >> they're beautiful people, wonderful and very passionate about what we do in conservation and just to bring the word out there already we can't ask for much more so just being involved is a lot. >> safe to just put my hand in front of the cheetah, is that okay? >> yeah, it's okay. how beautiful. thank you so much. >> she's a sweetie. >> we really appreciate it and good luck. much more ahead including the diamonds of namibia.

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>> pay off your credit card debt. suze orman t >> pay off your credit card debt. suze orman, thank you for helping us this morning. >> any time. >> back after your local news. 8:26 is your time now on this monday, november 7, 2011. good morning. i'm june yang. let's go right meteorologist kierein for a look at your forecast today. >> the bright sun and blue sky. still patchy fog lingering over the landscape. live picture looking west from northwest washington. still cold. in the mid and upper 30s. most areas getting above freezing. low 40s in washington and by the bay. later today up around. the fog should dissipate. tomorrow sunny and warmer.

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they cut me open like a hog. >> the government did this to her, and she's not alone. >> i don't think we're supposed to play god like that. >> her brave fight to right a terrible wrong. "rock center with brian williams" tonight, 10:00/9:00 central on nbc. 8:30 now on this monday morning, it's the seventh day of november, 2011. we've got a great crowd assembled in rockefeller plaza but we are missing as you can see from what they're holding a key player. matt is off on the first day of his week-long where in the world trip and this morning he's in namibia in southern africa. hey, matt, good morning once again to you. >> ann, thank you very much. al and natalie, good morning to you. i'm here with savannah guthrie and one of the real popular things to do here is head to the

water, we're surrounded by it here basically and go out and check out dolphins and whales, which are plentiful around here. >> including the seals as well. we're aboard the "libertina" here with a group to enjoy the marine life but great food and drink here, too. >> this may come as a surprise. we'll talk about some of these in a second, oysters. if you like oysters they say they've got some of the best oysters anywhere in the world here. there are said to be 12 million of them in the bay. there's a good sample of them right there. >> another local delicacy believe it or not, beer. there's german heritage here, the germans owned this country since the 1880s, they take their brewing very seriously here in namibia, use the purest ingredients and say this beer will not give you a hangover. >> it's so pure. also you saw the desert and all of the sand, ann, al and nationally. you think they can't grow grapes here. they do. they say the cool air that blows in off the atlantic ocean is great for grape growing so they love their local wines here. >> and the last thing, this goes

great with wine actually, we know beef jerky but we have biltong which is basically game jerky, made up of orex or kudu, some of the animals in the area and one other delicacy, savannah dry for the african savannah. >> you have your own brand here? >> it's very sweet. >> that's great. you should drink that. you've been drinking far too much wine in the time that i've with you. coming up as i chew this billtong and try to do that, we'll talk about diamonds in namibia, they mine them in the open sea and don't forget we have gifts to come and a clue for tomorrow. ann, al, natalie, back to you. >> matt we like the two words together, gifts and diamonds. that's a really nice, thank you so much, that's really exciting. >> don't get the two confused. >> big budget at the "today" show. >> more from you coming up. what else, you guys s coming up? >> it's so hard to balance life, your love, your family, a new

baby. well that's what christina applegate does. she's the star of nbc's newcombe di"up all night." we'll be talking to her. >> she's a lot of fun. >> later on we'll sit down with three impressive women, you know them well, selected as "glamour" magazine's women of the year, former first lady laura bush and twin daughters barbara and jenna. jenna knows her way around our "today" show studios as well. they'll be honored with the generations award tonight. >> congratulations to them. just delightful to have them in our studio. before we get to anythinem. delightful to have them in our studios. let's get a check of the weather. let's look at the week ahead. it looks on the wet side out west with mountain snows, heavy rains in the mid plains. above normal temperatures up and down the east coast. the middle part of the week it will be warm here. we're looking for more rain in the ohio river valley. rain in the pacific northwest, much below normal in the southwest. the latter part of the week stays warm, wet in new england. above normal temperatures,

plains into texas and wet and cooler along the west coast. that's what's going on around the country. here is what's happening in your neck of the woods. good morning. we've got some sunshine, but still have fog lingering as well. that's a live picture from the sky watcher camera. still fog over the potomac river, rather thick there. elsewhere the fog is dissipa dissipating. it's still chilly. in the upper 30s to around 40 through out much of the region. noontime we should be in the 50s, hit low 60s later this afternoon with lots of sun. sunny again tomorrow into the upper 60s. increasi >> and don't forget you can check your weather, whether you're in namibia or the united states g states, go to the weather channel on cable or online. more from the where in the world adventure including some of the creatures still surviving in the ancient namib desert. first look at this guy, this is "today" on nbc.

♪ welcome back to pelican point here in namibia, day one of where in the world is matt lauer. we've already told you namibia is home to the world's oldest living desert and you probably think conditions there are too harsh to sustain vibrant life. you'd be wrong. the ancient namib desert appears des lot, inhospitable, a scorched wasteland of copper and gold, but within these dunes there's life. >> the land teems with life but you must be able to see it. get down on the ground and open up your eyes. let's check it out. where did i see the thing? nobody home. >> reporter: instead of lions and elephants, guide tommy collard focuses on the bottom of the food chain, tracking

namibia's little five. >> they've got webbed feet, works like snowshoes on the land. >> his favorite collection of reptiles and insects that somehow adapted to survive here and to find them he reads what he's called the bushman newspaper, prints left in the sand overnight, tell stories of the creatures hidden below. though it rains less than half an inch a year in this desert, water is everywhere. >> the fog is the heartbeat of the namib desert. everything in the namib gets its water from the fog. >> reporter: it rolls in from the sea and these desert dwellers have ingenious ways of capturing it, like the fog-basking beetle which stands on its head until it condenses and drops of water drip into its mouth. >> this is a sand diving lizard. his nickname is the ferrari, because he runs like hell. this is the one that does that dart in the sand, and the sand

is so hot. when they bite, they don't let go very easy. >> fingers are not ordinarily on the menu. >> there is a numaqua chameleon, the tongue is as long as the ho whole body from the nose to the tail and both eyes focus on the prey and then they never miss. >> reporter: as the sun goes down and the wind kicks up, bands blows over the surface of the dunes and today's signs of life become yesterday's news. chris bacchus is a wilderness guide in namibia. nice to see but >> good morning. >> you're right out of central casting. how long have you been guiding here? >> i've been living in namibia in the desert in the northwest for about 16 years now. i've been doing this job for about 23 years. >> when you bring people out into the wilderness and you show them around, what surprises them most? >> you see, matt, this is a

dramatic landscape that we live in, and in these areas, these arid areas there's not so much game and the game numbers are considerably less than in other places in africa, but because of the spectacular landscape, if you come around a bend and see a elephants or black rhino it blows them away. >> we were seeing that piece with the smaller creatures but i'd like to you talk about the larger ones. we've done a lot of work with black rhinos. how are they doing here? what are the challenges they face? >> at the moment they're doing very well. we live in the northwest, known as cokafelt. black rhino are the only that survive outside a national park. >> what do awe contribute that to? >> a lot of things, mainly the landscape itself, it is so inhospitable, rugged and barren that the game there, you know,

