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savannah guthrie is filling in as moderator of "meet the press" this morning. good morning. >> good morning. good to see you guys. >> a lot of people here in d.c. affected, they may be furloughed. is there an end in sight to this? >> yn that there is. ultimately, they're going to have to resolve this the government stay shut down forever. on the other hand it's pretty clear that both sides are really dug in. you're not hearing publicly and not even hearing behind the scenes the framework of a deal, even a seed of a deal right now. both sides are waiting for the other to blink. >> and washington, this past week, really felt the bulk of it, being hit hard so close to home. as time passes on, will we see a trickle down effect to other parts of the country? >> i think you will. i asked secretary jack lew about that this morning on "meet the press." most economists will tell you the week or two of a shutdown won't do permanent, irreparable damage to the economy. the more it goes on, then you start seeing a potentially devastating affect on the economy. add to that i

tonight, jay welcomes -- savannah guthrie. mark cuban. and the music of kodaline. now, jay leno! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jay: welcome. welcome to "the tonight show." nice to have you all here. hey, i saw a survey for halloween of the scariest halloween movies. and number one scariest movie was "the exorcist." that was for women. scariest movie for men --

i'm matt lauer. >> i'm savannah guthrie along side natalie morales. where has al roker gone to? miley cyrus. he is out on the plaza along with a few thousand of his dearest friends. they're here to see one of the biggest and most controversial stars in the world making headlines every day. al, can you hear us? >> what's interesting is today kicks off nbc news's education nation. a lot of these kids are missing school but they'll get an education on miley cyrus. she is here as part of our concert series. #mileytoday if you want to be part of all of it. guys, back inside. >> thank you. that comes up in the 8:30 half hour but we want to begin on this monday morning with the top story. the deadly u.s. raids and what we know about the suspect in custody. richard engle is here in new york with the latest on that. good to see you. >> good to see you. u.s. special forces had a busy weekend. two high profile operations. they're conducted in secret but once you do them everybody knows. in one of the operations they managed to capture one of the united states most wanted terror suspects. >

guthrie. let's take a look at what's happening today.en no progress on capitol hill in easing the gridlock that's shutdown much of the government. >> u.s. interrogators are hoping to question a terror suspect aboard a warship in the mediterranean. >> and residents are cleaning up after a powerful storm hit the northeast bringing pounding rains and heavy winds. >> when you look in your cabinets and the used by date has passed, do you throw it away? >> based on what's in my fringe, no. >> this morning on rossen reports, what those dates really mean. they could be costing you a lot of money. it's a very interesting story. >> this is a perfect segway. speaking of those use by dates, miley cyrus rocked the plaza of course here yesterday. >> and rocked my world too. >> right. because of her conversation with matt and the topic of sex after 40 just rocketed off line. we're going to get you all caught up. >> the use by date. >> the use by date. >> use before 40. >> all right. well, we will switch topics, thankfully, to an entire region. china li

i'm savannah guthrie along side matt lauer, al roker, and tamron hall.. my favorite movie is all the president's men. >> what did you say earlier? >> butch cassidy? >> which is also great. >> not only is the sting my favorite movie he ever made it's maybe my one or two favorite movies of all time. >> his new movie is great. we'll hear all about it. >> we'll have him in the studio in a second. meanwhile, you know the expression taking one for the team, this young lady broke her arm so she could put an orange cast on her arm. what's your name? >> paige how did that happen? >> i was roller skating and i -- fell. >> feel better paige. >> natalie, good morning to you. >> good morning, everyone, senate leaders say they have made substantial progress toward a deal to extend the nation's borrowing limit. sources tell nbc news the agreement would fund the government and extend it until early next year. the big question is whether house republicans would go along. documents from fugitive leaker edward snowden reveals the nsa collects e-mail and instant messaging c

