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by any measure, you ll love them. look for bigger biscuits, cinnamon rolls and crescents from pillsbury. look at you! how are you? you re so pretty. excuse me. back this morning with more of today on this friday morning. guess what, everybody? it s friday the 13th, 2009. yes, it is. it s a very blustery day here in the northeast, but there are a lot of happy faces waving at families back home on the plaza. we re so happy that they re all starting their day with us. i m ann curry out here with al roker. matt s off, natalie s inside, and we ve got a lot going on because of this weather. that s right. the remnants of ida. it was a tropical actually, started as a category 2 storm, became a tropical storm, now just a low pressure system, but boy, it s causing a lot of problems, pelting the east coast with high seas, flooding, already taken at least five lives from virginia on up to new york. we re going to get more on the storm and where it s headed in just a moment. and then a little later on today, today s real estate barbara corcoran is here to give us a clue on how far your money can go these days. great homes on sale for $50,000 or less in towns all across this great country. she has often very good advice. plus this morning, we ll be seeing halle berry. she s talking about something very positive she s been able to do with her painful past. she s basically talking about how to cope with domestic violence, and she s helping a lot of other people do that. a and if you think you ve seen everything, on a much lighter note, you might not have seen titan. because he is a great dane. i mean, really a great dane. the guinness book of world records calls him the biggest dog in the world, so we ll get a look at him. the tallest dog. tallest dog, that s right, the tallest dog in the world. we ll get a closer look actually, we re getting one right now. more to love. that s right. let s get a check of the top stories from natalie. good morning, everyone. president obama says alleged september 11th mastermind khalid shaikh mohammed will get the most exacting demands of justice. mohammed and four other alleged 9/11 conspirators will be sent to new york city from guantanamo bay to stand trial in a civilian court. also today, the president said a decision on troop deployments to afghanistan will come soon and will be fully transparent. he made the comments this morning while in japan, the first stop on a week-long trip through asia. the president said he wants to make certain if he sends more americans to war that it will ultimately make the u.s. safer. the army psychiatrist accused in the shooting massacre at ft. hood has now been charged with 13 counts of premeditated murder and investigators say major nidal malik hasan could face more charges. hasan is still hospitalized after being shot several times during the attack. he could face the death penalty, if convicted. today, in northwest pakistan, suicide attacks have left at least 16 people dead and more than 80 wounded. in one attack, a suicide bomber in a pickup truck targeted the offices of the country s main spy agency. and a scary scene at an airport in rwanda thursday. a passenger jet that was reportedly having problems, was taxiing when it then slammed into a vip lounge, killing one passenger. airline officials say the plane autoaccelerated. and today a police officer in michigan begins serving out a two-week, unpaid suspension after police dash cam video showed him tasering a suspect who was already restrained in handcuffs. the incident happened back in august. authorities say the officer, though, will not face criminal charges. today in colorado, expected guilty pleas from richard and mayumi heene, charged in connection with that balloon hoax last month. their attorney says the couple made a deal because of concerns that mayumi would be deported back to japan if convicted of more serious charges. it is now three minutes past the hour. you re up to date right now. let s get another check of the weather from mr. roker right across the way. al? all right, thanks a lot, natalie. let s take a look at ocean city, maryland, see what the ocean is looking like right there. you can see the waves have really started to subside since we first showed you this at 7:00 a.m. this morning, and that s good news, but they re still going to continue to pound the beaches and look for some erosion. and in fact, as we look right now, seeing what s happening, the winds are still kicking up. new york, we ve got wind gusts of 36 miles per hour. providence, 28 miles or 33-mile-per-hour winds, and those wind gusts are going to continue. right now, coastal flood watches stretching from virginia beach all the way up to montauk. gusts to 45 miles per hour. two to four-foot water levels above normal, and we re looking for up to 22-foot waves. rainfall amounts generally off and on a range showers are likely again on this friday. it will not be a steady rain like yesterday, but off and on showers. winds gusting over 30 miles per hour. ow, she s a brick house this morning on today s real estate, what can you get for under $500,000? well, our brick house, real estate expert barbara corcoran has been searching the country for great properties to show you. she is here for