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today, sunday, november 14th, all time. today, sunday, november 14th, 2010. captions paid for by nbc-universal television good morning and welcome to "today" on sunday. i'm lester holt. >> i'm jenna wolfe. they are calling him theest fighter ever. he was called that before last night's match. >> he's not a big guy, but he packs a punch. more than 40,000 fans on hand at cowboys stadium. a million tuned in. some call it one of the greatest bouts of all time. we'll show you what happened. >> fun to watch as well. also, vanished. a mom, her two kids and a friend in ohio have been missing for days. investigators suspect foul play after blood was found in her home. this weekend, the search is on. >> later, i'm no top gun but aftereeing your flight with the blue angels i'mot sure i want to sit next toou on an

airplane ever. >> no, lester. this is real. it was very raw. it's not always pretty, but it was the thrill of a lifetime for me. let's just say i'm very ready to be back on solid ground after my ride with the blue angels in the f-18. you did it far better than i did. it was terrifying. >> you never throw up if you don't know which way up is. >> exactly. >> of all the beauties, that's the one lester picked out. >> you really earrassed me up there. you did. >> lester! >> then my interview with the one and only bob newhart celebrating 50 years in show business and he's funnier than ever. two hit sit com and one-sided phone conversations. >> still funny? >> still funny. first a british couple was seized from theiracht by somali pirates and now they are

free. here's the story. >> reporter: this was the moment the chandrs reached relative safe safety. custody of the men who vowed to secure their freedom. they were exhausted after an overnight road journey from the remote bush in somalia where they have been held for over a year. as basic medical checks were carried out, their delight and relief was obvious. >> i used to being swelteringly hot. >> reporter: the couple were told by pirates three days ago they would be reased but didn't believe it. >> you have to keep hope. >> yes. >> it was difficult, you know. we were kept separate in solitary confinement. that was very difficult. these are not nice people. >> reporter: paul and rachel were held at gunpoint, moved

from location to location with only one another for suppor these previously unseen pictures re filmed in july but can only be broadcast now that the chandlers are free. their family handed over half a million bu the pirates refused to let them go. >> we heard from my brother three weeks ago. he said he was hoping to get us out faiy quickly. we have heard nothing since. they just kept us caged up like animals. we haven't heard anything. have just been wondering what on earth is going on. >> reporter: this time another $300,000 was raised by the transitional government of somalia. the couple are expected to be flown back to this airport later this afternoo itv news, nairobi. >> they look remarkably well. i remember the pictures of them being held at npoint pleading for their life a thinking how hopeless the situation.

especially to go on for over a year. then you wake up and they are ee. >> and the strange calm. almost like they were in disbelief. they can't bieve after three years it's come to the fact that they are free. there is this really refreshing calm and peace to them both. >> we are happy for them and their families this morning. >> now we'll switch gears and head to politics. president obama is on his way home from the ten-day trip to asia today. he returns to a country and congress deeply divided over critical issues incding the so-called bush tax cuts. >> mikmike joins us now. >> reporter: it doesn't get easier for the presidentnce he's at the white house this afternoon. a lame duck session of congress begins tomorrow. it cld be a short and angry session. president obama wrapping up the last of ten days in asia sitting downith the russian president to talk arms control and

sight-seeing, returning to the great buddha of mikura. late today the president returns to the white house and a new political reality. still speaker until january, nancy pelosi begins a lame duck period where tax cuts loom. >> when w give tax cuts we want to give them to middle class families. >> reporter: after weeks spent bashing republicans for insisting cuts be extended to the wealthy, aids say the president is open to tha on a temporary basis. >> it is clear tonight who the winners are. >> reporter: fresh off the sweeping victory, republicans have rejected the opening. >> i think extendingff of the current tax rates and making them permanent will reduce the uncertainty in america and help small businesses begin to create jobsagain. >> reporter: the white house has also brought ridicule from the left. >> what we needrom president obama now is strength, not weakness. >> reporter: even with democrats

