vietnam, 1967. good morning. i got mine in iraq, 2003. u.s.a.a. auto insurance spreading scandal, thousands at penn state attend a vigil for is often handed down from generation to generation, the alleged victims of sex abuse because it offers a superior level of protection as the assistant coach who first and because u.s.a.a.'s commitment to serve reported the allegations was put the military, veterans, and their families on leave after receiving death threats hours before today's is without equal. game. this morning, we'll hear about begin your legacy. get an auto insurance quote. one man's disturbing encounter u.s.a.a. we know what it means to serve. as a child with the man accused of rape and is sex abuse. rescues and this morning, details of a daring rescue operation that brought him home alive. and seeing is believing as an american surges his way into the record books by riding a wave 90 feet high. today is saturday, november wave 90 feet high. today is saturday, november 12th, 2011. captions paid for by nbc-universal television ♪happy birthday to you.

happy birthday to you.♪ ♪happy birthday, happy birthday. good morning, everyone. welcome to "today" on a ♪happy birthday to you. saturday. i'm lester holt. >> and i'm amy robach. >> look who surfed in. welcome back from your where in keurig has a wide variety of gourmet coffee the world add venture. >> good morning. and tea to choose from. the good news is it is 8:00 p.m. keurig is the way to brew fresh, for me now, so i am wide awake. delicious coffee in under a minute. >> welcome back. we're following the scandal way to brew. sweeping penn state. so with keurig, every cup we first heard about the tastes like it's brewed just for you. allegations one week ago. in that short amount of time, the story has exploded and with because it is. each day, we are learning new revelations. they are disturbing, tragic and for many, difficult to comprehend. also, our exclusive interview with dr. can rad murray. he did not take the stand in the trial thaended with a guilty verdict, but michael jackson's former physician did talk to our savannah guthrie in a very revealing interview.

he explained why he was trying to wean jackson from propofol and if he bears any responsibility in the pop singer's death. then the mystery of a missing toddler from washington state. his mother says she left her 2 yoerld son in the car when she went to look for gas. when she returned, he was gone. authorities are searching for the little boy, but at the same time, they're taking a closer look at the mother's statement and is she telling the truth? we're going to get more on that ahead. it's been 50 years since the release of the "westside story." the dancing, the snapping. everyone about it was so good morning. fortunate. it's 8:26 on this saturday. he talked to some of the actors. i'm angie goff. i promise you, the songs will anne arundel police are get stuck in your head, too, as investigating a double shooting. it happened before midnight in they've been in mine for the the parking lot of arun dale last several weeks. >> lots to get to. park mall in hanover, maryland. let's begin, though, with the scandal that continues to right now police do not have any rock penn state. the allegations of a cover-up details but they're looking for

a dark or silver suv seen aurld have cost coach joe paterno his the area at the time of the job. now the man who first reported shooting. if you have any information call the shocking charges of child sex abuse is reportedly receiving death threats and 410-222-8610. won't participate in today's 48 hours after being home game, a game that have many kidnapped, nationals catcher wilson ramos is safe and sound. concerned about security. ramos, seen here in the red hat, ron mott is live in state was taken at gunpoint late college, pennsylvania. wednesday night. good morning. >> reporter: lester, good morning to you. overnight the venezuelan for all new practical purposes, national guard and police found penn state university is under him alive in a remote new management. there is a new president, a new mountainous area and performed athletic director and a new head an airborne rescue operation. football coach for the first they also arrested three of his time in 40 years. 'legend abductors. yesterday, the new president said he hopes to re-orient the today the national cathedral campus culture here so that opens after the east coast going forward, no one on penn earthquake 12 weeks ago. it damaged four pinnacles on the state's campus will ever again feel afraid about stepping land mac. forward and doing the right today's events include the thing. yesterday, the board announced the formation of a special consecration of rev rand dr. committee that is going to be mariann budde, she's the first charged with a special investigation here on this campus to determine exactly what woman selected as an episcopal went wrong, what changes need to bishop. be made and that include more actually one more story. four metro stations on the green

staff changes to those we've line are closed this weekend for already seen. track work. ken frazier, the president and waterfront, navy yard, anacostia the ceo of -- timetable on when and congress heights will reopen that report is going to be ready monday morning and shady grove and rockville will close for infection, lester. >> ron, a big home game tonight. free shuttle buses will run between the closed stations. obviously there today for the football team. any increase in security you're seeing? >> reporter: yes, indeed. you drive into the complex this morning, you can see the security has been beefed up. it's quite evident. nebraska officials expressed concern with security after what ♪ we saw wednesday night with the explosion on campus after the ♪ announcement of joe paterno's firing and mike mcqueary [ multiple sounds making melodic tune ] received threats and will no ♪ longer take place in today's game. he's been placed on indefinite leave. [ male announcer ] at northrop grumman, there is a big presence of security here on the campus every innovation, every solution, today, lester. comes together for a single purpose -- >> ron mott in state college, to make the world a safer place. pennsylvania. thank you. the man at the center of this scandal, jerry sandusky that's the value of performance. founded a children's northrop grumman.

chairpersonty, called the second mile, and one former member is speaking out about what happened to him when he was part of the group. >> reporter: sandusky founded the second mile in 1977 to help disadvantaged kids. sandusky was the charity's biggest booster, helping to raise millions of dollars from wealthy donors and major corporations and recruiting high profile honorary board members when he spokes to whvl's penn state tailgate show in 2007, he was enthusiastic about what second mile is doing for kids. >> opportunity to see some special young people overcome some challenges in their life and go on to lead a life of excellence. >> but years before any reports of sexual abuse reached authorities, sandusky's conduct made some second mile children uncomfortable. >> anytime we were in the car, driving anywhere, his hand, it was a given, that his hand would be on my thigh. and, you know, i just knew that good saturday morning. that was not the way any other

