good morning. the front-runner mitt romney pulls ahead of predent obama in three new national polls with just over three weeks to go until the election. can the president turn the tide in tomorrow night's crucial debate? what a jump. fla felix balm duartner's death-defying leap 24 miles up plummeting from the edge of space at 833 miles per hour. this morning we'll hear from the daredevil himself. >> and live on the plaza we've hosted some of the biggest bands in the world. one we're announcing this morning, a morning show first,

and you're about to find out today, monday, october 15th. 2012. from nbc news, this is "today" with matt lauer and savannah guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. and good morning. welcome to "today" on a monday morning. i'm matt lauer. >> good morning, everyone. i'm savannah guthrie. we're not giving any hints about the concert just yet. we are very excited. this group has never performed on this morning's show, on any morning show and given their reputation i'm not sure they are morning people. >> i don't think they are. when you look at them you say, nah, i don't think so. we'll tell you more about that coming up. meantime, how about that jump? >> amazing. >> did you watch it live? >> i watched it live. the first step, it's a doozy. really impressive, and he sticks the landing. >> how about when he started spinning out of control? i mean, that was crazy. >> and i think it was a genuine concern because the thought was

if he was doing a lot of spinning initially that might be bad news. there he is on his feet at the end. >> we'll find out more about that. how would you feel if your child's school monitored their whereabouts electronically? happening at one of the largest school districts. some parents, as you might expect and some students saying this is a major invasion of privacy. we'll tell you more about it. and for the first time richard burton's personal diaries are being published in a new book, and they include some extraordinarily revealing entries shed on the actor's sometimes tumultuous love affair with elizabeth taylor. look forward to hearipeering ins diaries and getting into his business. we begin this morning with mitt romney pulling ahead in the presidential race. we begin with peter alexander. good morning. >> reporter: these knew polls are basically a coin flat. nationally it's tied, within the

margin of error and in critical swing states different polls say it could really go either way. of course, this isn't the final stretch. the next eight days could easily be the most important of the entire campaign. we have two final presidential debates during that time, including tomorrow's job hall, kind of like a job interview. both the president and mitt romney will apply for the job in person to american voters. on the eve of what could easily be billed as the rematch, both candidates will spend another day in virtual seclusion. >> hello, everybody. hello, hello. >> reporter: president obama briefing popping out of debate prep sunday to deliver pizzas and a surprise to supporters. >> i wanted to call and say thank you. i'm over at the williamsburg office, and i know that you just have been working so hard for the campaign. >> reporter: his opponent mitt romney pausing for sunday services a ever he claimed what he called a crescendo of enthusiasm for his campaign one day earlier in ohio taking aim at the president. >> his president keeps getting smaller and smaller as he talks about big bird and so forth, and

our crowds keep getting bigger and big sneer in round two tomorrow night, president obama's surrogates are confident he'll unleash his more aggressive side and blunt romney's recent surge. >> i think the momentum will be slowed not just by the president's performance at the second debate, but by the economic numbers that are coming out, that demonstrates that there's been clear progress. >> reporter: top romney advisers are convinced americans are increasingly in their corner. >> even if he changes his style and whatever political tactic the president settles on as being in his best interest for this debate, he can't change his records or his policies. >> reporter: and as first reported in "new york times" both campaigns are digging into each other's personal lives to get out the before, like where you shop, who you date, what you read online. all of it offers clues about how you might vote. >> it's a fundamental change in how much campaigns know about us and how they know that they can push our buttons to make us go vote for their candidate. >> reporter: practice, data mining, it's called, has taught

the obama campaign its supporters with more than likely to eat at red lobster, shop at burlington coat factory and listen to smooth jazz. romney backers prepare to drink sam adams beer, eat at olive garden and watch college football. both the candidates will spend another day behind closed doors sparring with their practice partners. senator rob portman will be the one who is competing as barack obama for mitt romney and john kerry, the senator from massachusetts playing the role of romney for the president, and win or lose, the president, savannah, is already looking ahead to post-debate. he'll have both bill clinton and bruce springsteen campaigning on his behalf this thursday in ohio. >> thank you. tom brokaw is an nbc news special correspondent and chuck todd is nbc's political director and chief white house correspondent. good morning to both of you. >> good morning. >> chuck, we'll start with you. you've seen the polls, nationally tight. romney leading. this is an election that will be

decided state by satate. how close is this race right now? >> the first debate did shift things. at first a lot of democrats were trying to apiece themselves saying all the movement in the polls is just a bunch of soft republicans who quote, unquote come home to mitt romney. he showed life and all of this, but i have to say the numbers i've seen in talking about campaigns, something shifted fundamentally, and it's a dead heat, but it's one of these but even right after the debate you had the obama campaign, yeah, it's just a dead heat, but we've got all the fundamental advantages in the battleground states and the romney folks would have conceded that. the numbers that have come over the last 72 hours, we're in a real dead heat, and you see that shift. this means, savannah, this debate couldn't be more critical for president obama. if he loses this debate, then you could start seeing momentum just continue to shift to romney, and he would pull ahead in a lot of state.

>> that brings me to tom brokaw. we'veeen known to hype things in the past here in e media, but this is a very high-stakes moment. >> what's opinion great about the debates they really have re-engaged the country, paying much more attention. i expect it will have a very big audience, and a lot of people will be in the hall asking questions online, i expect mitt romney will do everything short of saying the boys and i will and the president your car and can take the playbook page from vice president, one answer talk about 47%. where are your tax returns? we'll cut taxes for the middle class and if you make more than a 1 million a year we'll raise your taxes. this is the president saying a different mitt romney today than we saw a month ago. >> we've been promised from advisers to see a more energetic president and a more aggressive president. that's a very fine like you walk because he wants to maintain the likability. >> it's a tricky feat. they will in a town hall

surrounded by real voters. candy crowley has reserved the opportunity to ask a followup question that is appropriate, when necessary, so it's eyeball to eyeball, and there's a certain appeal that both men have at that. the governor has been doing a lot of town halls around the country, but the big piece for him is to say i'm one of you. i get it. i know what you're going through. 47% i made a big mistake. >> tom mentioned, chuck, this idea that the obama campaign has a new tact with romney which is to portray him as a flip-flopper. is that a new strategy? >> as you know, savannah, they had been debating for months like do they try to run against him as this out-of-touch conservative, or do they try to run against him as a guy with no core who is a flip-flopper? and frankly they are still not sure which way to go. they still prefer this ideological bent. they think that moves voters move, but, you know, i want to go back to this town hall thing. i do believe that this is -- this is going -- i've always

thought this would be mitt romney's hardest debate of the three, this interacting with people, relating to people. this has been the trouble for him. that's why a win at this debate would be a debate that would put -- could put him ahead to a point where it would be hard for the president to catch up, because it would -- it would sort of blow up the stereotype that he can't connect with people. >> all right. chuck todd, tom brokaw, all the more reason to watch, and just want to remind everybody you can watch tomorrow's presidential debate, 9:00 eastern, 6:00 pacific time right here on nbc. and now for a jump that is right out of the ages. felix baumgartner stepped out of a balloon more than 24 miles up on sunday, and he stepped right into the record books. nbc's tom costello has more on fearless felix's death-defying plunge. say that three times fast. tom, good morning. >> reporter: good for you. felix baumgartner said he was most afraid of dying in front of his family and his girlfriend, considering that he jumped from an altitude three times higher than where jets fly. it was the highest jump ever.

he broke the sound barrier as he fell 833 miles per hour, and he broke a youtube record for the most watched number of live views. >> felix, disconnect the oxygen hose. that a boy. >> reporter: there he was at 128,000 feet standing quite literally on the edge of space, preparing to do what no one had done before, with his mom watching from mission control, 43-year-old felix baumgartner offered a few words most hard to understand. >> the whole world is watching us. >> reporter: and then he was gone beginning a terrifying supersonic dive from 24 miles up. a white dot as he quickly passed 700 miles per hour. >> speed 729. >> reporter: day began well before sunrise in rosswell, new mexico as the red bull team laid

out the balloon and fearless felix slipped into his spacesuit and capsule. he's made harrowing jumps before in brazil and croatia from 15 and 18 miles high, but sunday's mission was about breaking a free fall record that had stood since 1960 when joe kitinger jumped from 19.5 miles high and also breaking his sound barrier. if the suit tore the former australian paratrooper faced certain death. he was on the "today" show last week. >> i like the challenge. >> reporter: sunday after a brief burst of wind baumgartner's balloon got the green light. >> there's the release, and there's the applause. >> reporter: two and a half hours later he was standing where no man had stood before with joe kitinger on the radio. >> and our guardian angel will take care of you. >> reporter: out of the capsule felix was a bullet, 833 miles

per hour, mach 1.24, exceeding the speed of sound, and then with his space mask fogging up what looks like a terrifying out-of-control flat spin before he stabilized. finally four and a half minutes later baumgartner pulled his chute and went to a gentle landing in a desert in new mexico. >> when i'm standing up on the top of the world you become so humble you want to come back alive. you do want to die in front of your parents and girlfriend. >> reporter: you want to come back alive. nasa believes there could be real scientific value. in the cutting edge spacesuit that he wore that allowed him to survive the jump and techniques that could be used in future commercial or nasa space missions what. will he do after this? he's ready to settle down and fly rescue helicopters for a living. matt? >> thank you very much. robert hager covered aviation for 35 years as an nbc

correspondent. he was in mission control providing commentary on felix baumgartner's historic jump. good morning to you. >> good morning, matt. >> you've seen a lot of aviation milestones, both good and bad. what was it like to watch this? >> oh, i think it was kind of thrilling. it was scary when he was coming down, too, but it was just thrilling to be a part of the whole thing are and that's why i did it. it was a lot of fun. just wonderful when he broke those records, and as tom costello said, i think there is something to be gained from this. i mean, some things to be learned about it. >> i was amazed that he was able to talk during portions of this free fall and even while he was spinning. i don't think you'd want to hear what i would have been saying during that spinning portion, but, i mean, it really was incredible that he was able to communicate during this. >> sure. well, i mean, they had been testing equipment. all those cameras spread all over the capsule itself when he's floating up, and then he's loaded with gear for the trip down, too, and there will be more of that, too, shown in a

documentary that they are making to show later, but the communications were great. he's not a big talker. the other guy, kitinger who set the record some years ago very colorful and loaded with quote. felix is more business. >> going back to that spin, was that something that anyone in mission control had predicted or expected? because when we talk about the fact that had his suit torn he would have died instantly. i think a spin can't be a good thing in that area. >> no, a spin is a very dangerous thing, and they worked very hard to try to avoid that, but, you know, nobody's had experience up above 100,000 feet. there are no nasa suits, by the way, certified to jump from more than 100,000 feet so that's why this is good for the future so, yeah, they worked very hard on a technique that would try to avoid that spin. when he went into it, that was a frightening moment, and i stepped back and didn't say anything and waited to see what was going to happen, and he, fortunately, was okay, and he was frightened, too, he said.

