meredith's been supportive.me ago. we built a family, we built a life. and we weren't afraid of the future. and it was easy for me to do maybe, but probably not as -- you know, it was a more difficult position for her. and i think we're proud of what we've put together. i think as you've said, we're very proud of our kids. you know, we've talked about illness for a good time here tonight. and i have to say we have a great life. you know. we have everything we wanted, everything we need, everything we dreamed of. i've said before i wouldn't trade in ms as part of my life, as part of my identity. i think it's true for meredith, too. we're very grateful. we really are. we're very happy. >> well, you certainly come over that way. it's been an absolute pleasure to interview you both today. meredith, richard, thank you so much. >> piers, thank you so much. >>> coming up, michelle williams, how she got the role of a lifetime to play marilyn monroe in "my life with marilyn" which opens on wednesday. . let me tell you ab

also we have meredith vieira. >> meredith vieira looking rested and wonderful.n it, she's got an exclusive interview, she spoke with charla nash, the victim of the brutal chimp attack. charla shows us what she looks like now after her extraordinary transplant surgery. we'll check in with meredith in a couple of minutes. >> also coming up, when it comes to fees and return policies is your favorite retailer naughty or nice? coming up the new list from "consumer reports" you need to remember as your holiday shopping gets into full swing this fall. >>> if you don't want to spend your entire thanksgiving day in the kitchen, giada de laurentiis has three great recipes you can make today and may even get better by the time thanksgiving day rolls around. >>> we begin this half hour with a frantic search for a florida mother of three who vanished last thursday the same day she appeared on a taped episode of "the people's court" with her ex-fiance. lily is in orlando with more on the story. >> reporter: good morning to you ann. it's not every day somebody goes missing rig

meredith: hi, guys. hi. lovely to see you

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meredith thomas. warner lee. richard fong. in that order, please. go ahead and get started. >> according. good morning. dave bernett. as the president indicated, the initial concern from the people that objected to the process, was the stops election issue. basically park's death what -- staff and went and picked a spot that was right between the area which is the meadow and washington street. there was a fair amount of concern on the group of us that were involved in the original creation of this park. the park has very different personas. block 202 persona is quite normal, and is a result of the $1.9 million expenditure you guys made to upgrade the place. it has a nice cohesive feel to it. block 203 is the brainchild of one of the gardners that was on the original staff and had no funding money and basically when the freeway came down picked up my machine and the rhododendrons and the other thing in the park for all barred from golden gate park as a result of upgrades that were done. it has a very natural sort of feel to it. the point i would like

and we're excited to have meredith back, too. meantime, coming up today, staying healthy through the holidays. of course it's a stressful time for a lot of folks. and sometimes that stress causes us to overeat or mindlessly nibble and sometimes the food looks really good. we have some tips to help you keep your diet on track, even during the holidays. >>> and of course, we all remember annie hall, right, especially the outfits? the men's wear look is back, trendier than ever. we will show you how you can pull off the latest styles. >> not to be confused with the andy hall look. wearing women's clothing. >>> then in today's kitchen, spicing up your dinner with a new take on steak. using a sword fish steak. we're going to show you how easy it is to do at home. but first jenna wolfe has a preview of this weekend. >> yeah, we're talking about the big penn state scandal. the investigation is growing with new questions about the alleged sex abuse and the shocking cover-up charges that have stunned the country. we'll have the latest on

. >> meredith vieira came out. >> i did not know it was her. even the way she walked was perfect. >> you know what's funny? people were asking if we knew? the only two people who knew were matt and ann. i saw the gray hair, i saw the dogs. >> we were told either judi dench. you're not going to be speaking in the english accent. somebody like that would be playing the queen. when she started coming down i thought, oh, my gosh, who did they get? meredith. it was so great to see her. >> there are some more fans waving in the balcony. we have victoria beckham. >> she proves it is possible to be skinny. >> nice. and behind them, of course, are the waving family. >> i'm actually surprised they even invited us. we tried to dress down so as not to draw attention away from the bride, but it didn't work. we tried. would you like to play a little game? >> i'm afraid. i wanted to play a hoop game. when i saw her hat i said this is one of those things where you try to throw a hoop on it. i'm a little afraid because they're plastic. what the heck. ready? one

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on italian tv, he opened up about their relationship and the night amanda's roommate meredith kercher said for me, that night was beautiful evening. i spent the evening in amanda's company. we were living an idyllic love story. he called it simply a seed that had been planted in the earth. the problem is, someone took that seed and crushed it. the former couple spent four years in what sollecito called hell. they were found guilty of murdering kercher and then dramatically set free after they appealed. he said that infamous image of them kissing a day after the murder, has been misinterpreted. he said that he was trying to comfort knox after police seized her clothes. he said that he prays every day for meredith's family and he don't know if he'll accept the offer from amanda's father to visit the knox family in seattle. >> whether or not they take us up on that is too early to tell. i know that raffaele is experiencing the same things that amanda is experiencing and wanting to reconnect with people. >> reporter: sollecito may not be ready for a reunion. in a tv interview, he got emot

"good morning [captioning made possible by disney-abc domestic television] [cheers and applause] meredith: thank you. hi, everybody. yes. ha ha ha!

