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Holt, and erica hill, live, from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Welcome to today on this morning. Weve got a lot of news to get to. We want to start with the two u. S. Military operations overseas against terror targets. Forces have libyan al qaeda leader in detention this morning. The pentagon says hes in a secure location outside libya. Libya is believed to be behind the 1998 bombing in kenya and tanzania. Navy s. E. A. L. S engaged in a fire fight in somalia against a group that took responsible for last months kenya mall attack. The latest on our top story. Mick, what can you tell us this morning . For the u. S. , the capture of abu is a huge get. The operation was something right out of a tom clancy novel. Commandos grabbed him off the streets of tripoli. He was a close confidante of osama bin laden, and involved in the bombings in ten yekenya and tanzania. Overnight secretary of state john kerry said his capture should serve as a warning to terrorists worldwide. We hope that this makes clear that the United States of america will never stop in its effort to hold those accountable who conduct acts of terror, and those numbers of al qaeda and other terrorist organizations literally can run, but they cant hide. Once abu is grilled by intelligence officials, its more than likely he will be brought to the u. S. To stand trial for those embassy bombings. Erica . And mick, as we also mentioned, the u. S. Military launched two attacks on saturday. The second one carried out by navy s. E. A. L. S in somalia. They were looking for the leader of al shabaab. Whats the latest on that operation . Well, erica, theres far less certainty about this operation. It was a predawn raid in which u. S. Navy s. E. A. L. S hit the beach and launched an attack against the compound of the al shabaab military organization. Al shabaab carried out that horrific bloody terrorist attack against a mall in nairobi two weeks ago. The problem here, however, is sources tell nbc news that raid failed to take out al shabaabs top commander, and so far, u. S. Officials have not identified any of the militants who may have been killed. So it appears in their ongoing bomb battle assessment, these details will have to be worked out. But it appears they fell far short of their goal. Tropical storm karen which threatened the gulf coast fizzled out overnight. The weather channels Stephanie Abrams is following it. Lester, this is a look at destin, florida. A pleasant morning overall. We do have some clouds off in the distance, and those clouds, thats karen. It is now a tropical depression. And heres all that cloud cover we were looking at from destin, florida. But you dont see a center of circulation. Its really fallen apart here. Theres been a lot of dry air and upperlevel winds that have torn this thing apart. Here we look 100 miles southwest of morgan city. Winds at 30 miles an hour. So its definitely falling apart and continues to doso here it is. Weve had the upperlevel winds, and dry air, which is not good for a development of a tropical storm. It will stay weak and well see rainfall out of this. Perhaps around two inches around the mobile bay area. But overall, its not going to be too bad, lester. Well get the forecast for the rest of the country from you in a few minutes. Surprising new information in the beating that captured national attention, including who was on the scene when a driver was beaten when he got into a confrontation with bikers in a rally and ran over one of them. Steph, good morning. Good morning, erica. Weve been talking to people in the neighborhood and they tell us these motorcycle crews are here all the time creating a menace. They jump the curbs, go through red lights, but thats nothing compared to what they saw on this Street Corner last sunday. Possibly the most dramatic moment in a video that has now been viewed by millions. A biker takes off his helmet, rushes alex lynns suv and smashes the drivers side window. His wife and 1yearold daughter also in the car. That motorcyclist has been charged on multiple counts, including gang assault and criminal mischief. And late saturday night, another biker, robert sims, was arraigned in criminal court. The nypd itself is coming under scrutiny. Senior Law Enforcement officials tell nbc news that one offduty undercover cop was on the scene when lynn was beaten in front of his family. Police sources say the officer did not want to blow his cover. So he did nothing to help. But internal affairs will investigate why it took until wednesday for him to come forward. As many as five offduty officers may have taken part in the unauthorized bike rally last sunday as well. Sergeio lives in the neighborhood and was there when lynns suv came to a stop. One of the bikers went for his wife. With his two hands, real hard, pulling her out. Reporter the crowd stopped the bikers from hurting the mother and her baby, but lynn was still under attack. The man was knocked down. He was on the floor. He was getting beat up with a helmet. Hit in the head with a helmet . Yes, many times. Reporter he jumped in between lynn and the bikers. I felt like they wanted to kill this family. Reporter saturday Police Released the photo of a third suspect, and continued to pore over video taken by bystanders, hoping to identify more suspects. Even if some may turn out to be cops themselves. That motorcyclist thats in the hospital, he may be paralyzed for life. His family, and lawyers, say