, does weather, roker does weather. that's it. that's it. >> roker does weather. >> i want that on a t-shirt. >> they started chanting my name. >> roker, roker. >> i know the folk there is at the big morning buzz, vh-1 asked me to come in. they had a new studio. not quite as nice as this. but very nice. in fact, carson daly's old trl studio. >> really? >> exactly. how good does it feel to smash a monitor? >> it's pretty satisfying. it was pretty fun. >> then they plugged your book on the back end. >> they just happened to have a copy. >> works out nicely. i cracked the bat. >> wow, that's not easy to do. >> i had a little aggression to get out. >> roker does weather. >> how about roker doing the weather right now? >> what do you mean? >> as you can see, we've got wet weather moving into the gulf coast. rain continuing although not quite as heavy in the pacific northwest. gorgeous day up and down the east coast. 81 degrees in new york city. it's going to be spectacular. rain and chilly in seattle. 55 degrees. 95 in houst

>> roker does the weather. >> roker does weather. >> how about roker=z607 the weather right now?e. here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. >> clouds are breaking up over the metro area. a little sunshine breaking up. right now just pat 9:00. we're into the 60s much of the region. later today 70s by noontime and low 80s mid-afternoon with increasing snipe. then tomorrow mostly sunny and a bit warmer. afternoon highs in the mid-80s. this warm pattern continues through the end of the week, into the weekend. our next chance of rain may not come until perhaps late on sunday into sunday night. also may get some lingering showers >>> your kids are going to use this against you. >> don't think that i don't know that now because my one daughter did take violin and i was like no, it's good. you must stick with it. >> oh. >> she was pretty good but switched to piano. >> do as i say not if i do. >> she's got an out forever. >> what? >> wow. >> coming up next, we got more of our take. she is already an oscar winner, so is adele the next big film star? she'll join the ranks of other

roker. >> let's see if you got nice driving weather for you.n in the pacific northwest. nice and toasty in the southwest. tomorrow, more gorgeous weather up and down the east coast. a few hit or miss showers with thunderstorms down through southern florida. more rain, cooler weather through the pacific northwest. sunny and hot from texas into the southwest. >> good morning. we're off to a quiet start on this tuesday. we will wind up in the low 80's this afternoon. >> did you know you can get your weather any time you need it on the weather channel or weather.com online? did you know that? very good. is that fact or fiction? matt. >> all right. al, thank you very much. you like that? sean hayes won an emmy for his role as jack mcfarland. >> you take it. >> on will and grace and now he's back with sean saves the world while raising his teenage daughter. sot. >> sot. >> i just got a new and very weird boss. there are all sorts of things we could be exploring together. sharing our feelings about. oh, there it is. >> okay. there is something i want

>> i love al roker. i want to see him. >> i can be al roker. >> hey, jen never, here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. >> hey! >> you don't say it with a british accent. lose the puffed up hair. all right. get a tan and maybe you could try saying it. >> or lose the hair altogether. >> exactly. there you go. >> did she get to do this? >> no, she didn't. >> i think we should arrange. she is, jennifer lawrence is by any definition of the imagination, she is beautiful. the fact that anyone said that to her is ridiculous. >> i want names. >> we need to represent healthy women that aren't consumed with judy broxton. being healthy, being good in your own body, feeling comfortable in your own body. >> you look at some of that in your life. gosh. i feel overweight. >> call me a hypocrit. if you are anticipate tag red carpet, i'm working out more. treadmill, because you want to freedom. but that's a double -- that's a double message. >> that's why that dove campaign struck such a chord with women all o

roker has a check of the weather. >> that's right. the storm system developing off the carolina coast and it's going to be a big problem for the eastern seaboard all week long. in fact, you can see the swirl now developing off the north carolina coast. heavy rain, some areas already picking up 1 to 3 inches of rain in the area. this low pressure system is going to be moving slowly up the coast and as it does it's going to be bringing in quite a bit of problems. we'll be talking about coastal flooding. we have flood watches. going to be a lot of beach erosion. especially areas effected by hurricane sandy just about this time last year. so we have gale warnings from charlotte up to new york city. beach erosion up to 12 feet in the outer banks and rainfall will be a problem leading to that flooding. one to three inches along the carolina coast but by friday that heavy rain of one to three inches makes it all the way up into long island and parts of coastal what if we took all this produce from walmart, and secretly served it up at this p

