good morning. breaking news. two top officials at penn state university step down overnight as an investigation widens into shocking allegations that a former coach with the school's legendary football program sexually abused at least eight boys over the course of 15 years. herman cain fires back at reporters after being asked once again about being accused of sexual are harassment. new polls are showing more support for former house speaker newt gingrich. this morning he'll speak with us. ♪ where in the world, where in the world is matt lauer ♪ where in the world is matt

lauer. there are at least three people around here who have no idea where he is. matt is about to reveal his location "today," monday, november 7th, 2011. ♪ where in the world, where in the world is matt lauer ♪ captions paid for by nbc-universal television and welcome to "today" on this monday morning. i'm ann curry. we have the latest on the overnight developments in the sex abuse scandal that has rocked penn state in just a moment and also as well we'll also have other stories, the st top stories of the morning. we begin with the question al, natalie and i have been asking ourselves all weekend. >> where in the world is matt lauer? ♪ where in the world, where in the world is matt lauer ♪ ♪ she a sign, give me a clue

♪ drop me a hint and tell me something new ♪ ♪ it's a global mystery ♪ mystery ♪ you've got to watch and see ♪ where in the world, where in the world is matt lauer ♪ >> hey, guys. good morning. it's nice to see you. i hope you had a nice weekend and if you remember before i left you on friday i did give you that little clue. it conjures up thoughts of a child's worst fright but there are no people to scare in this skier's delight. for the first time this week and hopefully the fifth time or fifth to last time ever, where in the world am i? >> you know, obviously i'm wrong. i was thinking over the weekend, transylvania because it's scary there and skiing. >> i have no idea. >> looking at your background and wearing a lightweight shirt i was guessing antarctica, the ghost mountains but i'm completely wrong. >> okay, matt, where are you?

>> here we go. let me break down the clue for you. the conjuring up thoughts of a child's worst fright refers to skeletons, all kids are afraid of skeleton so we're on the skeleton coast of africa. the part about no people to scare, it's because we are also in the middle of the nabib desert and if you translate nabib in the traditional language of koi koi, it means language of no people. instead of telling you about, why don't i show it to you. if you're ready, look out below. >> sand skiing. >> oh, wow. >> wow. >> oh my gosh. >> all right! that's fun. >> this is namibia? is that where they are? because they have the beautiful dunes. >> beautiful. >> nice form, matt.

>> so here in the southern hemisphere, that is what we call spring skiing and they, ann, on the way down i heard you say it, is that in namibia. you're right. we're at one of the most amazing countries i've been doing in the ten years of this series. the dunes stretch as far as the eye can see. actually for hundreds and hundreds of miles, and they're ever changing. the winds here between the desert and the atlantic reshape the dunes every single day. some move as much as a half a mile every single year. you can walk a couple of hundred yards in any direction and feel completely isolated, just you and lizards and beetles and occasional marimba band. it's a very young country.

namibia is the third youngest country in all of africa, lots of variety here. up north and to the west the terrain changes dramatically. you've got exotic an jals, the big five everybody wants to see on safari, elephants, we'll take to you see those and huge colonies of cape fur seals down by the atlantic ocean just a short distance from here. i'll take to you see those live in a little while, also, diamonds and the definition of the skeleton coast, think whales and shipwrecks. i promise you won't be disappointed as we spend the morning in namibia. >> you already got us smiling, matt. thanks so much. let's begin this morning with a check of the day's top stories and there are serious stories to get to, natalie? >> good morning, everyone. two penn state officials step down as they face charges of covering up allegations of child sex abuse. at the center of the scandal is the football team's former defensive coordinator, jerry s n

sandus sandusky. nbc's kristen dahlgren has the story. >> reporter: penn state and college football's winningest coach, joe paterno are facing serious questions. the school's athletic director and vice president are stepping down after being indicted in an alleged coverup involving former defensive coordinator jerry sandusky charged with child sex abuse. sandusky has an assistant coach for paterno for over a decade. he said he's troubled someone he knew may have harmed young people. sandusky was well-known for his work with at youth risk youth. >> they succeed here. >> reporter: now sandusky is charged with sexually abusing eight boys between 1994 and 2009. one of the alleged encounters happened in 2002, on the penn state campus, and was witnessed by a graduate assistant who went

to paterno within days. paterno in turn reported it to the athletic director who prosecutors say failed to alert authorities. attorneys for sandusky and the school officials vow to fight the charges. prosecutors did not accuse paterno of wrongdoing. in a statement paterno said "i understand that people are upset and angry but let's be fair and let the legal process unfold." kristen dahlgren, nbc news, los angeles. greek leaders from rival political parties meet today as they hammer out the historic power sharing deal that forms a new government. george papandreou agreed to resign once the conditions are complete. the greek economy is threatening to collapse, threatening other nations as well especially italy. for the latest on the imimpact on our markets we turn to cnbc's courtney reagan this morning. >> good morning, natalie.

a lot of uncertainty is probably definitely in what's going to happen today for the markets as a part of what we're going to wait for, for greece, we want to hear how this new interim government plans to use the massive bailout package that they're going to get from the european union. so all of this combined with your worries about what's going on in italy, and if they can pass a budget vote over there, it will certainly cause trouble here in the u.s. markets. watch for any headlines to possibly cause a wild swing in either direction today. natalie, back to you. >> we'll stay tuned to cnbc all day long. thanks, courtney reagan. blink and you'll miss her. lindsay low han was in and out of a los angeles county jail last night, after reporting to serve her 30-day jail sentence for violating terms of probation. the troubled star was released four and a half hours from her initial booking due to jail overcrowding. back to ann and al. let's go back to matt and

ask him, he did that so well skiing down the sand. matt, listen, how many times did you have to practice that and how does that compare with snow skiing? >> we practiced it twice yesterday. we didn't want to do it this morning because we wanted it to be virgin sand. they didn't want to see tracks in it. for skiers out there it's a little easier than snow skiing. you don't slide as much. it's like skiing in very wet, dense powder. it's a lot of fun. >> but if you fall, it's a lot different. >> if you fall, instead of getting a mouthful of snow you get a mouthful of sand, which is not fun. >> and you turn into a little sand ball. well, listen, i'm so glad you didn't fall. you look fantastic. we're excited about your reporting. >> how warm is it out there? >> you know what? down below here, where there's no wind it's probably about 80 degrees but it's a cool wind that comes off the atlantic ocean. sometimes we're wearing jackets up here. it's not desert hot as you would imagine. >> oh, interesting.

>> all right, well thanks so much, matt. now let's get a check of the weather from you, mr. rocker. >> that's right, some folks in the rockies will be doing snow skiing today thanks to a big system in the mid section of the country. on the west side of the system, winter storm watches and advisories out ahead of it. severe weather possible from san angelo to tulsa, the possibility of tornadoes due to a vigorous low pressure system that's developing down in the southwest. rainfall amounts anywhere from four to eight inches, i should say six inches of rain for much of eastern oklahoma. behind it we're talking about anywhere from three to eight inches of snow through the central rockies. >> good morning. it will be a nice day today. in little chilly to start. sunshine expected this afternoon.