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this is her first meeting so i want to introduce meredith who is replacing aaron, who has gone to the dark side. he's now a fundraiser with the organization. >> hello. >> happy to have you on the team. >> is representative bart here? >> yes. >> ok, so i wanted to welcome mark lewis, member of the disaster council. if you'd like to introduce yourself. >> good afternoon. i'm the deputy chief of r.p.d. >> we're thrilled to have you. thank you for coming. thank you. other comments from disaster council mexico? any announcements? -- council members? any announcements? ok, how about public comments? supervisor farrell has joined us. actually quite a while ago. we were not able to introduce him at the beginning of the meeting. anything you would like to say, supervisor? supervisor farrell: i'm fine, thanks. have a good weekend. >> if there's no public comment and no further comment, this meeting is adjourned. thank you all so much for coming. >> good evening, and welcome to the meeting of the board of appeals. chris wong will be absent this evening. to my left is the deputy city attorney. sh

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he says he prays every day for meredith kercher's family and he doesn't know if he'll accept the offerattle. >> whether they take us up on that i think is really too early to tell because i know that raffaele is experiencing the same things that amanda is experiencing and wanting to reconnect with people and kind of just try to get back to normal life. >> reporter: sollecito may not be ready for a reunion. in a tv interview, he got emotional when the host showed him video of amanda back at home. "i wish her all the best in the world," he said "because she suffered like i did, more than i did. i want her to be the happiest woman in the world." for "good morning america," scott goldberg, abc news, new york. >> huge transition for both of them. >>> let's check the other stories developing this morning with ron claiborne. huge story in the world of sports. >> at penn state university, really a scandal rocking that football powerhouse. penn state has been rocked by that scandal when a former defensive coach, jerry sandusky, was arrested on saturday and charged with sexually assaulting eight

last month her conviction for the murder of meredith kircher was overturned. halloween marks the fourth anniversary of kircher's death. kircher's fatherinsensitive, po out that knox was convicted of simulating a burglary in the wake of meredith's murder. >>> the honeymoon is over, and apparently the marriage is too. kim kardashian filed for divorce from her husband kris humphries. the couple does have a prenuptial that will determine how they divide their assets. the move comes just 32 days after they very public $10 million wedding. trending topic, things lasting longer than her marriage. cooking top ramen. and the nba lockout, which is now at 124 days and counting. >> the good news is probably the wedding photographer can now retire. that's probably good. >> what happens to all the sponsors who probably put a lot of money into that wedding? >> tough. >> tough. >> be careful where you put your money. >>> 6:27 is the time. ♪ ♪ [ multiple sounds making melodic tune ] ♪ [ male announcer ] at northrop grumman, every innovation, every solution, comes together for

just last month the 24-year-old's conviction for the murder of a british exchange student meredith kircher was overturned. this weekend knox was spotted dressed as a cat burglar at a party in seattle this weekend. after seeing the photos, kircher's father called knox, quote, insensitive. it marks the fourth anniversary of kircher's death. knox was originally convicted of simulating a burglary in the wake of meredith's murder. >>> the honeymoon is over and now the marriage is too. kim kardashian filed for divorce from her husband kris humphries. kardashian cited irreconcilable differenc differences. they do have a prenuptial that will decide how to divide their assets. it comes just 72 days after their much publicized $10 million wedding. the trending topic is things longer than kim's marriage. here's some of the answers. cooking tom ramen. this trending topic is lasting longer than her marriage. and the nba lockout too, which is 124 days and counting. is anyone surprised? >> how about the blink of an eye? >> i think britney spears was married for one day. maybe she wins for shortest marria

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and ronnie and meredith warner. >> good morning, commissioners here again i represent friends of the waterfront playground, as well as i am a board member and also speaking today on behalf of the president of the neighborhood association. bill is also a founding in managing member of friends of the waterfront playground. there is in fact tremendous widespread community support for a playground. we have letters support from over 15 organizations representing hundreds of families come of thousands of residents, grandparents, seniors, homeowners associations, tenants, businesses such as the ferry building, the ymca, the golden gate tennis and swim club. all in support of a playground. as the commissioner noted, there were dozens of families that up appeared before the operations committee on november 3 that can passionately testify for the strong need for a playground along the waterfront of these communities. the lack of safe and convenient place for our children to play. in addition, the board of supervisors land use commanded -- committee will approve the legislation that will go bef

. >>> and in another exclusive, meredith vieira sits down with charlotte nash, the chimp attack victim, who will reveal her news face for the first time. >>> now keep it on this channel for continuing local 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. the day today on your nbc station. have a good one. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

at the end, meredith said to them clarendon meredith, you are going to sleep in the cab and come a tiny cabin were cowboys hang out and tom and i will be outside in our sleeping bags. we gave them headlamps and type in their sleeping bags and you can see they had a lot of questions that they were praising them. so there is an icon in their sleeping bags outside the tent. we could hear he whispered conversation inside. and the youngest of the two suddenly came out and stood on the porch and looked at the two of us and said to meredith, mayhem, we need an adult in here now. last night i think that may be a metaphor for the country. and then finally, the amick to the follows that is that i always learned some thing from the wild from nature when i'm in montana. every year there is some kind of enduring lesson that i learned from the animal life or from the storms that blow through with the floods that have were sincere winters. the most memorable for me came four years ago when our river was very high, almost a flood stage because of the runoff. they went to a high point overlooking the ri