¡savannah! savannah. yuju, aquÍ abajo. >>vaya, tal lo pensÉ.Í fue. al Ía siguiente muy temprano, savannah le enseÑÓ a tracy todo lo que sabÍa sobre el vuelo Ápido y el boom supersÓnico. tracy: ¡ey...! savannah: asÍ se hace. >>¿se han preguntado lo que ayuda a los aviones a mantenerse ahÍ arriba en el cielo? el aire. lo que pasa es que es tan ligero, que no saben que estÁ ahÍ, pero si soplo el ae de este modo... ja... hace que las cosas se muevan, ¿vieron? y el aire no solo puede lograr que los aviones mantengan ahÍ arriba, sino que tambiÉn nos hace cosquillas. ja, ... el aire, ¡piÉnsalo! ¿saben en todas las cosas en que se convierte el agua? en, si la congelan, se convierte en hielo, tal como le ocurre a los lagos en el invierno. el aa tambiÉn se puede convertir en nubes y las nubes hacen la lluvia. o si hace frÍo, la nieve. ¿y quÉ se puede hacer con la nieve? asÍ es, un lindo muÑeco de nieve. y todas esas cosas se hacen con el agua, piÉnsalo. >>le gusta explorar porque asÍ su imaginacion se pone a volar. jay jay, the jet plane, viene a continu

the battle is really between savannah and matt or willie.$5,000 for her charity. if art from ashes is a fake story there will be a tie. you'll split the proceeds. al, what is the fake story. >> the fake story is robot nanny. >> robot nanny. >> savannah wins. >> yea. >> congratulations, savannah. >> $5,000 for your charity. >> i'm so excited. >> what's your charity. >> the national down syndrome society. >> wonderful. >> it was a close one willie/matt. >> i blamed matt for the information. >> he is devastated but he is going to contribute money as well. >> that's nice. >> and what were the clues? the give aways? you don't know? whatever. >> thank you very much. >> up next, a look at one of george clooney's many getaways and the super model he shares it with. but first, this is "today" on nbc. congratulations to savannah. >>> back now at 8:50 with today's home. an inside look at a mexican getaway for the stars. it's shared by george clooney and george gerber and cindy crawford. good morning. good to see you. >> good morning. >> explain this to

good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, savannah.rities this morning are seeking ranch owner scott chandler. there's no charges. he is just wanted for questioning at this point. at least one of the families of the boys that returned is angry that an amber alert was issued at all. >> for two days authorities combed through miles and miles of desert scrub before calling off the search last night. >> it's been checked and they're with the guardian. >> reporter: the nine boys are now home with their families. something the attorney for the ranch says he told authorities days ago. >> there's no mechanism to quickly verify they are with the parents. this is not an amber alert situation. >> reporter: it came friday after they tried to serve a search warrant and they found it empty and scott chandler gone. dozens of police reports allege abuse at the ranch, handcuffs, shackles, teens forced to run for long periods of time and threats of castration. steven sent his son jonathan to the program. >> they wake them up in the middle of the night.

savannah, what is your first story? one enterpriseing new yorker decided to give up apartment living altogether. you will not believe where he ended up. the big apple is one of the most electric and expensive cities on the planet. and one new yorker, writer dave rodriguez, was so stressed by the constant buzz, he says he had to think outside the box. >> you hear that? that's right. >> reporter: rodriguez created a private refuge in the most public of places, where he lived under the radar for two years until the release of this documentary. >> my name is dave, i'm 27-years-old, i live inside the cube. >> his home an iconic new york city landmark passed by thousands each day. i was invited in for an exclusive look at life inside his extraordinary home. >> come on down. >> nice to meet you. this is amazing. >> come on, i'll give you the tour. i have a full service kitchen. it goes up and down. i was walking by at the time. i poked my head n. i had an epiphany. i can live here. >> reporter: rodriguez doesn't have any idea

