be a guedette and talking to us about her search for love as well. >> all right. >> also ahead bette midler prized possessions including costumes from "the rose" from "beaches" from the famous mermaid outfit which i cannot wait to check out up close and personal. bette will be here to talk to us all about it. >> the divine requesting miss m." on monday our annual halloween costume contest on the plaza on monday, finalists will receive vip passes to our live concert from justin bieber on the day before thanksgiving. and the big winner, the overall winner gets to meet him. so make your plans now to be here on our plaza monday, halloween day, october 31st. and then wednesday, november 3rd, 23rd i should say, justin bieber, november 23rd. >> the day before thanksgiving. >> i think they're already spending the night here, they're already here. >> let's go inside, tamron hall is at the news desk filling in while natalie is off on yojury duty. >>> moammar gadhafi, his son and top aide were buried at dawn, prayers were recited over the bodies. ga daf east's corpse had been on public display in a co

. >>> a little later on, the divine bette midler will be here to show off her gowns. they will be going up for auction. >>> we begin at the news desk with the top stories of the day. tamran hall is filling in. >> this morning moammar gadhafi was buried. a few family members were present as prayers were read over the bodies. his body had been on display in a freezer for several days after he was captured last thursday. >>> thousands of people spent the night outdoors in turkey afraid to return to their homes after a massive earthquake. rescuers raced against time to find survivors amid-the rubble. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. there is a new sense of urgency here in the city. crews working frantically to remove debris so they can reach new areas. there have been new rescues today, but along with that, the death toll is also rising. that has searchers working even harder to reach those trapped before it's too late. a baby pulled out alive from beneath the rubble in turkey. the baby was rescued after 46 hours after the earthquake striking the region. rescue cr

the legendary bette midler shows you how some of her most divine costumes, including looks from "beaches" and "the rose" can be yours. >>> and nicole "snooki" polizzi from the "jersey shore" talks about her new book "confessions of a guidette." >>> keep it on this channel for continuing news, sports, weather and more. i'm lynn berry. thanks for watching "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. have a good one.

. >>> elsewhere not long ago bette midler was blasting lady gaga on twitter for copycatting some of thetume getups she wore in her early career. now she's extending an olive branch suggesting she buy some of her originals because she's very talented and i love her a lot. >>> michelle obama says the president doesn't approve with the daughters reading "keeping up with the kardashians." they make him put down his blackberry during dinner. >> khloe met the president and said to her, they like your show so it's made for some interesting back and forth. >> tension inside the white house over the kardashian. >> who would have thought? i'm lynn berry, this is "first look." stay tuned. "way too early with willie geist" starts right now. >>> a horrific and sad scene in rural ohio yesterday after lion, tigers, grizz si bear, monkeys all killed by local police left with no other choice after the owner of a private exotic animal park released them to the public before taking his own life. why did he do it and why can you have a backyard full of lyons and endangered tigers in the middle of ohio. >>>

. >> i'm putting in my vote right now to have bette midler sit with me that day. she was on her way out this morning and said she would. >> questions on facebook yesterday. one people wanted to know about the dress you were wearing yesterday. it was a hot ticket. people wanted to get their hands on it. >> it's a beautiful dress by david meister. we both wear a lot of his clothes. glad you liked it. >> i didn't know we would find them today. >> the favorite thing is called baked by melissa. they are tiny mini cupcakes that at one point used -- oh, there's still one. >> there's actually three. >> anyway. it's a $25 package. packaged beautifully. they are delicious. they are like mini ho-hos but a thousand times better. >> great. $25. baked by melissa. >> we have sara back. nice to see you. you're wearing something cool. >> i'm wearing these for a cause. >> we're going to get to that. >> here is the deal, you guys. lindsay lohan is going to, we hear from sources, from tmz, to pose for "playboy." she is asking $1 million to pose. they offered her $750,000. what's goin

bette midler was shocked some lavish outfits. much more will we get started right here on "today." >> 6:53. 50 degrees on tv hill. >> we will come back and check the weather and traffic together before you head out to start >> how or the roads looking -- or the rose looking? -- how are the roads looking. >> have north side delays in place. there are some delays on the west side. traffic is backed up to now about 795. this is the west side. we switch over to traffic on the harrisburg expressway. southbound allies prior to the beltway. >>-- southbound delays prior to the beltway. >> lots of sunshine today, 68. tomorrow will not be a bad day. a high temperature near 70. 50's with off and on rain showers on thursday and friday. 40's on saturday and i think there could be some snowflakes. sunshine and the 60's on halloween. >> looking for more weather and traffic together? be sure to join us this morning for 11 news at 7:00 a.m. on wbal plus. >> you'll find more local news as well as up-to-date traffic and weather information. you can

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