i really respect especially getting to know the rascal flatts.eally respect them. >> it sounds great to have you guys together. by the way something else, it's your birthday this week. >> yes t is. >> happy birthday! >> saturday. >> congratulations. >> thank you. >> thank you guys for getting up early, braving the chilly temperatures. rascal flatts and natasha bedingfield, ladies and gentlemen. >>> we've also more to get to in the half hour. i'm going to talk about how to take care of your skin, one thing you want to do is not drink alcohol. you guys knew that. >>> also the pushing, the shoving, the crowds. enough about going out with matt. the crowds out there, at the shopping malls a lot of folks want to get the black friday deals. we'll show you how to avoid the crowds. >> savannah? >> they say dream big. one marine really idid that, invited actress mila kunis to the marine ball. the sergeant is here to dish. i think mila is the lucky one. >> just stand there in the microphone and say hello, new york. >> hello, new york! >> natalie morales has

big crowd here for rascal flatts.eek ahead, above normal temperatures much of the country, snow out west, rain working its way into the east and mid-atlantic states. midweek period, rain along the eastern seaboard, snow showers back from the pacific northwest, cooler than normal along the west coast and as we get to the latter part of the week above normal, warm, rain ends, we've got showers in the mississippi river valley, rain and snow in the pacific northwest on into the cascades, sierra and inner mountain regions. things finally dry out through and >> and that's your latest weather. matt. >>> now to a "today" exclusive and the reason meredith is back with us this morning. she recently caught one chimpanzee attack victim charla nash who underwent a ground breaking face transplant earlier this year. meredith, good to have you back and i can't wait to see the story. >> it is great to be back especially with good news about carla. i've had the opportunity to get to know her over the past few years and to really witnes

big crowd here for rascal flatts. week ahead, above normal temperatures much of the country, snow out west, rain working its way into the east and mid-atlantic states. midweek period, rain along the eastern seaboard, snow showers back from the pacific northwest, cooler than normal along the west coast and as we get to the latter part of the week above normal, warm, rain ends, we've got showers in the mississippi river valley, rain and snow in the pacific northwest on into the cascades, sierra and inner mountain regions. things finally dry out through >>> good monday morning to you. we are clearing out nicely. should be gone in about ten. sunshine through today. you'll get to 57 in san francisco. 60, though, for san jose. 61 in gilroy. your seven-day outlook shows you we do have rain on the way. looks like late wednesday into thursday. showers clearing early thursday. then by friday, black friday, staying cool, but we lose the rain chances. hope you have a fantastic monday. and >> and that's your latest weather. matt.

i really respect especially getting to know the rascal flatts.o more to get to in the half hour. i'm going to talk about how to take care of your skin, one thing you want to do is not drink alcohol. you guys knew that. >>> also the pushing, the shoving, the crowds. enough about going out with matt. the crowds out there, at the shopping malls a lot of folks want to get the black friday deals. we'll show you how to avoid the crowds. >> savannah? >> they say dream big. one marine really idid that, invited actress mila kunis to the marine ball. the sergeant is here to dish. i think mila is the lucky one. >> just stand there in the microphone and say hello, new york. >> hello, new york! >> natalie morales has a check of the headlines. >> good morning to you once again. a new york city man is being held without bail this morning accused of plotting to bomb police cars, post offices and u.s. troops. officials describe jose pimentel as a lone wolf and al qaeda sympathizer. they say he was ready to carry out his plan and putting bombs together. new york c

. >> also a big hit, lionel richie, as he took the stage with rascal flatts and others to perform duetsm his new country album. and one especially touching moment, a superstar tribute to country icon, glen campbell, who suffers from alzheimer's. >> very cool to see that. >>> coming up next, "the pulse," and photos of gabrielle giffords that we're seeing for the very first time. >>> also, some mystery video, showing what many believe to be a creature like the loch ness monster. >>> and now, time for "the pulse," and some images this morning you have to see. >> we start with some rarely-seen photos of congresswoman gabrielle giffords and her husband, mark kelly. the remarkable couple showed the pictures to diane sawyer, showing the path of her amazing recovery. >> tonight on "world news," we will hear from gabby for the first time, leading up to the special at 10:00, 9:00 eastern time. >>> a bizarre sighting is now making waves in canada, adding some fresh fuel to longstanding rumors about a certain legendary sea creatures. >> a british columbia man claims the ripples he videotaped in thi

