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elaborate wedding to kris humphries. a move that has a lot of people wondering if it was all just a sham. "today," tuesday, november 1st, 2011. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >> welcome to "today" on this tuesday morning. i'm ann curry. >> and i'm matt lauer. i think it's fair to say that herman cain kind of came out of nowhere to become a force in the gop presidential race and it seems now he's finding out the hard way about the attention that goes along with being a front-runner >> that's exactly right. he spent much of the day monday addressing questions about sexual harassment allegation he faced nearly 20 years ago, and cain only seemed to add to his problems as he spoke out in his own defense. we're going to get perspective this morning from nbc's tom brokaw straight ahead. a woman who went in for a simple surgical procedure and suffered severe burns to her face and neck after a fire broke out in the operating room. it happens more often than you might think. we'll talk to dr. nancy snyderman about that later on. plus an unforgettable proposal that has gone viral. a young woman so surprised her boyfriend got down on one knee, she fainted. that's not off to a good start. >> maybe that's a yes. i'm not sure. we'll get to the bottom exactly of what happened after that. let's begin with the republican presidential contend eer herman cain and his response to sexual harassment. lisa myer is in washington with more. >> good morning. the political storm which has engulfed cain's candidacy shows no sign of abating. his efforts at damage control seemed to compound his problems as his story continues to shift. ♪ amazing grace will always be my song of praise ♪ >> reporter: herman cain insists he's not changing his tune but by monday night was offering new details about an incident he said were false acsixes of sexual harassment. >> once i referenced this lady's height and i was standing near her and i did this saying, you're the same height as my wife, because my wife is five feet tall and she comes up to my chin. this lady is five feet tall and came up to my chin so obviously she thought that that was too close for comfort. >> was there any behavior on your part that you think might have been inappropriate? >> in my opinion, no, but as you would imagine, it's in the eye of the person who thinks that maybe i crossed the line. >> reporter: nbc news confirmed two women accused cain of inappropriate sexual conduct while he was ceo of the national restaurant association, accusing him of unwanted advances and sexually suggestive comments. at least one woman received a financial settlement. cain's first response to the allegations on sunday? no comment. >> i'm not going to comment on that. >> reporter: then came an emphatic denial monday at the national press club. >> i have never sexually harassed anyone. >> reporter: cain first said this about a settlement. >> i am unaware of any sort of settlement. i hope it wasn't for much, because i didn't do anything. >> reporter: then on fox, he seemed to change course. >> and yes, there was some sort of settlement or termination. >> reporter: on pbs he said this. >> i was aware that an agreement was reached. the word "settlement" versus the word "agreement," you know, i'm not sure what they called it. >> reporter: and even after the pbs tape -- >> can you remember everything about an incident from 12 years ago? i know that there was an agreement, whether it was a settlement, agreement, or whether it was termination paper, i don't remember what it was called, so that choice of words, i'm not going to say that it's changing my tune. >> reporter: through it all, cain claims the accusations are related to his rise to the top of many polls. >> i told you this bull's eye on my back has gotten bigger. >> cain and his staff repeatedly referred reporters to the national restaurant association, but that group isn't talking, calling it a personnel matter that allegedly took place 15 years ago. cain says he thinks enough has been said about this matter, and it's time to move on, but ann, with all the inconsistency, it's hard to see that's happening quite yet. >> all right, lisa myers, thank you so much. tom brokaw is a special correspondent with nbc news and author of "the time of our lives: a conversation about america." tom, good morning to you. >> good morning, ann. >> first presidential politics what do you make about the allegations against herman cain? >> there's a lot more we need to know, was it a case of he said/she said, there was a deal and it went away, what lisa said at the end is correct, from the campaign point of view for mr. cain, you would think he would want to get all the details out as quickly as possible if he is as innocent as he says he is so he can move on to the much more important matter. sexual harassment is a serious issue but it has degrees, a first, second, third and fourth degree and it's much more of an issue in society now and he needs to address this in a more forthright fashion. >> rick perry is also sparking some concerns because of something he said in new hampshire on friday. let's take a look at the videotape. >> and this is such a cool state, i mean come on, live free or die? i mean, you know, you got to love that, right? gold is good. if you've got any in the backyard because you know, if they print any more money over there in washington, the gold's going to be good. >> this video was gone viral. was he do you think as his camp is saying just having fun or is the pressure just getting to be too much? >> let's be charitable saying he was trying to have fun. he looked more than a tourist than a candidate who knows the state well. new hampshire voters take their mission very seriously. i remember asking one of the new hampshire residents one day what he thought about a particular candidate. he said "i don't know, i've only met him three times" so they really get plugged into all of this. if this is the kickstart to his campaign which he's attempting to do i think he's got a lot of work to do. the point is i think the rest of the country is looking beyond these viral moments on the internet or even the sexual harassment charges so far as what we know about this pem there are 20 million homes in per nil terms of mortgages. people are concerned about education. college graduates are moving back home because they can't find a job and trust their families and don't trust society to take care of them. that's what i get at in the book, we ought to have a dialogue about that. >> let's get that. you talk in the book on the broader point, you ask this question which i think a lot of americans are asking, what happened to the america i knew? what is your answer to that question, after reporting on america for more than, what, half a century. >> this is the most polarized i have ever seen the political culture in america, people not even talking to each other, during a height of watergate, which was a real constitutional crisis at the end of the day, republicans and democrats in congress and across the country would get together and say how do we move on beyond this? even during vietnam people were talking to each other but now you have so little dialogue because it's exacerbated in part by the internet and everyone wanting to divide and conquer more than they do to unite. politics is always about the most robust debate about the country's future but at the end of the day you'd like to move the ball down the field some. this time we're kicking it at each other more than trying to find common goals. >> in the book you talk about how we can rekindle the fundamental values we've historically write to become the next greatest generation. can we begin to do that? can america ever be great again if the left and right are as you just said, even