the open house. hi, barbara. good morning, al. good to see you. so, a week ago, the president signs the legislation extending the homebuyer tax credit. is that going to help keep the prices and folks interest up there for buying homes? i think it s going to kick people off the fence, people who have been thinking about it. because now, not only are they extended, but they ve extended beyond first-time home buyers to seven out of eight people in america who are willing to buy a home right now. that s good news, so let s get started. first home is a lakefront property in minnesota. good one. just under $300,000. you like this one. i like this. i like all my houses. of course, you do. but i like this one. it s ten minutes from downtown minneapolis. it s famous for its marching band, the oldest in the country. and there s that cream puff of a house. it s a custom-built contemporary, if you like contemporary built houses. lots of stairs, 3,500 square feet, two stories, and the beauty of this is it overlooks crystal lake and a park. ooh. so it s a pretty setting for a pretty house. will all those stairs cause a problem for some buyers? it does, it limits the number of buyers. people with young kids or old people don t want a house like this, but people smack in the middle dream for a house like this because it s meticulous. you walk in with your toothbrush and move right in. it almost looks like a fake house, it s perfect. what can you do to make this house better? probably nothing at all. it s beautiful. furnished. complete privacy downstairs. now we re going to go to upstate new york, a listing you found in scipio center, new york. it s a special house. it s a special house because it has a special history as well as beautiful ground surrounding the house. this house was part of the harriet tubman s underground railroad. wow. and when we see the inside, you ll see the clapboard floor where they used to hide the slaves under the floor. this particular house processed more slaves making an escape than most of the other houses in america. that s a barn, just a little extra that comes with the house. it s a two-car garage, tons of storage upstairs and behind. there s the old house, and they retained all of the charm. look at the ceilings. i just love those ceilings. yeah. underneath that dining room floor pops right up. you can see the storage spaces where everyone used to hide. living history. it s beautiful. but also, doesn t it look loveable? livable and modern. and that s what s great about this historic house. and there s a price reduction on this house. price reduction from $1.5 million. now it s at $429,000. please, if that s not a price reduction, what is? tell you what. now let s go to carson city, nevada, a house that would certainly appeal to horse lovers. horse lovers, definitely. this is an equestrian climate because everyone in this particular area really loves horses or owns horses, and it s an old ranch-type style. it s a sprawling ranch with 2 1/2 acres. that s your backyard. what s wrong that s also your front yard, your side yard. those are the horse paddocks. that s your own place to keep your horses in the back. it s got mature trees. it is also very convenient to lots of skiing, hiking, golf courses. so, it s not just about horses. so, even if you re not a rider, this is a place that will appeal to you. half of the people who live here don t even ride. but the thing is, when you re surrounded by horses, beautiful views, old trees, what s wrong with that? you don t have to love horses. there s that beautiful den, wood-burning fireplace, a real one. the stone wall, master bedroom. everything in this house is spacious. it s a little deceiving from the outside, but inside it s as sprawling as its name. and omaha, nebraska, a house for $225,000. it includes a conversation pit. oh, yeah. well, when you see the conversation pit, i d be curious what you think about it here. i think that s the only shortfall in this house, but look at the front of this house. it s charming. it s nestled. it feels cozy before you even step inside. it s two stories and it s really built as a retreat. there s that back deck that s surrounded by trees. and not only does it have trees, but it has beautiful, beautiful two that s only one of the two big waterfalls. so, think of the sound of that, living with that house. there s the kitchen, customized, previously owned by a chef. a lot of extras. you see that really chef oven on the left side. it s got two wine storage units, all custom cabinetry. there s nothing you could do in this house. it s already done. and remember the price, $225,000. there s that pit. i d say it needs pillows or something. or fill it with water and you ve got a pool. you re losing your rocker here, al. thank you very much. now let s move to sacramento, california. a lot of light in this house for $439,900. this is a pretty house. this is in an area where prices have been diving by the tune of 50% over the four years, and only in the last quarter have prices come up by 10%. what does that mean? it means you re buying at the bottom. if you re buying right now, we re just inches off the bottom. there s that big, beautiful concrete, which most people don t like, but it s nice and clean, easy to maintain backyard. all the windows