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"todayoctober 29, 2010. captions paid for by nbc-universal television and welcome to "today" on this friday morning. i'm meredith viera. >> and i'm ann curry who's on assignment, interviewing president bush. a likely excuse. >> it's always fun around here in the morning. but we're not going to tell you -- >> this is the cheap thing they do every year. >> and that one has floating hair. we should move that out of the way. al roker on the side, yuck, yuck, yuck. i can tell y't tell you what we going to be, but it is star studded. >> we also have some serious thing t get to, including alarming new details on the potential cause of the oil disaster in the gulf of mexico. halliburton now admits that a critical test was not done before the oil rig exploded. four days left and things are getting interesting in the campaign trail. we're going to talk to decratic representative kendrick meek in a moment. but savannah guthrie is here. >> this florida senate race just got more fascinating. marco rubio, the republican nominee is leading in the rolls. govern charlie crist now running as an independe i trying to catch him. crist wants meek out so he can get some of those democrat votes. a senior clinton officials me this morning that clinton never told meek to get out of the race and meekever agreed to >> no one has called me and said, hey, you need to get out of the race. >> reporter: intrigue in the florida senate race. according to a story in politico, bill clinton tried to persuade kendrick meek to drop out of the running in the three i way race for the florida senate race. but late thursday, meek denied it. >> all i have to say is that the press rert that's out there from politico is inaccurate at best. >> reporter: but a spokeman tells nbc newss that clinton said if crish got out of the ra said meek might win. in pennsylvania thursday the former president was on the campaign trail taking on sarah palin. >> she got a big laugh when she said how's that hy changy stuff working out for you? wh . >> reporter: palin meanwhile was in alaska at a rally for republican candidate joe mler trying to salvage momentum in his struggling campaign. >>'re going to take the government welcome back and put it on the side of we the ople. >> while miller's opponent senate la murkowski made a choicestatement. joe miller, jim demint and sarah palin may criticize me for not towing the party line. palin quit before finishing out her term. >> i will not sk re-election as governor. >> reporter: but on entertainment tonight wouldn't ruleut running for president in 2012. >> if there's nobody else to do it, of course i believe we should do this. >> reporter: jon stewa calls his the rally to restore sanity. kolber calls his the mark to take fear out of people's lives. so did bill clinton float the idea of democrat kendrick meek dropping out of the senate race. let us set the record straight, did political clinton ever request ask you to drop out of the race for senate? >> no ma'am. when he came down here and he had two rallies for me, one in orlando and one in s petersburg, we talked about reports of the week before and i told him that i'm not interested in getting out of the race, we said, well, okay, we talked about it and that wa that. he never to i never told him i was getting hut and he never ask me. there were reports out there by the charlie crist campaign that i was considering getting out of the race. as soons i won the democratic nomination, s campaign started on that. i never once said i was going to get out, never once seriously considered getting outf the race. >> if you did quit, independent charlie crist would be able to beat marco rubio, but if he didn't explicitly ask you to get ou wasn't that the message? >> the bottom line is we have some smart voters out here in florida. >> did clinton ever discuss the possibility of dropping out. >> no, what he said, he's been in the position before when he was down in the polls,e said he's lost a few campaigns, he said that he's won quite a few and he still made it to the presidency. that's not what i'm running for, i'm running to be the next united states senator. he's done over 11 events for me. and so we were talking before we went on stage. you know, as you know, bill clinton, he loves to talk politics, but he never once painted a scenario of me getting ou and helping charlie crist. >> he does love to talk politics and i know last night on cnn he talked about it. i'm going to play it and we'll talk about it on the other side. >> i talked to him and i told him that weent through everything, we talked about it a couple of times and i said in the end, he has to do what he thought was right, he had to do what he felt best about. >> it sounds like he was asking you to drop out, that you were going through all the scenarios with him. >> what his suggestion was, was kendrick, you're in the race, the pele of e state of florida are going to have to vote the way they would like to vote and the real issue here is that he never once said you need to drop out. i never once said, hey, i'm going to drop out, what do you ink? or i'm not going to drop out, what do you think. >> who do you think are behind these rumors then? >> that will be -- that's a very good question, meredith and i don't know. i'm just a guy down here running for the united states senate. >> you may not know, b you must have your suspicions, congressman meek. >> charlie crist has said that he called the clinton people, that he called the white house. i didn't make these phone calls. >> yet the latest poll shows you with just 15% of the vote, so do you really believe you have a chance to win this thing? >> let me say this, i don't really believe that i'm a 15%. that's just the bottom line, i was down by 10% before the democratic primary, i won it by 26points. i'm just sing let the people of the state of frida vote. let their voice be heard. the bottom line is i'm in this race, i'm a reality in this race and i came on the "today" show to s that i'm only the pro choice candidate in this race, and the bottom line is i don't have the prerogative to sit here and say that i'm going to get out of the race. >> and if for some reason marco rubio wins this race andyou're perceived to be the spoiler by your own party, are you worried this could destroy your political career going forward or severely damage it? >> let me tell you what would destroy my political career, if there's a question of my political career, the bottom line is quitting in the middle of a race, i don't do that, and i will not do that to the people of the state of florida. but people have an opportunity to ve for the candidate of their choice. many, i guarantee you, meredith, will vote for me. i find myself in a position to win this race for the united states senate. and i'm going to continue to work hard to win it. >> all right, congressman kendrick meek, we're going to leave it at that thank you r your time this morning and good luck to you. now to another race that's getting a lot of attention, the battle for the senate in delare painting democrat chris coons who's leading in the polls with kelly o'donnell. she joins us this morning. >> you know, there's some urgency in this that is dierent because the win ore becomes a senator right after the election not waiting until january because he or she ewill finish out the term. the tea party favorite says she's trying to stir up support an close a big gap. on a 48-state b tour, the republican party's chairman michael steele stopped in delaware to help san ana candide christine o'donnell. >> we're fighting for christine, right? and my answer from the republican national committee is yes, yes, yes. >> reporter: but many republican leaders have ignored o'donnell who's far behind in polls. >> have youelt written off by some people? >> i wouldn't say that it's necessarily written off. but this campaign is unconventional and conventional wiom says we can't win. >> reporter: the democratic candidate favored in the race is chris coons. >> i'm cautiously optimistic. >> reporter: a county government executive still getting used to running against a tea party farite in a tough race. >> i get up every morning a get a spatula and get my mother and my wife off the ceiling because there's always one new ad. >> it's hard on fami? >> it's difficult. >> reporter: o'donnell said that prayer could help her win. >> the day that we saw a spike in the polls was a day that some people had a prayer meeting for me that morning for this campaign. >> reporter: but also says she would not legend based on her religious views. >> why talk about prayer and the polls in the same sentence? >> i always ask people to pray for us. i ask people to pray that voters eyes be opened because there's a very clear voice here. >> reporter: on the issue of tax cuts for families, coons had long agreed with president obama but his position had changed. your position was the tax cuts should expire for higher earners, but now your position is they can be extended for some period of time. >> i don't think raising taxes in a deep recession is aood idea. >> reporter: if harry reid is back as the majority leader, if democrats hold the majority, would you support harry reid for majority leader? >> yes. >> reporter: even though he called you his pets? o'donnell says the constitution would guide her. >> i'm sorry i didn't bring my constitutionith me, fortunately senators don't have to memorize the constitution, but can you remind me of what the other ones are? >> reporter: doesn't that give voters some concern? >> reporter: absolutely not. >> reporter: o'donnell defended her responses saying she was trying to answer precisely. her campaign has often attracted national buzz. after a figh over whether a local interview could be videotaped. >> reporter: were you embarrassed by that? >> didn't have makeup on. if you look at the video, you'll see, my hair's up, i didn't have makeup. >> reporter:as it more vanity? >> i won't say that, or i won't admit that. >> reporter: an o'donnell campaign has decided to respond to anonymous internet posting that's gotten attention on the web. they call it an example of sexism and sleaze that's directed against female candidates and even the national organization for women also came out and condemned the anonymous report. >> kelly o'donnell this morning, thanks. david gregory, moderator or mt the press and white house correspondt chuck todd are both here to break down the final push of the midterm finish line. don't be shy, we have got just four days to go. where exactly are both sides as we head to the finish line? >> i think you have got a lot of energy on the republican se. democrats trying to for a split decision here which is to hold on to the