talking. is that where we begin? >> there's another body of voters, the independents are the most important group of voters fwhef america, they need to step up. if you want a model and i've been saying this repeatedly, look at the tea party. the tea party got angry, got organized, got to washington, stayed disciplined and they're having an impact on the republican debate out of proportion to their numbers. so if you're unhappy, what you have to do is find like-minded citizens and worry about education and skill set for workers in the new economy and what we're going to do about our political system, about how we can reclaim it, as it were, so that they listen to us and not just to the lobbyists who have the special interests in mind. >> given what you know in all the years you have looked at and i would say also loved america, are you optimistic? >> i'm always optimistic. look where i am in life. i grew up in south dakota, working class family. i got to new york, i have college educated daughters who are doing well. i have grandchildren now that are the light of my lives. of course i'm optimistic but we've always been best in this country when we're more than the sum of our parts, when we take on the big challenges and acknowledge how tough this is going to be. we're reinventing america at this point and the question that i ask everyone, 100 years from now, when historians look back on this time, it won't be just about obama or rick perry or herman cain or mitt romney or the tea party. it's about all of us. we're all on the dock. did we do our part and that's the dialogue i'm trying to kickstart with this book and i must say people are responsive to that when i talk to them in those terms. the second question everyone asks me, will my children be better off than i have been. that's essentially the american dream. i come here to improve conditions for my family and especially for my children, and if we want to make life better for them and it's not just about having more houses, more cars and more clothes, it's about the quality of life then the grownups in the country have to get involved. >> an excellent conversation, tom brokaw always great to get it from you. the book is called "the time of our lives: a conversation about america." it is 7:11, here is matt. president obama passed his latest physical with flying colors, one of the headlines coming out of that physical examination from his doctor is that the president is now tobacco free. kristen welker is at the white house with details on that. kristen, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, matt. president obama has never made a secret about his struggle to quit smoking. he and the first lady have discussed it publicly but it seems now it's a habit he may have finally put out. president obama insisted his bad habit was a thing of the past last week on jay leno. >> talk about some lighter stuff, dealing with the pressure of being president. i know you quit smoking. >> i did, i did, definitively. >> reporter: now the president's got the medical records to prove it. according to a physical released monday, mr. obama is tobacco free, that's a marked difference from last year's medical report which listed the president as taking nicotine replacement therapy, suggesting he was still in the process of giving up smoking. a long struggle which the president has openly discussed. >> look, i've said before that as a former smoker, i constantly struggle with. have i fallen off the wagon sometimes, yes. >> reporter: it's a habit the president started decades ago. these photos show a young obama, cigarette in hand, at occidental college. as a result smoking dogged him since his days on the campaign trail. >> when's the last time you've fallen off the wagon? >> i don't remember. it was probably -- it's been a while. >> reporter: he was often seen chewing nicorette gum to. mrs. obama famously asked for america's help. >> america watch, please keep an eye on him and call me if you see him smoking. >> quitting smoke something an enormous achievement. it is very difficult to stop a long-term nicotine addiction. >> reporter: more than 46 million americans smoke but for a politician taking a drag can be a bit of a lightning rod. herman cain video went viral showing the candidate's campaign manager smoking. many americans were angered forcing cain to explain he does not endorse smoking. analysts say the stigma may be one more reason the president worked so hard to quit. >> people want their presidents to be role models and it only reaffirms this president is human, he has struggles and that in this instance he was able to overcome. >> reporter: the physical also says president obama is eating healthy, he's physically active. his cholesterol is even down. in essence it says at age 50 he is fit to serve and at least for now free of tobacco. matt? >> kristen welker at the white house this morning, kristen, thank you very much. let's get a check of the rest of the morning's top stories from natalie morales. >> good morning, everyone. more than 2 million people spent halloween without power in the northeast and outages could persist through at least thursday in some areas following this weekend's rare october snowstorm. several new england towns asked residents to postpone trick-or-treating until the lights come back on. in new york city, thousands of trees have been destroyed in central park as crews scramble to clean up in time for sunday's marathon. the death toll from the storm has reached 21. a brokerage firm led by former new jersey governor jon cor design is under investigation after regulators discovered hundreds of millions of dollars of customer money missing, it forced mf holdings to file for bankruptcy after trying to sell the company to a rival firm. a shock announcement from greece, threatening to deepen the eurozone crisis and throw international markets a curveball today. cnbc's mandy drury has more from the new york stock exchange. >> greece has cause are called a referendum on its bailout. it is so annoying one small country could have that much of an impact on worldwide markets and essentially your 401(k) but there you have it, our globalized and interconnected world. starbucks is collecting donations of $5 or more from customers in order to stimulate jobs through its jobs for usa program. i guess that's just another reason to reach for the jar then. >> absolutely. we'll be watching what happens there at the new york stock exchange. some terrifying moments on a tarmac, the small jet carrying the owner of nascar's top team lost its brakes and slid off a runway. rick hendrick and his wife were taken to a hospital and treated, no one severely injured. briany hillard had no idea what was coming when he threw her a surprise party. when he got down on one knee she went down for the count. take a look. 15 minutes later -- oh it hurts every time you see it -- he swept her off her feet, and ann and matt and al from the cam and facebook page, for everyone concerned she's just fine, she hit her butt and the rest of her body laid down softly. >> it made noise. >> it did. >> thump. >> word to the wise, you pop that question in a padded room from now on. >> mattress. >> some people might take it a different way. mr. roker what's going on? >> kind of slid that in there. >> it should be a padded room, i don't know. anyway, what's going on? just go. >> bad, bad. >> as we take a look out west, got another storm, second in seven days, winter storm watches, high pressure building in, low pressure moving out, that brings in colder air and so we're looking for snow, denver may see anywhere from six to eight inches of snow, some areas picking up to a foot in the rockies. the rest of the country, sunshine along the eastern seaboard, morning showers along the mid-atlantic coast but no big problems. sunny, cool in the pacific