have learned to survive out there and it's difficult for people to get in there. on the other hand, i would say we live there with a very sympathetic community who are ally conservation-minded. >> i want to talk about that, there is a model of conservation that namibia has put into place that i know is working very well. basically and i'll let you explain it but the way i understand it is they give local communities an ownership. they have a -- they're proprietary over their local wildlife. >> absolutely. let me start by saying the communities in these areas are generally conservation-minded people. it's built into their culture. it's built into their ethics. base of that, that makes our job much easier. giving them ownership over the wildlife in their area and the fact that they can, book camps, take people on safari and take joint adventures with large safari companies and get some benefits to their people and empowerment over their wildlife

and natural resources is a very good thing, and it really helped maybe their success. >> is it something other countries are looking at as a model? >> namibia is today regarded as the number one country to adopt this strategy, and it's paying off and it's working very well. >> chris bakes, nice to have you here. chris it's a pleasure. >> thank you very much. >> really appreciate your time. >> all the best. >> we'll have much more ahead on this monday morning on the first day of where in the world is matt lauer, including some gifts and some clues for tomorrow. but first, this is "today" on nbc. ♪

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back now at 8:44, emmy nominated actress christina applegate is fondly remembered for her role as the ditzy kelly bundy on the sitcom "married with children." now she's finding success on another show about marriage and kids, "up all night" right here

on nbc and it's about a couple that has an extended adolescence, comes to a brief halt because this toey have to balance work, romance and a new baby. >> oh, yikes. >> maybe you want to just go and put on the, you know that see-throughy sweater you used to always wear, that's a nice one. >> no, actually the stain watches all the spit-up stains on this one. i love you. >> christina applegate, good morning. >> good morning. >> you are so funny in this thing and so is will arnett. there's a chemistry between the two of you that seems to jump off the screen. do you notice this as you're doing it? >> i felt like from the beginning will and i could sort of finish each other's sentences, that we have sort of a same sensibility, same sense of humor, and it's wonderful to work with him. i didn't have to work about how it was going to transpire because he picked up my rhythms and i picked up on his rhythms

and it felt really natural. >> it comes across on the screen and on top of that, the show has been picked up so congratulations on that. >> thank you. >> on top of that, you're on the cover of "tv guide." >> i guess so. >> as one of the funny women in prime time. how do you feel about all this? >> oh, there, i didn't know, okay, there it is. i feel good about that. i love the company that i was in, and the go irlz that they chose to be a part of this sort of, there's a three-cover thing. it feels really nice to be back and to be, for people to really like the show and like what we're doing and to be working with such amazing people. >> i think you need some compensation because as fun as it must be to work with will and with maya rudolph, who is so great, is that you're dealing with a show about early pare parenthood, at the same time when you yourself are dealing with early parenthood. >> all three of us have children under 1. will now has a 1, and

2-week-old. >> you're all coming to the studios sleep deprived. >> a mess. cranky but all inaudibly understand each other. when someone says oh god this one was up in the middle of the night sick and we're like i'm so sorry and everyone tries to help each other out which is nice. we know how tired the other one is. >> how does that inform then you think, how you do the show, how you do these scenes? there does when you watch them, there is a real feeling that you get what we have all gone through. >> i've played a parent before in my life, but never did i understand what it's like to love that hard, to be that afraid for their safety, to just love that much. so i think that really comes across with will and myself being parents, we have these two baby there is and we know what it's like to just want everything else to stop and only

want to be with them. >> for example, in the upcoming show, there's a scene the two of you try to go off and finally have a romantic night together. >> yes. >> all of the sudden one of your little daughter's socks shows up, i think pops out of will's -- >> out of one of my sexy, i'm trying to do this with, be sexy and our little sock jumps out of the clothes. >> all of the sudden the moment, you both go oh. that's a scene that might not be believable except you guys so totally believed that moment. because i felt it when, watching you. you're just so oh my -- because you do feel that. >> feel that all the time. >> ruins the mood. >> definitely. mark tine and i, things like that happen to us all the time. >> that's the moment. >> trying to be an adult. we look at the picture of her and everything stops. >> christina applegate you're so cute in this. i love watching new this. we wish you so much luck on both, both parts of your life

with the show and also with your mother new motherhood your child is 9 months old. >> yes. "up all night" airs wednesday nights at 8:00, 7:00 central time on nbc. coming up next matt shares a clue about his day two destination. first this is "today" on nbc.

♪ that's a nice shot looking across the lagoon at pelican point in namibia as we get prepared to wrap up our first two hours of day one of where in the world is matt lauer. i'm matt lauer along with savannah guthrie, and it is the time of the show, ann, natalie and al, that i think you always look forward to. it's a time where we bestow upon you the gifts. >> yes. >> here in africa i think we found some really, really nice things. so if you're ready, savannah, why don't you start with ann. >> ann, we all agree this is very you, made by the nama women in the southern part of the country, it's a table runner. it is bright and colorful. it's hand stitched, and it features a lot of different things from local life, some of the animals, the plants. it's really pretty. it will look great on your table. >> the colors are stunning. that's lovely. thank you so much. >> okay. oh you're welcome.

al, let's do you next. buddy, we got you a safari hat, but it's a little bit different. you're a hot guy. >> yes. >> you love hats. this one is a cloth safari hat but it's coated in wax on the inside and the out so a, you can wear it when you're covering hurricanes getting blown off balconies and b, you could actually, you can drink a beer out of it. you can fill this with liquid and drink out of it. >> a ten-gallon hat. >> it's very indiana jones. >> i like it. >> very indiana jones. >> i like that, thank you. >> looks good. and for nat, with e have this beautiful basket. it has a story behind it and demonstrates how resourceful the namibians are. this is hand woven but made out of telephone wire among other things. the more traditional would be to have palm leaves but it's an example of how the namibians use what is around them to in this case make a beautiful piece of artwork. >> that is stunning, beautiful.