adult man in my life touched me. i'm "news 4" meteorologist chuck bell. >> troy craig attended second we're going to have beautiful weather throughout the course of mile summer camps more than 20 your weekend. a little on the mild side as years ago. well. temperatures in the high 50s to from ages 11 to 14. he says sandusky lavished him 60s. a bit of a south breeze and a with attention, taking him to bit of a west-southwest wind penn state football games and introducing him to players in tomorrow. the locker room. a nice stretch of warm weather he wasn't sexually abused, but is on the way. after a while, he says, there angie? >> thank you, chuck. a full hour of local news, were too many hugs and too much weather, and sports is coming up touching. at 9:00. >> i remember him coming up we're going have a live report behind me and, you know, trying from the reopening of the to make a joke of it, but all national cathedral. the same just feeling kind of -- until then, stay with us. no, stop it, stop that. >> according to the grand jury reports, sandusky met every one of his victims through second mile programs. now there are questions about whether top charity executives we're back on this saturday here may have protected him for morning, november 12th, 2011. years, just like penn state officials are alleged to have 12 days until thanksgiving. done. the grand jury report discloses it doesn't seem possible. >> you have to go out and buy a there was an investigation in turkey. >> you have to unfreeze it, you 1998 into allegations that sandusky was showering and have to thaw it. rockefeller plaza tree is right groping young boys in the penn state locker room. there. it's arrived. we always look forward to the no charges were filed and it's not clear if charity officials tree being lit the week after

were ever informed. thanksgiving. it's an electrifying time here in 2002, jack rakovich was told on the plaza. a lot of people coming from all about a new allegation, again, around the world. involving sandusky and a young it's the most famous thing out boy in the locker room shower. here on the plaza. i'm amy robach along with lefrt the charity took no action and sandusky continued to holt. participate in second mile i want to thank everyone from coming out and enjoying this day programs. with us. coming up, we're going to have nfl hall of famer frank o'haris, more on the penn state scandal a second mile board member, is and tell you what you can tell furious about that. your children about it. >> and i don't understand it. >> it is, it is so horrible, we and those are the answers that find ourselves trying to talk around the allegeses here. imagine trying to talk about we need to find. this with your children. >> pennsylvania governor tom but there's some important things that this is a conversation that has to be had. corbin also wants answers. we're going to talk to a >> i need to know what charity psychologist about how you can of the board members knew. i think that's a determination do with this with your children, that people will be looking what you can warn them of. into. >> reporter: the charity has we're going to give you some declined to answer any questions practical information about this week. these kinds of things. in a statement posted on its very often, they are people you know and people you trust to website, it says it first learned of an investigation into perpetrate them. sandusky in 2002, but that penn also coming up on a much lighter note, we're going to be state officials informed second talking about the movie musical mile there was no finding of that won ten academy awards. we're talking about westside wrongdoing. story, the music, the sing

second mile severed all ties egging, the dancing and 50 years with sandusky in 2008. later, it remains a classic. i recently had a chance to sit we immediately made the decision down with a few of the movie's to separate him from all of our stars and sit down and find out activities involving children. the statement continued, we have done everything in our power to what it was like to be a part of cooperate with law enforcement this film. officials and we will continue i don't know if you've ever to do so. had the inclination to hang ten, but how about hanging ten on a so charity officials are vowing to continue forward. 90-foot wave. we're going to show you the they say they have important and valuable programs and they're picture of the american who hung going to forge ahead. on that wul of water. but that may not be good enough. at some oibt, doesn't that water there are a lot of angry parents end up on top of you? >> yes, it does. and school officials here and and we'll ask him exactly what reports just in the last couple that moment felt like. of days that school officials -- >> we're going to find out a lot more about that. >> whoa. oh, my gosh. >> oh, my goodness. local school officials have stopped referring students to >> can you imagine what that second mile programs. >> and, mike, we were told sounded like, let alone felt like? yesterday that joe paterno hired >> yeah. >> and we are searching for the a high profile attorney. my understanding is he testified best thanksgiving stuffing recipes for you. to the grand jury, he was not charged. ow vurs for the showdown, we've what legal concerns or legal jeopardy could he be looking at? received some tasty recipes. >> oh, there are multi.legal proceedings in which joe paterno is going to need legal counsel. ahe

head to our website, submit obviously, you for one, the your video along with a recipe investigation is continuing. there could be more charges or dish. >> let's get our final check of brought. there are the obvious prospect the bl now. of trials in which joe paterno bill karins is standing by with the forecast. >> that's crazy. 12 days before thanksgiving. would be a witness. that's insane. here at the today show, would he but more importantly than that, have always had a lot of there is a real possibility of a interesting people. i have never had a sign before flood of major civil lawsuits or seen one that said come to from the victims and their families here in which all the our spaghetti dinner. our sa getty dinner is from 4:00 principles could -- including to 7:00 tonight. joe paterno, could well find this is to save what? themselves as defendants. >> it's for our drama club. >> mike isikoff, thanks very they cut our funding for the spring musical. much. president obama is now on his way to asia for a nine-day >> spaghetti, meatballs and trip, stopping first in his home throw a little extra money in the kettle. state of hawaii. yes. >> good for you. that's why nbc's correspondent in the northern plains, we're going to have rainey and windy chuck todd joins us now. conditions. chuck, good morning. it's a big rainmaker in the >> reporter: good morning, amy. middle of the country. before we got here to hawaii, we kansas city, st. louis, oklahoma stopped in san diego. city, tulsa, it will be windy there was a special college basketball game held on the out there this weekend. aircraft carrier "the uss carl a little showers in the northern portions of the great lakes on sunday. it's a pretty nice weekend. vinson" which is the last place not a lot of dramatic weather osama bin laden was on this c weather.

out there. earth. he did an interview on espn and people that would complain the most are in the pacific made his first comments yet northwest. that's a look at the weekend about the penn state scandal. forecast. now here's a look at the weather here is what he said. outside your window. >> i think it's a good time for it is a beautiful, bright, us to do some soul searching, and sunny start to your weekend here in washington. i'm "news 4" meteorologist chuck every institution, not just penn state, about what our priorities bell. temperatures are on their way up are and making sure that we already thanks to all the sunshine out there. 39 degrees right here in understand that our first washington. priority is protecting our kids. 37 degrees in germantown and 38 degrees in bethesda this >> reporter: so, amy, it was morning, also in silver spring, temperatures near 40. talking about not only the generally looking for a wonderful day to be outside victims, but maybe how a lot of universities need to get a grip today. not quite as windy as it was on what's going on between the yesterday. relationships of the academic that's welcome news. a bit of a breeze out of the parts of the institution and the athletic parts of the south and southwest. 15 miles an hour today and institution. well, of course, we have to talk and, chuck, with the president about sunday night. in hawaii today, can we anticipate he's going to shift i'm going to try to be as polite focus and start talking about the economy? >> reporter: he is. the president here in hawaii, the united states is the post 06 as i possibly can to the new england patriots fans. the apec, asian pacific economic but this is the game and the conference. it's all of the asian economic chance for the sxwrets to knock powers. them off the top of the afc. frankly, every country other than the united states that's temperatures, 51 to 55 degrees. involved in this conference is i will be staying up well past growing economically. so you're going to hear the my bedtime and you probably will

