uncle brendan and aunt anne have agreed to let me stay and help out on the farm. decided to put up with us... ( all laughing ) so that his sister... can go back to college in san francisco. michael: hey! oh, kevin, thank you. michael: wha4 about us? give us a hug. that's great! i would like to propose a toast to our new cousins from boston to welcome them. and although i could go on and on... brendan: oh, i know that. and have... ( all laugh ) i think i will turn it over to our darling daughter kate, who is never at a loss for words. honey, would you like to lead us in a little thanksgiving prayer? yes. good bread, good meat, good lord, let's eat! anne tells me that you're going to the san francisco college of music. i was... until my father passed away. anne: well, now you can go ahead with your plans. so, you're a musician? um-hmm, i really hope to write music and maybe perform. so, anne... do we have a star in the family? we might. i've never heard rebecca sing but brendan tells me you have a beautiful voice. would you sing for us? oh, please do. yeah! all righ

look, you owe us an apology especially uncle brendan and aunt anne. it's o.k.d foolish things when we were kids. yeah, well, he is not a kid anymore, o.k. he's nearly 18 years old and he expects us to treat him like an adult. shut up! just leave me alone. rebecca: kevin, where do you think you're going? kevin casey! stop this minute! do you hear me? kevin! i'll take care of this, o.k.? i'm going to go get him. ( fence rattling ) kevin! you can't run away from this. come on. kevin, where do you think you're going? kevin, stop acting like a child! ( sniffles ) ( gently ): kev. i know it hurts. dad's death. mom's death. everything. why? why is everyone always bugging me? why can't they just leave me alone? why did dad have to die? when i was driving to california by myself... i felt pretty bad, pretty alone, like you do right now. and i wrote this song. can i sing it to you? do i have a choice? hmm... no. ( in twangy voice ): ♪ things are bad, ♪ you're feeling sad, ♪ they're not as bad as you think. ♪ ♪ oh, lord, life stinks. ♪ oh, lord, life stinks. ♪ ♪ say it wi

>> by the way, they all her aunt ann, right? >> yeah, they do. >> isn't that sweet? horrible case of mistaken identity. two young ladies in a car accident, and one was dead, the other injured. and then, as you know, we found out just the opposite. so we've got that story. aaron ralston, remember the climber in 2005 had to cut off his own arm. tom brokaw catches up with him. and hoda is going to talk to carrie underwood and some of the best gotchas over "dateline's" 20-year history. >> happy anniversary. happy all that stuff. nice to have you with us. you can catch the anniversary special tonight at 10:00, 9:00 central time right here on nbc. up next a live performance from the critically acclaimed band young the giant. but first, this is "today" on nbc. >>> the "toyota concert series on today" brought to you by toyota. >> back now at 8:51. young the giant has found critical success with their self-titled debut album. and their music has ever been even been featured on the episode of "glee". young the giant good morning to all of you guys. and welcome here. so, you've

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in fact, the aunt of jo ann bain spoke to hln last night. described his feelings toward those girls. >> i think he said -- i think he told some people that all three of the girls was his. i think, you know, he was just hopefully thinking that one day they would be his family, that jo ann would probably go and live with him and bring the girls and them just all be a family together. >> now whether he was speaking figuratively or whether he was actually delusional as to those girls being his, it is clear right now, two young girls are in extreme danger. we should point out that the authorities are saying that adam mayes may be going under some alternate aliases. one of them being christopher zachary wild or paco rodriguez. and again, there's a $50,000 reward out there for anyone who finds the whereabouts of adam mayes or these two young girls. >> i got to tell you, martin. when you were talking about his relationship and him perhaps thinking those were his daughters, which is one of the neighbors said, delusional did come to mind. are we heari

anne: oh, that's good. how are kevin and rebecca taking it? rebecca's, uh... pretty upset. kevin's a little quiet. yeah, i understand. i'd like you to come out to the funeral. of course. aunt's rebecca. i have some sad news. dad passed away this morning. a heart attack. yes, it was a terrible shock. the wake is going to be tomorrow, from 6:00 to 9:00. it's o.k. dad's friend frank welles will pick you up. ( whispers ): thank you. ( woman whispers condolences ) thanks. thanks. who's this guy? oh, how thoughtful. he's a friend from san francisco. uncle brendan. and you must be anne. thank you for making the trip. i'm very sorry about your father. it all happened so fast. we can't believe it. thank you for the flowers. they're... just beautiful. i don't know anyone here. where's kevin? over there. excuse me. it was good you called brendan. you did the right thing. it's wrong for a family to be like that. i know. brendan can be very stubborn. but i guess your father was, too. yeah. how're you holding up, kid? pretty good. you know, i don't know a soul here. do you know who any of these people are? not all, but some. that guy over there worked with dad at the fire department; an

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