our special guest our good friend jason kennedy doing loose. >> is that the cabbage patch. >> look at that. male modeling. >> modeling a new gas range or a camper or whatever maybe in the showcase showdown. >> exactly, by amana. remember? and then also ahead, cupcakes. we went from health and now we're going to go to cupcakes. the stars of "d.c. cupcakes" will share some of their special recipes for halloween treats when we get started in a few minutes but first natalie morales with a check of the day's top stories. >> good morning, again. good morning, everyone. republican nominee mitt romney is tackling foreign policy in virginia today where he's calling for more assertive u.s. action in overseas conflicts. the obama campaign is dismissing the planned romney remarks calling the republican a quote unmitigated disaster on foreign policy. meantime, an infusion of cash for president obama came in sunday night at a star-studded fund-raiser in california. joking about his lackluster debate performance last week the president quipped that unlike the hollywood a-listeners the room he doesn'

guess what, jason kennedy has flown in from hollywood to be with us. he has the hots for me and hoda. we love him. >>> first, these messages. 2@ >>> actor scott baio, i'm sorry, i was telling you something. he became on '80s icon. scott baio, get it right. and we're excited to hear that he is back on tv with a brand new nick at night show called "see dad run." yeah for him. >> when his show ends and his wife returns to work, david must learn the ins and outs of being a stay at home dad. take a look. >> i've got to pick up charlotte from school. i'll be back in two. i lost jane. >> i don't know where my daughter is. >> retrace your steps. where did you see her last? >> she's not a set of car keys, kevin. >> how do you lose a kid? >> didn't you say it was at charlotte's mommy's house? >> i don't know where charlotte's mommy is. >> we've been seeing you back on reality stuff lately. i thought nothing could drag you back to sitcoms. >> yeah, i was kind of done, and my partner called me up and asked if i would read a script, and i said no. >> why? >> after

today's "take 3" where we talk about stories that caught our attention and our special guest is jason kennedyy, male models? >> may i lead off. >> please do. >> lead story, a male model on "the price is right" introduced for the first time, rob wilson of boston, a model and an actor, won a male model open casting call, 26 finalists competed. >> how did they get that name tag on him? that's going to hurt when they take it off. >> viewers voted online so rob gets a week-long gig on the game show. so they are famous for their models, jason, we know, that despite the better efforts of you and me. you didn't do it, but these guys, i don't know, what do you think? >> here's what i don't understand. i heard about this four or five months ago this, campaign. they did this online thing and narrowed it down from like 300 guys to 26. it's for a week. give the guy a full season, for crying out loud. why five episodes. >> i think it's time. time we see some men in there. give the ladies something to watch. >> and you would know this. what does it take to be a good spokes model? >> i don't know what you me

e news correspondent jason kennedy has more on this. >> off with your head. >> reporter: it's the battlep's nicki minaj versus pop superstar mariah carey. >> every time you take a shot at me you're gonna take it back. figure it [ bleep ] out. >> reporter: the leaked video shows a smackdown between the two "american idol" judges. it's been a hot topic all week since it surfaced this week on the celebrity website tmz. >> a big diva fight on "american ido idol", rumors of it between mariah carey and nicki minaj. >> no rumors, i saw the video. >> reporter: thursday on "the view" care yes's side of the story was revealed with an explosive new claim. >> when nicki walked off the street, multiple people heard her say if i had a gun i would shoot the [ bleep ]? carey doesn't feel anything would happen but she has hired extra security. >> she doesn't feel comfortable emotionally but will continue the show. >> reporter: minaj responded and tweeted. she wrote ironically no camera or mike heard the gun comment. barbara walters didn't reach out from our team. i guess we're too dangerous. "idol" produ