president talk about opening up more and more trade be, too, lester. back to you the. opportunities for u.s. exports. >> bill, thanks. but he's got some side meetings for the past week, the air with the heads of china and waves have been bombarded with russia. issues about the penn state sex and in those meetings, you're going to hear the president talk abuse scandal. for parents, it bridges up real about the new report about concerns. how do we talk to our kids about iran's nuclear capabilitiecapab this story and the issue of sex getting china and russia's abuse? here to help us with these questions is dr. janet taylor, a cooperation on heavier sanctions against iran is a must if the united states wants to proceed psychiatrist. so difficult. the details in this case, if the that way, amy. true, are not unusual in that >> chuck todd, traveling with most sexual cases involves the president, thank you. for more on president obama, someone that the child knows, a politics and the race for '012, coach, a teacher wab baby-sitter. when do we start to have this we're joined by john harwood. conversation with your children? good morning. >> you start early and often. by age and 4, we should talk to >> reporter: good morning, amy. >> as we just heard from chuck todd, the president speaking out our children about healthy about the penn state scandal, sexuality. what do you make about the president to make a comment teaching the right words in terms of penis and va gina, who publicly? >> reporter: pretty hard to ig can touch you, who can't touch you, mommy, daddy, pediatrician, northbound something that outraged many americans. but always set the tone that you i think the president making a can always talk to me as the statement that's we need to parent. >> we have hopefully talked to our kids about stranger danger, focus on oush priorities,

college sports is a huge people you don't know and don't talk to them for obvious reasons. but it's a lot easier to have ta industry. conversation, i would say, than if it's the case that this huge you have to worry about people that you know and that mommy and industry ended up protecting our daddy mae trust. shielding someone from exactly. allegations of the kind that most sexual abuse happens that have emerged, the president of by people either within the the united states has a job to family, it could be a parent, or speak out to that. someone who is known to the family. so we have to lose that connotation that some stranger >> let us turn to politics. is going to hurt you. and say, listen, talk to me if you cohosted the debate where you feel anything uncomfortable, if it's going to happen. and that sense of trust starts in a family household where rick perry did his latest there is trust. so families that have a lot of stumble. conflict, there's a lot of >> i would do away with aggression, are not necessarily the ones that kids feel the most education, commerce and -- let's open to talk. so we create that sense of trust see. i can't. the third one, i can't. sorry. oops. within our own houses. >> we also have to teach them >> chuck, i know you and i both know what it's like to have a how to report these things, as brain freeze, and i think that's well, don't we? >> absolutely. we think about sexual abuse happening to young kids, but sexual abuse is any unwanted, how governor perry described what happened to him. but he's had a series of bad forceful touching or exposure to sexual content. that can happen to kids 5 or debates. is this the beginning of the end of the perry campaign? high school kids. so the point is, talk to me. >> reporter: he's got an awfully if you feel uncomfortable, learn

big hole to dig out of, amy. to say no and that's the message that we have to send. >> we pose the question on he came into this debate with the burden of trying to jump facebook, how do we talk to our start his xaven after poor kids about penn state? debate performances. and his poll numbers have gotten one viewer wrote and said you very low in iowa, in south need to be honest and use this carolina, which is a state that as a learning post. thought to be a home base of in a different post, david wrote strength for him. tell them to be honest. he has a lot of money in the bank, so you can't write off they need to do what to do if they're in na situation. it's easy to do to say this is somebody who has rdz 15 million. but the ridicule that he's important to talk about, but we attracted is so widespread, the don't always feelee equipped in that sort of conversation. doubts among donors and ordinary how do we learn the right words? americans are pretty great. so he's got a major challenge >> it's hard to say, but it's ahead of him. necessary. and use what if situations. i think it's very much an uphill what if you saw someone who was fight. and even tonight, there will hurting a friend or hurting your sister? what would you do? be another sgop debagop debate. because we teach our kids the words so they have them. we teach them to come one a plan. as a parent, we're thinking how much attention will be on about the why and the what. rick perry and herman cain, the why is because we want to whose strength is not foreign keep our kids safe. the why is using the facts to policy? talk about what happened and the exactly. both of these guys are going to how is having a plan so they be under the microscope on an feel comfortable enough to talk issue that is not their comfort to us. >> this story raises so many

zone. everybody will be watching. how does rick perry handle those issues, reporting something that moments? you witnessed, something that it's one thing to go on to all doesn't look right. that can be difficult because we've seen in this story the morning shows and make fun already, making, even doing the of your gaffe. right thing can have serious but when i've got to talk about consequences. what to do about iran, what to >> unfortunately, the do about the challenges from heartbreaking part of this is we have adults who did not, in my opinion, do the right thing. so teaching our children, it is china and other countries in important that if you see something, do something. i mean, you know, someone window asia, that is not easy material for rick perry and herman cain. pointed out, we talk about it for suitcases. we need to talk about it for we tried to press him on that in other people. if something makes you feel uncomfortable, if you see our debate. something that's happening, especially to a child, speak up. every answer came back to 9-9-9. that may not go over well. as parents, we have to say, i will always listen to you. >> thanks, john. i will not make you feel guilty, >> you bet. but together we can get through >> tom, good morning. this. >> very important conversation. good morning, everyone. hopefully it will continue in a lot of living rooms around the country. dr. janet taylor, thank you. and we're back in a moment, italian prime minister silvio but first, these messages. berlusconi is set to resign i couldn't sleep right. today after new austerity next day it took forever to get going. measures are approved in night after night, i sat up. parliament. sprayed up. richard is live with the latest. took a shower... >> reporter: good morning, tom. or took a pill. then i tried drug-free breathe right advanced. italy's lower house of and instantly, i breathed better!