that when he gets better, hes going to consider a lawsuit. They say he was just going in there to help when he was run over by lynns suv. Stephanie, thanks. Down in washington, the Government Shutdown has now dragged into its sixth day and congress and president obama say no closer to a solution. Kristen welker has the latest for us. Reporter defense secretary chuck hagel said he will be calling back more than 300,000 employees tomorrow. The house unanimously approved a bill to restore back pay to all furloughed workers. But the Government Shutdown continues. Painful for americans, and politically perilous for lawmakers. With the Government Shutdown set to enter its second week, theres no end in sight to the finger pointing. Speaker boehner has made a decision that hes going to hold out to see if he can get additional concessions from us. If the president has an ax to grind with the opposing party, why he would want to put the American People in the middle of that, and force the pain on them. Reporter now, the dysfunction is taking a political toll. A recent poll shows 44 of americans blame the republicans, and 35 blame the president and democrats. And there are cracks in the gop strategy, with the tea Party Faction insisting any bill delay the president S Health Care law. The democrats want government by crisis. They want shutdowns. This is harry reid shutdown, because he thinks it benefits democrats politically. Reporter but a growing number of republican moderates are calling for their party to open up the government with no strings attached, arguing the Health Care Law is a nonstarter with democrats. Theres one thing you must do, and that is fund the government. Reporter the first member of the tea party defected, telling bloomberg news, we need to move on. Analysts warn the effect on republicans could last well beyond this impact. It could hurt them in primaries, make it tougher for them to have a singular message against democrats come fall 2014. Reporter but there are also perils for president obama, who insists he wont negotiate right now. I think even some democrats think the line of we wont nosht is not one he will be able to stay with much longer. Reporter according to recent polls, president obama has seen some of his lowest Approval Ratings in two years. Its likely we wont see much progress until october 17th when the nation runs out of money to pay its bills. Lester . Kristen, thank you. Savannah guthrie is standing in for David Gregory on meet the press. Good morning. We keep saying, savannah, that the two sides dont have an agreement right now. But i keep thinking, surely they have an exit strategy in the back of their mind and just waiting to pull the trigger. Am i being naive . Youre not being naive, i think youre being optimistic. But being on the phone with both parties this weekend, its clear to me theres no deal being talked about in the back rooms. This seems to be something where were in it for the long haul. The government remaining closed. We have the other looming deadline, october 17th, the debt ceiling has to be raised, otherwise potentially the u. S. Could go into default. Something that most economists who look at it say could be calamitous for the economy. The stakes are getting even higher. At the moment theres no solution. The other head scratcher here, what happened to majority rules. Were talking 30 to 40 republican headliners holding this up. Speaker boehner has the votes if he wants to go forward, doesnt he . He does. If he would right now put a clean budget resolution on the floor of the house, there would be enough moderate republicans and democrats, they would probably get to the 218 votes they need. The fact of the matter is, boehners not going to do that right now and have to do the same thing in two weeks on the debt ceiling. The republican strategy seems to be to merge the two issues together. If boehner and the republicans have to take a tough vote, they can do it all at the same time. But they want some kind of concession from the white house. This is where president obama is getting on riskier territory. His position has been, im not going to negotiate on the debt ceiling and reopening the government. How long can that last. Its really a case of who blinks first. Tell us whats coming up this morning on meet the press . We have the treasury secretary who will talk about the consequences to the shutdown and potential default. Well talk to senator rand paul, who early on said he doesnt want the Government Shutdown, but of course, one of the most vocal opponents of the governmentS Health Care plan. And the two c. A. R. E. Operations in africa, and talk about that with mike lighter. Well see you in a bit. Thanks much. Thanks, lester. A zoo employee in oklahoma is lucky to be alive after a tiger attacked her when she stuck her arm in its cage. Kerry sanders is at the zoo with an update. Good morning, erica. That zookeeper here is indeed lucky to be alive. The tiger that attacked her was in a cage like this one here. That tigers now been removed and is in quarantine. This is what they believe happened here. The zoo owner said that the zookeeper reached through the fencing here like this, and when the tiger came and she tried to pull her arm back, the jacket or maybe a glove got caught, and that is when the tiger attacked. The gw Exotic Animal park has more than 100 tigers across its 46 acres. A private zoo with so many tigers and lions, not all have names. This is a snapshot of tiger number seven, the 14yearold 450pound