[ chanting ] >> we want joe! >> good morning. breaking news. violence erupts on the campus of penn state university moments after school officials announce the firings of legendary football coach joe paterno and the university's president in the wake of that child sexual abuse scandal. we're there live. debate debacle. an embarrassing moment for rick perry during last night's gop debate when he tries to describe the three government agencies he would eliminate. >> the education -- the commerce -- i -- and let's see -- i can't -- the third one i can't.

sorry. >> so what happened? we'll ask him this morning. and matt on the move. he was supposed to be there for day two of where in the world but weather forced a last-minute switch. it looks like he finally made it and he's about to clear up the mystery of where he is today, and he's about to clear up the mystery of where he is today, thursday, november 10th, 2011. captions paid for by nbc-universal television and welcome today on this thursday morning. i'm ann curry. matt will fill us in on where he is on day four of "where in the world" in a moment but we begin with the two major stories that developed overnight -- the firing of penn state head football coach joe paterno and the disastrous debate moment for texas governor rick perry. let's begin in state college, pennsylvania and nbc's ron mott.

ron, good morning. >> reporter: ann, good morning to you. when the university canceled joe paterno's scheduled news conference on tuesday he came out wednesday on the offensive publicly announcing his retirement effective at the end of the football season but the university board of trustees had a different exit plan in mind. >> with that stunning announcement joe paterno's career at penn state came to a screeching halt last night fired over the phone in the wake of a child sexual abuse scandal involving a former long-time assistant coach. the school's president is also gone. >> we thought that because of the difficulties that had engulfed our university, and they are great, as you all have documented, that it was necessary for us to make a change in the leadership, to set a course for a new direction.

>> we want joe! we want joe! >> reporter: overnight, students rallied, a large campus protest turned aggressive. police responded accordingly. and, as they have for several nights, students gathered at paterno's home after the announcement. he came out to greet them. his wife, sue, in tears. >> why did you guys come out? >> because i want to say hello to all these great students who i love. you guys are great. get a good night's sleep. all right? study. all right? we still got things to do. all right. i'm out of it maybe now. a phone call put me out of it, but we'll go from here. okay? >> reporter: hours before he was fired, paterno tried to take a preemptive strike announcing his retirement at season's end, a decision he shared with players at an emotional meeting. >> he was crying the whole time he was talking.

>> just hart to see a huge key person of penn state to go like this. >> reporter: in his retirement statement paterno wrote the board of trustees should not spend a single minute discussing my status. they have far more important matters to address. i want to make this as easy for them as i possibly can. paterno, attending what would be his final practice wednesday, acknowledged his emotions in his statement. this is a tragedy, he wrote. it is one of the great sorrows of my life. with the benefit of hindsight, i wish i had done more. according to the grand jury graduate assistant mike mccreary still on the coaching staff told paterno he saw former assistant coach jerry sandusky allegedly sexually assaulting a young boy in a campus shower in 2002. paterno testified he told his supervisor, the athletic director, but the university did nothing, prosecutors say. two university officials were charged with perjury and failing to report the crime against a child.

paterno was not charged with a crime, but in the end it was an amazing fall from grace for the legendary coach. >> thanks. pray a little bit. >> coach! coach! >> we love you, joe! >> reporter: jerry sandusky and the two university officials charged in this case deny any wrongdoing. meantime, federal officials confirmed they are investigating to see if any u.s. laws were broken by the failure to report. ann? >> all right. ron, thanks. mike is a columnist for the new york daily news. good morning and thanks for being here. let's make sure we're all on the same page on how big a fall from grace this is for joe paterno. what was his reputation? >> ann, this is one of the iconic names in the history of college football and american sports. he started being the head coach at penn state in 1966, showed up there 61 years ago. he had become not only one of the most powerful people in the sport but certainly the most

powerful person in his school. the hierarchy at a place like penn state, where he had made so much money and won so many games is football coach, school president, on down. that's why it was interesting yesterday when he said the board of trustees shouldn't spend another minute worrying about me, it's like he was still under the impression that he was calling the shots at penn state. well, that ship had sailed when he didn't call the cops after being told about this alleged child abuse nine years ago. >> how do you square that? how do you square a guy with this sterling reputation for being a good guy, not only a legendary football but a good guy, a good force in football with not -- if an eyewitness had come to him and said, if the charges are correct, i just witnessed the raping of a 10-year-old boy, why he would not have called police? >> you know, ann, this -- i've been writing all week about the church of football at penn state and how similar this was to me to what happened in the catholic church. and the first instinct seems to be protect the institution.

last night the board of trustees said, we're doing the right thing for penn state. well it's about time that somebody was looking out for the best interests of the school, but nobody looked out for the best interests of this little boy nine years ago. and if it is true that mike mccreary, a graduate assistant at the time, saw what he said he saw, and believe me, ann, you don't want to read this grand jury report because it's hideous. if he saw what he said he saw and went and told joe paterno and didn't actually try to bounce this guy off the wall before he called 911, i think the legal problems for penn state are going to be immense. that's why everybody keeps saying, we want to hear joe paterno's side of this. i'm not sure that a lawyer wants him to say too much. even when he said yesterday, i should have done more, i think this school is in a world of trouble, because nobody was looking out for these kids and everybody was looking to protect the penn state brand. >> you talk about this school.

if this was a moral lapse for penn state officials does it also say something about the power currently of college football, whether there is too much power in the hands of people who run the football program? >> oh, look at this shameless jockeying for money in college football. yes, ann. it's no accident that the people who go to these big stadiums are called the faithful and that guys like joe paterno are treated like gods. we found out differently. he wanted one more saturday because he thought he was all that. he didn't even deserve that. >> this is to be continued and i hope you come back and explain more as more details come. thank you so much. >> thanks, ann. now to the presidential race and a disastrous moment for texas governor rick perry during last night's gop debate. we'll talk to him in just a moment, but first let's take a look at what happened. >> i will tell you, it's three agencies of government when i get there that are gone --

commerce, education, and the -- what's the third one there? let's see. oh, five. okay. so commerce, education, and the -- the -- >> epa? >> -- epa. there you go. >> seriously? is the epa the one you were talking about? >> no, sir, no, sir. we're talking about the agencies of government -- epa needs to be rebuilt, no doubt about that. >> but you can't name the third one? >> the third agency of government i would -- i would do away with the education -- the commerce -- and let's see -- i can't -- the third one i can't. sorry. >> governor perry is with us this morning. good morning. it's nice to see you smiling. >> yes, ma'am. >> anyone who has spoken in public and lost his or her train of thought can feel your pain. can you describe what happened

