plus, jerry seinfeld and david letterman settle a red-hot jealous feud over regis philbin, that clip later. but first, the news live at 5:30 a.m. here at 30 rock in new york city. president obama is heading to bali right now, after wrapping up a two-day visit to australia. although his trip will not take him to china, the u.s. relationship with that country took center stage. the pentagon deploying u.s. marines now to australia as the united states flexes its military and economic muscle in the region. >> i have therefore made a deliberate andqsñ strategic decision. as a pacific nation, the united states will play a larger and long-term role in shaping this region and its future. our enduring interests in the region demand our enduring presence in the region. the united states is a pacific power and we are here to stay. >> the troops will be stationed in darwin, australia, beginning next summer. we go live now toç darwin, thas where we find chief white house correspondent, chuck todd, chuck, i was going to say thanks for waking up for us, but this is good for you, this is the only

jerry seinfeld will fill his chair starting on monday. regis' final show is today at 9:00 right here on abc 7. >> 6:35 is our time. it is 34 degrees. >> after security for a presidential candidate. why herman cain is now protected by the secret service. >> a fan favorite in an oscar contender. new movies for the weekend. >> we have another check on traffic and weather every 10 yoyou ready for your present? yeah. all right i'll be right back. okay. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] sometimes the giving can be just as amazing as the gift. [ woman ] what do you think? [ laughs ] ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] it's the lexus december to remember sales event, offering some of our best values of the year but only for a limited time. see your lexus dealer. >> time for a look at traffic and weather every 10 minutes. >> it is chilly out there this morning. it is ok. before you know it, winter will be here. clear skies along with very light winds, calm conditions. let's get started. looking out across the chesapeake bay towards maryland beaches, a ver

. >>> elsewhere, when regis philbin leaves the air waves this month, none other than jerry seinfeld will be the first guest host to take his chair. >>> finally arriving to a media frenzy in australia, kim kardashian posted an apology on her website tuesday admitted she probably should have ended her relationship with kris humphries. we were talking about the wedding gift. she said she was going to gave money to charity. >> i don't get my wedding gift back. >>> this comes to us from wvit in connecticut, hard forty, where one couple refused to last this past weekend rare snowstorm darken their wedding day. power outages put an end to marry in their home. the couple headed to the town's storm shelter to say i do. with friends and family, as well as 200 heat-seeking strangers watching, the couple got married giving everyone there a heart-warming storm memory. congratulations to them. >>> i'm lynn berry and this is "early today." just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. >> live, local, late-breaking, this is wbal-tv 11 news today. >> good morning. we're off to a nice quiet s

. >>> elsewhere, when regis philbin leaves the air waves this month, none other than jerry seinfeld will be the first guest host to take his chair. >>> finally arriving to a media frenzy in australia, kim kardashian posted an apology on her website tuesday admitted she probably should have ended her relationship with kris humphries. we were talking about the wedding gift. she said she was going to gave money to charity. >> i don't get my wedding gift back. >>> this comes to us from wvit in connecticut, hard forty, where one couple refused to last this past weekend rare snowstorm darken their wedding day. power outages put an end to marry in their home. the couple headed to the town's storm shelter to say i do. with friends and family, as well as 200 heat-seeking strangers watching, the couple got married giving everyone there a heart-warming storm memory. congratulations to them. >>> i'm lynn berry and this is "early today." just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. >>> time right now 4:28. 45 degrees here in the nation's capital. kind of a cool start to this november 2n

. >>> elsewhere, when regis philbin leaves the air waves this month, none other than jerry seinfeld will be the first guest host to take his chair. >>> finally arriving to a media frenzy in australia, kim kardashian posted an apology on her website tuesday admitting she probably should have ended her relationship with kris humphries. we were talking about the wedding gift. she said she was going to give money to charity. >> i don't get my wedding gift back? >>> this comes to us from wvit in connecticut, where one couple refused to let this past weekend's rare snowstorm darken their wedding day. power outages put an end to marry in their home. the couple headed to the town's storm shelter to say i do. with friends and family, as well as 200 heat-seeking strangers watching, the couple got married giving everyone there a heart-warming storm memory. >>> i'm lynn berry and this is "early today." just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. >>> of all rituals celebrating the day of the dead across latin america, this may be the most unique. locals in one small town remove, clean