. >> 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 could sstello is on the stor 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 foll

roker. >> all right. let's start out in st. beautiful arch, #todaysunrise, st. louis, missouri. but if you're planning to go to the arch you can't go because it is a national monument and national park and you can't get in there. it is shutdown. let's show you what's going on back in the tropics. we're keeping an eye on this system. we expect it to become some sort of tropical entity. if it becomes a tropical storm it will be karen. we have to keep an eye out basically from the florida panhandle to new orleans in this cone here sometime this weekend. we could be look at some sort of tropical system bringing a descent amount of rain. we're also watching a big, big system that's going to be developing off the pacific northwest coast. you can see the spin here. this low pressure is going to be making it's way inland and as it does it's going to be developing into our first winter storm of the season making it's way friday into saturday into the northern plains. snowfall amounts will be pretty impressive. some areas picking up to 1

roker. >> we have warm weather to talk about.s in the midwest will be talking about warm stuff. we have a ridge of high pressure as it's building in. the winds come clockwise around that so that warms things up. so as you can see we're going to be looking attempts today getting up into the 70s. chicago, 75 degrees. st. louis 78. omaha 77, amarillo, texas, a high of 84 degrees. we have another storm system coming into the pacific northwest bringing rain there. windy conditions through the plains. the southern interior states spectacular. karen getting itself together in the southeast but beautiful weather inr rainter some heavy yesterday, things are nice and quiet. high temperature today in the upper 60's with a mix of clouds and >>> don't forget, get that weather you need any time of the day or night go to the weather channel on cable, weather.com online. >> coming up next on rossen reports, how the use by dates can be costing you big bucks when it comes to your groceries. >> and the tv news anchor under fire for breaking bad on

roker.t's a good day to be bald. the only way this works for people is if you put the mouse right on top of your head. but it's promising. >> it's very promising. a lot of people will be very interested in this research. >> no question. >>> but first, the terrible shooting at a nevada middle school. joe fryer has new details on the investigation. joe, good morning, what are we learning? >> reporter: good morning, savannah. police are now trying to figure out what motivated a student to bring a gun to school and open fire, killing a teacher and injuring two students before shooting and killing himself. >> i'm calling from sparks middle school. we have a shooting at our school. >> reporter: when the sound of gunfire erupted outside of sparks middle school, mike landsberry quickly stepped forward. >> the teacher fell and everybody ran away. >> reporter: landsberry, a national guardsman and former marine, died at the scene. he was 45 years old. >> he loved everyone and wanted to protect everyone

roker, you have a lot going on in the weather department. >> all right. let's show you what we've got. this is tropical storm karen. 275 miles south southwest mouth of the mississippi. we're looking at dry air starting to get into this thing so it may not be the big problem that we see but we're going to continue to watch this make land fall sunday morning and makes it's way into the southeast. but this path could be changing so check of course at the weather channel, weather.com. you can see rainfall amounts could be up to 8 inch of rain and then we've got a big, big winter storm to talk about that's pushing in ahead of it. we've got a risk of severe weather later today. behind the system, we're talking about anywhere from 12 to 18 inches of snow and the black >> good morning. starting off the day with some haze and fog. there could be a stray shower or sprinkle late today. most >>> you're going to want to stick around for these. >> really? i don't know. >> it's not your average utensil. >> yeah, i mean, you need two of them. >> if you eat at your desk,