>> and that's your latest weather. ann. now to presidential politics. in a moment we'll talk to gop contender and former house speaker newt gingrich, but first, nbc's chief white house correspondent and political director chuck todd has the latest on the race for the white house. hey, chuck, good morning. >> good morning, ann. it's been over a week since the allegations of sexual harassment against herman cain surfaced. while the candidate has made no progress in ending the controversy, there's not a lot of evidence it's hurting him politically, even as he finds himself unable to change the subject. >> don't even go there. >> reporter: can i ask my question? >> no. >> reporter: the questions about herman cain's past behavior aren't going away. >> where is my chief of staff. >> right here. >> please send him the journalistic code of ethics. >> reporter: then he's not

exactly walking away from them either. >> i was going to do something my staff told me not to do and try to respond, okay? what i'm saying is this. we are -- >> can you get to the mike? >> we are getting back on message, end of story, back on message. >> reporter: he alluded to the story again during a friendly debate with fellow candidate newt gingrich. >> what's been the biggest surprise to you out of this whole experience? >> running for president? >> yes. >> the nit-pickiness of the media. >> reporter: gingrich, who has his own beefs with media coverage suggested these complaints about the press have not served him very well. >> it's a very hard business and it should be. this is the presidency of the united states and if you can't get through the campaign, you sure can't govern. >> reporter: a thing echoed by fellow republican candidate michele bachmann. >> everyone loves him. who doesn't? he has a great personality but this is the leader of the free world that we're talking about. >> reporter: so far cain seems

to have maintained his support and co-front-runner status to the surprise of some establishment republicans. >> it's an unconventional year. the response has been unconventional. i think one of the things you're seeing, you're not seeing yet is as much damage as you would expect in other years or with other campaigns. >> reporter: this unconventional year with no republican breaking out of the pack has some people asking whether there might wind up being a third party candidate. on sunday, ron paul, who ran as a third party candidate in 1988 said he might not support the eventual republican nominee but ruled out a third party run for himself. >> i have no intention of doing that. that doesn't make any sense to me, to even think about it, let alone plan to do that. >> because? >> because i don't want to do it. >> well the appeal of a third party is just one of the things that we test in our special "wall street journal" poll debuts tonight and tomorrow morning. tomorrow officially begins the one-year countdown to election

day. >> chuck todd, thank you for your reporting on this. former house speaker newt gingrich as we all know for the republican nomination for president and author of the new book called "the battle of the crater." speaker gingrich, good morning. >> good to be with you. >> good to be with you as well, sir. can herman cain not answer these lingering questions about sexual harassment allegations and still win the republican nomination, in your view? >> that will be up to the american people. if they conclude that anonymous allegations from people who don't want to be identified involving purely civil activities, that the american people could well decide that they want a solution-oriented leader more than they want a scandal. i think it has probably surprised most professionals that herman has done as well as he has over the last week but we'll see if this has legs or not. he's going to hand tell his own way. i do want to say by the way matt lauer's report brought back

memories. calista and i were in namibia a year ago and it is a truly remarkable country today as matt takes people around. >> i'm glad you're enjoying his reporting on that. back to the topic at hand, if you are right it is possible the american public could decide to overlook these allegations, what would it mean for the party to have a republican nominee for president, with unanswered questions about sexual harassment, what would it do to your party's chances of defeating barack obama? >> what does it mean to the elite news media that nobody in the country ever walks up to us and raises questions you all raise? i went through two months in june and july where folks in new york and washington said my campaign was dead, i was gone, it was all hopeless. nobody in the country said that. herman cain i suspect is getting far fewer questions from citizens about these kind of things than he is about jobs, about other things, and i just think there's a huge gap between

the gossip that fascinates political reporters and the average person's concern about the price of housing, the availability of jobs, solving the budget deficit without crushing the middle class. a lot of things that, frankly, the substance level are dramatically more important to most americans. >> your point is well-taken. however, it's not just the media that's asking these questions. haley barbour, the mississippi governor, jon huntsman also a candidate are saying this past sunday herman cain must step up and be more up front about answering these questions. >> i'll let them argue with herman cain. i'll let you argue with herman cain. i'm trying to focus at nut.org with a 21st century concept of america, brand new proposals that matter. >> are you saying questions about the character of a presidential candidate don't matter? >> no. questions matter a lot. i'm saying when the news media goes and finds an anonymous report about an anonymous incident, about which you have

remarkably limited information, and you decide that matters more than every other issue in the campaign, that may put your judgment in doubt, as you, being the institutional news media. >> i want to get to your book which clearly shows a real interest in the presidency of abraham lincoln. in this book, abraham lincoln is facing a difficult time, during the civil war, and general ulysses s. grant brings up a particular time. "please, general, no mistakes this time, no politics, jealousies, rivalries or decisions based on blind prejudice." is that possible during this presidency? >> probably as possible as it was with lincoln. it's always hard to lead a free people. you ended up with general meade overruling general burnside

probably out of pure personal dislike the result was thousands of casualties thorpe unnecessary. "the crater" is a fascinating novel because it's about the largest use of african-american troops in the campaign, an extraordinarily daring campaign that was developed by pennsylvania coal miners and it is totally messed up by the personality fight of two generals. i have to say, by the way, we're a pretty literary family. my wife, calista was a best selling book called "sweet atlanta misery" so we have dueling family books out there. >> we'll see which one wins. congratulations to your family, former house speaker nng nng. i hope you continue to enjoy the report from matt in namibia. >> thank you. it is 7:18, hooer's matt. >> nice tip of the hat from the former speaker of the house. we're in in mibia, the south coast of africa, it's twice the size ofical but with only 2.1

million people living here. the set zens are fiercely protective of their environment. namibia is the only country in the world that includes conservation as part of its constitution. you want to see this rugged country? you need some time, a sturdy vehicle, and the guts to get off the beaten track. ♪ it is said in namibia your adventure begins where the road ends, and so we take flight on a journey of epic landscapes, animal kingdoms, and ancient tribes. ♪ >> what is in mibia? namibia is the jewel of africa, a hidden gem, waiting to be discovered. ♪ namibia, namibia, namibia >> reporter: this is a world of distant horizons, there are duned seas, bustling salt pans and lush rivers. >> it is open range like in the

old days of the wild west, when you guys could just get on your horses and ride. ♪ namibia, namibia, namibia, namibia ♪ >> namibia is its people, different shades with different trades. we sing. we dance, kicking dust to the air. >> reporter: there are only 2 million people in namibia, with over a dozenette lick groups and languages, yet they all co-exist peacefully. education is a priority, and the vast majority here are literate. perhaps the most treasured are the aristocratic himba, pastoral nomads living in the remote desert who cling to the traditions of their ancestry. >> namibia is its ancient desert, history carved in the curve of each dune. >> reporter: here along the western coast is the namib, the world's oldest living desert. basically never rains here, but