>> yes, good. we hope you like all these things. savannah shopped for weeks while she's been down here. >> work something what i call it. >> i understand, ann, that some of our viewers have had some questions. >> that's right, the first one is interesting from tasha from cincinnati, ohio, and she e-mailed or texted here, how did all those ships end up in the desert? oh it's a twitter question. >> it's a good question. we showed you that one shipwreck in particular, the "edward bolan." that is almost a half a mile from where the atlantic and the desert meet, but when it ran aground in 1909, that's where the coastline was. that is how fast the coastline here changes, because of the winds and the moving sands. so although it looks like it's in the middle of the desert now and in some ways it is, that was the coastline back in 1909. >> very cool. and then we've got this one from alan g. from cleveland, ohio, here's a good one, with the

hectic pace of #whereismatt, do you really get the chance to enjoy the different locations you visit? >> on a normal day, not really, because i get in just a few hours before the destination, or before the show starts, but i got here saturday afternoon, always on monday i come the weekend before so i spend a little time. how long have you been here? >> almost a week, so we really got a chance to see the countryside, eat and drink, talk to the people. i think the people are the best part about this country. they're so friendly and welcoming. >> it's wonderful. listen, before we do any other questions i want to give you a clue for day two. >> put it up. >> on some truth here, we got a bad weather report from our day two destination, so we are now ad libbing. we are flipping locations. we're going to do what was going to be our day four location tomorrow, and our day two location will now become day four. weather has cropped up to influence our week. >> ooh. >> that's a big clue right

there. >> here is the clue for tom rose' show. don pardo might say it is a pin in earth in blue sea, its cup runneth over, high in the sky, where the best things can be free. >> what does that mean? >> who is going to know? >> batting a thousand with the clues, matty. >> is it snowing? what was happening in day two? >> was it snowing, raining? >> except for day four we'll have -- >> locusts. >> locusts? matt, thank you so much. we're back after your local news. >> i think we need that clue again. >> i don't think we want that clue again. clues don't make any sense! >> don pardo. >> meet in the sea. >> look at that shot! >> that is amazing. >> namibia, you got it right we're in one of the most amazing countries that i have been to in the ten years that i've been doing this series. i see someone gracefully running

towards the helicopter. covered in sand. news. 8:56 is your time on this monday, november 7, 2011. i'm eun yang. let's check in with tom kierein and your forecast. >> still quite cold. only around 40 degrees. we've got the bright sun and we have the fog continuing to dissipate. we'll have the sun with us throughout the rest of the day. right now, though, it is only in the upper 30s, low to mid 40s throughout much of the region.

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♪ how you like me now, how you like me now ♪ we're back with more of "today" on this monday morning, doing a little race here on the beach in namibia, pelican point. savannah has been practicing apparently. this is another very, very popular wayo see the desert areas and the shoreline areas around here. i have to figure out how to turn this off. i hope that's right, that little button. there we go. anyway, the key they're saying, turn the key. we're back here, more of "today" on this monday morning, november 4th, 2011, day one of our around the globe trek. i'm matt lauer along with savannah guthrie, and we've got a lot of stuff coming up, ann. >> so i understand, in fact one of the things i understand that you might have coming up is a little discussion about diamonds.

have you ever been able to check out those little sweet little things that come from namibia? >> ann keeps getting back to the diamonds. they are a girl's best friend. there's a long history going back to 100 years or so of diamonds being mind in the country. >> the diamond giant debeers shares 50% of the profits they make from mining diamonds here with the namibian government, and the area where the diamonds have been found has been largely closed off to the public, but we got a chance to take a trip into what's called the prohibited zone. >> wow. that sounds pretty interesting! >> reporter: they came from germany in the 1890s with dreams of endless grassland. and found 100 miles of desert. not exactly the promised land. but in 1908, all that changed when a worker picked up a shiny stone here around this former railway station. >> they confirmed that it was a diamond, and that really all

started the diamond rush around this area here. ♪ >> reporter: diamond town sprang up. thriving communities complete with bowling alleys, hospitals and dance halls. only to be abandoned 40 years later, swallowed up by the desert. debeers, the world's leading diamond company, still holds the exclusive diamond mining rights in namibia but now their focus is offshore. >> the future lies within diamond mining. >> reporter: there are 87 people working on board "the peace in africa." they direct the massive trawler that sucks stones and gravel from the ocean. on the deadmar pacific, they're drilling for diamonds >> this is a 24-hour operation. >> reporter: the material sorted for size and pass through an

x-ray examination that shows the diamonds flashing up through the stones. >> that's the thing that keeps us here. >> reporter: the sparklers get sealed up in cans with a bar code that makes it easy to track a diamond from the sea bed to the jeweler's store, preventing diamond theft is a challenge. >> we actually try to remove the opportunity for man and material to get together. hence you get a process like this. >> reporter: and the environmental laws are strictly enforced, there's on board waste management and nothing goes overboard except the gravel. this customer seems to agree. most importantly for namibians, they are stakeholders. >> every dollar that is earned from the mining operation, 85 cents of that goes back into the namibian economy. so it enables our people in the country to earn a living with pride. >> reporter: back in the capital, the raw diamonds are sorted and graded, and namibians are trained to cut and polish

their own national treasure. new york diamond company julius klein has set up a high-tech factory from where the best namibian gemstones will join a very exclusive club. it's called forever mark, and only 1% of the world's diamonds make the grade. >> for the first time, it gives consumers the opportunity to buy a diamond with full assurance that it's beautiful, that it's rare and most important that it's been responsibly sourced. >> reporter: a glittering gift reclaimed from the sands of time. and actually we have one of those beautiful diamonds with that tiny, tiny forever mark on it. savannah is holding that. >> yes, i am. this is worth about $30,000, and the mark on it is, of course you cannot see is with the naked eye but they tell us it's very precious indeed. >> we have someone who is standing just off camera ready

to confiscate it from you, because we don't trust you. >> thank you. i appreciate that. you know why don't you get out of here. >> i'm going to in a second. let me give you clue for tomorrow, the new tomorrow, "don pardo might say it's a pin in earth in blue sea, its cup runneth over, high in the sky, where the best things can be free. so that is it for me from namibia. savannah will stick around for a while. >> i will. >> what a pleasure. a lot of fun. al, ann, tamron, we have, we hope you have a great afternoon. we'll see you tomorrow morning from locations unknown. >> which way are you going? >> not toward the water. >> i'm going this way. >> have a safe trip, matt. thank you. >> watch the water! >> oh, my gosh. might take him a long time to get to wherever he's going with that thing. >> he's having a little trouble with this. >> he's moving, he's making some ground, covering some ground. go matt, go. let's keep talking because he's

got to keep driving. >> he's going to run out of sand eventually. >> all right, matt, thank you so much. let's talk about what we have planned coming up on this broadcast. >> that's right, but first we go inside and get checked out along with today's news from natalie morales. nat? >> good morning al, ann and tamron. two penn state officials step down overnight as they face charges that they covered up allegations of child sex abuse. at the center of the scandal is the football team's former defensive coordinator jerry sandusky, he was indicted this weekend on 40 counts of child sex abuse charges, spanning more than 15 years. penn state's revered football coach joe paterno issued a statement saying he is shocked and saddened by the news but he will not step down. greek leaders from rival political parties meet today as they hammer out the details on sunday's historic power sharing deal that forms a new unity government. embattled prime minister george

papandreou agreed to resign once details of the transition are complete. the greek economy has been teetering on the brink of collapse, threatening to endanger other european nations as well, especially italy. the wealth gap between older and younger americans has doubled since 2005. it is now the widest ever recorded. census officials say the economic downturn has left americans 35 and under saddled with housing and college debt, but with limited job opportunities. americans over 65 are more likely to have paid off their mortgages and other debts while accumulating stocks, savings and other investments. blink and you'll miss her, lindsay lohan was in and out of a los angeles county jail overnight, after reporting to serve her 30-day jail sentence for violating the terms of probation, but she was released just four and a half hours after her official booking, due to jail overcrowding. "puss in boots" was the cat's meow at the box office.