northwest. showers working their way up into the u.p. of michigan and northern minnesota. other than that, not a bad day today for the first day >> good morning. areas east of baltimore are starting out with clouds. it will be 58 in central maryland. >> and that's your latest weather. ann? >> all right, al, thank you. federal investigators want to know what went wrong at hartford's bradley international airport during saturday's snowstorm. the airport was inundated with diverted flights, many from new york and passengers on a handful of jetblue planes waited hour after hour with overflowing toilets no, food and no water. tom costello covers aviation and joins us. tom, good morning. >> reporter: ann, good morning. the d.o.t. requires airlines to get passengers off planes if they've been stranded for three hours, four hours if it's an international flight. you mix together a lot of snow, a small airport, two dozen diverted flights, not enough people, it's a recipe for a nightmare in hartford saturday. >> hold on to the railing. >> reporter: this wasn't supposed to happen again, a frustrated jetblue pilot pleading with ground cruise in hartford for help saturday night. >> is there any way you can get a tug and a towbar out here to us and get us towed somewhere to a gate or something? i don't care, take us anywhere. >> reporter: with babies crying in pitch black, he, his crew and passengers sat stranded on the tarmac for hours, no food, no water, no working toilets. >> i have a paraplegic on board that needs to come off, i have a diabetic on here that has to have an issue. >> reporter: for several hours they waited at times tempers flared. when police arrived, applause. >> a woman was kind of losing it, having a panic attack, people kind of walking up and down the aisles very frustrated. >> reporter: in all, three jetblue flights diverted from new york were stranded at hours for hartford. a diverted american airlines flight from paris also sat for seven hours because there were no customs officers on duty at hartford. a bigger passenger nightmare in 2007 led to the creation of a passenger bill of rights and tarmac delay rules that went into effect 18 months ago. the rules require airlines to provide food, water and access to working tie toilets after a two-hour delay and allow passengers off the plane after three hours. airlines that violate the rule face a fine of $27,500 per passenger. the government says those rules work, so what happened on saturday? >> although the airlines appeared to have made a bet with an act of god that they could get off the ground in three hours or less after they diverted, the airport was completely unresponsive until later in the day, like in the evening, 9:30 in the evening. >> reporter: bradley airport says it accepted 23 diverted flights "and our resources were stretched to the limit." 1,500 passengers spent the night on cots in the terminal. with winter around the corner the faa is looking into avoiding a repeat of this. jetblue says it is refunding the tickets. the faa is investigating. if it finds jetblue liable it could face hundreds of thousands or millions of dollars in fines. >> tom costello thank you so much. still ahead this morning, kim kardashian files for divorce. was her short-lived marriage a calculated publicity stunt? we're going to have the latest and let "today's professionals" weigh in. first this is "today" on nbc. just ahead, will conrad murray testify in his own defense? >> after your local news. r skin? 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this isn't going to work and best if i just move on right now. >> reporter: now a public split after a very public relationship, much of it caught on camera for the reality show "keeping up with the kardashians" on our sister network e!. in may humphries proposed with a 25-carat rock worth an estimated $2 million. three months later they walked down the aisle in california in front of more than 400 guests. the celebration reportedly cost nearly $10 million, none of which the couple paid for themselves and made $17.9 million in television and magazine deals. experts say splitting with humphries likely won't be parting with any case. >> i'd be surprised if there's any chance kim kardashian has to give up anything of her income. >> humphries isn't giving up. he released a statement saying "i love my wife and devastated she filed for divorce. i'm committed to the marriage and willing to do whatever it takes to make this work." >> a lot of people are wondering was this a publicity stunt? we'll talk about that with "today's professionals," star, donny and dr. nancy in the next hour. and programming note, kim's mother, chris jenner will be here live in our studio tomorrow morning. 7:34, here's ann. now to the question of the day at the trial of michael jackson's doctor. will conrad murray actually testify in his own defense? nbc's jeff rossen is covering this case in los angeles. jeff, good morning to you. >> reporter: hey, ann, good morning to you. yeah it's the big question hanging over this trial. conrad murray told the judge look i'm think being it but still haven't made any final decisions about whether i want to testify or not but the judge says today is decision day. he wants his final answer this morning. conrad murray's defense lawyers have advised him against it. they've hinted to the court that he will not testify but ann you know, stranger things have happened and we await a possible courtroom surprise. we'll keep you posted. murray's defense team coming off an ugly day in court so ugly on monday the defense's star witness was punished. >> you keep throwing out these kind of rehearsed lines i think. my question is where is that -- >> just a moment please. >> objection, that's argumentative. >> sustained. ask a proper question. >> on the stand, dr. paul white, the world's leading expert on propofol. >> some people have called me the father of propofol. >> reporter: doing bat well prosecutors. >> you have to be closely attentive to my questions, please, dr. white. >> i will try, thank you. >> please listen to the question, would the court admonish the witness. >> the objection is sustained, the answer stricken, disregard, please. >> reporter: after a few minutes evading questions, here comes the judge. may i ask a favor, ladies and gentlemen, if you could leave us for a few moments. >> reporter: the judge fined dr. white $5,000 for a direct vigs of a court order, a stumble for this leading scientist and the defense. he had been a compelling witness, using diagrams. >> explain to the jury -- >> reporter: and demonstrations. >> shake the bag like this. >> reporter: he told the jury -- ♪ i'm starting with the man in the mirror ♪ >> reporter: -- michael jackson caused his own death, swallowing pills and injecting himself with propofol, but on cross-examination monday, prosecutors went on the attack, and got a bombshell from dr. white. >> so conrad murray drew up the syringe, in your analysis? yes or no? >> yes. >> reporter: the propofol syringe, the medical equivalent of a loaded gun left at michael's bedside by dr. murray. the prosecutor kept hammering away and got another admission from the defense team's star witness. >> if michael jackson had come to you, dr. white and indicated that he would like to hire you to administer propofol to him, to put him to sleep each night in his bedroom, would you do it? >> absolutely not. this was a complete off-label use of the drug. >> reporter: and they questioned white's motive to testify, money from the defense. >> i think i was told i've been paid about $11,000. >> no one is celebrating in the defense camp. when you have your witness being torn apart by the prosecution on the last day of your case, nobody is thrilled with the state of their case. >> reporter: and after court monday, murray's own defense lawyer admitted