thousand criminal referrals guess how many in the two thousand a financial crisis zero but hey martha stewart was fair game remember that in recent years just five months for insider trading so we'll talk about why meanwhile some federal reserve policymakers said the fed should consider doing more that's according to the minutes from the federal reserve meeting that just came out here in washington today but is the best already doing q e three and just not telling us about it well that's what famed investor jim rogers thinks so tell us why and as technocrats need to hatch the euro zone's future protests on. the streets and investors dumping the show more people may be betting on its belly or we'll tell you why and we'll get to the capital account. all right well as we predicted and talked about on the show yesterday the super committee did in fact fail to do its job meanwhile the president bailed to captivate a crowd at a speech that he gave selling his jobs bill today at least he failed with the contingency of occupy protesters who interrupted actually have a florida school. so you can see f

martha stewart is without with "martha's entertaining: a year of celebrations." >> as a regular guest to her house. ♪ over the river and through the woods to martha's house we go ♪ it's a "today" show road trip making our way to martha stewart's house in bedford, new york. natalie, go push the button. look at this. >> martha must be watching. >> in the house with binoculars. >> are they here yet? >> martha's house is magnificent, more like a small village with 15 buildings spread across 153 acres. martha meets us at her favorite spot. where else? the stables. >> hi. >> hi, martha. happy thanksgiving. >> nice to have you all of you here. did you get lost? >> a little bit, only on the lower 40. >> everybody always gets lost. welcome to the place. what do you think? >> it's beautiful, martha, really is. when's dinner? >> i thought we could do a little farm work before dinner. matt's going to get eggs with me at the chicken coop. >> we're working for our supper? >> yes, you are. definite >> definily. >> we fly to the coop with a basket. >> a wealth of eggs in here. >> eureka, this one is

martha stewart good morning.and why our pictures are still on that platter. >> i brought it in just to show everybody what a great, clever idea. >> right but you're going to rip our faces off there pretty soon. >> no, i've had it fired and glazed. >> she did that in her spare time around the house. >> on a friday night, fired and glazed. >> let's talk about the table. we walked into that room, over the top gorgeous. >> but here we've kind of replicated it using these are from home depot, orchids. these are from the supermarket, all the beautiful squash, some of which have been painted gold, just to add a little glitter to the table. the pom pom, these little pom pom place cards are made at home out of yarn and this is the brown sugar turkey that's on the cover of the magazine. >> you'll show us how to make one. >> matchy matchy. >> before we make it, martha, after our little display in your home yesterday, jay leno decided that he really wants to show more of what happened in your house. >> i'd like to see. >> ma

. >> the lighter side of martha stewart. she shares some of her favorite things and the one thing she will not do. >> leigh: some clear sky out there. a few clouds overhead, and reports of very dense fog in the north bay. we'll look at the sunday forecast coming up. >> closed captioning brought to >> closed captioning brought to >> a pair of gunmen suspected in two robberies may have struck again in pleasant hill at 7:30. armed with semi-awms the two empty head the cash -- cashier's drawer and then rob two customers at gun point. the description match men that robbed two scores last quebec. >> republican presidential happies debated in south carolina tonight. it wasn't all serious. a question about the energy department to rick perry got a good laugh. >> you remembered it. >> i had some time to think about it. >> me, too. [laughter] >> alan: reference was to perry's brain freeze during the last debate. tonight they talk about afghanistan, iran, and the use of waterboarding. >> i would definitely allow the military to use enh

be an evening with martha stewart. she will be a constitutional -- hall this thursday evening.t what is ahead for our local sports teams. lockout continues. the redskins welcome the dallas on sunday. the caps are on the road all week. in national and then and on saturday it is off to toronto. the d.c. war memorial is back with a brand new look. requesting a makeover, it is finally done. is still one problem. >>> the newly refurbished pc war the 26,000nors district resident -- resident in world war i. >> it has been forgotten and neglected the request in sad structure along --ependence avenue neglected. structureshape, the along independence avenue that up, but got new lighting. legislation to turn the local another national not sitting well with d.c. statehood proponents >> let's bring freedom to columbia.ct of that is what they fought for. >> this is not right to be particularly when there is an alternative. >> a small park across from the hotel that sports a statue of general. war i let's remember the men. >> he was a marine corps officer. was a harvard graduate. think about

