Exchange on the planet, terry duffy, cme group, executive chair and president in a fox business exclusive. Hes going to articulate what plans they are putting into place right now for wednesday. Also breaking at this hour, the Obama Administration appears yeah, thats what were hearing right now to be doing an about face on the people applying for visas to enter the United States. It comes just hours after the president worked to reassure the brick hes doing everything public hes doing everything he can against isis. He met with his National Security advisers, now the word is they will start checking social media posts for people who want to enter this country. The president also said the u. S. And allies are making progress against the Islamic State in both iraq and syria, attacking the leaders, training forces, fundraising and propaganda operations. Is it enough to extinguish the terror group . A situation report from former florida congressman Lieutenant Colonel allen west. Senator t
we are meeting the man behind the leak. 29-year-old edward snowden coming to london s the guardian newspaper. he s a former cia employee who says he leaked the government sankssed programs. they involve targeting not only american phone records but also some of the most popular sites on the internet like google and facebook. snowdown revealed his identity in hong kong with two guardian reporters. i m no different from anybody else. i don t have special skills. i m just another guy who sits their day to day in the office, watches what s happening. and goes this is something that s not our place to decide. the public needs to decide whether these programs and policies are right or wrong. over the weekend, director of intelligence james clapper called the leaks, quote, gut-wrenching. and this morning, the department of justice says a criminal investigation is under way. while many lawmakers call for punishment to the fullest extent of the law. new overnight, an hours-l
good morning. breaking news. a coast guard plane collides with a military chopper overnight off the coast of california. this morning, nine people are missing as a search-and-rescue operation gets under way. severe weather. a line of storms strching from michigan to texas. dangerous flooding and tornadoes in parts of the south, including one in louisiana that sent a massive church steeple crashing down on a car, injuring the driver. and trick-or-treat. we re throwing a halloween extravaganza on the plaza, and our crowd is dressed for the occasion. so, what will we all be? you re about to find out today, friday, october 30th, 2009. captions paid for by nbc-universal television kind of cool. good morning. welcome to today on a friday morning. i m matt lauer. and i m meredith vieira. we re going to have much more on that collision between a marine chopper and a coast guard plane in a moment, but the other big story today are the storms down south. we have some wild w