senate, drive up turnout. the president is going to state where is he can actually have an pact on races. trying to win some of these house races too. >> are the democrats going to losehe house, chuck? >> they're definitely losing the house, but what their strategy is to hold the losses to a minim minimum. if they lost 45 seats, democrats will say, hey, it could have been a lot worse. i have had some republicans tell me they would b more shocked if they got 40 states than if they got 70 seats. this morning they're going up with ads for the first time in alaska. they're looking for any way possible to sort of steal a senate seat to cost the republicans their seats. >> kendrick meeks, what do you make of this? >> the white house was aware some of this was going on, but they weren't particularly driving it. there's a question whether at this point it would make any difference. in this case marco rubio is the leader. and charlie crist said at some point the governor could have benefited if this had hapned some time ago. and apparently there was a deal about crist moderatin as a democrat. he said he wldn't caucus with anybody, it would depend on basically who was offering him the better deal. so there's a lot in the works here, not clear if it would have made a hug impact on the race. >> chris o'donnell, if she does not win, does she have asenate? >> maybe in this medium. somebody may give her a tv show or something like that. but what's interesting on the bill clinton thing is this is the second time the white house dispatched him. because there w this is not the year to try to pull an inside deal because right now voters don't like tha business. >> i've got to ask you about this news tt sarah palin has said about running in 2012. she keeps getting hit, slammed really by karl rove and her name keeps popping up. where are you two on this? is sarah palin a serious contender in 2012? >> i think she absolutely is, she's doing things to maintain her power within the republican party, her rock star status. she's going to rock the boat here, she's not going to ben establishment candidate. she's got a constituency, that much we know. >> she's got something on the line this eltion. if her candidate doesn't win in alaska, lisa murkowski has stood up and beat her back. other republicans are saying why are we acting so scared of sarah palin? >> well, we have four days to find out how this is going to break down. thank you veryuch both of you. now let's get the rest of the top stories. natalee morales is covering for me at the news desk. we haveews about the potential cause of the explosion that tore apart the deep water oil rig in the gulf of mico triggering the worst environmental disaster in u.s. history. the presidential commission looking into the disaster has new evidence suggesting bp and halliburton knew months before the accident that the cement mixture they were using to seal the well wasn't holding. tom costello has more. >> halliburton is important because it was responsible for the cement used to seal the well. now there's evidence that both bp and halliburton knew there were problems before the explosion. >> reporter: at the heart of the investigation into what caused the massive explosion on board the deep water horizon rig that killed 11 men and triggered a massive environmental disaster is cement, cent used to seal the well at the bottom of the oceans. now the commission investigating the disaster has company documents that suggest bp and the cement provider hallirton knew it wasn't holding at least two months before the disaster. >> bp and halliburton were more interested in their own bottom line than they were about what was going on at the bottom of the well. >> reporter: investigators now report that in february two months before the accident, halliburton conducted two tests that showed its cement mixture wasn't stable. halliburto notified bp about one of those tests but bp did not act. then in april, just seven days before the explosion, halliburton used another test using a different mention sure. investigators say halliburton never told bp. then halliburton changed the testing protocols and got one good test, those results were reported to bp after the explosion. >> the cemt is the very first line of defense against flow of oil and gas to the sface. >> reporter: to determine whether the cement was a contributing causeo the explosion, the predential commission ask chevron to test halliburton's cement mixture, those tests shown on these photos. in a detailed letter, chevron shows it conduct nine different tests. >> it looks like they didn't take the time to really think through what might be the consequences of what they were doing. >> reporter: this morning halliburton has released a statement in which it acknowledges it skipped a critical test as it relates to thcement and the well. but it does not believe the cement was the cause of the incident. that cement, that chevron tested is not the cement that halliburton used. it insists that it was bp that failed to conduct the proper tests and follow the proper procedures to make sure that the cement and the well were safe. meanwhile bp says no comment. >> tom costello following that for us in washington. the tsa is changing the way passengers will becreened at airports. passengers who choose not to go through scanners will receive a thorough pat down. friends and family released hundreds of balloons into the air and then headed with their surf boards out into the pacific. and san francisco took another giant leap in its b for a world series championship. the giants beat the texas rangers 9-0 last night. they now lead the ser good morning. we're about ten minutes away from sunrise. it's partly cloudy and quite a chill in the air on this friday morning. near upper 40s to 50. it may drop a f more degrees. climb back into the upper 50s with blustery wind. cold tomorrow morning. might get a freeze wes of interstate 95 and temperatures climbing to near 60 tomorrow with diminished winds and lots of sun. sunday, a bit milder and monday >> that's your latest weather. meredith? coming up verdicts in the cons the moment you feel run down or achy nip flu-like symptoms in the bud, th oscillococcinum. get oscillo and feel like yourself again. oscillococcinum, nip it in the bud. everyone in the crowd is decked out. we have got great costumes so far. look at this. much more after your local news. good morning on this friday, tober 29. i'm joe krebs. final preparatns are under way for the tongue-in-cheek real js being held down on the national mall tomorrow. the dueling events will be held at noochblt they're calling it the rally to restore sanity and/or fear. we'll take a break nownd come back and look at our weather and traffic. stay with . maryland's governor martin o'malley. endorsed by the washington post and unwavering commitment to education. o'malley's made college re affordable. he's helping restore t health of the chesapeake bay, has forward-looking plans on transportation and a record rucing violent crime. governor martin o'malley. one leader moving maryland forward. and his inspection business. fimian's former business partner said fimian lied, his record "built upon a fraud." his business sued more than 40 times. slapped with thousands in liens. its corporate status revoked. now we learn fimian signed a campaign pledge that protected tax breaks for corporations outsourcing jobs. fraud, failed policies. unfortunately, that's keith fimian. almost dawn now and pick and chilly. highs today only the upper 50s with a blustery wind and increasing sunshine. tomorrow the winds will diminish. cold and windy. we'll probably have a freeze. later in the day, highs phenomenal the 50s to near 60. then a bit milder on sunday but remaining cool and dry into next week. jerry, how's the traffic? >> along i-95 southbound the right side jammed because of roadwork in place headed to lieuington. on the outer loop as you come over to the 270 spur. joe? >> today on nbc 4 it's a scary good time on "ellen." singer vanessa 7:30 now on your friday morning, october 29, 201 it's already halloween heren in rockefeller plaza. you never get tired of these folks. >> i'm meredith viera. alongside ann cur who's in for matt this morning. coming up the verdict from the drug trial connected to anna nicole smith's death, her lyer was convicted of conspiracy, and her doctor was acquitted. mortgage rates are enticingly low, in fa they're the lowest since the 1950s. but this is something you need if you want to take advantage of those low rates and unfortunately, that's the thing a lot of americans don't have. let's begin with those verdicts in the drug conspiracy case tied to anna nicole smith's death. >> as y said, there were three people that were on trial and none of them were actually accused of killing anna nicole smith but what prosecutors wanted was of giving drugs to a known addict. prosecutors have painted anna nicole smith's death -- her doct was accused of enabling her drug use, finaling the playboy play mate anythin that came in a bottle. but the docto argued the prescriptions had nothing to do with her celebrity, and everything to do with her legitimate medical condition, chronic pain and grief overhe loss of her son daniel and the jury agreed. >> this is really a victory, not just for me to be acquitted but it is a victory for patients everywhere in our nation who suffer chronic pain. >> he escaped conviction, but not so for anna nicole's next door neighbor and psychiatrist and howard k. stern, anna nicole's longtime friend and lawyer. while the two were acquitted of the most serious charges, both were found guilty of conspiracy, using fake names to obtain per prescriptions. >> this was done to protect anna nicole's privacy and nothing more than that. >> reporter: but in 13 days of deliberations, the jury decided anna nicole wasn't an addict but a patient. but to the judge who nearly lost it back in 200deciding what to do with anna nicole's body after her death. >> custody of the remains of anna nicole smith -- >> reporter: he now says thursday's verdict sends a very clear message. >> these people have been convicted of felonies, it's not a running a red light traffic ticket, this is a felony that will have permanent damage on their careers and their future. >> all three of them are expected to be sentenced at the beginninof nest next year, they could face three years in state prison, but t judge has the ability to reduce it from a felony to a misdemeanor and many people think he may do that. >> good morning to botof you. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> doctor, if i can start with you, can you describe your emotions yesterday after you were acquitted on all charges? >> just exlarated, shell shocked, it's been a long ordeal of almost four years so just absolu joy and relief, i suppose, after this ordeal. >> the prosecution tried to make the case that you and your co-defendants conspired to unlawfully provide controlled substances tan addict. why do you think the jury found you not guilty? >> well, i think the jury had all the evidence to look at which there was a lot of a really saw that there was legitimate need and that anna nicole smith suffered from chronic pain and several other medical conditions and required treatment and i think the jury was able to go through all the papers and the records and see that she indeed was a woman who suffered from several medical conditions. >> so you were simply doing your duty as her doctor? >> yes. i mean as a doctor who takes over a practice of many tients, the good duty would be to take ce of all patients in the same manner. that you would for anybody in the community. >> during the case, the trial, the prosecution brought up your relationship with anna nicole smith and whether it was a proper one or not and they read from your diary, actually, ey showed photos of you two at the gay pride parade and in your journal, making out with my patient, blurring the lines, can she ruin me? they argued the doctor shouldn't have that kind of a relationship with a patient. and there are articles that suggest that you knew it was wrong? >> that's a page taken out of a personal journal of 800 pages and that was one afternoon at a charity event thatcertainly, you know, was taken out of context, again, and blown out of proportion. at one time they did socialize with her. it was hardly a relationship. what it was was a professional relationship with a patient and a doctor. it just happened tbe that she was a public figure and the subject of a lot of tabloid fodder. so that became st of the jumping off point for all the rest of the circus like atmosphere around her life. >> i have to ask you, the criminal charges have been dropped against your client, he could still face action by the california medical board, did h cross the line? could he be in trouble here. >> certainly there may be an investigation or a further investigatn by the medical board. we're hoping that the medical board will look at these verdicts and understand the evidence in the criminal matter an forego any further proceedings, but time will fell, but really don't know what steps the medical board will take or not take. >> over the past few years, you have really had your reputation dragged through the mud, where do y go to get it back? >> well, i go to my patients and the good work and the loyalty of my patients and the community at studio city that i work in, i have still a large practice of patients that are loyal and come to me for their everyday medical problems, i still continue to do the work of pain management, cancer pain and noncancer pain. and so certainly, just move forward and continue to -- my local reputation is very good. so i just want to move forward. >> dr. sandeep kapur, thank you for joining ushis morning. now let's get a check of the weather from al. good morning. a blustery northwest wind gusting to around 20 to 25 miles an hour and partly to mostly cloudy around the region now. it's only in the upper 40s. a 30egree drop since yesterday afternn. later a high of 50 with blustery wind and increasing sniechblt clear tonight and likely we'll get a freeze tomorrow morning west of interstate 95 first time this autumn season. sunny saturday afternoon with a diminished wind. remainindry into monday. >> don't forget you can keep track of your weather all day long on the weather channel on cable and weather.com online. and sunday night is the bigst night, it's halloween football night in america. who's scary? 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>> tom, off we go along i-270. pretty loaded up as you make the trip south out of gaithersburg. a crash qckly cleared. just residual delays there. one more stop. keep in mind, roadwork, i-95 southbound cnstruction takes away the right lane newington headed down to lorton. northbound, not so bad. joe? >> thank you. today on nbc 4 it's a scary good time on "ellen." singer vanessa williams stopped take a closer look at keitn and his inspection business. fimian's former business partner said fimian lied, his record "built upo" his business sued more than 40 times. slapped with thousands in. its corporate stat revoked. now we learn fimian signed a campaign pledge that protected tax breaks for corporations tsourcing jobs. fraud, failed policies. unfortunately, that's keith fimian. . 8:00 now on this friday afternoon, we're throwing an earlbashn rockefeller plaza, and we have got our share of ghosts and gob plalins getting the spirit of things. matt is on assignment, that little devil. >> oh, t nerve. >> you have to hand it to the crowd, there's a lot of creativity out there. >>e're going to pick those final is coming up for our annual costume contest. >> from the looks of things out there, it's going to be really be tough for us to decide, but we have got a fund display and we're still trying to figure it out. >> we'reoing to have some great last-minute costume ideas and some halloween tricks. >> good morning to you guys this morning, good morning to everyone, candidates in midterm elections face a final and furious weekend of campaigning, this morning the democrat in florida's three-way senate race kendrick meek--defeating republican marco rubio. and in the alaska senate race, sarah palin rallied last night with republican tea party favorite joe miller. he's trying to unseat another republican incumbent lisa murkowski who's running as a write in. a jury i florida has convicted a karate instructor of following arutal home invasion, mark potter is in miami. >> reporter: after announcing the verdict last night, the jury returns to the courthouse today to recommend a sentence, either life in ison or the death penalty. >> all rise. >> rorter: after four days of trial and five hours of deliberations, the jury reached its verdict against leonard patrick gonzalez jr. crowding the courtroom, the relatives of the late byrd and melanie billings who had 14 children, four of their own and ten they adopted, many with special needs. >> we the jury find the defendant guilty of first-degree murder as charged in the indictment. as to the charge in count two, melanie billings, we find the defeant guilty of first-degree murder as charged in the indictment. >> reporter: authorities say gonzalez led a group of seven men dressed in black and wearing masks durg an armed raid on the billings home last year near pensacola, florida. prosecutors say the home insion started as a robbery but ended in murder. they blame gonzalez for shooting the billings multiple tes while some of their childn were in the house. >> there is no doubt leonard patrick gonzalez is the man who had his hand on the gun, his finger on the trigger, and fired the shots killing mr. and mrs. billings on july 9 of 2009. >> reporter: during the trial, two men who took part in the raid testified against gonzalez having pleaded guilty to second-degree murder. gonzalez falsely promised the raid would net a lot of money hidden in a vault. >> would you describe how much money he was talking about. >> yes, sir. >> how much? >> $13 million. >> and frederick thornton said it was gonzalez who shot byrd and melanie billings. >> i heard about three shots coming from inside the house. >> did you come back inside the house? >> yes, sir. >> who was pointing that n. >> the defendant. >> reporter: now the defense attorney accused those witnesses of lying to get a reduced prison sentence, he will now fight to ep gonzalez alive as the prosecutors argue for the death penalty. >> mark potter in miami this morning. there is new insight today into the possible cause o the deadly explosion of the deepwater horizon rig in the gulf of mexico. the investigation found the cement to seal the bp well against explosive gases was unstable and both companies kne this before the disaster. halliburton admitted on that it news the cement was defective. let's g good morning. a big challenge this friday morning from what we had yesterday afternoon when we were in the 70s. now we're in the 40s throughout most of the region. and we'll have it climb to the higher 50s. the winds will be bloustery,'ll. clear and cold tonight. likely a freeze tomorrow morning. elsewhere we're s it climb into the 50s to near 60, lots of sun and a bit milder on sunday. >> and that's your latest weather. >> get in your final guesses because it is time to reveal your halloween costumes right after this. 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"today" celebrates halloween is brought to you by m&ms. >> and welcome back as "today" celebrates halloween. matt is off today because he is interviewing george w. bush. but a funny thing happened on his way out of the office on thursday. >> what are you watching? >> this is great, it's a clip from "megamine." >> let the showdown begin. how many times you wish you had megamind in your life? >> she's roxanne ritchie, the tv reporter. >> exactly. you know what? i got to catch a ane. >> listen, bud, have a great tr. >> is meredith still here? >> no, she left a while ago. ♪ >> whooo! >> matt, help me, matt! >> is that a cry for help? >> matt, it's roxanne ritchie, you've got to help me, i've been kidnapped and tied to the train tracks. >>megamind, can you hear me now? i'll call you on a land line. >> please, hurry! >> dean kaine! are you here to fight for truth, justice and the american way. >> no, matt, i'm just making a phone call. >> matt, come on, matt. open up. matt. hurry up in there. matt. matt. >> just a second. >> oh. i said just a second. you look different. >> well, it's the cape. >> yeah, you're not as tall, either. >> neither areyou? >> i think we have someone we need to rescue. >> very good. >> let's fly. >> actually i don't fly. >> oka let's run very fast. >> help me! somebody save me j. >> roxanne ritchie, i'm here to save you. >> thank goodness. >> these were barely on, you probably could have done that yourself. >> i thought it would be cool to call a superhero. >> xanne, ritchie, i'm superman, able to bend steel in my bare hands, change the course of mighty rivers. it's a never ending battle for truth, justice and the american way. >> right. but not everyone can have a megamind. >> that's true. very true. >>ell, wait a minute. i'm hearing something. i'm hearing let's go to the news reel right now. >> can't hear anything. >> today the mystery ends. for decades, the world has wondered what happened to erica's first lady of avenue yags, the first lady of american air flight >> i hope it will increase women's intest in flying. >> on july 2, 1927, amelia arehart ask for a weather report. but today, more than 70 years since she disappeared over the pacific. amel amelia airhart has been fnd. >> man, that was a long flight, i knew i should have taken the train. but that's okay, because i'm now this powerful symbolor girls everywhere. but wait a minute, i hear a lot of noise happening over there. what's that? >> whoa. whoa. whoa. come on,ew york, you know the words to this song, ng it with me! ♪ >> whooo! no wait, there's more. are you ready? the monster of all monsters! ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> superman! >> you know, lady gaga, i think my flight would have been a lot easier had i had you on my ipod. >> i love it. nicely done. >> thank you. >> that was really fun. that was fun. >> that was crazy. >> crazy. >> look who i got to work with. >> look who i got to work with. exactly. >> well done, all right, so we're going to choosing actually some of our winners because we have got a lot of costume winners out there and a couple we're gng to be choosing in just a few moments. >> how did you come up with lady gaga? >> it was suggested and i thought it would be fun. and the costumes always are great. this is something e actually wore. >> and you're wearing your natural hair today. >> hello, megamind. >> no this is just what i wear normally. yeah, around the house. >> i saw megamind yesterday. >> it was a lot of fun. >> when i saw natalee, i just saw her for a second. i thought it was amelia. >> i'm being the beaver. >> beaver fever. >> are you going to maintain that hairstyle in the future? >> oh, yeah. >> that's right. you have to do that with your head to make it happen. >> how about you, governor? >> chances are against it. >> normall you have to put a compression thing to keep the size of your brain in your head. and there's a freedom here. >> the compression for the ego. >> you told me something about lady gaga and the kcostumes because a lot of people want to be that is year. >> she's actually licensed costumes for kids and adults. hair, sun glasses, costumes, it's amazing. >>there's a draft underhis. i'm like, whoa. >> are you enjoying it? >> try wearing tights. >> do you notice how allways manages to wear spandex at some point or another. and he's wearing ladies bos. >> i have weari ladies boots. >> and matt flue the coupe. >> we're going toick our winners from our audience. >> great costumes today. >> we'll be right back. i have a sweet trick for this holiday season brought to you by mars. use colored construction paper to make festive witches' hats. fill them with your favorite chocolate candy. it's a fun presentation that kids will love. >> to learn how to create a sweet memory with chocolate this hallown, please visit us at todayshow.com. 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>> a couple of weeks, i have a little bit of time on our hands. >> you're one of our finalists, you're going to be joined by ben snow, we have got wilma, betty, pebbles and bam bam and they are jill and evan walters and wilma and betty. good job you guys. fantastic. >> oh, my gosh, you got up really early this morning. where are you guys from. >> we're from brooklyn. >> and no problems getting this in her hair? >> it took a little work >> oh, that's okay. you know what? i think that's what pebbles would normally say anyway. welcome, you have a great costume this morning. and we do have ben franklin, i wasn't kidding. hudson is 9 years old. you want to meet lady gaga ben franklin? >> where did you come one this idea. >> i was thinking and i thought i just want to be ben franklin. >> are you a big fan of ben franklin? >> i likehistory. >> and your last finalist? >> john smith. >> john smith is from york, pennsylvania. >> that's his dad. >> there you go. >> and that looks like that's actually a real mask, but it's painted on, you did a great job. >> and i bet when you walk down the street, nobody knows anything, it's new york city. >> it's w york city. >> great costumes. >> and we have got several more finalists coming up. and a lot more hallowe fu so stay tuned. because there ar prizes by the way for those people who win. >> after your local news. i love that you love history. that is so fun. this weekend on "today," myeries of the smithsonian reveal an exclusive glimpse at what's hiddennder lock and key. and tricks and treats galore, a halloween party live this weekend on "today." 8:26 is your time now. 51 degrees. what a big change in the weather. feels like fall again. tom will have your forecast after the news. good morning. i'm eunyang. security will be tighter this weekend at the marine corps marathon in light of the recent shootings. the race will start in the parking lot at the pentagon where someone fired shots earlier this month. it'spening at 5:00 a.m. we'll take a qck and autumn chill in the air. a big change from yesterday. we're in the 40s. afternoon highs upper 50s. lots of sun and a bluste northwest wind. tomorrow could have a freeze. tomorrow highs near 60 with bright sunshine and a diminished wind. on sunday about, a bit milder and should stay rather cool and mostly dry next week. chance of a shower on tuesday. jerry, how's the traffic? >> tough times along i-95 soutound. soutound. jammeded from the capital beltway all the way down to lorton because of repaving operation. the right lane is blocked stay away from 95 southbound. maryland, it's volume only but look at this. we are jammed. strange for a friday. 270 germantown all the way on down. eun? >> thank you. today on nbc 4 it's a scary good dean cane, are you here to fight for truth, justice and the american way? >> no, matt, i'm just making a phe call. >> matt. matt. >> just a second. >> oh. >> i said just a second. >> you look different. >> i'm here to save you. >> oh, thank goodness. oh, these were barely on, you probab could have done that yourself >> man, that was a long flight. i knew i should have taken the train. man, that was a long flight. ♪ ♪ >> that was scary. >> it is halloween for us, we hope that you enjoyed our costumes, and we're glad so many folks cameut to support us. i'm lady gaga, along with justice sjustin bieber. >> you're also going to help us choose some costumes, which will cool. >> we have some more costume finasts. >> all right, and be afraid, be very afraid. we're going to go in search of real vampires in the tra. >> we have more finalists in the costume contest. this is the finalist i picked because this costume, i really like it. he's from pee-wee's playhouse. mike is 32 years old. so it's completely appropriate for him to be dressed for halloween. he's from rockland county, new york. and this is your brother? >> the snowman is your brother. >> this costume was his idea? >> i needed a costume quick, and i ask him if i could borrow one. >> he just happened to have this one handy? >> whatever happens happens, if he wins, good for him. >> if now we got the monopoly bd game. allison who's the mom. and julia, they're coming up here. mr. money bags. get out of jail free. you guys have been here the last nine years >> we come every year. >> do you like being the guy from monopoly? >> yes. >> that's very impressive. >> that's amazing. >> i have a lot of support from everybody at work. thank you to everybody at sun dog. >> now that you're behind bars, we kw what you want. >> she's got the get out of jail free card. very nice. >> and we have got wild thing from the movie major league. careful where you're walking, we don't want anything to happen. and you're from new jersey? you can't rlly say much, can you? what's this hat made out ? >> an old patio lit. >> an old patio light. these are our finalists. very good, congratulations, sir. >> technically it's kind of a s. >> and now we'll have a check of the weather. good morning. here we've got a big change in our forecast here and the pattern for the rest of the weekd. things have changed dramatically overnight. we went from the 70s yesterday to the 40s now. laters today in the 50s, to near 60. we'll have a blustery northwest wind with lots of sunshine. if you have anyplans morrow, bring them inside. during the aftnoon up near 60. not much wind, lots of sun. a little milder on sunday. >> and that's your latest weather. >> we're going to have more halloween fun. have you havg halloween fun? >> i'm having a great time. >> but first this is "today" on nbc. ♪ this is halloween ♪ this is halloween ♪ halloween ♪ halloween >> the real reason that -- will ferrell is the voice of the supervillain and roxanne ritchie star in megamind. >> shock and yaw. >> tacky. >> i have seenit. >> what this one do? >> okay the spider's new. >> spider? >> yes. the spider. even the smallest bite from him will instantly paralyze -- >> will ferrell and tina fey, thank you so much for being here today. >> thanks for havin us. first of all for the big reveal, how do you think it went? >> the word on the street is we nailed it, yeah. >> let's talk about the movie, because you're supposed to be a villain, but you're really a nice guy. i think that's probably what attracted you to it? >> i'm actually a horrible villain. i'm just a guy who's really seeking acceptance and has found -- is just evil by default. and of course, in the end, i reveal that it's bter to be the good guy. so i kind of go through a transformation. >> and your character is strong woman, but she's kind of vulnerable. and when you saw her drawing, that's what really sealed the deal for you. >> i think she's really good looking and i think she -- her body, i don't think it's even struck chully possible i think is about to collapse in on itself. >> and the short hair attracted you? >> i feel like aoung susan pleshette. >> you guys got to work together, which is kind of cool? >> w did, that was great. that's usually not the rm. but we got to have three or four performance sessions? i shaved my head for the recording sessions. >> i didn't shave anything for the recording sessions. >> more than we needed to know. >> all right, when you do something like this, now that you've got a kid, y've got a child, it must be kind of fun, this is something that your daughter can watch? >> it is sort of exciting to be in something that she wants to see and can see. and will's got three kids. >> just had a new one. >> nine months. but it is, it's exciting to actually be a part of a movie that they're interested in seeing. >> did you have a favorite character when you were growing up? >> wonder woman. you jt stand in th allie and spin around. >> i, oddly enough, loved wonder woman. >> it was e lasso. >> the golden lasso and the invisible plane. >> now al feels particularly comfortable in tights. i have to ask you because you seem like you're comfortable. >> i'm with al. you want to grab lunch later? >> yeah. >> let's do it. >> wl ferrell and tina