we are back now with more of today on a wednesday morning. it s the 20th of january 2010. we ve got some nice people hanging out on the plaza this morning. on kind of a balmy morning, compared tohat we ve had over the last several weeks. we thank them for hanging out. meanwhile, just a couple of meters away inside studio 1a, i m matt lauer along with ann curry and natalie morales. and we ve got al in rain-soaked southern california this morning. and boy, the people out there have had a nasty spell of weather. and al, you re in the midst of it right now. that s right. this is the constant family home. they have had literally ten tons of mud moved out of here. to give you a sense of this stuff, it is literally like quick sand. you put your foot in, and then trying to pull it out, i mean, it is like quicksand, and it keeps coming down. this area, la canada flintridge, almost 500 homes have been evacuated. yesterday we had a tornado in huntington beach. we ve got this heavy r
good morning. breaking news. this morning, haiti rocked by yet another strong aftershock, a magnitude 6.1, sending people fleeing into the streets, as more survivors, including two children, are pulled from the rubble of last week s quake. revolution in massachusetts. a little-known republican wins ted kennedy s old senate seat, a major upset and a body blow for the democrats and president obama. is it the end of the road for his health care reform plan? this morning, senator-elect scott brown is with us exclusively. and manhunt. police in virginia desperately searching for a man accused of gunning down eight people, and they ve surrounded a wooded area where they believe he s hiding today, wednesday, january 20th, 2010. captions paid for by nbc-universal television and good morning. welcome to today on a wednesday morning. i m matt lauer. and i m meredith vieira. and more bad news out of haiti. that aftershock that struck just after 6:00 a.m. eastern time was 36 mi