there is water. it comes from the mist that rolls in every day, and life around here survives on the little dew droplets that form from that mist, so from the tiniest beetle to the largest desert elephant, the rule here is, adapt or die. ♪ >> in namibia the animals roam freely, nurtured by the people. it's the lifeblood of the land. >> reporter: in years past, poaching nearly decimated many of the major species but after gaining independence from south africa, namibia became the first country to protect the land and wildlife if its constitution, through an innovative system of local conservancies, communities now monitor their own natural resources. today, over 40% of the country is protected. >> the new culture that the people are having is, it's ours. it's ours. it belongs to us. nobody else. and if we don't look after the

game, then who is going to look after it? we want our following generations to see what's happening, and then benefit. >> reporter: these days their endangered species are thriving like the black rhino, once on the verge of extinction. its population has tripleded. namibia's model of conservation is now a blueprint for other nations. >> namibia is the skeleton cove, a no man's land, where shipwrecks lie forgotten. >> reporter: the ocean here is so treacherous and the climate so harsh that sailors who crashed on these shores lived only to die in the desert. bones of their ships are all that remain, scattered along their coastal grave. ♪ >> namibia is a playground where you can soar on the wings of adventure if you're bold enough to dare. >> reporter: camps range from rugged to five-star luxury and if you're up for a thrill you can leap out of the waves, race

down slopes as tall as skyscrapers, take flight above the dunes or simply lose yourself in the wild. then again in namibia, it's wise to remember, you're never truly alone. ♪ namibia, namibia >> and that is namibia. >> reporter: it is truly an extraordinary place, so much to see. coming up, we're going to jump on that helicopter, you might be able to see over the dune back there and take you for a tour of the skeleton coast. you'll find out how it got its name. be prepared to see real skeletons and lots of shipwrecks on day one of where in the world is matt lauer. first this is "today" on nbc.

also just ahead amanda knox's co-defendant and ex-boyfriend breaks his silence. what he's now saying about the case and his relationship with knox. it's coming up after your local

news. >> this is wbal-tv 11 news today in baltimore. >> good morning. i am stan stovall. ravens nation is waking up with a collective smile. the team pulled off another come-from-behind victory, this time against the steelers. seemingly had things son up, but joe flacco led the raven's on

892-yard drive. ravens 23, pittsburgh 20. time for the morning commute with sarah caldwell. >> rough ride due to fog in many spots. we have an accident on southbound 95 past the beltway northeast. delays back into harford county. on the west side, both the north and west side filling up in the usual spots. route 100 in the marriottsville area, we have an accident. another one at 197, backing up traffic down to 32. southbound 301 blocked at 405 because of an accident. we will check some of our cameras. harrisburg expressway coming from parkton. another hat at padonia down to the beltway.

j.f.x., delays in place southbound from the ball to right down to coldspring lane. tony has a check on your forecast. fog is fairly thick in some neighborhoods. it is patchy fog. forecast today, after the fog burns off, it will be a nice afternoon. high temperature up to 62. another mile day tomorrow. next chance for rain will be♪

7:30 now on this monday morning, the 7th of november, 2011, and matt is on his first day of the tenth anniversary of where in the world is matt lauer, and he's somewhere, i think, in that little, deep down in that picture because we're looking at a wide view. where are you, matt? >> i'm just back up on top of my little personal ski dune here, ann, and just enjoying the view. it's a sensational place. a lot of people have heard about namibia and some people at home might be thinking i know i heard about it recently and can't remember why. it may be because brad pitt and angelina jolie came here not

long ago and decided to have their daughter, shiloh nuvelle jolie-pitt was here. that's one of the reasons this place has been in the headlines in the not too recent, distant past. let me give you a little idea, ann, of how we got here. we left new york friday night and flew 3,800 to dakar on the northwest of africa, stopped there, got fuel and down to walvis bay in namibia. so far we have traveled 16 hours in our plane and we're just getting warmed up, ann. >> it's very exciting. i'm looking forward to it, matt. also ahead this morning from here, suze orman, her advice on where to put your money in the difficult times economically. and also coming up, raffaele sollecito, amanda knox's once boyfriend and co-defendant, his

message to amanda. and also how did conrad murray spend his weekend as he awaits the latest in the case. for now matt, back to you. >> ann, thank you very much. the coastline here in namibia where the desert meets the atlantic ocean is called the skeleton coast. some people in the past called it the sands of hell and you get a lot of shipwrecks around here. the reason is you have the hot air moving off the desert, meeting the cold air of the ocean, dense fog forms, the dunes are changing and shifting, the entire shoreline is changing so the captains of the ships never quite know where they are. as i said, it's been called the sands of hell. the best way to see the area is by chopper. take a look. my guide, bruno nebe, promised me a memorable adventure. this may be the best thrill ride you could ever go on. we must be five feet above the with the aer. i kind of want to say pull up,

pull up. huge whale bone over here. >> this is what gave the coastline the name, skeleton coast, because of so many dead whale and pieces of shipwreck. can you imagine wrecking offshore, managing to swim onshore, landing here. >> knowing you're not getting out of here. tell me the name of the ship here? >> this is the edward mortar. >> one of the more than 500 wrecks along the skeleton coast. >> this was in 193009. >> almost half a mile inland, frozen in time, a severe memento of the power of the deadly moving sands. this is all the remains of the edward bolan, deteriorating skeletons along the coast. hyenas and jackals live inside.

here's where they drag the seals, they eat them here and here's the mummified remains of a seal right over here. if this wreck could talk, what story would she tell in. >> first of all it will tell us how it ended up here, when she stranded on a sandbar, and then within two days basically was covered by sand. when everybody was rescued, the diamond diggers in the back decided to use this as their hotel and their mining director used the cavern of the captain. >> reporter: with thick fog and winds of 80 miles per hour along this coast, even on a normal day, you begin to understand why the early seafarers named these parts the sands of hell. if you like to be by yourself, if you like a little solitude, the nearest town in that direction, how far? >> 300 miles. 300 miles south. >> reporter: i'm happy we brought the helicopter. back in the air.