. >> tell marty that's not what martha stewart said to do.ou're supposed to put that cloth over it, moistened cloth. >> martha stewart said soak a cheese cloth, put it on top of the turkey and take it off. >> i like something that's not flammable in the oven. i'm just kind of old-fashioned that way. >> i don't like your attitude, marty. a little testy the day before thanksgiving. >> you know what, though? all these perfect answers to cook a turkey is at butterball.com. great information. great leftover recipe. or call us at 1-800-butter-ball and talk to a live home economist or dietitian. great answers. we'll make it the best ever. >> thanks marty. >> nice talking to you. >> thank you. have a great thanksgiving. >> got it. >> rude, hoda. >> sorry, marty. the earlier hours -- we needed it. the earlier hours had justin bieber. we have something so much cooler. they're called the 610 stoppers. they're from new orleans. ordinary men with extraordinary moves. >> you be the judge. >> 20s to 60s. new orleanians. made up of doctors, lawyers, professi

. >> 30s. 40 martha stewart. little breeze and tomorrow it looks like fog. mainly inland. and sun and little warmer. just a little bit. the big question is into the week and this will be a warmer system. this may be a system coming in that gives us and the coast a lot of rain and hardly anything as you get east of sacramento. this may not bet big. but i am getting way ahead of myself. wave mostly clear skies and some of the fog with the rain and cold temperatures and there is a lot of condensation. we get that fog to pop up. westerly breeze. and san jose. and mainly calm. and expect that breeze to pick up a little later. >> 35 in napa airport the and mid-40s. hayward in there. and san jose at 38 a and again another cold start here. >> it is right out there and going to drop in. and develop. you will see it. and you will have as much lead time as i do and it won't move until thursday. then as it comes in it will be a warmer system. it is coming down into the northwest. it as dry pattern except we will have to dole with patchy fog and it will be a we bit warmer. fog. giving

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plus, a visit from martha stewart.en at 4:00, the weather pattern that has been interfering with the annual monarch migration. major expansion at san francisco's mission bay. a look at nut project in the works thanks to federal stimulus money. that and more at 4:00 and 5:00. >>> can't keep our eyes off today's perfect pet. >>> nice to see you. >> always good to see you mike. >> how about carly toe? >> this little gentleman is a little smaller than the what is we saw earlier in the program. -- he's a little over six months old probably a little over six pounds. he's a still wearing his dapper h9k.een scarf. he's aékz6Ñ great little guy a y bit shy at first that lasts about a minute or two. >> i didn't even notice. >> then when he gets to know you he really likes. probably best in a family or home without really little children because he's so nervous >> lap dog maybe. >> lap dog and has energy he loves to play. >> do you knoww how big he will get? >> all the way up to eight or nine pounds, a real tiger. >> wow! we want

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. >> reporter: martha stewart got in trouble for lying about it. we could go to jail for it.ut they can do it. only information they know and it's perfectly legal. former congressman brian. >> there should only be one thing in mind when you're drafting legislation, is this good for america? if you start to say to yourself, how is this going to affect my investments? you've got a mixed agenda and a mixed purpose for being there. >> 60 minutes report, her husband pall and nancy pelosi with credit card company visa. tough legislation was making its way through the house. the legislation made it to committee but not to the floor as speaker pelosi controlled what bills came to a vote. confronted pelosi during a news conference. >> do you consider that to be a conflict of interest? >> i don't know the point of your question. is there some point you want to make with that? ingly guess what i'm asking is it all right for a speaker to accept a preferential paper bowl of a stock deal? >> spent years trying to pass legislation to ban insider trading in congress. he coauthored a bill cal

plus, a visit from martha stewart.t 4:00, the weather pattern that has been interfering with the annual monarch migration. major expansion at san francisco's mission bay. a look at nut project in the works thanks to federal stimulus money. that and more at 4:00 and 5:00. >>> can't keep our eyes off today's perfect pet. >>> nice to see you. >> always good to see you mike. >> how about carly toe? >> this little gentleman is a little smaller than the what is we saw earlier in the program. -- he's a little over six months old probably a little over six pounds. he's a still wearing his dapper h9k.een scarf. he's aékz6Ñ great little guy a y bit shy at first that lasts about a minute or two. >> i didn't even notice. >> then when he gets to know you he really likes. probably best in a family or home without really little children because he's so nervous >> lap dog maybe. >> lap dog and has energy he loves to play. >> do you know how big he will get? >> all the way up to eight or nine pounds, a real tiger. >> wow! we want to fi