rascal flatts.egendary carole king and two days of rock concerts next week. >> very exciting. justin bieber, tweet us. we need followers. one tweet can make all the difference. >>> coming up on this half hour, heidi fleiss. a lot of people remember her as hollywood's madame. she had a roster of famous clients. she's come a long way since then and new project she's taken under her wings, a hint there. >>> it's all about the hair. hairdos and hair don't. one don't is don't stand in a drizzle. not good for the hair. >> not bothering me. we have acclaimed author, james paterson, here to talk about his latest alex cross thriller. we're across the street from our plaza near the rockefeller center tree and talking to oliv olivia, here to unveil the cross. good to see you. >> thank you for having me. >> tell us about the star. >> it's a tribute for us to put this beautiful star on the tree. a huge piece. 550 pounds. over 700 l.e.d. lights. a beautiful thing. a big part of my childhood seeing that star up th

for you to endanger your hair, you've got to love rascal flatts and natasha. >> come on, isn't it great>> carole king is tomorrow. on wednesday, it's justin bieber. >> it's going to be insane. it's supposed to be tough weather for people trying to get out for thanksgiving. i'm a believer. >> it was a movie weekend for me and a little bit for you, too. >> you go ahead and tell your movie story. >> i saw two. i'll touch on one because i know you loved this one. "j. edgar" i saw with jay and we loved it. but we planned on making this a movie weekend so we said let's see "the descendents" too. if you go to the movie in new york city, you have to arrive 20 minutes before if you plan to sit with the person you're with. sometimes you have to sit here or there. >> and they can't be apart for five seconds. anyway -- >> then we get to the theater. it's "the descendents." it's the clooney movie and completely packed except for the seats in the front two rows, which are the worse. we go to the front. that's all there was. it was a 3:00 movie. kath, we sat like this, i'm not kidding, george clooney'

tuesday on "today" as part of our thanksgiving week concert series starting with country singers rascal flattsield and have we mentioned, on wednesday justin bieber -- >> i had not heard that. >> that's why there is bieber fever breaking out everywhere. he is going to be here wednesday. huge week before thanksgiving. right here on "today." >> wow. all right. meanwhile -- >> sorry. i told her i had bieber fever. >> i see. >> i don't want to be well, al. >> okay. well, no worry there. coming up in this half hour, thanksgiving one week from today. christmas of course right around the corner. that means your home likely will be packed to the rafters. and you may have some friends over, too. lou is here with some fast fixes to make sure your home is in tip top shape for guests. that's a little party game that lou has for guests. >> right. >> they come in and they go fishing for dollars. >> happy thanksgiving. >> oh, wow. >> unbelievable. of course you'll want to treat those guests to a delicious feast after they see that. >> yeah. >> oh, boy. so in today's kitchen we got some ideas for your holiday

and we'll have rascal flatts out on the plaza. we've got that on a monday morning right here on "today." >> 6:53, 56 degrees on tv hill. >> coming up, another look at weather and traffic together before you head out to start your day. >> new accident in. >> yeah, unfortunately. there's really no secret to driving in the rain, just drive slow. >> you don't see, you can't play. >> southbound 795 right at 140, the latest accident coming in. we'll show i 795 in a moment. first, westbound i-70, another crash. delays on the west side. another accident clearing from the two left lanes southbound 95 approaching o'donnell. we're down to 26 miles per hour. and westbound white marsh boulevard at 95, another crash to report. take pulaski hoyas your alternate. 395, another accident as well. it's taking up part of the right lane. let's switch over to a live view of 795. delays continue all the way down to the beltway. >> slow it down. simmer down out there, there you go. >> weather watch, we got a little bit of drizzle in the fog. you wouldn't