look at all the seals. the other wrecks like the otave which beached in 1945, have also become a refuge for wildlife. down there, the shawnee. >> american shipwreck. >> there are still ships wrecking on this coast even now. >> yes, yes. we had a shipwreck two years ago. >> even with gps and all that, they still run aground. >> yes. >> reporter: this is incredibly dramatic with the height of the dunes. they literally drop down to the ocean. it is so beautiful. one of the most iconic places on the planet, 43 million years old and virtually untouched. jackie usheke is the head of namibia wildlife resorts. pleasure to see you. how are you? >> i'm fine, how are you? >> you're from washington, d.c. >> that's my secret, born and raised. >> how did you find your way here? what made you fall in love with in in inia? >> first i fell in love with my

husband. i talk about the white charge and my husband took me on a zebra on top of a sand dune into a hut. >> you like working here? >> i love it. i really do. >> we went on a helicopter tour on the skeleton coast, there is nothing but mile after mile. how do you deal with the isolation part of living? >> that's what i absolutely love. i remember thinking on capitol hill what i want to do with my life, on my 15-minute coffee break, my half hour lunch break, i get sand dunes, elephants that are mine alone, i watch the most beautiful lion fat with a kill rolling over a pathway through the jungle. you just can't, doesn't get any better. >> there are a lot of people who watch this and say i got to try that. i got to get out there. first of all, what do you want them to take away from this broadcast and is there at all a cautionary tale at the same

time, you want to love but not overlove this country. >> yeah. obviously they have a fragile landscape and tourists sometimes come and enjoy but also a little bit destroy. we have to make a small ecological footprint when you have a very diverse, biodiverse ecosystem. the desertness are fragile. animals are more fragile, you don't want trash thrown, feeding animals. sometimes our tourists do these things and it has catastrophic consequences on the wildlife. people who come should be prepared for a soulful, rugged, pristine, fast holiday. >> extreme sports are becoming popular. we want people to know this is a magnet for people who love that sort of thing, we've seen some skiing on the dunes, sandboarders just behind here, all kinds of fun to be had here. do you miss washington at all? >> i miss my mama, that's for sure, but my mom and my whole family, i'm going home for thanksgiving, first time in 20 years. >> good for you. >> i'm going home so that's good. >> thanks for your hospitality.

we are falling in love with this country. >> thank you. >> thanks, jackie, what a pleasure. >> thank you so much. >> we're going to have much more ahead from namibia on day one of where in the world. let's go back to al and get a check of the weather. >> announcer: "today's" weather is brought to you by citibank. what's your story? citi can help you write it. >> yesterday in the new york man it's your first time running. >> what's your name? >> 24 in a row. >> 24 in a row, and you're going to be how old? >> i'm 84 now. >> 84 now. god bless. that's fantastic. let's check your weather and see what's happening. we've got the week ahead above normal temperatures in the eastern half but heavy rain, mid section of the country, snow back through the rockies, midweek period, we're looking at snow in the northern mississippi river valley, above normal in the east and the latter part of the week we see a change in the temperatures, it's going to be cool out west with a lot of

rain, above normal in the plains into the gulf coast and below normal into the gulf coast and showers and wet weather but above normal temperatures on up into new englatu >> good morning. it will be a nice day. mostly sunny skies expected. >> and that's your latest weather. matt? >> all right, al, thank you very much. we're going to have more music from namib, marimbas behind me. we'll also look at incredible wildlife that calls this place

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back now at 7:43 with the trial that was closely watched around the world, amanda knox's former boyfriend and co-defendant is now speaking out about the case for the first time and natalie's got details. >> good morning again, ann. raffaele some see toe was incredibly forthcoming during an interview on italian television. for more than an hour he spoke candidly about his relationship

with amanda knox and the cruel injustice he said that destroyed their love. speaking only once just a day after being freed. >> thank you so everyone who has believed in me. >> reporter: amanda knox has kept away from the spotlight. but just a month after she and her italian ex-boyfriend, raffaele sollecito were cleared of murdering meredith kercher, some see toe spoke out for the first time after serving four years in prison, what he described as hell. and he talked openly about his ten-day romance with amanda knox, the american college student who had come to perugia, italy, four years ago to study. he described their love as a seed that was planted, and stamped on, when the two lovers were charged in 2007 with the murder of knox's roommate, british exchange student meredith kercher. they sat in the same courtroom,

convicted in one trial, exonerated in the other. calling himself an honest person with a big heart, some see toe recalled the moments they were released. he called kercher's murder senseless and says he prays every day for their family. as for the famous video of some see toe and knox kissing hours after the murder of kercher, he said those were kisses of comfort, not passion. he says although their love story is over, he and amanda will always be united by tragedy. raffaele some see t raffaele sollecito has great affection for amanda. as for the invitation to come to

the u.s., he said he'd like to take them up on it but wants to rebuild his life piece by piece. >> still could come up, much more from matt in namibia, southwest africa, the site of day one of his whilwind where in the world adventure, coming up after this. ever since i was a kid. [ man #2 ] i always wondered how did an airplane get in the air. to design and create the next greatest thing, takes a lot of imagination and a lot of courage. [ man #3 ] i always wanted to be one of those guys that had that kind of responsibility and that kind of technical expertise. at ge aviation, we build jet engines. we lift people up off the ground to 35 thousand feet. these engines are built by hand with very precise assembly techniques. [ man #3 ] i definitely feel responsible to these customers. can't pull over on the side of the road and see what's going on underneath the hood. these have to be perfect every time. we make jet engines and i think the inner nerd in me is really excited about that. [ man #4 ] you build one up, and out the door it goes.

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>> welcome back to day one of where in the world is matt lauer, and today we're coming to you from the beautiful country of namibia in southwest africa. now, in this part of the country, they get about 300 sunny days every year. they also get less than one inch of rain per year, and weather is a major topic of conversation. when locals get together and meet they'll often shake hands say hi, how are you, how's the family. have you had any rain lately. you can understand why, because here water can mean the difference between life and death. in the more than reaches of the manib desert far from the modern world you'll find one of the last nomaddic trips on hert, the himba, beautiful and proud cattle herders who live like no one else on the planet, the way their ancestors did centuries ago. >> they have to live with the little that's around here, and then they have to learn how to preserve and conserve.

>> reporter: at the mercy of the elements their dung covered huts provide shade from the sun. to protect their skin the women apply a mixture of okre, ash, and herbs. >> it makes the skin glow naturally and that makes them beautiful and attractive to their men. >> reporter: as does their dress though the men now wear western clothes the women live in goatskins and decorate their hair with intricate braids. the hinda spend their days with cattle and survive on milk and goat meat. the tribe settles miles from the local river. with water so scarce the women have learned to bathe in smoke. >> they collect different herbs and this herb has a perfume scent and then they burn these herbs and it gives off this beautiful smell.

>> reporter: at dusk these himba gathered by their sacred fire, singing to their ancestors to ask for good fortune, health, and the ever elusive rain. coming up, we're going to move to another sensational location here in namibia and take a closer look at the wildlife here that lives both in the desert and along the shore, but first these messages, your local news and weather. gives you a 50% annual bonus! so you earn 50% more cash. according to research, everybody likes more cash. well, almost everybody... ♪ would you like 50% more cash? no! but it's more money. [ male announcer ] the new capital one cash rewards card. the card for people who want 50% more cash. what's in your wallet? woah! [ giggles ] yeah, i toog nyguil bud i'm stild stubbed up. [ male announcer ] truth is, nyquil doesn't un-stuff your nose. really?

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>> this is wbal-tv 11 news today in baltimore. >> good morning. i am mindy basara. time for a check on your morning commute. here is sarah caldwell. >> dealing with the fog in many areas. southbound 95 approaching the 895 split, crashed there. . six miles per hour prior to that. looking at an accident in marriottsville. 100 and sand hill road. another one and hoods mill road.