i'm matt lauer. >> i'm savannah guthrie along side al roker and natalie morales. we'll answer the age old question, what does the fox say? >> and we'll answer the question how long will it be before you get that song out of your head. >> two to three days. >> sunday. exactly. we'll get to that later on. we'll get right to today's top story. there's controversy around the nobel peace prize being o warded to the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons and not to malala yousafzai. andrea mitchell has more on that. good morning to you. >> good morning. it is surprising and controversial. it effects politics and the concern that she was too young to be awarded the most prestigious prize. she might win it in the future. it set off anger and disappointment. she has made a profound difference for women living under the brutally of regimes like the taliban. at the age of 14 encouraged by her father she started speaking out leading to a taliban gunman boarding her school bus and shooting her in the head. this week as she continues to campaign around the world f

i'm savannah guthrie. >> i'm willie geist along with al roker and natalie morales. matt has the morning off. al has a busy morning, severe weather across the country and a lot of people asking why would the woman killed outside the capitol do what she did yesterday. >> a lot of questions being asked. that's the top story this morning. the investigation into what caused a woman to ram a barrier and speed off toward the capitol before being killed by hundreds of bystanders and tourists and her little girl. pete williams is on capitol hill with new details on the investigation. pete, good morning to you. >> savannah, good morning. police say the woman at the center of all of this was well-known with a history of mental issues. they discovered indications that she believed she was being stalked by president obama. >> reporter: police and federal agents began their search for answers at the stamford, connecticut home of the woman driving the car. miriam carey. she drove into a security barrier at the white house and then took off after striking a secret service officer w

. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. live from studio 1-a in rockefeller plaza. >>> and good morning, everyone. welcome to today on a tuesday morning. i'm savannah guthrie. >> and i'm matt lauer and i'm too old to have sex. >> well, that's what i read in the paper today. >> it's all over the place. >> if you didn't see the show yesterday you're thinking what did he just say? we'll fill you in on that a little later. >> i was doing fine until yesterday. now it's over for me. >> if you missed it miley cyrus informed matt that after 40 people don't have sex and needless to say matt is well over 40. as is everyone at this table. >> you guys aren't well over 40. >> we're just past 40. >> just a hair past 40. >> we'll have a little on that later up and have fun with it. but first today's top story, the standoff over the nation's ability to borrow and what happens in washington could impact every american right away. peter alexander has the latest on the stalemate. peter, good morning. >> reporter: hi, matt, october 17th is the

. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio in rockefeller plaza. >>> and good morning. welcome to "today" on a wednesday morning. i'm matt lauer. >> good morning everyone. i'm savannah guthrie along side al roker and natalie morales. >> we're in day nine of this government shutdown but some furloughed workers have been called back to work by the centers of disease control. they're back on the job. they're still not being paid but they're brought back in because of a salmonella outbreak linked to chicken. >> more people are feeling the shutdown but first today's top story. it broke here on tuesday. it's prompted shame and embarrassment on capitol hill and around the country. it's the story of military families caught in the middle of this. andrea mitchell is here again and has the latest in all of it. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, savannah. our story did spark outrage from lawmakers that vow to try and fix the problem today. but a private charity stepped in to do what the government did not do. take care of th

. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio in rockefeller plaza. >>> good morning, welcome to today on a wednesday morning. i'm matt lauer. >> i'm savannah guthrie along side natalie morales and al roker that just dropped a bomb on us. you say you have amazing video later. >> amazing video. you'll want to stay tuned for this. >> he'll show you next week. let's start with the suspicious packages that lead to tense moments at the jacksonville international airport. kerry sanders is there for us this morning. what happened. >> well it is now confirmed by the jacksonville sheriff's office that one man is in custody. he has been arrested. the charges against him at this hour. planes that were in the air were first told to go into a holding pattern and those flights were diverted to nearby airports. the flights that were on the ground here, passengers, as the planes moved away from the terminals passengers had to deplane and come down and depart and make their way back. they spent the night at hotels. according to the local authorit

. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with matt lauer and savannah guthrie.live from studio 1-a in rockefeller plaza. >>> good morning, everyone. welcome to today on a tuesday morning. i'm savannah guthrie. >> i'm matt lauer along side al roker and natalie morales. >> well, washington, here we are. today's top story, much of the federal government shut down this morning. why? an epic battle over the president's healthcare law as the next phase takes effect today. >> we have talked about it for days now. the shut down is not total. some essential services will stay open including the post office and air traffic controllers are still on the job but if you're traveling to a national park today, forget it. they're closed. so are the departments of housing, labor, energy, commerce and environment protection agencies. >> members of the military will continue to get paid but only because of a last minute measure. >> but as many as 800,000 federal workers will be furloughed without pay. >> that's right. we have it all covered this morning, the politics of it and the

i'm savannah guthrie filling in for david gregory. all that on this edition of "meet the press" on sunday, october 6. >>> from nbc news in washington, "meet the press" with david gregory. substituting today, savannah guthrie. >> good evening, everyone. the latest on the shutdown in a moment, but first the leader in bombings in kenya and tanzania. tanzania is now in u.s. custody. it ends a 15-year manhunt. he was seized in broad daylight near the tripoli capital on saturday. he will be brought to the u.s. to stand trial. >>> an al-shabab leader linked to the kenya shopping mall attack was linked to a town in southern somalia, but navy seals came up empty handed. no americans were hurt in that operation. >>> michael lighter is here right now. he's the director of the terrorism center under presidents bush and obama. good to see you. >> good morning, savannah. >> let's start with this capture in libya. >> he was historical in the 9/11 bombings, but he was with obama in 1984 in sudan. this is someone who had moved from iran back to libya

welcome to "today" on a thursday morning, i'm savannah guthrie. >> i'm matt lauer.ounds like it might have been more fun at our houses last night than at the white house. >> well, nothing really came of that meeting. we are now in day three of the government shutdown, more on that just ahead. a california jury ruling against michael jackson's family in that month long civil trial tied to the singer's death. we will speak exclusively with dr. conrad murray from jail in a moment. >> reporter: it was an unequivocal win for aeg live, the promoters said, yes, they did hire dr. conrad murray, convicted of manslaughter for giving michael jackson the propofol that killed him. the second question, was murray unfit at the time ag hired him? the case was no. the case for damages for the jackson family has ended. >> the jury said aeg isn't responsible. >> reporter: the verdict was a clear win for aeg. despite the wording of that second question, it was nothing close to vind indication for dr. conrad murray, as the jury made clear. the jury foreman said he was competent as the g

i'm savannah guthrie filling in for david gregory.ll that on this edition of "meet the press" on sunday, october 6. >>> from nbc news in washington, "meet the press" with david gregory. substituting today, savannah guthrie. >> good evening, everyone. the latest on the shutdown in a moment, but first the leader in bombings in kenya and tanzania. tanzania is now in u.s. custody. it ends a 15-year manhunt. he was seized in broad daylight near the tripoli capital on saturday. he will be brought to the u.s. to stand trial. >>> an al-shabab leader linked to the kenya shopping mall attack was linked to a town in southern somalia, but navy seals came up empty handed. no americans were hurt in that operation. >>> michael lighter is here right now. he's the director of the terrorism center under presidents bush and obama. good to see you. >> good morning, savannah. >> let's start with this capture in libya. >> he was historical in the 9/11 bombings, but he was with obama in 1984 in sudan. this is someone who had moved from iran back to libya an

. >> from nbc news, this is "today" with matt lauer and sa van fa guthrie. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> and good morning, everyone. welcome to "today" on a thursday morning. i'm savannah guthrie. >> i'm matt roker along side al roker and the man says the government is not going to be able to cut the grs at the lincoln memorial, i will do it. >> if there is any silver lining is how we seen private citizens step up in these days of washington dysfunction. >> apparently been dock it for day, got chased away from police. he chipped in, rolled up his sleeves. we will talk more about that in trending. the first story, the kidnapping of libya's prime minister. he has been let go. there is a lot of questions about the group that took him and why they did. nbc's chief foreign correspondent richard engel is here with more on that. >> good morning. matt, gunmen abducted the prime minister, held him at gunpoint for several hours, then released him. this grainy photograph of this libya prime minister as he was disoriented and snatched by gunmen before daw

