i'm bryant gumbel. i replaced tom as anchor in 1982.i shared it with a lot of people and i had the great fortune of being with three wonderful co-hosts. >> i was one of them. hi, i'm deborah norville. the 1990s started with bryant and me on the "today" show. it was an amazing time to do morning news. i left in 1991 when i had my first child. every time i watched i loved to hear our stage manager's laugh. i listen for you every day. >> point well taken. i spent 15 years here interviewing everyone from presidents to pop stars, but i actually miss the guys on the crew. mark, ropes, jimmy, b, all the guys. oh, my goodness. they let you in the building? >> it's a temporary i.d. and it expires in 15 minutes. anyway, i'm katie couric. i started coanchoring "today" in 1991. i never in a million years imagined i would get a job like this. i used to watch jane and tom when i first got into television. >> ever since you were a baby girl. >> and you as well, bryant. it was 15 wonderful years for me as well. >> let's go now. i'm al roker. i have bee

he retired in 1990 as a co-host of "today" with bryant gumbel and deborah norville. bryant. >> green salad. >> he's been here since 1969. he couldn't join us either. as only he could do gene sent pictures of himself with geno, the muppet jim henson made for him many years ago. gene added dialogue to express his thoughts on 60 years of "today" with geno the mup met saying let's celebrate "today." gene says, you're no dummy. >> geno says, let's welcome the "today" alumni to the 60th anniversary and gene says, so many friends, i wish we were there. from geno, gene and joe we wish you were here with us today. >> key members of the "today" show family. we'll have much more with our former anchors, and the funniest moments from "today's" first >>> good morning to you. 8:26. i'm laura garcia-cannon. high school studenter student are starting a special series in honor of the 14-year-old classmate killed in he drive-by shooting. students will remember terra in a concert tonight. she was with a group of friends outside of an apartment complex in morgan hill in november when sh

. >> the team has changed from kaw toauley and tom brought bryant gumbel and katie couric. >> i am looking forward to talking to those who came before me and hearing about their "today show" experience. >> so many years a great television. coming up next, your maryland lottery numbers, and another check of the insta-weather-plus forecast. >> time for your maryland lottery numbers. >> the maryland lottery celebrates purple friday all season long with purple drawings and ravens cash fantasy scratch- offs. >> happy purple friday, playoffs edition. go ravens. your pick 3 numbers -- in a moment, pick four, but first, the new powerball walz into maryland january 15 with bigger jackpots and more millionaires. powerball is more powerful than ever. we are moving right along to the pick four games with drawing official bob diamond. the maryland lottery -- let yourself play. >> all eyes on the ravens game day forecast. >> snow is gone, stuck in the 30's for highs right through the weekend. 40 by monday. sunday game, 35, won't be as windy did cold weather bank for football. >> go ravens. thanks for jo

. >> i pretty much stopped watching when bryant gumbel left and matt lauer took over. from everything else on television, people don't watch it. they integrate it into their lives. it's on in people's homes even when they are not looking at it. it's something where it's become part of the fabric of america. i couldn't say that about any other show. people who work at this place are the most delicious, nicest. the energy in this place and that's why it works. >> i have been in morning television for a long time at "good morning, america" and here. you can tell as a viewer when people like each other. you can't fake it for two hours. people sense they like each other here. when i grew up on television it was this show. i believed the "today" show delivered harder sh better news. then i went to work for someone else and now i'm here. everyone in broadcasting owes barbara walters. she broke through the ceiling we all talk about. paved the way for all of us. >> she would not allow people to place her in a box. that's what women owe barbara. >> we follow in her fabulous foot

. >> jayne pauley, deborah norville, bryant gumbel, katie, meredith. mean, you looked down the line at the past and present. >> pretty darn impressive. >> it was amazing. and florence henderson, of course, is in the house! >> florence is going to be with us later along with deborah norville so, that will be fun. great to see everybody. my gosh. >> tom hanks rolled out the birthday cake. i mean, come on, your boy. >> he just loved having dinner with us so much the other night, he couldn't get enough. sweet of him to do that. he's been on 22 times with us over his amazing career. >> he's part of the family, too. it was a fun day. wasn't it? >> it was. it started very early for everybody. these things always do. but they talked about how incredible it is to be at the "today" show. i've only been here close to four. i'm one of the oldest but i feel like the baby, you know? only savannah, i guess, is newer. it's true. one day you can have birds flying in your hair and the next day you're talking to a multi-academy award winner or something. it's the ebb and

this morning barbara walters, hugh downs, bryant gumbel, and katie couric will return live to look backerica's favorite morning show. we'll do that math for you -- 60 years of mornings equals about 22,000 shows. 22,000! you can catch it all right here on nbc 4 in just a few minutes. congratulations to all our friends at "today." >>> how about this for a tribute -- overnight, the empire state building in new york was lit up with the "today" show colors. how pretty is that? it's kind of hard to see -- >> a little cloudy up there. it's cool. you can make out -- you've seen the peacock, all the colors in our nbc peacock. right this. >> you know it's going to be a fun-filled show. all kinds of surprises. >> funny stuff up there. >> i had the honor of being on the "today" show a few years ago, subbing for al. it was a thrill. really something. so it's such a -- a wonderful honor for them and the "today" show. what an accomplishment. >> absolutely. >> here today you'll be dealing with strong winds and cold temperatures. high only near 40 today. then a cold weekend to follow. highs only in the

this morning, many of your favorites including barbara walters, hugh downs, bryant gumbel, katie couric will return live to look at america's favorite morning show. catch that here starting at 7:00. >> people really organize their mornings by the "today" show. it's become a part of our lives. >>> all right. ahead, the showstopper. why the conductor of the world famous philharmonic stopped ms. performance. ♪ ♪ [ multiple sounds making melodic tune ] ♪ [ male announcer ] at northrop grumman, every innovation, every solution, comes together for a single purpose -- to make the world a safer place. that's the value of performance. northrop grumman. >>> overni

i'm bryant gumbel. >> welcome to "today." >> reporter: countless stories touching millions worldwide.ou more closely in touch with the world we live in. >> reporter: ahead of its time, "today's" original means of communication was wire services and fax machines. film was flown from all over the world. >> and a d.c. 6-brgs converted into a film laboratory is en route with the coronation story. >> reporter: in 1965 a giant leap forward. "today" became the first regularly scheduled program to broadcast live from europe. >> hello, america, from paris. >> reporter: an amazing feat made possible by groundbreaking technology. the communications satellite early bird. >> announcer: the following program is brought to you in living color. >> reporter: black and white soon turned to color and "today's" reach stretched far and wide. >> this is "today" in romania. >> it's a blazing hot afternoon in iran. >> this first visit of "today" to the orient. >> reporter: "today" chronicled the age, helping viewers understand the world around them, uniting us in times of crisis. >> we have been told this is