male tiger that attacked the big cat supervisor, a woman in her 20s. She was attacked, says the zoo owner, when she reached into the cage with her left arm. I feel bad that this has happened. And right now my only concern is that the doctors saved her arm and shell be able to keep her arm. Reporter why did the tiger attack . One theory here is that it could be the smell of goose down from the jacket she was wearing. Despite the tiger now tasting human flesh, the zoo owner said he will aggressively defend any suggestion the tiger now needs to be put down. You want to use the word mauled. The tiger was in his cage. And she stuck her arm in the cage. So it was an accident. The tiger was just being a tiger. Reporter since 1990, the Humane Society has documented more than 300 incidents in the United States. Often the cause . Just as is now believed to be the case in oklahoma, human error. Experts say those who work around big cats often drop their guard. People have a bad misconception. They tend to associate these animals as some type of do mesz tick pet, some type of companion. These are wild animals. Reporter in 2006, the Animal Rights group peta accused the zoo here of mistreating the animals. But the federal government and the state investigated and found no mistreatment. In fact, the zoo here says that they accept animals, rescue animals that are being mistreated elsewhere. Kerry sanders, thanks. We want to get caught up with some of the other headlines overnight from craig melvin. Lester, good morning, erica, good morning to you as well. Fierce winds in southern california, flames broke out in the rural area of camp pendleton. That forced hundreds of people to evacuate a housing area and base hospital. Fire Officials Say about 1,000 acres have burned so far. There are no reports of injuries. Power outages and impassable roads are plaguing south dakota this morning. 20 to 30 inches of snow smoth smothered areas in around rapid city. In lead, three and a half feet of snow fell there. Customers in the black hills area lost power. The olympic torch is in russia this morning. It was lit in athens exactly seven days ago. And today, a jet carrying the flame landed in moscow. The torch now heads to moscows red square where the russian president will launch a recordbreaking relay. It will travel to 80 regions before arriving in sochi february 7th. Prince harry celebrated the Australian Navy fleet in sydney, met with the families of Fallen Soldiers in perth. It marked the princes First Official visit to australia, but its not the only reason hes making headlines this morning. A london newspaper reports prince harry is now set to marry his girlfriend. The paper says shes finally overcome her fears about marrying into the royal family. Thats why i said, you know what . Im just going to stay with my people. Pack your bags. We may be going back to london. I still cant bring a calculator on an airplane, but you can bring a lit torch. In russia its okay. Different situation. You can still smoke on those planes, too, so now were really in trouble. Stephanie abrams is back with the rest of the national forecast. Hey there, guys. Good morning to you at home. We have this big front that is crossing the entire United States. A slight risk for some severe weather. Ohio is also picking up karen and it will eventually make it. Good morning, 6 18. Anthony slaughter. Lots of clear skies. No fog to report no. Airport delays. Another very warm day. Temperatures topping out like yesterday, 82, san francisco, the 90, santa rosa. Santa cruz, 84. Warm all across the board. We do have showers on the board. More details on today in the bay at 7 00. Lester, back over to you. All right, stephanie, thanks. Coming up next, should washingtons nfl team change its name . President obama weighs in after this. As your life changes, fidelity is there for your personal economy, helping you readjust along the way, refocus as careers change and kids head off to college, and revisit your investments as retirement gets closer. Wherever you are today, fidelitys guidance can help you finetune your personal economy. Start today with a free oneonone review of your Retirement Plan. When your allergies start, doctors recommend taking one nondrowsy claritin every day during your allergy season for continuous relief. 18 days 17 days 22 days of continuous relief. Live claritin clear. Every day. People have been daring them to clean up tough messes. 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He was asked whether washington should change the name of their football team. Heres a snippet of what the president said. Ive got to say, if i were the owner of the team, and i knew that there was a name of my team, even if it had a storied history that was offending a sizeable group of people, i would think id think about changing it. But, you know, i dont want to detract from the wonderful redskins fans that are here. They love their team and rightly so. So we put the question to you. We went to today. Com, survey question right there on the home page. If a sports team name offends a group of people, should it be changed and an overwhelming number of folks who responded said no. 75 said no, 25 said yes. The conversation continued on twitter. Becky saying, absolutely not. This idea of offending people has gotten out of hand. Lighten up, people. And christie also chimed in, saying its more than a group of people. Its a nation of people. The conversation will undoubtedly continue on social media, as well, lester