. >> from nbc news, this is "today" with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> good morning, everyone, welcome to "today." i'm savannah guthrie. >> i'm matt lauer, i like to paddle board, my whole body freezes up when i paddle over a jellyfish. so can you imagine what you would think if you paddled over a great white shark? >> no. in walk, here is something we haven't seen in two-and-a-half weeks, federal workers coming out of the metro center, returning to work, 400,000 will now that the shutdown is over. >> at least one guy. >> what do you mean? >> the president signed the bill after midnight, now, obviously, this has cost so much money. 400,000 people going back, national parks will open up. some longer than other, but back in business. >> this is a huge political fight. when up look at what it cost the u.s. to go through this, experts say it is in the billions. reopening the government is the top story. let's go to white house correspondent peter alexander, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning to you. ni

i'm savannah guthrie along side al roker and natalie morales. remember 24 hours ago when it seemed we might get a deal. >> there was optimism in the senate but that was so yesterday. overnight everything came to a halt. >> and the deadline is looming ever closer. >> that's right. this race to end the shutdown is today's top story. let's get right to peter alexander at the white house. peter, what can you tell us? >> reporter: good morning to you. most americans are asking themselves is it over yet? i just spoke to a top republican senate aid that said optimism abounds. but this is crunch time for congress now facing intense pressure to come up with a senate deal and get it approved before midnight tonight after house republicans plan to get this thing fixed imploded. it's down to the wire. with less than 24 hours to go the back and forth on capitol hill is enough to give you whiplash. with house republican's deal going nowhere, negotiators are back at the table. sending out nearly identical statements saying they're optimism a agreement can be r

. >>> that, of course, is woody guthrie, "this land is your land."g is among the smithsonian magazine's 101 objects. they selected them from 137 million artifacts resulting in a special edition of the magazine on tuesday. joining us is richard kurren, secretary under history of art and culture. now, that's a title. he's the author of history in america, 101 objects. good morning to you. >> good morning to you. i wonder how you get 137 million items down to 101. >> not easily. and at the smithsonian, they're very passionate about what they're dealing with. everybody wanted their objects in. we get 30 million people a year to the smithsonian. certain objects, they gravitate toward that. i think of "the star-spangled banner." my ons around the country sing it. we have it in the smithsonian. >> i love barbie and the singer sewing machine and yours was neil armstrong's spacesuit. why was that? >> it's almost mythic. it alieus human being to walk on the moon. now who would malk it was even possible. it was designed by engineers. it was supplying bowesed to

savannah guthrie alongside matt lauer and al roker.are always a lot of fun. we have great items in the studio right now, including the dress worn -- the the wedding dress worn by julianne drews in" the sound of music." >> cool. >> that is very good. plus, rare items from marilyn monroe, to captain kirk and princess diana. >>> education nation. teachers making house calls. is it a good idea? we'll let you know. >> natalie, good morning. >> good morning, savannah, matt and all. the government shutdown is hitting home for u.s. families who have already paid a big price. the families of five u.s. troops killed over the weekend in afghanistan have been told they won't get death benefits to help with funerals or flights to meet their loved ones cough ins because of the government shutdown. typically $100,000 is wired to a family within 36 hours of a death to help with funeral and other expenses. . >>> with one financial crisis still unresolved, congress now turning its attention to the looming debt catastrophe. senate will try to pass a meas

certainly the vice president was more influential as he told savannah guthrie in the first term.ted to attack iraq six or eight months earlier, avoid united nations on that. president bush went the other way. second term president bush moving apart. he was focused on policy, cheney thought a bad idea, on the opposite side of most issues confronting the white house. >> wan to pin down on what separated the two, drove them apart. the atlantic said bush cheney marriage ended in a fight over another man. an interesting way to describe it. >> vice president cheney's chief of staff scooter libby, convicted in leak case, obstruction of justice, bogus prosecution, goes to the president in the last days of the administration. you have to pardon him. you have to do this. president bush assigns lawyers to go back and look at it, decides i'm not going to. this final climatic moment, you're leaving a good man wounded on the field of battle. harshest thing in years, quite an ending. >> encyclopedia of that experience, one that struck me was the pr nightmare when dick cheney shot his good frien