. >>> the late show with david letterman next with jerry seinfeld. >>> thanks for watching wyz13, maryla

jessica alba and jerry seinfeld are just some of the many stars who came out for a special evening at new york's lincoln center. >> i'm wearing a designer called ralph lauren. [ laughs ] >> naomi watts was kidding. just about all the celebs were wearing ralph lauren. after all, this glittering event was in honor of the famous fashion designer. >> every single version of his brand is so beautiful and classy. >> it was also a big fundraiser for the performing arts and for the fight against cancer. a record-breaking $7 million was raised, with much of the money going to the ralph lauren center for cancer care and prevention in harlem. >> the center takes care of people in underserved communities who would not otherwise get access to proper healthcare, especially when it comes to cancer. >> oprah winfrey gave the audience a rare glimpse into the designer's personal life. she asked him the secret to his success. >> i love what i do, and i know you love what you do. >> is it more challenging and difficult when you're creating the american image for foreign countries like china? >> it's not

comedian jerry seinfeld will sit in for three days. after him, adjacent segal and kim cattrall are expected to spend some time. after all those years. >> sounds like there's a tryout going on. let's take a look at the seven- day forecast. ho-hum is what i call it earlier. mostly sunny skies and a few added clouds. the temperatures are not changing very much. mid-50s for highs by saturday. there's the friendly reminder with the clock on the screen that it is time to fall back again one hour. >> that [ mr. connal ] ] i was paying too much with cable. w was crazy! paying so much you want better quality. it was like you were trapped because that was the only system that was in our neighborhood -- was that cable. i was just getting too frustrated. [ male announcer ] stop paying for second best. upgrade to verizon fios tv internet and phone for our best price online -- just $89.99 a month guaranteed for two years with the option of no annual contract. i always heard great things about fios but the first time i saw the picture it was just lik

>> look at this, cover of "newsweek" magazine with his buddy jerry seinfeld. >> i love you more. >> are you getting ready to kiss jerry? >> i'm not going to kissingerry. >> have you taken a couple test shots at this? >> no, i'm a natural athlete. >> have you ever driven one before? >> no. >> regis, are you ready by friend? >> i'm ready. >> for the love of god, be careful. god speed. regis philbin, there he goes. >> i made it! thank you for my birthday present. >> oh, my god. >> one show left and we kill him. >> he's all right. sick about this whole mess. >> ready. >> oh, gosh. good night everybody. get your hand off my [ bleep ]. there we go. >> that would have been terrible the day before his last show. still ahead on "way too early" why are you awake? tweets, texts and e-mails are up moments away. [ male announcer ] juice drink too watery? ♪ feel the power my young friend. mmm! [ male announcer ] for unsurpassed fruit and veggie nutrition... v8 v-fusion. could've had a v8. [ female announcer ] give a little cheer to a family of a soldier. just cut out the cheer from your specially m

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. >>> elsewhere, when regis philbin leaves the air waves this month, none other than jerry seinfeld will be the first guest host to take his chair. >>> finally arriving to a media frenzy in australia, kim kardashian posted an apology on her website tuesday admitting she probably should have ended her relationship with kris humphries. she was just caught up in the happ hoopla of filming her tv show. i know you want your towels back, but she'll donate money to charity. is that good enough for you? >> no. >> i wasn't myç towels. i'm lynn wear r berry. willie geist is next. >>> the prime minister of degrees rolls the dice and stuns his counterparts by calling a referendum that could threaten the economic health of europe and the world. the question is why is greece doing it? we'll have a live report. meanwhile more questions for herman cain as a new report shows there was a significant payoff to a woman who accused him of sexual harassment and another woman wants to be released from her confidentiality agreement so she can speak out. can mr. cain weather a storm that he failed to address c