it. >> how do you feel about how the case is going so far? >> we still have work to do. >> reporter: it's getting interesting now, isn't it? if you're following along at home we're in week number six of this trial. the defense says they plan to rest today but remember, dr. murray could still shock everyone and testify. he'll tell the judge a little later this morning, then next, ann, comes a couple of prosecution rebuttal witnesses, the jury could have this case, if all goes according to plan, may be too much to ask, on thursday or friday. >> we'll see. jeff rossen, thank you so much. and now let's get a check of the weather from al. >> ann, thanks so much. we've got some friends here from jdrf. what's that? >> that's right, we're with jdrf and celebrating t1 day, type i diabetes, dedicating today to people with type i diabetes. how they get more information at jdrf.org. >> let's check the weather and see what's going on. november temperatures normal in the northeast, below normal temps out west, above normal from the gulf coast all the way into the central plains, precipitation wise looking normal in the east, dry texas into the gulf coast. mountain snows out west, rain along the coast and some showers in the upper mississippi river valley today, morning rain off the mid-atlantic coast. rain from minnesota back into the rockies where it turns to snow. plenty of >> good morning. areas east of baltimore starting with clouds. clearing skies into the afternoon. >> and this young lady is 11 on 11/1/11. what's your name? 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nbc's chief medical editor dr. nancy snyderman is here to explain that. good morning to you. >> good morning, matt. i think the obvious answer is not enough because surgeons rarely realize something like this could happen to them but an increase in the rate of surgical fires led the fda to create a new surgical fire safety initiative and now a warning, some of the images you're about to see may be disturbing. four yirnlgz 20-year-old lauren wargo went to a simple outpatient procedure to have a mole removed. that changed her life forever. she woke up to surgery to searing pain and second-degree burns on much of her face and neck. >> i haired the doctor telling my dad there had been an accident. i couldn't see anything. >> reporter: lauren is not alone. an estimated 650 surgical fires owe core every year and experts think the number is higher because only 27 states are obligated to report them. when a surgeon walks into the operating room the possibility of a surgical fire is rarely on his or her mind. for ant theseiologist dr. cowles it is all too real. >> as a firefighter you figure out the safest way to do a dangerous job. it's not unlike in the operating room, every day we perform procedures that could be dangerous and we need to explore the safest way to do that. >> reporter: he calls it the trifecta, something as simple as oxygen, alcohol prep and electric coterie device can ignite a fire. >> fire, fire. >> there's a basic chemistry and simple principle, when three elements are combined, then a fire occurs. likewise, if you remove any one of those elements, it makes it impossible for a fire. sources which are often under the control of a surgeon -- >> reporter: dr. cowles dedicated his career to educating surgeons about fire risks in the operating room. >> there's three to five deaths that occur every year. >> reporter: before coming to the cancer center his colleague dr. nancy perrier learned about fire safety the hard way. >> the flames were six to weight feet high and the correct actions to take were unknown to everyone in the operating room. the patient survived the operation, but died about 30 days later of complications of significant pulmonary injury. >> reporter: a death dr. cowles said it 100% preventable. lauren's injury may have been more superficial but it took her weeks before she worked up the courage to look in the mirror. she was horrified by what she saw. >> when you're walking around with an open wound on your eye and scars on your face, it's hard to say that looks don't matter because it gets into your self-esteem. >> reporter: with time, therapy and lots of makeup her scars are almost invisible but she will deal with eye problems and emotional problems for the rest of her life. still she feels lucky to be alive and has become an advocate for victims who have not been so much fortunate. >> it could have been so much worse and for a lot of people so it's important to me that what happened to me doesn't happen to other people. >> it's a real problem that doctors say you have to understand, one, ask your doctor, are you at risk, surgeons and anesthesiologists, know your o.r. procedures and how you can take care of this in the o.r. and if something goes wrong, the one thing we rarely do in the medical profession is give an explanation to a patient and we say we're sorry. that apology can go a long way. apology or explanation was given to her. >> nancy, thanks very much, appreciate it. 7:47. up next, two west coast surfers nearly killed by great white sharks in a matter of days. we'll hear from those survivors right after this. 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"today's professionals" are lined up and ready to go. >> they have a lot of opinions about topics of the day, including kim kardashian and her wedding to kris humphries being over. was it a publicity stunt? and is it okay for parents to take videos of their kids, post them online with the goal of making money? >> hmm. >> hmm. >> we'll ta you clk about that. >> i think we all have opinions about that one. carie fisher is out with a new book and parts of it will stun people. she'll be writing about how she's been using electroshock therapy to battle her depression and also talking about her father as well. >> it's tough to get carie fisher to talk. >> i was going to make the bad signal. >> so close. oh, so close. >> good self-editing there. >> suddenly it's a parking lot. you know, our royal halloween costume extravaganza where we were the first family, the royal family, obviously made news across the pond. we were actually in the headlines in "london's daily mail." >> you take on the royal family and of course they have something to say about it. that's right. and we had ann as catherine there and natalie as pippa and you as harry. >> that's right, or as you said elton john. >> something about you. i love elton john. >> i do. who doesn't? >> apparently it was a multipage spread. did you guys like it? >> yes. >> that was a mediocre response. >> never ask a question you don't like the answer to. >> i knew they would say that. >> let's go inside, natalie is standing by at the news desk with a check of the headlines. >> good morning, everyone. republican herman cain is offering a new explanation of the sexual harassment allegations engulfing his campaign for president. nbc news confirmed two women accused cain of unwanted advances and suggested comments 15 years ago while he was head of the national restaurant association. last night cain said he once made a reference to a woman's height but never engaged in what was his opinion harassment. one woman did receive a financial settlement. cain initially said he was unaware of any settlement but now admits what he calls an agreement was reached. president obama is no longer among the 46 million americans who smoke. the result of his latest physical released monday declare the long time smoker tobacco free. his doctor also reports that the president's cholesterol is down, his diet is healthy and his weight is good. all in all, fit for duty at the age of 50. a coalition of health and environmental groups is urging consumers to boycott johnson & johnson's baby shampoo. it says trace amounts of two potentially cancer causing chemicals are found in the popular product. johnson & johnson says it is reducing or gradually phasing out those chemicals. twin sisters joined at the chest and abdomen will undergo a marathon operation today so they can lead independent lives. doctors at lucille packard children's hospital said the separation surgery will take at least nine hours. the 2-year-olds were born in the philippines and now live in san jose with their parents and older brother. a quick roundup of what has you talking online, kim kardashian filed for divorce from her husband of 72 days, nba player kris humphries, citing irreconcilable differences. her sisters are rallying around her. khloe tweets "reading some of the comments are so hurtful. i'm gratele for family and friends who are being respectful respectful." jessica simpson reveals monday she's going to be a mummy, a mommy to be. she tweeted halloween pictures of her dressed in a halloween costume holding her pregnant tummy. simpson is engaged to pro football player eric johnson. the blogosphere is blogging about conan jr. he copied his father's breakout movie role, dressing up as conan the barbarian for a halloween weekend outing, the resemblance is striking. 