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there will be snow in the area of high terrain, colorado. veriry of "west side story." if you're anywhere east of the rockies, it's a cold start to rockies, it's a cold start to like millions around the world, your day but it's going to be a i fell in love with the film and recently sat down with the stars beautiful finish. of the landmark musical. sunshine just everybody. as you'll see, the movie was a now here's a lack at the weather once in a lifetime experience for all of them. outside your window. i'm meteorologist chuck bell. we're off to a very bright and there was nothing like it before clear start out there this or since. morning. temperatures are in the low 20s the dancing, the music, that and low 30s. 25 still in manassas, pa in story. west side story. hagerstown, 27 in cumberland. row neohe and juliette your forecast for saturday. sunny, breezy, a little transfersed to the west side 50s gangs of new york. immilder. that sound wind, 15 to 25 today there were the jets, the sharks. tony, maria and a timeless tale up this weekend, 56 today and that became an instant classic. 50s tomorrow. that's a look at your forecast. he resigned his presidency, >> hurry. >> reporter: 50 years later, star rita mureno -- and this morning, new tapes of >> here i am, 50 years later. it's astonishing. richard nixon are giving us >> this whole section was so unprecedented glimpses into simple. >> reporter: and the actors who played riff and bernardo, look

nixon's time in office. mike va kiera has more. back and marvell at one of the graeftest musicals ever. >> reporter: good morning. >> everything came together. >> every came together and it those transcripts released this was a classic. it was an epic classic that will week show more about than just a just live on and on. troubled president. rivals on screen but good friends off, george sekuris and george hamlin say they were the secret service was fortunate to be part of petrified. something so special. the young students over odd. >> the way i feel about it, i feel that i was tremendously that account from president lucky and i know he feels the nixon himself. same way. that described his surprise >> absolutely. i think this is one of those predawn appearance among movies that you can't see it and anti-war protesters in may 1970. not feel something. and to me, that's the kind we >> i said i know you and probably most ow you think of an all like to see. >> reporter: with lyrics by steven sondine, the score by s.o.b. but i want you to know that i leonard bernstein and robins understand just how you feel. >> the unusual visit came in the dazzling choreography, it's easy to see why "west side story" won midst of upheefl. ten academy awards. less than a week earlier, four the performances are legendary, students were shot dead at kent especially that of the late state and hours before in a press conference, nixon had natalie wood. >> i can give, too, because now i have hate. >> she's beautiful, so good.

explained his decision to extent >> she's so right on. the vietnam war into cambodia. when she says don't touch him, >> i got dressed and at you got that. >> reporter: mereno, who earned an as car at anita -- approximately 4:35, we left the white house and drove to the >> he is one of them. lincoln memorial. i have never seen the secret >> reporter: -- called west side service quite to pedestrianry story a magical experience. phied with apprehension. >> one of the best times of my i insisted, however, that no press be informed and nobody in life, absolutely. our office be informed. what could be bad? doing great work, you feel you're doing good work, it was >> nixon tried to win over a just a great time for all of us. growing, but respectful crowd of >> reporter: on the set, mereno activists. also released, secret and shakires, the stars shared transcripts of nixon's testimony to a watergate grand jury. already granted immunity, nixon behind the scenes memories from iconic numbers. told of his reaction when he >> the shoes that we were learned a white house tape of a wearing at the time, the girls, had very shallow backs. critical watergate meeting had a game of 1830. every time i kicked, a shoe the only sound, a buzz. >> i practically blew my stack, would go flying. >> we were shooting in the nixon testified, adding i don't summer. know how it happened. it was 110 or 115 and we're scholars say the new release dancing on cement, which was revealed a part of nixon that pretty brutal. i would go home every night with contributed to his down fall. shin splints. >> this is a man who could be

erratic, terribly ee moernl and >> reporter: for the cast, "west quite unpredictable. side story" was much more than work. >> and, lester, grand jury >> we became like a family and transcripts like that one at the we still are. end of the stop normally kept >> we still are a family, yes. >> a lot of us. >> reporter: and a family that secret forever and historians continues to be astounded by the are hoping that the release will film's impact. >> i think it's amazing that west side story is still being help them investigate american history to a greater degree, replicated in thousands or hundreds of high schools and make it much easier for them in colleges and universities. the future the. >> mike, thanks very much. that knocks me out. and, you know, it speaks for the great music and the great dancing in it. it's amazing. >> reporter: all these years later, the finger snaps remain for the audience and for the stars who will watch in wonder at hollywood history. ♪ >> call me a dork, i still have chills when i hear the music. a special blu-ray dvd 50th anniversary edition of "west side story" is being released this tuesday. lester, we're going to get you a copy. >> so i can see it. they all look great, by the way.

>> they loofah nominal. their attitudes were magical. >> and looking at it, i was thinking, would people see that and go to that today? >> i'd like to think the answer is yes. >> maybe so. >> we all should put it in the dvd player and watch it again. up next, extreme surfing. we're going to meet the american who dared to ride this massive wave.

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surfers are a special breed. one american took the challenge to an extreme. a 90-foot wall of water. riding is garrett mcnamara in that photo. it's believed to be the largest wave ever surfed. it happened off the coast of portug portugal. garrett macnamara joins live frm

portugal. good morning. >> good morning. thank you very much. it's an honor to be on your show. >> likewise, we feel the same way. you were out in the water and you were there helping to tow some friends out. you weren't even there necessarily to surf. but you decided to surf in. when the wave started to crest, did you have any idea it was going to be what it was? and when i say that, i mean 90 feet tall? >> i didn't. i had no idea it was that big. and if i did, who knows, i might have got so scared i might have fallen. >> i mean, i'm scared looking at you right there. did you realize what the conditions were in the water when you went out? >> it was a lot bigger the day before and we didn't expect anything like that on this day. we didn't realize it. >> and what's so impressive is you didn't fall. you roads that wave for quite a while. i have to ask, what does it feel like to be on something that large, that powerful, what was

it like? >> it was like rising a moving mountain, maybe like snowboarding down some icy moguls and then the mountain good morning. it's 7:25 on this saturday, just never ending. november 12, 2011. and then when i finally got to the bottom, it was like trying i'm angie goff. to ride under an avalanche police are investigating a double shooting. without letting it kill -- land it happened before midnight in on you. and then it kind of landed on me the parking lot of arun dal right at the end, so that really woke me up and made me realize mall. what was going on. they don't have any deteals. >> were you scared at all or were you just feeling the power they're looking for a great suv seen around the area at the time of it? >> i was just feeling the power. of the shooting. if you have any information call i was just really enjoying the the police, 410-222-8610. 48 hours after being moment. >> this is one of the top destinations for surfers. kidnapped nationals catcher wilson ramos is safe and sound. you say it's the eighth wonder of the world because it is so ramos, seen here in the red hat, magnificent. but i'm looking at that and it was taken at gunpoint late doesn't seem to safe to do what wednesday night. you did. would you do it again? overnight the venezuela national and would you recommend it to guard and police found him alive others? in a remote mountainous area and >> i would only recommend it to very few extreme watermen, a few performed an airborne rescue of my friends, and i would operation. police also arrested three of

his alleged abductors. definitely do it again. >> i mean, you were raised in up next, chuck bell in the massachusetts. anything in your life prepare weather center. he's going to have your saturd you for this moment? >> you know, i've been doing surfers healing and taking artistic surfers healing and it recharges my batteries. it's a foundation for autistic children. we've got you this new jet powered surfboards that we're going to use to take the autistic children surfing. that's what really prepares me spiritually, i guess, it gives me -- just recharges my batteries, taking the autistic children surfing and sharing with them. >> garrett mcnamara, thank you so much for being with us. >> thank you. for a day.y skin i want healthy skin for life. [ female announcer ] don't just moisturize, improve the health of your skin with aveeno daily moisturizing lotion. the natural oatmeal formula goes beyond 24-hour moisture. it's clinically proven to improve your skin's health in one day, with significant improvement in 2 weeks. for healthy, beautiful skin that lasts.