295 at 197, this is the truck fire clearing. delays stretch back to 32. take 95 as your alternate. southbound 95 backed up from right around mountain road to the 895 split. let's switch over to a live view of 895. my main still blocked southbound at o'donnell. -- glenn still blocked southbound at o'donnell. >> still fairly thick in some neighborhoods. it should burn off fairly quickly. sunshine is expected for the rest of the day. 38 in randallstown. mostly sunny skies. temperatures after a chilly start will make it into the low 60s. sunset this evening at one minute before 5:00.

during the day, sunshine, and other mild one. clouds will thicken up on wednesday. dry and chilly going into the weekend. >> so, ah, your seat good?

got the mirrors all adjusted? you can see everything ok? just stay off the freeways, all right? i don't want you going out on those yet. and leave your phone in your purse, i don't want you texting. >> daddy... ok! ok, here you go. be careful. >> thanks dad. >> and call me--but not while you're driving. we knew this day was coming. that's why we bought a subaru.

♪ 8:00 now on a monday morning. it's november 7th, 2011. welcome back to day one of where in the world is matt lauer 2011, and as you know the answer by now i'm in the country of namibia on the southwest coast of africa, and i'm on the move, arriving fashionably late for the 8:00 open. i've gone from the dune where we started the show to a spit of land between the atlantic ocean and the lagoon. it's called pelican point, and as you can see, i think, an old light house behind me that was once an army post out here, and in a minute we're going to see some of the wildlife that calls

pelican point home, as we touch down, i see someone gracefully running toward the helicopter, and i believe that is our very own savannah guthrie, who is joining me here in namibia for day one. duck, savannah, you're a tall lady. trying to release. there we go. how are you? nice to see you. anyway, we're here at pelican point. i think you may have even seen as we came in some of the ships that are out in the harbor waiting to go into the harbor here and while this may be the only working harbor in namibia? how have you enjoyed your time? >> it's wonderful. this is home to thousands of bird colonies. we've seen pelicans and flamingos and right over there we saw a colony of cape fur seals yesterday. they line this coast. one colony can have up to 100,000 of them, and these are

not exactly delicate creatures either. we saw bulls up to 800 pounds. >> exactly. we're not going to get too close to the cape fur seals. a couple of reasons, one, some of the females just had their pups so we don't want to run afoul with the 800-pound new fathers. the other reason, we're in a kayak, savannah and i went in a kayak, went into the colony, they swam around us. >> there was a fragrance, shall we say. >> they wreak, they absolutely wreak. you don't want to be too close. >> we were joking it's the real reason all of the ships wrecked along the coast is the odor. also ahead not just seals we'll visit unique creatures, desert dwelling elephants, somehow against all odds they survive in this harsh environment, because of the adaptations they make. they can travel for water up to 40 miles a day. wait until you see some of the pictures we have of elephants and the lengths they'll go to to get a drink of water. >> we'll continue our tour of

the beautiful country and look at the wildlife in a couple of minutes. right now, al, ann, back to you. >> thanks a lot, you guys. boy, looks so great. >> spectacular. >> also coming up we've got on a serious topic talking about the financial mistakes that you don't want to make in this economic time. we've got suze orman in the house telling us what we should be doing with our money during these times. >> that's right. she's the first lady of finance. we're going to be speaking with the former first lady laura bush and her two daughters, barbara and our own jenna bush hager about a special honor they're about to receive. >> it's always fun to have them in the house. so that will be fun. but first let's get a check of the morning's top stories from natalie who is at the news desk. >> good morning ann and al and good morning everyone again. the child sex scandal rocking penn state's legendary football program moves to the court today. jerry sandusky was arrested saturday, charged with abusing at least eight boys over a period of 15 years.

the school's athletic director and another official are accused of lying to a grand jury investigating the case. they resigned overnight and face arraignment today. head coach joe paterno who testified and is not accused in the aftercup called the charges shocking and says if they are true he grieves for the victims. the leaders of greece's two major parties are discussing who should lead the debt-ridden country. on sunday they pushed through a financial rescue deal to prevent a greek bankruptcy and global financial shock waves. dozens of aftershocks have been felt in central oklahoma since saturday's earthquake that toppled chimneys and buckled roads. the magnitude 5.6 quake was oklahoma's strongest in nearly six decades. there were no reports of injuries. now to the very latest on the involuntary manslaughter trial of michael jackson's doctor, where the jury is in its second day of sldeliberations. nbc's jeff rossen is in los angeles. good morning.

>> reporter: good morning to you. if anyone thought this would be a slam dunk one way or the other, boy did the jury prove them wrong. on friday, they spent eight hours behind closed doors deliberating, minus a one-hour lunch break and a short snack break in the afternoon and they didn't reach a verdict. so is today the day? the jury is coming back here to the l.a. county courthouse this morning to try again. conrad murray looked upbeat this weekend in church. >> i had a beautiful day in church. god is good. >> reporter: waiting for judgment day, a verdict that could come at any moment. murray also stopped at a starbucks. friends say he's emotional, but relieved the jury didn't reach a verdict friday. just miles away, michael jackson's kids, prince, paris and blanket, were out and about, too, heading to the movies this weekend. they saw the new ben stiller/eddie murphy flick "tower heist." both sides passing time, trying to figure this jury out. >> in my experience as a former l.a. prosecutor, the longer a

jury was out, the greater the chance of conviction. could it go the other way? sure. but a jury is not going to want to be accused of rushing to judgment especially if someone ends up in jail. >> reporter: the deliberations are secretive, so secretive the jury communicates to the judge in code. ♪ think of it like the vatican choosing a new pope. black smoke in no decision yet. white smoke, we have a decision. with the conrad murray jury, it's a buzzer triggered from the jury room. one buzz, we're here and we're working. two buzzes, we want something. a highlighter, paper, a break. three buzzes, we have a verdict. >> this jury has been the most engaged and the most attentive, i think, of any jury i've ever seen. they have been just riveted. >> who are these 12 jurors? a mailman, a school bus driver, a paralegal, a cartoon animator, a tv director, and even a loyal

michael jackson fan. ♪ >> reporter: whenever this verdict comes, whatever this verdict is, the world's most famous singer is gone. his kids left without a father. >> in some way, this is the last act for michael jackson. this is it, as he said. ♪ reaching out >> reporter: if the jury finds murray not guilty of course he walks out of here a free man. if they find him guilty when the verdict comes in the judge has a lot of discretion in sentencing. murray could receive anything from just probation up to four years in jail. natalie? >> all right, jeff rossen in los angeles for us, thank you. now for a look at what's trending today, our quick roundup of what has you talking online. kim kardashian's divorce filing is a red hot search topic on yahoo. she is conflicted about the split, and spent time talking things over with the pastor who married them.