. >> martha stewart got in trouble for lying about it and you and i could go to jail for it. insider trading. but members of congress can do it. make profits on information only they know and it is perfectly legal. former congressman, brian barrett. >> there should only be one thing in your mind when you are drafting legislation. is this good for the united states of america? that's it. if you are starting to say to yourself, how is this going to affect my investment? you have a mixed agenda and a mixed purpose for being there. >> according to the 60 minutes report, nancy pelosi and her husband, paul, took an insider's opportunity to invest millions of dollars into the credit card company, visa. just as it was making its way through the house, the legislation made it to committee, but not to the floor. as speaker pelosi controlled what bills came to a vote. 60 minutes correspondent confronted pelosi during a news conference. >> did you consider that to be a conflict of interest? >> i don't know what your point is of your question. is there some point you want to make with tha

the table looked like it was decorated by martha stewart. look how pretty it is. details are perfect, the place cards, the flutes of bubbly juice. look at that pie. tour byky was not on the menu because lemurs are vegetarians. >> so this was intended for them. >> yes. >> they didn't just jump up on there. >> looks like better than my thanksgiving meal last year. >> nicely catered. >> thanks for joining us at 5:00. we leave you with a quick look at the mad rush to get home for the holidays. that's 880 right past the coliseum. ♪ ♪ [ female announcer ] we know you've got a lot on your plate at thanksgiving. which is why safeway has everything you need to get it all done. right now, get a safeway frozen turkey up to 12 lbs, for just $5 each. cook your thanksgiving turkey perfectly with our free chef assistant app. it's foolproof. safeway. ingredients for life.

on friday martha stewart is stopping by for a visit. stay tuned for the news at four, be safe and have a great evening, bye-bye. evening, bye-bye. >> bye bye, guys. so...what do you think? i'm not crazy about these light fixtures. kitchen's too small. what's next? 607 franklin st. ♪ sea bass... ♪ ooohhh! ♪ i like it. yeah, i love the kitchen. [ male announcer ] the epa-estimated 42 mpg highway chevy cruze eco. perfect for finding your way home. >>> we all know people bent on causing problems. earlier today there was approximately five businesses that had been damaged. this was the action of anarchists. >> it is a very evolving situation. >> thousands of people, and it has been largely peaceful. >> the port is effectively shut down. maritime operations are effectively shut down. >> it is important to acknowledge that the world is watching oakland and we need to make this a safe place for everyone. >> oakland flooded with pretesters -- protesters. they occupy oakland from the tents to the streets. >> this is over 16th and telegraph where

case and point, martha stewart went to jail for doing what -- >> kimberly: no. sold stocks because she had insider information. >> bob: wait. it's not illegal. using the word allegation is really, i mean we are going over the edge here. the number of members of congress who vote on bills that affect the stocks every single day. if you look at all the buying and selling of stock, it's not against the law, it's not an allegation. >> eric: it's wrong on the left. >> bob: it's not wrong. they should be put in a blind trust. not buy itself. i was hired by wall street firm for the sole purpose of knowing what votes -- >> eric: that is different. that is absolutely different. that is influencing, that is lobbying really. it's legal. let me give you a scenario. >> brian: the 2008 collapse is about to happen. zillians like us, we're not sure what is happening but we know something is wrong. in a private meeting nancy pelosi learns or dennis hastert or somebody learns wow, this whole thing is going to collapse. when you leave that room you worry about the constituents but