"e news" correspondent jason kennedy has more live from hollywood. jason, good morning. >> reporter: i'm outside the dolby theater in hollywood where seth macfarlane will host the oscars in february. this announcement came as a big surprise, since seth macfarlane has only made one movie, the hit film "ted." take a look. seth macfarlane's appearance as guest hose on the season premiere of "saturday night live" according to hollywood insiders may very well have cemented his choice as host of the 85th academy awards show. >> look, will you guys please stop fighting. oh, butt out. this is a private conversation. hey, can anybody get in on this? >> reporter: for the uninitiated that's macfarlane doing a rapid fire riff of cartoon voices from his irreverent tv hit "family guy" now in its 11th season. macfarlane is the creator, writer and producer of "family guy" and its successful spinoffs "the cleveland show" and "american dad." they are popular and controversial marked by violence, taboo subjects and taking aim at celebrities. >> a red guy, a boob and da

for "today," jason kennedy, los angeles. >> alicia quarles is a correspondent for "e!"th deutsch inc. >> good morning. >> this threat that she was going to shoot her, is this real? >> maria saying that several people told her they overheard nicki saying this. she said i never said it. prove it. it wasn't on camera. not on audio. i didn't say it, but maria is getting more security, and has taken this threat as real but nobody ever heard it that's coming on camera. >> donny, i'm blown away by the stunning importance of this incident. is this publicity? >> i'm actually repulsed by it. >> yeah. >> without getting too high and mighty and everybody knows i'm a pretty liberal guy, but this is so disgusting. like what has happened to our culture that the only thing that can garner attention for a tv show is when one woman supposedly said to the other one i'm going to shoot the bitch. the reason "american idol" is over and done is the basic premise of oh, we're going to take an american and they will rise to the top is no longer interesting. we have to now make it about these id

jason kennedy has more from hollywood. jason, good morning to you. >> reporter: hey, savannah, good morning. i'm outside of the theater in hollywood where seth mcfarland will host the oscars in february. this announcement came as a bit of a shock to many in the movie industry considering seth made one movie, the film "ted." take a look. >> seth mcfarland. >> his appearance as guest host on the premier of "saturday night live" according to hollywood insiders may very well have cemented his choice as host of the 85th academy award show. >> look, will you stop fighting. it's a private conversation. hey, can anybody get in on this? >> for the uninitiated that's mcfarland doing a rip of cartoon voices from his hit tv series "family guy" now in its 11th season. >> any baby with a brain. >> he is the creator, writer and producer of "family guy" and its spin-offs. they are popular and controversial. marked by violence, taboo subjects and taking aim at celebrities. >> a red guy, a boob and daniel day-lewis. the oscar goes to a red

. >> jason kennedy. >> that's what's going on around the country.k of the woods. >> willie geist is officially joining the "today" show family as the co-host of our third hour here. willie, we are thrilled to have you. >> thank you so much. >> welcome aboard. >> does it seem like i have a little more hair than i did say five minutes ago? >> puppy needs a bathy. >> sorry, sorry. >> puppy took a nosedivy. >> come on, come on. take your best shot. >> are you ready to rum snbl. >> y'all ready to rumble? b >> y'all ready to rumble? e >> y'all ready to rumble? l >> y'all ready to rumble? >> y'all ready to rumble? >> y'all ready to rumble? l >> y'all ready to rumble? e >> y'all ready to rumble? ? >> y'all ready to rumble? >> this is wbal-tv 11 news today in baltimore. >> good morning. i am mindy basara. the orioles win in game 5 over the yankees after, what else, another extra inning. j.j. hardy follow suit and brings home the go-ahead run. jim johnson tipped the yankee batters down one, two, three t. tonight, first >> sunny today, a breezy, winds out of t

. >> as we eat, we are going to check in with jason kennedy who is downstairs and he has a look what'supsetting this. michael phelps guy, 18 gold medals, the swimmer, he's in scotland. over the weekend he decides i'm going to just start playing golf, so here's the shot. i'm not a numbers guy, but that's really far away. it's 153 feet which is like 50 yards. >> wow. >> the putt, yes, it's still going, and going and going, i haven't even done this in 15 years, does it after just a couple of days of playing golf. he makes it look easy. am i jealous? is that why i'm talking like this. i'm very jealous. a great "take 3" coming up. the first male model on "the price is right." willie, come on, we're excited about this. >> so sorry you didn't get that. >> i submitted my head shot but to no avail. too much polenta goes right to the behind. >> thanks so much. >> first on a monday morning we get a check of your local news and weather. >> this is wbal-tv 11 news in baltimore. >> good morning. i am mindy basara. police are investigating a deadly three-vehicle accident in howard county. the men wer