thanks, everybody. [ cheers and applause ] >> next week, regis' seat will be filled by comedian jerry seinfeld then the show will look for a permanent co-host. >>> the fourth and second to last installment of the blockbuster hit "twilight" movies came out last night at midnight. the theater staff says they sold thousands of tickets for the lucky fans who managed to get tickets to the midnight showing. they say it was worth the wait. >> it's definitely worth coming out here at midnight to see it first. all really good. a little too much blood, but it was really cool. the special effects, team jacob! >> "breaking dawn part 2" is due out next november. >>> thanksgiving's still six day as way. that didn't stop christmas from coming to down this afternoon. the official baltimore city hall christmas tree rolled in. the pinehurst nursery of glen arm was straightened and set by a crane by the recreation and parks department. the 39th annual christmas parade will start at polly western high school on december 4th. >>> i have a little twilight for you here, josey. look at that, twilight, 4:50.

and later -- >>> next "anderson," jerry seinfeld in the studio and on the streets of new york. >> there's no way to get the one way up there. >> what his home life is like. >> this is the first time we have ever done this. >>> 7 is on your side with a word of caution about thanksgiving leftovers. >> the center for science and public interest has offered a few tips on what you should do with leftovers. first, two hours, two inches, and four days. all leftovers need to be in the refrigerator within two hours. food containers should only be filled two inches high to allow rapid chilling. all refrigerate leftovers should be eaten within four days unless you choose to freeze them. >>> 39 degrees 6:26. >> we will see how blacks friday shoppers are doing. >> a judge has ordered that the georgetown students detained in egypt released. see how his family is reacting to the news. >> yesterday was great in the weather for thanksgiving. hey... there's mom! hey, let mom try. ready, go! ♪ ♪ yeah, rock on, mom! [ male announcer ] sometimes a hint is all the wrapping a gift needs. wait a minute...i..

jerry seinfeld and alec baldwin live around here. the last thing we should get is free stuff from taxpayers. a few blocks to my apartment they are giving away bike helmets. local politicians got a federal grant to help them do this. >> if it's a big success? >> it's a tremendous success. >> john: it's dumb to do this but if you offer free stuff. the line went around the block. >> people can afford their own helmet but why not take advantage. >> why not, it's money flying around. i'll grab all i can. it has to come from someone, the entrepreneurs that create wealth. >> the stores down the street, it's not nice to them that are. >> give me a break. bureaucrats proudly told us they gave away 45,000 helmets. >> why is to take tax money to give away bike helmets. it's a federal grant. it's zbloojts but with our crushing debt some of this shouldn't do. this this is my city councilwoman. >> how do politicians feel they have a right to spend money in rich neighborhoods. this is public money? >> i don't believe that. if you live here there ar

. >>> jerry seinfeld will be the first guest host on "live! with regis and kelly" he will join kelly ripa for three days. a show has not named a permanent successor for regis philbin. >>> still another half-hour. coming up, shifting strategy in afghanistan. why it could mean an end of combat even earlier than expected. >> jayna murray's family reacts to a guilty verdict returned by the jury yesterday. by brianne carter. details coming up. >> adam caskey in the belfort furniture weather center. a little warmer this morning than yesterday. pleasant this afternoon. a little system was lied to our ♪ ♪ [ female announcer ] pillsbury chocolate chip cookies with hershey's chocolate chips. for a moment of warm gooey, togetherness. chocolate chip cookies... from pillsbury. [ female announcer ] these are the crescents you love on a holiday. and these are the ones you'll love on a school night. pillsbury crescent dogs with just a few ingredients you have an easy dinner... pillsbury crescent dogs... school night ideas made easy. >>> live and in hd, th