roker. >> let's show you what we have going on. in between all this big storm coming. the winter storm. we've also got warm air ahead of it. in between those two systems the boundary layer, that's where we have severe weather fierpg up today. can you see it making its way from nebraska into iowa. that's where we have a risk of strong storms today, isolated tornadoes, strong wind gusts and hail t. rest of the country, we are looking at another gorgeous day. rain will be spreading into the great lakes. there is the mountain snow. we may have santa ana winds setting up in california. high fire windse >> good morning. the temperatures might be a few degrees cooler than yesterday. the average high is 71. a mix of clouds and >> coming up at 8:00. we will find out if tropical storm karen has come to pass. >> all right. al. thanks very much. coming up next, our exklausive and revealing interview with the new u.n. ambassador samantha power. coming up at 8:15, howard stern's partner robin quiver's return from cancer and her ♪ [ male announce

al roker's canoe clumsiness is a good one. >> how funny is nick by the way? >> he's good. >> just plays it straight. >> he's so good. >> i like to know what he's really like at home. >> that's him. >> that's him. it's not an act. he's just a really dry, really great funny person. >> nick, come back any time. >> with your canoe. >> let's get a look of the weather. >> let's show you what we've got going today. as you can see we have a lot of wet weather down through the gulf coast and we're looking at lots of sunshine in the east. central part of the country not looking too bad. let's move ahead and show you, we looking at columbar bien lake colorado. the sun coming up over the mountains there curtesy of earth cam, thank you so much. for today, more like sunny and a big storm coming in and that will make it's way into the >> good morning.g our first the same warm and dry weather pattern is going to continue today. temperatures will be way above average. >>> and that's your latest weather. >> thanks. stick around. we have a lot more to talk about including the a

. >> 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 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

. >> you get an al roker, and you get an al roker. >> everyone gets an al roker. >> hey, al, can yous? >> al, can you hear us. >> asu, asu, asu. >> we want to mention al did manage to keep this a secret. >> are you guys surprised? >> yeah. >> so i know, look, i didn't respond to your tweet. i just retweeted you so i figured i had to come and give you the love in person. >> there you go. man. and i love wearing that head. walking around in that for the last 24 hours. >> stay away from keg parties al. >> al is going to do the weather from there for the rest of the show. so everyone at arizona state, thank you so much. >> you mean the rest of the semester. ♪ [ female announcer ] what if breakfast was set free? ♪ where might it take you? ♪ where might you go? ♪ introducing kellogg's® to go. ♪ the power of protein and fiber all bottled up in a delicious breakfast shake. get up -- and go. kellogg's®. from great starts come great things. get up -- and go. help the gulf when we made recover and learn the gulf, bp from what happened so we could be a better, safer energy company. i can tell yo

. >> 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

al roker. >> you know i said i'm a fan of certain things before. at who is on the plaza right now. they're going to head into our kitchen in a little bit and tell us about the new season and cook up new orleans favorites for us. >> that's right. it's also day two of the game show sweeping the nation. >> you have another job. >> that's right. matt, you were great yesterday with your two stories. what can you trust in news these days. natalie will have two new stories. one of them is fake for us today on this set fact or fiction. >> and then we'll meet up with joel olsteen with advice for an extraordinary life. send your question with the #askjoel. >> natalie has a check of the morning's top stories. good morning, again. >> good morning everyone. two people now under arrest following that bomb scare last night at jacksonville international airport in florida. kerry sanders is at the airport with the very latest. kerry, good morning. >> well, a source close to the investigation tells us that the two people taken into custody and arrested did not know