and what were your emotions in front of millions of people when you lost your train of thought? >> i will tell you, i don't mind saying, clearly, that i stepped in it last night. but i think i'm kind of like most americans and there are so many agencies of government out there we'd like to forget that the department of energy was one of those. but, you know, seriously, the issue wasn't about whether i can sing off a line of a number of agencies. it truly gets to the core of the matter that we've got so much government out there and people are so tired of government telling them how to do this, what light bulb to buy, what car standards they're going to have for fuel efficiency, etcetera, that going through that long list of government agencies is really what this campaign is all

about, you know, and so i'm human like everyone else. >> you know this morning the reaction, governor, has not been kind. a former aide to george w. bush told the "new york times" your stumble was the, quote, human equivalent of the shuttle challenger and one of your fundraisers told "the wall street journal" simply, he just ended his campaign. have you thought about ending your campaign? are you staying in this race, sir? >> well, ann, you know what today is? this is the 236th birthday of the united states marine corps. there was a day that -- to stay in the fight, this is it. so you bet i'm going to continue on and this campaign is about ideas. it's not about who's the slickest debater or whether anyone has made a mistake or not. we're all going to make mistakes. >> are you going to be doing any other debates, sir? >> it's about laying out our vision. we'll be in south carolina on saturday. >> i want to ask you about something that herman cain said last night. he actually came to your defense saying the american people can be very forgiving. this is from the man who once

blamed your campaign for leaking the story about the sexual harassment allegations against him. for the record, did you or anyone in your campaign leak this story about sexual allegations against herman cain? >> absolutely not. and i asked my campaign and once that was said and, clearly, i have no idea where that came from but it didn't come from my campaign. >> all right. and i want to give you a chance to respond to or at least tell the people who are possibly going to talk about you on "snl" this weekend, "saturday night live" they may actually have something to say about what happened this week as they often do. do you have any message for the writers? >> i bet they do. listen, i hope they get the agencies right. as a matter of fact, they'll go to rick perry.org, they can participate as well and pick which one of those federal agencies they'd like to get rid of as well. >> all right. well, you're smiling this morning. that's usually how we get

through tough times. texas governor rick perry, thank you so much this morning. >> thank you, ann. >> all right. now for a check of the weather from mr. roker. >> we've all been there on that one. as we take a look and show you what's happening we've got tropical storm sean right now, 65-mile-per-hour winds moving north at 8 and it's going to swing to the west of bermuda and then out into the atlantic. however, some of the moisture already working its way into the east. you can see some of the showers now just off the new england and new york city coast line. we're also seeing more rip currents, strong swells as well so we're feeling the effects of sean even though it won't directly affect the eastern u.s. th >> good morning. be careful this morning. we have some fog in some neighborhoods. a slight chance for a rain

and that's your latest weather. ann? al, okay. thanks so much. >> "where in the world is matt lauer" is brought to you by the capital one venture card. >> i couldn't find him. >> why don't you use this? >> oh, yeah. >> and now for the fourth time this week, we must ask that age-old question. where in the world is matt lauer? ♪ where in the world where in the world is matt lauer ♪ ♪ show me a sign give me a clue drop me a hint and tell me something new ♪ ♪ it's a global mystery you've got to watch and see ♪ ♪ where in the world where in the world is matt lauer ♪ >> hey, guys. good morning. we had a long trip last night

but we've made it to another fantastic location. i gave you a clue before i left kuala lampur on wednesday and said time is of the essence as we train our sights on where it began in 1998. for the fourth time this week, "in the world am i?" >> i've given up on your clues all together however i can see you're at a place snowy and a bit rustic or you'd be wearing a suit. i'll guess something crazy like you're with the penguins on the lowest tip of chile. >> okay. al? >> you're somewhere in a clock tower, somewhere near the orient express. >> natalie? >> i think there's a train there behind you and it looks like you're wearing a turtle neck so i'm going with a train through the swiss alps. >> okay. natalie, i think this is pretty good day for you. the time is of the essence part

refers to the fact that we are in switzerland and, of course, the swiss are all about time and precision. as we train our sights, that deals with the train ride we took to get here, one of the most spectacular train rides i think anyone will ever take, and where it all began for us in 1998, the very first "where in the world" destination was the sphinx in cairo, egypt. put it all together and welcome to day four of where in the world is matt lauer from the sphinx observatory on the top of the tower in the swiss alps. >> wow. very nice. > >> if the view from the petronis tower was good this is good times 10. i am standing at 11,745 feet above sea level. this is a very popular tourist destination. about 700,000 people come here every single year and all of those people leave with their

jaws hanging wide open. i mean, i hope this translates for you. what you can see. i'm standing on one of the iconic steeps of the alps. the others just off to my right here. on a clear day, now you know why we wanted to come here in good weather. it was crummy tuesday. >> yes. >> you need a beautiful day. on a clear day from where i'm standing i can look into the mountains of belgium, the mountains of france, to the black forest of germany, and joe michaels, make sure you're on me right now, our director, because there is something else behind me that you can see on a clear da day. you can see the matterhorn. >> great job. >> in the neighborhood. >> now, the view though, some feel the price -- the climb is a little rough. it's about 23 degrees right now. i'm not wearing a coat because the sun is so intense and it's

heating us up. the air is also thin. up at this altitude i'm breathing air that has about 20% to 30% less oxygen in it than what you breathe down in rockefeller center. but despite the elements, it's extremely civilized up here, guys. i have four bars. you got to love the swiss. there are two ways to get up here. you can climb, which is how i got up here. >> not. >> not. no. >> yeah. that's the ticket. that's how i got up here. i climbed up here. or you can take that train ride, which is spectacular. either way, when you get here, it is worth the trip. take a look. >> high and mighty, vast and ti timeless. the swiss alps have been called the visible throne of god, a sight to behold. three majestic mountains cast a shadow over these lands.

the iger, the monk, and the region's namesake the junfrau. >> the fact that you have an inhabited area at the foot of some of the most magnificent mountains in the alps, they're in your face. you can reach up and touch them. >> reporter: from snowy peaks to lush valleys, pastoral farm land, improbable towns accessible only by cable cars. 7,000 people call this home. for the last 25 years, evelyn has been climbing these mountains, the first female mountain guide in this region. like so many here, the alpine spirit is in her blood. >> being in the middle of the history and the middle of this nature is something very special. i feel a big power here. >> reporter: tourists, too, have been charmed by these mountains for centuries. nearly 2 million take in these

vistas each year, from all over the world. a stunning, two-hour train ride from the valley floor through picturesque towns and into mountain rocks takes visitors to the grand finale. the top of europe. at over 11,000 feet the junfrau is the highest railway station on the continent. part tourist attraction, part high altitude research center, it's home to the sphinx observatory, an iconic location surrounded by breathtaking peaks. up here the air is thin, the view endless, and for visitors it's a chance to walk above the clouds. >> it's awesome. >> it's surreal. >> this is one of the most beautiful places that i've seen. >> reporter: deep within the jungfrau, itself, lies the ice palace, a winter wonder land carved from the largest glacier in europe.

