garrett utley, mary ellis williams, scott simon, jackie nespral, mike schneider, gisele fernandez, jodie applegate, and from memphis, there he is -- >> there he is. >> did you miss the plane, jack? how does it feel to be back, everybody? >> it's wonderful to say hello to my hair. >> my family wondered if i had dark hair. this shows i once had dark hair. >> husbands and wives are here. i have to get married in order to come back. 9. >> borrow our children. >> i'm happy. >> a show of hands, how many people broke into a cold sweat when the alarm went off at 4:00 this morning? >> definitely. >> i slept through it. >> he's still sleeping. >> so the usual. >> our second half hour we're going to catch up and show more of the hair shots. be prepared. we're going to hear from some of the co-host who is didn't make it here this morning as well. we have a lot to get to. we begin thisorning with the rising tensions in the mideast, the u.s. is beefing up its presence in libya by sending marines and drones as it searches for those who killed a u.s. ambassador and three other americans there. eamon, good morning

. >> this morning had many of them back with us, al roker, boyd, jodie applegate, mary ellis williamsis jack. >> where is he? >> he's right up here. there he is. it's so great to have all you guys here. garrick, a lot of us were talking when you am come from a straight, hard news position and you came to the "today" show, okay, what are they going to expect of me? you were a foreign correspondent and you got right out there in the field. why was that such an important component? >> there were two parts. having foreign correspondent experience, it's wonderful to have this platform and the wherewithal and the bunches to go out in the world, moscow, hawaii, jerusalem and elsewhere, and it was also, as you mentioned earlier, the function of time. you weren't doing nightly news, a minute and a half or maximum three-minute spot as you knew. i do what you do now, basically everything on the three shows. it was that luxury of time and flexibility and that we could take the show on the road internationally. >> you know what, what's also very interesting the difference between when you came to

al roker, mary alice williams, scott simon, jackie nesboro, matt snyder, jodi applegate and from memphis -- >> there it is. >> did you miss the plane, jack? >> thanks, jack. >> how does it feel to be back, everybody? >> it's wonderful. >> i'd like to say hello to my old hair. >> what is it about the hair? >> our family is here. my 9-year-old wanted to know if i ever had dark hair. baby, this shows i once had dark hair. working with al, al took it from me. >> a lot of families are here, husbands and wives are all here. so i had to get married to come back. a show of hands, how many people broke into a kolt cold sweat when the alarm went off at 4:00 this morning. >> i slept through it. >> he's still sleeping. so the usual. >> well, it is great to have you all. we look forward to catching up with a all later on this morning. the second half hour, we're going to catch up and show more of those hair shots, jackie, so be prepared. and we're going to hear from some of the co-hosts who didn't make it here, as well. >>> we begin this morning with the rising tensions in the midwest. the u.s. is be