>> covering aviation has been a major part of your life. is this an event the rest of us are going to be talking about? are we going to say, hey, we know where we were when this guy accomplished this? >> well, i don't know. i mean, not like neil armstrong walk on the moon or something like this, but this -- this is a very important milestone when chuck yaeger broke the sound barrier in a plane, actually, what was that, about 50 years ago, anyway, 1947, so not that long ago, but we do remember that. not as part of our everyday life, but i think we'll remember this as an important milestone, yeah. >> by the way, i think chuck yaeger, the anniversary, 65 years ago yesterday, so felix baumgartner. >> thanks for fixing up my math. >> not a problem. 65 years. bob hager, always good to see you, bob. thanks very much. >> okay, matt. nice to talk to you. >> all right. >> let's take a turn to get the day's top stories from natalie. natalie, good morning to you. >> good morning, savannah and matt. good morning, everyone.

we begin with a massive and deadly show of force by militants in pakistan, a key u.s. ally in a volatile region. officials say more than 100 militants attacked the police station near the main northwestern city of peshawar this morning. at least six officers were killed. in addition it appears that several police officers were kidnapped. meantime, a pakistani girl who survived an assassination attempt last week has been airlifted out of pakistan for treatment. nbc has this report live from london. >> reporter: malala yousafzai is heading to birmingham where they have expertise treating these types of injuries and where doctors treat wounded troops. malala yousafzai was shot for simply speaking out and now doctors try to save her. rushed from the hospital in pakistan flied to the uk for specialist treatment for her head injuries. the 14-year-old girl attacked because she fought for young girls to be educated and

independent. >> there has been a wave of public revulsion in pakistan and around the world for this attempt to obstruct the education of the young generation. >> reporter: she was targeted by the taliban, but the attackers turned many against them. thousands rallied in her support this weekend, and she's backed by one man who knows about fighting fundamentalists, salman rushdie who himself was threatened by execution for islamists for writing a book. >> what did she want? she wanted an education. and for wanting an education she got shot in the head. it says a lot about an ideology that will react like that to a 14-year-old girl wanting to learn something >> reporter: pakistani police have questioned dozens of people over the attempt to kill malala, the shooter yet to be identified as she is flown across the globe in an international operation to save her life. while malala is still in a coma she has been able to move her feet and hands so doctors are

hopeful for this young girl who has inspired so many. >> lots of prayers around the world for her. thanks so much. a public funeral is set for tomorrow for former pennsylvania senator arlen specter. spector, a survivor of decades of political fights in washington, lost his battle against non-hodgkins lymphoma sunday at his home in philadelphia. in a statement president obama called spector fiercely independent, never putting ideology or party ahead of the people he was chosen to serve. arlen specter was 82. well, stocks are coming off their worst week since june. cnbc's mary thompson is at the new york stock exchange to tell us what is moving the markets today. mary, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, natalie. earnings are a focus as corporate america rolls out its results from last quarter starting this week. this is the dow, just 6% below its all-time high despite last week's losses. japan's softbank is playing $20 billion to give a 20% stake in sprint to give them a hold in

the u.s. wireless market and it will gill sprint for much-needed cash against bigger rivals at&t and verizon. >> thanks. covering pro football games is not without its hazard. look what happened to the nfl network's ian rap poe port discussing the packers guy on live tv. did you guys just see that football? >> i saw it. >> anyway. >> he felt it for sure. >> ian is in his first year with the nfl network but handled it like a real pro. he just kept on with his report there, savannah, matt and al. wonder what we would do if that was the case. >> we would duck. >> catch it an start running for the engine. >> after we squealed like little girls. >> all right, natalie. thank you. >> mr. roquer is here with a check of the weather. >> that's right. we've got problems on both coasts today starting off here in the east coast. we've lot of wet weather with it, stretching from louisiana all the way to

new england. we've got a risk of strong storms that stretches from the gulf coast all the way up into new england. a risk of strong storms, real strong storms from charleston up into the dell marv va peninsula. out west, a big system moving, rain coming down pretty heavy. we're looking for anywhere from 2 to 3 inches of rain over the next 24 hours, and then another system comes in behind that, bringing even more rain. that's what's going on around the country, here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. >> good morning, narrow breaks in the clouds giving us a glorious sunrise on this monday morning. that's a live view from our nbc 4 hd sky watcher camera. and elsewhere around the region, maybe a sprinkle this morning, perhaps passing showers this afternoon, a small chance they would be some thundershowers. a bit breezy, too. winds gusting 20 to 25 miles per hour out of the southwest, near 70 by noontime. and down to the 40s tomorrow >> and that's your latest

weather. savannah? >> al, thank you. just ahead, does it make sense to put your pets in harnesses in cars? some result of a crash test and a very big announcement of a very big act come to our plaza, but first this is

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actually, i just press this button. brew what you love, simply. keurig. this is a news4 news break. >> good morning, it's 7:26 on this monday, october 15th, i'm aaron gilchrist. in our headlines, a busy night for firefighters this morning in that man nass as. firefighters were still mopping up this morning, no one was hurt. now here's danella with a look at the roads. >> watching an accident. this is northbound route 123 at pope's head road. crash there blocking the right lane. 395 northbound, multivehicle crash blocking the right shoulder lane. and you're slow northbound just 25 miles per hour. 26 minutes to get to the 14th street bridge. aaron? >> thank you, danella. a changing forecast when we come

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. good morning. i'm storm team 4 meteorologist tom kiran. for the next several days, cool mornings and mild afternoons.

highs near 70 today by noontime. passing showers likely this afternoon, a bit of a blustery wind. pleasant into thursday, aaron. >> thank you,

well, crowds have flkd to rockefeller plaza to see big names in the past like justin bieber and lady gaga and many others. now, one of the most popular bands of all time is set to take to our concert stage for the very first time. we'll have that big announcement in just a bit. we're excited for this one. >> this is a big one for me. kind of like the soundtrack for my life. >> let that be a hint to you, america. >> going to be fun. >> 7:30 on a monday morning, the 15th of october, 2012. i'm savannah guthrie alongside matt lawer. >> as a parent you want your kid's school to know where they are, but does using an electronic chin tracking their every move cross the line?

that's what parents and teens are saying about a new rule about some schools in texas. we'll tell you more about that. >> a big star from an oscar-winning movie up in our makeup win right now. yes, a dog from "the artist." not only can he act, he can write. he's got a new memoir. we'll ask him all about it, so that interview should go well. >> nice of you to get out of the chair in time to let him in there. >> speaking of hollywood glitz and glamour, a collection of richard burton's private diaries are now being published, this for the first time. in them he reveals a lot about his feelings for elizabeth taylor and their two marriages. so we'll be diving into that. >> okay. we'll begin this half hour with a colorado community on edge as police search for 10-year-old jessica ridgeway's killer. nbc's miguel almaguer is in westminster, colorado, this morning. miguel, good morning to you. >> reporter: savannah, good morning. over the weekend, thousands gathered to remember little jess camp vigils and memorials popped up all across this city as

police are now focused on finding their suspect. collective heartbreak for a little girl abducted on her way to school. jessica ridgeway, the 10-year-old who loved to dance, vanished 11 days ago. >> my heart's broken. i don't know how to deal with it. >> reporter: her body discovered seven miles from her home in a rural open field described by police as not intact. investigators positively identified her remains late friday afternoon. >> our focus has changed in a search for jessica to a mission of justice for jessica. >> reporter: with state, local and federal agents working jessica's murder, police have scoured her neighborhood and the community for clues. more than 1,500 tips have poured n.500 homes searched. a manhunt under way for a killer still on the street. former fbi profiler clint van zandt. >> this is just a whole other type of predator. number one, to commit a horrible

act and kidnap a child, but, number two, to dispose of a bod they way puts this guy in a breed almost by himself. >> reporter: last seen by her mother walking to school, the fifth grader never made it to a nearby park to meet classmates. jessica's backpack was discovered the day after she vanished, one of the few clues investigators have publicly released. >> if he should feel he can't be identified, he could very easily start looking for another victim. >> reporter: with no suspects today an entire community is on edge. >> it's unthinkable. it's unthinkable that this happened right here this close and such an awful, awful manner. >> reporter: an innocent young life plucked off a quiet street. this morning there are no answers in a neighborhood where grief is only matched by a cry for justice. >> why would you kill a child or hurt a child or steal a child from their family?

>> reporter: jessica's parents who last week were cleared of any involvement in their daughter's disappearance have not spoken publicly since announcement of the discovery of the body. police are following several leads but are not releasing any details as to not compromise their investigation. savannah. >> all right. miguel almaguer in westminster, colorado, thank you. we'll take a turn now and get another check of the weather from al. >> today's weather is brought to you by edward jones. >> and good morning. we've got a little activity out in the tropics. we have tropical storm rafael right now 680 miles southwest of bermuda. it's got 70-mile-per-hour winds. it will probably become a hurricane later today. of ng northwest at 10, the path bermuda sometime early tuesday afternoon or wednesday morning. and then it moves out into sea. no big problems. rest of the country, we've got a risk of strong storms along the

southeastern atlantic coast. heavy rain moving into the pacific northwest, plenty of sunshine through the southwest. 86 and sunny in l.a. today. windy conditions around the northern great lakes. look for some showers around there, and temperatures remain mild in the mid section of the country. that's what's going on around the u.s. here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. >> good morning. we've got quite a bit of a breeze this morning. winds gusting up to around 20 to 25 miles per hour out of the south and west. and a few sprinkles out in the mountains, as well as in the southern schenn dougha valley. might have a few coming the next couple hours. temperatures now in the generally mid 60s around much of the region and noontime, near 70. and passing showers likely this afternoon, along with blustery winds. and rain ending tonight. sunny tomorrow. chilly in the morning. afternoon highs, mid 60s. >> don't forget you can get that weather any time you need it. go to the weather channel on cable or weather.com online. matt? >> al, thanks very much. seems like a good thing, school administrators able to tell exactly war student is at all

times, but some teens and parents in texas are not too happy about a new program that requires students to wear electronic tracking chips at school. nbc's janet shamlian is in spring, texas. janet, good morning. >> reporter: matt, good morning to you. yeah, the use of this technology is growing and so are concerns over privacy. at this high school in the houston area they have had it in place for about four years. the chip is embedded into a student's i.d. card and it's used to track attendance, but elsewhere in the lone star state where it's newly implemented it is meeting with tremendous resistance. what kids wear to school is often a hot topic for teenagers. here in san antonio students are buzzing about a small item they are being forced to wear. >> it has like a tracking device on the back of it. >> reporter: it's a student i.d. badge that allows the school to instantly locate any student in the building. >> i think it's good because if you're not in class and they

could like search snow not only do these cards help locate students on campus, they also help count them, and counting students is how schools make money. >> when we're looking for students that were on campus but marked absent, our attendance secretary can look on her web page and see where they are at. >> reporter: for every student counted for attend and the state pays almost $30 million a day. the district loses $2 million a year due to poor school reporting so the districts turned to technology to increase the number. >> kids who are in the building, in the counsellor's office, nurse's office, hallway, the gym,ets. if we can in fact though they were at school we can count them present. >> reporter: not everyone has the school i.d. spirit, and some students are refusing to wear the badge. >> it is dumb why are they going to track me during school? >> track is us everywhere? do we have any privacy? like, it's uncalled for. >> reporter: some parents are concerned the tracking system

will spread to even more schools. >> i just believe that there should be other means of accounting. i know that attendance equals money in texas. there has to be another way >> reporter: aclu is even weighing in saying the tracking i.d.s may violate privacy rights. >> the schools talk about security, but what's really going on here is budgets and money. it treats children like cat. where does this go from here? today in the schools, tomorrow in workplaces and who knows where else. >> reporter: in the san antonio schools, the students are not allowed to access the library or the cafeteria without this tracking badge. for its part the school there says that when the students are in their care, they have no expectation of privacy. >> janet shamlian, thank you very much. still ahead, the difficult choices faced by a woman who found out she had cancer just weeks after learning she was pregnant. but up next, do car

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back now at 7:42 with a followup to a story we first brought you two weeks ago. dog owners who restrain their pets when driving. it's a bill that's being met with mixed reaction. nbc's mara schiavocampo is live there with more this morning. mara, good morning. >> reporter: savannah, good morning. as you mentioned, we got a huge response from this story. now one organization says they have tested some of these dog harnesses and found shocking results. pet harnesses, seat belts for dogs, designed to keep our best friends safe while we chauffeur them around. there are dozens of dog safety products on the market. lawmakers in new jersey are even considering a bill to require a car restraint for rover. >> reporter: people tend to treat their animals and their pets like members of their family. why don't they treat them like that when they are in the car. >> reporter: while harnesses may give peat owners peace of mind, a new study suggests they may

not offer much actual protection. >> it was just astounding what we saw. >> reporter: lindsay founded the center for pet safety in 2011 after getting into a car accident while traveling with her dog. the harness failed, and maggie suffered spinal injuries. so she decided to test four of the strongest dog harnesses on the market, applying the same federal motor vehicle safety standards for testing child seats. using a 55 test dog she and her team simulated a 30-mile-per-hour collision. the result, every single harness fail failed. in the first test the harness held up but provided too much slack. the dummy dog rocketed forward, crashing into the back of the test bench. the results would get far worse. in two of the tests the harnesses snapped completely, sending the test dog flying through the air totally unprotect

unprotected, becoming a dangerous projectile. it's estimated that in a crash at 30 miles per hour a tiny ten-pound dog will exert 300 pounds of pressure. and in the fourth test a devastating result. the harness slid up to the test dog's neck upon impact. >> i don't think that there's any doubt that those dogs would have been severely injured if not fatally injured. >> reporter: she doesn't identify the manufacturers in the test because she says they are not doing anything wrong. there are no existing safety standards in place for dog harnesses, something the center for pet safety is working to change so that road trips are safer for all passengers, including the four-legged ones. >> my dog was injured by one of these products, and i felt that this was inexcusable. this should not happen. the pets that we love, they need real protection. >> reporter: the american pet product association represents those dog harness manufacturers, and in response to the findings they released a statement saying there are an increasing number of reported accidents where a

pet distracting the driver is being cited as the cause. a pet restraint that merely limits pet's access to distraction and the driver and limits its motion in the event of an accident is s still an improvement over no restraint. savannah? >> esschiavocampo in chicago, thanks so much. still ahead, the priceless expressions on the faces of people at a halloween fright night attraction. and coming up next, our big announcement about the big act coming it our plaza right after this. hi, i just switched jobs, and i want to roll over my old 401(k) into a fidelity ira. man: okay, no problem. it's easy to get started; i can help you with the paperwork. um...this green line just appeared on my floor. yeah, that's fidelity helping you reach your financial goals. could you hold on a second? it's your money. roll over your old 401(k) into a fidelity ira and take control of your personal economy. this is going to be helpful. call or come in today. fidelity investments. turn here. as part of a heart healthy diet.