roker, mrs. morales and mr.r a miniskirt or s stelletos if you're full figured? is that the truth. >> that's what they're saying. not here, not me. >> i've seen you in a couple of miniskirts. >> no, you haven't. >> back in the day. >> but do you know how long we have known each other? 30 years. >> like you two. >> we worked together in 1987. >> wow. >> i wasn't born yet. >> 38. >> oh my gosh. >> he's the baby of the bunch. >> author john grisham trying out new things. his first broadway play and sequel. what has him worried about his new book. >> and giada de laurentiis is here. she's here with soups to help us warm up. >> and the questions you should ask if you're in the market for a new home right now. >> mr. roker, how about a check of the weather? >> let's show you what we got for you today. we have been asking you to send in #today sunrise. these are the great pictures you're sending in so we can get a look at your sunrise. our weekend ahead, a little on the wet side. down in the gulf coast, southeastern at

roker, you have a lot going on in the weather department. >> all right. we've got. this is tropical storm karen, 275 miles south/southwest, mouth of the mississippi, 60-mile-per-hour winds moving north/northwest. dry air starting to get into this thing. it may not be the big problem that we see it is. we are going to continue to watch this. it makes landfall sometime early sunday morning and makes its way into the southeast. this path could be changing. check with the weather channel, weather.com. rainfall amounts could be up to 8 inches of rain. we have a big, big winter storm to talk about pushing ahead of it. severe weather. behind the system, anywhere from 12-18 inches of snow and the black hills could be up to three feet. that's what's going on around the country. here is what's happening in your neck of the woods >>> good morning. it is still rather humid and the fog is gradually dissipating we have had earlier this morning. looking off to the west, live view. showing some clouds roll ng from t the west. temperatures are near 70. 60s elsewhere. mont

i'm savannah guthrie with matt lauer, al roker and natalie morales.t's making news this morning. the nsa and white house under fire once again, this time following reports that the u.s. has spied on as many as 35 world leaders. >> authorities in oklahoma are racing to capture four men who broke out using a door above the jail's shower area. >>> conrad murray was released from jail overnight. two years after being convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the death of michael jackson. >>> and still to come, a beatles we told you about on trending that captured the world's attention. this photo was taken by ringo starr 49 years ago. he recently set out to identified all of the people in it. >> guess what? we have found them and we have them with us live exclusively. they recreate the photo complete with the vehicle in just a few minutes. >> very cool. >> and they haven't seen each other in decades. >> they look identical. >> i know. they look great. >>> let's begin with a mea culpa from an actress who caused a stir with her appearance at a weekend hallow

roker, you have a lot going on in the weather department. >> all right.southwest mouth of the mississippi. we're looking at dry air starting to get into this thing so it may not be the big problem that we see but we're going to continue to watch this make land fall sunday morning and makes it's way into the southeast. but this path could be changing so check of course at the weather channel, weather.com. you can see rainfall amounts could be up to 8 inch of rain and then we've got a big, big winter storm to talk about that's pushing in ahead of it. we've got a risk of severe weather later today. behind the system, we're talking about anywhere from 12 to 18 inches of snow and the black hills >>> 9:10 on the nose. good morning. i'm meteorologist christina loren. want to show you live pictures from our chopper. right now you can see crystal clear conditions along the east shore. part of the reason why it's so clear is because it is so windy out there. we've had wind gusts in excess of 54 miles an hour, so some of the higher elevations, 64 miles an hour stron

roker. >> all right.n southern california first time since july 26th. so you can see a lot of wet weather, beach erosion, spectacular weather today. we're looking at gorgeous weather. 70 in cleveland, ohio. stays mild tomorrow. however as the storm system makes it's way to the east, we have a risk of strong storms in the plains. things dry out along the california coast. rain in the pacific northwest and this storm system makes it's way into the >> that's your latest weather. if you're not getting along well with your boss or you and your spouse are having trouble in the romance department it could be because of your body language. >> stieps we send off negative messages and we don't know it. we brought her in to point out our mistakes. she is the president of the body language institute. >> nice to see you guys. >> can you change professional success by changing your body language? >> you can. you can increase your wins in the game of life up to 50% more. more dates, more communication with your kids. ge