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jerry seinfeld is going to be the first guest host on "live with regis and kelly" after regis makes exit. he will be guest-hosting for three shows in november. he's just one of what's going to be a parade of guest hosts as the show decides who is going to be the full-time replacement for really the irreplaceable regis philbin. they're clearly going for variety in their guest hosts, listen to the line-up, it includes kim cattrall. howie mandel and miss piggy and kelly sitting next to each other. >> they're going to be some competition there for diva-hood for sure. >> i think, i think. >> i can't wait to see jerry seinfeld and kelly. >>> and there's also some pretty shocking news out there, about one of the most popular teen idols on the planet. >> yeah, the biebs, he's being sued by a woman who says he is the father of her three-month-old baby boy. she's 20-year-old mariah gator and she's alleging that she and then 16-year-old bieber had unprotected sex in a backstage bathroom after one of his concerts. she's demanding he take a paternity test. even if she were to prove her claim, she cou

you work for jerry seinfeld's father. >> that's very true, steve. >> the more impressions of amazement that you're coming out on top. here's the thing, jerry seinfeld did not do it in dress shoes. >> thank you very much. >> you know the way it should have gone. that should have gone -- that should have gone to mario lopez was supposed to race him. he said to me, are you serious? we're about to go in. i have a bad hamstring and my pants are too tight. all right, then i'll race him. >> mario lopez said his pants were too tight? >> and i wasn't going to go there. no, this is in the commercial break. wouldn't mind if we said it. he came in sixth place even though he bettered his time when he won it. he was in sixth place but the number one american, i think, wasn't he? >> mario lopez had 4 hours and 23 minutes. apolo ohno did three hours and 33 minutes. >> the winner came close to doing it under two hours. >> i think it was around eight. but still. >> christie turlington, she was also at 4 something. right in there. i mean, amazing. >> that's fantastic. >> hats off to everyone who did take

and jerry seinfeld is on. mark wahlberg was just on. >> jimmy: oh, really? >> yeah. >> jimmy: i would love to be invited. [ laughter ] hey, you got enough. you're probably busy with seinfeld and mark wahlberg. >> i've invited you. i've invited you. >> jimmy: look at this. look at this. halloween -- >> this was my halloween -- yeah. >> jimmy: you dressed up as phil donahue. and there comes the real phil donahue. he's standing right next to you. that's pretty awesome. >> yeah, it was pretty cool. [ applause ] he was a great sport about it. >> jimmy: that is really, really good. >> he said, "wow, you look exactly the same." >> jimmy: yeah. >> it's 29 years on television. >> jimmy: are you sure that's not a cardboard cutout? that's pretty fun. look at this background, too. >> that's our halloween special. yes, it overlooks columbus circle. so, it's amazing. >> jimmy: oh, my gosh. i mean, that's a real backdrop. that's new york city. whereas ours is paper mache. [ laughter ] somebody made that in grade school. >> i get e-mails from people who think its fake thoug

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as i said during the break, jerry seinfeld on his sitcom tried to say when does it become sex? when the nipple comes out. it's the same thing with a sex scandal. until there's salacious detail that people can latch on to, it looks like a media scandal. >> it's a good point. we were talking about the weird conflicted intuitions about sex scandals, sexual harassment, affairs, sex outside marriage, sending pictures of yourself on social media. the pure yens of it is a driver and having iconic detail that we had in clarence thomas case, we had in bill clinton. we had with anthony wiener that's absent now and is keeping a lid on it. i want to thank my guests today. michelle goldberg, author of reproduction, sex power and the future of the world. i commend to you. michael brendan doherty who is doing a top job at insider.com. thank you all. thank you at home for joining us. we'll be back next saturday at 7:00 a.m. eastern time. my guests include msnbc's own martin bashir. and new york attorney generic schneiderman. set your dvr's now. i mean it. in the meantime, you can find us on fa