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

night, savannah. >> wow. keir simmons in london, thank you very much. >>> now to a mystery on both coasts, secret floating barges that have the tech world abuzz and people wondering what's in them. here's cnbc's josh lipton with the story. >> reporter: it's a mystery at sea, or at least in the san francisco bay, a floating structure sitting on a barge off treasure island, a small piece of land under the famed bay bridge. >> my best idea is some kind of experience, customer experience. >> i thought it was a winery, so i'm not too sure. >> it will be a floating information center. >> reporter: the coast guard confirmed it is associated with google, the tech giant known for top-secret development and revolutionary projects like goog google's balloon-powered internet that will float in the stratosphere, but there's a nondisclosure agreement in place and the company had no comment on the barge. >> a company like google wants to control its message, and whatever it's up to, we don't really know why, and that's what

good morning, savannah. >> jennifer, good morning.oming up on "meet the press" breaking news the u.s. captures a tough al qaeda leader plus, joining me to discuss the government shutdown, republican kentucky senator and paul. also i'll ask jack lew why he stays failure to trays debt ceiling could lead to economic disaster and my exclusive discussion with samantha power and what she said about hillary clinton during 2008 campaign and a live report on president obama's comments >> good morning. and welcome back to 11 news sunday. the time now is 9:39. there's a live look outdoors from skycam, and actually, this is an improved vision here. earlier it was so foggy, we couldn't see downtown. in some areas the clouds have been near ground which is why some of you have been seeing fog. this will give way to more sunshine and then the clouds will increase tonight ahead of our next storm system. today we're feeling a lot like summer. we had a front move through as a warm front. it's near pennsylvania and new york now. that's why we are seeing

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 a guy in front of her that did stop it and she hit him and he flew over the hood. >> reporter: from there she sped up pennsylvania avenue toward the u.s. capitol about a mile and a half away doing 80 miles per hour at one point. police and secret service officers stopped her car at the foot of the capitol but she jammed it into revere and took off again as they opened fire. she again lead them on a chase around the perimeter of the grounds. police put the capitol on lock down and rushed to get visitors safely away as the

so for my money, it is -- >> savannah. >> yep. savannah, georgia, wins again.iana, go for it. >> thank you, dolly. the ominous oasis survives another round. that's two rounds in a row. let us know if you agree. tweet using the hash tag #milliondollarhome. catch dolly in the next hour on "street signs" to see if the ominous oasis continues. she will crown the top house in the spooky market later today during "the closing bell." kayla, down to you. >> thanks, tyler. >>> now on to the housing markets seeing the biggest recovery right now. fresh off a win, real estate reporter diana olick is here with realty check. diana. >> reporter: kayla, got to send the love out to dolly. love you and sorry, kayla, for beating your house. no, i'm not. savannah did not make the list of the top ten, but as if boston didn't have enough to celebrate, it made the list of top ten turnaround housing markets. this is a survey from realtor.com that looks at median home price, supply of homes for sale, and days on the market it takes to sell. now, we're going to look at numbers six throu

now, here's savannah. >>> thanks. since the shutdown started we heard people voice their frustrations about the shutdown in congress. now a new wall street journal poll shows how angry they are. chuck todd, good morning. >> good morning. >> people don't like washington but there is one party that's getting more of the blame according to this poll. >> the shutdown has been, there's no sugar coating this, a political disaster for the gop. here's who is to blame. 53% blame congressional republicans for this. 31% blame president obama. during the 95 shutdown republicans got more blame but never crossed 50%. this is unprecedented even for shutdown politics. >> and there's a question about who puts political interests first and the republicans fair badly on that as well. >> very badly. 70% said they were picking politics over the country. this includes even 40% of republicans. president obama, 51% say politics over the country. >> and let's talk about the republican party in general. if midterm elections were held next mont

good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, savannah. 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 death to help cover immediate cost. the charity has stepped in to take the place of the government. >> i'm hoping this say temporary measure and not long-term but we're in it as long as we need to be. >> the mother of jeremiah collins back home in milwaukee. >> for the sacrifice our kids are making at the age that they're making them, i don't understand how this can be a benefit that's withheld. i will not -- i won't ever understand it. >> reporter: another of the fallen, special agent joseph peters, a 24-year-old intelligence officer from springfield, missouri serving in afghanistan after t

i'm matt lauer along with savannah guthrie, carson daly, and mr.efore. but i am a super fan, top chef is coming back. if you look 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