in control for now the president has little room to maneuver. >> he's tryingo play the space in the middle. there isobody in the middle. it will be hard for him. >> reporter: more trouble on the table for the lame duck, another extension of unemployment benefits and a decision on the military's don't ask, don't tell policy. after midterm election upheaval much of it may wai until the new congress is sworn in. >> the republicans want to wait until they have the house and they can get done what they want done. >> reporter: thursday, president obama sits down with congressional leaders for dinner in the white house residence. john boehner, the man likely to lead the house as the next speaker. >> we go to negotiations with barack obama, the support of the american people and with a clear understanding of what lies ead. i don't look f him to be in a terribly compromising mood. >> reporter: and as for house democrats, they had a log jam at the top when pelosi decide to standor minority leader, jim

clyburthe odd man out. they have esntially creat a position for him now. they will call it assistant leader and he'll remain as number three among house decrats. lester? >> mike, thanks. plenty of fights for the president, not the conservatives. david gregory is moderator of "meet the press. good to see you. i'm fascinated about the tax fight. republicans will have control in the new congress. how much power do they have to get their way on this? >> i think they have enough. i think the psident wants to make a deal. e key for the wte house is they want middle class tax cuts extended first. you could look for them to try to initiate that in the lame duck session mike laid out for us and see if republicans are willing to separate the iue of wealthier americans from middle class tax cuts. it may force a fight come january. but i think the white house is probably going to look for consensus on this. but try to do it for a more

limited period of time to send the message to the country and to the economy about some level of certainty. i also think the president, if he's going to deal on this wants to position himself as a fiscal conservative and say, look, if you want to do this, tell me where the corresponding spending cuts are. that's the responsible way to do it. look for him to get the upper hand in that way. >> let me pick up with the leadership changes. no leadership changes to think about on the democratic side of the house. a lot of people are surprised by that. they would think there would be a change given the huge democratic defeat. do the democrats perceive the reasons for this defeat dierently than republicans? >> well, look. let's point out it is not like there are a lot of fresh faces on the republican side either. we tonight want to argue that too hard. i say there is an inside game and outside game. the inside game is run well by

pelosi, fund-raising, organization, unity and getti things done. she wants her team there. it is a more liberal caucus now. she has a measure of powernd for now the white house is standing behind that. moderates have been swept out. you have more liberal memrs of congress. whether this is a liability we'll find over time to the extend she's made to be the face of the democratic party. >> now to the continuing fascination over sarah palin. she embarks on a book tour that will take her to some of th states important to the nominating process. iowa, south carolina. she has the tlc show that kicks off tonight. if she has plans to run for president it gives her a lot of face ti. coincidence or not? >> i don't think it is a coincidence. i think she's a juggernau in the party and that could be leading her to run for president

or at least straddle the line all the way to the end. she could have a real impact on iowa. she could be laid inlate into i. she' be conventional and republicans are conventnal about how they approach who's the nominee of the party. coming off the blocks, all the republicans i talked to who are professionals looking at the race saying nobody has a clear advantage here. she has a long way to go if she thinks she can get the nomination. she's a power base in the party. >> david, thanks. >> you bet. now a check of some of the other headlines with melissa francis at the news de. good morning. >> good morning. we begin in minnesota where they are digging out from the largest november snowfall in two decades. now more from the weather channel. >> reporter: the snowstorm took many by surprise. >> they said snow, not blizrd. >> wet, windy. >> slippery. >> reporter: after a warm fall with record-breaking

temperatures and in november, highs in the 60s, ninenches of snow fell in north west minneapolis and along the minnesota, iowa border, up to 14 inches of snow. >> this is not actually atrong storm. but it has bee persistent and we have gotten an awful lot of snow. >> reporter: at the minneapolis/st. paul airport passengers faced cancelled flights and delays of two hours as airport workers tried to keep the runways clear. only two of the four runway were operational. >> i will be frustrated tomorrow when i can't get out. >> hopefully we'll get home. >> reporter: and the heavy w snow created slippery conditions on the road, slowing traffic to a crawl. >> the roads were slick, sloppy heavy snow causing many vehicles to lose control and go off the road. >> reporter: the snow weighed heavily on power lines, too. 65,000 customers lost power in the twin cities area. people camping out ornight in minneapolis to raise money for the homeless braved the elements for their cause.