jerry seinfeld, celebrities involved as well. >> if you can't go to the plaza, visit our website, today.com. >> and drop toys off at nbc experience store across the street. >>> let's get another check of the parade forecast from al, on the upper west side. t-30 to the parade. >> weather is perfect. blue skies no, wind. temperature around 40. mary j. blige, a little chilly this morning, mary? >> yes, a little. >> you'll be on the big apple float. first time in the parade. >> first time. i watched it for years as a child. and just growing up. and i'm here right now. it's amazing to watch all of the floats before they come down. all tied down. just nice. >> your new album is out. film version of "rock of ages," coming out 2012. and you were just cast as legend nina simone. >> very thankful. i'm just thankful, period. every day i'm thankful. >> and after the float, what are your thanksgiving plans? >> spend it with family. that's it. eat good. love, laugh. you know, play. >> there you go. that's great. is that like the rest of us. after the meal, do you unbutton the meal on the pants? >> i have

jerry seinfeld, celebrities involved as well. >> if you can't go to the plaza, visit our website, today.com. >> and drop toys off at nbc experience store across the street. >>> let's get another check of the parade forecast from al, on the upper west side. t-30 to the parade. >> weather is perfect. blue skies no, wind. temperature around 40. mary j. blige, a little chilly this morning, mary? >> yes, a little. >> you'll be on the big apple float. first time in the parade. >> first time. i watched it for years as a child. and just growing up. and i'm here right now. it's amazing to watch all of the floats before they come down. all tied down. just nice. >> your new album is out. the journey continues. film version of "rock of ages," coming out 2012. and you were just cast as legend nina simone. >> very thankful. i'm just thankful, period. every day i'm thankful. >> and after the float, what are your thanksgiving plans? >> spend it with family. that's it. eat good. love, laugh. you know, play. >> there you go. that's great. is that like the rest of us. after the meal, do you unbutton the meal

kelly ripa will continue on with the show and she will be there on monday sitting next to jerry seinfeld who will be the temporary fill-in. ♪ we're living on the edge toothpaste and outh, mouth wetting lonzenges - guaranteed effective on all types of bad breath and dry mouth. nothing works faster than therabreath. visit therabreathforfree.com >>> for nearly two weeks now we've been reporting about the horrific allegations of child rape by a former assistant football coach at penn state. we are learning now that the alleged abuse by jerry sandusky may have started decades ago. also today, a new report of alleged abuse involving another big college sports program. a long-time associate basketball coach at syracuse university is now on administrative leave. bernie fine is accused of using ball boys for the team -- abusing ball boys for the team in the 1980s and '90s. rich lewis is a columnist at the sentinel in carlisle, pennsylvania. he writes that the penn state scandal has opened the floodgates on alleged abuse cases at colleges and universities. rich joins us now. rich, thank you. we

jerry seinfeld, celebrities involved as well. >> if you can't go to the plaza, visit our website, today.com. >> and drop toys off at nbc experience store across the street. >>> let's get another check of the parade forecast from al, on the upper west side. t-30 to the parade. >> weather is perfect. blue skies no, wind. temperature around 40. mary j. blige, a little chilly this morning, mary? >> yes, a little. >> you'll be on the big apple float. first time in the parade. >> first time. i watched it for years as a child. and just growing up. and i'm here right now. it's amazing to watch all of the floats before they come down. all tied down. just nice. >> your new album is out. the journey continues. film version of "rock of ages," coming out 2012. and you were just cast as legend nina simone. >> very thankful. i'm just thankful, period. every day i'm thankful. >> and after the float, what are your thanksgiving plans? >> spend it with family. that's it. eat good. love, laugh. you know, play. >> there you go. that's great. is that like the rt of us. after the meal, do you unbutton the meal on

it's another entertainment giant, jerry seinfeld. at least temporarily. by the way, the show will be called "live with kelly," until a full-time partner is named. otherwise, it would be a lot of work for the graphics department. can understand that. >>> remember this scene in "love actually," the one where british prime minister, a.k.a., hugh grant, dances down downing street? he has something else to boogie about. he is a first 6 time dad. the mom is chinese actress. they're not together any longer. they're thrilled about their daughter, born in late september. and we realize that grant starred in a flick about "about a boy." but it's about his baby girl. >>> and an exclusive announcement about a performance that will have you want to cut loose next week at the cma awards. kenny loggins and blake shelton will open up the show with a rocking rendition of "footloose." loggins, you recall, wrote the song. and shelton's version is burning up the charts. so, get ready to kick off your sunday shoes. thank you very much. >>> and robin's special first. >> and ro