i'm willie geist along with al roker and natalie morales.n style. >> can't play the guitar, can't sing. other than that -- >> linchpin king. >> as you do all the time on this program. >> i know. sadly i don't lip-synch. >> much to our display. we hear the joyce. >> this story out of greece. >> this girl that they found, authorities there in greece now looking for international help to identify a 4-year-old girl found living in a gypsy camp, i guess. she was spotted by police there peeking out from under a blanket. her name is maria. there was no resemblance to her supposed parents. they conducted dna tests that proved their suspicion. the couple claiming they were the parents of this 4-year-old girl have been charged with kidnapping. they said they adopted her but authorities are trying to discover whether or not the girl might be a victim of trafficking. a lot of people watching this closely. >> i think a lot of people -- of course, you see this little girl and you think, gosh, well it bring backs the story of madeleine mccann and especiall

. >> al roker is bald. >> al roker just putting nar on his head and wipe it off. i got the fro.ringing 1968 back. >> what's your favorite length of hair? >> no. usually a short caesar -- it's short hair to your head even all the way around with a nice defined hairline. it frames your face really well. >> ever do a part, or not for parts? >> not since i was about 12, but i think i'm going back to the part. >> are you? >> because my nephew has this whole thing, i am caesar man in this head. when i was a kid, i had two dice with my initials on the back of my head. it was short all around. >> you like that look? >> you like that? >> i like that. >> sometimes in life. >> uh-huh. uh-huh. i'm listening. >> sometimes in life you don't see things coming. >> oh, you see them. >> all right. well, let me see if you see this coming. there's a salesman. a car salesman. just check him out. his name is joe barzale. take a look. >> oh, joe! getting it! look at his booty. get it, joe! >> ooh! >> that was a 57-minute dude. that's what joe is. that's what joe. >> ooh, ah! oh! >> oh! >> oh! >> oh, m

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

roker. warm weather to talk about. our friends in the midwest will be talking about warm stuff. we have a ridge of high pressure as it's building in. the winds come clockwise around that so that warms things up. so as you can see we're going to be looking attempts today getting up into the 70s. temperatures today getting up into the 70s. chicago, 75 degrees and st. louis 78 and omaha 77. amarillo, texas, a high of 84 degrees. we've got another storm system coming into the pacific northwest bringing rain there. windy conditions through the plains. the southern tier of states just spectacular. that low pressure, the remnants of karen getting itself together in the southeast, but, again, beautiful weather from new england all the way into the great lakes. that's what's going on around the country. here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. >> good morning. partly cloudy around the metro area. clouds south and east washington. mostly clear farther north and wefshts and temperatures much

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. >>> al roker, look at his face here. he attended a drake concert over the weekend. >> look at the guy behind him. >> this is a vine video. i don't know what do you think? you know al. >> al has a great sense of humor with viral videos. he has a collection of these. he's a funny guy. >> he's hilarious. we should read the news like that. i'm richard lui. this is your "early today" show. we hope this is just your first stop on nbc. >>> leading the news in the la time, driver plows into crowd at beijing square. three killed and many more injured in the local incident says to be a deliberate attack. >>> in uk, pope francis celebrates 10 million followers. this makes the pope more popular than kanye west. he has a ways to go to reach stars at 40 million followers. >>> some stories we're watching, the man accused for the deadly attack on the constitution let in libya speaks out. he says quote god knows what would happen in libya if i was taken away. this act would win the americans more enemies, end quote. he's indicted for the

. >> 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

roker to talk about this and i take it wondering they point out to at least 83 duplicates but if you could explain why the numbers are accurate. >> sure. we've done this count since i believe 2007 although i think we did one in 2005. this is when we began the formal count we solicited volunteers to go out on a particular night in january and visually count folks that they see on the street that they presume or homeless. i mentioned the folks that are sheltered hospital east and jail. but the numbers you see per district were identified by volunteers and in terms of the numbers if anything one of the city officials that is charged with the homelessness that's not a reason to inflate the numbers. in terms of the increase 2011 we saw 11 hundred and 51 homes in the bayview and 1278 in 2012. they're very close to 2012 and 2013. and the notation that i inflaltd the numbers is in exchange any scrutiny >> how does is it compare to other areas. >> the tenderloin has gone down it was about 12 hundred and again, i'm going unsheltered. and it's been steeled increasing and then 2013 almost 13 hun