for thrill seekers this is an extreme world of ice and snow. beautiful and enchanting. for centuries the swiss alps were simply insurmountable. today, tourists can take it all in. looking out from the world's ultimate perch. >> i think you get a sense of why they call this place the top of europe and just a quick story, we decided to come here years ago when we were in a helicopter flying to the matterhorn and we looked out the window and actually flew by this place and saw it and said, what the heck is that? we've got to go there one day. what do you think? >> gosh. >> you asked the question, you said, i sure hope this translates. matt, we have chills in the studio. it is so stunning. >> wow. >> to see that. and also so compelling to think that you can be reporting from above but also see what's happening below in these ice caves and also begs the question sort of what is happening with

that observatory? is it able to see better into space? does it have a telescope? >> it's doing all kinds of research. we'll tell you about that later on. obviously they don't have smog and pollution to deal with up here. we'll talk about what it takes to climb in this area, we've got the monk right next to me, the iger behind that, a dangerous and iconic peak and we'll show you around the top of europe but first on a thursday morning this is "today" on nbc.

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just ahead we have an exclusive interview with dr. conrad murray the doctor convicted in the death of michael jackson. >> from here we'll talk about what it takes to survive in this incredibly difficult terrain. we have a guest, the host of "man vs. wild" and a survival expert and he is set to rappel down the sfix observatory. how you doing?

>> hey, matt. top of the world! what a day! >> have fun. we'll catch up with you down below. i'll take the spares if you don't mind. talking to bear and having a lot of fun up here. first these messages and your local news. are not for decorating. dad. did you know it's 22 days, 11 hours and 2 minutes to christmas? [ mumbling ] ...enny days, 8 hours, 9 minutes... 18 days, 17 hours... [ mom ] let's go, young lady. [ female announcer ] they're for building excitement for christmas. 12 days, 18 hours... come on. it's no days! [ female announcer ] the hallmark countdown to christmas ornament. 5 hours and 59 minutes and 41... 40...3.. 38...37...36...

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thursday morning 10th day of november, 2011, day four of "where in the world is matt lauer?" coming to you from the sphinx observatory on the top of jungfrau mountain in the swiss alps. there is bear, the host of "man vs. wild" getting set to rappel from the sphinx observatory. better him than me. bear, look out below. >> beautiful. >> he of course is a survival expert. he has cameras on him to document what he is seeing. that is his point of view. we'll catch up with bear a little bit later on and talk

about surviving in this terrain. it is 7:30 now back in new york city. it's 1:30 in the afternoon here in the swiss alps. i'm matt lauer. ann curry is back in new york. good morning again. >> good morning once again. watching bear i'll tell you i'm glad i didn't have breakfast. i hope he didn't have any either. >> we didn't have time. >> i imagine. >> it's beautiful here. amazing. the longest in europe. >> ann, this was a place we were going to come to on tuesday. we made much about the fact that the weather here was bad. we couldn't do it. i want to show you some videotape of tuesday, what we would have been experiencing had we come that day. it was a white out. snow blowing sideways, wind gusts up to 65 miles an hour. we had nine members of our crew actually spend a night out here because it was simply too iffy to get them up and down on the train.

we always take our hats off to the technical crew on this trip, you know, a special tip of the hat this morning to them because they went above and beyond the call of duty. ann, let me give you an idea of how i got here after kuala lampur on wednesday. we took off on a seven-hour flight to abu dhabi and then got some fuel there. we took another seven-hour flight to zurich, switzerland, and then it got interesting. an hour helicopter ride into the alps followed by a two-hour high altitude train ride making our entire trip 6,489 miles. our grand total for the week, 25,170 miles. we have spent over 55 hours in planes, trains, and helicopters. coming up, we'll talk about the eiger, one of the most iconic peaks in this area. normally it takes a team about three days to climb it. we'll meet a guy who claimed it in just under three hours, ann.

>> all right. very impressive, matt. to make you feel better, you don't look any worse for the wear. we'll see more from you in a little bit. we begin this half hour with michael jackson's doctor, just days before he was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the singer's death. conrad murray sat down with savannah guthrie for an exclusive interview. she joins us. good morning. >> good morning to you. conrad murray decided not to testify at his trial so this is the first time we see him answering questions about the case. and what was clear right away. to this day the doctor stands by his actions the day michael jackson died. savannah guthrie from nbc. in the waning days of the case conrad murray agreed to an interview, with his fate still in the hands of the jury. michael jackson was one of the most beloved entertainers this country, around the world. what's it like to be blamed for his death? >> well, i loved michael, too. i'm as much a fan as any of the

others. to be blamed for his death has not been an easy thing. >> reporter: dr. conrad murray first met michael jackson during a house call in las vegas in 2006 and saw him off and on from that point forward. >> this is it. i'll see you in july. >> but when jackson agreed to a comeback tour in 2009, he wanted his own full-time doctor with him, and the concert promoter agreed to hire jackson's pick, dr. murray, for a salary of $150,000 a month. do you now wish you'd never met michael jackson? >> i would hate to put blame on michael as an individual. i don't regret that i met michael. i only wish that maybe in our dealings with each other he was more forthcoming and honest to tell me things about himself. >> you think he lied to you? >> definitely. >> about what?

>> well, certainly he was deceptive by not sharing with me his whole medical history. the doctors he was seeing, treatment he might have been receiving. >> the lorazepam -- >> reporter: in court prosecutors laid out dozens of prescription bottles found in michael jackson's house days after his death, pain killers, antidepressants, and antianxiety medications. did you really not know he had an addiction problem? >> absolutely not. did not have a clue. >> wait a minute. you knew he was seeing other doctors. on the bed side are all these prescriptions with other doctors' names on them. >> i cannot prevent michael from seeing another doctor for whatever reason. >> when he hired you, you must have realized the main reason he hired you was to give him this drug propofol. >> no. not at all. >> when he hired you full-time, one of the first actions you took was to start buying propofol and sending it to

california. >> absolutely that's not correct. first of all, i met michael with propofol. this was not something i introduced to michael. >> in fact, murray was hired full-time in march, 2009, and between april and june of that year, prosecutors say he ordered 255 vials of propofol, adding up to more than four gallons for jackson's personal use. for two months, jackson came home late at night from rehearsals and dr. murray's work day began, setting up michael with an i.v. in his bedroom, administering propofol to help him sleep. to you there is still nothing wrong with giving propofol in a home setting? >> i think propofol is not recommended to be given in the home setting, but it is not contra indicated. >> was it wrong for you to give it in the conditions in which you gave it to michael jackson? >> i look at my condition with