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we're book on this as a result morning, november 12th, 2011. it's a cool fall day here in new york. we have a great crowd with us out on the plaza. what's that standing tall in the crowd? it is the rockefeller center christmas tree. the tree came on to the plaza yesterday morning. the elves will be adding lights and decorations before unveiling it to the world. >> i never understood that standing there, to the right, to the left. it's always -- they just get it right every time. >> back inside studio 1a, i'm amy robach along with lefter holt. coming up, the dramatic rescue of a 24-year-old baseball it was a fun globe-trotting player. >> it was the rookie for the week for where in the world is matt lawyerer. you went along. you were day three and four nationals. last night, we got a word of a playing with orangutans. daring rescue that won his >> oh, yes.

freedom. we'll get the latest, coming up. although i don't know what came out of my mouth this morning and more of our exclusive because i'm still jet lagged. interview with dr. conrad but yes, we got to go to the murray. only two people know for sure rainforest, one of only two what happened in michael places where you can find them. jackson's bedroom in his final hours. orangutans are endangered earlier this week, dr. murray answered some of the key species. questions in the case. they are so cute. this morning, he continues answering the question are you >> you learned a new skill, how the cause of michael jackson's to open up a coconut, right? >> yes. death? we'll have his answer, coming we met a man, master ho, who has pup. then, ride ago monster wave. a very special talent. it's an astonishing 90-foot wall you're about to see it. he can stick his finger through of water and an american has a coconut and drink the milk. made the record books by surfing it. he survived and he'll join us you should see his fingers, though. with an exclusive interview, it's a little mangled. coming up. >> that's handy. >> i'm afraid looking at that. >> it is, if you're thursdayty. i can't imagine what he was feeling while riding that wave. >> looked like a great trip. we begin this morning with the glad you're back safe and sound. mystery of a 2-year-old missing matt is probably not watching us boy in washington state. right now, sleeping off a his mother said she left him really, really tough week. alone, sleeping in the car to get some gas. that's going to do it for us on authorities are searching for the toddler, but they have a saturday morning. questions about her story. i will to tell you that we are going to revisit our hobbies we amon mohidini has the story. started a couple weeks ago and >> for investigators, a race we'll do that tomorrow.

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phone, computer and home. police say julia is not a suspect or a person of interest at this time. but that she can help solve the mystery. >> our priority is to find sky, find out what happened to him, good morning. whether he's okay or not. i'm any goff. we believe julia holds the key to that. straight ahead this morning >> while she could face charges for leaving her son alone in the wilson ramos freed from his car, for now, the focus of the investigation remains on finding her boy and returning her home captors. how penn state is preparing if ar game unlike any other in safely. >> my home is that he is coming the school's history. back. and that's where i find my and open again. the national cathedral is opening its doors again months strength, that he's going to come back. >> reporter: but bracing for the after that earthquake cost worst. >> the reality of this is that millions in damage. we're going be there live. sky may have, you know, fallen chuck. and we have the sunshine for into some very unfortunate circumstances. certain. it looks like it's going to >> more than 150 federal, state stick around for most of your weekend. and local authorities have when's the chance for rain? joined the search. police are reaching out to the we're going to talk about that. public hoping for that one tip your collegeootball forecast. don't go away sfwhoo all that that could bring sky home. and more when you join us for for "today," nbc news, los "news 4 today" in less than two minutes. we'll see you then. angeles. bill karins joins us now with a check of the weather this morning.

>> good morning to you, amy. a wonderful crowd and a happy birthday here. we also have a happy 50th birthday here. good morning, everyone. let's talk about a look at your forecast for today. nothing too dramatic out there, but in the pacific northwest, it's rainey and cool. that rain will kick in europe of the rockies23 in tallahassee buu won't complain this afternoon as we go up to 70 degrees. that's a look at the national forecast. now here's look at the weather outside your window. good saturday morning. i'm meteorologist chuck bell. we're off to a great weekend. blue sky and sun overhead. that's the way it's go ung to stay. even tomorrow as well. temperatures, though, are on the cold side. 36 in downtown, 25, manassas, 34 degrees in drummond town. forecast, breezy. highs today upper 50s and low 60s. alaska?nshine and a nice breeze

that storm is gone, but now winter has set in and it is very, very cold. you come all the way center st. louis to join us this morning. what is your name? abby. >> if you want your hour to hour forecast, you can get on the sxurt and check weather.com. this morning, the family of a major league baseball player is overjoyed that he was rescued last night in venezuela. charles hadlock is in miami to tell us more. charles, good morning. >> good morning, lester. 24-year-old wilson ramos is safe, back home with his family in venezuela. he is the first major league u.s. baseball player to ever be kidnapped, the latest victim in a growing hostage for ransom. safe and sound. two days after he was kidnapped at gunpoint washington nationals the rescue took place in a mountainous area 40 miles from where ramos was kidnapped on wednesday. wilson ramos saved. >> a three-run walk-off homer we begin with that developing for wilson ramos.

>> reporter: wilson had just story out of advance. finished his rookie season with 48 hours after being kidnapped the nationals and was back in his hometown of valencia, from his home, ramos is alive and safe. seen here with the red hat had venezuela, for the winter baseball season. but he was grabbed from gun not been heard from since he was taken at gunpoint late wednesday point from the front porch of his parents' modest home. but overnight the venezuela the getaway vehicle was found national guard and police found the major leaguer alive in a burned in a neighboring town. as the hours passed, a family remote mountainous area of the friend spoke via skype to nbc country and performed a rescue news from the ramos home. operation by air. >> you looked like a hero here general manager mike rizzo in the community. he was always sharing with kids. released a statement that released in part we are t he's a really nice guy. he's a special guy here in the community, you know? >> reporter: his hero status may have made him a target. his u.s. baseball salary is $415,000 a year, a fortune in venezuela, where crime as soared under president hugo chavez. >> this is one of almost a thousand kidnappings that's going to happen this year. and na ithat is only a small pat

of it. there are car jackings every day. there are all kinds of criminal events. basically, the citizen security situation is completely out of control in venezuela right now. >> the venezuelan government hayes hugo chavez authorized friday's rescue. ra moez called his tearful mother after he was freed to tell her he was coming home. >> during the rescue, there was heavy gunfire between police and the kidnappers. in the end, five of the alleged kidnappers were captured. lester. >> remarkable story, charles hadlock. coming up here on "today," home health. if you're looking to get a mortgage, the question and information you need to know to find a best lender. plus, moonlighting, the jobs actors take on for extra cash. but first, these messages.

