Small furry animal. His reaction today, friday, october 4th, 2013. 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 friday morning. Im Savannah Guthrie. Im willie geist along with al roker and Natalie Morales. Matt has the morning off. Al has a busy morning, Severe Weather across the country and a lot of people asking why would the woman killed outside the capitol do what she did yesterday. A lot of questions being asked. Thats the top story this morning. The investigation into what caused a woman to ram a barrier and speed off toward the capitol before being killed by police in front of hundreds of bystanders and tourists and her little girl. Pete williams is on capitol hill with new details on the investigation. Pete, good morning to you. Savannah, good morning. Police say the woman at the center of all of this was well knife known in connecticut with a history of Mental Illn
Regis and joy, if theyre around, we like to hang with them a little bit. Well see. Okay. Otherwise, its me and frank. Couple of old gnarly farts looking at each other and putting the dog. Thats what its all about. At this point in life. Keep tweeting, we like that. So where did you meet your spouse . I met my spouse at a competitive show to this one across town. You were both working . We were both working. The premise is couples who meet at work are more likely to Stay Together because and more likely to marry. Yeah. You met frank at across the street. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay. So you met and because you spent so much time together . You know, its kind of fun. When i was first in new york, 31 years ago, frank was already, of course, a big deal and all of that. He used to hang out with don meredith a lot, his best friend. And when don was in town, theyd get together. And he called me one day, we were only colleagues a little bit. He goes, the cowboys in town and wants to have lunch. You
Police say the woman at the center of all of this was wellknown with a history of mental issues. They discovered indications that she believed she was being stalked by president obama. Reporter police and federal agents began their search for answers at the stamford, connecticut home of the woman driving the car. Miriam carey. She drove into a security barrier at the white house and then took off after striking a secret Service Officer with her car. There was a guy in front of her that did stop it and she hit him and he flew over the hood. Reporter from there she sped up pennsylvania avenue toward the u. S. Capitol about a mile and a half away doing 80 Miles Per Hour at one point. Police and secret Service Officers stopped her car at the foot of the capitol but she jammed it into revere and took off again as they opened fire. She again lead them on a chase around the perimeter of the grounds. Police put the capitol on lock down and rushed to get visitors safely away as the chaos swirls
Friends . I dont like watching football. Are we official . I think i love you. I know we just met but what do you like about me . We should go on a diet together. I dont want to do this anymore. Did you ever have abs . You look a lot like my exboyfriend. Maybe we should date other people. Oh, youre so cute. Like what are we . Im thinking of cutting my hair really short. Is your brother single. Do i look fat . Be honest. We need to talk. Hes so clever. We should have him live here some time. Hes a delight. Hes funny. Hes cute. All right, we have a prop as we tend to have on friday. And we have a props person. It is called tryday friday. Gerard, lookin hot. Looking swell. This is not your ordinary clipon. Its not. This has a purpose. Show us what it is. So theres drinking again. Is there liquid in the tie . Yes, there is. Enough to get you through what . Church . Maybe out the front door. Gerard, you are adorable. We love you. 24. 95. Whos better than gerard . Everybody . Nobody on class
And i said, okay. And i go to lunch with them. They sit across from me and im feeling you know, those pinch me moments. Im sitting across the table from Frank Gifford and don meredith, wheres waldo, why am i here . And all of a sudden, i was telling him about this guy i was dating and it was rough and not going to great. And don looked at me and goes, kathie, darling, im going to tell you what im going to do. Im going to take a tour of you from the tip of your toes to the top of your head with lots of intermittent stops. And i went help me. I said i am out of my league here. But i just wait. How did frank get in there frank was sitting there like uhhuh. We just became great friends for four years. And then you started and i was going with another guy and frank didnt like him because he didnt think he was right for me. He said youre not going to marry him, are you . And i said, i might. No, youre going to hang out with me until youre over this guy. And im still hanging out with him. Tha