are doubled, filled with light. that stairway goes up to the master bedroom, so you have privacy. might not be your choice of color, al, bright yellow, but it s bouncing the sunshine. lots of light, lots of living space. nothing to complain about. and our last house is in nicholasville, kentucky, $187,500. yeah. this is a pretty house as well. and nicholasville, there s plenty of jobs to be had. if you pay for this house, you can live well and also get a job. you don t have to move to the boondocks to get a house like this. that s pretty. the french porch is darling. that s like a secret garden in the back, a cottage-type style, a sitting area, fully planted. the person loves this garden and it shows and people are willing to pay for that. that s the dining room that enters into your big, white, open kitchen. this has all the bells and whistles for under $200,000. how could you say no? 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my mother was a battered woman, so that was my childhood, or a good chunk of it, and i really, i care. i really care about these women and these children. reporter: have you ever asked your mother, why did you put up with that? she s still trying to discover that for herself, answer those tough questions. why did she put up with that and subject her children to growing in that environment? because we re still dealing with the effects of it. my sister and i, too. reporter: berry is a familiar difference at the jenesse center, where women in crisis find everything they need to heal counseling, a safe haven, classes in computers and money management and someone to listen. they really don t care about celebrity. they re trying to live day to day. so, i get to come here and be just a woman, be a person who cares, someone that they can talk to, confide in. hi, gail! hi, how are you? reporter: berry was among those who listened when abigail, who prefers her last name not be used, made a critical decision. i felt guilty as a mother taking my kids to a shelter. so, just starting to love myself for who i was and for the choice that i had made. that helped me start turning around. i certainly have been a woman who has struggled with my self worth and my value and choosing the wrong partners in life, and luckily, i ve always been smart enough to hit the door the minute violence became slightly an issue. that s something i will not tolerate. reporter: turning around years of low self-esteem is part of the healing process. this is the boutique. reporter: ooh! this is one of my favorite parts of the jenesse center, because this is where the women get to come and get clothes. they get to shop for free. reporter: besides quietly volunteering and giving money herself thank goodness for this tape because this would be a hot mess. reporter: berry makes the donations multiply. our goal is to bring jenesse to the forefront. so much of the stuff she does no one knows. she has revolutionized our world. reporter: and many women who find their way here finally see a way forward. they need to feel that they re valued, that they re worth it, that what they need to do isn t insurmountable, that it can be done. reporter: today, abigail, who left her abuser, works as a property manager and is thriving in her new life. i get to see my kids happy and healthy. there s no screaming, fighting and yelling in this house. reporter: thanks in part to halle berry. thank you. thank you all so very much. my heart is full. thank you. reporter: helping families to heal one woman at a time. and since halle has been involved, the center has grown from two shelters to six shelters in south los angeles. it really is truly such an incredible center, and her involvement has been unbelievable, and they re so appreciative. obviously so much a part of her that she gives a lot of herself. that s very much why she wanted to put a public face on a problem a lot of women tend to be embarrassed about and hide from. good for her. coming up next, we re going to meet titan, on a much lighter note. he s the world s tallest dog. you ll see him after these messages. vement. to give a burst of fresh glade fragrance. only when you need it. but it s not wasteful, because it won t go off again for another 30 minutes. unless of course you press the boost button. very smart. motion-activated sense & spray. very smart, and yes, it s glade. fight even the toughest bathroom odors. with new clear springs. s.c. johnson, a family company. y to eat right at work. grab it. 100% natural white meat chicken and no msg added. campbell s select harvest chicken with egg noodles soup. m m! m m! good! @ work. when you can actually party at your party? 