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looking back over the vast terrain of his life, really, and here you are this 26-year-old kid. it seems like it couldn't come from you. tell me about that song. >> i wrote that song, and i'm sitting up at the barn, and it's like, you know. ♪ you know, just i'm loving this melodic stuff. it's growing through me, and i -- i don't know where that came from. ♪ ♪ every time that i look in the mirror ♪ what? ♪ all these lines on my face are getting clearer ♪ >> that's the best part. ♪ the past is gone ♪ it went by like dusk to dawn ♪ isn't that the way ♪ everybody got their dues in

life to pay ♪ so it was that melody which told my mouth -- which touched something in my brain that made my mouth sing that. every time i look in a mirror. >> do you have a lighter, matches, i can hold up? come on, i want more. >> did he break out into song in an interview? do an interview like that always put the person like that at a piano. it works. what do you think it happens when they did the -- part of that? >> exactly. >> i'm glad you went there. >> meantime, did you guys see "saturday night live" on saturday night? >> great. >> they had some big laughs, of course, and it started with what else, the vice presidential debate. take a look. >> congressman ryan, we begin with your opening statement. >> thank you. >> first of all, i want to thank centre college for hosting us this evening. >> oh, boy, here we go. oh, man. >> four years ago president obama made a promise. that he would bring down

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cloudy, breezy and cool this monday morning. i'm meteorologist tom kiran. getting some rain near charlottesville toward the metro area. by noon, steadier rain. right now, 60s much of the region and rain off and on likely with a blustery wind with a high near 70. cooler with the sun tomorrow and still breezy. >>

we're back now. 8:00 on a monday morning. it's the 15th day of october, 2012. it looks like it's turning into a really pretty morning here in the northeast. we've got moderate temperatures. it's in the 60s or something like that after some chilly weather passed through over the weekend. we've got a very nice crowd. people out on the plaza. these folks, if they stick around until november 2nd, will be tickled and tickled by the music of aerosmith. november 2nd on the plaza. first time ever that they have done a morning concert. that should be a lot of fun. >> yeah. >> out on the plaza i'm matt lauer along with savannah

guthrie and al roker. >> in just a minute we'll get into hollywood's most alluring romances, elizabeth taylor and richard burton married twice, a lot of sparks on screen and off and now for the first time burton's diaries are being published revealing his private thoughts on that intense relationship. that and a lot more. we'll take a look. >> the woman who got the best news of her life followed by the worst. first she found out she was pregnant, a joyous occasion, and then just a couple of weeks later she found out that she had cancer. we'll be talking about the battle to save her life and the life of her unborn baby. >> what a difficult journey. all right. and then we go to our green room now live where we have a very special guest. ugge t uggie the dog is here from "the artist." he has penned his autobiography and giving a spokes conference already. actually recorded the audio book, which is fantastic. it goes a lot like that for four

hours, but really riveting. >> can't wait to see that. that's going to be great. >> lots to talk about. >> but first let's go inside. natalie has a check all the headlines. natalie. >> good morning, matt, savannah and al. good morning, everyone. president obama and republican challenger mitt romney are spending the day preparing for tomorrow's second debate. the obama campaign promises a more energetic president will take the stage at hofstra university in new york. romney says the president can change his debate style, but he can't change his record. the republican's strong showing in the first debate is widely credited with giving new life to his campaign. the alleged mastermind of the september 11th attacks khalid sheikh mohammed and four co-defendants are expected in court for pre-tile hearing at guantanamo bay. families of the victims have been invited to four u.s. military bases to watch the paroledings on closed-circuit television. the memorial site in colorado near where jessica ridgeway's body was found was visited over the weekend by hundreds of people. many of them were parents who

brought their kids. some held hands, and many prayed for the 10-year-old who disappeared october 5th on her way to school. jessica's body was found wednesday night a few miles from where she lived. investigators are working around the clock to find jessica's killer. the number of cases of fungal meningitis in the u.s. has risen to at least 205. federal health officials say the rare outbreak has spread to 14 states and claimed at least 15 lives. it's linked to steroid shots used for back pain. the space shuttle "endeavour" is finally home. it took about 17 hours longer than expected to move the retired shuttle just 12 miles from los angeles international airport through city streets, to then the california science center. trees had to be cut and traffic lights were raised to clear the path, but for the thousands of spectators all along the route, the experience was well worth it. now for a look at what's trending today. our quick roundup of what has you talking online.

rihanna is gracing the november cover of "vogue," the second time as the cover girl. the singing star reveals she hasn't been on a date for two years, but there are reports that rihanna may get back together with former flame chris brown after her new album "unapologetic" is released in november. the two were seen together in new york recently. one shot was all he got, and now that shot is going viral. san diego college student lined it up from the half court this weekend for a chance to win a brand new truck. he let it fly, and drive safely, craig. pretty amazing. and these pictures of scared thrill-seekers at a haunted house are bringing endless amusement to people online. the photos were taken at the nightmare fear factory in niagara falls, canada. you'll notice most of the scaredy cats there in those pictures are guys who go for a dose of terror. look at that face. now, that is a scared face. 8:05 right now. let's go back outside to matt,

savannah and al. >> a little scared looking tat. >> like you had on the tower of terror, they take the one of my family on that. mr. roker. >> got some nice folks here, some folks overseas. >> that's right. now through november 11th, veterans day. appreciate that. let's check out our pick city of the day, manhattan, new york. showers and storms, a high of 70 degrees. let's look at the week ahead. it's going to be really wet in the pacific northwest. western half of the country above norm a. normal along the eastern seaboard. mid-week period we expect to see warm weather along the gulf coast up into the northeast. rain in the great lakes and the mid-mississippi river valley. above normal tperatures out west, and then the week ahead, chillier conditions move into the great lakes and the upper mississippi river value we rain

and snow showers. warm out west, and showe showers. warm out west and rain continues in the pacific northwest. that's what's going on around the country, here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. >> rain moving into virginia southwest to northeast. good morning, i'm storm team 4 meteorologist tom kiran. getting sprinkles in king george into charles county. and some steadier rain and heavier rain falling farther south and west of there. later today, some of the rain off and on into the metro area and during the afternoon. and early afternoon near 70. right now we're in the 60s with a bit of a blustery wind. cooler weather moves in for tomorrow with lots of sun. blustery wind, delightful pattern into the weekend.>> and weath weather. savannah? >> all right, al. coming up next, richard burton's private boss on his career and his love affair with elizabeth taylor. a look inside his personal diaries right after this. [ female announcer ] quaker yogurt granola bars.

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a personal look at one of hollywood's greatest love stories. elizabeth taylor and richard burton's romance that played out on the pig screens for two decades. a personal collection of diaries being published. we talked to his daughter and the very revealing entries. >> the extraordinary thing about these diaries is they are my father's words, going from the most mundane, to the most esoteric, to the most brilliant, to the most hilarious. >> "the richard burton diaries" written between 1939 and 1983 chronicled the glamorous yet troubled life of an acclaimed actor, loving father and passionate husband, an inside look at the personal life of one of the world's most famous couples. ♪ because i love you just the way you look tonight ♪ >> forget brad and angelina, any couple today they pale in comparison who what liz taylor

and richard burton were. these were royal celebrities. america was completely transfixed at the time. >> even now decades later, hollywood is still swooning over their love affair, "liz and dick," the lifetime tv movie comes out next month. >> god knows you know how to make an entry. >> their relationship played out on the big screen in movies like "cleopatra." >> i can see nothing but you. >> and "who is afraid of virginia woolf" that amoused the hearts of all fans. >> give me a big sloppy kiss. >> they had a lavish lifestyle that included private jets. ♪ come fly with me, let's fly, let's fly away ♪ >> enormous yachts and extravagant jewelry putting the 68-carat burton taylor diamond he purchased in 1969. >> he had to keep up with the world's most glamorous woman. >> but it was not an easy life in the spotlight as his diaries

reveal in such a personal way. richard and elizabeth married and divorced twice, and through it all battled dueling careers, health problems and alcohol abuse. >> for me reading the diaries, that was one of the most powerful experiences is watching him try to navigate that slippery slope. >> even though burton was nominated for seven academy awards, he'll always be remembered for his passionate and legendry love of elizabeth taylor. >> it was a real relationship. it wasn't just, you know, walking around and having your photograph taken and wearing diamonds and wearing tuxedoes ♪ love, endless love >> chris williams is the editor of "the richard burton diaries." good to see you. >> good morning, matt. >> this is really intense stuff. where have the diaries been? >> these diaries in the possession of sally burton, rich's widow and she gave them to university in 2006, and the understanding was we would seek

to public them in kind of a scholarly edition with appropriate context actual information. >> reading into the entries here, do you get the sense that richard burton ever thought these would be made public? >> i think that he didn't intend these to be made public as they stand. i think he was expecting perhaps later in life to go back to these and to use them possibly as the basis for a memoir. >> all right. let's go. some of the entries are elizabeth taylor are getting a lot of attention. here from november 19th, 1968. i have been inordinately lucky all my life, but the greatest luck of all has been elizabeth. she's a wildly exciting lover-mistress. she is shy and witty. she is nobody's fool. she is a brilliant actress. she is beautiful beyond the dreams of pornography. she can tolerate my impossibilities and my drunkenness. she is an ache in the stomach when i am away from her, and she loss of me. he has a way with words. >> he does. some of the passages are absolutely superb and quite emotional to read and give you

great insight into the kind of complicated personality that he was. >> and complicated relationship. this was an up-and-down relationship. >> oh, yeah. >> for everything wonderful he says about her, he admits in these diaries that it was not always easy. march 20th, 1969. the last six or eight months have been a nightmare. i created one half and elizabeth the other. we grated on each other to the point of separation. hi thought of going to live alone in some remote shack in a rainy place and e had thought of going to stay with howard in hawaii. it is, of course, quite impossible. we are bound together. hoop-steeled. wither ,thou goest. what was the problem? >> alcohol abuse. richard had issues with alcohol. elizabeth liked to drink as well. both short-tempered people and i think to some extension the relationship fed off the tension between them. they could enjoy the argument

and the row and particularly making up again. >> the diamond we talked about in the setup spot, chris, 69-carat amazing diary and writes in one of the diaries about it, november 16th, 1969. he says it's been a bizarre few days. first of all, there was the affair of the diamond. elizabeth's delight in it, a joy to behold and a very quaint thing to witness. it is the obvious pleasure that other people take in her wearing it. and, of course, nobody can wear it better. the miraculous face and shoulders and breasts that set it off to perfection. the guy can write, can't he? tell me about that diamond. why did it captivate all of us so much? >> that was one of the most expensive jewels in the world at the time that it was purchased, and there was a bidding war which also involved aristotle onassis, so richard was delighted to have outbid onassis and jackie kennedy for it. >> one of the things you learn in the diaries is about richard burton's insecurities. he was not satisfied with the

way his life and career turned out. >> no. he's a man i think of tremendous complexities, somebody who had come from a very ordinary background in south wales and had achieved great things, but was never really that content with being an actor, and he had many other ambitions, one of which was to write. >> a little later on, 1971, august 15th he writes this. he says my lack of interest in my own career, past, present or future is almost total. all my life i think i've been secretly ashamed of being an actor, and the older i get, the more ashamed i get, and i think it revolves it -- it resolves itself into a firm belief that the person who is doing the acting is somebody else. >> well, richard's father was a coal miner. all of his brothers had been coal miners. he came from a culture in which that kind of manual labor was what defined you as a man, and to be an actor i think he felt was slightly effeminate. >> i have to say that even in this culture where we seem to get too much information on

celebrities, there's something about the words on these pages that's really fascinating. chris, thanks for bringing them to us. appreciate it. >> my pleasure. >> read a few entries from t"th richard burton diaries" on today.com. up next, an expectant mom learns she has cancer. the attempts to save her and her baby after this. find well-made s that stand on their own and mix with your favorites. ♪ get it on ♪ bang the gong ♪ get it on we're big fans of izod, a classic since 1922. and still every guy's go-to for no-fuss style. jcp and izod make it easy, always at a great deal. ♪ has become boring and tasteless... only one man can save the day. kellogg's crunchy nut! ♪ sweet and nutty crunchy nut!