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

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good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, savannah. it has been a long road to get here for abu anas al libi. much of what he told his interrogators will not be admissible in court but u.s. officials believe they have a strong case against him for allegedly planning the 1998 bombings of u.s. embassies in east africa. he allegedly has the blood of more than 200 people on his hands. a key al qaeda planner, u.s. officials say, indicted for the bombings of american embassies in kenya and tanzania 15 years ago. this is his only confirmed photograph, a passport snap of abu anas al libi. one of al qaeda's founders, a freeman until two weekends ago when he was ambushed by u.s. special ops in libya and whisked to a u.s. warship in mediterranean. without miranda rights he's been held and questioned until a pre-existing medical condition. his family says it's a severe case of hepatitis, lead his captors to transfer him to u.s. soil. in new york al libi has rights including the right to remain congress. some members of congress say he should have

savannah, you sure are super. and given that it has a smiley face, that's something you wrote. >> do we have a breathalyzer for savannah. >> i wrote it to myself. >> it's a dope. got it. >> and that is what is trending today. coming up, memorabilia from some of the biggest icons from marilyn monroe to william shatner. >>> but first, 120 million people around the world deal with depression and many deal with it alone. willie geist met a young man working to change that. good morning. >> good morning. he is an unlikely advocate for mental health. he's a 20-year-old from canada, popular kid in high school. a basketball star that's an aspiring comic but beneath the laugher there's deep pain. kevin says he was leading a double life. >> i look at the school and i would know in my head that i'm about to walk in there and smile, laugh, high five people, and put on a total front. >> what did depression feel like at first? how did you know you had it? >> i felt like i couldn't be happy. you're sitting there and you feel lik

>> savannah, the shutdown is harming people every day. i think we're seeing that in the ironic actions of those who chose to shut the government down item by item, trying to reopen the government for things as they discover there's real pain out there. if the shutdown ends quickly, we'll recover from the damage. if it goes on for a longer period of time, it will do more harm. >> given what you know of the terrain, are you looking at a few more days of a shutdown? are you looking at weeks? >> congress could act today. the optimistic view of things is there is a majority in congress right now that would vote to reopen the government. they just need to bring it up for a vote. they could bring it up today. >> there was a senior administration official quoted in the wall street journal this week saying, quote, we are winning. it doesn't really matter to us how long the shutdown lasts, because what matters is the end result. does that reflect the view of the administration behind closed doors, the shutdown can go on as long as it wants because

. >> reporter: 12-year-old savannah says she's tormented by girls at her middle school. this after having to get on a scale for her gym class. >> they say i'm fat and that i should stop eating and i need to lose weight. >> reporter: so much, in fact, she says she's not eating much and has contemplated taking her own life. >> i figured that if i wasn't here they really didn't have a reason to be mean. >> reporter: in her pe class, savannah and other students are weighed and tested on their physical fitness. >> if you have a charles county student, between third grade and up, you are -- you do get on a scale. >> reporter: charles county public school says this fitness program has been part of the state of maryland's curriculum for years. >> we want to produce physically literate children into adulthood. >> reporter: milton summers is where savannah goes to middle school. while she says her teacher pulls her and the other students aside in order to check her weight, her height, and her body mass index, she says that doesn't mean that the other students don't find out about

next up is savannah.ing it. >> ♪ the love boat ♪ >> oh. >> i think with the mustache, it goes like this. okay. next up is natalie's pick for throwback thursday is, take a listen. [ music playing ] >> cheers. ♪ sometimes you want to go where everybody knows your name [ music playing ] >> that's a good one. >> okay. the "today" show family knows your pick, mr. al. take a listen ♪ it's gilligan, the skipper too, the millionaire and his wife. >> gilligan's island. >> it raises the question, marianne and ginger. >> marianne. >> it does make you feel good to hear those theme songs. >> the first season it was the rest. >> pete carpenter was one of the greatest theme songwriters. >> that is what is trending today and then too, coming up, the viral video sensation what does the fox say. last month in our "today" series, we introduced you to jessica and her fiancee derrick manion, they let us go on their journey with them as they underwent ivf on the air. nancy sneiderman is here to give us an update. good morning.

savannah?>> we have to make our way over to the rink for the countdown to sochi. merrell davis and charlie white burst onto the scene in 120. they won sill is very at vancouver. they've been on a roll ever since, winning with skate america this past weekend. are you ready for sochi? >> we're getting there. we still have a little bit of time, which we're foggy to take advantage of. but we're really excited. >> you guys have been skating together since you were 10 years old. why does this partnership work? >> you know, i think we just have is a lot of respect for each other. like all great relationships, that's what it's really based on. >> you won silver in 2010. as i said, you've been on fire ever since. how do you think you have chained as skaters since vancouver? >> i think we felt vancouver was a starting point for our mature career. we have grown tremendously and we are more confident on the ice. >> between now and sochi, you just perfect it? practice, practice, practice practice? >> absolu