and erica. And continuing else where, too, because the teams attorney responded to the president , including a recent poll from the Associated Press showing nine out of ten native americans dont think the name should be changed. Definitely not the last we have heard of that conversation. Still to come this morning, miley cyrus taking center stage once again, this time on saturday night live. And well take a look at how it all went in our entertainment wrapup. But first, these messages. Nothing says, im happy to see you too, like a milkbone biscuit. Say it with milkbone. Still to come on today, a question that comes up from time to time. Are police any closer to solving the disappearance of Madeleine Mccann. This morning, new hope for her parents. [ female announcer ] your first breath, your first grasp, your first smile. We were there. Your first roll, your first friend, we were there too. 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We are talking about a little warmer than yesterday. If you thought yesterday was hot, get ready. Another scorcher of a day. Temperatures near 80 in san francisco, just like what we saw yesterday. Santa rosa up to 90 later today. Livermore, 80. Santa teresa at 90. Gilroy, 91. A very hot day on the way. Even though it is a little chilly this morning. Thats that fall air in place. You will notice as we head to the next few days, things will cool off. We have a system we are watching in the pacific. That will slide this way. More cloud, more fog for the morning. Eventually, we will see a few showers. Happening right now in oakland, crews at o. Co coliseum are working at a fevered pace transforming the stadium from a baseball stadium to football for the chargers game tonight. They have been at it since midnight. A couple of hours after the thrilling finish for the as and their fans. Into the field, a base hit, ses ped diswill score. The oakland as walk off with game two of the alts. Just like that, the as evened up their fivegame series with the tigers at one game a piece. Stephen vogt broke a scoreless tie and they win in walkoff fashion. Game three slated for tomorrow morning at 10 00 in detroit. New information in the battle over the gas line in the peninsula. Pg e will comply with a court order and shut down a natural gas pipeline in san carlos as early as this afternoon. That pipeline known as line 147 runs along brittan avenue and highway 101 and i280. The worry is that if it fails, it could explode. On friday, a superior court judge ordered them to shut did it doup. A pg e engineer raised questions about safety. Quote, are we sitting on another san bruno . There are distributions that can still deliver natural gas so residents wont have to go without gas a team of Santa Clara University students are pulling double duty, not only entrenched in school work but showing off a solar home they built for the solar decathlon as teams compete to build the most Energy Efficient solarpowered homes. Of course, they are from here. All the days news coming up at 7 00. Right now, back to the today show. Im molly, celebrating my 14th birthday with the today show. Happy birthday, molly hi, im susan and im brian. And we have come all the way from rodgersville, tennessee to see lester and erica were celebrating our 13th anniversary with the today show we love the today show and we are back on a sunday morning. Its the 6th day of october, 2013. A great crowd here. Celebrating sunday morning. Not sure what theyre celebrating, but lets do it, everybody. Thanks for stopping by. If youre ever in the neighborhood, come by at 49th. The more the merrier. Im here, lester holt, along with erica hill. As we have mentioned, we have talked time and time again about Madeleine Mccann, a little girl who disappeared on a Family Vacation in portugal. New developments that may be giving her family more hope. Also this morning, he is loud, espnateded and he is a huge success. Whether you love him or hate him, one thing is for sure, bill oreilly is never boring. I caught up with him, and well share some of the conversation as he talks about not only his hit tv show i bet it was an interesting conversation. It was. Interesting stuff. Well share that. Also coming up, miley cyrus pulled double duty last night on snl. She was not only a host, also the musical guest. And a new baby for 47yearold actress halle berry. All that and more coming up in our entertainment roundup. Yes. Howard deans radio partner, rob Robin Quivers on her life and death battle with cancer. A big front continues to move eastbound. The question is, are we talking about autumn or are we talking about summer . Because we are feeling the heat in front of this front. We have the southerly flow. So winds go from the south to the north. Look at our temperatures there. Virginia beach, 11 degrees above average. Philadelphia, you are 13 degrees above average. So it is certainly going to be a warm one today. But thats not going to last long. Why . You see that front right there, thats going to be your best friend. Thats going to wash away all of that heat here along the i95 corridor. Thats where it is today. Tomorrow, it gets closer to the east coast. You can see, there are are the showers. Anywhere from new england all the way down to florida. Now h good morning. 6 32. Waking up to clear skies across the bay area this morning. Not a whole lot happening here in your weather forecast. Another very warm day like what we saw yesterday. Youll notice when you step out the door, a little chill in the air. Temperatures in the 40s and 50s. Autumn air in place. By this afternoon, summerlike. 