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throughout their honeymoon, but soon there was news that lifted their hearts. >> we found out we were pregnant. >> reporter: their joy quickly turned to concern. lindsay's pain had worsened, and she developed a cough. she finally had a chest x-ray around thanksgiving. >> i got a call from my doctor that night at about 8:00 p.m., and she said to me that there was definitely something on my x-ray. >> reporter: a mass in her chest. lindsay had b-cell lymphoma. >> i was scared to death. i was pregnant. >> couldn't wait to hug her and say, okay, i'm going to be here for you through thick and thin. >> reporter: lindsay underwent six cycles of chemotherapy. sick from treatment, sick with worry. >> what was going on with the baby, and how was it rayfecting her? >> pregnancy is a whole mass of rapidly dividing cells, and chemotherapy is not compatible with pregnancy. as she was being treated for her own symptoms, the baby was also getting the same chemotherapy

load. >> reporter: the very treatment that was saving lindsay's life was stunting lena's growth. >> every time we saw her, lindsay wanted the best thing done for little lena, and hi to remind her often that sometimes we had to think about the best things for lindsay as well, and she didn't always want to hear that. >> reporter: three weeks before she was due, lindsay was induced. >> it was a happy day. >> i was so, so happy that she seemed to be doing well, and she wasn't inside me anymore. i wrote in her baby book, like, mommy loves you so much. >> reporter: lindsay immediately began radiation treatment. she was very weak. it turned out so was her baby. just as doctors had suspected, little lena's immune system was severely compromises. just a month after she was born, she was back in the hospital fighting off an infection. she recovered, and today is right where she should be. lindsay is doing better as well. recent tests show she is on the path to remission.

scott believes the best is yet to come for their young family because lindsday's a fighter, lena is, too. >> a wild wide to watch anybody to go through, and you can't help but stand in awe and she's -- yeah, she's -- she's amazing. >> reporter: for "today," diana alvear, idaho. >> well, for more on this we turn to dr. nancy snyderman, nbc's chief medical examiner. good morning. first thing you think when you see a story like this, how can they give chemo when somebody is pregnant, won't it harm the baby? >> yes and no. some chemotherapy drugs doing. the timing was really important. they waited until she was through her first trimester when most injuries can hurt the fetus, and as soon as they could get the baby out, i suspected 32 or 33 weeks when they knew the baby's lungs would be okay, and you notice there was no

radiation given to her until the baby was delivered, but, you know, some chemotherapy drugs are more toxic to babies than others. >> is there anything that the unborn baby has around her in this case that protects her? >> there's a barrier that protects some things from going back and forth, but something as simple as an aspirin can affect the fetal development. the timing of the chemotherapy drugs, but interestingly since mom's tombors affected the lymph nodes, that's one of the first lines of defense, the chemotherapy drugs affected the baby's immune system so the baby was susceptible to bacterial infections which is probably what landed the baby back in the hospital immediately afterwards. the great thing prognosis for child super. those things, that part. i munn system comes right back to normal, and for mom, we'll just have to wait and see. >> have there been any long-term studies on what effect chemo might have on a fetus? >> 20 years ago the choice would have been to a mother do you want to go the entire length of

the pregnancy and risk your being cured and we'll see, or do you want to abort now and save your life? now we know so much more about chemotherapy that moms really do have choices, and doctors can be intelligently aggressive during different stages of the pregnancy, so there are a lot more options than what there have been in the past. there's more data on young children getting chemotherapy and their risk of other cancers later in life, but this baby has a phenomenal prognosis for a happy, healthy life. >> happy to hear that. dr. nancy, thank you. back with dame judi dench after your local news.

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8:30 now on a monday morning. it's the 15th of october, 2012. a great warm day on rockefeller plaza as we say hello and good morning to our crowd. right now people are hearing a little bit of trisha yearwood, great country star. she will actually perform for us in a moment. however, not musically. >> she is also really good in the kitchen. she's got her own show, a cooking show. she's done cook books.

she will make a recipe for us this morning. you all like chili. >> love it. >> she will do fancy chili, a southern favorite. we'll be here with trisha in just a couple of minutes. >> also.o other huge stars here us as well. dame judi dench, of course, starring in the newest james bond film. she's here, and uggie, the dog. who can forget his star performance in "the artist" so we're looking forward to catching up with them as well. >> hi, uggie. >> and, of course, it's never too early to start thinking about holiday shopping. >> no, really. >> at mitt it, you've already bought some gifts. >> you're probably done with it. >> no, not done yet, no, no. >> you're slacking this year. >> a little bit behind. >> but i'll shoal you what you can do to score some great deals right now. >> all right. >> we want to remind everybody we've got our big dance contest on the plaza october 26th. we need us your show us your moves entries. we'll have a dance-off live on

the plaza. to submit to your videos head to our website today.com. some of the entries we've already received. the competition is fierce. if you're a good dancer you'll get flown here to new york for a dance party. >> look at that guy. >> that guy. >> a check of the weather. >> all right. a little breezy today here in the northeast. it's going to be a little on the warm side, too, as this front gets ready to push through. slight risk of strong storms along the mid atlantic states into the southeast. a lot of wet weather in the pacific northwest. windy in the plain states, warm through the southwest. tomorrow, cooler in the northeast. mid atlantic states, as well, showers in the upper mississippi river valley. mountain snows in the western plains. few showers continue in the pacific northwest. heat continues in the southwest into southern california. that's what's going on around the country. here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. >> good morning, i'm storm team 4 meteorologist tom kiran on this monday morning. a lot of clouds around, the 60s, blustery wind. and storm team 4 radar showing

rain advancing southwest to virginia heading toward the metro area, likely will have some of the rain into the metro area by around 10:30, 11:00. and then off and on the rest of the afternoon. highs near 70. early afternoon. then 60s when rain begins. a blustery wind today, tonight. tomorrow, the sun back. . >> and that's your latest weather. >> well, ben affleck's newest film "argo" is getting some early oscar buzz after opening second place at the becomes office this weekend. it's his third time real life rescue effort almost too daring and too risky to believe. >> i got an idea. >> they are a canadian film crew or science fiction movie. i fly in tehran. we all fly august as a film crew. >> ben affleck captures it all in his new film "argo," a little known shaye operation to rescue six in tehran. >> these people died and died

badly. >> was's your passport? >> the plan masks the agents as canadian film crew shooting a saigon movie. >> you don't have a better idea than this? >> this is the best bad idea. >> affleck plays antonio mendes, the cia operative who masterminded the escape. >> i said let's do something flamboyant. >> i need you to help me make a fake movie. >> wouldn't imagine someone would use that idea as a cover because it was so outrageous. >> miraculously it paid off. >> the six americans slipped out of iran. >> and now this real film about the fake film has everyone talking. >> "argo" is definitely one of those movies that will live up to all of the hype surrounding it. it's the kind of movie that will hold on very well throughout the weeks and months ahead. >> the film is affleck's third directial effort. >> i'll do it. >> and a departure from his previous films which took place in his native boston. >> definitely was a little more outside his comfort zone, but he

definitely rose to the occasion and direct what had most critics are saying is the best movie he's done. >> we want to set up a movie in a week. >> in fact, some critics are already speculating about an oscar hat trick with possible nominations for best picture, best director -- >> teach somebody to be a director in a day? >> and best actor. >> you have to know your resume back to front. as with "goodwill hunting" which won affleck his first oscar in 1988, award momentum is building. >> we think everybody knows hollywood. >> there's one a lot of people want to see. another movie i want to see is "sky fall." hollywood superstar dame judi dench starring in the new james bond film. judi, good to see you. >> and you, good morning. >> this is your story, this one. from what i've heard, this is the story of them, the back story is revealed. how surprising is it? >> quite surprising to me, it was. >> yeah? >> suddenly to get out from

behind the desk. it was very, very good indeed. i kind of checked always in a book room behind a desk so i get out to do a lot of action and spinning around and keeping the boys in order. >> there's been a lot of speculation and buzz that this could be the end of the line for emme. probably not going to tell us. >> no. >> feel free if you wanted to. >> has it been fun to be the center that have speculation? >> it has been. it has been terrific but very, very difficult, you know. like the press corps just before we all started, and you get many, many questions about nobody could answer a question. weren't allowed to answer a single one. >> meanwhile, this is the 50th anniversary of the bond series. how does this film differ from the others? >> i don't know really. i don't know how it differs because having not seen it yet, but it's gone down so far very, very well, and it's lovely that it's the 50th.

we had global james bond day last week, and it's lovely that it happened on our year when we have the jubilee and we've had the olympic games and, you know, we're waving the flag a bit. >> so you haven't seen the movie yet? >> no. i'm going to wait for a week on tuesday. >> when people say what happens, you can say i honestly don't know? >> i have no idea. >> my son asked me, daddy, what the "sky fall" means. >> what does sky fall mean? >> the name of a house. >> not the way emme meets her maker. >> no, no. >> anything, give us something here. do you have a favorite bond movie of even the early ones? >> no, not -- i mean, i remember seeing "from russia with love," and i just loved, it absolutely loved it. >> that's a good one. >> but they all have great charm about them, i think. >> well, please tell us it's not

the end of the road for emm sgle we can't take it. >> one of the great reasons i love these movies. >> she's good. >> i've got more from uggie than i did from dame judi here. >> what happens to emme, uggie? tell us. come on, uggie. what happens? >> "sky fall," by the way, opens november 9th. by then we might know. up next, another legend is here.

well, you know you've made it when you go by just one name. cher, madonna and now uggie. the adorable jack russell terrier was starred in movies like "water for elephants" but his role in the oscar winner "the artist" has solidified his star status. he's here with his trainer omar

von mueller. good morning to both of you. >> good morning. >> my first question is to uggie. you knew you were an actor. did you know you were an author as well? >> did you? >> yeah. he said he does. >> he did. omar, why did you decide to write this book? >> actually i got a call from wendy holden which is a writer, and she gave me the idea, and so i talked to him and he said absolutely. let's go for it. >> you say that there's something special about uggie, that he really is acting. he's really a star. explain. >> yes. i mean, you can tell when he's acting, when he's on stage, he's the type of dog that just wants the attention. when we say action, he goes to where he's supposed to be doing. not looking at the cameras or me or anybody else and he's totally acting. he loves it. >> he co-starred with reese witherspoon in "water for elephants." he holds a torch for reese. dead case the book to her, for reese, my love, my light, and he says ours was spontaneous attraction.

it was written if the stars for what i hope will be a deep and enduring love. whenever i came into her orbit the incandescent smell she gave me was even more captivating than a slice of pperoni. >> actually i knew he had a crush on her, but once he sta started barking to me and telling me the whole thing. >> we see them smooching there. is the feeling mutual? how does reese feel about uggie? >> he's a little jealous that she got married and he still has a crush on her. >> now, you've had uggie for a while. you mentioned he's had other roles. when "the artist" first came to you, did you think, wow, this is going to be huge, a breakout movie? >> no, nobody knew it. it was just like a low-budget frenchy black and white, and we never even knew we would see it on dvd or anything like that, and then it just exploded. >> and then the oscar. so much has happened. what's been your favorite thing to see and do with uggie since "the artist" has become such a phenomenon? >> probably the tour. the tour's been great and now the book.