was that martha stewart? >> or someone like her. >>> black friday was coined back in the '60s by the philadelphia police. >> and we cannot figure this out. because of all the pedestrian and car traffic, all the streets were jammed up. why does that make it black? i don't understand. and then it sort of -- >> it caught on when stores were in the black because they were -- >> making so much money in one day. >> so you're in the black as opposed to the red which is what they usually are for the rest of the year. >> you haven't started your shopping? >> i've always said my philosophy about the holidays is that less is best. and so i -- i give gifts. i really do -- i bet everybody hates my guts, but i give something that benefits the association to benefit children. i send out these cookies and everybody loves them and people get helped. everybody i know pretty much already has way too much stuff, hoda. yet i feel for the retailers this time of year. so much of what they make is this time of year. but for me chris

joining us now is chef, cookbook author and food stylist to the stars including martha stewart, libby. how are you? >> how are you doing? >> great to be here. >> thanks for coming. >> it's cold here. >> like you said, you are from savannah. today is going to get nice and warm. let's get to the food. people are looking into the refrigerator and say, what do you do? >> first of all, you eat another meal like you had yesterday. and then when you have left joes, we're going to make a quick sweet leak and turkey pie. and then if you have ham leftovers, we have nice ham breath, most importantly with that carcasse, we started a little turkey stock here. >> you just basically get all the meat off. there is some there and then you start a stock here. >> we drop the carcasse into water, i put cal-ons, onions, carrots. my special ingredient is ginger. i always put like a couple of slices of ginger, just imparts this wonderful flavor. i don't know what it is but it tastes good. >> lots of folks back at home, we make left joes and that means the same thing that we have. but you put a flair to it.

we've heard martha stewart talking about cheesecloth and the plastic bag.hat is your best recommendation for getting a great, roasted bird? >> the number one recommendation for cooking is open pan roasting so it is very easy. put the turkey right on a rack in a shallow, open pan and put a little oil on it and set it at 325 degree oven and it should take only about three to three and a half hours. that would be a 10 to 18 pound turkey. >> she just wheels off those things like she knows them like the back of her hand. >> what happens if somebody forgot to thaw? can you make amends? >> yes, there are things you can do. you can certainly thaw it in cold water. 30 minutes a pound. if you're going to be eating tonight, you have plenty of time. or in an emergency, you could cook it from frozen. we have all of those directions here. >> alice, one last question. have you ever had an oops on thanksgiving preparing the dinner? >> personally? no, i really haven't. i've been here about 16 years and so i've pretty much have the turkey down pat. and i work today so my kid

i'm not martha stewart. >> seven of them? >> yes, she's 7. colored pencils are utilities. we use them for everything. makeup, candles, toenail polish. one, two, three, four, five, six, seven -- she's 7, guys. not 8. >> so there's her cake. okay. let's call her. hi, my princess. i miss you. you should see your birthday cake. we've got pretend candles. they're purple, orange, white, pink, yellow, blue and red. they're colored pencils. i can't wait to see you on sunday. i miss you. i'm sorry i'm not there, okay? i'm not crying. mommy doesn't cry. i love you. yeah. bye. oh. it sucks. >> yeah, this is way good. >> but even the sweetest dessert does little to take the edge off life at maricopa. a jail designed in the vision of one man who is determined to make it the toughest jail in america. >> why is everybody afraid to say, when you do something wrong, you should be punished? two of the most important are energy security and economic growth. north america actually has one of the largest oil reserves in the world. a large part of that is oil sands. this resource has the abilit

in the book, remember martha stewart, insider trading. the country was outraged. and insider wall street. but they are upset about crony, quote, capitalism. everybody in america would go to jail, governor, except those who work in washington. congressmen and senators, they are legally allowed to be involved in insider trading. can you believe that? >> people are fed up with this. the freedom of information act, they have exempted themselves from that. they don't have to show the conversations or the e-mails or the texts -- i mean, that's what americans are really upset with. not only have they now taken us to over $15 trillion, we clicked over $15 trillion would recollect of -- dollars of national debt, and it's on our dime and we are tired to paying for it. part-time legislature, have them live within the same laws they passed. that's why -- i think that's the reason the states function as well as they do have that the part-time legislators by and large. you work at a job back home. i change the law where congress can have a job, outside income, they go back to w