michael not as about giving it but trying to find a method to take away something from him that i felt he should not have been using on his own. >> why didn't you just walk away? >> i should have walked away. but if i walked away, i would have abandoned a friend. >> dr. murray claims he was weaning jackson off the drug. >> why should anyone believe that after 60 days of administering propofol that suddenly in those last few days you decided to stop giving him propofol? why should anyone believe that? >> well, i'll tell you what. that happened, three days towards his death he was weaned off and i was extremely happy because i finally achieved the state i wanted. the state was, michael away from propofol. >> whatever his state that night, at trial one of the most shocking pieces of evidence showed michael jackson in early may under the influence of

something. >> when people leave my show, i want them to say, i've never seen nothing like this in my life. go. go. >> the slurred voice of michael jackson, six weeks before his death, in a recording police found on conrad murray's iphone. what was the purpose of recording him in that state? >> it was incidentally recorded. >> you mean an accident? >> yeah. it was an accident. >> when did you find out it had been recorded? >> in court. >> during the opening statements? >> mm-hmm. >> god wants me to do it. god wants me to do it. i'm going to do it, conrad. >> i know you would. i asked him a question. are you okay? i say that to michael. then he says yes. then the next thing i heard is that he says i'm asleep. >> was he on propofol? >> he was. >> reporter: though he desperately wanted that comeback, michael jackson's days

were numbered and dr. murray was the last person ever to see michael jackson alive. how much pressure did you feel to get him to sleep? >> oh, tremendous. tremendous. it was nothing -- nothing that i have ever encountered. >> reporter: you were the last person to see him or talk to him before he died. what was he like in those final hours? >> a desperate man, desperate. >> reporter: are you the cause of michael jackson's death? >> no, i am not. >> reporter: do you remember his final words before he died? >> it was probably -- i don't know -- that is probably when he was bleeding and begging me to please, please let him have some milk because that was the only thing that would work. >> well, tomorrow dr. murray answers the key questions in the

case. why didn't he call 911 right away? why didn't he tell paramedics that he had given michael jackson propofol? and, significantly, how long was he really out of the room on that crucial morning that michael jackson died? we'll have those answers tomorrow on "today." >> all right, savannah, thank you so much this morning. now let's get a check of the weather from al. today's weather is brought to you by soma intimates, beautiful lingerie for modern women available at soma.com. >> good morning as we check our latest weather and show you amazingly looking at afternoon temperatures that are seasonal, 50s and 60s in the northeast, 80s as you make your way down into florida. 30s back through the plains. and the upper mississippi river valley. snowfall, we'll look at snow showers around the central great lakes. heavy rain in the northeast and new england later today all due to the effects of >> good morning.

we have some fog this morning. mostly cloudy skies with a slight chance for a rain shower. >> and that's your latest weather, ann. >> thanks. still to come, the star of the "twilight" saga robert pattinson will be in our studio live, plus we'll also have much more from matt from the top of europe in the swiss alps. that's coming up right after this.

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doing laundry is classic problem solving. i mean, kids make stains, i use tide boost to super charge our detergent. boom -- the clothes look amazing, and daddy? well, he's a hero. oh, see this thing here? it was covered in freezer pop. and since i won't have to wash it twice to get it clean, well, now i get to spend a little more me time. daddy, can you french braid my hair? herring bone or fish tail? herring bone. [ man ] good call. tide boost is my tide. what's yours? welcome back to the sphinx observatory on top of the peak called the jungfrau here in the swiss alps. it's a glorious day here and

believe it or not we've drawn a crowd. we've got some people who apparently were tipped off that we were coming and they have come prepared with their signs from the united states and canada. guys, thank you so much. great to have a welcoming committee. a moment ago i talked about the eiger, one of the iconic peaks here. it is the crown jewel for climbers in this area. over 13,000 feet tall, it's steep, prone to bad weather. it is very dangerous. since 1935, 60 climbers have died trying to make the assent. its name alone conjures up images of triumph and tragedy. the eiger, the most dangerous mountain in all of europe. climbers the world over are drawn to its treacherous north face, a steep, jagged wall of rock that plummets nonstop for over a mile. >> the north face of the eiger was one of the real icons in the history of mountaineering. people had originally thought

that it wasn't possible to climb because it's just too steep and too big. >> reporter: in 1962 john harland became the first american to conquer the eiger's north face, solidifying his legend on this massive mountain. >> the north fafs tce of the ei has claimed its 27th victim. >> reporter: but tragedy struck four years later. climbing a more direct route to the top harland fell 4,000 feet to his death. his rope severed on a rocky ledge. his legacy lives on. 40 years after his death, his son john harland iii returns to the eiger, conquering its daunting north face, tracing his father's foot steps, and climbing his way to 13,000 feet, the summit, a powerful tribute to his father. >> climbing the peak was really katherine a

cathartic for me. i felt i needed to climb it in order to have this contact with my father rncht today a new crop of xtreme athletes is taking on the eiger. known simply as the swiss machine, he's taking climbing to brave new heights. >> that's the mountain, the history of climbing. >> reporter: in 2008, he set a speed record summiting the giant peak in just 2:47, an amazing feat for a climb that takes three days on average. >> when i saw this time i was like, oh, that's not possible. >> reporter: also breaking new boundaries, american dean potter. >> i love the idea that i can change the worst possible thing to the best possible thing. dying to flying. >> reporter: he specializes in wing suit base jumping and recently did the unthinkable. from this perch high atop the eiger, potter jumped, soaring

beautifully through the air for three astonishing minutes. setting a record for the world's longest base jump in the process. savage and sublime, the lure of the eiger continues to push a chosen few to extraordinary limits. we're joined now by the man who broke the speed record, climbing the eiger, it was captured in the movie called "the swiss machine." he is a sensation in this part of the world. what a pleasure to meet you. >> thank you. >> you must have lungs the size of my car. how do you do that? >> i mean, it's a lot of training. it's not like you just go and just climb the eiger in three hours. that's not possible. i'm really like, you know, from switzerland, i trained a lot for that. >> what is it about the eiger? what draws so many climbers to that peak? >> i think it, you know, is so

iconic. there is a big history behind this face. i think because it's also so close to the public. i mean, you go out for the train, you see this face, this 1,800 meter and everybody can feel that. i think that makes the eiger special. >> no ropes. this is pure climbing. how dangerous is what you do? >> i mean, it's -- it is dangerous. if you do a mistake, you're dead. that's clear. there is no maybe or you're not going to survive that. but if you know the danger, you can train yourself so i know i'm not falling off the eiger. if i train a lot. if i have to -- >> what is next? you broke this record up the eiger. what is in your sights? >> you know, here, that's my back yard. i learned a lot. i had a -- i trained like new technologies, new strategies, and i think i can use this speed

also in the himalayas on the 8,000 meter where people take so long to climb up in the thin air and i think their speed would be also a lot of security. >> the lebron james of the swiss alps right here. what a pleasure to meet you. thank you very much. >> thanks. >> we'll have much more ahead from jungfrau and meet the most photographed model in all of switzerland even at this altitude she is wearing next to nothing. but first these messages. what is that?