8:05 right now. let's go back outside to matt and ann. >> natalie, thank you so much. how about a check of the weather. hey al. >> we have friends from connecticut. you don't have any power? >> alexa. >> where are you from? >> avon, connecticut. >> how long have you been without power? >> since saturday. >> so you're just hanging out here? >> yeah. >> who is with you? >> my dad, my sister, my brother and my mom. >> is everybody here with you? >> yes. >> you're ignoring them. look, there you go. she got on tv. she forgot all about you. unbelievable! hopefully you get your power back soon. >> thank you. let's check your weather, shall we? see what's happening. birmingham, alabama. alabama is 13, sunny, mild, 71 degrees, and as we look on the satellite, not much going on, although we will see snowflakes flying in the rockies later this afternoon, and this evening. also a storm system moving off the mid-atlantic coast, some showers right along the coastal lines from virginia up into new york, and we're expecting some snow showers, heavier snow later on in the rockies. gulf coast looking awfully good with plenty of sunshine and >> good morning. areas east of baltimore are starting out with clouds. it will be 58 in central maryland. >> got some ladies here who are sensational at 60. yes, you are very suffering succotash, ann? 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the people on the plaza, who pie "people" magazine, she let those people down. she's a joke. >> unfair. nobody, excuse me, nobody told you to stick the finger in your pocket and pull out the money. no one told to you do that. >> is it shame on them or shame on us? >> by the way, this is going to hurt her brand because i think people go enough, enough, yuck. >> that may be true. >> even my 17-year-old son says aren't you supposed to lose money getting married? who makes money getting married. >> as i think about this -- >> can you give her any sympathy at all, poor girl? come on! >> i understand what it's like to have the fantasy, and you really do want the real thing. >> how long were you married for? >> three and a half years. >> you gave it a shot. >> what do i say to my 8-year-old daughter? >> you say to your 8-year-old daughter, that kim kardashian is not her goal, that she is not her role model. then her daddy is, that's what you say >> what's sicker we even give a damn. >> a lot of people do. let's move on. yesterday we had ruth madeoff and andrew madoff, a new book life after bernie madoff's enormous ponzi scheme. i'm just curious, do you guys and you can do this as a group or individually, see ruth and andrew as victims of this stand dal as we scandal or part of the problem? >> i loved your interview yesterday. i separate the two. if you look at ruth, they were inseparable, i feel she somehow knew, i think the son is a victim but i think the money from the book should go to the victims. the victims don't get to come on and tell their stories and all that stuff so that, they're still exploiting it. >> the money does belong to them because they were, they've not been indicted, they're not implicated. >> they're trading off of it. they get to make money because their father/husband stole millions of billions from people. >> they're reaping a financial benef benefit. >> it's hard to find sympathy or empathy for any of these people, and i think we have to remember, a lot of rich people didn't just lose their money. there were a lot of non-profits, little mom and pop businesses around the country that lost their money. i feel bad for all of them. i feel worse for the mom and pops around the country. >> so do i. we've seen the cute videos on youtube, parents put them on of their kids doing crazy things. a couple of weeks ago a parent put on a video of her daughter's teary reaction to the news she was going to disneyland, just a few weeks later the video has had 5 million hits and they've made $3,000 from the ads posted next to the video. disney has reportedly paid them an undisclosed sum to use the video in the commercials. is it okay to take the little moments and make money off of them? >> absolutely. >> i agree. >> i disagree as a parent. >> this is capitalism at its core. >> it's an unsafe world to put videos of your kids on youtube randomly. >> it's not porn. >> but people are looking and they see this little kid. >> if they're just seeing the kid and getting a smile out of it, is that a problem? >> to me, to put your kid, to go out of your way to put your kid on youtube no matter how lovely it is, you need to protect your kid. >> she's not sitting there in a short skirt and shaking her butt. >> it's a black alley. the net is a dangerous place, one thing on it your facebook or twitter, to people you don't know watching your children, as a dad i have a problem with that. >> i can't argue with you. there's a new application from apple called find my friends, allows to you track your friends using a cell phone. one user used it to track down his wife who was apparently cheating on him. should we be using smartphone technology and apps to track each other? carie fisher in the back shaking her head yes. i want you to know that. >> you're in trouble already. >> i'm with cariee carree. if the technology is there, absolutely. >> there's big brother everywhere but i think star's point if you got to use it you got a problem. >> i'm a little bit of a techie. if you own a family plan it's already there. all you have to do is hit the little map application and find out where all of the phones are. >> would this help the kardashians? >> she would have been able to keep one her husband. >> shouldn't we all realize this is happening? if you're naive about this. >> for every teenager out there who thinks the parent hasn't put some bug under the fender please. >> this is the world we live in, good and bad. >> do i have time for one more? >> absolutely. >> a pregnant woman her hen husband were arrested in honolulu supermarket for allegedly stealing two $5 sandwiches. the arrest resulted in their 3-year-old daughter being put in state care for 18 hours. the woman and her husband apparently paid for $50 worth of groceries. the woman felt faint, needed something to eat, took two sandwiches and forgot they didn't pay for them. did police go too far? >> of course they did. >> they went too far. however, donny and i were talking about this earlier, if there's no adult to take responsibility for the child, then the police do have to make sure social services comes in and takes them. they didn't need to get there is the point. >> before calling the cops the store went too far, called them in, have them pay five bucks. please don't shop here for the rest of your lives. >> are you guys done? >> do we have time for one more, when i said it, it should have been no. thank you. you'll be back with al a little bit later on i think. coming up, what's carrie fisher been smoking in no, what's in her new book? we'll talk to her when she joins us live in our studio right after this. 