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[ laughter ] i feed him he doesn t actually eat that much, though. really? really? well, how do you explain how big he is? no, he doesn t eat that much. did you expect him to be that big? well, he was about 55 pounds when he was 3 months old. ooh. wow, that s going to be a big dog. so, i kind of knew that he was going to be a big dog. i didn t know he was going to be as tall as he is. aww, look at him. he s cute. diana, when you ve got a dog that big, is it tough getting him around? it kind of is, actually. i actually have two great danes and a german shepherd. so, people do sometimes see them pulling me down the streets, but that s a rarity. they re normally pretty well-behaved. i ve got to ask, you must have a jumbo-sized pooper scooper. oh, natalie went there! i had to go there. the bigger the dog, the bigger the poop, is that how that works? i actually have a waste management crew that follows me around. you need that. you probably have a dump truck. well said. i think she prepared her self for that one. where does titan sleep? where does he sleep? where. where does he sleep? actually, i have a couple of beds and he picks one and then i have to pick the other that s left over. [ laughter ] so, diana, sometimes dogs like to jump up on people. have you had to train titan not to do that? because, man, i guess he could do some damage. i definitely trained him not to jump, and i didn t want him jumping up on people. he s too big for that, you know. so, he does give the great dane lean, though. uh huh. so, he will lean up against people, and like he s doing, this is what you see here is a free lap dance, so okay! thank you, diana. so, not only is he a record holder, but a star charge in for these. we were looking forward to meeting you and titan a few weeks ago, but we re going to have to have a chat first. this is a morning program. a lot of kids like to watch us. i don t know. we ve messed up before, diana. diana, thank so much. diana and titan, thank you, congratulations. we ll see you on the plaza coming up soon. coming up later, stuffing options, but first, your local news and weather. more? oh, you ll love more. you also get concierge claims service, 24/7 live support, and pet injury coverage. that s totally awesome! brother jeffrey hasn t spoken in 12 years! i once went 12 whole minutes! saving more while getting more. now, that s progressive. call or click today. millions of people who suffer from frequent heartburn. can enjoy mealtime with family and friends. because now, for the first time, walgreens offers a new treatment option. prevacid 24 hour. the number one-prescribed acid reducer brand. over the last decade is available over the counter. to treat frequent heartburn a full 24 hours. walgreens. there s a way to stay well. live, local, latebreaking. this is wbal-tv 11 news today in baltimore. good morning. i am mindy basara. city police are releasing a new sketch they hope will lead to an arrest in a series of rapes around the city. this is a sketch of a man wanted for an assault on halloween at the 400 block of north coleman street. a sketch earlier this month of a man accused of raping a woman on north central ave. if you have information on the suspects, call the tip line 88- 223-0033. baltimore mayor sheila dixon apparently spent the gift cards meant for the families because she thought they were for recruit attorneys said she mistook the gift cards for gifts from her boyfriend, developer ronald lipscomb. he was in affected to bring her into using the cards. it seems to me that it gives the jury of reasonable doubt. it is argued that she used needy families as it does as a guise to steal the gift cards. the judge released 72 potential witnesses in the trial, a virtual who s who of leaders, including ronald lipscomb, congressman elijah cummings, and rev. frank reid. the weather is going to be a little bit better than yesterday. there will not be as much flooding on the western shore of the paper it costs between 20 and 30 miles per hour. the weather will improve over the weekend. sunshine and 70 degrees by sunday. we will have another update at 9:55. you re fighting for your life if you re a fan of the king of pop, well, now you can own one of michael jackson s cars, and then you ll be able to beat it. that s just one of the items sorry from a new auction featuring unique possessions of rock and roll royalty, including madonna, prince, and the king himself, thank you very much, elvis presley. that s next week on today. but meantime, check out who stopped by to fill us in on what s coming up this weekend on today. yeah. amy robach and lester holt. hello, guys. you always separate us. they must know. like the back-and-forth. let me tell you what s coming up this weekend. sarah palin s new book going rogue is coming out in a few days. we ll have a sneak peek. plus, the five things to know if you re planning to fly over the holidays. what to watch out for before you buy the tickets, if you haven t already. and take a tour of a special school. what s bringing tony bennett back to the halls of high school? find out this weekend on today. thank you, guys. thank you very much. have a great weekend. thank you. you, too. you, too. and still to come here on today, we ll help you get your garden ready for spring. yes, that s right, spring, because fall is now actually the time to start planting bulbs. we ll tell you all you need to know. also in today s kitchen, thanksgiving as you know is less than two weeks away. boy, oh, boy. so, it s time to talk about turkey and stuffing. we have delicious ideas coming up. also, an interview with a new book called the jazz loft project. i know you d be interested, because you re a musician. it s basically a discovery of 40,000 images by the photographer eugene smith. can i take a peek? yes. up lester s alley. jazz, including a monk who used to hang out in a loft here in new