82, san francisco, 86, oakland, 87, livermore. 90, santa rosa and 90 in santa teresa. Get ready for a hot day. Keep the spf handy. Rain in the forecast for wednesday. Right, guys . Always 5 00 somewhere. Okay. So we are going to take you now to our top spot, and that is santa rosa, california. And the harvest fair in the backyard of our nbc affiliate in the bay area, nbc 11. Now, the World Championship grape grape stomp, fun to watch. Something always seems to happen with those. Its not only great stomping but also an annual fall celebration. Also free wine tasting. Yeah, we like that. And food pairing workshops taught by local celebrity chefs. If youre in the area, be sure to head out to wine country. Lester, back to you. All right, stephanie, thanks. More than six years after she vanished while her family was on vacation, there is still hope today that Madeleine Mccann may be found alive. Overnight, her parents expressed new opt oh minimum about the case. Reporter Madeleine Mccann was just 3 years old when she disappeared from her parents vacation apartment in portugal in 2007. They have been fighting ever since, trying to find their little girl. This morning, the mccanns have released a new statement, saying they are greatly encouraged by new information coming to light. They say pieces of the jigsaw are now fitting together. But what are those pieces . Scotland yard detectives have revealed theyre analyzing cell phone data from the portuguese resort where the mccans were staying. Theyre trying to track down as many of the people who were in the small town as possible. In essence, they know within a few minutes when she disappeared. If they can identify every cell phone that was used in that area, they may identify the person. Reporter madelines parents will once again appear on a British Crime show, alongside detectives, who will reveal some of the new information. In that statement just released, kate and jerry mccann also say, we are really hopeful that the fourth coming on crime watch will take us a step closer to finding madeline and bringing those responsible for her abduction to justice. This week, british tabloids are full of theories of what the new leads could be, from maddie interrupting burglars to a possible International Pedophile ring. Insiders of Scotland Yard dismissed the report as speculation. British workers have identified more people they believe might be able to help with their investigation. There are now 41. The hope is one of them can help find a little girl who would now be 10 years old. For today, duncan golastoni, nbc news, london. Now heres erica. Bill oreilly is riding high these days, both on tv and as an author. Is he the same guy, though, offscreen as he is on . The short answer . Yes. Caution. You are about to enter the nospin zone. Hes one of the countrys most wellknown tv personalities. Outspoken. You people should be ashamed. You are lying never one to shy away from debate. A formula that has made the e Oreilly Factor the number one cable news show for more than 13 years. What do you think is that you have that connects with millions of people every night . Authenticity. Im genuine. Im not any different offcamera. You can ask the crew. Im the same. I think its rare on tv. Oreilly is also the author of 12 yes, 12, numberone bestsellers. His latest, killing jesus. Why jesus . Well, im trying to bring into focus sharp focus the people that i feel have influenced america and the world in a very profound way. 80 of americans describe themselves as christians. How much do they know about him . Oreilly coauthored the book with martin dugard, the same man he partnered with for killing lincoln and killing kennedy. They say this isnt a religious or even theological book. Its a history book. The reviews are mixed. They review me, not the book. Dont like me, so theyll say nasty things about the book. You give criticism, you take criticism. How much of that do you let get to you . I used to let it get to me more than i do now. Because it used to be more personal than it is now. But, you know, look. As you said, i dish it out, ive got to take it. And i do. Oreillys tv staff is used to his style. Hes quick and decisive. A little too squishy. Im a commentator. If i have people writing my own commenta commentary, you know, there is something false about it. Oreilly celebrates 18 years at fox news this weekend. So whats next . Whats on your retirement. When does that happen . You dont seem like the kind of guy slowing down any time soon. Well, i work hard, but, you know, im not andy rooney, with all due respect to him. He was brilliant. I dont want to be working when im 90. That said, oreilly isnt leaving the nospin zone just yet. And clearly, theres still demand for his nightly takes. Im most proud that were honest. We dont stab anybody in the back. We stab them in the front. But not in the back. You know . I mean, were upfront here. And weve been that way since the very beginning. Oreilly told me, hes already working on that next book. He says it will focus on world war ii. But wouldnt get more specific than that. Up next, controversial singer miley cyrus poking fun at herself on saturday night live. Weve got the latest in our entertainment roundup, right after this. Or ulcerative colitiscrohns die is a daily game of what ifs. What if my abdominal pain and cramps end our night before it even starts . What if i eat the wrong thing . What if . What if i suddenly have to go . What if . But what if the most important question is the one youre not asking . What if the underlying cause of your symptoms is damaging inflammation . For help getting the answers you need, talk to your doctor and visit crohnsandcolitisadvocates. 