it snagged the top spot for the second week in a row taking $33 million. "tower heist" debuted in second place and "a very who are alleged and kumar 3d christmas" in third. christopher neimand who illustrates a column for "the new york times" magazine painted and sketched his experience running all 26 miles of the new york city marathon, tweeting images how he ran. how did he do that? he practiced that for months to master sketching and running at the same time. he reportedly didn't even stop as he sketched but i'm sure he probably slowed down. took him six hours, 11 minutes and 18 seconds to finish. truly remarkable, considering he's sketching all along the way. >> that should be put together in some book or something. it's impressive. i can't even draw like that while even if i'm sitting. >> i can't think of running in the marathon. ladies from south florida ran and out partying for 24 hours

later. >> amazing. amazing. another amazing person here in our audience is al, he's got a check of the weather. it's getting chilly out here. >> now i'm really depressed. this guy is a better cartoonist than me and ran faster than i did drawing. that's unbelievable. what's bunko? bunko? the bunko squad? by the way, i misspoke a long time ago in boston, nbc affiliate, current nbc affiliate whdh, nbc 7, my apologies to our ffiliate whdh, nbc 7. my apologies to our friends in boston. let's check your weather and see what's happening. we've got on two sides of the storm much different weather. ahead of the storm, we've got a risk of strong storms and tornadoes. behind it we've got winter storm watches, winter weather advisories an storm warnings. unbelievable stuff. a very, very severe storm, really starting to deepen and

cause problems. ahead of the system we could be seeing anywhere from three to five inches of rain in central and eastern oklahoma. behind it looking from 6 to 12 inches of snow back in the rockies. flagstaff, arizona, will see snow today. that's what's going on around the country. here is what's happening in your neck of the woods. good morning, bright sun and blue sky. a lot of the fog has >> and that's your latest weather. >> al, thank you so much. coming up next, we have got a former first lady, laura bush here in our studio along with daughters jenna and barbara. they are receiving a big honor, so we're excited to talk to them. and also our where in the

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>> i'm laura bush and i'll be your guest host "today," tuesday, april 22nd, 2008. >> that would make me her co-host. i'm matt lauer along with acacaaca ann curry and al roker. it's an honor, fun to have you for this half hour and hour. are you okay? >> i'm doing great. thank you very much. this is really fun. >> she came back for mo are. laura bush, barbara bush and jenna bush hager will be honored tonight for "glamour's" women of the year. cindy is the lifestyle contributor for "today." good morning, great to have you back with us. thanks for coming back. >> thank you very much. >> congratulations. you're being honored with the generations award and i know it has to be incredible given all the awards you received, just one last night for helping in the fight against malaria, but this one you get to share with your daughters. >> that's right. >> what is that like? >> makes it really fun. thank you very much, cindy and thanks to "glamour" magazine we're going to have a terrific

time tonight. draw attention to a lot of issues that we're interested in, that barbara and jenna and i are still interested in. >> you've been doing a lot of work on that front. cindy, the 21st class of "glamour" women, the women of the year, and tell me about these women. what are some of the qualities? i believe along with the bush ladies, leah michelle. >> jennifer lopez. >> spans the gamut. >> we look for role models. yuck or old we all need women to look up. the bushes are inspiring in a variety of ways. everybody this year from jennifer lopez who is coming off a terrific year on "american idol" to a young woman that many have never heard of, ezra adelle fatah, facebook girl, the new england egyptian woman who helped organize the popular uprising this year. an incredible range of women and each one of the women here with

us today could have been a winner in her own rite for the tremendous work they do on behalf of women and children and the world, but we were particularly drawn to the way mrs. bush, you have transmitted this desire to give back to the world to your daughters, because that's -- >> so true. >> -- how we learn what matters in the world. we watch our mothers and mother figures and make our decisions. >> that's right, they've been raised so well. barbara, the initiative you've been working on, this is one you founded called the global health court. tell me what b what you're doing. >> i founded global health corps two years ago with some partners and started to harness the passion and energy and skills of people in our generation to confront the global health challenges our world faces so every day we mobilize upstanding recent college graduates and young professionals to work within the global health field for a year in east africa, in newark, boston and d.c. and we're excited because our fellows are making an impact

this year. we know whatever they'll do throughout their career, they'll continue making a difference in global health. >> amazing. jenna, of course, we know all of your work around here at "today" but also very much involved with unicef as well as raising awareness to aids still. i imagine as a young girl you had plenty of role models in your family but who is the person who inspired you most? >> probably my mom. that's going to make me want to cry. a little emotional. >> we like tears around here. >> my mom and dad were so generous to take barbara and me on trips to africa and to latin america and we got to, you know they weren't trips. we got to witness pepfar and other government programs in action that really save lives. >> really broadened your heart. >> i remember holding a baby with hiv/aids sitting next to my mom, both of us and carrying that at the age of 19 or 20 with your mother and seeing the world through her eyes, it makes an impression on your age and

changes the trajectories of our careers. >> mrs. bush, even though you're not so much out front in the public spotlight anymore, you and president bush are very much involved with the bush initiative. >> that's right. we're working through the bush initiative which is, will be physically part of the bush library and museum but we've already started the programming and we just announced the pink ribbon, red ribbon partnership with the bush institute, with the komen foundation for the cure, the u.s. department and aids to use the pepfar platform jenna mentioned, the aids platform set up across africa and add to it treatment and vaccine for cervical cancer which is the predominant cancer in africa, and women die of it but now women are living who are hiv positive, because they are on arbs, and so we want to make sure they continue to live and don't die of cervical cancer. >> it's wonderful what you're

doing, and of course you've raised your girls so well. >> thank you. >> we probably put you through a little bit of a test, raising twin daughters had to be challenging. >> they were a challenge. >> mom. we were a good challenge. >> we have pictures of you challenging. is it jenna or barbara? first question, you girls can't help, okay? who dressed up as a vampiress for halloween in the first grade, jenna or barbara. >> barbara. >> very good. that's correct. ding, ding, ding. who still sleeps with her stuffed animal from childhood? >> barbara. >> oh, look! spiky, okay. who climbs out of their crib first? >> jenna climbed out of her crib first and barbara tried to get her to jump out. >> actually was successful, right? >> now both of your daughters

went to camp longhorn but one went to camp lorn longhorn ranch. >> barbara was the cowgirl, wanted to ride horses. >> i loved horses. >> jenna was swimmer so she went to maine. >> look at how great i was as a swimmer. >> a clown, very cute. last question i think i know the answer to, who always dreamed of starring in "les miserables." >> last night they said maybe i could be on broadway so my childhood dream could come true. >> tonight at carnegie hall perhaps. >> i may take over the stage. >> this is her in the viral video, performing around here, too. >> congratulations. >> thank you so much. >> cindy, you couldn't have picked better a great group of women. it's a great event.