. >>> we'll kick off our thanksgiving week of concerts with rascal flatts out that in much more aheadwe get started on a monday morning right here on "today." un, back to you. >> heavya so much. we'll see youen. >> you got it. thanks. >>> a landslide in los angeles caused a large chunk of street andb; a slide. no one was hurt. authorities closed off the scenic route and put up a chainlink fence weeks ago so curious sight seers wouldn't put themselves in danger. some experts blame decades of home building in the area for creating the unstable land. >> just about 6:41 now. let's go to tom kierein in storm center 4 to take a look at our forecast. brighter but still cloudy. >> we have quite around too. that's a live picture from the city camera. good morning. i'm meteorologist tom kierein in storm center 4. low to mid 50s throughout most of the region. 54 at reagan national and patchy dense fog in the rural areas in the wake of overnight showers that have been moving through from clou ring on the eastern shore, but quickly exiting the beaches and over the atlantic. behind that a lot of cl

. >> also a big hit, lionel richie, as he took the stage with rascal flatts and others to perform duetsially touching moment, a superstar tribute to country icon, glen campbell, who suffers from alzheimer's. >> very cool to see that. >>> coming up next, "the pulse," and photos of gabrielle giffords that we're seeing for the very first time. >>> also, some mystery video, showing what many believe to be a creature like the loch ness monster. >>> and now, time for "the pulse," and some images this morning you have to see. >> we start with some rarely-seen photos of congresswoman gabrielle giffords and her husband, mark kelly. the remarkable couple showed the pictures to diane sawyer, showing the path of her amazing recovery. >> tonight on "world news," we will hear from gabby for the first time, leading up to the special at 10:00, 9:00 eastern time. >>> a bizarre sighting is now making waves in canada, adding some fresh fuel to longstanding rumors about a certain legendary sea creatures. >> a british columbia man claims the ripples he videotaped in this lake is canada's version of the loch

in the meantime everyone is swaying to the sound of rascal flatts because they're going to be live ontoday" just a number of the wonderful acts lined up. we've also got singer/songwriter and rock 'n roll hall of famer inductee carol king here on tuesday. that's going to be really fun. then on wednesday of course justin bieber live on our plaza. weave we expect a huge crowd for him. i'm ann curry on the plaza with matt lauer and al roker and all of our guests this morning. thanks so much for being here carole king is a legend. speaking of legends how about marilyn monroe? >> yes. >> everybody loves marilyn. we'll take you behind the scenes of her shoot for "some like it hot" footage taken on a beach in san diego. the footage is now actually up for sale, part of an auction of some of her personal items including some clothing and costumes in our studio right now. we are going to be talking more about that in just a couple minutes. >> do you think she wore something under that? >> that looks like one of al's halloween costumes. >> there you go. that's a saturday night costume for me. the

conceiver ♪ >> reporter: even lionel richie went country, singing "dancing on the ceiling," with rascal flattscing on the ceiling ♪ >> reporter: the big winners of the night, the band perry, taking home single of the year, song of the year, and new artist of the year. while country music's reigning music couple walked off with male and female vocalist of the year, miranda lambert, calling out to hubby, blake shelton, from the stage. >> congrats to my hubby, too. it's going to be a good night tonight, baby. woo. >> reporter: and it was the women of country, pushing the boys out of the way this year. ♪ >> reporter: a beautiful performance from country music's queen, faith hill, singing her first new music in six years. ♪ could be >> reporter: and the darling of country music, taylor swift, getting the nod for country music's entertainer of the year. >> you have made my year. thank you so much. >> and there's a touchle tribute to glen campbell. >> will have to see that on dvr. >>> coming up on "gma," the bizarre twist in the search for a new toddler. does a scene from primetime explain what happe