he also has his own application so he's going places. >> is uggie retired from movies now? >> from movies, definitely yes. >> why is that? just because there comes a time when it's too much work. he's older now? >> he still has a lot of energy, but he just doesn't have it to be on set for 10, 15 hours a day, and it's just not fair, and i think he had a great time in "the artist." we're going to leave him there. >> a hollywood maxim, got to know to leave on a high note. can he did a couple of tricks for us before we go. >> give him a kiss. you ready. get shy. >> that's pretty good. he's hiding his eyes. >> that's pretty cute. the book is called "uggie, my story." thank you so much for bringing it to us. >> you're really welcome. >> say bye? >> yeah, bye. >> still ahead, it is never too early. money-saving ways to get a jump start on your hollywood shopping, but first this is "today" on nbc.

back at 8:46. this morning on "celebrating la vida latina," an up-and-coming fashion designer who is experience includes more horses than fabric. this fashion designer grew up more than 5,000 miles from new york city. born and raised on her family's ranch in uruguay. >> been there since the early 1800s before uruguay was really uruguay so it's quite a special place to grow up. >> what was it like growing up, the goucho life on this ranch in uruguay? >> all i knew was ranching, horses, cattle, sheep, i rode

horses all my life. >> even as a little girl surrounded by horses and sheep gabriela gravitated towards fashion. >> i've drawn shoes and dresses since i'm a little kid, and i remember watching cinderella for the first time and, you know, that scene where they make the little mouse with the dress, i went to my grandmother lace sleeping gowns and cut them up. >> so you have been living the cinderella story in a way. >> yes, yes, yes, i think so. >> her cinderella story began in 2004 when a t-shirt company in brooklyn and just $700. >> my mom on a horse, and she's very like natural. used to ride rodeo, so with did an illustration based on that image and then we created it on t-shirts. >> from t-shirts to her present day collection for her brand she called candela. >> a hispanic name that means light. has different means all across america. in the caribbean it's like

there's enough life and where i come it's a light, joyful name. >> and that joyful spirit is captured in her clothes. these shoes are based on an embride which which my grandmother did in the tunic collection. >> she's shown her collection at new york fashion week three times. >> describe it me that your feeling of showing you're mainstream. you're there with donna karan and marc jacobs. >> the excitement, the day of the show i'm very relaxed. i've done all the work, and now i have to enjoy the moment. >> what does being a latina designer mean to you? >> it means following other great latina di designers. >> "harper's bazaar" featured gabriela in their magazine this month. >> this is a very tough business to crack, and i think what's so wonderful about gabriela is now candela is beginning to make a

mark in the fashion world, and it's now one that top fashion editors are noticing. >> and this city girl still goes back to the countryside. >> i go very often. i have a working ranch there with my brothers, so, yeah, it's my second job. that's my dad with his whole goucho regalia, his big mustache obviously. >> he's a real goucho? >> he was. >> he tattooed her father's ranch symbol on her wrist so she wouldn't forget where she came from, an her designs prove she never strays too far. >> we are an american brand with a uruguayan designer. >> and-for-more an gabriela and other designers as well head to nbclatina.com. up next, country star tricia yearwood cooks up some southern favorites, but first, this is "today" on nbc.

and this morning on "today's kitchen," what's on the menu? southern favorites. grammy winner trisha yearwood is probably best known for her top-charting country hits, but these days she's spending a lot of her time cooking in the kitchen. her food network so "trisha's southern kitchen" is heading into season number two. trisha, it's great to see you

>> great to see you. >> how did food become such a big part of your life? >> something as a kid you used to pull your chair up to the counter and help. >> i really did it mostly testing as a kid. >> you were a sampler. >> my mom was a great cook and when i got to college and got on my own i missed home. i learned cookie. that's when i learned. when i was in my early 20s i started making her food. >> learned by trial and error? did you go out there and take lessons? i learned from my mom. i want to make your potato salad. how do you do this? things like how long do you boil water? do you put cold water over corn before you -- just basic stuff. she tout me everything. >> you're going to make chili here. >> yes. >> the weather is getting colder, football season under way. great combination for chili, but you're making a southern favorite called fancy chili. what makes it fansy in. >> i've never had chili with carrots in it and red bell pepper in it so just some things. i've never seen anything like that in chili, and in my family it's more of an idea of trying to get your kids to eat more

vegetables so i put them in everything. >> you start with ground beef. you don't put that in first. >> no. we put a little garlic, because garlic is good in everything and green onion, a little scallion, and we'll get those kind of going and then the meat will go in right after that. a lot of times when i make this at home i use either really lean ground beef or ground turkey works just as well. >> one of the great things about chili you can make this in one pot basically. >> absolutely. that's always good. especially if you're doing the dishes. >> better the second day which we were talking about. you'll brown that for a little while. >> brown the ground beef. and by the magic of television it will be brown in two seconds over here. >> because you do a cooking show. now you know all about this stuff, right? >> that's right. >> this is going to go in before the vegetables. you talked about is that to preserve them a little bit so they don't get all mushy. >> you want your beef to be completely cooked through before you add anything in. that takes five or ten minutes just to make sure that it's completely cooked all the way through, and if you use really

lean beef or lean turkey you don't have to worry about any grease or any description, things like that. >> all right. >> once the beef is done you add the rest of the ingredients, just that simple. we've got some fire roasted tomatoes. >> okay. >> that is pot chili seasoning. >> do you like yours pretty spice i? >> i like it pretty spicy. my husband does not. this has a nice kick to it but it's not terrible. >> okay. >> black beans. and then shredded carrots, diesed red pepper and a little bit of brown sugar. >> all right. the brown sugar gives it a little bit of zing to it. you won't really taste the sweet, and then this really cooks on the stove for 15 minutes while everything is really combined, and -- and that's it. that's it. >> that is it. >> i'm all about -- >> hot, southern, fancy chili. >> yeah. >> there's a major difference in your house. there is a bit of a feud. now garth likes the chili served over rice which is very popular in lots of parts of the country. >> yes.

>> you're not an over rice person. >> i'm a corn bread girl. >> you serve the chill irk right on top of the corn bread. >> i did. >> what kind of corn bread did you make? >> this is called sour cream corn bread. it can be dry. it has sour cream and creamed corn in it. >> snuck a piece before. a little moisture to it so it's really nice. >> doesn't get dry and it's not sweet. >> hi, guess. >> hi. >> and then even if you do it over the corn bread, a little sour cream, maybe even some cheddar cheese on top. >> yeah. whatever you want. make it your own. yummy. >> and it's so healthy, too, and fancy. >> and fancy. >> on the show this year garth comes on and you actually do some of the recipes you guys like to do at home. >> i do. i teach him how to make stuff so now he has no excuse. >> he's not a good cook. >> he is a good cook but tends to make things up in the kitchen so he adds tortellini to everything which i don't let him make cookies. >> not good for that. >> not so much. >> catch the season premiere of

"trisha's southern kitchen" on the food network. she will stick around to help us out with "take 3" after the local news. . this is a news4 news break. >> 8:56 is your time on this monday, october 15th. lots of delays on the roads this morning. let's check in with necessarilia with your traffic. good morning. >> it's been a tricky morning, i-95, several accidents. right now dealing with an accident on the shoulder lane, tow truck on the scene, hopefully should be clearing soon. 395 in the right shoulder lane, as well. the crash there just sluggish as you make your way northbound. travel lanes are open, though. here at 31 miles per hour as you travel north and outer loop of the beltway sluggish at new hampshire avenue, 23 miles per

hour. back over to you. >> thank you. a quick break now,

good morning, cloudy,

breezy, cool, still in the 60s and storm team 4 radar showing an area of rain advancing close to washington out of the south and southwest and probably a few showers in the metro area over the next couple hours. and off and on during the afternoon, maybe a little bit of thunder. near 70 noontime and the blustery winds tomorrow and into tuesday as we clear out. cooler weather tomorrow. >> thank you. don't forget to

we're back now with more of "today" on a monday morning. it's the 15th day of october, 2012. the breeze has calmed down a little bit. temperatures moving up. it's a sensational day here in new york city. thanks to these folks for stopping by. i'm matt lauer on the plaza along with savannah guthrie and al roker. by the way, three thumbs up for trisha yearwood's chili. >> fantastic stuff. >> she can cook, and she's sticking around to spice things up with you folks on take 3 coming up in a couple of minutes. we thank her for that. >> a lot of things to talk about. only october. al is practically done with his christmas shopping, but retailers are trying to get you into the mood by offering deep discounts, coupons, layaway offers. we'll tell you how to take advantage of those early deals to save money if you are

organized like al. >> well, speaking of deals, if you're thinking about a vacation, we have got four splurges and steals for you. four fantastic destinations from beaches to the mountains no matter your budget. by the way, when i say you look lovely today >> thank you. >> you put the tart in tartan. >> al, i know you mean that as a compliment. >> yes, yes, absolutely. >> yeah. >> got it. >> like pie. >> let's go inside. natalie has a check of all the headlines. hi, natalie. >> good morning, everyone. the 14-year-old pakistani girl who was shot and seriously wounded by the taliban was airlifted to britain today. this will give activist malala yousafzai access to specialized medical care she needs and protect her from follow-up attacks threatened by the militants. malala was shot in the head because of her work on behalf of education for girls. investigators say they are working around the clock to find the killer of 10-year-old jessica ridgeway. the colorado girl disappeared

ten days ago on her way to school. her bottledy was found wednesday night a few miles from where she lived. a memorial site was visited over the weekend by hundreds of people. many of them were parents who brought their children. new research suggests that the hpv vaccine given to girls to protect against cervical cancer does not make them more sexually active. the study looked at markers of sexual activities such as requests for birth control, pregnancy and tests for sexually transmitted diseases. three of the study's four co-authors did conduct previous research funded by merck, the vaccine's maker. the number of cases of fungal meningitis in the u.s. has risen to at least 205. federal health officials say it has spread to 14 states and claimed at least 15 lives. the rare outbreak is linked to steroid shots used for back pain. the medication made by a specialist pharmacy in massachusetts has been recalled. the first sky diver to break the speed of sound says sometimes you have to get really

high to see how small we are. according to preliminary data felix baumgartner, an austrian daredevil, reached a maximum speed of almost 834 miles per hour when he jumped sunday from 24 miles high above the new mexico desert. no one has ever reached such a speed wearing only a high-tech suit. social security recipients will be getting a benefits boost in january, just not a big one. the annual increase is expected to fall between 1% and 2% because inflation has risen by less than 2% in the past year. the typical retiree can expect to get an extra $12 to $24 a month. "taken 2" is number one at the box office again. liam neeson's action sequel narrowly won over ben affleck's "argo," an iranian hostage thriller and "sinister" about a true crime writer caught up in a supernatural horor, debuted at number three. and chanel has rolled out

teasers for a new ad campaign. it features its first ever male spokesperson so feast your eyes on what you see of brad pitt. more of brad does appear in the full-length commercial, so they didn't waste that handsome face. it is now four minutes after the hour. back over to al with a check of the weather. oh, al. al. al. al. >> thank you, natalie. >> you've got a handsome face, too, al. let's show youhat' w going on this morning as fforecast is co. you can see we've got this front approaching, showers and thunderstorms along, and especially the mid atlantic states, warm air ahead of that system. we really have a risk of strong storms from charleston up to the southern delmarva peninsula. and out west, more problems as well. heavy rain making its way the first batch moving into the pacific northwest. there's another slug of moisture coming in later. that's going to mean anywhere from 2 to 4 inches of rain in the pacific northwest over the

next 24 hours. that's what's going on around the country. here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. >> breezy and cool here. good morning, i'm storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein. a lot of cloudiness, temperatures in the 60s and storm team 4 radar showing some scattered showers across virginia, east and west virginia, advancing toward the metro area. and we may see those off and on from later this morning and into the afternoon and early evening. and we'll have temperatures reach near 70 early afternoon. and once any rain commences, it will drop into the 620s. 40s tomorrow morning and delightful weather all the way into >> time now for today's "take 3" where the three of us give our take on the three topics that have caught our attention, and our special guest this morning grammy winning superstar, cook book author and host of "trisha's southern kitchen" on food network. good morning. what do you not do?