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>> it's funny, matt, this year, i'm actually going as savannah guthrie. i don't understand why but i'm actually going as savannah guthrie this year. it's going to be interesting. >> take it from a guy who has dressed as a lady a couple of times on halloween, that's going to stick with you, governor. i can tell you. >> i understand that. but i figure if i pick savannah, i will endear myself to the people of the state because they love her here. >> i don't vote in new jersey, just so you know. i know election day is soon. >> savannah, don't worry about that. there's seven days left. we can work that out. my employer matches my charitable giving. really. i get bonuses even working part-time. where i work, over 400 people are promoted every day. healthcare starting under $40 a month. i got education benefits. i work at walmart. i'm a pharmacist. sales associate. i manage produce. i work in logistics. there's more to walmart than you think. vo: opportunity. that's the real walmart. you may be muddling through allergies. try zyrtec-d®. powerful relief of nasal

savannah guthrie sat down with them. >> the next night they came in and told me that they died and thatoo. it kind of just didn't seem real. and i just thought about it for a second, and then i just broke down. >> i see that you post pictures of them on instagram. it's obvious that they're in your heart every day. how are you doing? >> i miss them so much. sometimes it's like i wait for them to get home, and then they're not there. >> hannah said at one point during the kidnapping she thought she could hear her brother yelling from upstairs, but she couldn't do anything to help him. every year american students earn degrees in math and science. but only three in ten of them are women. to have enough graduates to fill 21st century jobs... ...we'll have to solve this gender divide. let's inspire more young women to pursue math and science. let's light the way for a new generation. join exxonmobil in advancing math and science education. let's solve this. [ male announcer ] let's go places. but let's be ready. ♪ let's do our homework. ♪ let's look out for each other. let's look both ways b

. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1-a in rockefeller plaza. >>> good morning, everyone. welcome to today on a monday morning. i'm savannah guthrie. >> i'm david gregory along side natalie morales and dylan dryer. >> maybe you can explain what's going on in washington. >> i don't think we'll get to thursday without a deal. >> we're seeing tempers fly on all sides right now. >> absolutely. that's today's top story this morning. the push to end the government shutdown taking on new urgency with the u.s. days from losing it's ability to borrow money. peter alexander is at the white house this morning with the very latest. good morning, peter. >> reporter: good morning, david. no deal in sight and not a lot of progress here. the next days will be critical on the u.s. closing in on a thursday deadline. that's when the government could begin defaulting on it's bills. a heavy focus will be on the financial markets including the stock market open today on the holiday that could put more pressure on republicans and democrats to

i'm matt lauer along with savannah guthrie, al roker, and tamron hall.list. >> nothing left. >> a lot to get to this morning. we want to check, natalie is at the news desk. good morning to you. >> good morning to you guys as well. there's hints toward ending the government shutdown and averting a debt crisis this month. but on tuesday, house speaker john boehner says he is not drawing lines in the sand and then hours later president obama said he would negotiate with republicans if congress first sent him short-term measures to address the budget and debt limit. federal health officials have recalled some furloughed food safety experts because of the salmonella outbreak linked to chicken. gabe gutierrez is at the centers for disease control in atlanta. gabe, good morning. >> reporter: natalie, good morning. it is back to work this morning for some of the furloughed cdc workers battling the salmonella outbreak. since july, nearly 300 cases in 18 states. no death versus bes have been rt 42% of patients have been hospitalized. they traced this outbreak to r