fey, thank you very much. you're crazy, you know that? the movie opens in theaters next fridaythat is november 5. and we're going to put you to work for pumpkin decorating. maryland's governor martin o'malley. endoed by the washington post and unwavering commitment to education. o'malley's made college more affdable. he's helping restore the health of the chesapeake bay, has forward-looking plans on transportation and a record reducing violt crime. governor martin o'malley. one leader moving maryland forward. "today's" celebration has been brought to you by milky way. this morning on "today" celebrates halloween, no halloween pumpkin, you don't have to have a knife to make some amazing jack-o-lanterns. and tena will help us figure out how to do this. i love this idea because i have seen more than one way to carve pumpkins. we don't have a lot of time. >> halloween is on sunday. we made these kind of fun snowman family, great for your frt porch. you can see we attached them with these skewers. >> and then you punch it on. >> you just use a nail or something? >> you can use a nail or some skewers these are like kabob skewers. >> and then just some fun stuff and even in your backyard. like pine needless. >> and then it looks like he's cross eyed. >> isn't that fun. >> what do you think, will, are you into this? >>hat looks lovely. >> he's stking his tongue out. >> and what is that. >> that's a radish nose. >> we have all theseun kitchen things so if you want to play, i'll move ever here. >> we go and see what fun shapes they are. this is butter nut squash. we painted it black. are you going to be crafty in those gloves today? so we cut out -- today we're going to make a cat. >> is this edible by the way? >> maybe on your planet. so you grab the hat, the hea we already did. we cut these features out in felt and we preglued it and you just pin it on. you ha little kids and i have little kids, you jus let them cut it out with construction paper and just glue it right now. >> and we have megamind here. >> this is another nonmessy project because it's an artificial pumpkin. we put some tape on so we have marked off the holes where we want them so they're nice and even. and you can get punching if you want. >> these are really handy, i carry one of these with me taugat all times. >> so i'm going to take the paint off. and then just sticking the lollipops in and then something you can put out on your front porch. you can put a little sign on it. >> that's a good idea. >> exactly. if youe not going to be home. >> is it hard to actually make those holes in there? >> it's called a funkin and you get them at craft stores. >> you're not lying, this is not edible. i just took a quick taste. >> she told you not to eat that. >> these are good ideas and i hope you try them at home as well. and we're going to declare our winner for our halloen costume contest. but first, this is nbc. take a closer look at keith fimian and his inspectionusiness. fimian's former business partner said fimian lied, his record "built upon a fraud." his business sued more than 40 times. slapped with thousds in liens. its corporate status revoked. now we learn fimian signed a campaign plee that protected tax breaks for corporations outsourcing jobs. fraud, failed policies. unfortunately, that's keith fimian. vampires are irresistible. believe it or not, they're in the a north carolina graveyard. >> vampires are a family business. his novel is a sequel to his great, gre uncle's classic, dracula. >> it was passed down through the family. >> reporter: he enresearched his ancestors original roots to transform transylvania's original teal of terror. >> the film of the horse drawn carrge without a driver. >> so much to see. >> that graveyard has been abandoned for years,he says. but she won't comment on tales of the undead. >> how did the myth of the vampire originate in this country. >> it started in the 18th sen tri, people complaining they are haunted by creatures. >> reporter: but how do you deal with the undead? >> the classical way is a stake in the heart. very gruesome, isn't it? >> it is very gruesome. it's getting a bit dark, i think we need to find some refuge. >> look, up there. the castle. >> reporter: this is not wt i had in mind. castle dracula is actually a modern hotel. but i'm relieved the count didn't put in an appearance. with no loss of blood overnight, my journey reaches high into the mountains. >> now this is more like it. >> it's not a friendly place to be inside alone for the night. we have a lot of rooms with a lot of corridors, a lot of hidden ings, with a secret passage. >> could brown castle have been an inspiration for the original dracula stories? >> without a doubt. >> so you've got your cross out? >> yes. >> just in case. >> but still, no sign of a vampire. maybe i'll have more luck in the scary fairy tale town, the birthplace of brad the impaler. >> dracula means son of the devil. >> he was the inspiration for the modern stories about dracula? >> yes. >> vlad was blood thirsty, all right, but there's evidence he was a creature of the night. so with my quest nearing its end, the dracula club seems a good place to sink my teeth into something juicy. >> i would like to order the steak, not the stake stake, i would lik a medium rare steak is what i would like. for "today," kei"," keith mille news. >> now to be seen are who are actually winners of this big contest today and we present our winners and we have all been gather together and making our choices and we hav come to a decision. >> at's right. >> and so will and tena are here to help us. so number three, winning a $50 american express gift card for third place is -- >> our skier on the mountain. congratulations. all righ you don't have any arms so i'll give this to your brother. oh, you do, there you go. there's your gift card. congratulations. >> and number two, winning a $100 american express gift card for second place goes to njamin franklin. >> come on, ben. congratulations. >> congratulations, ben. >> shocking. >> and number one, first place, 200 american express gift card for the grand prize winner goes to -- >> our monopoly duo. >> come on down, guys. >> $200 american express card. >> congratulations. >> that's got to go into the counity chest. >> you've been here how many years in a row? >> the first year we were here he was a baby bijorn. that was nine years ago. we did win at the airborne family. and then two years ago, my nephew was the spider. >> oh, wow. >> very good. >> so two number one winners. >> we have got much more coming up, but first, these messages. 8:55 is your time now on this friday, october 29, 2010. in the news for today, we're following breaking news right now. we have just learned that more gunshots were fired at the marine corps museum in quantico, virginia. police tell us it happened sometime overnight. gunshots were fired at the same museum on october 17. just yesterday th fbi confirmed the same gun was also using to fire shots at the pentagon and at a marine recruiting center in chanlly days later. the marine corps musm is now closed. we have a crew headed to the scene. we'll bring you the very latest as soon as the information comes in. we'll take a break and have your weather and traffic when we me back. stay with us. 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's helping restore the health of the chesapeake bay, has forward-looking pls on transportation and a record reducing violent crime. governor martin o'malley. one leader movi maryland forward. dean cane, are you here to fight for truth, justice and the american way? >> no, matt, i'm just making a phone call >> matt? matt? >> just a second. >> oh. i said just a second. >> you look different. >> it's the cape. >> oh. >> i'm here to se you. >>h, thank goodness. oh, these were barely on, you probably could have done that yourself. >> man, that was a long flight. i knew i should have taken the train. ♪ >> and we're not done yet. more of "today" on this friday morning t 29th day of october, 2010. if you haven't noticed by now, we're celebrating halloween and that's how we debuted about 45 minutes ago. and we're not done yet. even though we have given out our awards. i'm ameala earhart. >> we have had so much fun on the plaza, but we have a very special guest to help us celebrate. but of course i know superman is the man of steel, but the number one man on the planet is our next guest. ladies and gentlemen, l hail to the chief. >> hello, everybody. good morning. as you can imagine, i'm pretty busy right now, but once i was invited to see the crowd at the "today" show, i could not rest. happy halloween, america. >> that's the president. >> you look like blair underwood. >> you look good. >> pee-wee obama. >> you should probabl have lowered this a little bit. he's a little toaller than you. >> you need more ears. >> the costume designer said i didn't have much to work with. but i've got the mole. and nail poli, whi i don't think you would often see. but you guys look amazing. >> well done. >> oh, thank you. >> i thought your speech was perfect. anyway, we have got much more coming up. >> in fact and if you want to put together a lastinute halloween costume, week do it. >> we're also going to take you behind the scenes and show you how we put together a hallowe fun here on the plaza. >> in the meantime, we have got some news we have got to get to, and we have got lester holt filling in now. >> i feel like the equivalent of a designated driver this morning. here's what happening in the news. th presidential commission looking into the oil spill in the gulf has new evidence suggesting that bp and halliburton knew monthsefore the accident that the cemen mix they were using to seal the well wasn't holding. the company says they do not believe the cementas the cause of the incident. it will be busy few days for republicans and democrats in florida. kendrick meeks is denying reports that bill clinton tried to get him to pull out of the race. a poignant memorial for shark attack victim lucas ransom, friends and family released hundreds of balloons into the air and then headed with their surf boards out into the pacific. there's a story of a georgia firefighter accused of taking cell phone video of a young woman killed in a car crash and then sharing the video which ultimately ended up in the hands of victim's parents. ron mott is in georgia with an update for us. >> reporter: good morning to you. that cell phone video has gone viral, much to the dismay of this young woman's parents. the firefighter accused of making that video is set to lose his job. the video is too graphic for tv, but the audio is just as chilling. >> pull that down. oh, my god. >> authoriti say a georgia firefighter near atlta used his cell phone to videotape the bo of 23-year-old dana chemson, video that ended up in her parents hands and on the internet. >> well the damage is done. >> now her parents who told their harrowing story to ann on "today" last week, got their wish. firefighter terrance reed is getting fired from the spalding county fire department. a call to his attorney was not returned. >> if he's sorry for what he did, then an apology would be nice. we need to forgive this guy and we probably can in time. >> they say they are angered by what they call a violati of their daughter's privacy. authorities say she died instantly. >> all they did was take her picture and walk around her and position the flashlight here and it's etched in my mind and i don't li it. >> reporter: they say their ultimate goal is to get a law passed making i a federal offense to videotape or otherwise record a victim of an emergency. the tsa is changing the way airport screeners pat down passenrs. instead of the traditional hand pat, they'll use the traditional sliding motion. it is now six minutes fast hour, let's go back outside to ann, natalee, tamron or should i say superman and justice and ameala and mr. president. good morning. clouds over the mountain, but sunshine elsewhere and it's still chilly, just in the upper 40s to near 50. 