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[ busch ] ♪ ...second chance back now at 8:20 with carrie fisher, her role as princess leah in the "star wars" trilogy made her a pop culture icon and not to mention a pinup girl of sorts and she received critical acclaim for her book and stage "wishful thinking." her new book called "shockaholic." good morning, you're smoking or doing a commercial? >> i'm smoking and doing a herman cain everything. where he goes i'll follow. it's an ecigarette. >> it will help you get through this interview. in this book you write about something, we've got to pay attention to this, you're going to make a lot of, raise a lot of eyebrows about this. you write about being treated with electroconvulsive, you're smiling or electroshock therapy to deal with depression. do you see this as your job to break stigmas to take on and bear them all? >> i want to fracture them. breaking them is just going too far. the stigma is so crazy and it's a hollywood one so therefore it's my job being a hollywood whatever i am. >> why do you talk about it and first of all why do you do it? what was the reason you decided? because i understand it was a last ditch effort for you. >> because i heard it ruins your memory and i had a lot of stuff i wanted to forget about. no, i did it because i'm bipolar and i was having a problem, and it took me five million years to do it. it is the last ditch treatment. i mean they had tried everything else on me. look at me! and so that was, you know, it is the last thing that you do, but once i did it, it was like i wish i had done this before but you know, tried out 7 million medications. >> so it's working is what you're saying. >> totally. >> does it hurt? >> no, they put to you sleep. it's very different now than it used to be. but yeah, so they put to you sleep, there's no more convulsions. they should now call it e.t. which would be weird but still. >> brings up other things but in terms of this, when you say, it does affect your memory. >> yes. >> what you're really saying you reached this point where there was just too much noise, too much you didn't want to pay attention to. >> i don't know if it was noise. it was just the -- there was a hopeless quality going on, and so i wanted to deal with that. >> you recommend it for people? >> if they're that far into it. i don't recommend it like if you have a like free afternoon, but maybe, depending on how free and where you are. no, but if you're depressed absolutely, absolutely, yes. >> because it's worked for you. >> they put to you sleep, there's a medication they give you so there's no convulsions. remember in that movie "what lies beneath" when michelle pfeiffer goes under and harrison almost killed her? >> yes. >> that's the med i indication harrison injected into me. >> oh, dear. let's talk about michael jackson, you also talk a lot about this bond you have with him. how would you describe this? >> the bond is two celebrities get together and the issue of celebrity is neutralized so then we can move on to other topics. >> and so when you, having had this kind of relationship with him, how do you feel about, are you watching it all? >> no. >> not paying any attention? >> a little bit of attention paid, some people tell me what happened. i heard that he had cleaned up after himself and not in a good way, cleaned up after the whole thing happened. that's not a good sign. >> let's listen to something else you write about. this a lot of people find surprising. you were very close to elizabeth taylor, even though she's essentially, well i don't know how you want to put it, but your father left her mother, debbie reynolds for elizabeth taylor. >> i like to think of it as she got eddie out of our house. >> really? oh my goodness. but there is a moment when you actually bonded with elizabeth. >> in more than one moment, yes. >> picture involved the pool. >> elizabeth pushed me in the pool, she did, when i confronted her about calling my mother a goodie twoshoes. she got upset and said i'm going to push you in the pool and she did. what i'm proud of in my book are the captions. >> you also have a problem about what you write about your father, you went from not having a relationship to having a pretty close relationship with him. >> great relationship. well as long as i -- when i was waiting for him to act like dad, you know, with the hat and the cigarette and the -- that was not going to happen, so when i became his parent we had a relationship. >> >> live, local, latebreaking. this is wbal-tv 11 news today in baltimore. >> good morning. i am mindy basara. let's get a final check of the morning commute with sarah caldwell. >> dealing with accidents as we wrap up the morning rush. northbound 97 just past 50. you will find delays northbound. delays in the south and direction beginning at 100 and 97. another one reported southbound past 40. the two spots we had problems earlier we have problems once again. westbound 100 getting up to 29, all that due to the problems on 29. heavy west side volume extending all the laith to edmondson. live view of 29 at 108. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> what a chilly start to the day. 30 in frederick, up 36 in westminster. warmer in baltimore. right now in the 40's. we had a cloud over night. that kept temperatures from falling too much. in the afternoon, mostly into the upper 50s. in the mountains, 54. more sunshine in the seven-day. for tomorrow and nearly half of the thursday, we want it 61 degrees on thursday. chance for rain on friday. so far this weekend looks mostly dry. >> we will have another update at 8:55. could have gotten me one. i did. try the unmistakable flavor of dunkin's new smokehouse sausage breakfast sandwich with sausage from hillshire farm. . we're back now on a tuesday morning. it's 8:30, november 1st, 2011, starting off as a beautiful day here, a little chilly, 47 degrees, and breezy, but doesn't seem to bother these nice people, many friends in rockefeller plaza. i'm matt lauer along with ann curry, natalie morales and al roker. coming up a little country music in the big city. >> we have miranda lambert in the house, cma's reigning new vocalist of the year, grammy winner, she has a new album and she'll be performing for us in a few moments. a little bit later, who is in the mood for a nice juicy steak? ribeye, prepared by the neeleys? then you're in luck because we've got them here. >> why are you talking like that? >> i don't know. >> i don't know, when you say juicy steak it's the manly voice. all right. plus jill martin is back with another batch of her famous steals and deals. she's got something for everyone and this time including some exclusive bargain force your home and your pet. >> a lot to get to, including a weather forecast, what's going on? >> all right, the good news is, we got things relatively quiet today so we thought we'd look ahead at the temperatures, going to be kind of chilly in new england, in the northeast, 40s and 50s back into the plains, 30s in the rockies, we're expecting a big change coming as well, they'll be looking at another big snowstorm in the central rockies starting later today, on into tonight, anywhere from six to eight inches of snow. sunny but cooler, stretching from the gulf coast into texas, a little windy in northern california, some morning showers will end, lots of sunshine in the northeast, and we've got sunny skies along the >> good morning. areas east of baltimore starting with clouds. clearing skies into the afternoon. >> don't forget