. >>> and rock and roll pioneer chuck berry turns 85. no relation. >>> all day long you can stay on top of the latest developments in those stories and others as they break on msnbc. and tonight be sure to watch brian williams with "nbc nightly news." >>> and finally, here's a look at what's coming up later this morning on the "today" show. the death of indy car driver dan wheldon is raising questions about the sport's safety. mario andretti and a driver who survived the deadly crash speak to matt lauer. >>> and two-time oscar winner kevin spacey is live in studio to talk about his new thriller "margin call." >>> and now, keep it on this channel for continuing news, weather, sports 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.

it has showed up in -- music by rock and rock chuck berry and the slogan. the cure says people know little about the visionary. >> they don't always understand the tremendous impact he on individuals and in society even in this country. >> it will last until winter break. -- brian? >> reporter: we are talking the 19th century composer. his works are being given new life here atsjsu and even some fresh material. ♪ [ music ] . >> it is the word that coin it is -- during the 19th century, this is still alive today at sjsu. the music department -- but the events on campus. the celebration featured a master class who started the list foundation in. a select few students got to perform. >> it is good. you have the opportunity to get a different input besides the input we usually get by our teacher glr the evening galow is held and hosts music, professors and -- >> i think classical music is the foundation of civilization and i think without it we would be lost. >> he was the central figure of the 19th century. everyone knew him. he was the first rock star to put

berries. kellogg's® frosted mini-wheats cereal with a touch of fruit in the middle. helloooooo fruit in the middle. >>> know in october. chucks going on out there? >>> mother nature playing hardball with us this early winter season. cloudy skies, cold out there, temperatures are in the 30s around tow. low to mid 30s near the freezing out out towards the blue ridge and valley. weather watchers reporting snow sticking to the ground. leesburg, out towards west virginia, northern montgomery county. snowflakes are starting to sick a bit now. we have several more hours of this to come this morning. the back end to have rain and snow is reaching the roanoke area in southwestern, virginia. we could be ready to turn the precip off by late this mpb, early this evening. between now and then the urban and western suburbs could get one inch could be as much as six inches towards the blue ridge. we'll have more on this on the >>> welcome back to "today" on a saturday morning, october 29th, 2011. we're all bundled up here under the umbrellas, and it's coming, it's coming. yes, under umbrellas because we came out and it was drizzling a mome