Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning. Welcome to today on a monday morning. Im matt lauer. Im Savannah Guthrie alongside tamron hall who is in for natalie this morning. Well get to todays top story, the deadly mall attack in kenya where militants are Still Holding an unknown number of hostages in a twoday standoff that has already left at least 68 people dead. We go right to nbcs ron allen in nairobi with the lat est. Good morning, ron. What can you tell us . Good morning, savannah. Were behind security from the mall where you can see smoke billowing out of the building. The morning began with five or six loud explosions and sustained gun fire that went on for some time, and also firefight firefights spilling out outside of the mall, and you can see the kenyan soldiers firing at places around the mall. Unknown at this point is the fate of the hostages and the gunmen inside. And we believe
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