you can keep track of your weather any time of the day or or not, go to the weather channel on cable or weather.com online and a quick reminder our pal, matt, is heading out on the tenth anniversary "where in the world" adventure. we want to you take part in partnership with our sponsor, capital one today is sending you and a guest to one of the five locations matt visits. deadline is next tuesday, november 8th, at 2:00 p.m. one man who will be not going on "where in the world" but we're happy to have him is uncle willie scott. >> it's always fair weather when good friends get together to celebrate a birthday. check if you will, look at the television, look at these faces, they've been around and they know life. here is audrey lott, tiffin, ohio, 108 years old, she knew bess truman and el another roosevelt. i sang for eleanor roosevelt once. how about that? we have ann osterhoudt of bootton township, new jersey, 107 years old and loves to spend her time in her garden. more people that are retired, older people, they garden, keeps them alive i think. josephine d'amico, hackensack, new jersey, 105 and loves spending time with her family and who doesn't, and says that hard work never hurt anyone. tell that to those who don't believe. how about that? jay jacobs, don't you love that name? this is jay jacobs, cbs news pittsburgh. jay jacobs, seattle, washington, 100 years old today, nice strong name. and he was an inventor, back inspect days of fashion, in his industry, and also an accomplished former handball player. ursula pearson, sarasota, florida, is 100 years old, loves to volunteer at the consignment center, where she can help support the arts. and finally, an anniversary, oh, isn't that sweet? 75 years, these folks have been married, fred and maxine wertz of sedalia, missouri, both very happy, both love to garden together. that's it. that's all. now back to new york city. >> all right, willard, thank you so much. coming up next, affordable denim fashions and also a live performance from country superstar miranda lambert but first this is "today" on nbc. back now at 8:37, even if you're one of the lucky ones who has never lost your job you certainly know someone who has. starting today the coffee giant starbucks is doing something about that, launching an ambitious effort to get back to work. howard schultz is the chairman and ceo of starbucks. good morning. >> thank you, matt. >> it's national jobs day. you're not going to see any parades because it's bleak. 9.1% unemployment and more people have gotten so frustrated looking for work they've given up. how are you trying to help? >> it's worse than 9%. in the hispanic and african-american community it's almost double that. we've asked how can starbucks use its scale for good? as a result of the fact that the engine for job creation in america is small businesses, and if you look at the fact that small businesses do not have access to credit we're going to try and eradicate that. every starbucks store in america is going to be having this bracelet on display for a $5 donation, i'll give you yours for free. >> thank you very much, i'll make a donation. >> we'll raise tens of millions of dollars that will go to organizations across the country that will provide loans at low interest for small businesses. >> i walk into a starbucks, i give $5 to the cashier, i get my bracelet, how do i know that money goes directly to a small business? >> 100% of the donation, millions of dollars, will go to the opportunity finance network, which is a bullet proof organization, been in business for many years, that will create small business loans across the country. we've already given out money already, and there will be complete transparency on the website and i promise you we've done our homework and the money will get to small businesses who unfortunately do not have access to credit because banks are not lending. >> tough times breed cynicism. let me take it at you from another point of view. >> sure. >> the guy wants to do good, wants to create jobs but one of the other reasons behind this is because if you don't have a job, you can't afford a $4 cup of coffee. is he about creating jobs or about keeping customers coming in the door at starbucks? >> i can assure you this is nothing about marketing. this is our responsibility as a company, and recognizing that we as business leaders should not and cannot wait for washington. we have a crisis of confidence in america, businesses and business leaders need to do more. >> there are analysts who have looked at this plan, just launching today but already looked at it and some people say yeah, this is exactly what we need and this is the way from a grassroots level to get money in the hands of small businesses. others aren't so sure. someone here wrote that actually big business likes to bask in the glow of their smaller brethren. small businesses are like the equivalent of a dolphin, everyone likes a group to associate with it. you say it's not pr but sounds a little bit like a pr campaign. >> i'm willing to take those arrows because there's always going to be cynicism but the facts are that 65% of job creation in america are small businesses. the facts are they're not having access to credit. we're going to do exactly what, unfortunately, the banks are not doing and the government's not doing and we're going to create jobs in america. if people want to criticize that, go ahead. this is not about pr. this is about starbucks using its scale for good. >> when you say using its scale, you are a big company. >> yeah. >> you got a lot of branches or outlets or cafes, whatever you call them. >> sure. >> isn't a fact of life oftentimes big businesses make it tough on small businesses especially in neighborhoods? >> not at all. i think starbucks as a company created an industry that did not exist, now tens of thousands of coffee stores in america that compete very well with starbucks. this is not about us. this is about a problem in america, and the fact that businesses and business leaders have to step up. we can't wait for washington. this is about leadership. >> you're talking about leader shich and that's raised a lot of questions saying that howard schultz is running for something, even though you said you have no interest in politics. >> are you reading that? >> you're just a private citizen trying to make a difference, those are your words. >> yes. >> there are people who are suggesting that perhaps you would be a good third party candidate for president. >> i have no interest in politics, matt. i run a coffee business and i'm trying to recognize that our business can help small businesses raise money and hopefully create jobs and help to solve the problem that unfortunately washington and the banks are not doing. >> you are not running. >> i am not running. >> okay. >> nothing to announce today. >> except this initiative which kicks off at starbucks all across the country. >> thanks, matt. >> nice to see you. up next we'll head into our kitchen where the neeles are offering up down-home meals. first this sh"today" on nbc. when it comes to getting my family to eat breakfast, i could use all the help i can get. like nutella, a delicious hazelnut spread that's perfect on multigrain toast, even whole-wheat waffles, for a breakfast that my kids love and i feel good about serving. and nutella is made with simple, quality ingredients, like hazelnuts, skim milk, and a hint of cocoa. it's quick, easy and something everyone can agree on. ♪ nutella. breakfast never tasted this good. america's fastest and most reliable 4g network in over 160 cities. verizon. built so you can rule the air. back now at 8:44, this morning on "today's kitchen, what's for dinner?" char grilled ribeye with shallotte and butter. pat and gina neeley of host of the food network's "down home with the neelys. the new