>> i don't clean. >> oh, okay, good. >> thank you for feeding us this morning. we loved the chili. >> thank you. >> and i understand you're going to be making miss mickey's peanut butter balls on seen two? that's something garth and the girls make a lot for when they have to take something to school or they have a project or something, and they are just rice krispies, peanut butter, sugar. >> we love the sound of that. look good. all the right ingredients. >> yum. >> right to our take one which is the barbra streisansongd i don't know if you guys have heard it. we can probably play t.barbra streisand is in this song. basically it's nothing but and then an occasional -- >> but it's a hit on youtube. >> they have been playing it on satellite radio for a year. >> and barbra streisand. >> it's making a little bit of a comeback now because barbra streisand is also making a comeback and enjoying her first concert in brooklyn so apparently during intermission one of the producers heard this song over and over again.

>> now there's a website you can create your own song. we have a trisha yearwood version. i think we can roll it. let's see if we've got it here. ♪ >> trisha yearwood. ♪ >> not quite the same ring to it. >> do you like that? >> whole thing is song writing is a little overrated. don't need to worry about the words. >> get two good words and you're golden. >> i know. we may have an al roker rendition to play. ♪ >> yeah. here we go. ♪ ♪ al roker ♪ >> al roker. >> by the way, that website is gobarbra.com so if you want to put your name in there. >> very interesting. >> all right. >> take two. >> take two, it was the night before christmas, more sanitized

version, apparently. there was an author who has taken some issue with the fact that santa smokes a pipe and in the year of 2012 thinks that's time for santa to clean up his act and he's got to stop smoking. >> he also breaks and enters, but, you know, nobody is complaining about that, you know. got a fat guy with a beard coming down your chimney. >> not to mention all the other vices. apparently deletes the verses the pipe he held in his teeth and the circsmoke encircled hisd like a wreath. is this censorship, too far? >> this is wrong. these are our childhood stories. okay, he's lived this long. he's doing all right. >> his belly shook like a bowl full of jell-o. >> honestly. i didn't know santa smoked. didn't stick with me. >> you know, that's deep in the

it was the night christmas poem. >> that's ridiculous. all right. take three. >> moving on. >> this is,one is for savannah? >> it is? >> yes, it is. it's savannah's worst nightmare. >> several blogs. >> two french children in the countryside. >> run, girl. >> playing with free frogs in a bucket, and then lola gets a surprise. oh, hey now. >> what is that? >> oh, right on the nose. >> she's handling it well. i would be freaking out. >> savannah hates frocks. what would you do if that was you? >> i don't even like to watch that. i don't know what i would do. that baby was so stoic and strong. >> unlike me. >> look how big that towed was. >> if that had jumped on your face you'd be dead. >> you guys were really nice about it. you put the frog right in my face. >> this is true when they know your weakness. >> the girls bring frogs in the

house and i have to pretend like it's cool. you want to hold it? no, good. that's okay. >> just washed my hands. >> with you on that, anything like that coming right at me. >> right on the face, thanks for the nightmare material for tonight. >> trisha, we've got to taste your chili again. i saw matt chowing down. >> you know what was really great, i like the idea of doing it on top of the corn bread, i love that. >> that's very southern. >> corn bread goes good with everything. >> it looks healthy, too. >> actually, and if you do the ground turkey even more healthy. >> and sneaks the carrots past your kids. >> exactly. >> which is great can. >> and then to make it even healthier, put some bacon in it. >> what is garth's favorite thing that you make? >> that's tough to say. he's my tester. he loves it all. got anything to test for the nice book? sure, honey. >> nice job if you can get it. >> great chili. >> this is delicious. >> as we speak with our mouths full. >> trisha yearwood, thanks so much for hanging out with us. >> it's fun. >> season premiere october 20th. >> it is. >> all right. we'll be watching, and learning.

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sales are expected to be up 4% with you that's less than last year. they note consumer is feeling squeezed so they have all the gimmicks just to get their share of your money. >> and the first strategy they are using to get customers is to try to get them to come back, right? >> come back to the store. they want you in the store, and there's also strategies they are used to go get you to make repeated trips during the season. >> like, for example, like coupons. you'll see -- you spend $100. you'll get $10 on your next purchase so that entices customers to go back and kohl's does that and places like layaway. pay $5 to get in on the program and they refund that when you get the item and that goes on a walmart gift card so that will also will bring you back. macy's, for example, pay $25 to get a card and get 10% off the entire store to lead up to the holiday through december 31st and that's in addition to other promotions you get. >> right. >> they want them to be your favorite. >> you'll go back tore a that, so all ways customers will be lured back into stores. >> the next display here as we

talk about the term black friday which has come to be the friday after thanks giving, of course, but now it turns out the shopping is midnight on thursday, right? >> or even. >> not really black friday. >> we saw mid night on thursday last year. this year we're seeing even more stores jump the gun because it turned out to be really productive, and the whole -- the whole gimmick is you have a limited amount of money as a consumer. i want to get that as the retailer, so they are rolling out different ways to do that. >> jill, i understand stores are still a little bit quiet about what they are offering in terms of black friday deals, right? >> very interesting, because i thought a lot of stores would be rushing to tell me when they were opening, but i think they don't want to give other companies and stores a leg up. >> interesting. >> so they are sort of keeping it secret, but a store like old navy. they told me they had so many customers requesting around the country that they open earlier, so they opened last year at midnight, a few years actually, and this year you'll see they are opening more stores at midnight, but mattel toy company, for example, in september launched black friday

online in september up to 60% off certain merchandise. >> wow. >> so it's interesting how early it's starting. >> we've seen stores jump the gun on cyber monday as well. >> right. >> so the promotions are sort of losing their value because they may show up on any given day. >> are you getting a good deal on black friday? a number of studies out there about that. >> what you're seeing is you're not always getting the best deal on black friday, and it's most important for consumers to understand what the price is likely to be so they know exactly when to buy it. >> let's move on over as we also talk about new programs. jill, be careful. we're talking about making reservations. apparently even toy companies are rolling things out where you can reserve the hottest toy, including the furby which we're not going to touch because if we do you can't get them kwai >> very, very scary. stores understand we want things most when we're not able to get them, so they have rolled out all these lists of the hottest toys, the top ten, the top 15 50 and top 100 and allowing us to make reservations to be sure we

can get this. >> just fascinated, the new easy ache oven. a long way since my easy bake oven. >> these furbys though, this is the one, toys "r" us, certain colors are already sold out. >> really, like what? >> the pink and the purple but these are actually from target, and we're revealing this today. it actually started yesterday. target now, you take your smartphone and walk down the aisle, and if you see a toy that you like but you're actually with your child and don't want them to know that you're buying it. >> brilliant. >> take your smartphone up to it. it goes right to the code and links you to the website and ships it for free, and if they have run out of the toy you see the code and can you do that, too. just another way that technology brings us into the shopping world once again. >> okay. >> and can you see some of the other toys popular this year. i want to be quiet around the furbys. >> that tigger is very noisy as well. >> woke these up when you were doing the niece.

>> thanks for that. and finally you're saying we're seeing a huge jump in e-gifts. >> gift cards are big. they will up 4% this year but 45% of customers say they will give downloads, books, movies, music. the problem is what do you do with something that doesn't look like a gift? >> you want to wrap something, right? and unwrap something. >> you don't want to print out a piece of paper and say here you go. different ways. giving a spa gift certificate, an inexpensive way, a little pad here and doing travel that says pack this or a passport holder so there are creative ways to do it. look at this big lego, actually a container, give a toy gift certificate so give it in this. other wait ways to give it in a way you're not spending that much extra money. >> all about the presentation, right? >> all about the presentation. >> thanks, ladies. did a lot of shopping savings time for us as well. coming up, the best travel deals right now, but first these messages. one.

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this morning on requested today's travel," is it a spurnlg or steal in four great getaways. nat and i will try to figure out which is a splurge or which is a steal. >> splurge or steal. >> camille. >> yes, all about your travel iq. are you ready? >> starting in south carolina. >> going to start in south carolina, and we have two retreats that are -- southern retreats. one will be a splurge and one a steal. you guys get to decide. >> okay. >> first up. the first is the wilcox. now, this is a hotel -- >> sounds expensive. >> "travel & leisure" readers as voted one of the best inns in the country. tons of antebellum charm, four-poster beds, fireplaces, built in the 1800s, a beautiful revival building, and this is a little fun fact. fdr stayed here and the prince of wales was turned away. >> what? >> splurge or steal? >> i'm going with splurge. >> i'm going to say steal.

>> who is right? >> you got it. >> ya ya. >> actually an amazing value. >> is it. >> a great value, and you're in horse country. see polo, ride horses and only under $200 a night. >> that's amazing. >> if you want a splurge in this area, go to inn at palmetto bluff, a place where you have antebellum charm and tons of luxury, a beautiful spa. if you're a birder. >> a birder. >> you know, there are 70 million birders in america. >> that's right. >> people love to see birds, so if you want to see egets and herons, a place to go. >> look at that golf course. good golfing, too. >> all right. let's go tore a vineyard vacation. >> vineyard. >> california wine country. >> fall a great time to go to california wine country and why not stay at the carneros inn, one of the best spots in napa. hotel. lots of great amenities, including italian linens, deep soaking tub. already you guys are -- >> suitcases around.

>> and even the cottage even has private patios. what are we thinking? >> i'm going to say it's the splurge this time. >> she's doing really well. >> it's the splurge, and this is a place you're going to splurge especially at the spa where they have treatments with wine, and treatments with goat butter. massage with goat butter. >> and then you can have a gourmet meal. >> combine those and have dinner. >> to stay in wine country the gage house is asian minimalist, really beautiful in sonoma county, a little less crowded and more intimate. look at the gorgeous pictures. >> beautiful. >> there's a main house and cottages and under $200 a night. again. >> wow. >> you like that. >> very nice. >> i love it. >> now let's go on a caribbean fantasy vacation. >> so we're going to go to jamaica and to golden eye. very appropriate that we talked about 007 today. >> golden eye. >> splurge, splurge. >> i think i'm going to the splurge. where ian flemming wrote 40 14

bond novels. >> sdwlwow. >> definitely a splurge. what's great about this hotel and makes it worst the splurge it was just redone two years ago by chris blackwell so this is definitely in the lap of luxury. a deal in the caribbean which a lot of people are. what about dominiquea. have you thought about dominiquea? >> sure. >> about an hour's flight from san juan, really off the beaten path and there's a hotel there called rosalie bed that won a conservation award from "travel & leisure" because they are one of the few carbon negative resorts in the entire world. not only do they have a spring-fed swimming pool, they have organic gardens and their own wind turbines so they are not just doing solar panels and it's beautiful. >> mountain escape. >> $134 a night. >> good. >> mountains. here we go. >> skiing but right before ski season. what about the waldorf astoria in park city? this is a property where you're

going to have about 175 rooms. in the lobbies there's crystal chandeliers, a fireplace with a 300-year-old mantle they brought from italy. >> pre-ski season. i say save. >> good. $195. >> just because it says waldorf, probably. >> trying to be tricky. >> it is a great time of year to go to -- to the waldorf and the washington schoolhouse, a splurge but not terrible. $400. why we put this on our his list is it does everything well. feels more like an alpine retreat rather than a roque mountain retreat. >> is it an old schoolhouse? >> it is. >> look how modern is looks. very modern. >> the best part about this is the staff is really amazing. the kind of place where you don't have to ask anything. they know what you want. your suitcase is opening up, al. >> nothing in it. >> we saved a lot apparently on the prop.

