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sam cook, the punter, takes it in from quofour yards out. a franchise record for points scored, they win big, 55-20. >>> let's head to new orleans. saints hosting the undefeated falcons. they're joining in on the nfl salute to service for this veterans day. this one from 29 yards out, saints up 14-10 in the second. graham needs a second attempt to crossbar dunk. that's pitiful, we play basketball in college. falcons, they were impressive. matt ryan, 411 yards and 3 scores. two of his touchdownsent to his tight end tony gonzalez. he shows the youngster how it's really done. gonzalez's 101st touchdown catch from 7 yards out. it came down to the wire on a fourth and goal, one last chance for atlanta. they don't get it. and they lose their first game of the season. the saints go on to win this one over the atlanta falcons. >>> so a big week in the nfl. some huge games across the league. >> jason, thank you. >>> one last check of the weather for us. >> party is over. this was it. you had to get outside and enjoy today. 71 and sunny today. still g

davis made a good point when he talked about the sam cooke son. most of our lives, the change usually occurs at a time of tragedy or crisis. i want to redirect a little bet -- mr. mcgarry is here from mercyhurst. mercyhurst recognize a long time ago, the mid-1980s -- then in 2009 you piloted the aim program. would you share a little bit with us what you have been able to do -- you have presented internationally what mercyhurst is doing and some of the innovations you brought in. if you would tell us how you shared some of that information, how you are able to disseminate to other people. once you become aware, we can fix things. we had a chance to see that today. i admire what you have done, not only in your academic life but in your personal life. if you could share a little bit with the people mercyhurst here eople is doing in the aim program. >> two parts of the question. what are we doing to disseminate information? mercyhurst participated in pennsylvania -- we had the opportunity to have the inaugural conference on autism and higher education

sam cook scores. 55-20. wow. >> once next sunday comes around, it's a completely different scenario, completely different day. we still have to put the work in this week and go out there and play well. so while we played very well today and should be happy about it, we've got to put it behind us and move on. >> no such luck for d.c. united. they got popped in the mouth by the dynamo in the eastern conference finals. they scored first and houston rallied off three straight. they do aggregate scoring in soccer playoffs which means they will tally all the goals from two wins and determine a winner. sports plus game on overtime coming up in a second. >> a lot of people off tomorrow. good weather? >> great weather continuing, though not quite as warm as today. the showers don't arrive until after night fall. >> good news. all right, everybody, game on next. have a great day tomorrow and a great week. bye.

. >> i was like to ask sam cooke you wrote an editorial on the politicalization of the osama bin laden mission mission, but could you restate what you wrote in the article and why the claims are so prevalent? >> the myth surrounding the mission? >> in the days after bin laden was killed there was eight understandable level of excitement. this was a huge success. john brennan went overboard to talk about it that was engaged in over 15 years so you can understand the visceral excitement and accomplishment and there was a tremendous amount of excitement so as often happens or as always happens individuals on the white house ba'ath, a pentagon staff talk more than they should about what happens. i don't think anyone gave away national secrets but they did deliver misinformation credit characterize the seal rate as the intense firefight. it wasn't. the seals were fired upon one's. they returned fire, the guy who shot at them died. after that there was no more shooting. going to the house room by room in the adult male were sealed once they were fired upon. they cannot wait so they went thro

the title came, of course, from sam cook's wonderful song, which i knew from childhood, and so it got stuck in my head, and certainly the success of the book, which caught me by surprise more than anyone else, perhaps, led to the beginning of a series. geography followed, and then on and on it went from there. so, with no pretensions offing writing this book simply because i loved american history. i couldn't understand why people were poured by it, why we had surveys that said 17-year-olds don't know their american history, and i wanted to write something i thought would address that problem. >> host: in 1991 you published your first one, don't know much about history. everything you need to know about american history but never learned. in that book you write: i like to consider a "don't know much about" book the first word on the subject rather than the last. >> guest: i see myself as somebody who brings together a lot of really interesting information that exists out there. it's not that i'm a ground-breaking researcher who finds the uncovered story. i think that most of these sto

in his new book "thanksgiving: how to cook it well" sam sifton writes quote -- >> sam, we got to juice big way. this is an awesome book. awesome book. first i want to go to bill shore over there sitting patiently in washington, as we talk about you pointed out, bill, we talk about hunger and poverty and the needy at specific times during the year but of course this is something a year-round situation. it is a way of life for millions of people in this country. what more should we be doing in our personal lives? >> well, i think you know, one the things that strikes me about the issue of hunger and being a solvable problem, there's a role for everybody to play, a strength that everybody has to share and whether that means volunteering at a food bank or a soup kitchen or writing a check or working to make sure your local school is serving school breakfast and is set up to serve summer meals these are things that can be done. one of the things we're increasingly finding on the ground, we're talking politically before, but governor diehl of georgia has been a champion of the idea of ending