>> kids have been having fun, building snowmen, playing in the snow, having snowball fights. you know, that's what you do with the first snow. >> and it's only november. democracy leader su-c arrived at headquarters. she was released from seven years of house arrest on saturday. the 65-year-old said she haso antagonism for military rulers who oppressed her. a maryland county executive said he's innocent of an alleged pay to play scheme with real estate develope. jack johnson and his wife were arrested friday by federal agents who came to the house with search warrants. authorities say johnson told his wife byhone to flush a $100,000 check down the toilet and hide nearly $80,000 in her underwear. officials used wiretaps say they found the cash in leslie johnson's bra.

and prince william laid a wreath to honor britain's war dead as par of remembrance day ceremonies. he then visited troops. the second in line to the throne, william serves in britain's air force flying sea rescue helicopters. now back to lester, jenna and janice. >> thanks, melissa. >> janice is here with a look at the weather. >> felt like 60s good sunday morning. i'm news 4 meteorologist chuck bell. plenty of sunshine out there across the washington area this morning and temperaturesre in the 30s and low 40s now. 42 in downtown. but 33 in fairfax. falls church.

40 degrees in hagerstown. 31 in martinsburg. plenty of sunshine for the front half of the day. we'll start picking up more clouds by lateon this afternoon. another mild day ahead. today's high 66 degrees. rain tomorrow night and tuesday. now back to jenna and lester. >> janice, thanks. up next on "today" a thrillern dallas. >> millions tune in to watch what some consider a legendary bout. the outcome after this. with patented sonic technology philips sonicare is the number 1 recommended power toothbrush by

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margarito, the muc bigger man. when it was over, pacquiao -- also known as the pac-man -- had won his eighth boxing title in eight diffent weight classes, each against a significantly larger opponent. a feat that's had the world of professional boxing in awe. >> we are watching something in mann pacquiao that may not be just once in a generation but maybe once in a lifetime. maybe just once, period. >> reporter: he's also known as the filipino phenom because he rose from poverty to become one of the richest athletes. he's 31, perhaps nearing t end of his boxing days and just beginning a new career. last may, elected to his nation's congress. now being mentioned by fans as a possible president. there was concern he was too distracted to fight. >> it's going to be a good fight on saturday. don't miss it. 's going to be fun. >> reporter: as he won the latest title the congressman

showed heart and compassion, looking to the referee to stop the fight and pulling his punches in the closing round. apparently concerned about how badl his opponent was getting batted. like so many adversaries he faced in the ring and in life, a foe much bigger but not better. for "today," ron allen, nbc news, new york. >> among everything else on his resumé, he's fought in eight different weight clses. that is so impressive. we are just casual boxing fans, you and i, but that is so impressive. >> his opponent -- the reach the guy has, but it's like a boxing clinic there. >> what a great guy. at the end he pulled his punches, felt compassion. >> i wouldn't want to take him on in the legislative arena. >> absolutely not. congratulations to him. we are back, but first, these messages. last year. (oof). i had a bum knee that needed surgery.

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another sunny weekend day for you. good morning. it is 8:26 on this sunday, november 14th, 2010. i'm kimberly suiters. we are following breakg news out of virginia this morning. that's where a baby was found in a duffel bag at a church in the 8700lock in springfield. police say the newborn was rushed to fairfax hospital. there's no word yet on the condition of the baby girl. police are still at the church investigating. we'll have a live report coming up at 9:00.