guthrie in tennessee, please. guthrie? >> caller: boo-yah from memphis, jim. >> wow, man, memphis.'m digging that. what's going on? >> caller: all right. i have a play on obama care. i've been scaling into hhs. the impressive ceo was on your show in june. the stock price can't find the bottom. on monday the stock took a 14% dive on no news i could find. what am i missing, or am i just looking at the company in the wrong way? >> no. i just think that's just a good solid business. that's surprising. let me do some more work on that. i think that's a good solid business. it's mystifying to me. let's do some work. let's go to lloyd in alabama. lloyd? >> caller: hi, jim. what's going on? >> hey, man, what's happening with you? >> caller: my question is about insys pharmaceuticals. is 44 a good entry point for it? >> you know, this stock has defied the gravity that is pulling down so many of the other biotechs and it was up big today. i'm not inclined to tell you to buy. the group is for sale. wait a couple of days. i know that sounds like a doctor. but the group is for sale. let's be ca

i'm savannah guthrie along side willie geist, natalie morales and al roker.s in the nation's capitol. a woman killed by police after leading them on a high speed chase with her little child in the car. kelly o'donnell was at the capitol as this unfolded. good morning to you. >> good morning, savannah, the political tension has been thick for days here. as we begin now day four of this standoff. there's no sign that it won't be just as frustrating and ugly going forward but for a brief time everyone here took a serious jolt that halted when this u.s. complex became a crime scene. >> drawn weapons and a frantic foot race away from the danger. >> we heard the pop, pop, just four or five real quick ones. >> chaos swept over the capitol grounds where tourists usually roam. >> four or five gunshots and then the whole swarm of police officer cars came. >> reporter: blaring like an indoor siren, an emergency order to lock down the capitol and shelter in place. >> there's an ambulance that has now responded. >> reporter: senators not giving speeches but firsthand acco

i'm savannah guthrie. first, matt lauer.ow you something. take up this image of a submarine surfacing on the streets milan. it's images like that, stories of that is exactly why we created our fact or fiction series. this morning, savannah will get her turn to challenge two new source, one real, one fair. >> first let's get to the news with natalie. she's inside with a check of the top stories. good morning to you. >> good morning, everyone. president obama is visiting a maryland construction company today to underscore what he says is the impact of the government shutdown on small businesses. after a meeting at the white house last night, house speaker john boehner says the president refused the negotiate on a spending bill. president obama, once again, blamed republicans. take a listen. >> when you have a situation in which a faction is willing, potentially, to default on u.s. government obligations, then we are in trouble. >> republicans, meanwhile, say they are trying to push through smaller bills to restart some popular

you can see savannah guthrie's entire interview with hannahan der son starting at 7:00. it's all this morning on the "today" show. >> the father of accused nsa leaker edward snowden in russia hoping to see his son. you can see on the right here, arriving at the same airport where his son was stuck for more than a month while seeking asylum. edward snowden is wanted here in the u.s. for violating the espionage act. the 30-year-old former nsa agent allegedly leaked documents related to the u.s. government's secret data collection program. just last summer snowden initially fled to hong kong and then to russia where he received asylum back in august. >> just in, a big congratulations this morning to canadian author alison rowe. she was awarded this year's nobel prize in literature. what a great smile there in that picture. academy called her a master of contemporary short stories. previous winners include rudyard kipling and ernest hemingway. good company. >> she has a great smile. >> her energy probably coming out through her books. >> did i say 5:51? i'm trying to get to

>> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. live from studio 1-a in rockefeller plaza. >>> and good morning. welcome to "today" on a friday morning. i'm savannah guthrie. >> i'm willie geist along with al roker and natalie morales. matt has the morning off. al has a busy morning, severe weather across the country and a lot of people asking why would the woman killed outside the capitol do what she did yesterday. >> a lot of questions being asked. that's the top story this morning. the investigation into what caused a woman to ram a barrier and speed off toward the capitol before being killed by hundreds of bystanders and tourists and her little girl. pete williams is on capitol hill with new details on the investigation. pete, good morning to you. >> savannah, good morning. police say the woman at the center of all of this was well-known with a history of mental issues. they discovered indications that she believed she was being stalked by president obama. >> reporter: police and federal agents began their search for answers at