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good morning. fog is dissipating. it's sunny. we're in the 40s. sunny and a bit warmer on tuesday. increasing clouds wednesday. might get a shower thursday. then friday into the weekend the sun returns. it will be chilly friday. a bit milder on saturday and sunday. highs near 60s both days with morning lows near 40. eun? >> more news, weather and

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if you're ready, look out below. >> sand skiing. >> oh, wow. >> wow! >> oh, my gosh. >> all right! look at that. >> wow. >> fun. >> doesn't get much cooler than that, matt's day one of the five-day secret location adventure known as where in the world is matt lauer. of course we know the answer now for day one, namibia in the southwestern part of africa. tomorrow, who knows? matt just took off about literally about a minute ago. chopper takes off, we can hear savannah whining about something. >> savannah is still there. >> the chopper takes off, pretty cool. look at that. it's a two-chopper remote. i like it. hey, savannah? >> reporter: now i hear nothing. >> she's got an incredible

adventure coming up, sand skiing or surfing or something going on. >> pretty cool, can't wait. >> coming up, couples go out to dinner, go to a movie but now apparently the new thing is going under the knife together. yes. i know it is the latest trend in plastic surgery, we'll tell you why they are holding hands and i guess getting a fresh face. >> nice. >> you wake up, who are you? >> who are you? >> that is not the woman i married. >> whoa, this is a great deal! >> come on! you may as well go through it together, right? the sisters behind "d.c. cupcakes" gave up their high powered careers to follow their dreams and business is booming. they're here to share the secrets and recipes of the cupcake diaries. can't wait to get my mouth into one of their cupcakes. >> wow. a little sugar shock. >> i'm like a kid. but it felt so good.

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>> you become one with the ocean, with the air. ♪ all the other kids with the pumped up kicks ♪ >> reporter: to the south they zoom across the water at up to 65 miles an hour. ♪ run, baby, run, faster >> reporter: on the dunes adr adrenadren adrenalin junkies agree, who needs snow when you've got sand? ♪ >> it's a phenomenal rush as you go down. >> reporter: even at 79 years old, daryl park was ready to dust the competition. >> this is something unique to namibia. i really love this, by the fifth time.

>> reporter: henrik may began snow skiing at 4 years old. now he holds the guinness world record for sand skiing. and who holds the record for clumsiest first attempt? ready. don't you get sand in your eyes, mouths and ears? >> yes, close the mouth and try not to breathe too much. >> reporter: try not to breathe too much? i'm scared. ahh! oh, my gosh, ahh! ahh! ♪ it's got to be a good life >> reporter: i conquered the dune. queen of the hill -- ♪ -- time now for a tranquil spin but the savanna. what's the worst that can happen? >> holy cow!

>> reporter: it happens on youtube but here there's nothing much around. and you could ride a long time and never see a single living soul. >> absolutely, particularly through this area you can spend three days on a bike and not see an anyone else. >> reporter: sounds like a great idea. ♪ brighter than the sun >> reporter: we had the best time traveling around this country, so exciting. it has everything to offer and if you want to plan your own namibian adventure, find out how we did it, to find the best guides, go to today.com. natalie, al, and tamron, i'm off. i'll try to get out of here without running over the cameraman. >> that's good, yes. that's always a tip, don't teki the crew. >> you need them. >> there you go. >> doing good. back to base camp. >> reporter: woo! >> she's getting into the spirit now, waving. >> awesome.

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it's less taboo for men. >> reporter: it's becoming more popular as well as accepted, a nip here, a tuck there, a quest for the fountain of youth. and doctors now say more and more patients are coming in for cosmetic procedures hand in hand. when ira and roberta almeaus got married 20 years ago they took a vow to grow old together but today their vision is to grow young together. this is a consultation with dr. mitchell chase i don't know for cosmetic procedures. he's noticed a trend in couples for two. >> years ago a wife comes in, i can't let my husband know what i'm doing and the husband would come in and say you no he what? this is a secret. please don't tell my wife. today it's much more common for couples to talk to each other, to reinforce the positive aspects of these cosmetic

treatments. >> reporter: this husband simply is trying to keep up with his wife. >> if you're going to look good, i want to look good, so we just sort of formulated and worked out to be exactly what you know, what the doctor ordered. >> reporter: after a consultation, the couple undergoes advanced three-day imaging to get a key look at the imperfections beneath the surface of their skin. >> three-dimensionally the structure of the face and the areas where aging occurs first. how do you feel? >> i don't feel anything. >> reporter: then it's showtime, botox, fillers and laser treatments. >> doesn't hurt at all. >> now i'm nervous. >> reporter: ira and roberta had minimally invasive work to help slow the signs of aging. according to the american academy of plastic surgeons, couples are also taking the plastic surgery plunge and going under the knife together. >> i think the reason why we get to see this more often is because men are becoming more comfortable with this, and since they take care of their significant others through the

process and see everything turns out okay they feel they can go forward as well. >> reporter: the moral support goes a long way to a faster recovery. >> it's really important to have your spouse or significant other be there for you psychologically. the support is really one of the most important parts. >> it should be a joint decision because the end result impacts both persons. it was something we've supported each other both physically and emotionally. >> reporter: three months later, this couple says they are seeing results. >> roberta always looked great. she had crows feet around her eyes that are gone over here. i mean i just think she looks refreshed. >> i think he looks great. he looks maybe more like his facebook picture. >> which is 20 years younger. i think it's a great experience to grow younger together and i think it's nice, because we feel a little bit more refreshed, a little bit more energy and it's just another part of our life together that we're sharing.

>> to talk more about it, dr. nancy snyderman is with me. good morning. >> hey, tamron. >> why is this a hot trend with couples? >> it's destigmatized with men. men are saying because it's açó competitive workforce, we used to make fun of men for taking care of the color of their hair. now it's fillers, it's if you are 50-some and looking for work you present better if you're in your 40s, and for a the lo of couples they seem to like the couple thing which cracks me up. >> botox is popular with men but some of the more popular things with men and women, botox, fillers, all that stuff. >> the number one plastic surgery procedure if you take away the sort of noninvasive stuff we talked about and talk about the real surgery, it's still rhinoplasties, nose jobs and blephyrplasty, getting rid of the bags under the eyes. doctors do the procedures well. >> the most important thing is

safety, it should be. ira and roberta had nonevasive. you can get a bad doctor. >> talk about a field where you have to do homework. someone must be board certified, don't rush into this stuff. >> cheaper is not always better. >> cheaper is many times not better, and i wouldn't, this is not necessarily going out of the country for. do your shopping. >> psychologically what do you think? >> psychologically for a lot of people it's a real up. i can't say there's any downside. most couples aren't necessarily going to do this but we over the years sort of poopooed it and the trend keeps going and going and going, here to stay. the couple seems happy. no college tuition for their kids but they're fine. >> oh, come on, they can do both. thank you. >> you bet. making your sweet dreams come true, the secret of the cupcake diaries. first this is "today" on nbc.