prince george's county will not comment on his predecessor's arrest after a political corruption investigation. federal agents chaed jack johnson and his wife with tampering with witnesses and destroying evidence. investigators say johnson told his wife to flush a check from a real estate developer and hide cash in her underwear. a man was shot after what police believed was a break-in attempt. it happened early this morning in the 400 block of muddy branch road. the man was taken to a nearby hospital. his injuries are not considered life threatening. they are still investigating the circumstances of the shooting. and in virginia firefighters are investigating a two-alarm firp at fire in vienna. in the 300 block of maple avenue west this early morning. the cause of the blaze is still unknown. investigators say the store has been closed for renovations for about four weeks. some surrounding shops sustained heavy smoke damage. no injuries we reported.

good sunday morning. we have a few clouds drifting by. otherwe a beautiful, bright, and sunny sunday morning in the washington area. 42 degrees downtown. still a lot of 30s in the western suburbs this morning, even 0 out to the chesapeake bay. annapolis only at 40 degrees. hagerstown is at 40 degrees. temperatures will climb very quickly with all the sunshine that we have out there. up into the mid-60s today. not quite the sparkling blue sky that we had yesterday but a very mild day by november standards.

clouds really thicken up tomorrow with a chance of rain late in the day. most of the rain this week on tuesday afternoon and tuesday night. k kimberly? >> thank you, chuck. a live report from derrick ward at 9:00 a.m. he'll bring you the latest on a and we're back on this sunday morning, november 14, 2010. what a nice crowd with us on a beautiful fall morning day. a little warmer than it is in some other parts of the country. we are certainly not complaining. our thanks to everyone who's come out to spend the morning with us. i am jenna wolfe. an early christmas there. still to come, a mystery out of ohio. this story is spooky. >> it's about a family that's disappeared. mom and her two kids and her friend, even the family dog. police's only clues a pickup truck and a blood stain in the house. what hpened? we'll find out what authorities

suspect and what they are doing. and we are talking about something that i have to be honest, i don't know anything about it. i didn't kw there was such a thing as male mepause. >> we hear of men's hot flashes and mood swings. >> hot flashes? no. mood swings? i don't think so! get off my back, lester! >> is there a male equivalent? is there male menopause? it's been debated. we'll get an expert opinion and the cnges men go through later in life. >> speaking of changes i have gone through a change after what i did recently. broke the sound barrier on an f-18. no big deal, right? anybody does it any day. it is not easy. i don't know how i did it. i did it with help from the blue angels, a wonderful group of guys. i give them credit for what they . it was one of the hardest things i have ever done in my life. i'm used to doing crazy things, but to me this was one of the hardest. >> it was tough and i gave you advice. i said enjoy it. yo didn't do that. >> "enjoy it

enjoy going up on an f-18. >> an then laugh lines with bob newhart. he's been performing for half a century. o very successful sit-coms under his belt. i share my interview with him coming up. >> first a check of the weather with janice sunday morning here in washington, bright and sunny.

a beautiful art to the second half of your weekend. the weather is going to cooperate once again for anything you'd like to do outside today, a little bit of a morning chill left out there for certain. 34 in manassas. martinsburg still at 31. we're 42 here in washington. temperatures will climb once agaithis afternoon, well up into the 60s. high clouds will be on the increase by later today. sun goes down at 4:55. sprinkles likely after dark tomorrow and rn for tuesday. well, tonight, you can keep getting your football fix on nbc, football night in america. sunday night football and i think we have a graphic, don't we? no, i guess we don't. anyway, i think new england will be at pittsburgh playing the steelers and there might be an isolated shower or two. there it is. mostly cloudy with an isolated shower. temperatures betwe 47 and 51. how about that? it just popped up. now back to jenna. >> all right. thank you. it's been three days since anyone has heard from an ohio mother, r two childrennd her

friend. authorities say they vanished but there are disturbing signs that they were the victims of foul play. >> reporter: saturday's search covered several square miles. volunteers and sheriff deputies in ohio scoured this lake as a plane equipped with infrared technology paced overhead. tina herrmann, her children sarah and kody maynard and family friend stephanie sprang were reported missing wednesday. it is believed all four were together at herrmann's rural home before they vanished. inside, deputies dcovered blood. >> there was an unusual amount of blood in that house for anyone's residence. >> reporter: still considered a missing persons case, deputies cordoned off the home and called fbi. the missing mom share it is house with her estranged boyfriend ofix years. greg borders toldnvestigators

