I urge you all. In the name of me, democracy and freedom for all. Mandela, friday, december 6th, 2013. Announcer from nbc news, this is a special edition of today, remembering Nelson Mandela, with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And as we welcome you this morning, we take a live look in soweto, south africa where a massive crowd is gathered to celebrate the life of their beloved hero, former president Nelson Mandela. Flags are at halfstaff around the world this morning, including at the white house and the capitol. A fitting tribute. Just the beginning of the tributes for a man that did so much, despite tremendous obstacles. He is remembered by the country he saved and the world he changed. Thats right. Welcome to today on a friday morning. Im matt lauer. Im savannah guthrie, alongside al roker and tamron hall. Its fitting that you see these celebrations. People smiling, dancing and joyous. How could you not celebrate a life like that. This is
What do you think the rules are when it comes to your female friendship . Love it. Elle magazine created the rules of friendship. Anyway, here are some of their rules. Tell us if you agree with them or not. Never hate a woman youve never met. Oh, i disagree with that. I think thats actually a good thing for i dont think were supposed were not supposed to hate anybody. You can dislike people immensely. Hate, i hate. You agree . I do agree. I think if you dislike someone immensely or if karen or if any of my close, Close Friends disliked somebody i would dislike them. And i dont care what the thing is or why. You would trust your friends analysis. Why am i going to befriend or be friendly to that person, why the one person they dont like . If people dont get along with lots of folks, thats one thing. If karen said that guy, wow, he really rubs me the wrong way. I tried many times. Theres no way im going to im judging him. I am. Well, we all judge. Cant help it. But the truth, is you know
Having a lot of people on the plaza during this time of year. Everybody comes to look at the tree. And they linger. And we like when it they linger. All right. So heres a question for you. Think about your best female friends, good female friends, what do you think the rules are when it comes to your female friendship . Love it. Elle magazine created the rules of friendship. Anyway, here are some of their rules. Tell us if you agree with them or not. Never hate a woman youve never met. Oh, i disagree with that. I think thats actually a good thing for i dont think were supposed were not supposed to hate anybody. You can dislike people immensely. Hate, i hate. You agree . I do agree. I think if you dislike someone immensely or if karen or if any of my close, Close Friends disliked somebody i would dislike them. And i dont care what the thing is or why. You would trust your friends analysis. Why am i going to befriend or be friendly to that person, why the one person they dont like . If p
Will be a cool dry start. In the 60s through 6 00 to 8 00. And between 8 00 to 10 00, mild, comfortable, partly cloudy in the mid70 and then the temperatures jump to near 80 by noontime. Hitting mid80s midafternoon with low humidity and increasing clouds. A look at where rain will be arriving first, thats coming up next weather and traffic on the 1s at 6 11. Taking a look at the beltway in virginia and maryland, still not seeing too many incidents. More volume, but nothing major to report. We have an accident up in frederick county, maryland, southbou5 at franklinville, all southbound lanes and one northbound lane blocked. Taking a look at d. C. 295, looking slow between burrows avenue and bakers street. Some congestion there. About 30 Miles Per Hour as you approach pennsylvania avenue. Back to you aaron and eun. In Prince Georges County, there is a manhunt for the suspect who shot and killed a 3yearold girl in her own home. This man, 25yearold Devon Wallace, pulled the trigger. The sh
65,000. It was great. Great to be back with you. Great to have you back. You have the best seat in the entire house. Welcome back kirsten. You almost missed the show but got here eight minutes before it started. In the wake of the paris terror attack the Obama Administration seems to be putting out mixed messages on how much of a threat alqaeda is. The british Prime Minister and the president vowed to continue their task of tracking down the extremist. Writing this is the Firm Foundation and we shutdown the nazi and hunted down core alqaeda leadership. But yesterday, the speaker went off script discussing a Terror Branch in yemen the same branch claiming responsibility for the paris terrorist attack. Aqap is their name for short. They are the most dangerous affiliate particularly when it comes to external attacks. We have seen the Christmas Day bombing, and the cargo plot and others. H2 is a threat as well as we talked about. A couple different messages coming from the white house. We