. >> major sam cook. i would just like to ask you, you wrote a very interesting editorial, um, recently on the politicization of the osama bin laden mission, and there's been, obviously, a lot of criticism in an length year about that. -- in an election year about that. could you restate what you wrote in that article and look at why these claims are so prevalent out there and why you don't agree with them? >> are you talking about the piece i wrote about the myths surrounding the mission? >> yes. >> yeah. well, in the days after bin laden was killed, there was an understandable level of excitement at the white house and the cia and the pentagon. this was a huge success. and, you know, there were people involved like john brennan who i think kind of went overboard talking about who had been engaged in hunting bin laden for more than 15 years. to you can begin to understand kind of the visceral sense of excitement and accomplishment that folks felt. and there was a tremendous amount of excitement in the co

cook it well." good morning to you, sam. totalry recommend because you take it step by step. you say anybody can do a perfect thanksgiving dinner. >> you can do it. >> oh, no. because? >> because it's really quite a simple holiday. people try to fancy it up with all kinds of stuff. you don't need to do that. roast a turkey. make some dressing. mashed potatoes. >> perfect timing to release a book. >> we're trying. >> nice little how to guide. you go through all the different turkeys and ways to prepare turkey. what's your favorite way? >> like that roast turkey. i'm partial to a fried turkey. getting rid of the oil after frying of the turkey in new york city not an easy task. a roast turkey just simply roasted with a butter base is an amazing in this. we should celebrity zwlate that. >> how do you keep it from getting dry? >> butter. lay in a lot of butter for this holiday. this is not a holiday where we're going to diet. this is a holiday where we are going to indulge and celebrate the bounty of this nation. >> no turducken.

out, have no fear, my friends, i've got some simple rules to follow, thanks to sam from "the new york times." >> i've cookedg dinner for 25 years. i can tell you exactly how to make a great thanksgiving. you're going to have to follow these rules. rule number one, you will make a turkey. this isn't a holiday for a beef tenderloin, it's for a turkey. >> obviously you've got to have the bird. >> rule number two, don't stray from the essentials. >> no appetizers, no salads. there will be a plate full of turkey, mashed potatoes, dressing, gravy. there's plenty of food. >> i tend to agree because i'm so hungry on thanksgiving, that just the smell of all the thanksgiving, you've got to have an empty base to just shove as much food in your mouth as you can. >> the italians have to have than antipasta. >> third, television is okay. football is part of this holiday too. >> we'll be chatting. >> rule number four could be the tastiest rule of all. >> make pie. don't serve chocolate. inst like to have just more stuffing. >> with cranberry sauce on top to add a little sweetness makes you feel like it's dessert. >> the f

okay. >> no, we want to cook it outside so we could have a ton of it. >> i'm a better eater than cooker. samee and hoda coming up after your local news. >> enjoy your day. da

pacific when joined by rana fa ru hard, sam stein, msnbc's martin bashir and sam from "the new york times" to teach us how to cookrfect thanksgiving dinner. tune into "the last word" tonight at 10:00 eastern, i will be filling in for the irreplaceable lawrence o'donnell. updating our facebook page with all the secrets of my last word prep which involves turkey sandwiches and sleep at facebook.com/now with alex. "amount reports" is coming up next. humans -- even when we cross our t's and dot our i's, we still run into problems. namely, other humans. which is why, at liberty mutual insurance, auto policies come with new car replacement and accident forgiveness if you qualify. see what else comes standard at libertymutual.com. liberty mutual insurance. responsibility. what's your policy? a regular guy with an irregular heartbeat. the usual, bob? not today. [ male announcer ] bob has afib: atrial fibrillation not caused by a heart valve problem, a condition that puts him at greater risk for a stroke. [ gps ] turn left. i don't think so. [ male announcer ] for years, bob took warfarin, and made a monthly trip to the c

sams club and costco then bottom dollar. live at the new york stock exchange i'm jane king. >>> i bet he is a better cook than she says. >> ibet she is too. >> rain starting to spread in the bay area. >>> first san rafael, 101 wet weather there. south bay san jose 87, okay, sprinkles in the south bay around hp pavillion dry now. steadiest wet weather in the north bay, rogue showers moved out ahead of that initial ban causing two hour and 43 minute flight arrival delays into sfo we watched some of the rain move through there. returns around the south bay all of us dealing with drizzle and light rain through 9:00. very mild, one of the reasons we got a mild moist flow coming in this morning any time that happens in the morning we always get a little drizzle. low to mid 50s monterey bay, inland salinas, 46 gilroy. after the 9:00 hour, think the rest of us will have a chance of scattered shower north bay more steady rain. rain will spread north to south during the evening and overnight, dry pattern wednesday afternoon through monday. cold front slow, winds running parallel to it, parallel wind out of the southwest, because of t