i'm savannah guthrie. >> i'm matt lauer. along side -- al, i'm thinking back to a year ago today, and you were talking about those competing european models and the united states model. the european model won out, and people up and down the east coast lost. >> that's right. we were talking about it almost a week ahead of time, and the worst happened. of course, it could have been a lot worse. we're going to look at the lessons that have been learned in one year. guys. >> all right, al. thank you very much. >>> meantime, we want to turn to today's top story. the renewed uproar over the nsa's spying program, but the man in charge has his feet held to the fire later today. nbc's chief foreign affairs correspondent andrea mitchell is on the story this morning. andrea, good morning to you. >> good morning, savannah. facing an onslaught from europe about nsa spying on friendly foreign leaders like angela merkel and scathing statements from two top senators on the intelligence committee. president obama is promising to scale back i

i'm savannah guthrie. >> i'm matt lauer along side natalie morales and al roker.it's like you drew up the show today because you love technology. >> oh, man. >> we have things on the show, later on we'll talk about break through inventions that will change your life and could change the world. and then another guest. >> i see your break through inventions and raise you one bionic man. we have a bionic man in the studio. this is as far as science can go to replicating a human body. he can do a lot of things. we'll check him out. >> he looks like he is asleep. you have to wake him up. >> we'll wake him up. he's not a morning program. for the second straight night, emergency crews at l.a.x. are dealing with homemade dry ice bombs. tom costello is on the story for us. what can you tell us? >> they found dry ice bombs inside a plastic bottle like this one. it had gone off underneath a plane sitting at 148. two other devices also found in a restroom but did not explode. this time there were no evacuations, no injuries and airport operations were not effected. this follo

i'm savannah guthrie out here in los angeles.t's very nice of you. >>> coming up guys, the woman behind the popular blog man repeller and the impact on fashion. jenna bush-hager will bring it to us. >> since halloween is tomorrow, what would halloween be like without witches? we have some cast members from wicked to perform for us live. >> a big anniversary, right? >> absolutely. coming up friday, something else very special. not one, not two but four oscar winners will be here cohosting our 8:00 hour. >> we're talking about michael douglas, robert de niro, morgan freeman and kevin kline. the stars of last vegas taking over the show friday right here only on today. >> we'll get to that but first could we say hello. she stars in a movie 12 years a slave. >> nice to see you. >> congratulations on everything. >> thank you very much. >> rave reviews. your performance is unbelievable. before this movie you had never done a movie before. you were a drama student at yale. >> yes. >> how did you end up in this film? >> well, i auditioned

i'm matt lauer. >> i'm savannah guthrie along side al roker and natalie morales. today we will answer the age-old question that's stumped people for generations, what does the fox say? >> and we'll answer the question how long will it be before you get that song out of your head? >> two to three days. >> sunday. exactly. we'll get to that later on. we want to get right to today's top story. there's controversy around the nobel peace prize being awarded to the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons and not to a 16-year-old girl named malala yousufzai. andrea mitchell has more on that. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, matt. it is surprising and controversial. the decision seems to reflect both politics and the committee's concern that malala was too young to be awarded the world's most prestigious prize. she might win it in the future. it set off anger and disappointment around the world. she has made a profound difference for women living under the brutality of oppressive regimes like the taliban. at the age of 14 encouraged by her fath

good morning, i'm savannah guthrie alongside matt lauer, al roker, and natalie morales.ay. sweetheart, i love you, happy birthday. >> happy birthday. that's a headline. >> but that isn't topping the headlines this morning. >>> topping the headlines this morning, two suspicious packages. one that the police say was of destructive nature forced the airport in jacksonville florida to evacuate. two people are in custody. the fbi is investigating. >> also house republicans are pushing bills to open certain parts of the government on day two of the shutdown. the democrats are rejecting that idea. >> pope francis is in the middle of a landmark meeting on reforming the catholic church. >>> but coming up, surprising new revelations in "vanity fair" from mia farrow on her relationships with woody allen and frank sinatra. perhaps more on the paternity of her son. >> we'll talk about that coming up. >>> meanwhile, let's begin this half-hour with new developments in that case of road rage in new york city involving a family and a group of motorcyclists. this morning, there's a new ar