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to the 8 and 5 split. delays in both directions over on the northeast corner. 11 miles per hour on the west side outer loop to reisterstown. , no mills, watch for an overturned vehicle. if you want to head out on route 23 and 24, watch for an accident at forest hills. conowingo dam is open. those repairs will happen on monday. delays in place i-95 south. we will switch over quickly to the west side, where we have delays as well. >> the fog is the big story weather-wise. if you are just leaving the house, you have got to be careful. temperatures are not going to move much today. maybe in the mid-to-upper-50's. mostly cloudy skies. 30% chance for a couple of rainshowers as well. seven-day forecast going into the weekend, it will clear up

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♪ ♪ 8:00 on this thursday morning, the 10th day of november, 2011. take a look and listen to this. it's hard to find a prettier location in the entire world. matt is at the so-called top of europe in switzerland and for day four of his "where in the world" adventure. and what a pleasure to hear these young voices this morning.

>> yodeling is not just for old-timers around here. it's become hip again. you've got some young people there, some teenagers who actually practice yodeling after school each day. by the way, it's not singing. there are no words. it's just vocalizing and actually it's awfully appropriate for our location. anyway, we are back here at jungfrau and the sphinx observatory just above us. you won't believe it but every once in a while you turn a corner and run into someone you know. look who i've got here. i've got kerry sanders of nbc who happened by the way to be on his varsity yodeling team back in high school. a little known fact. >> after the voice change i can't do that anymore. >> how you doing? you've been here a while on and off. >> fabulous. >> it's a cool spot. >> i feel like we're scratching heaven right here. it's amazing. it's breathless here but also with this altitude breathless. >> yes. >> and so if you're an adventure seeker and as you know i like to

do some crazy things. >> right. >> there are some things he that will leave you breathless because you will do literally flying through the alps. we'll have that, coming up. it's stunning. >> i'm thrilled you're here. you've been on a lot of these "where in the world" trips tan is great to have you back. kerry is also the guy who tipped me off to the fact that perhaps the most famous model in all of switzerland happens to be up here today on a photo shoot. despite the fact we are at 11,000 feet she is wearing basically no clothes so without further ado, ladies and gentlemen, let's bring her in. come on over here. >> what? >> and osti's manager, cliff robertson. this is what a model is like here in switzerland. how many pictures a day would you say osti takes? >> well it varies depending on the season but, you know, hundreds. >> how old is osti? >> she is 8 now. >> she's not only a great friend of yours and your pet but your livelihood, right?

>> absolutely. >> and what's the reaction? you get a lot of tourists from asia here by the way? >> i get them from all over the world. i basically do the photos, group photos with the asians, yes. >> final question, is there anything in there? >> unfortunately not. >> you let me down. >> thank you so much. >> you're welcome. >> it's great to have you here. guys, back to you in new york. >> osti is a beautiful model and we all went, ah, as soon as we saw her this morning, matt. thank you so much. we're so excited about what is still to come from the swiss alps. we also want to tell you we have a major guest coming up for an interview this morning. >> that's right. robert pattinson is going to be here. and he, of course, the "twilight" fame as we start to wind down that saga, "breaking dawn" so he'll be here in a little bit. >> these guys are not wound down. they're wound up. they've been here overnight. before we get to all of that let's check the morning's top stories with natalie at the news

desk. good morning, ann and al. good morning, everyone. there was a violent reaction overnight after penn state university fired legendary football coach joe paterno. thousands of students flooded the streets near the campus and witnesses said some threw rocks and bottles and overturned a news van. police used pepper spray to disperse the crowd. paterno came under fire for failing to do more to stop the alleged sexual abuse of boys by former assistant coach jerry sandusky. by his own admission republican presidential candidate rick perry sure stepped in it during last night's republican presidential debate in michigan. when asked to explain his own campaign promise to eliminate three federal cabinet agencies, perry could only name two and then 20 minutes later the embarrassed texas governor finally remembered the third. one of major league baseball's most promising young players has been kidnapped in his native venezuela. his family says washington nationals catcher wilson ramos was abducted by several armed men last night while visiting

relatives. venezuela is home to dozens of major leaguers but it is believed this is the first time a player has been taken. eddie murphy has stepped down as the host of the oscars just one day after the show's producer bret ratner resigned. the director of murphy's current film stepped down because of back lash after he used an anti-gay slur. the academy has three months to find a new host. now for a look at what is trending today. our quick roundup of what has you talking online. ashton kutcher touched off a twitter firestorm last night when he defended fired penn state coach joe paterno. how do you fire joe pa? insult. no class kutcher tweeted to his 8 million followers. later kutcher then deleted the tweet and said he was unaware of the child sexual abuse scandal that led to his ouster. he tweeted i will stop tweeting until i find a way to properly manage this feed. i feel awful about this error. won't happen again. actress dakota fanning is a top

search on yahoo after this perfume ad was banned in great britain. the 17-year-old is made to appear even younger and is too provocative. take a look at this remarkable display of catitude growing viral. when it grows wary of another feline on its turf, cobra cat rears up like a snake there, ready to strike. oh, man. stay away from that cat. it is 8:06 right now. let's go back to al with a check of the weather. i think my cat does that, al. >> yeah. yo-yo. wow. that was rough. why do you have all these kids in boxes? >> i received a shoe box when i was young and now i am here to support operation christmas child. go to shoe box blitz.com and follow us and you can find out all about us. >> all right. thanks. okay. let's check your weather and see

what's happening. pick city today, just happens to be catalina island, california. nbc 4. sunshine mixed with clouds. 71 degrees. and you can see that we've got a front pushing its way off the east coast. tropical storm sean actually adding some moisture into that as well. a few light scattered showers around the pacific northwest. you've got some rain down through western florida. we've also got windy conditions and snow showers western great lakes. the winds continue down in southern california, 79 in los angeles today. >> good morning. be careful this morning. we have some fog in some neighborhoods. a slight chance for a rain

that's your latest weather. ann? >> all right. >> that's right, al. here, coming up, is robert pattinson in our plaza. and all of these people, many of them have been here since overnight, some of them have been here since taylor lautner left yesterday. some women here since 2:00 this morning and many have not showered and they all love you. give them a wave, will you? we have an interview with robert pattinson coming up in just a moment and also more from the swiss alps after this.