. >> jason kennedy. >> that's what's going on around the country.eck of the woods. >> willie geist is officially joining the "today" show family as the co-host of our third hour here. willie, we are thrilled to have you. >> thank you so much. >> welcome aboard. >> does it seem like i have a little more hair than i did say five minutes ago? >> puppy needs a bathy. >> sorry, sorry. >> puppy took a nosedivy. >> come on, come on. take your best shot. >> are you ready to rum snbl. >> y'all ready to rumble? b >> y'all ready to rumble? e >> y'all ready to rumble? l >> y'all ready to rumble? >> y'all ready to rumble? >> y'all ready to rumble? l >> y'all ready to rumble? e >> y'all ready to rumble? ? >> y'all ready to rumble? >>> 8:56. an update to the developing news. we are following a major fire at a restaurant which is blocking the muni service. the four-alarm fire is burning up the squat & gobble restaurant. it started in the kitchen and spread to a wine bar. for the latest on the impact on the muni, let's go to mike. >> you will have to take the shuttl

. >> jason kennedy. >> that's what's going on around the country. woods. >> willie geist is officially joining the "today" show family as the co-host of our third hour here. willie, we are thrilled to have you. >> thank you so much. >> welcome aboard. >> does it seem like i have a little more hair than i did say five minutes ago? >> puppy needs a bathy. >> sorry, sorry. >> puppy took a nosedivy. >> come on, come on. take your best shot. >> are you ready to rum snbl. >> y'all ready to rumble? b >> y'all ready to rumble? e >> y'all ready to rumble? l >> y'all ready to rumble? >> y'all ready to rumble? >> y'all ready to rumble? l >> y'all ready to rumble? e >> y'all ready to rumble? ? >> y'all ready to rumble? >>> jayson werth and a walk off home run last night to beat the cardinals and keep the nats season alive. it dunlt feel like baseball weather. veronica johnson that has forecast. it's going to be cold for tonight's game, too. >> yes. by the end of some of the high school football games, too, it's going to be cold. what's going to bring it is a st

jason mirage will offer tribute performances. degeneres will receive the honor october 22nd at the kennedy center. >>> dogs and allergies. according to conventional wisdom, if you have allergies, you don't get a dog. but research shows that's not necessarily so. in get healthy 4 "life" today, it shows dogs can actually prevent allergies. dr. jackie is here with us to flesh this out this afternoon. you say dogs can be especially helpful during cold season. explain that. >> this was an experiment done with mice. but if we were to take the mice and pretend they were people, the mice that hung out with dogs, really didn't seem to get the symptoms of particularly rsv, very common virus that really affects babies an awful lot. if you hang out with dogs, maybe you won't get as much mucous or inflammation because of the virus, because you've been ithdogs. >> interesting. and how would two dogs help ward off asthma? >> it seems to be something common in american studies. in european studies, they only needed one dog, but in the u.s. study you needed two. and this is the hygiene hypothesis, how much crud your immune system gets us

senator ted kennedy and i recently got my masters at the university of san francisco in politics and public affairs, interned here for the mayor's office for the legislative director jason elliott and right now i'm working downstairs for the department of elections in a temporary position. i'm also serving on the pedestrian safety committee which i came before you guys and spoke. and used to serve as the west coast director for the environmental health trust and now as the director of the california brain tumor association. i definitely have a strong interest in animal matters. i have always had a dog my entire life, a golden retriever and i have him as a service animal through the san francisco spca. and he does go ahead and visit people in hospitals on brain tumor patients. so, that's something that i have enjoyed throughout my life. my plan, if i was to be appointed to this commission, is to focus on outreach definitely. i looked earlier today and there's no facebook page or anything like that. so, i think that i could be helpful in that regard. today also is animal role day and i've been asking, no one knows anything about it. so, i think that there could be some ou