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

. >> 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

hi, i'm deborah norville. the 1990s started with bryant and me on the "today" show.very 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 been telling you what's in your neck of the woods since 1996. sadly they haven't figured out how to get rid of me yet. >> i'm matt lauer. >> they want to talk to you after the show. >> i have been with the show in one way or another for 18 years. >> that's right, matt. i'm ann curry. i became ne

we have john palmer, margaret larson, deborah norville and faith daniels who all at one point shared the news desk as well. >> not this one. >> another news desk. >> we sat down rather than standing. >> i know. >> they don't give you a chair? >> this is pretty good. we stand for the news now as ann says. as we take a stroll down memory lane, we can continue talking in a moment. for now i will turn it back over to you guys over there. >> we're coming in for a hug in a moment. >> we could go hang out. should we get a check of the weather? >> i think so. let's show you what's happening. first of all, a lot of snow yesterday from houghton, michigan, to rockford, illinois. we are talking winter storm watch watches, warnings and lake effect snow into new england. you can see the snow getting itself together. 12 to 18 inches locally from watertown to buffalo. cleveland, 3 to 6 inches down to beckley, west virginia. >> good morning. the storm is pulling out of the area. strong northwest wind and some colder temperatures are moving in. in. >>> i just want to say i would not be here doing this