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vampire edward in the new movie the twilight saga "breaking dawn" and the fourth film starts with a wedding and a honeymoon. >> you tired? do you want to go for a swim? >> yeah, that sounds nice. i could use a few human minutes. >> don't take too long. >> robert pattinson, good morning. >> good morning. >> it seems like you struggle to watch yourself in a movie. you're sort of rubbing your eyes, sort of not really comfortable. >> i know. yeah. i don't know what's happened to me recently. i can't even look at a mirror without crying. >> really? why? >> not true. >> you know, this honeymoon obviously comes after probably one of the most stunning weddings on film ever.

and really visually stunning. what was it like to see kristen walking down that aisle? >> it was nice. you suddenly realize that the role of a man, the role of a groom in a wedding is that of a prop. you kind of -- like watching kristen have to take all the nerves and deal with all the heavy lifting in the scene base clinchts becau basically. they sort of held her back and all of you worked together all of these years but you hadn't seen her before. >> i had seen her in the wedding dress but pretty much everyone else hadn't seen her so when she was walking down the aisle and everyone turned around there was genuine curiosity because there was so much secrecy about it. i don't know why. it's beautiful. >> it was stunning. >> it's an incredible dress. >> she was beautiful, kristen. >> she looks amazing. >> but that was the easy part. the hard part, i had been reading all this research. it was really it sounds like because you are a kind of shy fellow, shy, very talented

fellow, that you sort of struggled with having to have your first scene, you know, in a love scene, the honeymoon love scene and i'm wondering, it seems to me that would be the worst part about being an actor, having to sort of do something so intimate with all of these cameras and people sort of watching. >> yeah, i mean, it's not so much doing the love scene that's the nerve-racking part because i mean i've done a bunch of them before but it's the fact that it's within the "twilight" series and so much based on -- you know, taylor lautner the sex pack himself. >> you were worried about being compared to taylor? >> you're thinking about sexual positions which don't involve -- >> my gosh. that is so funny. and they're already screaming just hearing you speak about that outside. >> oh, can people hear? >> they can actually hear you outside. >> i was like what are they screaming at? >> there are millions of people watching on television. you know that. and you know it's interesting because this is the end, the second to the last of the movies

of the series. and you, i'm wondering if you feel as though coming to this now speaking about this movie a sense of relief? or a sense of trepidation looking ahead? >> yes. a little of both. it's kind of -- i feel like i could have played -- i could have done anything between these movies. i could have gone and played a kind of, i don't know, trying to think of the most ridiculous part i could think of but everything i think of is insulting to someone. but like -- >> i know you've come out and said you were worried about having the mark hammill curse, the fellow who played luke skywalker in "star wars." you've got two movies going on, one with umnmovma thurman so it sounds like you're doing really well. >> you have this series where you can -- you know, just be in any position where you get interviewed, you're afraid of

being type cast. i wasn't afraid at all before. but, you know, it eventually seeps into you and you're going -- because there is another thing. you can't really -- you can't suddenly shun the audience which, you know, you've collected by doing all these movies. and so, you know, you feel like you want to do something different, completely different but that's not the right way to go about it. it's just a strange, hard industry. i think everyone is pretty much afraid. >> if you are then we all should be. you know? congratulations. at 25, so much success. a beautiful girlfriend, a wonderful career. movies in the works. enjoy it. enjoy the ride. don't be afraid. you're doing great. >> i am. >> "breaking dawn" part one opens in theaters nationwide next friday on november 18th. coming up next, much more from matt as "where in the world" rolls on from switzerland. that's right after this. [ female announcer ] this is liz. who came to walgreens...

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with you. it is bear grills in there the host of "man vs. wild" on the discovery channel. he is a survival expert. how you doing in there? >> hey, matt. >> tell me about this cave you built as i make my way in. >> yeah. be careful. there you go. get down low. that's it. >> how are you? >> good. it's cool in here isn't it? >> it is actually much nicer in here than it was out there. how long did it take to build this? >> it's often like that. i've been in these things in siberia and alaska. sometimes there is a gale outside, get in here out of the wind and it can totally stay your life. >> if you get stuck and you build a snow cave let's talk about the things you have to have. first of all what are you doing with the little pot there? >> here you go. sit on that. >> you want insulation. >> you want a little air vent somewhere because, you know, the danger is you get in here and it can snow and you get sealed in, run out of oxygen. and, you know, die in your sleep. i always keep a little candle burning. if that goes out i know we're low on oxygen.

>> that is like the canary in the coal mine over there. >> exactly. and the most important thing is keep you warm and hydrated and keep some food going. i have some spruce needle tea here and then a bit of energy as well. >> what is that? >> a few grubs. >> what are you going to do with those? >> a few worms. we'll put those in. >> why do you need those? protein? >> and pour boiling water in here. >> yeah. >> then you've got good tea. and then some delicious protein as well. there you go. you want one? you have one of those. i'll have the other one. >> okay. >> great worm, huh? >> hum. they kind of pop when you eat them. >> have a slurp of water with it. >> hum. all right. >> the needle tea is nice. >> it's not bad. the grub is not good. you have run through shark infested waters. you've jumped out of a helicopter with a parachute. in one episode you drank your own urine which by the way our executive producer did that one night in new orleans but that is a completely different story.

>> okay. moving on to that part of it. >> exactly. is there anything you wouldn't do or is survival just a matter of doing anything you have to? >> the great survival stories are always about people who can dig really deep. it might not be pretty, might not taste nice, might not look nice but it can save your life but that is the essence of what man vs. wild is about. i love this. i've done all of this since i was a kid and i've got three young kids now and they've slept in snow caves and it's so much fun. >> by the way, you wouldn't get a very comfortable night's sleep. >> this is probably the biggest, best snow cave we've ever made. this is like roomy. and you want to have, you want to be sleeping higher up. that cold air is going to sink as well. you can be really comfy here. >> as you mentioned you kind of set it past hydration. if you get out here and even just a tourist and you're checking out the sights, you see people drinking water all the time. >> you're high up, 11,000 feet. you have to keep drinking. >> fascinating. great to have you here in the alps with us. he is the host of "man vs.

wild." >> listen, take a knife in case you need one. >> i need that more in new york than i need it here. we'll have much more from the swiss alps on day five of >> live, local, latebreaking. this is wbal-tv 11 news today in baltimore. >> good morning. i am mindy basara. as get a final check on the morning commute with sarah caldwell. >> fog very intense and widespread and we are dealing with accidents around the area. another one on the eastbound side at 100 at all animals boulevard. overturned vehicle. -- anne arundel mills boulevard. overturned vehicle. if you're going to head out in harford and alameda, watch for an accident. looking at795, 83's delays from padonia down to the beltway.

southbound 95 coming down from mountain road, delays. in forestal, an accident at route 23 and route 24. another one with downed pole and wires at 23 and the pennsylvania state line. 95 coming down from joppa road. those delays are pretty heavy there. we will switch to live view. speaking of the beltway, the northwest corner is crowded. john collins joins us with a look at the forecast. >> in addition to the fog and clouds and a mild temperatures, we have a cold front coming in. along the front, hagerstown southward into northern virginia, there are sporty little showers. that will be moving to the east. we have to contend with that as well as the other stuff. temperatures in the 50's. our forecast calling for mostly cloudy skies. eventually it will burn off. a few scattered showers and sprinkles.

maybe a break for some sunshine later in the day. chilly day tomorrow. kind breezy. >> we will have another update at 8:55.