york city. very cool. first, a check of the weather with you. all right, let s see what s going on for the weekend. for tomorrow, looking at rain in new england, sunny skies and mild through the southeast. getting a chance to dry out. snow back through the rockies. then on sunday, sunday, we re looking at rain in northern new england, more wet weather in the pacific northwest, windy through expect off and on rainshowers as we had through this friday. it will not be steady rain like yesterday. winds will still be gusting over 30 miles per hour. high and that s your latest weather. and of course, it s friday, and you know what we re all about on friday. we re about sunday night football night in america, and this one is the one for the ages. that s right. the patriots come into the colts stadium, lucas oil stadium. grease them up, boys! mostly cloudy, 20% chance of showers, temperatures in the 50s. that s on sunday night football night in america ! bob costas all greasy. can t wait! yeah! ann. all right, al, thank you so much. coming up, talking about bulbs in today s garden. lcome to the modern world, people. woolite isn t just for your delicates! it s for all your clothes! with woolite complete you can wash everything, from jeans to tees, cause it has the right balance of care and cleaning. and say goodbye to fading, shrinking and stretching. after all, a lady never reveals the true age of her clothes. woolite complete, cleans and cares for all your clothes. shakes off dry winter skin with 2 separate ribbons. the white ribbon that cleanses and the body butter ribbon that moisturizes continuously leaving skin satiny smooth. goodbye dry winter skin. simply wholesome ingredients and nothing more. it doesn t look like the apple juice you ve always known, or taste like it. it tastes like biting into a crisp, juicy, perfectly ripe apple. yeah, we thought you d like that. 100% pure pressed simply apple. honestly simple. try all of our delicious juices and juice drinks. morning bob. 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( gasps ) hallmark keepsake ornaments. at your hallmark gold crown store. one of many ways to find meaning inside. this morning we are working in today s garden, and the leaves may still be clinging to the trees, but fall is actually the time of year to start planting your bulbs for bright blossoms all spring long. garden expert p. allen smith is here to show us how to do it. author of bring the garden indoors. p. allen, good to have you here. good morning, natalie. i knew it was you when i smelled the flowers and everything along with it. not exactly soil. now, bulbs, this is the time, right? fall. it is. if you want to have spring flowers in your garden with tulips and daffodils, all the favorite things we love, you need to plant them now. how do you choose or pick the bulbs? you want good, fresh, firm bulbs. the garden centers are full of them now. you can buy them prepackaged like this. the key is to keep them in a cool, dark place until you plant them. do not put them in the refrigerator with produce such as apples. the ethylene gas will kill the little flower embryo on the inside. oh, okay. so, be careful of that. so keep them in a cooler, dark place until you re ready to plant. and there s so many to choose from now and they re so affordable. tulips, narcosis here. the whole bit. if you re planting in the bed, natalie, what i like to do from a design standpoint is plant in big groups. mm-hmm. here, what i ve done is taken some bone meal to fertilize with them. oh, okay. here you can see i ve planted some daffodil bulbs. and daffodils definitely are key to spring. when you think of spring. well, they re a wonderful flower and deer-resistant. deer will not eat them. that s good. so, we re covering these bulbs. you say, well, how deep should they be buried? yeah. well, a rule of thumb is you cover it three times the width of the bulb. okay. so very simple. and as you said, scatter them loosely, because you don t want them standing in rows, right? right. if you want to naturalize them, dump them out like that, spread them around, and wherever they land, you plant them and you ll get this natural drift. oh, beautiful. and with that, you can have this in spring. these beautiful groupings. don t be stingy with bulbs, really pack them in. okay, and you don t have to worry about having the bulbs taking over the other ones? no. let them come up together. and i like to plant with companion plants like snap dragons, pansies and violas there. and no worry about frost or anything? they ll come up when they re ready. no. they have an antifreeze built into them. if you don t have a bed, you can grow them in containers. because your big thing is indoor gardens, too. now you would keep them thi outside, but you could grow this outdoors. if the cameraman will show the inside here, this has three layers of bulbs. what we ve done is we ve planted 75 of these apple tulips, three layers, soil, bulb, soil, bulb. here they re layered on top and then you pour the soil on top and water them in. all you need is a container, 75 bulbs, a bag of potting soil and water. then look how gorgeous. this is what you ll get in the spring. how long did it go from bulbs to being a pot like this? these will be dormant, continue to grow through