mr. bennett's career, and they will pay tribute to mr. bennett in song. tony bennett, your dedication to young people is known through countless projects such as your exploring the arts foundation and your founding of the frank sinatra school for the arts. you have proved to be a timeless link between artistic generations. and, of course, your inspiration continues with such incredible and wonderful projects as your recent "duets ii" cd. i have a copy. anybody else? [applause] and check this out, mr. bennett picked up two grammy awards sunday night for that album. [applause] so we congratulate you on that. i believe if you are scoring at home, that makes it 17 grammys in his career. [applause] what we love -- well, we love the cd, but today, we have gone one step further. not just a duet, but an extraordinary trio. i'm pleased to present this trio, performing for the first time together, young people from the choir of the san francisco school of the arts, the san francisco boys chorus, and the san francisco girls chorus, take it away. [applause] ♪ >> ♪ the lov

mr. tony bennett, the legend. ♪ the best is yet to come ♪ and baby, won't that be fine ♪ sweet caroline >w you doing there, person? >> do it, do it. >> party girl nicole "snooki" polizzi and her fiance jionni lavalle. >> thank you, dr. oz. your wisdom knows no bounds. ♪ >> good morning. i'm mindy basara. here's a look at one of our top stories. a taxicab driver is in critical condition this morning, shot during a robbery in east baltimore. police say the driver was transporting a fair just after 8:30 when the suspect the man that money and shot the driver in the chest while he was still driving. driving. the car stopped on as a pastor, my support for question 6 is rooted in my belief that the government should treat everyone equally. i would not want someone denying my rights based upon their religious views, therefore i should not deny others based upon mine. it's about fairness. this law does not force any church to perform a same sex marriage if it's against their beliefs. and that's what this is about. protecting religious freedom and protecting all marylanders equally under the law.

mr. tony bennett, the legend first hit the charts back in 1951.ng forward to that. >> sounds great. don't forget our annual halloween extravaganza. did you know it's just eight days away? >> no. >> i couldn't believe that. >> so if you're coming down to the plaza, better get going on that costume. we're going to crown a winner, as we always do, and, of course, we all will be getting dressed up as well, so be sure to join us for all the fun next wednesday here on "today." >> i have a fitting today. costume fitting. >> interesting fitting. could be interesting. >> mr. roker, how about a check of the weather? >> let's see what we've got for you starting with today. we are looking at snow out back through the rockies, the cascades and inner mountain range. rain throughout the great lakes. that shower activity moves into the northeast later today. rain along the pacific northwest coast. southern skies will have plenty of sunshine as they will tomorrow. risk of some strong storms through the upper mississippi river valley. rain lasts into tomorrow morni

mr. tony bennett. the legend. ♪ the best is yet to come ♪ sweet caroline >> so good.y girl. snooki and her fiance. >> thank you very much. >> thank you, dr. oz. wisdom knows no bounds. ♪ let's go ♪ i'm talking here and now >> is governor romney trying to portray someone. >> no. >> three states are going to decide it all. >> you do your thing. >>> good friday morning. 8:56. i'm laura garcia-cannon. giants fans celebrating another big win. that was actually the scene on the virgin american flight that left sfo last night. a 2-0 win over the tigers. the giants lead the series two games to none. let's check the forecast for today and beyond. pretty nice. rob. >>> they are leaving nice weather behind. upper 70s and low 80s inland out to the tri-valley. cooler next week. more news coming your way in just 30 minutes. >>> we're back now with more of "today" on a friday morning. it's the 26th day of october. it's 2012. it's cloudy here in new york, but we're going to have a pretty nice weekend in the northeast until sometime on sunday. then we start to watch out for hurricane

mr. tony bennett, the legend. ♪ the best is yet to come ♪ and baby, won't that be fine ♪ sweet caroline >w you doing there, person? >> do it, do it. >> party girl nicole "snooki" polizzi and her fiance jionni lavalle. >> thank you, dr. oz. your wisdom knows no bounds. ♪ >>> 8:56 on this friday. metro is gearing up for the heavy rain and flooding from hurricane sandy. crews will put sandbags around the system where high water is possible. they are checking drains and pumping stations. personnel expected to work through the storm. tom kierein is here with more on what to expect in terms of the first signs of sandy, tom? >> it's getting closer to the metro area than yesterday. unfortunately, beginning sunday into monday/tuesday, late sunday in the evening hours and into monday and tuesday is when we'll likely have wind anncr: which do you believe? what mitt romney's tv ads say about women? or what mitt romney himself says? mitt romney: do i believe the supreme court... should overturn roe v. wade? yes. and it would be my preference that they, that they... reverse roe v. wade. hopefully rever