fans are googling justin bieber's performance at mtv's european awards. his appearance with selena gomez since a young woman accused him of fathering her 4-month-old son. his lawyers said bieber is prepared to take a paternity test. and twitter is popular with "today" show fans as they trade clues and try to guess where in the world matt lauer will be each day this week. as you now know, ma anybodyia. twitter your guesses using #wheresmatt. back out to al and a check of the weather. >> that will be good. we'll have to check the hash tags and see what agency going on. a young lady do your morning news show in your school? >> yes. >> what is your name? >> isabela. >> a future natalie or ann, very nice. let's check your weather. pick city today, channel 7, wcvb, plenty of sunshine, boston, mass. 61 degrees, a nice

one out there. as we look on the satellite you can see we've got a big storm system in the mid section of the country, ahead of it the risk of strong storms. behind it we're talking anywhere from four to six, maybe eight inches of snow in the rockies. heavy rain from texas into oklahoma. sunshine in the northeast, windy conditions with rip currents along the southeastern atlantic coast and more wet weather with >> good morning.oving into the it will be a nice day today. in little chilly to start. sunshine expected this afternoon. >> got more marathon winners

right out here, they're all running that marathon, all winners in my book. ann? >> all right, al, thank you. coming up neck the unique elephants of namibia, when matt lauer's where in the world is matt lauer adventure rolls on. but first, right after this. [ female announcer ] this is kim. who came to walgreens because she remembers last year when she and her husband fought congestion and lots of coughs, like the machine gun... [ rapid coughing ] [ female announcer ] ...the grand dad... [ hoarse cough ]

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pelican point, right in the middle of a cape fur seal colony. the seals incredibly friendly, they come up and actually play with you as you're paddling around the water, but that's about the right distance to keep as we told you a second ago. i'm matt lauer here in namibia, along with savannah guthrie. one of the big attractions of the country are the desert adapted elephants. they live or manage to survive, if you will, in some of the most inhospitable terrain anywhere in the world. i thought maybe we'll send sarah in a up to find out. >> thanks, what a guy. we traveled to damaraland, a forbidden desert landscape but somehow these animals in bone dry temperatures and bone dry conditions, temperatures up to 100 degrees, are managing to thrive. to see something truly unique to this beautiful country, you have to be willing to cross it. so we set out from namibia's capital on a quest to see the country's legendary desert

dwelling elephants. how long do we have to drive to get to the elephants? my wilderness safari guide piers lastrange says we'll get there just now, a diminishing concept. >> between 30 minutes and three hours. for example we'll see the elephants just now but that might not be right now but just now. >> so just now we head across namibia's vast countryside, six hours on roads getting ever more rugged, terrain more unforgiving. it rains in this desert less than six inches a year. yet here, against all odds -- we find a small but magnificent herd of desert travelers flourishing. our elephant tracker conrad brain says these animals are found in two countries of the world, mali and namibia. >> talking small numbers,

hundreds, not thousand. >> reporter: maybe a few hundred in the whole world? >> in the whole world, yes. >> reporter: no different physically than their water-loving relatives, these elephants have adjusted to the hot, dry conditions here. they know and remember where to find water, travel greater distances than any other elephants, up to 150 square miles a day, and will go to great lengths for a drink. that really happened? >> absolutely. >> reporter: but for us this rare sighting held something rarer still. so cute. ♪ baby love, my baby love >> reporter: a baby desert elephant, just two weeks old. it's so little. a star was born. ♪ baby love, my baby love >> reporter: with baby on board, the herd was extra protective. >> just a little. >> reporter: it didn't sound little. there was a time elephants were

nearly wiped out by poaching but now they're cherished. the villages so hospitable they provide a place to drink. >> look at that. >> reporter: they just put their trunk right over there. and we find our group partying at the local watering hole. so how close can you get to these guys? >> you never want to push them. you never want them to feel like they're on edge. in any other circumstance we'd never come this close. >> reporter: brainy and beautiful, it's easy to see why these elephants draw tourists from all over the world. >> people fall in love with elephants because they have the same activities, the same feelings. we can sort of relate to them, very interesting to watch them. never get bored. >> reporter: far from bored, far from everything, we end our day as the namibians do. thanks for a great day. >> pleasure, cheers. >> reporter: cheers. with the traditional sun downer.

and this area of damaraland is such an attraction, will and kate honeymooned with a group of 25 friends in the very area we were in, set up a luxury camp, to look at the elephants and do some fishing. >> fascinating, savannah, thank you very much. another success story here, the cheet cheetah, their numbers were in trouble here in namibia years ago, now they're on the rise, they are a conservation success story. lately they've had celebrity help. brad pitt and angelina jolie contributed $2 until to the nankuse foundation. representing the foundation are marlese and rudy and their tamed cheetah kiki. how did you come across kiki and how is she so tame. >> she's one of the orphans we rais raised. in namibia they come into conflict once in a while with people. mommy gets shot unfortunately and we raise the cubs and put those animals into captivity.

the main objective is not to put animals in captivity if we don't have to. >> this is a success story in terms of conservation. what were the numbers and what are they now? >> there's no official number at the moment. we're hard with some other organizations to get numbers out there but they've definitely increased in numbers and i think it's because of successful mitigation of that human wildlife conflict. >> you just mentioned sometimes the hunters do get in the way. what are their other natural enemies here in this country? >> natural will be spotted hyena s. >> what does the support from someone like brad pitt or angelina jolie mean to your foundation? >> they're beautiful people, wonderful and very passionate about what we do in conservation and just to bring the word out there already we can't ask for much more so just being involved is a lot. >> safe to just put my hand in front of the cheetah, is that okay? >> yeah, it's okay.

how beautiful. thank you so much. >> she's a sweetie. >> we really appreciate it and good luck. much more ahead including the diamonds of namibia. we'll tell you about that but first these messages.

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go up. the prices of homes and interest rates aren't going anywhere, in my opinion, for a long time. so if you're going to buy a home you have to get a steal of a deal, 20% down, all of the other things but you don't have to buy a home simply because you think it's going to run away for you. you wait to buy a home until it's time for you to buy a home. >> you also say not paying your student loans is a mistake and taking money out of a retirement account is a mistake. let's talk about what you advise. invest in something called treasury inflation protected securities. why? >> because it is obvious when interest rates are low, inflation starts to rear its head. we have been told that interest rates are going to stay low. if you want something that's just safe and sound, backed by the treasury, tips, that's what they're called, is a place if interest rates go up, the value of your shares go up, the interest is fixed but paying interest on more money. t.i.p.s. are something everybody should look into. >> when you invest in bonds, as a lot of people are doing, don't invest in bond funds but bonds

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slow ride on the west side around reisterstown. you are seeing and delays as you make your way towards o'donnell. at least it is improving. we are dealing with a couple more accidents. one on eastbound i-70 at hoods mill road. another one at westminster. we will check first on perring parkway. accident off the left shoulder on the outer loop. we will switch to a live view of traffic at o'donnell. everything moving well past it. tony has a check on the forecast. >> any fog that is left in your neighborhood to be burning up quickly. it should take another hour for that to happen. 37 in parkton. forecast for today is mostly sunny skies. after we get rid of the fog, nice afternoon. sunset this even one minute

before 5:00. clouds the cannot on wednesday. maybe rain coming in on wednesday night and thursday. >> we will have another update at 8:55.