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♪ cupcakes, cupcakes >> reporter: couldn't we have gotten a more down song maybe? this morning in -- "today's kitchen, cupcakes," step by step. sophie and calinas spent their years watching grandma bake and dreamed of having their own place. we met them in 2008 before president obama's inauguration, they opened up georgetown cupcakes and sharing their recipes in a book "the cupcake diaries." good to see you guys. >> good to see you. >> congratulations on the success. shop in d.c., one here and a new cookbook. are you guys still pinching yourselves? >> yes, it's been phenomenal, a lot of fun filming the show in tlc, a dream come true. >> we're making a cupcake for the seasons. >> pumpkin spice cupcake, great for thanksgiving. one of my favorite recipes, easy

to make and also in our cookbook, too. sophie you want to start? >> sure, two and a half cups all purpose flour. three teaspoons of baking powder, two teaspoons of cinnamon and a teaspoon of nutmeg and all spice. >> got all of the flavors and scents of the season. >> half a teaspoon of salt, put these together and set them aside. in the mixer two sticks of butter and two cups of sugar. we'll mix that up and going to cream that until it's light and fluffy. this is a great tool if you don't have a sifter at home, use a whip. we have four large eggs, we put one in at a time. two, three, and then -- >> four, yeah! and is this canned pumpkin? >> this is canned. you can roast your own pumpkin and puree. that's one and a half cups. right into the mixer.

>> wheno we start adding the flour in? because we're going to run out of time here. >> add two tablespoons of honey. >> there we go. >> always a problem for me is getting the flour in. >> add the flour. >> and you, too. i don't feel so bad. >> you mix that up. once it's fully incorporated, this is the frost. >> that's my favorite. >> put these into the oven for 325 for 25 to 30 minutes. >> boom. >> frosting, we've got eight ounces of cream cheese. >> 12 ounces of cream cheese. >> sorry. >> it's on the website, don't worry, 8, 12. >> a cup of sugar. >> eight table spoons of butter. >> vanilla. >> what is the secret to making it look good? >> starting from the center, putting a lot of pressure down, going around and stopping in the middle with a burst of pressure. >> looks like mr. softy.

>> we served knethese at my wedg day. >> catherine and sophie, thank you so much. coming up, we've got hoda and kathie lee. >> hi. >> tune in tomorrow to find out matt's next where in the world location. we thank those in the safari for the incredible show from namibia. >> is that mine? is that rude i'm so sorry but it's delicious. >> they brought more cupcakes back here, so good. we got more kathie lee and hoda coming up. first your local news and weather. >> thank you, i don't mind if i do!

breaking news. haz mat crews along the scene of a gas leak along massachusetts avenue near q street. buildings are being evacuated as the fire department monitors the air levels. no one has been hurt. this is affecting the roads. parts of massachusetts avenue are closed. let's go right to danella see lock. massachusetts avenue is closed. this is between florida avenue and dupont circle. also seeing p street as well as q street closed between 22nd and 20th street. in addition, 21st street is closed between r street and p street.

we're talking road closures as well as evacuations. we're on it all morning. here is tom with a look at the weather. >> sunny now, climbing to near 50 later today. sunny tomorrow with highs upper 60s, increasing clouds on wednesday. thursday a small chance of a passing shower. otherwise cloudy. friday sunny and chilly. sunny and cool for the weekend. barbara sf. >> thank you very much. coming up on "news 4 midday," we'll take a look at some of the hottest toys this holiday [ male announcer ] does your cable company keep charging you more... and more... and more? stop paying so much for second best. upgrade to verizon fios and get tv, internet and phone for our best price online: just $89.99 a month guaranteed for two years. you save $600. go to verizon.com/greatprice to sign up now and get $300 back with a two-year contract. fios is a 100% fiber-optic network that delivers superior picture quality, more hd, plus america's fastest,

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captions paid for by nbc-universal television it's a gorgeous fun day monday here in new york city, november 7th. it was a perfect weekend for the marathon that just came and went. it goes quickly when you're not in new york. >> and not in it. >> that's what i mean. >> so matt lauer. we've been waiting and wringing our hands all week. >> they keep it tightly secured in a vault where he is going. >> now we know where our matt went. >> okay. he's in namibia.

>> look at that form. watch matt. >> that is sand, by the way. >> he is in africa. matt went to namibia. it shows what a beautiful undestroyed country it is. >> people are going to want to book a vacation to anymoria after this. >> a lot of shipwrecks were there because that's dangerous water and the winds. >> it's crazy. >> i've got to say, watching matt go down that sand dune just, you know when something makes you proud to work somewhere? i love working on this shoeshgs it's such a cool place. >> the producers get there ahead of time and do gorgeous work. matt shows up after a 36-hour flight, gets off, refreshed somehow, looks great, skis.

then does stand-up without making a mistake. easy to hate him if we didn't love him. he's adorable. >> we'll find out where he will be tomorrow. today, lindsay lohan is not in jail. >> she is not in jail. >> she went. she showed up. >> dressed for jail. >> she had a 30-day sentence that was quickly reduced to 4 1/2 hours. >> yeah. i don't know why they bother any more. with overcrowding. >> but who is sitting in those cells? are thee serial murders or what? why can't one make a little room for lindsay so lindsay can stay in prison long enough to learn a lesson to perhaps maybe save her life one day. what's it going to take? >> yeah. this was the probation violation from her dui. >> she can't recall which dui. we cannot remember. >> and the shoplifting was another thing. at the end of the day, she hasn't been in prison for that long for the number of laws

she's been charged with breaking. >> here is the thing. somebody says they haven't been -- there are the various mug shots. >> oh, my gosh. >> if she was out on the road, let's say, and hadn't learned her lessons and started taking drugs again or getting drunk, somebody could be killed. there is potential until she gets help for other people to be hurt. >> you're right. last time she was in jail for 90 days. she was sentenced 90, served 14. now she is sentenced to 30 and served 4 1/2 hours. >> here is the thing that bothers me. she had 14-19 therapy sessions. blew them off. blew off 12-20 shifts at a woman's shelter. she is saying to the system, thanks anyway, in another way. that sends a bad message to other young people. >> i agree. it does. >> honestly, you guys, we are not making fun of ear at all

because it's not funny at all. i feel for this young would. i think this is going to end badly. everybody is going to come out of the woodwork and say nobody helped her. time to help her is now. >> you're right. >> like all the people are saying about michael jackson. we are about to get a verdict in that. where was somebody that was so concerned about him at the time. >> that's a good point. >> where are you? you have an opportunity to help her, you are obligated to do something. >> now we have another page, another chapter in the book of the justin bieber paternity accusation. >> my head is going to explode. >> justin bieber has agreed to take the paternity test. now he says if he is not the father, he is going to go after her legally, this woman. >> does that mean he is saying there is a chance? >> maybe he knows he's not the father and is saying, i'm going to do this because you requested it. if i'm not the mother or when