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 a guy in front of her that did stop it and she hit him and he flew over the hood. >> reporter: from there she sped up pennsylvania avenue toward the u.s. capitol about a mile and a half away doing 80 miles per hour at one point. police and secret service officers stopped her car at the foot of the capitol but she jammed it into revere and took off again as they opened fire. she again lead them on a chase around the perimeter of the grounds. police put the capitol on lock down and rushed to get visitors safely away as the

savannah, carson. >> thank you very much. let's turn to natalie following a story of americans taken hostage by pirates. >> once again. that's right. two americans are at the center of drama on the high seas. they have been kidnapped by pirates off the coast of nigeria. jim is at the pentagon with the very latest. >> reporter: good morning, natalie. there's no word on the condition or whereabouts of those two americans. their identities have not been released but the fact that their ship was flying an american flag made them an all too tempting target for pirates. in a brazen attack, pirates kidnapped the two americans off this u.s. flag ship, the c-retriever. they easily boarded the ship and then methodically singled out the americans, the u.s. captain and chief engineer and took them ashore as hostages. it all happened in the gulf of guinea off nigeria with a steady stream of cargo ships it's a prime hunting ground for pirates. the most memorable pirate attack on an american is now a hit movie. captain richard phillips was

savannah. >>> thank you very much. new steps are being taken this morning to address the problems and embarrassments with the government's health care website. and we're hearing from the woman at the center of the storm. health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius. peter alexander has the story from the white house this morning. peter, good morning to you. >> reporter: savannah, good morning to you. a lot going on again today. later today members of the administration are going to come host health insurance executives here at the white house to discuss the botched roll out of the obama care website. we're learning new details. from subill ysz that the president wasn't even aware of the website's problems until it was too late. vowing to fix the broken health care website, kathleen sebelius told cnn president obama didn't know about the site's problems until after its turbulent launch. when did the president first come out? >> it became clear early on. the first couple days -- >> but not before that? there was

good morning. >> good morning, savannah.idents in the neighborhood are still rattled by what they saw on the street corner. prosecutors have video and told the court that it shows five or six men surrounding alex lien as he lay on the ground kicking and stomping him in the head. >> reporter: the nypd is asking for the public's help in finding two persons of interest seen in these photos released overnight. this as the biker using a chrome helmet to bash in the window of alexian lien's suv. he was arraigned on first degree assault and criminal mischief. one week after the infamous altercation and beating. but his attorney says he never actually hit lien. >> my client obviously overreacted and smashed in the window. but beyond that, he was not a participant in any assault on that victim. >> 35-year-old robert simms was also arraigned and faces charges of gang assault and felony assault. his lawyer says he is cooperating with police but worries simms may not be fairly treated. >> they need a fall guy. they need somebody to take

matt, al, savannah? >> i didn't hear a thing after fecal matter. >> we've been able to eat dirt cheap for years. >> natalie, story number two. >> well, i think i tried just about every sport on the planet. well, guess what, i was wrong. [ rooster crowing ] >> home to the dairy farm, paper mill and hoof ball. >> goal. >> in the cut throat world he has seen it all. >> does it ever get dirty out there? >> all the time. most players are not very nice. >> we're talking horses or people? >> we'd like to get things underway with our national anth anthem. >> reporter: while shin guards are optional, biting and lying on the ground are not allowed or it's back to the barn. >> do you ever feel like a horses ass? >> do you think i could do this? >> i think could. the problem is to be able to get a horse to pass in a straight direction without getting too far off. >> get in there. get in there. come on. >> reporter: even an mvp like oreo isn't too high on his horse to pose with an amateur like me. >> well, there you have it, guys. what do you think? any thought

i'm savannah guthrie. >> i'm david gregory along side natalie morales and dylan dreyer. >> maybe you can explain what's going on in washington. >> it is so frustrating. this is dynamic where each side thinks the other side is 100% at fault here. 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 its 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 its bills. a heavy focus will be on the global financial markets, including the stock market opening today on the holiday that could put more pressure on republicans and democrats to fina