. >> great concert week lined up next week, rascal flatts and natasha bedingfield. the plaza. >> sorry to interrupt in the full compliment of entertainment coming up. i got excited when i heard that song. >> what else is coming up? >>> the weird story of the mix-up of a fertility clinic that affected that couple. they've worked through all of this and now have a new brood of their own and will show them off to us. a nice story to talk about this morning, which we're happy to have. >>> five women who each dropped between 100 and 200 pounds. >> wow, that's amazing. >> that's right. so, how do you dress after such an incredible weight loss? well, we're going to give them and you some pointers. >> that sounds good. let's get a check of the news. we have savannah guthrie, in for natalie, who is on assignment this morning. good morning. >>> good morning. a bombshell from the captain of the yacht involved in that 1981 drowning of actress natalie wood. dennis davern, whose tell-all book was published last year, told david gregory that he feels woods' husband, actor robert w

conceiver ♪ >> reporter: even lionel richie went country, singing "dancing on the ceiling," with rascal flattscing on the ceiling ♪ >> reporter: the big winners of the night, the band perry, taking home single of the year, song of the year, and new artist of the year. while country music's reigning music couple walked off with male and female vocalist of the year, miranda lambert, calling out to hubby, blake shelton, from the stage. >> congrats to my hubby, it's going to be a good night tonight, baby. woo. >> reporter: and it was the women of country, pushing the boys out of the way this year. ♪ >> reporter: a beautiful performance from country music's queen, faith hill, singing her first new music in six years. ♪ could be >> reporter: and the darling of country music, taylor swift, getting the nod for country music's entertainer of the year. >> you have made my year. thank you so much. >> and there's a touchle tribute to glen campbell. >> will have to see that on dvr. >>> coming up on "gma," the bizarre twist in the search for a new toddler. does a scene from primetime explain what happened t

because on monday, we've got rascal flatts along with a special guest, natasha bedingfield.bieber live on our plaza. i think a few people might arrive for that. if you've lost weight, we've got some inspiration for you this morning. >> yeah, it's really amazing, five women each who lost between 100 and 200 pounds, what an incredible accomplishment. the before and after pictures are tremendous. and we'll show off their new looks. >> they look fantastic. and two-time oscar winner jeremy renner is here, talking about ghost protocol. >> we love this man. good. >> and i love being book ended by land of the giants. >> i'm only a giant because i have heels. i am down here with you, actually. >> there you go. we missed that whole visual joke. okay. oscar drums are beating for the artist of black and white silent film. i've got to tell you, we'll be meeting two of the stars coming up. >> that's right. i saw it. the movie is called "the artist," a silent film, you can only sort of hear music and once in a while a natural sound. but this movie is riveting. >> it's the writing. >> it's

country star rascal flatts is on monday, followed by the legendary carole king on tuesday, and that'son "today." she wounds beautiful. wonderful person. when you see her around here, see her on tv, it makes you happy. i'm ann curry along with matt lauer and al roker. >>> and coming up, you know, we've got a story that i think will make a lot of people, well, just outraged. it's about bullying. you think about bullying from friends or, actually, not friends, fellow students. well, is it possible that teachers can actually bully students? one girl in ohio, for her, on tape, caught on tape, teachers who were actually yelling at her, saying things to her that you would never want your teachers saying to your own children. we'll be hearing from her and her father and also some attorneys coming up this morning. >>> all right, also ahead, we've all had the thought, what would it be like to get rich quick? we're going to take you behind the scenes of a new hit reality show where people actually compete to bid on those things right there, abandoned storage boxes and their contents, and sometim

for example, on monday, we've rascal flatts with natasha bedingfield and carole king and justin bieberyork area check out one or all of the shows. >> but today you're here. >> so glad to be back. let us go inside, natalie is at the news desk with a check of the headlines. >> good morning again, matt, ann and al. good morning, everyone. >>> the governor of pennsylvania is urging any more alleged victims of a former penn state football coach to step forward and contact authorities. former defensive coach jerry sandusky is charged with molesting eight boys he met through his second mile youth charity. it's been revealed the judge who released sandusky last week without making him post bail or wear an ankle monitor is a volunteer with the charity. on this program today the attorney for one of the alleged victims confirmed is he filing a civil suit against penn state. >>> herman cain's wife is speaking out for the first time about the sexual harassment accusations against her husband. gloria cain told fox news she can't believe claims he harassed women when he led the national restaurant as