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 screeching 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 aide 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 republicans' deal going nowhere, negotiators are back at the table. >> the deadline is looming. >> reporter: harry reid sending out a letter

. >> 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 dawn. libya's transitional government in a cryptic statement said the prime minister was taken to an unknown place for unknown reasons. with with the prime minister missing, the rest of the government rallied in support at an emergency meeti

roker. weather to talk about. our friends in the midwest will be talking about warm stuff. we have a ridge of high pressure as it's building in. the winds come clockwise around that so that warms things up. so as you can see we're going to be looking attempts today getting up into the 70s. chicago, 75 degrees. st. louis 78. omaha 77, amarillo, texas, a high of 84 degrees. we have another storm system coming into the pacific northwest bringing rain there. windy conditions through the plains. the southern interior states spectacular. karen getting itself together in the southeast but beautif >>> 7:35 on a tuesday morning. good morning. i'm meteorologist christina loren. temperatures are pretty chilly. i wanted to show you this live picture of oakland. nice and clear here. might see a little bit of cloud game. one more to get further into the playoffs today. we're looking good there. temperatures are fabulous as well. 73 for oakland. 75 san jose. temperatures nice and steady. maybe a light show

roker, mrs. morales and mr.iniskirt or s stelletos if you're full figured? is that the truth. >> that's what they're saying. not here, not me. >> i've seen you in a couple of miniskirts. >> no, you haven't. >> back in the day. >> but do you know how long we have known each other? 30 years. >> like you two. >> we worked together in 1987. >> wow. >> i wasn't born yet. >> 38. >> oh my gosh. >> he's the baby of the bunch. >> author john grisham trying out new things. his first broadway play and sequel. what has him worried about his new book. >> and giada de laurentiis is here. she's here with soups to help us warm up. >> and the questions you should ask if you're in the market for a new home right now. >> mr. roker, how about a check of the weather? >> let's show you what we got for you today. we have been asking you to send in #today sunrise. these are the great pictures you're sending in so we can get a look at your sunrise. our weekend ahead, a little on the wet side. down in the gulf coast, southeastern atlanti

roker and say what have you got?ell, we've got a big, big storm that's going to be developing tomorrow for halloween. a lot of trick-or-treaters are going to be affected by this system. and you can see it's a wide area, stretching from houston all the way to columbus. in fact, to give you a sense of this, we are talking distancewise, i mean, it really stretches out from houston, as you make your way all the way up to columbus. we're talking about 1,100 miles. so, we're going to be watching this. the futurecast for this really shows the story, because it's going to be bringing in large hail, damaging winds, tornadoes. you can see the heavy activity moving out of dallas, making its way as far north as chicago during the afternoon. and not only are we going to have a lot of rain with this system, wind is going to be a big problem. we can show you with this depiction of all the winds, and you can see the darker colors, the winds, they start to converge, so we're looking at heavy wind from dallas, making its way up to st.

inside the studio, i'm matt lauer along with al roker, natalie morales, and savannah guthrie. >> in thes, u.s. special forces carey out high risk raids in africa and libya capturing one senior al qaeda leader. >> and the first ever default on america's dealt. >> and wild weather from coast-to-coast. fires in california, snow in south dakota and everything in between. >> still to come this morning, elizabeth smart opens up about her 9 month ordeal after being abducted. she is here for her first live interview. we'll talk with her in just a bit. >> and then tom hanks will be in the studio. he has a great new movie. captain richard phillips that was taken hostage on the high seas in 2009 by somali pirates. >> we got the first interview with captain phillips. so you know the ending and what's going to happen. i watched it and i had my heart in my throat. >> it was intense and the final ten minutes will take your breath away. it's an amazing movie. >> first up, an update on the violent confrontation between the bikers in new york and the suv driver. >> that's right. there's new developments

