Shes eyeing you. We do want to shout out to Barbara Walters who is at the age of 83 suffering from what we all consider to be a childhood disease of chickenpox. And shes been hospitalized for more than a week. You heard that probably i guess it was nine days ago she fell down, and there was i think cindy adams said in the New York Post today that she actually she didnt slip, she fainted. We dont know from barbara, but, anyway, while this was all going on, it turns out that she got the chickenpox, which people say is so rare among even people over 60, so its got to be one of those things that is i bet its painful too. If its anything like shingles. We send our love to you, barbara. Listen, this is a woman who rarely falls, if you know what im saying. This is one of the more active human beings. And strong. Strong like bull. She is strong like bull. We have a fun segment coming up, and its called friendfluence. We have a quote. Here it is. You are the average of the five people you spend
But bewildereded drivers and tas resources to the breaking point. Rescue workers pushed patients on luggage carts to waiting squadrons of choppers, others plucked from rooftops by a team of civilian and military helicopters as the river rose and rose in massive flooding by cyclone oswald. A tiny avook wevacuee hoisted t safety. Around the clock, hundreds of men, will, and children rushed to safety. She slept throw the whole thing. Reporter this neighborhood, two miles outside the center of brisbane, flooded in 2011, a once in a century flood, but two years later, it happened again. Andrew brady just moved here. I feel how can it happen again . Reporter last flood, he volunteered to dig out others, now they are calling to return the favor. This is called flood proofing. Satellite phones in the desert this is our flood phone. Samsung flood phone. Reporter those friends, those volunteers worked so hard and got so dirty in the cleanup, they got nicknamed the mud army. You can bet blah toon
Will be, but they will be happy. In the meantime, today we are going to have a gifforita in honor of my favorite Football Player in the whole world. Frank gifford. Its a salted rim limeade. Theres frank. I think frank was 26 then. Can we go back to that picture one more time . That picture is so handsome of frank. I mean, wow. I know it. He was truly, truly one of the greatest looking men ive ever met. God ever made. Every time i see this picture i say to him when he is standing there, boy, does my timing suck. To which he looks at me and says so does mine. Thats the recipe for a happy marriage, people. Humor. We are in day two of our fun little game show were playing. Were bringing people in from outside and were having them spin the wheel that we have over there, and sair is a is sara is like those people love us out there. You could win some prizes. We got a crazy crowd out here, guys. They cant wait. You know its important. All righty. I know we got you, sara. We dont care if its a
Map. Dominic in tallie is live in the newsroom. What can you tell us about the latest strikes . Well, this is the first time that the United States has expanded its operation in terms of targeting isis, now moving into anbar province, which is in the west of iraq. It is also a historic hotbed of islamic support and also islamic sorry, extremist activity. So, what were seeing is attacks around the haditha dam, which is iraqs second biggest dam. It is quite pivotal. Its up river from baghdad on the ufradz. The fear is it could flood baghdad, even though thats 100 miles down river. This is what u. S. Defense secretary chuck hagel had to say in terms of its significance. List listen. If that dam were to fall into isils hands, or if that dam would be destroyed, the damage that that would cause would be very significant, and it would put a significant additional and big risk into the mix in iraq, which also would risk our interests as well. Our interests would mean the personnel we have at t
To hurt us, wherever they are. The president in a wideranging interview. He talks immigration, the fight against isis, midterm elections and reaction and analysis to all, up next. Overseas, new air strikes in iraq. The u. S. Is trying to stop militants from overtaking a site in that country. New polls for the u. S. Senate with a key number coming out of the bluegrass state. Is the challenger ready to knock off the incumbent . Why are scientists saying its going to pass awfully close to earth . Hey there, everybody. Hi noon out east. 9 00 a. M. Out west. Welcome to weekends with alex witt. President obama held nothing back in an interview with chuck todd of meet the press. The strategy for iraq and syria is we will hunt down isil members and assets wherever they are. I will reserve the right to protect the American People and go after folks that are trying to hurt us wherever they are. If democrats hold the senate, i think that should get republicans to, once again keep that i think wha