his relationship with herrmann was civil ande never came home the night she was reported missing. >> something happened inside that house. it's not like tina or me to leave the house unsecured at any time. >> reporter: wednesday herrmann's children, 13 and 10, were at school. when the mother failed to show up at her job, a co-worker called deputies. that evening, no one answered the door but lights were on and herrmann's pick-up was in the driveway. by wednesday when they hadn't been seen and the pkup truck was found deserted outside a local colleg the search began. >> so close to home. i mean, four people missing, that's scary. reporter: investigators are trying to establish a timeline as a community searches for a missing family and friend. nbc news. >> joining us with more insight is pat brown, former fbi criminal profiler. pat, good morning. >> good morning. >> let's take a look at what we

know. tina herrmann's live-in ex-boyfriend was the last person to see her alive. this started wednesday morning. does the fbi normally look at the last person as someone of interest? >> well, definitely. they look at that person and any of these people that are in a relationship with will become persons of interest. they will work hard to find out where they were and what the relationship was and sing if there is something peculiar to lead them in that direction. >> as reported earlier, when th went by the house, knocked on the door, there was no answer. went by 11:00, no answer and that was it. should more have been done that day? >> it's hard when you go back and look at whether you should have done something, they didn't have absolute fear that something horrible happened. there was no evidence around the outside of the house, anything was particularly wrong. i can't say they should have. you know, they just went with what they saw. lights are on. looks normal.

you can't go breaking in people's houses and say, why aren't you home? i don't think they did athing wrong on that. >> when investigators dido into the house they found a lot of beer cans around and a great deal of blood that was left there. what will the bod be able to determine? >> the blood will beimportant. this is a case that's really going to build the crime scene, reconstruct it from the evidence. who ds the blood belong to is onef the most important thin things. my guess is it will be one woman or the other. the most fascinating thing about the case is that the dog is missing. that is particularly unusual. it almost seems like whoever committed the crime didn't want the dog to be left there alone and wanted the dog with that person. so the only two people that would have an interest in taking the d would be tina herrmann herselfnd her boyfriend who was also part owner of the dog. >> which i assume that means it sounds like foul play is involved. this is what we know. mom doesn't g to work for two

days. kids are missing, the dog and the friend are missing. her car is in the garage and there is blood found in the house. do we rule out a random crime here and assume, as you said, this is foul play? >> it looks like foul play. i don't think you can rule out a random crime, but there is no breaking and entering into the house. there was apparently no sign of a struggle. it looks like whoever got harmed in the house knew the person that harmed them. the only -- aer that, you know, if this is a home invasion they probably would have just killed everybody there. somebody left the children and the dog so any other person, probably t other woman, one of the women and the only reason somebody would do that is either they took their own children and their dog which the mother would have done that or the boyfriend wanted to get rid of witnesses. that's what we are looking at now. every avenue is open now. >> pat brown, we thank you so much for your insight. >> thanks, jenna.

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bob newhart has been making us laugh for decades and he's now celebrating 50 years in show business. when i sat down wh him in los angeles it was clear he has no plans to retire. >> mrs. arrow? yeah, i can't understandou with your mouth full. ♪ >> this -- this is the finest, most accurate watch in the world. >> is it really? >> that's wha it says on the box. >> reporter: in 1960, bob newhart was part of a new generation of stand-ups who skipped the one-liners in favors of situational humor. his trademark, the one-sided phone conversation. >> you can't miss us. we are the first international airport on your right.