52 in washington. later today highs only near 60. we'll have blustery northwest wind already gusting around 25 to 30 miles an hour. very cold tomorrow morning, dwn into the 30s in many locations. in fact, some areas may have a freeze tomorrow morning. bring in any tender plants. during the day tomorrow, sunny, less windy, a bit milder >> dna that's your weather and here's the sexy french director. >> i think the sexy thing was what this was all about. you're going the talk to us about how this remarkable job that this entire team put together. >> i don think we can capture all of it. we're going to take a look behind the scenes at some of the things people are saying today with amazing success. >> faster than a speeding bullet, the magic come s togethr every year on the plaza. from the muners to star wars, our dream team of cast, crew and designers stitch it all together. >> i am yoda, i am. >> sometimes all it takes is a well plad wig to make everything super for our anchors. >> do it. >> no, it's -- >> matt shot his part early, but really all of the planning starts far in advance. >> fanstic. >> it's brian's ninth halloween show as costume designer so he's well aware that success depends on a lot of team work,prinkled with a little luck. >> we work a lot in theay that they do on "saturday night live" so everyone has a team and they're able to make that change as quick as possible. we have a hair, makeup and wardrobe person who's doing a change. >> natalee' been a boy once before and she's always a believer in nailing her character. >> i have been practicing the moves everywhere i go. >> so you're type a even for halloween? she's still working on it. >> some expert training helped redith embrace her inner diva. >> you look sexy when you're doing it, do you feel sexy? >> oh, my god, yeah. >> ann's big reveal posed a special challenge for production designer's team. >> you've got ann as ameala earhar how does that start with you. >> we had to find a plane. but the trouble with a pne is that it doesn't fit on the plaza. but we're going to retouch it so that all the navy logo is gone, we're going to age the pho and she's going to stand in front of it. th will be the opening reveal shot for her. >> reporter: at 8:00 p.m. yesterday, t crew started setting up and worked all through the night. making sure every last prop, piece of hair and swab of makeup is in place for show time. another year, another success. all thanks to the hardest working team in morning television. >> we want to mention that brian is right here. we want to bring you brian. great job. in fact he was stitching, how many hours did you sleep would you say in the last three days. >> sleep? what's that? >> how many hair and makeup and costumes did you work on? >> just in this? >> there's probably, i think there's probably 25 to 30 pete. >> how maand how many years hav been doing this? >> nine years. >> so for you, this is kind of like your side job, right? >> yeah, but i always have a good time coming over here. >> do you have a favorite, like every year. >> every year is my favorite. every year is my favorite. >> you love the people. >> i do love the people. you're great people. >> coming up next, we tell 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"today" celebrates halloween is brought to you by snickers, this halloween snikers satisfied. >> good morning on "today" celebrates halloween. so you thought you didn't want to dress up and tn all of a sudden you change your mind and now you need a costume. no problem. we're going to show you some great last-minute costumes, courtesy of the elizabeth mahue. good morning, good to see you. or should i sacral police. >> easy costume. i took a shirt out of my closet. a skirt i already had, and a white apron. it's rlly about going to your closet, finding things and not spending a lot of money. >> does it make more sense to have an idea of what you want to be and go into the closet and see what you have and move from there? >> a lot of these start with either black leggings, white t-shirts, black t-shirts, things that you already have. go and look for those basics and see the few things you can do just to upgrade them. >> let's continue the alice in wonder land theme. >> whave got carlos as the mat hatter. and then we have natalee as the little white rabbit. and the we have aiden as the che chesshire cat. a lot of this is made with the makeup and we give you a one-on-one tutor ral on how to do that. just attach some little ears on the top. you're good to go. the white rabbit, you can take a pillowcase and put out a piece of red felt. rabbit ears you can get almost anywhere. and carlos went into his own closet. found a crazy striped shirt. if you have a fun vest, even a ve that you have maybe from a thre piece suit or from your, you know, like tuxedo. >> and how about the hat? >> and you can take a regular hat and with cardboard, make a bigger brim, wrap som fun ribbon as we did around the neck. so he's comfortable and warm and al of it is going to makeup too. >> you guys are late for a very important date. so hop away. >> hop away, hop on off. thanks, guys. >> i love another do it yourself costume. we he got salt and pepper. >> i did this costume for my daughter and her friend and we have charlotte and ava do this. i literally went and bought a dollar garment bag, made a little hole d filled it u with peanuts. and thenhe called deron for the head, and a shoelace. and it makes a really nice pair for friends. it starts with a white t-shirt, white leggings, black t-shirt, black leggings. >> and the goeltd fish. >> this is jasmine and jasmine and her mom, we took an orange sweatshirt and just covered it with the glue gun -- by using a glue gun and cupcake holders and then glued those on. and then you cut a ping-pong ball in half. and then she's wearing orange leggings and orange socks and she's good to go. she's been swimming around for a while now so she's a little tired. >> so we go from the goldfish to the other end, sushi. >> this is isabella and all we did was take two white pillows, wrap it around her front and these are garbage bags that make the seaweed wrap and led little balloons that we blew up and put her hair up and put some chop sticks in it a. >> let's bring all of our costumes out again. >> really easy, not a lot of time and not a lot of money. >> happy halloween. >> happy halloween. >> and we have got much more ahead, including hoda and kathie lee's costumes when we continue after these ssages. i love my curves. but the love i have for strawberry shortcake, red velvet cake and key lime pie, mmm, it threw a curve at my curves. so i threwt right back... th yoplait light -- strawberry shortcake, red velvet cake and key lime pie. 30 indulgent deliciouslavors that satisfy my love for tasty treats. around 100 calories. zero fat. now i love my curves in all the right places. yoplait. it is so goo to cover up flaws and make skin look pretty bu there's one that's so clever, it makes your skin look better even after you take it off. neutrogena healthy skin liquid makeup. 98% of women saw improvement in their skin's natural texture, tone, or clarity. does your makeup do that? 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>> these are just licorice. >> and the best part of my costume is this. >> you look adorable. >> so that's yr spider. >> that's a friendly looking spider. >> what do you have here. >> we move on to ghost cas. these are quite simple. i've made my sponge in a popover n. then i take a little bit of water and you take an eye. >> this is adorable. i lovehis. >> and before we run out of time. i want t move down to -- >> this is the finished product here. >> that is so cute. >> and really ghoulish. >> so what you do is y take all the skin off your mellon with your vegetable peeler, so you're left with the white part of the mellon, and then you trace with a toothpick with squiggly lines. and then you cut through and you then see the pink of the mellon coming through, so it mak a great centerpiece and it's great as a punch bowl. this is cranberry juice and some 7 up. and you can even make eyeballs out of grapes and raisins. and then you take them and freeze them so it looksike floating eyeballs in your punch. >> coming up, yet another reveal, hoda and kathie lee after this. it's a lot of fun and there's still more to come. >> in case y missed any of our hijinx, here's a look back at the fun we had this rning. >> i canend steel with my bare hands. >> i knew i should have taken the train. >> are you ready? >> matt? hurry up in there. >> dean cane. >> oh, geez. you know what? they do that every year. >> it is halloween for us, i hope you enjoyeded those costumes. ♪ >> we're from rock land county, new york. >> are you having halloween fun? >> i'm having a great time. >> action! >> i'm just a guy. ♪ oooh, la la do i look like someone who's at risk for heart disease? well guess what, i am. heart disease took my dad's life, buit doe't have to take mine because 80% ofcardiac n may be prevented if we make the right choices. eighty percent. you may not know you're at rk, but one woman dies every minute from this largely prentable disease. help bring a voice to this silent killer. speak up to save lives at gorforwomen.org > chilly morning out there today. 