it's another entertainment giant, jerry seinfeld. at least temporarily. the show will be called "live with kelly," until a full-time partner is named. otherwise, it would be a lot of work for the graphics department. can understand that. >>> remember this season in "love actually," the one where british prime minister, a.k.a., hugh grant, dances down downing street? he has something else to boogie about. he is a first 6 time dad. the mom is chinese actress. they're not together any longer. they're thrilled about their daughter, born in late september. and we realize that grant starred in a flick about "about a boy." but it's about his baby girl. >>> and an exclusive announcement about a performance that will have you want to cut loose next week at the cma awards. kenny loggins and blake shelton will open up the show with a rocking rendition of "footloose." loggins wrote the song. and shelton's version is burning up the charts. so, check off your sunday shoes. thank you very much. >>> and robin's special first. >> and robin roberts' special. >> thank you.

cover of "newsweek" magazine, ladies and gentlemen, with his buddy jerry seinfeld. >> i love you more than i love jerry. >> are you getting ready to kissingery? >> no i'm not. i'll never kissingery. i'm not going to kissingery. >> if i can get you to kiss seinfeld that's it. >> later regis gave him a going away gift. i think they may be -- >> oh, no. >> have you taken a couple test shots at this? >> no. i'm natural athlete. >> have you ever ridden one of these before? >> no. >> all right. be very careful. regis, are you ready, my friend? >> i'm on it. i'm ready to go. first time ever. >> for the love of god, be careful. thank you. god speed. regis -- there he goes. >> i made it! thank you for my birthday present! >> oh, my. >> it's all right. >> we've got one show left and we kill him. >> it's all right. >> just sick about this whole mess. >> oh, my gosh. >> really? >> good night everybody. >> get your hand off my [ bleep ]. there we go. >> two of the greats. letterman and regis. >> with the helmet on. it's good. we haven't seen the last of regis. he'll be back. hope he has a good sho

>> brian: i always go by what would jerry seinfeld do. here is how it looked a short time ago. >> what's that smell? smoke. everybody, i think i smell some smoke back here. fire! fire! fire! >> gretchen: oh, my gosh. let me just say that last hour, brian and eric said george costanzo, that's what they would do. >> eric: you would throw your dog out, your wife and then yourself. >> brian: the dog was something you brought up. i never bring my dog on a trip. my dog doesn't pack well. here is what you say. i can say with 100% certainty that my husband would get me off first, so to speak. that doesn't surprise me as though he was a marine and i believe they will do all they can and put their lives at risk. so he does this. god bless the military. glad i married a real man. >> gretchen: mike in connecticut says this: my wife agrees with the dog's first rule. husbands come way down the list. wait a minute. those are the e-mails we picked? >> brian: yes. >> gretchen: come on! >> brian: a lot of you wrote in. in times of trouble -- >> eric: mirac

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. >> so funny when you say that when i think of andy rooney i almost link him oddly to jerry seinfeld. i wonder if seinfeld was inspired or someone like bill o'reilly was inspired what they saw these every day annoyances. >> occasional humor. >> andy rooney, go back to when he got started in journalism in 1942 as a member of the army writing for the "stars and stripes." this isn't a guy that just dipped his his toe in and started started in television right away. he visited world war ii, post world war ii nazi concentration camps. he has done it? >> his books are remarkable too. he speaks eloquently about world war ii. he would write books about world war ii and that generation. he was there. he would see monty and see what was unfolding north of africa. he had this great perspective on it. of course, i mentioned his having met the king. the king's speech came out just a few years ago. he said i met the king and i talked to him and he stuttered to me you have seen it all. >> not everybody everyone can say that he was married 62 years to his wife marguerite. four children. his wife die