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again to you. >> ann, thank you very much. al and natalie, good morning to you. i'm here with savannah guthrie and one of the real popular things to do here is head to the water, we're surrounded by it here basically and go out and check out dolphins and whales, which are plentiful around here. >> including the seals as well. we're aboard the "libertina" here with a group to enjoy the marine life but great food and drink here, too. >> this may come as a surprise. we'll talk about some of these in a second, oysters. if you like oysters they say they've got some of the best oysters anywhere in the world here. there are said to be 12 million of them in the bay. there's a good sample of them right there. >> another local delicacy believe it or not, beer. there's german heritage here, the germans owned this country since the 1880s, they take their brewing very seriously here in namibia, use the purest ingredients and say this beer will not give you a hangover. >> it's so pure. also you saw the desert and all of the sand, ann, al and

nationally. you think they can't grow grapes here. they do. they say the cool air that blows in off the atlantic ocean is great for grape growing so they love their local wines here. >> and the last thing, this goes great with wine actually, we know beef jerky but we have biltong which is basically game jerky, made up of orex or kudu, some of the animals in the area and one other delicacy, savannah dry for the african savannah. >> you have your own brand here? >> it's very sweet. >> that's great. you should drink that. you've been drinking far too much wine in the time that i've with you. coming up as i chew this billtong and try to do that, we'll talk about diamonds in namibia, they mine them in the open sea and don't forget we have gifts to come and a clue for tomorrow. ann, al, natalie, back to you. >> matt we like the two words together, gifts and diamonds. that's a really nice, thank you so much, that's really exciting. >> don't get the two confused.

>> big budget at the "today" show. >> more from you coming up. what else, you guys s coming up? >> it's so hard to balance life, your love, your family, a new baby. well that's what christina applegate does. she's the star of nbc's newcombe di"up all night." we'll be talking to her. >> she's a lot of fun. >> later on we'll sit down with three impressive women, you know them well, selected as "glamour" magazine's women of the year, former first lady laura bush and twin daughters barbara and jenna. jenna knows her way around our "today" show studios as well. they'll be honored with the generations award tonight. >> congratulations to them. just delightful to have them in our studio. before we get to anything else let's get a check of the weather. >> let's look at the week ahead. looks on the wet side out west with mountain snows, heavy rains in the mid plains, we're looking at above normal temperatures up and down the east coast. the middle part of the week it will be warm here but we're looking for more rain in the ohio river valley, rain in the

pacific northwest, much below normal through the southwest and the rockies and latter part of the week stays warm but wet in new england, above normal temperatures plains into texas and wet and co >> good morning. it will be a nice day. mostly sunny skies expected. >> and don't forget you can check your weather, whether you're in namibia or the united states g states, go to the weather channel on cable or online. more from the where in the world adventure including some of the creatures still surviving

in the ancient namib desert. first look at this guy, this is "today" on nbc.

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♪ welcome back to pelican point here in namibia, day one of where in the world is matt lauer. we've already told you namibia is home to the world's oldest living desert and you probably think conditions there are too harsh to sustain vibrant life. you'd be wrong. the ancient namib desert appears des lot, inhospitable, a scorched wasteland of copper and gold, but within these dunes there's life. >> the land teems with life but you must be able to see it. get down on the ground and open up your eyes. let's check it out. where did i see the thing?

nobody home. >> reporter: instead of lions and elephants, guide tommy collard focuses on the bottom of the food chain, tracking namibia's little five. >> they've got webbed feet, works like snowshoes on the land. >> his favorite collection of reptiles and insects that somehow adapted to survive here and to find them he reads what he's called the bushman newspaper, prints left in the sand overnight, tell stories of the creatures hidden below. though it rains less than half an inch a year in this desert, water is everywhere. >> the fog is the heartbeat of the namib desert. everything in the namib gets its water from the fog. >> reporter: it rolls in from the sea and these desert dwellers have ingenious ways of capturing it, like the fog-basking beetle which stands on its head until it condenses and drops of water drip into its mouth. >> this is a sand diving lizard.

his nickname is the ferrari, because he runs like hell. this is the one that does that dart in the sand, and the sand is so hot. when they bite, they don't let go very easy. >> fingers are not ordinarily on the menu. >> there is a numaqua chameleon, the tongue is as long as the ho whole body from the nose to the tail and both eyes focus on the prey and then they never miss. >> reporter: as the sun goes down and the wind kicks up, bands blows over the surface of the dunes and today's signs of life become yesterday's news. chris bacchus is a wilderness guide in namibia. nice to see but >> good morning. >> you're right out of central casting. how long have you been guiding here? >> i've been living in namibia in the desert in the northwest

for about 16 years now. i've been doing this job for about 23 years. >> when you bring people out into the wilderness and you show them around, what surprises them most? >> you see, matt, this is a dramatic landscape that we live in, and in these areas, these arid areas there's not so much game and the game numbers are considerably less than in other places in africa, but because of the spectacular landscape, if you come around a bend and see a elephants or black rhino it blows them away. >> we were seeing that piece with the smaller creatures but i'd like to you talk about the larger ones. we've done a lot of work with black rhinos. how are they doing here? what are the challenges they face? >> at the moment they're doing very well. we live in the northwest, known as cokafelt. black rhino are the only that survive outside a national park.

>> what do awe contribute that to? >> a lot of things, mainly the landscape itself, it is so inhospitable, rugged and barren that the game there, you know, have learned to survive out there and it's difficult for people to get in there. on the other hand, i would say we live there with a very sympathetic community who are really conservation-minded. >> i want to talk about that, there is a model of conservation that namibia has put into place that i know is working very well. basically and i'll let you explain it but the way i understand it is they give local communities an ownership. they have a -- they're proprietary over their local wildlife. >> absolutely. let me start by saying the communities in these areas are generally conservation-minded people. it's built into their culture. it's built into their ethics. base of that, that makes our job much easier. giving them ownership over the wildlife in their area and the fact that they can, book camps,

take people on safari and take joint adventures with large safari companies and get some benefits to their people and empowerment over their wildlife and natural resources is a very good thing, and it really helped maybe their success. >> is it something other countries are looking at as a model? >> namibia is today regarded as the number one country to adopt this strategy, and it's paying off and it's working very well. >> chris bakes, nice to have you here. chris it's a pleasure. >> thank you very much. >> really appreciate your time. >> all the best. >> we'll have much more ahead on this monday morning on the first day of where in the world is matt lauer, including some gifts and some clues for tomorrow. but first, this is "today" on nbc.