the winter and in spring they ll emerge and bloom like this. i like to plant them a little bit away from the edge so you get a little insulation. beautiful. okay. now, if you don t have a place to have them outside, you can grow bulbs inside. and the paper whites are the perfect, especially during the holidays. i always love that smell. i buy tons of these and keep them in a cool, dark place. all you have to do is just place the bulbs in i mean, they ll grow literally in water, but you may want to use something to hold them down like we ve done here. you ve got gravel with bulbs i mean marble. that looks so pretty, natural. so, keep plenty of water in there and those bulbs will grow up through this and bloom. beautiful. all through the holidays and into the year. and they smell amazing. gorgeous, gorgeous. aren t they fantastic? i like to buy plenty of them now and store them, because the stores will be sold out and then you can have them throughout january and february. good. get planting now. p. allen smith, thanks so much. absolutely. coming up, a musical photographer who s captured some musical greats is remembered. for what matters to you. introducing blueprint. blueprint is free and only for chase customers. it lets you choose what purchases you want to pay and those you split. interest.with full pay. you decide how to pay over time. if having a plan matters. chase what matters. eate your own blueprint at chase.com/blueprint. no additives. no artificial ingredients. select harvest from campbell s now has twelve soups that are 100% natural. with ingredients like this, we want to show the world. select harvest, from campbell s. made with gooey hersheys mini-kisses. spontanious joy may occur. and i was so tender to the touch but i didn t know why. my doctor diagnosed it as fibromyalgia. and then he recommended lyrica. fibromyalgia is thought to be the result of over-active nerves that cause chronic, widespread pain. lyrica is fda-approved to help relieve the unique pain of fibromyalgia. so now, i m learning what a day is like with less pain. lyrica is not for everyone. tell your doctor about any serious allergic reaction that causes swelling or affects breathing or skin, or changes in eyesight including blurry vision or muscle pain with fever or tired feeling. lyrica may cause suicidal thoughts or actions in a very small number of people. some of the most common side effects of lyrica are dizziness, sleepiness, weight gain and swelling of hands, legs, and feet. do not drink alcohol while taking lyrica. you should not drive or operate machinery until you know how lyrica affects you. could your pain be caused by fibromyalgia? 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well, the first time i came across these tapes, there were 740 reels of tape in a photo archive, and they hadn t been touched in 30 years. and we couldn t hear them because the university of arizona had a policy, a rightful policy, that the tapes had to be properly preserved before we could play them. so, all i could do was look at the tapes, read the names that were chicken scratched by eugene smith on the labels of the tapes, and then imagine using the labels and the photographers what might be heard on these tapes. and what was on these tapes were recordings created by the celebrated photographer, life magazine photographer, back between 1957 and 1965, and they basically were recorded here in new york city at an address which is 821 sixth avenue, which was basically a late-night place for charles mingis, bill evans, filonias monk. it s crazy, but eugene smith, known for his images, he left his job at life magazine. he had a wife and four children and he devoted himself to this work. what made him do that? well, i ve been studying him for 13 years, and he was a feverish, passionate, obsessive workaholic. there s no evidence that he did anything besides work. and he left life. he left a very large salary and a very large expense account, moved into this dilapidated building and proceeded to wire the building from the sidewalk to the fifth floor and made all these tapes and all these photographs, and there was no logical outlet for it. there was no way you could do anything with these tapes, no way you could publish 40,000 photographs. and these photographs and these audio tapes are a major part of america s musical history, because jazz is, of course, quintessentially american. you haven t even gone through all of the tapes, there s so many of them, but we have a clip right now of something that was recorded, it was rehearsals with saxophonist suit sims. let s take a listen. you know, the thing about it is that these people oftentimes didn t even realize they were being recorded. not only was their music recorded, but conversations were picked up. that s right. so, what did we learn? by the way, did that cross the line, you know, recording people without even letting them know that they were being recorded? one thing i want to say about zoot sims is there was no audience in this building. there was no knowledge they were being recorded. and one of the marvels of the entire project is every time zoot sims played, he played beautifully, and he had no idea he was being recorded. it was really incredible. whether smith crossed the line in his photography career, one