book is "the neelys 'celebration cookbook." great to have you. always fun. >> it's a pleasure. >> what is your personal philosophy of families on slen operations? >> celebrations we try to create traditions special to us. you have your christmas, thanksgiving, easter but what speaks differently to this book is really about creating your own traditions, like we have different recipes, different chapters called many moons. you don't have time to have a full honeymoon so we make a minnie moon. >> i love that, can't wait for a whole year for that. >> i bet you do. >> a great way to mix it up and we're trying to get people to take that family time, create your own traditions and maybe take some of these dishes and make them your own. >> i can see minuti moon is happier with the char grilled ribeye. >> i love a ribeye mainly because we're going to add some salt and a little pepper because of the marbleization there. >> the flavors are already in there. >> yes, ma'am. we're just going to take it, a little salt, a little pepper. >> just going to dump a little shallotte here. >> and right on the grill. thank you, sweetie. we're going to take this on the grill. whether we're grilling inside on the stovetop or outside. >> you can grill anywhere, don't believe a man, anywhere. give him two sticks and he can grill. >> we'll take this, ann, and going right on the grill and going to let it sit there four to five minutes, depending on how well you want it and then we're going to flip it. my honey is making delicious butter. >> before we get to this, this is on high so you want to make it black? >> medium to high heat. cook it a little fast, if you got a grill and turn this side up here like i was cooking earlier i turned the temperature down a little bit so it can internally cook. >> for the entire time? you don't want to overcook. >> you can cook about eight, nine minutes, about four to five minutes per said. >> based on the flavor you like. >> that's the technique and timing. let's talk about the sauce. what you put on top of it. >> this butter is amazing because you can do so many things. we used charlotte, taragon, parsley, basil. i added all of that in and right into the food processor. you don't have to use all of that. if you like to do a basil butter, lemon pepper, you put it in there and lay out -- >> you do lots of different butters in your book. >> absolutely. >> what are you going to do? >> while pat has the steak nice and hot look at how great this is, we'll cut it. >> oh, no, you are not. >> yes, i am. >> i'm going to get a nice fresh pat on there, and let it melt all over it. >> okay. can we help it melt by moving it around? >> and adding another one up here. >> stop it. >> see that? >> stop it, ladies. >> there's some green stuff, healthy stuff. >> you let it meltdown and you can wrap this in saran wrap, goes in the fridge for six months. >> not in the freezer? >> no, right in the fridge just like your regular butter, you have seasoned butter. >> you like to make the fingerling poe day tows. not that hard to find fingerlings these days. >> there are some there if you want to cook them. >> come on. ooh, baby. thank god for a babymoons. mini moons or whatever we call them. >> we're so excited about this book because you can celebrate any occasion, we have so many different dishes and you take these dishes and for instance the fingerling potatoes or spicy grill bread and serve it any time so we're asking everybody to come out. the book kicks off today in your stores today. >> today! on your shelves today. >> gina, thank you so much, great information. we have much more coming up after this. ♪ if you say >> announcer: the toyota concert series on "today" brought to you by toyota. "billboard" magazine called miranda lambert the cooler singer in the country. the newest album is called "four the record." good morning, nice to have you here. >> good morning. >> what's your definition of a good year? >> well, this one has been good. >> grammy award, you got married. >> i did. >> a brand new cd out. how do you top this? >> i don't think i can. i hope i can in the future but right now i'm just enjoying the ride. >> can you do that? can you look at today and say, i don't have to worry about getting bigger and better than ever in the future? >> i'm trying to learn how to enjoy everything that's going on while it's happening. i think i've missed some things over the years by rushing through, because so much great stuff is going on but i definitely shoot for the moon, but right now i'm enjoying the stars. >> how do you like that title of "the coolest girl in country"? i'm not sure how the other girls in country feel about it. >> it's pretty huge, i love it. >> you're going on tour in january. >> yes. >> what's it going to be like for you? how do you like life on the road? >> life on the road is my norm. it's a crazy one but it's my routine. i love being on tour. yes i'm going out with chris young. >> do you like getting up early? you've been rehearsing here since about 6:00 in the morning. does that fit into your lifestyle pretty well? >> i'm more of a night person, a musician, but i'm up and ready, i'm awake today because i'm excited. >> how about the guys in the band? >> they're -- they've looked better. just kidding. they're doing good for this early >> what are you going to sing? >> i'm going to sing my single from my new album out today, i'm so excited, it's called "baggage claim." >> all right, ladies and gentlemen, miranda lambert. ♪ ♪ i have been draggin' around your sensitive ego ♪ ♪ making sure that your bags arrive on time for the dog and pony show ♪ ♪ a little suitcase like a brick, it kinda makes it hard to get a good grip ♪ ♪ i drop your troubles off at the conveyor belt, i'll hand you a ticket to go get it yourself ♪ ♪ at the baggage claim, you got a lot of lugage in your name ♪ ♪ when you hit the ground, check the lost and found cause it ain't my problem now ♪ ♪ i can't carry it on, i've got a lot of troubles on my own ♪ ♪ it's all over the yard, in the trunk of the car, i'm packin' it in ♪ ♪ so come and get it ♪ if it ain't obvious what has set me off today ♪ ♪ behind every woman scorned is a man who made her that way ♪ ♪ go on and take your little business trip with that sweet little habit that you can't kick ♪ you better call your momma when you get to town, cause i ain't gonna be hangin' around ♪ ♪ at the baggage claim, you got a lot of luggage in your name ♪ ♪ when you hit the ground check the lost and found because it ain't my problem now ♪ ♪ i can't carry it on, i've got a lot of troubles of my own ♪ ♪ it's all over the yard, in the trunk of the car, i'm packin' it in ♪ ♪ so come and get it ♪ come and get it ♪ come and pick it up, pick it up, before i blow it up in flames ♪ you better pick it up, pick it up, baby i'm leaving everything ♪ at the baggage claim, you got a lot of luggage in your name ♪ ♪ and when you hit the ground, you check the lost and found because it ain't my problem now ♪ ♪ i can't carry it on it, i've got a lot of troubles of my own ♪ ♪ it's all over the yard, in the trunk of the car, well i'm packin' it in, so come and get it ♪ ♪ oh, come and get it >> miranda lambert, thank you very much. we're going to have much more ahead on a tuesday morning, but first, this is "today" on nbc. >> live, local, latebreaking. this is wbal-tv 11 news today in baltimore. >> good morning. i am mindy basara. starting today, tolls are going up on seven of maryland's eight toll roads. the toll at fort mchenry and harbor tunnel goes up $3, crossing a bridge will set you back $4, and cecil county goes to $6. back in a >> getting a check on the forecast today. starting along the eastern shore, but sunshine in the afternoon. upper 30s for central maryland could 61 for ocean city. could 61 for ocean city.

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