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Has a wide range of Investment Choices to help you finetune your personal economy. Call today, and well make it easy to move that old 401 k to a fidelity i. R. A. He was a matted messiley in a small cage. Ng day. So that was our first task, was getting him to wellness. Without angies list, i dont know if we could have found all the services we needed for our riley. From contractors and doctors to dog sitters and landscapers, you can find it all on angies list. We found riley at the shelter, and found everything he needed at angies list. Join today at angieslist. Com thats miley cyrus having fun on last nights saturday night lives. A new baby for halle berry. Here to go through all of that with us, good morning. Good morning. We have to start with mile yea cyrus. You watched the whole thing . Sacrificed for the team. She did great. Dare i say it . She was really good. She did an acoustic performance of cant stop, sang wrecking ball. She started off with this monologue, addressing her performance and got to it. What kind of impact could this potentially have on her reputation Going Forward . She needed a little something. She needed a good impact. She first hosted snl in 2011. Miley can act and actually sing and not all about showing your body parts, its about talent that she has. A lot of online buzz about her performance last night. A lot of expectations whether they should be outrageous. Craig . Lester, most folks out there on the internet expressed the same sentiment as alicia. This is one of our twitters. You can see the adjectives, amazing, hilarious, great, perfect, and twerk also mentioned as well. Conversation continued on twitter. Would love to be over twerking already, but every skit so far has implied it. Enough already. Who are we to judge . Liked her before, and still do. I think shes handling the criticism well. But again, the overwhelming response . Pretty positive, lester, erica. Shes getting a lot of buzz. Which is what being a celebrity is all about. I saw this movie gravity. The audience, when i saw it, applauded at the end. I liked it a lot. Then we saw interviews with them earlier this work. I said, george, youve been friends for so long. Youre single, shes single. Why is this not happening . He said because theyve been friends for 20 years. Cant do that. But theyre hilarious. This movie is getting oscar buzz. And theyve got a good friendship. Hes pretty handsome. Hold on a second. Im happily married. Hes gorgeous. Im just saying, if you have a good friendship, not worth messing it up. Also, good news. Very exciting news. Congratulations in order for halle berry. We broke the story on e. She got married earlier this summer. She has a 5yearold daughter, and she said she was praying for a sibling. Now has a little boy. So exciting. Very happy for her. Thank you for coming by. My pleasure. Erica, go see gravity. Its on my list. And the glasses arent as dirty as they used to be. Theyre much more comfortable. Just so you know. All right. You can watch e news week nights. No tweety glasses required. Up next, Howard Stearns righthand woman on her triumphant return to the studio after a Cancer Battle and how she says a healthy diet helped save her life right after this. [ telephone rings ] hows the camping trip . Well, the kids had fun, but i think i slept on a rock. The best part of wakin up what are you doing . Having coffee. Ohh. Is folgers in your cup Robin Quivers is best known as howard deans partners in crime on the radio. Its a position she has held for more than 30 years. After a 17month absence from the radio studio while she battled cancer, robin made her triumphant return this week. It was a day howard worried might never come. There was a time i really did think i was going to lose you permanently. And ill tell you what, this is a pretty remarkable day. That you are here triumphant and cured. I mean, i never would have predicted this. Robin describes her health struggles, past and present, in her new book, the vegucation of robin. Ive got to change the name of the book. Because its the vegcation of robin. Sorry. Youre here to correct us. Its okay. I have to tell everyone the name of the book. More reason to keep promoting it then. Think of it that way. We just saw a clip of your first day back in the studio after seven months. Youre feeling great. Yeah. What an emotional day that must have been for you. Well, we have had a lot of emotional days over this 17 months. Its not an easy thing to put your friends and loved ones through, when youre going through Something Like this. They worry more about you than you worry about yourself. And they struggle more, because they feel helpless. And theres really nothing they can do but stand by. Lets turn the clock back. It was spring of 2012. You just finished writing the book. Yeah. Doctors find this mass in my pelvis. Turned out to be endometrial cancer and a very difficult road ahead. What was your attitude at that point . Well, things happened so fast. From the diagnosis to surgery was about ten days. And in that ten days, theres lots of tests being done and you are finding out various things and maybe not much of anything at all. And you dont know what to think. And