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you get a few tin coins thrown into it. banks particularly minutia charges that add up and you have to have the confidence to sit there and ask a few questions. >> let's start from the very beginning. you want to buy a home or refinance, do you get to your bank or is it better to go to a mortgage broker and get a choice? >> people lack time and bank lobes have goattten so complicated, i feel like you need a specialist to explain every detail to you. yet you could still go to your corner bank where you do your checking and sit down with your loan officer and ask for a loan there, as well. but i believe mortgage brokers earn their keep. >> let's say f you're in a position where your credit is not the best or you don't have a lot of a down payment. how would you find a mortgage broker that in this day and age or a lender that would still work with you. >> one way, of course, is through a recommendation, but a lot of people don't know someone

else who had credit problems or will admit they had credit problems. so you could simply google mortgage broker, bad credit. the most important thing, though, is to ask the mortgage broker have they dealt with people with bad credit? what have they done to resolve it and is it their experiment inspect but there are specialists in each firm. >> anyone who has sat at a closing knows you're signing all kinds of fees and everything like that. how do you get a good idea what the true cost of this loan is going to be? >> the most important thing there is the timing, lester. you should be asked for a good faith estimate right after you make your loan application. the reason for that is they must spell out every little detail from the points, the interest rate and all the closing charges. so a good faith estimate is like a report card of every little detail on the loan. you're entitled to it early, but you have to ask for it. >> you mentioned points. how much typically should you be paying points on a loan? >> today, if you're paying more

than 1.5 points, you're crazy because that is the going rate. you're paying them up front. unlike the interest rate over time, that you might move out and settle the mortgage early. the points are essential and you shouldn't be paying more than 1.5 points. >> a lot of folks are under water but a lot of folks are in a position to refinance. what should they be looking for when they're shopping around to refinance? >> you should, again, be getting a good faith estimate so you can compare the details. but very importantly, for most people who want to refinance, they are not getting the loan simply because their house is simply worth less than the mortgage. there is a new program called h.a.r.p., and it doesn't appraise your house which allows people to refinance the high interest they have on their loans. >> are there independent websites you can go to to get a better idea what your options are? >> yes. if you're a patient individual and you want to do the research

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reading scripts in my room and stuff, people are like, go home and rest. and i'm like, go home and rest? there's no rest when i get home. there's kids and then there's shipping. >> during the week, laura writes a soap star, but on the weekend, she gets a taste of the real world. >> cluster, smokey. >> the world of wine, that is. >> i think that's going to be my favorite. >> laura and her husband, john wright, started sandy sun winds in santa barbara county four years ago. >> we started making wine and it was a hobby. >> making more wine and making more wine. >> now it's full time. >> we went from a 2,000 square feet winery to 4,000. now we have a tasting room. >> the couple does everything from growing the grapes -- >> they're starting to get sweet. >> to making the wine to marketing themselves. >> the wine drinking is awesome and romantic. but the work behind it is real. >> but wright isn't the only daytime star who juggles two

jobs. >> for example, christian alfanso started a jewelry line. julie evans started working at a fuel ran home. when she first got her job at general hoept hospital, she was working as a catering line at the four seasons and she kept her job. >> i think having a second job in this climate when you hear about shows being canceled left and right or you've started a new business, it's probably a great idea. >> slip, slip region roll. >> you hit the gym. >> a lot of actors are taking cuts, shows are going off the air. so it's kind of like, okay, life goes on. what do you do? >> the actor who has been a heart throb on daytime tv for more than a decade now spends his nights literally making larts throb at this new jersey boxing club. >> i think the strength of any actor is having something else going on besides acting. >> a concept some clients

couldn't believe at first. >> they were like, is he an actor? is that the guy from that show? >> reporter: with the future of soaps uncertain, these stars are making their their lives stay set. >> right now i'm working on "one life to live." i love it. i love coming here. >> 16 years of marriage, it's the first time that we're doing it together. we don't have separate jobs any more. so that's interesting. >> that's why we're making wine. >> interesting. i like that. just ahead, the story behind the oscar winning movie "westside story." the stars look back 50 years later. ♪

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good morning. it's 7:56 on this saturday, november 12th. i'm angie goff. in the news, u.s. park police are investigating reports of shots fired near the white house. witnesses say a man fired a gun, possibly an ak-47 at constitution avenue and 16th street. police found a gun inside a car found abandoned near the roosevelt bridge. today the national cathedral reopens after the east coast earthquake nearly 12 months ago. the 5.8 quake -- or two months ago. damaged four pinnacles on the landmark. today events include the consecration of the reverend dr. mariann budde. she's the first woman. they'll reopen monday morning. on the redline the shady grove

and rockville stations close at 11:00 tonight. free shuttle buses will run in between the closed stations. we're going to have a check on your weather when we return. stay w

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it's off to a chilly start again on this saturday morning. let's check in with chuck. chuck. >> good morning, angie, and good morning, everybody. welcome to your weekend. temperatures are now climbing through the 30s and headed into the 40s. l let's take a look at your current temperature. temperatures, as i said, on their way up. near 40 already in washington. 34 degrees in waldorf and la plata. plenty of sunshine. breezy and mild. highs up to 50s and 60s. have great weekend. >> all right. thank you, chuck. we're going to have knew news update in 25 minutes but for now we're going to send it back to the "today" show. and, remember, you can always get your news, your events, and your weather online at nbcwashington.com. you can also follow us on facebook at

we are back on a saturday morning, a cool, autumn day here in new york city. a wonderful group of folks bundled up on the plaza with us. glad to have them here. anytime you're in the neighborhood, stop on by. coming up, we're going to talk about a growing scandal at penn state. it's raised security concerns over today's home game against nebraska. jerry sandusky is accused of month lefting several young boys. this morning, a camper who is part of san dusk a's charity is speaking out about his interactions with sandusky. plus, more of the interview with dr. conrad murray. the interview took place just before the verdict in the case.

