mik, explain the mission of what our navy is doing. >> reporter: as we an just explained a minute ago, the u.s. aircraft carrier george washington is en route along with two cruisers and a destroyer and a u.s. navy supply ship. but you know these aircraft carriers do not move at mach speed so it's going to be another 24 to 36 hours before that group arrives. now, the george washington with two squadrons of helicopters on board could help significantly in terms of relief efforts and airlift in moving individuals who may have been injured and supplies, like food, water, medicine, tents and the like. but it's going to be sometime before we get there. the 200 marines, nearly 200 marines that ian mentioned are really the only u.s. military presence on the ground there along with their c-130s and osprey tilt-wing aircraft. these are the planes that take off and land as a helicopter but can fly as a plane and are quite useful. they have a cargo bay of sorts, not as big as a 130, but could be very instrumental in transporting the kind of relief effort that's going to be needed once all the pi

. >>> todo está bien, yo traje a mik abuela y no tenemos problemas, dijo este joven, que agregó que suancisco estaba semivacío, las pantallas indicaban que todos los vuelos tgaban a tiempo, la mayoría de los pasajeros viajan temprano por la mañana. >>> uno de ellos dice que todo marchaba como lo planearon. >>> vinimos un poquito tarde,pero vamos a registrarnos para ver cómo está allá. >>> de acuerdo a las autoridades aeroportuarias de san francisco, este sería uno de los días más pesados de la temporada festiva. >>s>sin embargo también se ha dicho que todo está bajo control >>> he trabajado por muchos años y considero que los pasajeros no son tantos como los años anteriores. >>> así que ya veremos cómo pinta el panorama en los próximos días, así que, el domingo vuelven los pasajeros a san francisco, pudiendo ser un día pesado para los viajeros. >>> mientras tanto, el sheriff del condado de santa clara hizo un llamado para los conductores para que usen el cinturón de seguridad, el usarlo reduce el riesgo de sufrir heridas graves o mortales en un accidente, además en el 2012, el 65% de l

boxing legend mik tyson. stay with us forthat. keep it here for more news and weather. i'm betty ngen. have great day. >> new this morning, the 16-year-old boy accused of setting another teenar on fir on board an ac transit bus could enter a ple toy. what his family is saying about the shocking allegations this morning. >> t south bay universit stepping up to help out the victims of all that devastaon in tt typhoon that flatted rts of the phippines. 'll let you know what students at san jose state are now doing and ho you can hp out. >> plus, it's not your typical tuday. thspecial date causing thousands ofouples all over the countryo tie the knot. >> oh, yeah. love is inhe air. this is a spectular one. that is your bay bridge with the lights dancing for us. i like it

mik says these lawmakers should not be surprised but i think people were when the news broke yesterday, we're looking at an indefinite presence, not necessarily permanent base but more boots than estimated. >> i don't think they were surprised. the people close to the action of what's actually happening in the defense department, people from the hill, there is no surprise at all. in any case, their demand that the president has to get congressional approval in order to extend isn't going to fly because it has to pass both houses. and if they want to stop the president from doing it, all they have to do is not appropriate any money if they fail to do that, then they have no say. >> the number we're looking at. this is a draft unsigned but in richard engel's detailed report, 7,000 to 10,000, i do think at least looking at the reaction, there seems to be serious concerns over that number. >> well, karzai wants more. he wants almost double that. >> almost double that. absolutely. >> to be honest with you, if karzai could have his way, he would have an enormous number there because -- >> wi

first i wanto send it to mik inouye who has araffic alert. >> alert heading through oaknd away fromhe baybridge. here is a look at the lights, this is a live look from christie smith's cw out there off of 880, so southbound 880 traveling down out of downtown heading tord about the 12th or 10th street wre this scene is. theetailed startedn the her side of freeway. blocking three o four las, folks crawling by. if you get on around 1th tngs clear up. we'll look at t map as well. the big swing off 980. if youan get to eastbound 580 that's a great alterna or internationaor even 7th down through oakld. that shod get youast the scene. the rest of th area moves smoothly because of the light volume of traffic on the east bay. we'll look to the south bay as well. your northbound route to the commute direction. northbound 101 around tuy, on tully there is a crash going on affecting possibly approach to the on ramp. a lot of debri from what i understand. 101 through the area in san jose is movi. thrtbay,e'll s how southbound01 is. easy drive southund around the curves here approaching nort sanedr

. >> now mik i tended to get heated up when i slept on that pillow too. >> they get hot, they get hot're doing the flip. you ever do the pillow flip? >> absolutely. >> now to the object of sleep is to not have those sleep interruptions. you need to get into that deep rim sleep. and this pillow here, even if you did fit it on your side by the way, you're not going to put it on your back because you need a lower pillow. and that's where people end up with their necks like this. and this one here again is no good. (audience laughing) here we have the worst pillow ever. this one has ruined america, i've said it before. >> i think i through that one away last week. >> and it happens to be the most expensive too. we all know that down pillows, they're expensive. but yes, you know what, they go like this. >> flat as a pancake. >> they're just air, people, that's all they are. you can go ahead and i know you don't want to lay on this one but, if you'll give it a shot. you're basically, you'll be better off sleeping of phone books and putting a towel over them to keep your neck in the right po