. >>> have you ever asked yourself what is thanksgiving like at martha stewart's house?, natalie, al and me to find out. and we have a live performance from the one and only carol king. part of a thanksgiving week of music here on "today." we have that and much more ahead as we get started on a tuesday morning. jon and laura, back to you. >> sounds like fun. thanks so much, matt. >> also striking out hunger in daly city. bob redell is live for the 11th annual thanksgiving fund-raiser. good morning, bob. >> the 11th annual turkey bowl. you can bowl for free ch it's all for a good cause. she happened to be a member of the san francisco bowling hall of fame. congratulations. happy thanksgiving. lane three is yours. what do you have set up here? >> it's a trick shot bill yard shot. >> you're not sure? >> i'm not sure. >> you've never attempted it before? >> i have. i did it last year. >> we have three orange balls in the center set up a la billiard shot. come out today from 10:00 to 3:00 with free admission. wow -- i do not -- hey, very impressive. >> thank you. >> come out

we all watch martha stewart. i like the way she handled her case.ked it up, went to jail, and went on with her life. that was insider trading. a relatively small sum of money. >> right. >> you are saying that everybody else in the country if they do it they go to jail, but congressmen, senators, it's legal. >> right. >> insider trading is legal. >> yes. >> so if you have information about a drug company that's going to be affected by medicare and you are a senator, you can trade on that information. >> john kerry. >> in the case of john kerry there's evidence it happened. in the healthcare debate there was a massive trading of stocks by all sorts of people and they did quite well. that's the problem, the way the laws have been designed and set up, they don't consider private information they hear behind closed doors to be nonpublic information, which is a ridiculous standard. >> let's go through some of the examples. forks we are all worried the crash, the fall of 2008, just before the election. there's ben bernanke, all the financial guys in the ro

lighter note, have you ever asked yourself, what is thanksgiving like at martha stewart's house?ell, she invited ann, al, natalie and me to find out. what she'll you what that experience was like. we have a concert out on the plaza this morning, despite a little inclement weather, we have carol king in concert this morning as part of a holiday week of music here on "today." so we'll get to that and much more ahead as we get started on a tuesday morning in just a couple of minutes. eun, back to you. >> all fun. i hope you brought back some good in recipes from martha. >> what an experience that was. it was really cool. >> i can only imagine. see you soon. >> thank you, eun. >>> just about 6:41 now. time again for weather and traffic on the 1s. start with tom kierein in storm 4. >> good morning. this hour, we've got some patchy drizzle and some dense fog to deal with. we've had some overnight showers, so everything is wet this morning. allow yourself extra time. getting some light rain on the eastern shore, southern maryland, northern neck, the patches of screen and scattered sprin

we threw martha stewart in jail for -- >> the lawyers told them not to trade on that specific informationer economy, all sorts of things they could use. if you're looking for a story about insider cabals, the treasury secretary is always balances between assuring and telling too much. this was not a like bush administration plot. this was roger altman and very prominent democrats who worked at goldman with paulson. >>> the proposed ground zero mosque center has had its rent hiked from $2700 a month to $47,000 a month. there's a lot of back and forth. you know, the organizer saying this is maybe perhaps politically motivated. we know this is a very contentious world in the new york -- well, in the new york there d.c. area. this is something that's been a fiery debate. >> this was always about a real estate story about guys who didn't have enough money who sought publicity, so it's like a million other things, a project that's grinding itself into the dust. look at the west side stadium nearby. this reveals the extent to which this was some guys that did not have the resources to build this

what sent martha stewart to the pokey, what would send you, a member of congress.h. back in 1905, george washington said say that they're going to lay out a new park. i go to that place and buy up all the land i can in the neighborhood. then it's all perfectly honest. you charge a good price and make a good profit. that's honest graft. well tharks's our political play of the day. honest graft. it's perpetuation is still discussing folks all these years later. >> all right. so that whole insider trading thing is always -- it's about time. all right, thanks so much to john avalon. we've got a fresh investigation into the investigation of natalie wood. the los angeles county sheriff's department reopened the case today. wood was married to robert wagner and starred alongside the likes of james dean and warren beatty. she was found drowned off the coast of california. she was boating with her husband. her death was ruled an accident. it was written good-bye natalie, good-bye splendor who was on board the night wood died. they're both with us tonight. thanks so much to