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>> that's right, and layer these and wear them every single day to the gym as well. >> ford motor company. we know them for the cars they make. they are getting in on this as well. >> with clothing. >> that's right. ford has really been active in the battle against breast cancer, raised $118 million throughout 18 years so ford warriors in pink. cute apparel, scarves, t-shirts. >> like the affinity scarf. >> going towards one of four charities. logon to fordcares.com and decide which charity to put your money towards. >> estee lauder, we know they have been very dedicated to fighting and for breast cancer awareness. this is actually their 20th anniversary for the cause, and they are celebrating with this compact, right? >> this is a beautiful compact, the dream compact, so you open it up, and it's got a great translucent press powder, great forron the go touchups and this lipstick, 100% of proceeds go towards the breast cancer

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this morning on "today's kitchen" each request is as easy as 1, 2, 3. chef ming tsai's new book "simply ming in your kitchen" and literally ming with his new book is interactive. >> it is. >> you are in their kitchen. >> you know, it's very cool. 80 recipes, 80 photos. we have the smartphone you can scan and the shopping list is downloaded to your phone automatically and 80 full-length videos come with the book and hopefully we entice you to buy the video because you want to learn to make this dish, for example. so we're psyched. >> what is this dish? >> we're doing a singapore noodle. a great -- by the way, in the

video you have tips like this. you roll the bell pepper, that's how you julienne a bell pepper. >> you're using these vermicelli noodles. >> pour hot boiling water. you can't mess this up and you soak it in boiling water. tap water tense like ten minutes. >> three minutes is all you need. >> okay. >> and to start this dish we have all the great aromatics so a little bit of canola oil. garlic, ginger, jalapenos. >> a little bit of feistiness. >> kick to it and ginger noodles always have curry. >> smells good. >> get this going. this you want to cook and sweat down. now the trick here is scrambled eggs as well, so you -- you -- >> strong. a little oil on the side, and then on the side you do the

scrambled eggs. >> right. >> so now this mix and mix. >> how hard do you want the eggs? >> cooked all the way through, like tofu. >> this will take two minutes. ed a your bell peppers to all this, and once this is completely cooked. >> i know, this curry is strong. >> once this is all incorporated, then you have these noodles, so these have been soakeding right, and completely drained, so these noodles get added, and now this, it takes two minutes. you mix them all the way through and get it well incorporated which is what we have right here. now you have the noodles completely mixed in. add a little tofu, this is the protein and fresh bean sprouts, and my mom always used vinegar acid to add a bite to t.adds a little byte to it. >> if you're not into tofu you can use shrimp. >> shrimp, ground chicken, beef or anything. this dish it done now. >> that's it. >> wow. >> i want to play the this up for you, al. >> almost like no time.

>> simple, simply ming. chopsticks, my friend. tell me if you like it. >> all right. >> as i always say, al, it's okay if you don't like it. not everyone has taste. let's head back here. >> you know what this make this fantastic? a little bit of bacon. >> you work. >> what do we have here. >> lettuce cups. >> hey, natalie, how are you? >> good. >> just putting it right on top of that there. >> what kind of meat is in there? >> pork. >> we're getting closer. >> this is the second use of rice noodles. the rice noodles have a little fish sauce. >> yum, i love these things. >> thank you. >> and then you've got some chocolate cake over there. >> has a whole chapter on dessert. >> yummy. >> and we have the wine, a little sweetness. >> fantastic. >> ming tsai, thank you very much. >> delicious. >> it's hot. >> how are you? >> good to see you. >> still ahead, we've got kathie

lee and hoda coming up. >> that's right. >> and they are going to be talking about kathie lee's play which has been previewed and they are very good. >> very exciting. >> all after your local news and weather. cheers. [ mitt romney ] look at the evidence of the last four years.

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from nbc news, this is "today." with kathie lee gifford and hoda tot b live from studio 1-a in rockefeller plaza. >> uh-oh, this is not good. this is not good. >> never good when the show arts off like this. take the shot. this means we're ill prepared. >> it means it's fun day monday october 15th, hoda, woman. >> yes, it is. >> we survived a weekend, baby. >> what a weekend it was. this was, as we've been telling you guys, it was the first night of previews of kathie lee's broadway musical "scandalous." >> let me tell you how it first started. >> soak it all in for a minute, the visuals. that's the neil simon theater.

>> opening number. >> look at the posse we came to watch. >> i was so moved by that. >> that's joanne's husband in the forefront. >> meant the world to me, director, jimmy. >> gallagher's steakhouse down the street. it was really convenient, a transvestite show just opened too. >> there's tammie. >> when you come to see "scandalous" and just down the block is lucky changs with all the drag queens. >> you can make it a double feature. >> it was so great. >> one guy said oh, there's a drag queen playing kathie lee. i said, i am kathie lee. it's crazy. jersey boys is across the street. >> i took a picture with them. look. look at the drag queens. if anything's scandalous, it's that. >> they opened the same night, which is hysterical, but our dance captain, a member of our cast, said the day of she was walking down the street and two

ladies walked by, "scandalous," yeah, that's the show kathie lee and hoda wrote. >> i'm getting so much credit for this whole thing. i was literally welcoming everyone to the show as if it were my wedding. >> here's the thing i want to thank everybody for. you know, we're a long ways, literally open one month from tonight at november 18th, the actual opening, so we got work to do, but you hope some people will come and hope to build the show. >> stop, stop talking. wait, let me just say this one thing. this is how it is, we went to the show, we sat down, carol lee started singing, and she hit notes that were insane. >> she's a freak. >> standing "o" at the end, not an empty seat in the house, a line down the block, around the corner. got to get tickets. when we saw that line, it was insane. people had flown in. >> it was a mercy crowd. >> people flew in from tennessee, all over the country.

>> california, florida, canada. i was stunned. i was so grateful. and just i'm so glad to have it behind us. >> hoda and i are going to invite you to spend wines day wednesday with us. >> yes. that will be a reveal later. hold on to that. >> see how excited the boot is about coming wednesday wines day at gallagher's steakhouse. >> on 52nd street. >> we're going to have a prematinee lunch on wines day wednesday october 24th, gallagher's steakhouse, save 50% on tickets to "scandalous," and it's a three-course lunch, everybody, with wine, wine. >> how much is it? >> just $29. >> $30. >> hoda will sign whatever part of your anatomy you wish her to. she's a big hit when she does that.

then we'll go over for the matinee at 2:00. >> so go to -- this is how you can get the tickets. scandalousonbroadway.com. >> exactly, such fun. all right, now, that was great. now also this weekend, i have to tell you, on thursday i to go see barbara streisand. >> i hear she was wonderful. >> she rocked the house. i went with a group of friend and we went with barbara streisand masks, because we're weird. they were squares and the eyes were cut out. it was freaky. i videotaped it. please, don't judge where i'm sitting, but let's listen to "evergreen." ♪

>> you mean you actually had to pay for one? >> by the way -- look at the jumbotron, you can see her. >> jumbotron even seems far away. wow, how is that nosebleed, has it stopped? >> can i tell you something? yes, she wasn't that close, but she rocked the whole house. it was beautiful. >> gets you in the back of the house, that's really great. >> you're dead. >> i'm sorry i missed her. she said some voice issues, but it didn't sound like it. >> she was sipping on chicken soup, but she was really great. speaking of voices, we have daughtry with us today. he's going to be singing with us in a little bit. >> we have a lot of music happening today. ♪ it feels like tonight i had such anxiety yesterday. i was flipping around on the tv set. >> yes. >> i went on the discovery channel accidently and --

>> no porn on that time of day? >> felix baumgartner jumped out of what looked like a rocket or something. >> he's 52 years old. >> can i tell ya, he jumped more than -- >> that man has some kahonas. >> let me tell you what's sick >> they said it could have made about watching it. >> he is nuts, put it that way. his blood boil or lungs explode. >> i couldn't stop watching it. >> right near roswell. >> broke all kinds of records. >> he got up to 833 miles per hour. the speed of sound is 768. they also had to protect his ear from the sonic boom. >> he had the helmet on. he finally pulled the chute. >> at 5,000 feet. >> you saw it, you didn't even see it but you know everything. >> i am one of the two of us that actually reads our notes ahead of the show. >> i'd rather just live in the moment. anyway, it was terrifying.

>> what happened to "dateline" hoda? >> i don't know, i don't know, she's gone. by the way, look at these glasses. >> we'll go to favorite things early. >> might as well. >> right after the first run through. we only ran through this thing one time before we had to open. one of our cast members, wonderful actor named nick ca carrtell gave me a bag, so the next morning before i came to this theater, look at them, look at these wine glasses. mine says scandalous and see it has the apple bitten out and on the back it says my name. >> hoda's. on the back it says my name, wait, it says broadway 2012. >> that's how much i love you, that's the way i roll. anyway, they are made by images by bettis. for more info, write to in

info @invitingimages @bettis.com . >> gallagher's is the place to be, baby. >> we were so hammered. we were. it's not a lie. >> i was in pain, okay, with my neck. anyway, look at these. bobby thomas came and gave me a silver one and a gold one. don't take such a close-up of my neck. i gave the gold for hoda to wear. thank you, honey. >> they are $58 and you can get them at evesaddiction.com. >> they will make anything custom that you want. >> it can mean anything, scandalous can mean the show or you're a scandalous person. do you want your union to last? not the union that nabit, but -- yes, let's hear you guys. if you want your marital union

to last, apparently, you have to get married in new jersey. it will make sense in just a moment when hoda just sort of picks it up. >> i didn't read that note. so what is it, they marry older? they marry when they are older and have more education. >> last among the states in the percentage of residents, 18 and older who are divorced. >> because you marry older and know who you are, your marriage is going to last longer and those are the people that live in jersey. >> some people think that's fascinating. we should talk about why this boot's on your lap. >> remember a couple weeks ago? >> we had the sexiest shoe contest, so we are going to reveal the winners, okay? the third runner up is a boot. >> das boot. >> it is a suede over the knee boot with studs. >> pretty darn -- that looks like bobby thomas or jill to me. yeah, baby.

this is how much money, though, $850. >> second runner up is the jimmy choo over here. it is a black suede sparkly. >> that's the one you voted for, i think. >> i did? >> i said, hoda, you'd never wear those. >> you're right. the first runner up is a stewarts whitesman. >> this is the one i voted for. look how great if only in your size 12, it would go with your dress so much. >> i'm over this show, seriously. and the number one winner is the christian louis vuitton patent leather pump. >> jerry, i'm not going to steal it. i want to hold it up for everybody. >> it's $1,195. who can spend that kind of money on a shoe, but it is neat. >> paris hilton and all the kardashians, they are the only ones. i'd be afraid to hurt somebody

with that. speaking of hurt somebody, you know how i woke up this morning and want to send out some love to my husband. >> oh, no. >> around 3:15 this morning, frank, he gets up. goes to the bathroom and runs into something. i don't know what. next thing i know he goes, i think i'm bleeding. turn on the lights, and there was carnage. our entire bed is completely covered in blood. he's carried a trail all the way, i'm in a neck brace because of my neck with an ice pack. it's 3:15 in the morning and frank is bleeding to death. could not even find out where. threw him in the shower, it's his middle toe. he banged it so badly that the nail is, like, hanging off his foot. it -- just saying hope you're feeling better, sweetheart. >> you were up in the middle of the night cleaning, then he fell

back asleep. >> wrap him up, clean him up, put a nice sock on him. he's out in two seconds and i'm up for the rest of the day. it is time for our fan of the week show. sarah's out, we're going to do the honors, shall we? >> our winner this week is -- >> sarah hawks. she watches us in tampa. >> fa la la la la. channel 8. she and her mom, karen, work together at their family-owned marina. airs at noon in their market, perfect time for a liquid lunch break. >> they use every tv, ipad, computer in site to watch the show and follow along online. >> today's talk keeps the ladies chatting all day long and the ihoda play list keeps them singing too. no account for taste. national cruise vacation month,

when the cruise industry really starts to kick in, and since you both have a love for the water and always taking care of other people's boats, we have a treat for you. >> we're going to send you on an alaskan wonder cruise. depart from seattle and spend 11 nights, makes stops all throughout alaska. >> alaska, as well as prince rupert and vancouver, canada. >> round trip airfare and hotel. >> have a wonderful time. we should say hello to one of the ladies, our past winners. >> lynnette flew in to watch the show with her husband from d.c., and they came to watch the "scandalous" performance. they were there at gallagher's, they were totally throwing back. it was a mess. >> only one there not throwing back was reid alexander. god bless him. our little chef. >> he's not allowed to. >> i don't think he would have anyway. sweetest kid in the world. he's not a kid, he's a young man

now. meant so much to me he came. we have a big show. >> are rihanna and chris brown getting back together? >> it's so on my mind. apparently i'm not enough, hoda sets out to find a new best friend. good luck with that, because we all know how much you love dogs of the right after this. [ female announcer ] introducing yoplait greek 100. 100% new. ♪ 100% greek. 100% mmm... ♪ oh wow, that is mmm... ♪ in fact it's so mmm you might not believe it's a hundred calories. well ok then, new yoplait greek 100. it is so good. ♪

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time for today's buzz, where we get you up to date on hollywood news. >> here with all the scoop, bonnie fuller, editor and chief of hollywoodlife.com. >> hey, ladies. >> chris brown and rihanna. what's the final verdict, what's happening? >> it really has. unapologetic, that's the title of her new album and the attitude she's taking now. >> what should she apologize for, getting back with him after he beat her up?