white house correspondent is in washington for us, and mik mike viqueira, has the white house responded to clinton's statement? >> well, this is something that the white house and president obama didn't need. there is a ground swelling right now. 3.5 million people, that's according to the associated press. that's their figure roughly who have been told their existing policies are not going to work any more. they're going to be discontinued because their policies are not isn't with the minimum standard of the affordable care act. the president said they're going to get better care and many of them are going to get subsidized to afford that coverage, but 3.5 million people are 3.5 million more than who expected when they heard time from time gene when the president said if you like your policy you can keep your policy. joining with republicans, president clinton really under cut president obama. >> i personally believe even if it sakes takes a change to youw that the president ought to honor those people and the policies that they've got. >> reporter: i don't know what that music was abo

e's,dly, we come back to mik i think, concerned, whether counterterrorism strategies and democracy can coexist. when we look at the various explanations related to terrorism, we cannot even agree universally how to define terrorism. that alone -- not to mean lone wolf. i would submit we are facing by thely three types perpetrators. one, we can call them the lone wolf but we can also call them the individuals that are involved. secondly, i think we have to some moree groups, organized groups -- some more sophisticated, some less sophisticated, and other state sponsors of terrorism. we do haventally individuals. some of them are meant to lead to arrange. the flag as wave singlers or martyrs, issue politics, extremism. ideologically-based roots where ethnic, racial, religious movement, with the nationalist and separatist actors, and then we mentioned but terminals and local mercenaries. mercenaries.and in the united states, we see the variety all the way from what we , forthe hate crime example. the white supremacists, for example. differentare loyal to kinds of ideology or to the based i

so mik representative says is this true. it was 2011, they have worked together again, he's a nice guy so all is good. but after this accusation, who knows where it's going to go. >> in fact, the -- we reached out, mick jagger's representatives said, quote, mick jagger categorically denies he has ever made a pass at katy perry. perhaps she is confusing him with someone else. >> i don't think you confuse mick jagger with someone else. >> hard to do. i was saying the same thing. >> mick jagger is mick jagger. >> not the end of this story. >> photo of the week, heidi klum always known for her over the top costume at her -- new york city's club marquis. this year, boy, did she outdo herself. >> way over the top. >> this is the party you always want to be at her 14th annual scary dollhouse was the theme. my friends, that would be super model heidi klum as an old woman. i mean, look at the veins, the varicose veins. everything. she uses the same stylist, the same makeup people every year. and she didn't do the party last year, bec

for relatives like mik mcstay, hope is now gone. >> it's not rlly the -- the outce we were looking for. >> reporter: detectives have positively identified jseph and summercstay and two boys gianni and joseph, we shall shallowl in a grave. they disappeared from their home in early 2010 and detectives say there was no sign of any struggle >> i'm hing so much fun. >> reporter: the mtay's car was discovered day after they disappeared near mexico. poce even released veo of what appears to be aamily ossing border but every lead, a dead d. >> whether or not they actually crossed theorder and then came ba, we are not sureyet. >> reporter: with the trail cold, was a passer-by who discovered skeletal remains in victorville thiseek. >> igives us courage to ow they areogether and they are in a better place. >> reporte near four years after they vanished, the mcsy's bodies have been recovered but the mystery in the desert is far from over. for "today," miguel almaguer, nbc news, s angeles. >>> time for thether stories making headlines this morning. >> cig melvin is here for that. >>> one of the eli

last week, saudi police rounded up thousands of mik migrant wor.foreign workers have left saudi arabia in the last three months. >> the united nations has issued a damning account of conditions migrant workers endure in qatar. a special envoy for human rights has been on a week long visit to the state as the country prepares for the world cup. >> they build the future of qatar. these migrants have come to the gulf state on the prospect of a better life. after a 12 hour workday, this is the sort of home they return to, overcrowded compounds, often 12 men to a room and minimal bathroom facilities, conditions a u.n. envoy described as not acceptable. >> i've seen dwellings by mike grant workers and these are slums. i think this is a stain in the reputation of qatar, which is the richest country per capita. >> highlighted was the lack of a minimum wage and current sponsor ship system binding foreign workers to a single employer. the labor add ministry did not respond for comment but said reforce are taking place. >> there is a concern for companies con

. > time to check that morning commute with mik hows it looking out ere?l the fo that's the big issuen many patches across the bay. unual for the south bay. also, we have the slowdown for noh 101. actually, 101, 280, 608, the inoir interchange bogged down after a few earlier crashes. those areave all cleared from the area. a recoveryontinues from the south y. the orange painted around, tougher to see especially north 85 heading up to saratoga. looks like it should be cleing from the 29 interchange. watch the san mateo bridge. west , still the 9:0 a.m. keen from the last of the slo lanes bogged down. back tyou. >> thank you vy much. i'll hav another loc news update for you in half hour. have a great morning. ♪ >>we're back now at 8:30 on this thursday morning. it is a brisk morning here in new york city. temperatures hoverg around the freezing mark. at least the sun is ining so that helps t people here in the plazout a bit. i'm matt lauer with savannah guthrie, al roker, natalie morales and mron hall. >>e'll meet a fresh winner of the miss universe contest.