i'm not, it's going to come back on you. she has wiggle room to say, on second thought i don't want you to take the test. sounds like there is a possibility she could do that, if she wanted. >> this young lady is not in the girl scouts, if you know what i mean. the little we know about her, there is a little history there already. >> according to one of the papers, she told her boyfriend it was his baby. >> at the time. then didn't she beat up, allegedly, somebody? >> i don't know. >> have you ever beat up anybody in your life? what is wrong with these people? they all went on "the jerry springer show." who beats up people? >> i don't know. >> i want to hear from you if you beat up somebody just because you wanted to. because they were there. come on. matt, no. never did. >> we are going to have this is buzz but looks like kim

kardashian may be giving the old college try to heal her relationship, according to some reports. she went to minnesota to be with kris humphries' family and kris. they went to counseling with the pastor who married them. >> who is a very devout man. if you saw the service, he laid the law down about what god says marriage is and god requires of two people who make an oath before god and the assembly of their loved ones. he is a real deal this guy. i was glad to see she did it. if nothing else, just to make amends, if she is feeling embarrassed and feeling like people let them down. >> i think she had no idea the backlash. >> she probably said, let me do this. >> she needs to do it, no matter what the end result will be for the marriage. the wedding was lovely. >> what was your girl up to this weekend? >> my little girl cass. i'm exhausted. my first weekend off in nine wakes because of aimee back and forth. it was so much fun.

cass was one of the roles in a show. >> where are her pants? >> they're on. she's got bicycle shorts underneath there. that's vodka. she is swilling vodka and throwing it on different members of the cast. it's all in the play. she plays a saucy little number. we took video of her. it was a lot of fun. it's weird to watch your daughter playing a role that is completely different from herself. all of a sudden first fight all the lacrosse team came in and was watching. second night the football team. final night was soccer. boy, are they cute boys these days. >> they seem older than when we were kids. >> yeah. and they are just cute. >> more manly. anyway -- >> scares the hell out of me. >> speaking of not wearing pants. >> cass was wearing little bicycle shorts. >> we often wear spanx on this program. we decided.

on our facebook page, people are always saying, your spanx are showing. it's fine. we decided we are going to put this up any time it happens. i didn't believe we showed that much, but let's see. >> apparently you had quite the day the other day. >> let's show everybody. wearing the old spanxarooni. >> thank you for taking care of me. >> that's mean. >> i think the whole world should be grateful we actually wear underwear with, you know what i mean? in the world we live today, i think we are fine upstanding citizens that are actually wearing something that covers everything. >> you've got something on i

love. >> i love, i love. i met a young man in seattle named randy. he signed a deal with disney for these. these are added to, they call it sheer enchantment. what a 58-year-old woman is doing wearing fairies on her leg is a question of taste, but aren't they cute? that was supposed to be the trend setter for tomorrow. who is cooler than me? >> nobody. >> they are called commandhos. find them where you can get them. good luck. >> you know when you wear a sweller and you want a collared shirt under them and they are so bulky. here is the skinny shirt. put your sweater on just to show. >> do you have something else underneath it, as well? >> just a tank top. you don't have to.

>> then the little collar pops out. >> why don't you just get yourself a nice dickey, if you know what i mean? >> i don't know what you mean. >> it's in the winter time. it's longer. it feels good. that's the one you've got to get. >> for post menopausal women, that's not the answer. >> you have a sweater on, it's already cold. >> haven't been cold in years. >> it's kind of expensive, 76 buck bucks, but it's worth it. >> thank you, britney. >> hi, sara. what you got? >> i am a practical favorite thing. this is called a speed shine sponge. now it's getting into boot season. you can get them at any superstore under $10. for jackets or shoes, just shine it up rather than worrying about getting it shined before you wear that pair of boots. it's easy. i love it. practical. >> it is delicious. >> it is autumnal.

>> it's caramelized something. >> apples? >> margarita. >> whatever. you know thanksgiving is coming up. it's really one of my very favorites. it is because all you got to do is be together and be grateful. the simplicity of that, i love. >> no presents. >> what are we going over to talk to you about? we want to know what you're thankful for. >> yes. we want to know what you're thankful for. like our page to enter. >> why do i always look like the weirdo in these things? >> tell us what you're thankful for. you'll be entered to win a trip to new york city for four. watch the macy's thanksgiving day parade and two nights at the mandarin which is an amazing hotel. they will be announced november 17th. >> thank you, sara. >> we are going down to orlando.

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>> it is such an emotional movie. it got a big splash and is nice to give a second go at it. >> harvey is very smart. >> very smart. >> i think kristin scott thomas should get one. >> you've been married a long, long time, same lady, raised two great kids in hollywood with a very vibrant career. what is the best advice you can give to a parent out there? >> out there? i don't live out there. i have a place there to do the show, but really, we still live here in new york. >> i mean in the world, in life. >> oh, the world. >> everywhere. >> my god. >> what have you done right, you and your wife? >> laughed a lot. being very honest with each other. i think that's it. that's the key, laughed a lot and try to respect each other's point of view even when they are very opposite. realize you're not going to change that other person. >> there you go. >> you're not going to change them. >> or you're going to die trying to. >> aidan, thank you.

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we are back on this fun day monday with "today's buzz" keeping up with a busy weekend in tinseltown. >> here is our dynamic duo. hello, ladies. >> hi! >> it was a busy weekend. >> talking about lindsay lohan. we heard she spent 4 1/2 hours in jail. >> she must be exhausted. >> yes. all she was there for was four hours. she checked in at 9:00 last night. i think she was more exhausted from trying to crash leo decaprio's party the night before. she talked her way, tried to get to leo. his bodyguards kept her away and she made everybody uncomfortable there. >> i don't think she realizes how much of a fool she is

looking to people, so desperate. it is such a cry for help. >> did she ever shoot that "playboy" spread? >> she did. she did that right before going to the leo decaprio party and was still dressed in her hair and make-up. what is sad for lindsay, the judge said she cannot leave the country. that's going to cut into her income. she has -- well, she has a modeling shoot, $500,000 modeling shoot in germany. she has to be there by the middle of november. >> she is not -- she shouldn't be able to go anywhere, right? >> exactly. >> she is not going to be able, who knows if she can do that gotti movie because she has to work 15 days for the coroner in the morgue. >> maybe that's the thing. i can no longer live my life this way. if i want the benefits of my life, i need the perks. >> let's move on to the

kardashians. we saw kim kardashian in minnesota. what do you think the story is there? >> she flew in at 5:30 in the morning. apparently can't sleep. thank goodness she went. apparently kris humphries found out about his own divorce on the internet. when he saw his divorce papers online. that is no way to learn. >> that is not true. he knew it was coming. >> i don't think she expected the heat from this that she is getting. some of the tweets have been rather dead-on and cruel. they said her sex tape was longer than her marriage. and that she should have married the lockout because it would be over in 72 days as opposed to this. >> is this just a pr thing to meet the family or a real shot at reconciliation? >> let's hope it's not pr. when she got married, the pastor, joel johnson. he was serious. he said they discussed marriage, how it was a sacred commitment.

she met with the pastor and kris four hours yesterday. let's hope this was a real effort to try and sort things out. >> they had their way with the kardashian crowd. if you're going to be in the spotlight. >> they even increased viewership for the program. people tend to like train wrecks this has all the appearance of a train wreck. it might be beneficial. >> it's very difficult for people who have been absolutely worshipped and adored and put on a pedestal. look what happened with tiger woods. when you've been nothing but adored and there is a whole different feeling coming at you. many people don't have the skills to deal with something like that. >> i agree. i don't think she expected that backlash. >> weekend box off. "puss and boots" is still at number one. >> i adored that movie. i thought it was so sweet. >> eddie murphy's movie was in second, "to you e heist." >> not surprised.