no. 1 request i kid you not al roker. this will be a roker pumpkin, how long, another day or two?alie, i'm so exhausted be i this segment, do you think you could do the ease? >> coming up, doggy doppelgangers, i'm still upsidedown, come on. first, this is "today" on nbc. . >> have you ever noticed sometimes dogs look like their owners. this morning we gathered an esteamed group of look-a-likes. first more on the doggy doppelganger theory. ♪ you will find them in all shape, sizes, breeds, coats and colors. but what's with the uncanny owners and their pups. >> i constantly see owners that look like their owners. >> leslie and her york can i get it all the time. they say, leslie the same growing air. the long tongue. >> call at this time doggi doggie doppelganger syndrome. before you bark at the theory, there may be science. >> people choose pets that look like them. >> do you think we look alike? >> why you look like your dog sheds some spriegz k-9 credence on the fe phenomenon. >> the women with longer hair preferred breeds with flop pierres. women with shorter air preferred dogs w

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. >> reporter: r

we have our issues. >> roqal roker put the nair on head and wipe it off.'m going back to my part because my nephew he has the whole thing -- i am cesar man on his head. when i was a kid, i had two dice with my initials in it on the back of my head. >> really? >> it was short all around. >> you like that look? >> you like that? >> sometimes in life -- >> i'm listening. this is my listening face. >> sometimes in life you don't see things coming. >> oh, you see them. >> let me see if you see this coming. there's a salesman, a car salesman, okay, check him out. his name is joe barzalay. check him out. ♪ >> oh, joe is getting it on. look at his bootie. get it, joe. yeah. joe's the 57 minute dude. that's what joe is. that's what joe is. ♪ >> oh. oh, my, you're right about the behind. >> joe went to an urban high school. on the dance team. >> he by the way, this is in gafny, -- daphne, alabama. >> i would buy a hyundai. i would buy a hyundai. if i go in there and said, joe, show me and he does that, i'll buy a hyundai. >> he might hold you to it. they were shooti

i'm matt lauer along with savannah guthrie, and al roker. >> picture this.at life is like now. >> incredible job acting, as well. >> he is unreal. >> almost a show stealer, sorry, tom, we love you, he is awesome in it. natalie, you went swimming yesterday with diana nyad. >> she is unbelievable. she has gone 48 hours straight for hurricane sandy relief in the middle of harold square. she is about ten minutes away from making that 48 hour mark. >> i was there a couple minutes, to think she was 27 hours into her swim. it was remarkable. congrats to her. >> a follow up to the contest we launched on wednesday a part of our steals and deals segment. remember we showed you a photo of cameron and jill martin. we asked you to put a caption to it. >> 1,500 comments in the first 20 minutes. 6,000 comments overall. because of the huge response to this picture, they have provided us with ten fondu fountain, 15 people total will be getting them. you might be wondering, who are the winners? they're on facebook. two of my favorites, take a look, she says, the hunger games!

. >> 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 with her car. >> there was

i'm savannah guthrie along side al roker and natalie morales. >> we're in day nine of this governmenttdown 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 the families of fallen u.s. service members. this morning a solemn ceremony. some families paid for the flights themselves. because of the government shutdown they didn't get death benefits. $100,000 normally paid within 36 hours of a de

. >> i'm savannah guthrie along side natalie morales and al roker that just dropped a bomb on us. 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 authorities a man that was here and made some sort of verbal threat. a man who is known to the fbi. the fbi and the joint terrorism task force are now investigating the details of what happened here last n

. >> 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 economic impact beginning with nbc's kelly o'donnell. she is on capitol hill. kelly, how did it all go down? >> matt, what a night. congress will be back to work today to try to fix this mess but aids in both parties, sources