of the things about him was he was always compassionate, always sensitive toward his subjects. and we know that he would have been the same with these tapes, if he had ever done anything with them. but yes, they re surreptitious recordings, and so, sometimes you capture things that way that are more real and true, but they do cross the line in terms of the morality of it. with a few seconds left, with this book, what do you hope now that you re bringing these to light, you re letting these be seen by everyone. what do you want this to say or teach us about jazz? this book gives you a glimpse of the jazz world you rarely ever see. it s behind the scenes, it s private, and you get to hear the things that happened in clubs or studios, but this is what happens outside of the clubs and studios. you rarely get to see that. all right, a glimpse into a different world. that s right. sam stephenson, thank you so much for bringing it to us. the book is called the jazz loft project. and coming up next, thanksgiving is just around the corner, and up next, gr this morning in today s kitchen, hot chefs amanda hesser and meryl stubs. there seems to be countless turkey recipes to choose from, but we have two that might make your thanksgiving extra special. amanda and meryl are co-founders of the web side food52. good morning, ladies. good morning. hey. stuffing, do you know anybody who doesn t like stuffing? no. can t think of a single person. and if they don t, i don t trust them. these are special stuffings here. yep. let s start here first, amanda. now, what is this stuffing that we re going to make? so, this is a vegetarian stuffing. it s made with holla and traditional vegetables like onions, celery, mushrooms, rosemary and thyme. why holla bread? what s great about holla can we all say it together now? holla! this recipe comes from mrs. wheel barrow, an expert on our site. and her husband s vegetarian. i m going to put this here because we re going to put you to work. challah is great because it s buttery and fluffy and wonderful. very much like myself. exactly. so, you re going to mix for us. what we do first is saute the vegetables. is this stale challah? it s stale, and that s the trick. with stuffing, you want your bread to be stale or toasted, because then it object soshs the liquid and doesn t fall apart. and challah s great because it has a lot of butter in it, it s very rich. we re going to season this a bit. okay. then we re going to add a vegetable broth, which is over here. all right. yep. and some and then the secret ingredient, which is, of course, more butter. of course! a whole stick of butter. yes! that s all right. there we go. excellent. this is when it gets really fun. so, what you want to do with this is we use an iron pan and you press it into the pan, cover it and bake it. and the other trick with stuffing is you want to bake it half covered, and then at the end, uncover it so it gets a crisp top and stays nice in the center. and what are we making here, sweet potatoes? sweet potato and mushroom stuffing. so, the bread s a little different. and you start with these great, homemade garlic croutons. they have sage and rosemary and garlic and olive oil in them. you bake them first. this recipe comes from melissa v., who is from fort lauderdale, an attorney. her husband owns a wine store. oh, nice. so, you ve cubed smup sweet potatoes? yep, and first goes in the chorizo, which is a smokey sausage, flavored with paprika. and you can get it spicy or mild. so, that s here. some onions? some onions. sauteed onions. right. and some shiitake mushrooms. i don t want to burn you. which is nice and brown. and then of course just half. just half? why only half? because you brush the bread with the remaining. or you could use all of this and melt some more butter. exactly. the thing about stuffing, when you think about it, it s just bread, which is like a comforting food to everyone, that you season with your favorite flavors. and what s this we re putting in here? chicken stock mixed with an egg. put it all together. so you re going to bake it. let s head back this way. can you, in fact, do this in the turkey? you can, but what we like about both of these recipes is by baking them in the oven, when you uncover them, you get a k s crispy top, which you don t get in the bird. or you could do some in the bird and some in the oven and mix them together. amanda, meryl, thank you so much. thank you. we love stuffing. and coming up still? sglyt we ve got ambush makeovers for some lucky women on our plaza this morning. first your local news and weather. have a great weekend, everyone. live, local, latebreaking. this is wbal-tv 11 news today in baltimore. good morning. i am mindy basara. health officials have confirmed six more marylanders have died of complications of the h1n1 flew over the past four weeks, and that brings the total number of deaths in maryland to 19. all six victims are adults to the underlying health conditions. three people lived under the baltimore area, at two in western good morning, everyone. expect off and on rainshowers as we head throughout the day today. not a steady high temperatures in the 50 s, but it will feel like it is in the 40 s. showers in the morning on saturday. see you back here for a 11 news at noon.