captions paid for by nbc-universal television and good morning, everyone. welcome to today on a wednesday morning. m matt lauer. we have made our way upstairs r a better look the rockefeller center christmas tree. it s a beauty. they flipped the switch on that thing las night, courtesy of al and natalie and here she is in all her wet glory this morning. it didn t rain durg the ceremony, but it did rain last night. al is going to talk about flooding later on and we ll get the forecast straight ahead. also ahead a story of both tragedy and triumph. a father and daughter set off on the sailing adventure of a life time, but a massive wave hit the boat killing the father and leaving the daughter adrift for 12 days before being rescued. today she s here to tell us abt what happened in an exclusive live interview. plus kate gosselin is here and she wants to set the record straight including a report that two of her kids were expelled from school. first let s get to t