>> what's your favorite bit from stand-up? >> the last one. that's the most fun about it. >> you don't have to be raunchy to be funny. >> no. i'm asked a lot -- you know, i work clean and i always have. it's harder. it's just harder to work clean. when you get through, you feel good about yourself. >> 1972 brought chicago psychologist bob hartley into our homes. >> i hated my job. i felt abused by my boss. he had no respect for me. treated me like a kid. >> we all know it's difficult when you work for your father. >> they called it the last sane man left on earth and that's the character. >> emily -- >> reporter: dr. hartley had bob newhart's trademark stammer although a producer once asked m to lose it. >> he said, you know, the show is starting to spread.

so he said, could you run some of the lines together? i said, lorenzo, this stammer got me a home in beverly hills and i'm not about to change it now. [ crying ] >> i have this overwhelming desire to laugh when you cry. >> it was a great cast. tell me about suzanne. you must miss her terribly. >> she was a special lady. suzy had a mouth on her. i mean, i have seen cameramen in iwo jima who would faint on stage when suzy let loose. but she was wonderful. the chemistry was wonderful. >> reporter: not many actors can say they hit it out of the park twice in the world of sit coms,

but bob newhart did it twice. in 1982 a show titled "nhart" hit the air. >> how is 50 fascinating vacations going? >> good. i''m thinking of changing the hit. >> to what? >> "nine fascinating vacations". >> it was the jaw-dropping levision finale that made history. waking up next to wife emily from his first show, we discover the entire series was a dream. >> all right, bob? what is it? >> i was an inn keeper in this crazy little town in vermont. >> reporter: new hart says his real wife came up with the idea. >> there were so many things that were inexplicable. the maid was an heiress. tom poston, the handyman, george. he never understood athing i said to him. then there were these three but

only one of them talked. >> reporter: do you watch tv sit-coms? >> i don't. first of all, i don't watch the ones with the laugh track at all. the shows tod are good ones. "30 rock" has no laugh track. "modern family," "parenthood." but most shows aren't aimed at me. i'm 81. >> reporter: 81 but not slowing down. new hart continues to take on television and movie roles and performs about 20 stand-up engagements a year. >> we didn't call them stand-up in those days. because setimes you would sit down, you know. >> why would you say, you know, i'm tired of making people laugh? i don't think i want to do that anymore. i love it. >>hen you're a f of someone and you like them it's great to hear something that makes you

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hotflashes, moodswings, two telltale signs of menopause, but are women the only ones going through the major change of life some say men of a certain age are also feeling the pain. menopause, a fact of life for women, but what about men? >> i have heard of male menopause. that's why they call it menopause. it begins with m-e-n, men.

>> it's a sign of aging. i know i'm getting older, but to say it is a certain thing like menopause, no, i don't believe it. >> experts agree as som men get older their testosterone levels drop which can lead to a myriad of symptoms. >> decrease of libido, erectile dysfunction, increase in body fat, decrease in bone density. those are very important. >> increased body fat? yeah, that's a prlem. >> as i have gotten older a lot of those are true. >> not the sexual dysfunction though. >> reporter: whether that qualifies as menopause for men is up for interpretation. >> can low testosterone contribute to nonsexual complaints? whether it really conibutes to moodiness, depression, fatigue which is so common anyway, is theeal controversy. >> reporter: another source of controversy, unlike women, not every mangoes through it.

>> many men function at a hh level into their 70s and 80s with adequate testosterone levels. >> i'm in my 40s now. i don't suffer from them unfortunately. >> if women go through a change why isn't it possible men could gohrough a change similar? >> so does male menopause exist? dr. harry fish is with wild cornell medical college and author of "the male biological clock." men are in denial about all things aging. we think we just walk it off. there are changes, but for us is male menopause more of a euphemism rather than a diagnose physical condition? >> i'm not sure it is male menopause. i like to call it the male biological clock. people understand what you are talking about. for example, in women, what is a biological clock? a decline in fertility, a