then when you go into surgery, they say just hope for a long surgery, because we really dont know how this is going to turn out. So comforting. Yeah, so i was sort of in the middle of it all, and you know, howard and others were actually aware that it was such a serious and dire situation. He really i mean, you two are very close, as we know. Yeah. Work together for more than 30 years. He really in many ways was your rock. Oh, my goodness. The first person i called was howard after i got home and i needed a doctor, i was looking for a recommendation from beth, maybe. And he then said, oh, my goodness, robin, what reing with going to do . And he helped me put together my medical team. He was they were there after every appointment saying, what happened, what do we do next, what do we need now. And then at a certain point he just took over and said im getting you the best. Youre going to have everything you need. And i just sat there for the first time in my life and let people take care of me. And he was the first among them. And its not uncommon for people in the public light to live their illness as publicly. You kept it secret. And you were kind of calling into the show. Well, i was on an isd line at home. They set up a special line for me so i could do the show from home. And you never explained why you werent in the studio. Not really. Because we do a comedy show and you dont want to be sitting there thinking is she going to be all right while trying to make you laugh. So we decided we dont know how the story is going to turn out. I want to get on the air for four hours every day. Two days twoandahalf three days. That long of a period. You have some sick leave coming to you. Lester is going to make sure you get it. You credit a lot of what happened the way your body was able to handle this and fight it to the fact that youre a vegan. Yes. I had a lot of problems before this. You know, right around the time of 9 11, i wasnt feeling very well at all. I didnt have a lot of strength or stamina or energy. All i did was work and sleep. And i thought, if i h been in that building that day, i wouldnt have been able to make it out on my own. And i thought, thats a terrible way to live. Thats no way to go out in life. And so i went on this journey to find out what was going on. And i eventually discovered how i felt had something to do with the way i was eating. And i eventually discovered the best way for me to eat was to be vegan. And all of those things that i was struggling with went away. I went from not being able to walk a block to running a marathon. So it was a wonderful transformation. Right. And because i was so strong, i think it helped me through the surgery, the treatment, everything. And you read about all of that in the book. Its nice to have you with us this morning. Glad to see you feeling so well. Robin quivers, thanks. Okay. Were back after these messages. Were back after these messages. To improour schools. What should we invest in . Maybe New Buildings . What about updated equipment . They can help, but recent research shows. Nothing transforms schools like investing in advanced teacher education. Lets build a strong foundation. Lets invest in our teachers so they can inspire our students. Lets solve this. [ male announcer ] make fall fantastic with storewide deals like 4 mums for 10 at lowes. 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Education nation, our initiative, gets into full swing here in new york. You know, there are 60 million americans age 55 and older. And so we start off this week talking about a program and a school thats showing older folks, its never too late to go back to class. Heres rehema ellis. See what she is doing. Reporter she is 69 years old and retired. But four days a week, phyllis pricer goes back to school to teach young children. Here, baby cake. Reporter pricer is part of the Senior Corps Foster Grandparent Program in washington, d. C. We experienced a great deal, and we can teach others. Reporter she is one of a group of 30,000 volunteers age 55 and older who mentor more than 100,000 children a year nationwide. And the instruction goes beyond the abcs of colors and construction paper. Does grandma help you learn how to be nice to each other . Yeah. Yes . Reporter 104yearold virginia mcforest is a foster grandparent too. And she says its not just academic. Kids need to learn social graces in school, as well. Youre also teaching them respect. Yes. Youve got to do that sometime in education. Old mcdonald Reporter Research shows this style of teaching is also having a big impact on test scores. The data tells us that children who are touched by foster grandparents have a Higher Education achievement level. Reporter in fact, one study administered by the corporation for national and Community Service show that 92 of mentored children in southern kentucky improved their math and reading comprehension in a single year. And its not just the kids who benefit. Older americans who volunteer report lower levels of depression. Increased brain activity and lower mortality rates. And its true for 59yearold tony woods, a retired construction worker. Sure, i know something, but im the one thats learning from them. It gives me a feeling of a generation. Its sometimes hard to explain. Reporter children and grandparents moving together that learning never gets old. For today, rehema ellis, nbc news, washington. Thats a great program. Thats going to do it for us on this sunday morning. Thanks for being with us. Check in