i don't have to wonder what it looks like anymore because d daniel martin did that. a jet pilot extraordinaire. >> is there enough room for him to maneuver? >> you wouldn't think but he does maneuver. not only does]9át maneuver, he pulls some pretty extreme tricks. check him out. back flip. >> and he's so close to the people. >> he does a single back flip and then gets up the moxie to throw two back flips. >> oh! >> look at that. >> it's like throwing an elephant into a puddle here, but he pulls it off. >> i can't believe it. i must say i'm very impressed. >> it seems like everyone loves it except the dudes who got drenched. >>> dude! get it. get it, princess. >>> halloween is just a few weeks away. how about some costume ideas? this is a fantastic makeup tutorial from a los angeles makeup artist named megan smith. this particular face paint costume idea is called sugar skull. >> wow. >> it looks like the mexican candy that they give out. >> yes. the cool thing about this video is it takes you step by step into how to make your face into that mexican candy sugar skul

dash cam video shows oklahoma trooper daniel martin trying to pass an ambulance that is slow to let himoper scolds the driver over his radio. >> you got to watch your rear view mirror. >> paramedic maurice white, caring for a patient in the ambulance, says his driver hasn't seen the trooper because he was driving in the ambulance's blind spot. a few minutes later, trooper martin pulls over the ambulance. what follows on the dashboard video is a bizarre encounter. >> here, now. >> what's wrong? what's going on? >> i'm talking to the driver. >> i'm talking to you. >> you better get back in that ambulance. i'm talking to the driver. >> i'm in charge of this unit, sir. >> okay. >> the trooper thinks that the ambulance driver, paul franks, gave him the finger earlier. >> you don't need to give me no hand gestures now. i ain't going to put up with that. you understand me? >> i know the character of paul franks. that's just something he wouldn't do. >> i won't put up with you talking to my driver like that. >> i ain't listening to you, buddy. you get back in that ambulance you get your [ muted

the 2008 ashton martin driven by daniel craig sold for more than $389,000.he 23rd bond film, sky fall, hits u.s. theaters on november november 9th. >>> baseball fever sweeps the bay area. the importance of today's game for the giants pitcher, matt cain, plus the friendly wager between the mayors of san francisco, and cincinnati. >> enjoyable day in the forecast for your weekend. outside the during, partly cloudy skies. it's a cool start in some areas. temperatures will run just slightly below normal. well a -- we'll have a look at what you can expect coming up. >>> including a reports that some picturing 6 young girls are being sold. last week, the principal of mill valley middle school wrote to parents about provocative photos of mid-elf and high school girls that were being passed electronically between schools. students say the girls send the picture of themself to someone, and that person passes it on to others. parents are being asked to closely monitor their kids, but some say it's hard to do. >> it's part of this age we're living in, where everybody i

daniel craig and i'm hosting saturday night live with news. >> you get to keep the bond gadgets? >> i do. >> reporter: but some things have not changed at all. the aston martin that connery drove. so does craig and the signature theme song. >> ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ written for the first film the moment i heard that, i knew that i was on to the right thing. >> reporter: music is what brings us here. to abbey road, where the beatles recorded. and here is the connection. the first beatles record came out on the very same day as that first bond film, october 5th, 1962. >> love, love me do ♪ ♪ ♪ >> reporter: it was the beginning of a revolution in pop culture, the beatles not only changed with the times, they helped define them. the band broke up long ago, of course. but the music carries on. and there is something very british about that. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> reporter: the beatles, like bond, are forever. nbc news, london. >> and that is our broadcast on a friday night, thank you for joining us. i'm brian williams. lester holt will be here with you this weekend. of course we hope to see you right back here on monday night. in the meantime, have a good weekend. good night. >> good evening

>> guest: oh, yes, some of them anyhow: daniel bell, melvin lasky, philip selznick, now professor emeritus of sociology at berkeley; seymour martin lipset, also had been a professor for many years at berkeley. a lot of people who became fairly well-known academics were in that--irving howe was in that alcove, became a well-known literary critic. so in terms of subsequent careers, the alcove produced quite a lot of people of some distinction. c-span: who was in alcove two? >> guest: the communists; that is to say, the stalinists, the people who were apologetic for the soviet union. and they did not produce, i think, as many distinguished people as we did, because they didn't have the kind of intellectual stimulation that we had. c-span: who were some of the people that were in alcove two? >> guest: i honestly don't recall. they meant nothing to me. c-span: did alcove one or alcove two ever meet? >> guest: well, alcove two was forbidden to even argue with us i mean, that was the way the communist organization worked. young communists dominated alcove two, and they felt bad having conversations or even disputes with trotskyists or s

daniel craig and i'm hosting "snl" with muse. >> do you get to keep the james bond gadgets? >> i do. >> reporter: but some things haven't changed at all. that aston martinged one. so does craig. and that signature theme song written for the first film by monte norman. >> the moment i heard that, i knew i was on to the right thing. ♪ >> reporter: music is what brings us here to abbey road where the beatles recorded, and here's the connection. the first beatles record came out on the very same day as that first bond film, october 5th, 1962. it was the beginning of a revolution in popular culture. the beatles not only changed with the times, they helped define them. the band broke up long ago, of course, but the music carries on, and there's something very british about that. the beatles, like bond, are forever. for "today," keir simmons, nbc news, london. >>> just ahead, are chris brown and rihanna really back together again? and what message does it send to young women? but first, this is "today" on nbc. >>> stoil come on "today," u.s. speed skater admits he tampered with an opponent's skates before a big competition, potentially the biggest scandal on i