♪ >> we are back now, 8:30 on a thursday morning, november 10th, 2011. that makes it 2:30 in the afternoon here in the swiss

alps, and you're listening to the sound of some alp horn players. i'm matt lauer with nbc's kerry sanders. >> they're just a wonderful, musical melody to listen as you stand in this beauty. they're made out of spruce, and the reason that the swiss have the alp horn is it is how they used to communicate from mountain top to mountain top, sort of like a morse code from one to the other or maybe smoke signals we might understand and sometimes the messengers were simply, how is the grass over there because i'm going to bring my cattle over if it's good. >> we have no idea what they're saying right now but we're enjoying the tunes. we have a nice crowd of people gathered here in jungfrau, 11,700 feet up in the alps. great to see you. coming up we'll be talking about the great railroad that brought us up here. ann, al, natalie, it was a sight to behold and we'll take you for a ride, guys. >> very exciting, matt.

thank you so much. apparently the embassy in switzerland also let people know because there they are with their signs behind matt. i also wanted to mention what a nice guy robert pattinson is. he is still out here saying hello to his fans. as i said earlier, a lot of them have been here since overnight, some of them actually never left after being here when taylor lautner was here yesterday, right at this hour. so that's 24 hours on our broadcast. anyway, what a nice guy. it was fun to talk to him. >> he was clean shaven when he started. >> i know. there you go. meantime, we have a lot more to get to in this half hour including how to jump-start our holiday shopping. >> that's right. we'll tell you where to find some of the hottest toys already out for your christmas holiday shopping. coming up. >> okay. and joy bauer is going to be here with a look at some of your most pressing diet problems. >> okay. that's just in time for the holidays as well. >> yes. >> meantime let's check the weather first from you. >> okey-dokey. we'll show you for today we've

got tropical storm sean off the coast. that's going to eventually funnel in some heavy rain into new england. showers in the mid-atlantic coast. also the west coast of florida. windy conditions out west through southern california. then for tomorrow more winds, some snow showers in northern new england. we got some afternoon showers in the pacific northwest down in southern california as well. gulf coast looking good, >> good morning. we have some fog this morning. mostly cloudy skies with a slight chance for a rain shower. and that's your latest weather. mr. lauer? >> all right, al.

thank you very much. we've been up here all morning long. we've been drinking water all morning long so i need to take a trip to the throne here. >> okay. >> but it's actually this kind of throne that we have created here in the alps. kerry, come on over. this is the important part of the show where we bestow the gifts on our friends back in new york. >> nice. >> we're doing it in style this morning. kerry has been here longer but i will tell you i'm going to start with you, ann. i think you're going to love what we've gotten for you. >> okay. >> here we go. >> oh, wow. >> this is a traditional. >> yes, thank you! >> a traditional cow bell. they are very, very popular here and these actually are worn around the necks of cows and some of them are passed down from generation to generation in families. >> i see. >> this is if you want to speak in the local language, ann, it is. [ speaking in other language ]

while this is ornamental, up here in the alps where cattle are roaming around almost every cow is wearing a bell. you don't hear cars. the trains are electric. so about all you hear is --. >> thanks for that. i appreciate it. >> wow. >> we appreciate it. >> it is going to look really good with my dresses. thank you so much. i look forward to ringing that bell. >> she's got a fever that only cow bell can cure. >> i guess so. >> she needs more cow bell. >> all right. al, you're next. kerry, explain here. >> okay. this watch has, you know, of course there is watch making here and this is the eidelweiss which is the flower here and interestingly the watch making in switzerland began as a way for farmers to make extra money so they would make those intricate parts and they would all come together so here, indeed, is your watch. >> that is beautiful. thank you so much. >> beautiful. >> finally, thank you very much.

finally, natalie, for you, you might not realize this is a gift or a curse, symbolizing it with a pair of running shoes and the reason is this. for you what we've done and we hope you like this, we have entered you in the jungfrau marathon. >> what? >> which takes place in september of 2012. it is an all out marathon. >> wow. >> they call it the most beautiful marathon in the world. >> i'm so excited. >> if you're game, you're now entered in next year's version of the jungfrau marathon. >> my gosh. i have to train in high altitude now. >> so exciting. >> that is unbelievable. now i really hope i can get time off the show. thank you so much. >> wow. >> amazing. >> anyway, those are the gifts. we'll have a clue coming up. kerry, thanks for your help. we'll have much more from switzerland and new york city on a thursday morning but first this is "today" on nbc.

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welcome back to jungfraujoch, 11,000 feet up in the swiss alps and we've got an amazing vista behind us and not only does this draw some 700,000 tourists every year, it draws a lot of film makers. why not? this is a perfect movie backdrop. kerry sanders, back with us now with that part of the story. >> not only is it gorgeous here but it may actually appear something like, i know that scene before. because it's right over there, just one mountain over, which is quite popular, because, well, i'll give you a clue. bond, james bond. there's only one way to get here -- by cable car. were it not for james bond this engineering marvel at 9,000 plus

feet might not even exist. half built and out of money, the movie producers completed construction here to make the 1969 bond flick "on her majesty's secret service." and no one knows the spot better than one of the most famous actors you never heard of. >> bond comes out here. >> reporter: that's stefan zurcher then a 23-year-old xtreme skier about to begin a life as a james bond stunt man. in the days before computer animation. when people walk past you they have no idea a lot of that is you. >> thank god. >> reporter: six action-packed james bond movies have been filmed in switzerland. but we found real life in the alps is so peaceful often the only thing you hear are the cow bells. but as peaceful as it is, for

those with an inner james bond yearning to get out, this is also a playground. from the zip line -- >> that's exhilarating. >> reporter: to the fastest growing sport in the alps, paragliding. >> oh, my goodness. wow. so that's like a death spiral he's doing over there? >> yep. >> you don't do that with passengers do you? you do? >> ah! no more no more! ah! oh, my god. a safe landing. >> reporter: want a james bond chase scene? coast down the alps on a scooter. but perhaps the most awe inspiring movie type moment to be had in the alps -- hiking across one of the glaciers here. >> i live at sea level. how about a breath already? >> you never go on a glacier

alone without a rope. >> reporter: my guide, martin sherman, nick named the mountain goat. on top of the glacier he took me to 12,000 feet. this is jungfrau, 18 miles long, a half mile deep, and remarkably we're moving. because of gravity this ice cube is slowly moving south about three feet a year. >> reporter: and unbelievably deep inside the glacier we found a little known ice bar. my choice, of course, shaken not stirred. >> it's good. okay. so if matt will indulge this fantasy, i will, as only james bond could do, have a bond girl here with me. matt, i have a mission and i have to find out whether she's a double agent. >> did you not hear that i have