9:56 the time right now. i'm barbara harrison. we're following breaki news. more gunshots were fred at the marine corps museum in quantico, virginia. police tell us it happened sometime overnight. chopper 4 is live over the scene right now. gunshots were fired aet this museum on october 17. and just yesterday fbi confirms the same gun was useto fire shots at the pentagon and a recruiting center in chan tilly days later. no one was hurt. the museum is now closed. we have a crew on the scene, and we'll bring you more information on "news 4" midday. let's talk about the weather. we have a chilldown. it's cold, tom. >>t's still in the low 50s as we approach 10:00 in the morning. and later this afternoon, only near 60 with a blustery northwesterly wind to around 60 miles an hour. we might get a freeze west of interstate 95 tomorrow morning. afternoon highsear 60 with a bright sunnd not as much wind. how's the traffic? >> very tough times along i-95. notice the construction barrels out to the rit side of the roadway taken away with the repaving operation. they could be out there most of the day, hopefully not into the afternoon rush hour. again, as you head south 95. route 1 is a much better down. headed to downtown looking pretty good. no hang-ups to the 14th street bridge. rbara? >> thank you, jerry. coming up on "news 4" midday we'll have the latest on the shooting at quantico. we hope from nbc news, this is a special halloween edition of "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb. "i love kathie lee and hoda." ♪ >> oh! get in here! get in here! gein. get in. ♪ get in. get moving. get moving. get moving. get moving. >> yeah. >> this is so -- >> lucy! you have some explaining to do. >> who's that? oh, ricky. >> we're just trying to have some fun. co >> come on, lucy. what is this? >> holdn. oh, come on, ethel. >> wait a second. wait a second. ♪ >> that was lame. >> okay. happy halloen, everybody. >>irst of all, let me just say one thing, that was cold. >> really cold. >> look at -- lookt shawn. okay. >> don't you love a burly peasant when they clean you up. >> oh, thank you, shawn. >> thank you, a little higher and faster, please. circles. >> i want everyone for a second to look at kathie lee in black and white. you look just -- come on. i was -- >> that bad? >> right boot on e left foot. >> that's why they're called peasants. >> we h fun already on this halloween meaning so far. we got to watch t earlier hours do their reveals. sorry, shawn. sorry. i don't think that boot is going to fit. and they were hilarious. matt was ouof tow so watch. >> matt? matt? >> just a second. >> oh. >> i said just a second. >> i'm here to save you. >> i'll get the train. >> all right. >> man, that was a long flight. i knew i should have taken the train. ♪ baby, baby, baby ♪ gaga, oh la la >> all right, that's a -- trying to get her boots on. all right, come on, lucy. >> it is just going to have to be this way. >> we want to point out no thth wee in fact real grapes. >> they were. all of a sudden the temperature went a little downhill here. >> here is some interesting "i love lucy" facts, ethel in real life was younger than lucy. but on the program, she was told she had to be 16 years older and ten pounds heavier. right. >> it was her contract, she would not lose weight. >> are you serious? >> uh-huh. in my contract too. did you know fred and ethel were later offered their own show, spin-off. >> what happened? >> vivian vance refused t do it. she wasn't very fond of fred. and she didn't want to spend one more day in her life with him. a lot of marriages are like that, hoda. >> there are a lo of marriages. they had a special dress, on the east side, and if you actually found that specific address, you would have been in the east river. >> exactly. >> and the rent would have been $150 a month, for six years. little ricky was born the same year i was born. >> what year? >> '88. 88 and he grew up to be, remember, desi, the boy band. but fun stuff, and what else is going on with that? there was -- >> well, here's the thing. we chose these costumes, looking for a duo. the most popular halloween costume of the year is -- >> got to be gaga. >> lady gaga. meredith this morning was off the charts. >> she was adorable. >> come on. watch that again. >> look at her legs. >> yes. >> she kept saying that she was feeling a dra from that dress. but i love that she played the whole thing to the hilt. didn't she? she played it to the hilt. >> absolutely. i thought natalie did bieber almost frighteningly well. >> she was in character three or four days ago. >> she's going to learn the little dance, she did it beautifully. >> ifou want to trn yourself into a zombie, they have an app for everything, there is an app called make zombie.com. you take a picture with this app and then you turn the people into zombies. >> the way you -- >> look at you. >> i think i look rather nice. i look like that in the morning anyway, before they get a hold of me here. >> okay. les see what the other one is. >> let's see you, hoda. >> that's gross. that's just gross. how come mine are always worse? that's my question. >> it is what you start with, you know what i mean? >> i want to point out too, i know we can't really see but we have great crowd with us today. >> we do. we never get acrowd. >> they're hearty and they stayed and we love them. >> they never see us out on the plaza, remember? we're banned from the plaza usually. >> we got a lot of sweet treats on our little table. >> yes, we do. what are they? >> that is an eyeball. what's that? this is the eyeball, all right. and, you know, that's what it is. it is an eyeball. they have a lot of cool -- this one is the cone. we're calling it the cone. we have a lot of great sweet treats, but the number one candy on halloween to give away is, does anyone know? >> candy corn? >> no. a snickers b. that is the number one candy. >> if i could have one piece of candy in the entire world -- >> what would it be? >> reese's pe nanut buttercups e the best. >> we have selected from among all the people in the plaza -- >> three finalists. >> we'll whittleit down in a minute. before we go to any of that -- >> it's time for. it's bobbie time. it is always bobbie time. >> you look adorable. >> tell us about your costume. >> eemi'm a comic girl, the roy liechtenstein with a little ca-pow and a little bam. >> of course aittle bam for bobbie on the back side. >> i had help from a pro, mac senior artist chantal miller helped me. anyone can haveakeup like this if you go to a mac store. make an appointment and they'll put the professional look on you. >> it takes a while, though. leave some time. >> about an hour to do this with the dots. you can also be inspired by makeup, i love the idea of going to sephora, they have beauty in a box tricks. at your local drugstore, there are bewitching beauties, the idea is makeup sometimes is most important part of an outfit. even if you don't have a lot of dollars or even too many, you kw, minutes, you just go in and be inspired and transform yourself. >> i like the curls. bobbie has curls like nobody i know. >> i was scared when she drew the cleavage on that this would be the focal point. you don't need a cleavage line. >> yes, indeed. nice job, nice job. >> thank you. >> we're going to find -- where our three finalists? this way this way? our first finalist, stay here, elizabeth wilson and her niece lila from new jersey, a tube of toothpaste and pumpkin princess. >> how adorable. >> it looks like you made yours in no time. >> no time is right. >> i love your daughter. sheooks adoorable. >> that's a store-bought one, right? yours is homemade. >> next up is the smith family. we have beth -- oh, my gosh, look at everybody, describe your costumes. hold on. stay right there. tell us about your costumes. >> i'm fay ray. i thought it was appropriate for new york. >> genius. >> that is brilliant. >> i'm sure you've heard toddlers and tiaras, this is zombies and tiaras, my daughter lilly and this is my daughter madeleine, a chick from the '80s. remember the '80s? >> or could be lourdes. >> you look great. thanks, hon. let's bring out our bunion family from "toy story," lamont, lachika, tell us about your costumes. >> we're the "toy story" family. i'm barbie, this is buzz light-year, micah is woody and lamont, dad, is the green army guy. >> no mr. potatoead? >> i'm the ss of these people. >> what did he say? >> don't repeat it. all right, hello, okay. so -- we hav a draw. we have a draw. it is a three-way draw. it was a smackdown, every family come on out, yes, come on out, come out here, we are doing -- it is a -- >> no, ethel. >> everyone wins $100. it was suppod to be $100, $75 and $50. >> ethel is feeling generous today. >> everyone is going to win. kat is going to pay the diffence. >> how to youmado you make a sw litle old lady swear like a sailor? you get another sweet face little old lady to yell bingo. >> do you like that? >> i had to clean it up for little woody. >> it was really, really good. we have a lot coming up. we have creepyanimals. >> creepy animals, the stars of paranormal, whatever it is, 2. >> they're coming up in a minute. so stick around f this halloween edition of "today." 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[ snickering ] also availle in light and diet. if the hust and bustle of everyday life kept you are making halloween plans, it is time to take note. >> it is not too late to plan a party. be sure you put on the ricardos andmertzes on the list. carley roney from thenest.com is here to show you how to put on the halloween bash. >> you look good. love your outfit. >> i'm a flapper. we're taking halloween up a notch. this is a growup halloween party we're throwing here. >> good. the little nose pickers get everything. >> they're already asleep by this time. what we're doing is we went with super -- our engine black ver, we went with a different color pallet, black and purple and green touches, little neon. and the overall theme here in terms of decor is get out all the black stuff in you house. see all the black, lacqr, candles. >> probably be surprised how much black you already have in your house, right? >> it is not abou spending a ton of money. >> how did y transform the candles? >> these are standard black candles and dripping green candles over them, easy to do. >> gross. >> the food has be spooky, of course. these are just baby back ribs but it is all how you put them together, oda, right? this is the heart with a knife put in the middle. >> with ketchup squirted on. >> disgusting. >> that's great. >> these are yummy mummies, m t meatballs on a stick wrapped in linguine in could haffins and dm in marinara sauce. and aren't they fantastic. >> that's a cookie? >> what is this stuff that they're in? >> either dirt or chocolate, you go. >> it is not dirt. >> you don't know. >> oh,rats, ethel. >> these are little,like, lots of candles, lots of spooky skeletons, now at the bar, because we know it is about drinking -- >> finally. >> this