in this interview, you'll hear murray talk about how he tried to wean jackson from the powerful sedative, propofol. he didn't talk to the jury, but he did talk to us. then, on a much lighter note, it's one of my favorite musicals of all time. this year marks the 50th anniversary of westside story. i was lucky enough to meet the stars of the film they called making westside story a magical experience. and i believe it after hearing from them. that's coming up. i loved the music. even my daughters watched it for the first time 50 years later. that's how wonderful it transcends time, ages and gets those wonderful songs in your head. >> you know, i know the songs, i know the music, i never saw the movie. >> have you seen the musical? >> not seen the musical. i have to get out more. tom yumm is standing by inside. he has the latest news headlines for us. >> good morning, everyone. the had penn state football team plays its first football game in 46 years this afternoon without famed head coach joe paterno.

but the university's more focused on the child sex abuse scandal that ended paterno's legendary career this week. thousands of students held a candlelight vigil friday night to support the alleged victims. more coming up in this half hour on "today." and the republican presidential candidates hold their second debate in three days today in spartanburg, south carolina. mike va viqueira is live in washington. >> it's supposed to be about foreign policy, the debate in spartansburg, south carolina. but with so many questions going in it, with so much attention frankly on the policy side focused on the economy, all eyes are going to be on these candidates. it is an unsettled field, tom. we do not have a clear front-runner at this point. some of the questions, can rick perry start to recover from what some are calling a historic campaign gap in recent campaign history, we haven't seen anything quite like it like we saw that stumble in that cnbc

debate last week. has herman cain weathered the controversy very surrounding 2 sexual harassment claims against him? and can conservatives get behind mitt romney for some of his conservative stances? he's been hit for some of his flip-flops. many candidates think mitt romney would make the best candidate against president obama. but the republican electorate doesn't degree. add to all of that newt gingerich tied for second place in the polls. >> mike viqueira, thank you. venezuela police say they've rescued washington nationals catcher wilson ramos two days after he was kidnapped. the abduction is the first known kidnapping of a major league baseball player and it brings a renewed focus on worsening violent crime in venezuela. a ceremony today marks the 10th anniversary of a crash of flight 597.

it crashed into a neighborhood in queens, new york, killing 580 people. it happened right after september 11th, but the crash was blamed on pilot error. the media is being allowed into japan's nuclear damaged power plant for the first time since the disaster last ma. reporters, wearing full body gear, say there were still walls piled in rubble from where the building's walls crumbled. >> let's get another check of the weather from bill karins. >> it's cold out there. i have to ask mom, where is your flannel pajamas? >> i don't have them. >> you don't even wear them? whose idea was it? >> all of ours. >> you figured you would get on tv if you wore the flannel pajamas? now, what we need to know, do they have the feet? >> yes. >> excellent. come on. now it was worth it. good morning, everyone. let's talk about this weather

around the country. we are looking out. northern rockies, we've got know, blizzard warningings. and it's not just there. down in the deep south, it is a cold morning. can you believe it was 23 degrees in tallahassee this morning. right now, it's a little warmer. we're starting to get better. temperatures were colder in florida this morning and many areas of canada on those rare occasions. in the southeast, once that sun comes out, it will warm up. we will get temperatures up into the 70s. northern rockies, we ha we havet there. today. tomorrow we'll dewith the wind and the cold. that's a look at the national forecast. now here's a look outside your weather window. good morning. im'll meteorologist chuck bell. it's sunny outside. it's going to stay sunny all weekend. already 43 in annapolis, 34 in culpeper, 34 in martinsburg, west virginia, 37 nguyen chester and 39 right here in downwashington.

forecast for today, plenty of sunshine. a bit of a breeze from time to time. winds out of the south. 15 gol goldsboro loves the "today" show. we love you, too. back to you, lester. >> thanks very much, big. in just a few hours, thousands of people will be in the stands at the penn state knitly lions take on number nebraska. security will be increased at the game and emotions on the campus and beyond are expected to be running very high. nbc's ron mott is at penn state and is joins us live with more. ron, good morning again. >> reporter: hey, lester. good morning to you. there was another mass demonstration on campus, but unlike the one we saw a few nights ago, this gathering was intended to help put back together what's been torn apart. ♪ imagine there's no heaven last night, thousands of penn state students and alums sought to make amends.

>> we are sorry. but the only thing that matters right now is that we are here for you. >> reporter: it was a chance another forgiveness and unity, through music -- ♪ and the tears come streaming down your face ♪ -- through silence, through painful words. >> i relate to it because i was sexually abused when i was little. >> all in hopes of shining a more positive light on their -- after a week that saw some of them react violently towards legendary coach joe paterno. >> let's make tonight the greatest story ever told, ever, out of something as horrible as this. >> reporter: earlier, these two students said they organized the candlelight prayer vigil to help focus the energy on the victims

of child abuse. >> that's going to be the overall message. >> we can show that we care for them, we honor them, we respect them and at the same time that we can unite as a penn state student body. >> complexities of that issue that -- >> friday, the school's new president sought to re-orient the campus culture with a five-point promise centered around what he called a moral imperative. >> i will reinforce to the entire penn state community the moral imperative of doing the right thing. the first time, every time. never again should anyone at penn state, regardless of their position, feel scared to do the right thing. >> president ericsson announced that embattled current assistant coach mike mcqueary who told a grand jury he saw sandusky sexually assault a young boy in a campus shower nine years ago is on indefinite paid leave citing security threats. >> security for the game has been beefed up so it is a fun

environment for the hundred thousand or so fans expected to fill the stands. >> ron mott, thanks so much. according to the grand jury report, jerry sandusky gained access to his victims through an organization called the second mile, which he helped found. troy was a student at that camp. >> good morning. >> you do not alleged abuse at the hands of sandusky, but you got to know him over three or four summers. what do you know about him? >> obviously, in light of what's happened recently, what stands out the most was a lot of physical contact. i remember riding in a car, you know, anytime we would be in a car together, riding alone, a hand on the left thigh and there were a lot of things that the victims had testified to as a clingy, needy kind of constant desire to be in physical contact