problem with genetic in babies born to older women and decreased estrogen in women, testosterone in men. >>ounds like you are talking about aging in general. >> it is general aging. we see it as men get older, particularly the testosteron levels declining. however, some men have a higher ticking of the biological clock. >> you see excessive fatigue, depression, low sex drive. these things areart of aging in general. >> some people have it more than others. >> do all men's biological clocks work at the same rate? >> no. some men'slocks tick down quickly. those men are obviously -- you can see them in the street. a lot of them have this big belly. do you see the big belly? >> it's part of aging. >> not really. you don't have a big belly. >> thank you. >> i don't have one. >> obviously we'll get bigger, but is there a point where you see at a certain age you

shouldn't have the big lly? >> you should never have that big belly. direct correlation with testosterone. bigger the belly, lower testosterone. if you are a diabetic you have a 40% chance of having low testosterone. how many do you know? adult on set diabetic men, 40% have low testosterone. >> you talk about fatigue. >> people think, we'll just sleep instead of having sex. we should be having sex and libido for our lifetime. >> quickly, how can you alter the outcome? >> diet and exercise and weean it. a lot of men cannot diet and exercise to lose weight. they seem to not eat and nothing happens. these men wl get testosterone replacement therapy. it's easy. we give them creams and gels and it works well to get them motivated, to get them to exercise andegain the youth, if you will. >> dr. fisch, thanks for coming

on. here's jenna. >> i know you love flying planes, lester. i thought it was time i, too, start loving flying planes. i took a rideith the blue angels and after my flight, they may never be the same again. >> oh, boy. >> how you feeling, jenna? >> reporter: somewhere in the skies over miami, pulling 7-gs at the speed of sound in an f-18, i needed to go to a happy place. it was just two hours earlier, wide-eyed and overzealous, i signed the dotted line to fly with the world famous blue anls. i figured if my esteemed coanchor could do it -- >> there we go. >> reporter: -- then so could i. after all, my "today" resumé es resemble that of a stunt double. i have been run through a

centrifuge, nearly drowned and i have been thrown off a 900-foot building. so the angels were more than happy to invite this dare dev anchor and two local leaders to ride and be part of the navy and marines ambassadorship and recruitment forts. >> i have been a pilot 40 years. ihink every pilot dreams of flying in an f-18 or aircraft similar to it. >> i have been on an aircraft carrr, but nothing high g maneuvers. >> reporter: i needed to make sure things were under control. i feel like i'm going to barf. quick question. am i in good hands? >> absolutely. >> reporter: you answered to quickly. also my pilot. c.j. simonson. ♪ take my breath away

>> reporter: we locked, loaded and got rea to touch the sky. >> ready, jenna? >> reporter: absolutely! >> ready? hit it. whoa! that's the coolest thing ever. >> we're going to roll 15 degrees. 2 gs with that maneuv. 7.2 gs. good work. >> reporter: twists, turns. we'repside down, aren't we? >> yeah. >> good thing this seat belt works. >> reporter: "top gun." tower, this is wolfe rider requesting a fly by. >> negative, the pattern is full. >> great balls of fire! >> reporter: everything was going so great and then -- maybe

the preflight snack wasn't a good idea. i could barely talk. all i kept thinking s, let us land! it's good to be back on terra firma. while today's flight wasn't the first or the last stunt i will be doing, it definitely stood out for one big reason. that was the longe i have ever gone without talking. >> really? >> reporter: ever. since birth. let me tell you one of the producers here joshweiner is celebrating a birthday saying, you we speechless for 15 minutes? now we are all speechless. >> i wish i was in the plane. it would have been quiet? wow. 15 minutes of no jenna talking. >> okay. moving on. the truth is you did it. i was like, how hard can it be? it was single handedly the hardest thing i have ever done. i give you so much credit.

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breaking news this morning. a baby found alive in a duffel bag in fairfax county. we'll have the latest for you. first, good morning. welcome. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> and i'm kimberly suiters. it is sunday, november 14th. all of the news just aad. first a quick check on our forecast. chuck bell joins us live now in the stio. gorgeous sunshiny day out there. >> it's hard to believe thanksgiving less than two weeks away already. still temperatures well up into the 60s again today. another beauty of a november afternoon here in washington. plenty of sunshine out there on your sunday morning as we near in