, namibia, namibia, namibia ♪ >> namibia is its people, different shades with different trades.e air. >> reporter: there are only 2 million people in namibia, with over a dozenette lick groups and languages, yet they all co-exist peacefully. education is a priority, and the vast majority here are literate. perhaps the most treasured are the aristocratic himba, pastoral nomads living in the remote desert who cling to the traditions of their ancestry. >> namibia is its ancient desert, history carved in the curve of each dune. >> reporter: here along the western coast is the namib, the world's oldest living desert. basically never rains here, but there is water. it comes from the mist that rolls in every day, and life around here survives on the little dew droplets that form from that mist, so from the tiniest beetle to the largest desert elephant, the rule here is, adapt or die. ♪ >> in namibia the animals roam freely, nurtured by the people. it's the lifeblood of the land. >> reporter: in years past, poaching nearly decimated many of the major species but after gaining independen

so that is it for me from namibia.nah will stick around for a while. >> i will. >> what a pleasure. a lot of fun. al, ann, tamron, we have, we hope you have a great afternoon. we'll see you tomorrow morning from locations unknown. >> which way are you going? >> not toward the water. >> i'm going this way. >> have a safe trip, matt. thank you. >> watch the water! >> oh, my gosh. might take him a long time to get to wherever he's going with that thing. >> he's having a little trouble with this. >> he's moving, he's making some ground, covering some ground. go matt, go. let's keep talking because he's got to keep driving. >> he's going to run out of sand eventually. >> all right, matt, thank you so much. >>> let's talk about what we have planned coming up on this broadcast. >> that's right, but first we go inside and get checked out along with today's news from natalie morales. nat? >> good morning al, ann and tamron. two penn state officials step down overnight as they face charges that they covered up allegations of chi

matt went to namibia. it shows what a beautiful undestroyed country it is. >> people are going to want to book a vacation to namibia after this. >> a lot of shipwrecks were there because that's dangerous water and the winds. >> it's crazy. >> i've got to say, watching matt go down that sand dune just, you know when something makes you proud to work somewhere? i love working on this shows, it's such a cool place. >> the producers get there ahead of time and do gorgeous work. matt shows up after a 36-hour flight, gets off, refreshed somehow, looks great, skis. then does stand-up without making a mistake. easy to hate him if we didn't love him. he's adorable. >> we'll find out where he will be tomorrow. today, lindsay lohan is not in jail. >> she is not in jail. >> she went. she showed up. >> dressed for jail. >> she had a 30-day sentence that was quickly reduced to 4 1/2 hours. >> yeah. i don't know why they bother any more. with overcrowding. >> but who is sitting in those cells? are they serial murders or

. >> the head of namibia wildlife resort.e you? >> i'm fine. how are you? >> i'm fine. let's reveal the secret. you are from washington zblooeshgs that's my secret. born and raise. >> how did you find your way here? what made you fall in love with namibia? >> i fell in love with my husband first. i always tell the whole story about the princess going off on the white charger, cue the mike. sunrise, castle. my man took me on the back of a zebra. we went over the top of sand dune into a hut. >> you like living here? >> i love it. i really do. >> she says tourists should be prepared for the rugged weather and exotic animals. this is the tenth anniversary of "where in the world is matt lauer." >>> that's "news4 midday for today." we thank you for being with us and invite to you tune in for more news at 4:00, 5:00, 6:00 and tonight at 11:00. we will all be back tomorrow morning at 11 cloak a.m. hope you plan to join us. until that have a terrific day and enjoy the beautiful weather we have out there. and have a great monday. we wi

. ♪ >> i promise you won't be disappointed as we spend the morning in namibia. could be throwing a beach party from the beautiful island nation of barbados. >> namibia is the jewel of africa. >> it is said that in namibia your adventure begins where the road ends. i kind of want to say pull up, pull up. this is all that remains of the edward bolan, deteriorating in the elements. >> which way are you going? >> this way. >> have a safe trip. ♪ this is madrid, sprawling and splendid. it's a little like i took off from namibia and landed in the middle of an episode of "glee." we like to eat a little, then we like to drink a little and eat a little more and maybe do a little more drinking. look who we have here. peter alexander. >> wow! >> i like it here. i will tell you that. malaysia is a country of infinite contrasts. >> this is actually where the habitat of the orangutans are. >> they nickname this -- >> the stinky fruit. >> smell a cross between wild seal and sweat. this is like a rickshaw they sent to "pimp my ride." this is called a trickshaw. see you tomorrow

we lost saw matt leaving namibia, africa, on a four-wheeler. where in the world is he now?re going to find out together. "today," tuesday, november 8th, 2011. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >> welcome to "today" on this tuesday morning. i'm ann curry. matt's arrived safely at the secret destination for day from of where in the world, a place 24 hours ago he didn't expect to be in. he'll explain when he reveals his location in just a bit. >>> we want to now get to that verdict in the michael jackson death indication. in a moment we'll talk exclusively to jackson's sister rebbie. first nbc's jeff rossen is covering the case in los angeles. jeff, good morning. >> hi ann, good morning to you. conrad murray is waking up this morning in the l.a. county jail and he's so upset they put him on a 24-hour medical watch. his lawyers asked the judge to let him out on bail. the judge said no, called him a risk to the public and had murray led off in handcuffs. for the first time conrad murray on camera, angry and emotional describing michael jackson's final moments. >> we

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. >> having dinner in a french restaurant, don't get the wrong impression, in namibia. it was good to have you on that trip. >> it was fun to be there. >> it was good. it was fun. coming up in half hour, more on the sexual abuse scandal at penn state university. we're going to hear from jerry sandusky, the former coach at penn state, in his own words. this is a tape taken about ten years ago, and recorded about ten years ago, talking about his relationship with children. we're going to hear more about that, even as one of the alleged victims in this scandal prepares to sue the college. so we're going to be talking more about that. >>> a little bit later on we're going to take a look inside the home that michael jackson spent his final days in. we were granted exclusive access inside the rented mansion. we'll show you what inspirational messages he wrote to himself on his mirror and show you the message his kids left for him. >>> also ahead millions of americans we know are under severe financial stress and a new polls finds that more than half of americans are dipping i

. >> that first day, i mean -- namibia is beautiful.ot to spend the most time in because it was the weekend, skiing off the dune i don't know if you get a sense for how tall, 300 feet tall and it's just in the middle of nowhere, for as far as the eye can see there are the dunes that stretch out. this is the skeleton coast in a helicopter and you're going down the ocean, next thing you see the shipwreck in the middle of the sand, 600 yards from the nearest water. >> you didn't see any helicopter wrecks, did you? >> no, i didn't. lots of whale bones and jackals that inhabit that wreck there. it's just surreal. like something, remember "planet of the apes" and the statue of liberty at the end? >> they blew it all up! and then you guys had to switch gears. >> it was unexpected, supposed to be there thursday and went there tuesday because of weather in switzerland. >> it would have been a cool show if you had to do that from that day. >> keep in mind the video of tuesday in switzerland was an eng camera. we couldn't get a signal up, couldn't