that i recall, as well. but never anything that -- >> obviously, you're remembering this now through the lens of what we've seen play out now over the last week and a half. but at the time, did it feel strange? did it feel wrong to you? >> it felt uncomfortable. i didn't recognize it as being anything perverted or indicative of anything that could potentially be criminal. to me, it was just like a friend of mine that had a -- had a behavior i wasn't crazy about, you know? he allowed me access and privileges that any boy growing up in this area would dream of. so i looked past being uncomfortable sometimes in his presence so that i could attend those events, so that i could do those things. but -- >> did your relationship change? did you become resentful of him at any point along the way? >> yeah, i think towards the end. i can't -- in fact, i had said before, i couldn't remember exactly how the relationship

came to an end. and somebody in my family reminded me the other day that i came back from some event that we had gone to, and i don't remember what it was exactly, but they said i came in the door and said, that's it, that's the last time i'm going anywhere with him and that was, in fact, the last time i did. i don't recall a specific event that entrantranspired, but i do towards the end, maybe the last dozen or so times i went with him, you know, it had kind of become too much, just uncomfortable. >> did you share any of your feelings of discomfort with adults or anyone else? >> i would have really played down just how uncomfortable i was. i might have said, you know, i don't -- i don't like being alone with the guy, he kind of creeps me out. but i wouldn't have given details just because i didn't want to ruin the access that i had. you felt kind of special. you felt like here was somebody very important in the community, a pillar that saw something in

you and then rewarded that. so, you know, why would i end that? why would i voluntarily end those privileges. >> troy, later on in the broadcast, we're going to have a discussion about what to tell kids about this sort of things. we tell kids about stranger danger and evil people. trying to put yourself back where you were in camp at the time, what things would you want to tell your kids to look out for? >> anytime an adult makes you feel uncomfortable, for whatever reason, you know, that's something that needs to be brought to the attention immediately to anybody that you can drn any adult you can give that message to. in hindsight, obviously, i would have done more to let it be known just how -- but i think, too, you -- you know, back then, you didn't know. i didn't see that behavior as being a precursors to, you know -- i didn't think that it was possible for a grown man to

have that kind of a relationship with a child. i didn't know that. >> and you hit upon the difficult point of that question. again, that's a discussion we're going to have a little bit later in the program. but troy craig, thanks so much for coming on and sharing your thoughts and memories. we appreciate it. >> you're welcome. >> we're going to take a break and be back with more right after these messages. [ sue ] wow! i've been so looking forward to this. when my asthma symptoms returned, my doctor prescribed dulera to help prevent them. [ male announcer ] dulera is for patients 12 and older whose asthma is not well controlled on a long-term asthma control medicine,

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death of michael jackson. murray maintains he did nothing wrong. >> can rad murray's fate has now been decided by a jury of his peers. >> guilty of the crime of involuntary manslaughter. >> reporter: but a week before that moment, murray was still a man even unwilling to consider guilt even a possibility. have you thought about what it would be like to spend four years in jail? >> that is a chapter that i have not thought about. because i do not have any plans. for any such activity. >> reporter: murray was the last person ever to see or talk to michael jackson before he died, and says the singer was desperate for rest. >> how much pressure did you feel to get him to sleep? >> tremendous. tremendous. it was nothing that i have ever encountered. >> reporter: jackson hired murray in march 2009 to be his full time doctor. and in april, murray began

stockpiling the powerful anesthetic propofol, a drug normally only administered in a hospital setting with constant monitoring. but murray stands by his actions. >> to you, there's still nothing wrong with giving propofol in a home setting? >> i think propofol is not recommended to be given in a home setting. but it is not contraindicated. >> reporter: was it wrong for you to give it in the conditions in which you gave it to michael jackson? >> i look at my condition with michael not as i -- not about giving it, but trying to find a method to take away something from him that he should not have been doing. >> reporter: murray claims he was trying to wean jackson off the drug in those final days. >> reporter: how could you say you were trying to take it away from him when you yourself have acknowledged giving it to him nearly every night for almost two months. those are your words. >> absolutely. >> how is that consistent with weaning him off of propofol?

>> well, weaning takes time, if you think about what weaning means. are a bankrupt discontinuation, on the other hand, is totally different. >> reporter: murray contends he gave just a small amount of propofol to jackson that monday morning, but acknowledged after a time he left the room. murray insists the drug would have been out of jackson's system by the time he left. >> reporter: are you the cause of michael jackson's death? >> no, i am not. >> reporter: whose fault is it? >> i don't want to blame anyone. and if your question means that i should by pointing fingers at michael,ite not set to do than. >> reporter: your defense lawyers say it's michael jackson that administered this to himself. >> i do not deny that. but on camera today and ek intoing with you, i don't want to point fingers. but i am saying -- >> reporter: but that's what i believe happened. >> i believe that happened. that's different, yes. >> reporter: murray's defense argued jackson gave himself the fatal dose when the doctor was out of the room, a theory

prosecution experts rejected as absurd. >> let's say he did take this propofol himself. don't you bare some responsibility? the propofol is in that room because you prescribed it to him. you brat it into that room. don't you bare this responsibility? >> this is the situation. it's difficult. the thing that i met michael was a situation where he was absolutely having use of that substance long before i got there. >> reporter: but own your portion of it. in terms of your own actions, seth aside whether what he did was wright or wrong, whether or not he was an addict, judge your actions alone. were you right to leave him in a situation where he had the opportunity to inject himself? >> well, i'm going to say that was not a foreseeable situation. >> reporter: murray accuses jackson of lying to him by hiding his use of other drugs, including the pain killer

demerol. >> reporter: did you really not know he had an addiction problem? >> absolutely not. did not. >> but wait a minute, you knew he was seeing other doctors. on the bedside, there are all these prescriptions with other doctors' names on it. >> i cannot prevent michael from seeing another doctor for any reason. >> reporter: but you can't see you didn't know. >> i did not know he was receiving demerol. whether it was enough to make his dependent, to have high tolerance. >> reporter: didn't you say when you loot at his veins, his veins looked like he was a drug addict? >> it is not -- i asked him and what did he is to me? he denied. >> reporter: do you feel guilty that he died? >> i do want feel guilty because i did not do anything wrong. i am very, very sorry for the loss of michael. michael is a personal friend. it's heartfelt. it's been painful. and that's a great loss for me. i was never, until the day i

die, ever be able to forget it. >> reporter: conrad murray will find out his fate at sentencing on november 29th. and still ahead, it was the trip of a lifetime. what it was like to be a part of "where in the world is matt lauer." but first, this is "today" on nbc. at bank of america, we're lending and investing in the people and communities who call greater washington, d.c. home. from supporting an organization that helps new citizens find their way... to proudly supporting our washington redskins... and partnering with a school that brings academic excellence to the anacostia community. because the more we do in greater washington, d.c., the more we help make opportunity possible.

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