29yearold Ryan Ferguson walked out of prison after nearly a decade for a murder he always said he didnt commit. Embracing his family who never gave up. His first stop, a steak and a beer. Now, he speaks out this morning on gma. And good morning, america. What a way to start your new life. Steak and a beer for Ryan Ferguson. Stop two was going to be j. Crew. We just found out this morning that thats his dads clothes hes wearing right there. He has to buy some new ones as he starts his life over again and embraces his family. Family never gave up. Also, a huge shift in guidelines this morning for reducing heart attack and cholesterol risks. It could affect millions of americans. Dr. Richard besser will be along with that. A major announcement. It is. And look at this picture here. That is the first dog ever to go to the base camp at mt. Everest. On top of the world right now. And you will not believe the back story on oh, no. Oh. Bring him back. That is remarkable. Yeah. That story is am
Matt and ellecreate a parallelniverse today, wednesday noveer 13th, 2013. Nnouncer from nbc ns, thiss today, with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie. Live from udio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everyone. Lcome to today on wednesday morning. Im savannahuthrie. And im lester holt along with al roker and natalie morales. It says matt is assignment but i cant say that with a straight fe. Matt is spending more te as a woman than a man iseems. We should stage a intervention when gets back. He doesnt do hoda justice. Matt was leno last night anhell be on ellen later today. Well have more of that assignment. Exactly well get started with todays top story. The official dea toll in the philippines is cliing. Its rched more than 1,800 people as disaster officials work to speed up rief operations. Nbcs harry smith in manila for us once again. Good morning to you. Reporter the headlinhere todaeven as recovery effts are getting off e ground, a crowd of stormurvivors rushed a government ri
Continues. Bayer will buy america consumer over the counter business for 14. 2 billion. Also the two companies are establishing a have a teemgic collaboration in cardiovascular diseases. And this will vowill involve me paying 2 billion to bayer. But again, the big headline here is the 14. 2 billion deal for mercks over the counter consumer business. Why is there so much deal making going on in pharmaceuticals . This has been incredible. Weve seen a swap from glaxo and novartis. This is a way for companies to hone in on what theyre good at. Were hearing a lot of pharmaceutical companies saying they need scale, they need to cut costs and they want to be number one or two in positions where theyre playing. So areas where theyre a little bit smaller, were seeing these asset swaps. And now of course this is all set against the backdrop of pfizer making its 106 billion bid for astrazeneca which is eclipsing Everything Else going on in the industry. But this is a big deal for merck and one it
And why didnt he run for his life . Details this morning about his wild encounter, only on gma. And good morning, america. As we come on the air, look at this live picture right now. A sinkhole down in florida around tampa. And its continuing to grow at this hour. Power to the area has been shut down. Part of the neighborhood has already been evacuated. You see a lot of houses in danger right there. One of the houses, right on the edge. Its so frightening when you see that happening. And we have a big event ahead for you this morning. One woman, somewhere in this great country, about to get the surprise of her life. Our glam squad just outside her front door. We asked for your pictures on instagram. They poured in across america. Now, meet the deserving wife and mom about to go glam. And she has no idea whats about to happen. Laras taking one for the team. I got george today. If i look extra fabulous. Thank you, george. Were going to start right now, with a breaking story on the secret
To cnbc first around 9 30 eastern time this morning. Well also be talking to an analyst in just a few moments about ges offer, what he thinks ultimately will happen with this deal. First, more headlines from andrew. Andrew, good morning. You made it. Good morning. We can tell that story in just a little bit. Lets get you through some of the other headlines first. Two big names reporting after the bell. Twitter reported lackluster user and usage growth for the second consecutive quarter. That raised concerns about the company maintaining the mass following weve been talking about. The news on the growth overshadowing the betterthanexpected results. Twitter stock falling below postipo twice of 38. 80, that was the ipo low of 38. 80 on november 25th. You can see right now were at 37. 58. Also, lets talk about ebay a little bit. The company earning 70 cents a share versus on estimate of 67 cents. Revenue topping estimations as well. Coming in at 4. 26 billion. But guidance for its Second Q