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it is time for "today's style." we make getting dressed in the morning so much easier. >> what's more difficult than throwing on a skirt and tights unless you're not sure how to put that ensemble together? here is "in style's" fashion feature editor. >> how are you? >> thank you. >> it's the ongoing struggle. >> there are a lot of options. a lot of times you get stuck with one style you think works

best on you. it's about finding the right proportions and pairings. there are a lot of options this season. >> we like options. >> let's start with the mini, shall we? you always think that's for the young girls. show us what we've got in terms of the mini. we have marie and sherry. >> marie is wearing a short version. the key k, tights are a great option to take it out of the youthful zone. pair it on top with something that's got coverage. you don't want -- this is a good instance when less is not necessarily more. feel free to cover up when you're wearing a short mini. >> where is the mini supposed to hit? >> mid thigh to a few inches above the knee. sherry is wearing a slightly longer version. >> marie has the shorter. >> how does she sit down in that mini? >> carefully. >> you have to be very honest about your legs before you wear that. not everybody is made for a mini

skirt. >> with the high boots, it can cover up, if you're concerned about your calfs, a high boot with structure looks this chic. >> thanks, ladies. >> the skirt most people wear that stops around the knee. >> the knee length is really what is considered the most universal. >> noelle and chelsea. >> hello, ladies. >> chelsea is wearing a version that is most familiar to all of us. this is probably hanging up in our closet. it's a pencil skirt. this can be very sexy. they are flattering. this has built-in shapewear which we love by yummy tummy. we layered something on top of it. we belted it so that it preserves this nice hour glass silhouette. >> for noelle, when you have a fuller cut, you can tuck things in and that will preserve your

nice hour glass. >> very pretty. thanks, ladies. next is the midi. >> midi is defined by something that falls a few inches below the knee or a few inches above the ankle. >> which is very sexy. very "mad men." >> it's gorgeous and versatile. we love the versatility of the midi. you can wear with flats, heels or boots. you've got two options that are very different. you've got a fuller silhouette on melanie. you've got a narrower silhouette on lauren. you must emphasize your waist or you're going to look boxy. >> little house on the prairie. >> we've done it two different ways. with a belt on melanie and laurie we have a great cropped jacket from american eagle. >> the long hemline. we have tasha and chloe coming out. pretty, too. >> i love them. >> skirts are so versatile.

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whether you've got a birthday party or started your holiday shopping, we have the hottest toys of the year. >> "parents" magazine did the homework and must-have play things for children 1-10. we are starting with the little

baby. >> babies love sophie. she is ready for a bath. this toy floats, squeaks, squirts water. this is a bath toy. it comes with these waterproof sophie books. sophiedirectusa.com. and we have elmo. >> this is going to be a hot toy. wait until you rock out with him. he's "let's rock elom." he comes with bongo drums, a tambourine. >> we love it. >> this is a robot that is not only fun, but educational. it will help them with fine motor skills and shape and color development. >> what age is this for? >> 18 months and up. it's $30. a well-made toy.

>> what is anya playing with. >> play-do is still popular with the kids. you have a pizza shop. you can make toppings, crust, make cheese. $15 toys "r" us.com. >> i remember everybody was crazy over these. >> the kids want to get in on the action. what we love about these style and ride scooters, they come with ten clips and 70 stickers. they can personalize, design, initials, everything. >> good to see those kids getting along. >> hoda and kathie lee, we made two for you. >> are you okay? you're stuck on this. $40. >> having a meltdown. >> did she get hurt?

>> you guys are okay, right? >> yes. >> laughing is good. >> there used to be a toy up here. >> hasbro's classic game got a makeover. four in a row still wins. it's $20. fun, interactive game. >> everyone is having a problem. >> when it's together, it's a super fun game. >> i'm sure. fantastic. >> these are going to be the sleeper hit of the holiday. >> i hope they do something they are supposed to do. >> they talk. they have conversations. they tell jokes. they can dance to music. they are interactive 6 and up. look how cute. >> they are. kids are going to love these. >> he wants one. >> taking everything he wants. okay. >> what is down at the end there? >> last but not least, we have

quinn on the psycho cycle. it's a unicycle with training wheels. >> you guys all did really well. >> don't worry. >> up next, bottom's up.

guess what? there is something good about the weather. gives you an excuse to warm up. australian's world-renowned bartender, hayden wood known as woody, is here to help us do that. >> woody will be stirring up cocktails and fabulous food. today he's got winter drinks. we are a little afraid of you, be honest. your reputation precedes you. >> we are making drinks for thanksgiving. i had my first thanksgiving here a few years ago. >> you should have it in

australia. you're thankful people. >> my brother-in-law is in boston. we are putting in milk, cream. could you give that a little wisk there? >> it's not in her contract. >> she is very good. we'll add a little bit of sugar. >> two cups. >> it's like an egg nog. we'll make a spicy liquer. >> over here we have cinnamon cloves and nutmeg. i know you're questionable about muddled drinks. >> some people call it my woody, you can call it my muddler. i would like you to pound. spices. >> careful. i know how to pound.

>> that will do it. >> why don't you buy the spices that are already ground up? >> it's so much fun to do this. we'll put that in a dry pan. >> i love that. >> there is a nut in there. >> you crushed plenty of nuts. you're going to add some rum to that. >> oh, if you only could have smellevision. >> it will imfuse the flavors with the spices. we'll strain this off. >> look how thick that is. >> we make homemade liquers. generally, what happens if you go out and buy the man underwear or something like that, it's boring. look at that. look how beautiful that looks. >> where is the alcohol part? >> he put rum in. >> taste that. >> if i get salmonella

poisoning. >> last time i had that i took underwear off. >> that takes a lot like nutmeg but lighter. >> do your thing. >> we are going to make a blended drink. caramelized apple and cinnamon margarita. >> that was delicious. that's a home run. >> it's like drinking apple sauce with tequila in it. >> we've got the caramelized apple and cinnamon strudel you would normally put in pie. sweet and sour here. can we pour together? the party that pours together stays together. i know it's booze day -- >> it's fun day monday. >> do it. >> you all want one badly. >> i'm trying to help. >> you're very helpful. >> you are great. >> woody, who is better than you?

>> come to the fabulous food show in cleveland. >> thank you. don't be frightened, tomorrow stephen king is going to be here. try to find your will power and your sexy self. >> really? >> i don't know. >> have a great day. tomorrow is booze day tuesday. don't miss it. thanks, woody. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com