four bonds on my blackberry? that means your wife can call here. all right? kerry sanders. thank you very much. when we come back, the only way to get from down there to up here. ♪

murphy out as host of the oscars an announcement made one day after the show's producer stepped down in the midst of an uproar over his use of a gay slur. nbc's kristen dahlgren has the story. kristen, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, ann. well, murphy leaving the oscars leaves the academy with no host and just over three months until the big broadcast. >> man, the suit got it all

figured out? >> reporter: with their joint effort "tower heist" in theaters eddie murphy and his producing pal brett ratner were looking forward to collaborating on the oscars. >> brett told me he was producing the show and started talking about different hosts and who should host it and it was like, nah, nah. >> reporter: but this weekend ratner said a lot more than that using a gay slur in a question-and-answer session. >> we hersal? >> what's that? >> rehearsal is for [ bleep ]. >> reporter: ratner later apologized for what he called hurtful and stupid comments promising to fight bigotry and stepping down as oscar producer. on wednesday murphy resigned as host. >> in our private conversations with academy members, they are furious. >> reporter: in a statement the academy was civil. the president saying, i appreciate how eddie feels about losing his creative partner brett ratner and we all wish him well. murphy added, i'm sure the new production team and host will do an equally great job.

oscar winner brian grazer who worked with the two on "tower heist" and is seen here in video with ratner was quickly named the new producer, but the host spot is for now unfilled. from the beginning, many hollywood insiders considered ratner a controversial choice. >> you're not getting an altar boy here. he is a bit of a playboy, has wild parties, probably not the most female friendly director out there. >> reporter: in fact, the same day as the gay slur ratner went on howard stern's radio show. >> before i go all the way i send the girl to the doctor. >> reporter: and who could forget eddie murphy in the early '80s making gay slurs a big part of his standup? >> homosexuals a couple years and [ bleep ] were mad. >> reporter: murphy has since toned things down and maybe better known these days for family friendly movies. >> are you okay? >> i'm fine! >> reporter: but he will not now be known as oscar host and for the billion people expected to watch, the show will likely look

a lot different. >> if i were the academy right now i would be thinking, safe. >> and we will all be awaiting that host decision. it better come soon. the oscar's end scheduled for february 26th. >> holy cow. kristen dahlgren, no kidding. thank you so much. and coming up next, matt gives us a clue about his final "where in the world" destination this year but first this is "today" on nbc.

and we're back now on day four of "where in the world is matt lauer?" the answer is 11,700 and something feet up in the swiss alps. we came up here by rail. the jungfraubon, the high alpine railway. it operates 365 days a year, and it gives residents and tourists, alike, access to this amazing mountain world. through picture perfect towns, past cascading water falls and overmountainous terrain, jungfrau's railway system covers 3,000 dramatic miles, a pioneering masterpiece by any standard. the railway is the lifeblood of this mountain community. many towns like here in vengen are inaccessible by road. the 1200 residents are completely reliant on the rail

service for supplies. >> we have to bring everything up to this resort by the train -- building materials, whatever it is. >> reporter: this is the town doctor. during medical emergency, he uses the train to transport patients to the valley below. >> during the night we have a special number which we can call. also pregnant women who will deliver their baby. they have that number. >> reporter: winding its way through the jungfrau countryside, farmers and school kids alike ride these rails every day, each route more stunning than the next. >> we see the mountains and the waterfalls. it's special. >> reporter: the crown jewel of switzerland's rail system, the jungfraubon, this cog railway is an engineering marvel, often called the railway to heaven, a symbol of the alpine's pioneering spirit. in 1893 adolph gierzeler had

this impossible dream, to build a train to the top of europe, 11,000 feet above sea level. >> when you speak about building a railway all the way to the top at this early stage, a lot of people got the impression it is not possible. >> reporter: but laborers did the impossible, carving through mountain rock using picks and shovels. in 1912, his dream was fulfilled and today that timeless trip to the top is as breathtaking as ever. more than 700,000 visitors make this remarkable two-hour journey each year, an unforgettable experience as the train claws its way upward for nearly six miles to the jungfraujoch, the highest rail station in all of europe. it was such a pretty ride up. you've made it several times but it is one of these things every time you pass a different turn you want to take a picture and send it to people back home.

ann and natalie and al, it is really a truly wonderful spot up here. >> all right. unbelievable. >> amazing. >> there is a viewer e-mail question, amy e-mailed us. matt, do your kids play along in trying to guess where you are going? did you leave them any extra clues? >> no, you know, i usually tell my family where i'm going. obviously annette and the kids need to know that sort of thing. every once in a while they want to be surprised. jack asked me yesterday to remind him where i was going today and he seemed very excited about it. so no extra clues but the family, yeah, we do let them in. they are in the inner circle so to speak. >> ooh, all right. what about that observatory, matt? we've all been wondering about that. >> yeah, the sphinx observatory, again, 11,700 and something feet up, they do all kinds of experiments. by the way, there are two custodians who stayed up there at all times to keep an eye on things, but they do experiments with climate and weather and radiation. >> and apparently we're exposed at this altitude to 20% more

radiation than we would be down below sea level. >> wow. >> they're very good at predicting weather based on some of the instruments up there. they are the ones who told us in no uncertain terms tuesday was not going to be nice here and we had a much better shot on thursday. so we listened to their advice and, you know, al, not that you're not right all the time. >> i defer to them. >> they're pretty good. by the way, i am going to leave here in a couple minutes so do you want a clue for tomorrow? day five of "where in the world?" >> sure. >> yes. >> we'll take it. >> okay. by the way, i think the counting so far is al you got one right. >> yes. >> natalie, you got one right. >> mm-hmm. >> ann, are you still on the schneid? >> oh, come on. >> wow. >> i came a half right with nambibia. i wasn't a hundred percent there. you're right. >> all right. here we go. clue for day five. with the alps to our backs, we make tracks for a party of epic proportions. >> hum. >> with the alps to our backs, we make tracks for a party of epic proportions.

>> interesting. >> hum. >> osti sounds pretty excited about it. >> yeah. matt, you mentioned you have four bars. four bars on the phone or are there four bars there too? a little schnapps? >> there is an ice bar. i really do. i have four bars of coverage up here at 11,000 feet. >> that is remarkable as has your coverage been and kerry's as well. thank you so much. much more ahead from switzerland coming up after your local news. >> welcome to day four of "where in the wormd is matt lauer" from the sphinx observatory on the top of the jungfrau in the swiss alps. is matt lauer" from the sphinx observatory on the top of the jungfrau in the swiss alps. the sphinx observatory on the top of the jungfrau in the swiss alps. ld is matt lauer" from the sphinx observatory on the top of the jungfrau in the swiss alps.

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