. >> reporter: nearly 30 years ago cook founded boston beer company maker of sam adams. >> nobody wouldorter: now he is trying to help other food and beverage start-ups. his samuel adams brewing the american dream fund has provided over 200 loans, averaging $8,000 apiece. claiming to creator saved 1300 jobs. >> i received $15,000 loan. and i'm going to be paying it over the next five years. >> reporter: interest rates average 8%. and cook says the default rate sunday 5%. the fund teams with local economic developers to find the right start-ups. >> we have 250,000 entrepreneurs here in l.a. it has been said lay slay a small business capital of the country. and it is. >> check e-mail. >> edward is using his loan to open a storefront with plans to hire up to eight people. in an economy where traditional jobs and loans seem harder to come by, jim cook wants to support promising people scooping out a new path. >> while you have your ups and downs, you know, if you really loved what you do, you never work a day in your life. >> all right. now 8.5% is higher than you would get with a governmen

okay. >> no, we want to cook it outside so we could have a ton of it. >> i'm a better eater than cooker. saml news. >>> 9:57 is your time now on this thursday, november 8th. good morning, i'm eun yang. we have seen big delays. danella sealock is here with the traffic. good morning. >> good morning. a fire activity along ingram street is closed from 9th street. alternating roads are jefferson street or hamilton instead to avoid delays. delays continue through the dulles toll road. no accidents in the area, just slow. now to tom to check the forecast. >> blustery and cold. good morning. we are in the mid to upper 40s now. it's gusting around 20. highs reaching low to mid-50s this afternoon. clear tonight. near freezing tomorrow. mid-50s friday afternoon. over the weekend, a warming trend ought to hit low to mid-60s saturday sunday and again monday as we observe veterans day. chilly in the morning. showers on tuesday. >> thank you. coming up, the benefits of running barefoot is coming up . >>> from nbc news, this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and ha kotb live from studio 1a in rockefeller

okay. >> no, we want to cook it outside so we could have a ton of it. >> i'm a better eater than cooker. saml, to a tastier festive feast. so much to sip and savor. a feeding frenzy, to say the least. a turkey from safeway will have everyone raving. there's fresh, natural, frozen, whatever your craving. spend $25, and get a frozen safeway turkey for 59 cents a pound. or spend $25, and a frozen butterball turkey, just 99 cents a pound. so raise your glass, pull up a chair, grab a plate. this tastier thanksgiving is well worth the wait. safeway. ingredients for life. >>> it is 9:56. good morning. i'm marla tellez. attention, all shoppers, a new retail outlet is opening in the east bay. in about five minutes from now, the paragon outlets in livermore officially open at 10:00. shoppers got a preview of the 130 stores yesterday. paragon outlets says it will provide a big boost to the local job marmt in livermore. it's expected to generator $2 million a year. >>> in burlingame, hotel guests at the embassy suites hotel had to be evacuated overnight after carbon monoxide alarms went off about midnig

cooked. it's over. there's going to be a not guilty. >> a lot more evidence to come. we'll see. we'll have you back, i'm sure. have a great thanks giving. >>> time, now, for the weather. samn on his way to help the victims of hurricane sandy, in the brooklyn community of red hook. hey, sam. >> hey, good morning, george. you can't have a disaster as large as sandy and have more than 70,000 homes destroyed without depending on men and women who work every day in the service. look at this. the coast guard is behind us. they're taking us there. and the volunteers that get there, as well. and it's all about folks helping folks. so, we're going to do that this morning. early this morning, our neighborhood was loading up food. virgil's helped us out with food. we're going to take it to the folks who are just trying to get their lives back together. and maybe they can have a nice thanksgiving in the process. let's give you the maps so you know what's going on today. we'll start with a beautiful area of high pressure that gives us the gorgeous skies in the northeast. the numbers will actually respond. maybe a little chilly this morning. but that sunshine will really help today. an