>> 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

over to savannah. >> thanks. to bridget jones? well, she is back and the new novel mad about the boy is our second today book club selection and jenna bush-hager got to travel to london and interview helen fielder herself. >> i did. she was amazing. good morning. she is back and even though she is a 50-something single mom, she is still the bridget jones we all fell in love with. >> reporter: bridget jones in her diary gave a generation of 30 something women validation that in life it's sometimes okay to pick the wrong man. the wrong outfit, or even the wrong undergarment and still be practically perfect just the way we are. >> to bridget, just as she is. >> reporter: but could bridget in her 50s have the same effect? the world shall soon find out. >> how are you? i can't believe we ran into each other on this bridge. >> reporter: helen fielding is not only the author of the original bridget jones novel but she herself was her very own inspiration for the character she created. so it's no consequence that her lat

savannah?y choo has become a premiere name in the industry. now, its cofounder is opening up in a candid memoir called "in my shoes" and with jenna bush hager she opens up further. >> she does. good morning. she is speaking out now for first time with shocking new details of her life beyond the glitz and glamour of the fashion world. ♪ it's a name that has become synonymous with women's fashion and glamour. a luxury brand that even carrie bradshaw couldn't bear to part with. but for tamara mellon, life and times have been anything anything but glamorous. >> one glass of wine you wered the into 6:00 in the morning and calling the coke dealer and realizing i have to be at work in three hours. >> reporter: after losing her job she entered rehab, but there was a silver lining to hitting rock bottom. she began to pursue her dream of starting her open shoe business. >> when i came out of rehab, then i was determined to do it. >> reporter: do you think this business in some ways saved your life? >> ab

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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 savannah guthrie along side matt lauer, al roker, and carson daly. with the new trailer for the next hobbit movie. >> that's going to be huge. >> oh yeah. >> oh man. >> what was it over a billion. >> 1.1 -- >> okay, you're calling me a liar for .1 billion? i'm just kidding. also a reminder, next month we have miley cyrus on the show. she is going to perform outside for us and she'll sit down and talk about some of the controversy that seems to have formed around her in the past months. so we'll talk to miley cyrus as she performs live on the plaza. that's monday here on today. >> you may be wondering about our surroundings here. this is for a series called fact or fiction. are you a good consumer of the information you see on the internet or television. can you tell when something is a hoax? we have seen a lot of internet hoaxes. later on this morning we'll start this thing where we do a real story and fake story and carson will help us figure out if we can tell the difference. >> it's cool. it's fun. matt is going to start today. you have two storie

the original authority to deepen the savannah river was in 1999. it took 123 years and $41 million -- it took 13 years and $41 million of study to finally get four federal agencies to approve it. during that period of time, china built a port from start to finish, which is billinger than the port of savannah. mr. speaker, if we are to be competitive as a nation, we have to do better than this. today's legislation accelerates the approval process by alleviating unnecessary government delays. this legislation is commonsense, it's pro job and pro america and i urge its passage. thank you and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from florida, mr. webster, reserves. the gentleman from florida, mr. hastings. . mr. hastings: mr. speaker, at this time i'm pleased to yield one minute to the distinguished gentleman from washington, my friend, mr. heck. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from washington is recognized for one minute. mr. heck: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise in support of wa

next up is savannah.>> ♪ the love boat ♪ >> oh. >> i think with the mustache, it goes like this. okay. next up is natalie's pick for throwback thursday is, take a listen. [ music playing ] >> cheers. ♪ sometimes you want to go where everybody knows your name [ music playing ] >> that's a good one. >> okay. the "today" show family knows your pick, mr. al. take a listen ♪ it's gilligan, the skipper too, the millionaire and his wife. >> gilligan's island. >> it raises the question, marianne and ginger. >> marianne. >> it does make you feel good to hear those theme songs. >> the first season it was the rest. >> pete carpenter was one of the greatest theme songwriters. >> that is what is trending today and then too, coming up, the viral video sensation what does the fox say. last month in our "today" series, we introduced you to jessica and her fiancee derrick manion, they let us go on their journey with them as they underwent ivf on the air. nancy sneiderman is here to give us an update. good morning. >> good

. >> 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