is this fantastic crystal head vodka, dan aykroyd's vodka, you have to have some of that around. >> he's such a goofy boy. >> these are goblets. get this crystal gel, it is sugar, put it around the outside, from crate and brel, it makes it spooky to drink out of. these are called brain hemorrhages. >> what is that? >> peach schnaaps with baileys and a little grenadine. >> just do a shot with me. come on for old time's sake. >> it's haoween. >> oh, my gosh. >> you're the loser because it's great. >> is it really? >> this one is for you, then. oh, no. >> they glue everything down. >> are they all glued down? >> they'realled candy corn cordials. >> just unstick it. just pull that baby up. >> it's not going to happen. >> yes, it is. >> it's stuck. >> you're right. >> we'll drink them later, ladies. >> oh, lucy. >> you stick it in there with egg white on top and this is my death punch. >> death punch. >>it is like a classic punch, but then is it has lime soda, then we have frozen berries because they're, like, scabs sticking in the bottom. >> can't beat a good scab. >and pop rocks, that's why it is bubbling and dry ice. >> pop rocks? have you ever tried it? will they pop it up? >> see, it makes it all pop. that's what the bubbling is coming from. isn't that perfect? >> that's really cool. >> and you need a tombstone, a focal centerpiece for the whole thing. >> you actually, like, do this at home? >> i love this stuff. halloween is my favorite holiday. >> you're a deeply religious person, aren't you? okay. >> thank you, hon. we have a lot coming up including our plaza ambush makeover. >> are we doing that again? >> yes. >> hey! meet katie. shs into just about everything. good thing fisher-price created the ixl, a six-in-one learning system that's smart in so many ways. cool. it's an interactive digital book. who loved to run and jump. a learning game player. six, seven bananas. a digital art studio. look. a music player. 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>> stop it. we were ambushed by another hair and makeup team, our people this morning, but louis and jill on the plaza. that is not pretty. it is weird when you actually see it. okay. it just looked better in our minds. didn't it? >> they cut us off a little early. i was enjoying it. >> so louis and jill h the plaza, tell me what you saw out there. >> it was really hard, number one, because half the people were in uniform, half of them were not. theyll needed makeovers. we saw two people from seattle, up with of them with raley grunge look and we wanted to make them look from seattle to new york. >> ken and barbie finally do it. >> we're bride and groom and look at the rock he gave me. >> i knew he would be generous. david's bridal dress and the bouquet. >> this is it. >> this is . >> the real thing. >> we always knew it. we always knew it. it will last. our first woman, mindy wolenka from sumr, washington, married to her husband peter for 21 years, has two kids, had the same look for 20 years. when we ambushed her on the plaza, she said she wasready for a change. >> well, i feel totally ridiculous doing this in this outfit, but this is all about mindy and lucyand let's start with mindy. i know y really want this for your friend, tell us why. >> i know, mindy and i have known each other for 20 years. she has always had long hair. i think this would be a great opportunity for her for a change. she's predictable so we don't know what's going to happen. >>ight. we don't like predictable and we certainly don't know what's going to happen. are you ready for a big change? >> oh, yes, definitely. >> all right, so, mindy is going to come out and her friend,ho s going to be up next will react to her later. >> a second ambush. >> first this is mindy's before shot. all right. mindy, let's see the new you. oh, my god! oh, no! no, no. mindy, ready to see yourself? >> yes. >> okay, spin around. >> oh, my god. >> hello. turn around this way. don't look at your friend. hold on. leslie, hide her. okay. come here,ome here, come here. tell us about the hair, louis. >> all right, this is simply from gnge to chic. it says it all. i lightened it. i softened it. i added the most minimal highlights around her face. she hadhite frosty highlights, white frosty highlights, major hair faux pas. >> look into the camera there. >> and we had her haircu >> beautiful. >> beautiful haircut. and with the slightest blow dry, which is a quick blow dry, all by vanessa. >> got that great halloween costume, halloween costume, but halloween colors. >> we wanted to be in theme. everybody should have one pop of color to their wardrobe. thisis a great yellow jacket, tj maxx for 80% off. >> what do you think? >> i love it. >> i bet you're dieing to see your friend too. stand right over there and jim will help you turn your back to your friend so you can't see her. >> all right. our second lady is lucy delseed, 41 from seattle. her daily routine is showering and getting her hair out of her face. that's what she does. she was excited wi the opportunity of getting a glam new look. let's listen to her. >> well, now it is lucy's turn. and i love the way she talks about her birthday. >> well, i'm actually celebrating the second anniversary of my 39th birthd so -- >> 41 for all your math geniuses out there. i know you really want this for lucy. tell me why. >> yes. lucy is just a great person. and we would like to get her a new york look and get her made over and just give her a great new look. it would be wonderful. >> she's single so we would like to get r in this dress i'm wearing, right? >> of course. >> are you ready to go? >> i am ready. i'm ready. i'm excited. i'm looking forward for the change. >> all right. so let's take a look at lucy before. and now let's bring lucy delseed out. >> wow! wow! you look so good. >> lucy. >> you got to see yourself. you don't see yourself yet, but turn around. >> oh, my god. >> you look very chic. >> turn around. okay. >> lucy -- >> everybody ready? >> lucy and meindy, ready? go. >> look at your hair. >> look at your hair! >> she should stay in the dark range, we made it a little lighter and brighter, we put in highlights. her hair and makeup works together. >> she's got that cougar thing happening on the top here. >> that outfit is cute. >> little animal print from talbot's, a great button down. everybody should have a patent belt to complete the outfit, also from talbot's, and i think you're going to need this now. >> oh, she caught the bouquet. >> you look so good. >> a fantastic job. >> thank you. >> a plus. now, guess what we're going into, i think? the creepy-crawly? >>oh, yes. >> it is that time. >> we love that time. we'll be back afterhis. but this is warm, fresh-baked strawberryoaster strudel. 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>> gotit? >> see yo sweetheart. >> okay. >> what's next? >> on this table here, we have some of our creepy creatures. hold this one, hoda. here we have a couple of different tarantulas. >> now there is all kinds of tarantulas? >> there are over 800 species of tarantulas and they give everyone the creeps because of their long legs, hairy bodies. >> you can't see their eyes, you know? >> they're all venomous, but to us they're no that harmful, nothing more than a painful bite. to their prey, a completely different story. >> are you not afraid them? >> like i said, they're not really harmful to us. can you see his -- >> ew. >> they'll inject a convenient no venom into their prey and then they liquefy their food and suck it through their mouth. >> if a tarantula bi me, i would be fine. >> it is a painful bite, like a bee sting. they give the appearance of a creepy creature. next to you have -- >> some sort of a toad. >> this is a cane toad. don't let it fool you. it looks like a harmless animal but don't let itssize fool you. these are very dangerous amphibians. they secrete toxns from their shoulders and their back, it affects the cardiovascular system. >> hard to see it because they're so camouflaged in the thing. >> it causes profuse salvation and twitching. and it can cause death for some including dogs. these are all creepy creatures but they all have an important part of theenvironment. >> the ecosystem. >> they control -- the owls help control the rodent population, this helps control the insect population. >> the next one. >> the next one, this one you can certainly -- >> is that an aardvark. >> an armadillo. this is a hairy armadillo. >> i've seen those on the road. >> i've been to armadillo, but -- >> there is 20 different varieties of armadillos all found mainly in central and south america. we havone native here to north america. these a definitely a creepy creature because of the way they eat. they have noses that can get insecs eight inches below the ground and long sticky tongue that they'll eat over 40,000 ants at one feeding. >> does he like reese's peanut buercups? >> besides ants, he'll eat decaying carcasses. they're often found in graveyards found digging around the original grave diggers right here. >> let's bring in the last one. >> we should move in front of the table for the next one. >> watch for the toad. what is it? >> toad is give you the evil eye. >> oh, no, indeed. >> oh, my goodness. >> no,indeed. >> you can do it, hoda. you can do it. >> this is the end? >> yes. >> i don'tlike this sort of thing. >> okay. >> where are you go? >> our creepy creature segment. you've got it, hoda. >> i'm on the tail, this is where they squeeze you. kill you. >> this is only half grown. wait until it is full size. 20 feet long, 200 pounds, no creepy creature segment is complete without a snake. they're referred to in literature as the devil, a serpent. >> they started the whole thing. >> they're so mystical the way they move, they'll move without legs and their eyes, they have no eyelids, so the eyes are wide open and their tongue is out smelling the entire environment. but, again, great to have out there because it helps ctrol the rodent population. >> i wish we had more time. >> so sad we're out of time. we'll be back with nny deutsch after this. in american coins. announcing the 2010 america the beautiful quarters pof set from the united states mint. digitally-mastered for vivid detail. mirror-like finish for unequaled luminance. the first five quarters of this annual series can yours for $14.95 at usmint.gov/tv1. get yours only at usmint.gov/tv1 or 888-658-mint. - hello! - ha! why don'you try a home cooked meal... with yummy hamburger helper? 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[ clucks ] [ male announcer ] pere. extra inspections... extraordinary chicken. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> happy halloween! oh, lucy! >> it ain't over until it's over! >> ly! >> lucy! >> you got some explaining to do!