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for her role as the ditzy kelly bundy on the sitcom "married with children." now she's finding success on another show about marriage and kids, "up all night" right here on nbc and it's about a couple that has an extended adolescence, comes to a brief halt because this toey have to balance work, romance and a new baby. >> oh, yikes. >> maybe you want to just go and put on the, you know that see-throughy sweater you used to always wear, that's a nice one. >> no, actually the stain watches all the spit-up stains on this one. i love you. >> christina applegate, good morning. >> good morning. >> you are so funny in this thing and so is will arnett. there's a chemistry between the two of you that seems to jump off the screen. do you notice this as you're doing it? >> i felt like from the beginning will and i could sort of finish each other's sentences, that we have sort of a same sensibility, same sense of humor, and it's wonderful to

work with him. i didn't have to work about how it was going to transpire because he picked up my rhythms and i picked up on his rhythms and it felt really natural. >> it comes across on the screen and on top of that, the show has been picked up so congratulations on that. >> thank you. >> on top of that, you're on the cover of "tv guide." >> i guess so. >> as one of the funny women in prime time. how do you feel about all this? >> oh, there, i didn't know, okay, there it is. i feel good about that. i love the company that i was in, and the go irlz that they chose to be a part of this sort of, there's a three-cover thing. it feels really nice to be back and to be, for people to really like the show and like what we're doing and to be working with such amazing people. >> i think you need some compensation because as fun as it must be to work with will and with maya rudolph, who is so great, is that you're dealing with a show about early pare parenthood, at the same time

when you yourself are dealing with early parenthood. >> all three of us have children under 1. will now has a 1, and 2-week-old. >> you're all coming to the studios sleep deprived. >> a mess. cranky but all inaudibly understand each other. when someone says oh god this one was up in the middle of the night sick and we're like i'm so sorry and everyone tries to help each other out which is nice. we know how tired the other one is. >> how does that inform then you think, how you do the show, how you do these scenes? there does when you watch them, there is a real feeling that you get what we have all gone through. >> i've played a parent before in my life, but never did i understand what it's like to love that hard, to be that afraid for their safety, to just love that much. so i think that really comes

across with will and myself being parents, we have these two baby there is and we know what it's like to just want everything else to stop and only want to be with them. >> for example, in the upcoming show, there's a scene the two of you try to go off and finally have a romantic night together. >> yes. >> all of the sudden one of your little daughter's socks shows up, i think pops out of will's -- >> out of one of my sexy, i'm trying to do this with, be sexy and our little sock jumps out of the clothes. >> all of the sudden the moment, you both go oh. that's a scene that might not be believable except you guys so totally believed that moment. because i felt it when, watching you. you're just so oh my -- because you do feel that. >> feel that all the time. >> ruins the mood. >> definitely. mark tine and i, things like that happen to us all the time. >> that's the moment. >> trying to be an adult. we look at the picture of her

and everything stops. >> christina applegate you're so cute in this. i love watching new this. we wish you so much luck on both, both parts of your life with the show and also with your mother new motherhood your child is 9 months old. >> yes. "up all night" airs wednesday nights at 8:00, 7:00 central time on nbc. coming up next matt shares a clue about his day two destination. first this is "today" on nbc.

♪ that's a nice shot looking across the lagoon at pelican point in namibia as we get prepared to wrap up our first two hours of day one of where in the world is matt lauer. i'm matt lauer along with savannah guthrie, and it is the time of the show, ann, natalie and al, that i think you always look forward to. it's a time where we bestow upon you the gifts. >> yes. >> here in africa i think we found some really, really nice things. so if you're ready, savannah, why don't you start with ann. >> ann, we all agree this is very you, made by the nama women in the southern part of the country, it's a table runner. it is bright and colorful. it's hand stitched, and it features a lot of different things from local life, some of the animals, the plants. it's really pretty.

it will look great on your table. >> the colors are stunning. that's lovely. thank you so much. >> okay. oh you're welcome. al, let's do you next. buddy, we got you a safari hat, but it's a little bit different. you're a hot guy. >> yes. >> you love hats. this one is a cloth safari hat but it's coated in wax on the inside and the out so a, you can wear it when you're covering hurricanes getting blown off balconies and b, you could actually, you can drink a beer out of it. you can fill this with liquid and drink out of it. >> a ten-gallon hat. >> it's very indiana jones. >> i like it. >> very indiana jones. >> i like that, thank you. >> looks good. and for nat, with e have this beautiful basket. it has a story behind it and demonstrates how resourceful the namibians are. this is hand woven but made out of telephone wire among other things. the more traditional would be to

have palm leaves but it's an example of how the namibians use what is around them to in this case make a beautiful piece of artwork. >> that is stunning, beautiful. >> yes, good. we hope you like all these things. savannah shopped for weeks while she's been down here. >> work something what i call it. >> i understand, ann, that some of our viewers have had some questions. >> that's right, the first one is interesting from tasha from cincinnati, ohio, and she e-mailed or texted here, how did all those ships end up in the desert? oh it's a twitter question. >> it's a good question. we showed you that one shipwreck in particular, the "edward bolan." that is almost a half a mile from where the atlantic and the desert meet, but when it ran aground in 1909, that's where the coastline was. that is how fast the coastline here changes, because of the winds and the moving sands. so although it looks like it's in the middle of the desert now and in some ways it is, that was

the coastline back in 1909. >> very cool. and then we've got this one from alan g. from cleveland, ohio, here's a good one, with the hectic pace of #whereismatt, do you really get the chance to enjoy the different locations you visit? >> on a normal day, not really, because i get in just a few hours before the destination, or before the show starts, but i got here saturday afternoon, always on monday i come the weekend before so i spend a little time. how long have you been here? >> almost a week, so we really got a chance to see the countryside, eat and drink, talk to the people. i think the people are the best part about this country. they're so friendly and welcoming. >> it's wonderful. listen, before we do any other questions i want to give you a clue for day two. >> put it up. >> on some truth here, we got a bad weather report from our day two destination, so we are now ad libbing. we are flipping locations. we're going to do what was going to be our day four location

tomorrow, and our day two location will now become day four. weather has cropped up to influence our week. >> ooh. >> that's a big clue right there. >> here is the clue for tom rose' show. don pardo might say it is a pin in earth in blue sea, its cup runneth over, high in the sky, where the best things can be free. >> what does that mean? >> who is going to know? >> batting a thousand with the clues, matty. >> is it snowing? what was happening in day two? >> was it snowing, raining? >> except for day four we'll have -- >> locusts. >> locusts? matt, thank you so much. we're back after your local news. >> i think we need that clue again. >> i don't think we want that clue again. clues don't make any sense! >> don pardo. >> meet in the sea. >> look at that shot! >> that is amazing.

>> namibia, you got it right we're in one of the most amazing countries that i have been to in the ten years that i've been doing this series. i see someone gracefully running towards the helicopter. covered in sand. >> live, local, latebreaking. this is wbal-tv 11 news today in baltimore. >> good morning. i am mindy basara. students at frostburg state university are mourning the death of one of their peers this morning. kortniegh mccoy step to death

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>> it is going to take a little while for the fog to burn off. then it will be a nice day. mostly sunny skies into the afternoon. milder tomorrow, up to 64. >> thank you for joining us. >> thank you for joining us. another