>> she said the world will never understand my real relationship with chris brown, so she's very clearly saying i'm moving on. >> we feel like we got a little taste of it, right? >> they are definitely back together. chris brown knew he had to choose. i think she must have given him an ultimatum. they agreed to meet in new york, went clubbing three nights in a row, then went to jay-z's concert. that was a big step. there are rumors he's had a talk with chris and said, you got to watch out. don't blow it this time, i'm watching you. >> what is he, santa claus? >> better not watch, better not pout. >> if this relationship goes badly, he suffers a lot more than she does. her fans will forgive her. they'll feel sorry for her, but they will not forgive him. >> they were getting together last week at hollywoodnight.com, they had a late-night date, they are both in l.a.

however, she is concentrating on the rest of her album, and what we hear is the plan is to go public, actually go out, go public, after she finishes that work. >> we wish him the best, really, they are both incredibly talented young performers. they are young, that's when you make sometimes stupid choices. if he's really working on his anger management thing, you have to give people a second chance in life. you really do. the thing is, he better be working on it, or he's going to do it again. news about russell crowe splitting with his wife. >> yeah, they've known each other 22 years and been together for that amount of time. they have two young sons, an 8-year-old, a 6-year-old. he's been away a lot. he's currently filming noah. >> long island, of all places. >> so he's working all the time. there were also rumors this summer she was seen out with her dancing partner on the australian version of "dancing

with the stars." >> okay. you can be seen about and not be about. >> apparently, it's going to be a $20 million settlement. that's been the word. he's supposedly worth $60 million. i think $20 million is a nice package. >> nice, round number. there's a jonas brothers song out there that has to do with miley cyrus in some way, what's the story object this thing? >> has to be about miley. it was written by nick jonas. they dated when they were only 15 years old known as niley at that time. >> they were? >> yes. >> we missed that. must not have been reading "tiger beat" at the time. >> then she announced this summer she's engaged to william hemsworth. and this song, all the lyrics, it's clear. >> why do adults care about this? >> who cares? >> only you two over the age of

21 give a rip. >> she's going to be on two and a half men. >> that's what you do in high school, write songs about boys and girls you break up with. >> and argo second in the box office. >> that could change, it's a fabulous movie. >> this weekend, everyone come out. >> grew up, makes great choices now. has a wonderful marriage and kids. all the best to him. >> thank you, ladies. exhausted. >> maybe i should have gotten sleep last night. he's the actor every director wants to get his paws on. >> he's written a book. he's on a global book tour. doorbell rings ] donuts? ♪ [ chuckles ] ♪

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back now with more of "today" on this fun day monday. definitely a hollywood scene steeler. uggie, he has appeared in major films like "water for elephants," but it was his role in "the artist" that solidified his star status. >> uggie has written all about his life in a new book, "uggie: my story." >> can't call him lassie, it's been done. >> we see from bits of the book uggie is over lassie anyways. >> he's jealous, lassie is one of my idols when i was a kid. >> didn't he say in the book he thought rin tin tin was a better actor? >> mainly because he's jealous of lassie. >> was it sort of love at first

sight? >> people had him couldn't handle him anymore. he was crazy, cat killer, all kinds of things. >> uggie has a past. >> read it all in the book, all in the book. no, we work on his behaviors. actually, he was so smart. i will teach him something, throw me something harder than that. >> you were a dog trainer by profession. >> yes. >> we've been watching in the tease shot how uggie's propped up in the book, waving to us. show us things he can do. >> sit pretty. up, up. stay. >> i can't get my dogs to -- >> what's he doing? what is that? what's happening? >> that is the cutest thing in the world. >> he gets shy. >> oh! >> i can't even take it. >> even my kids, they get jealous. >> oh! >> stop it! >> can any dog be trained, omar, any dog? >> just about.

>> isn't abused, it's much harder. >> if you give them the love they need, they will take from you and love a lot. every dog has limitations, of course, depending on the breed. >> what are you saying, some dogs are stupid? >> if you're going to get a fat dog, not make him walk on his front legs or anything like that. >> fat dogs can't lift it. >> hoda likes fat dogs. >> careful. the book is dedicated to reese witherspoon. i adored her on and off screen, our past didn't stand a chance. what was the connect between these two? >> they love each other. reese witherspoon is such a great animal lover. he had a big crush on her. i didn't know until he started barking to wendy about the book. wow, you really were crazy about this lady. >> is he a little more difficult to get along with, big head now, because he's such a star or has he retired to be a best-selling

author? what's going on? >> both. it's getting a little bit to his head. every once in awhile i tell him to do things and he looks at me like, really, not going to happen. >> going to be a best seller. omar, thank you. >> thank you very much, omar. thank you, uggie. hoda has been feeling neglected lately. we'll see how she tries to fill the void. right after this. what's today's dare? erase the damage of 100 blow-drys [ female announcer ] with daily moisture renewal from pantene. the pro-v system nourishes to lock in moisture erasing the damage of 100 blow drys for a silky, soft touch. think only salon brands can do that? i took the dare...will you? [ female announcer ] daily moisture renewal from pantene. hair so healthy it shines. ♪

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one time kathie lee and i had so much fun. i mean, laughing just thinking about it. we went and we saw a broadway show. you have, like, this liquid lunch, so hysterical. she tells the funniest stories. sometimes, kathie lee and i wear almost the same kind of outfits, it's crazy. she matches me. sometimes we're like, oh, my god, twinsies. we're a lot alike. she's the greatest. she has two kids, cody and cassidy, they are the cutest. that kathie lee, you guys, she is so great. and, like, one time kathie lee and i, we went to this dude ranch. it was so crazy. >> could you please put the scissors down, you are about to hurt somebody. please, put the wine down too. if you could cut something, sew

something, you could get something done. >> i've been watching you guys, it looks simple. how hard could this be, quilting, for god sakes. like i said, how hard can it be? nice talking to ya. dear diary, the quilters were nice, but just too much about quilting and not enough about hoda. well, i know some ladies that might be all about hoda. ladies, i'm so excited. you guys are going to be my new best friends. i'm hoda. >> hi, hoda. sister mary ellen. >> chelsea devine. >> hey, girl, what's your name? >> hey, i'm kathie lee. >> hey. >> hey. >> all right, you guys, i am so

excited, what are we doing, do we have a night out? >> of course, we're going to lucky changs for dinner and have some bellinis. you're going to love it. then we're going to go dancing, then down to christopher street for some more drinks and dancing. >> then we have to go uptown because they have some drinks and some dancing. >> wait, wait, i have to be in bed by 8:00. >> p.m.? >> yeah, i have to go to bed. >> i'm just getting my lashes on. >> i don't even have a face on at 8:00 p.m. >> nice talking to ya. this isn't working. >> bye. >> bye. >> dear diary, sister mary ellen and chelsea devine and bearded kathie lee, well, they were fun, but you know what, i need loyalty. someone who's going to be at my beckon call. hello? oh! oh!

oh, oh, oh! uh-oh. pound it. oh! what is going -- what are you doing here? hello? red or white? okay, you can have both. oh, okay. this is not going to work. >> oh, my gosh. what a production. >> j.k. long production. >> i know i have a little problem with facial hair, but that's ridiculous. >> come on, do it again, hey, hey. >> let me fill you all in too a little bit. life itself is the most wonderful fairytale. that's why young women grow up with eating problems. she drinks while she writes.

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it is time for today's kitchen. we're cooking up a meal with all the flavors of fall. >> apples are a big part of the season, so we're making sausage braised in apple cider. hey, girl. >> hey, hi, ladies. >> so we're making some sausage? >> we are. we're not making -- not one sausage is right for everybody. >> i have found that to be true. >> let's move it on. we're just introducing some varieties of sausage that can be used in this dish. >> can any sausage? >> really any sausage. this is kielbasa, italian sausage, also you can use turkey sausage, chicken sausage. >> which one do you like? >> this is what i make my stuffing on thanksgiving out of, the italian. >> so you like italian, what we are going to do, we have all these sausages here boiled ahead of time.

you want to remove some of the fat so you don't have the oil slick situation going on on top of the pan. so we're going to put a little bit of butter in here. we already have butter going. here we are cream of potatoes that are beautiful. sort of italian-style onions, they get a beautiful braise and caramelization on it. >> dump it. >> dump it, hoda. >> dump it, dump it, and dump it. >> the great thing about this is all of these are already cooked a little bit. there you go. just toss it in. we're going to take our sausages and go ahead and throw them in. there you go. whoa! goodness. sausages are flying. >> flying sausages. >> flying sausages. >> watch the children. >> from chefs to circus acts, i love it. this is a little apple cider. throw that in. >> what is this one? >> just like you guys, sweet and saucy. that is chicken stock. also going to throw these in. they braise out really nicely.

aromatics. so we have our bay leaf, rosemary, thyme. about 350, 30 minutes. go away, come back, it looks like this. >> beautiful, by the way. >> all the sauce reduces. that comes down. serve it with a little nice, beautiful garlic bread. >> uh-huh. >> picks up all of those juices, get the potatoes in it. really one-pot cooking for the fall, very easy. >> little chives. >> we have a couple of things that are nice, light options. this is a little bit heavier, if you want to serve some sides, this is squash spaghetti, parmesan and herbs and this is brussels sprouts salad. >> that is delicious. that is delicious. >> keep it light for fall, which sometimes is hard. >> you rocked it, thanks. >> thanks so much.

live performance from the four-time grammy-nominated band daughtry. >> first, this is "today" on nbc.

the toyota concert series on "today" brought to you by toyota. >> multi-platinum band daughtry has scored four number one hits, garnered four grammy nominations, four american music awards, 7 million albums and played sold-out concerts around the world. >> that's in less than four years. the band is out with a brand-new album called "break the spell." it's already certified gold. >> congratulations. >> thank you very much. >> that's a lot in four years. >> six, six years. >> so we had that wrong. >> that's okay. it feels like four years. >> we don't write that stuff, we just say it.

>> read the teleprompter. >> six since idol? >> six, almost seven. >> wow. >> one of us is getting old and it's hoda. >> song off our album called "start of something good." >> you wrote for your wife, right. >> i did, i did. >> here they are, daughtry! ♪ ♪ you never know when you're gonna meet someone ♪ ♪ and your whole wide world in a moment comes undone ♪ ♪ you're just walking around and suddenly ♪ ♪ everything that you thought that you knew about love is gone ♪

♪ you find out it's all been wrong ♪ ♪ and all my scars don't seem to matter anymore ♪ ♪ cause they led me here to you ♪ ♪ i know that it's gonna take some time ♪ ♪ i've got to admit that the thought has crossed my mind ♪ ♪ this might end up like it should ♪ ♪ and i'm gonna say what i need to say ♪ ♪ and hope to god that it don't scare you away ♪ ♪ don't wanna be misunderstood ♪ but i'm starting to believe that this could be the start of something good ♪ ♪

♪ na na na ♪ ♪ everybody knows life has its ups and downs ♪ ♪ one day you're on top of the world and one day you're the clown ♪ ♪ well i've been both enough to know ♪ ♪ that you don't wanna get in the way when it's working out ♪ ♪ the way that it is right now ♪ you see my heart i wear it on my sleeve ♪ ♪ cause i just can't hide it anymore ♪ ♪ i know that it's gonna take some time ♪ ♪ i've got to admit that the thought has crossed my mind ♪ ♪ this might end up like it should ♪ ♪ and i'm gonna say what i need to say ♪ ♪ hope to god that it don't

scare you away ♪ ♪ don't want to be misunderstood ♪ ♪ but i'm starting to believe that this could be the start of -- ♪ ♪ i don't know where it's going ♪ ♪ there's a part of me that just loves not knowing ♪ ♪ just don't let it end before we begin ♪ ♪ you never know when you're gonna meet someone ♪ ♪ and your whole wide world in a moment comes undone ♪ >>

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