Lets celebrate, celebrate. Hot Halloween Costumes well get to in a minute. We have a show filled with strong. Strong women. Empowered women. And very, very different. We have, Elizabeth Smart is with us today. I talked about reading her book. So moving and powerful. It gives you hope. If somebody can live through what she lived through and have the grace, forgiveness and kindness and normalcy that she has, there is hope for people. When we look at lifes problems, day in, day out, you listen to elizabeths story and honestly, you think, i didnt know somebody could make it through Something Like that, but she is one of those shining examples. I cant wait to see her. And the other one. Diana nyad, fresh from that swim in the seas. Swimming two days straight coming up. In a pool if that werent silly enough, she thinks were going to get in it with her. They dont make enough bathing caps. Were very, very proud of her. This is a woman yeah. We love her. We love her and you are proud of her. On
This is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning. Welcome to today on a monday morning. Im matt lauer. Good morning everyone. Im Savannah Guthrie along side natalie morales. Where has al roker gone to . Two words. Miley cyrus. He is out on the plaza along with a few thousand of his dearest friends. Theyre here to see one of the biggest and most controversial stars in the world making headlines every day. Al, can you hear us . How is it going . Whats interesting is today kicks off nbc newss education nation. A lot of these kids are missing school but theyll get an education on miley cyrus. She is here as part of our Concert Series. Mileytoday if you want to be part of all of it. Guys, back inside. Thank you. That comes up in the 8 30 half hour but we want to begin on this monday morning with the top story. The daring u. S. Raids and what we know about the suspect in custody. Chief foreign correspondent, Richard Engle is here in n
She now has Breast Cancer that moved to her bones. Shes an optimist. Look in the her eyes, you can see it. She stood at the podium, doesnt have a long time to love but said im the luckiest woman in the room. Im married to him and have all of these friends and people who support me. It was a beautiful, beautiful weekend. I am so glad. Wonderful. You came back raving about everything. How was your weekend . My weekend looked like it was going to be lovely but then i had to be mommy all weekend long. No, it wasnt cody. No, it wasnt cass. What happened . That is bambino with the cone of shame. Bambino i am sad to report had a bowel obstruction. Very bad bowel obstruction. You know how they rub their bottoms . Well, he was raw, his little butt, until it was awful. We had to take him to the vet. We take him to the vet. All weekend long i spent putting preparation h on bambino and benadryl every four hours so it wouldnt be itchy and slept with him all night. I was up all night friday, all nig
Were very, very proud of her. This is a woman yeah. We love her. We love her and you are proud of her. On our plaza is was a big, big, big morning, because miley was here. Remember only god can judge you, forget your haters somebody loves yeah lying in the bathroom, trying to get yeah. Okay. A modern miley kind of day around here. Apparently getting very good grades for her appearance as musical guest and host of snl. Did you see it . I saw a little of it. Well roll the clip. One thing you can always tell from our people behind the scenes you get to know how somebody really is. And everybody who worked with miley cyrus behind the scene said she was so kind, nice, sweet, adaptable, all of those things. Not a diva moment and apparently donna our wardrobe lady said the same thing. Shes always like that at snl. If thats right, the in case you missed it, heres a little bit of snl. Im not going to do Hannah Montana but i can give you an update on what happened to her. She was murdered. And,
Good to see you. Good to see you. U. S. Special forces had a busy weekend. Two high profile operations. Theyre conducted in secret but once you do them everybody knows. In one of the operations they managed to capture one of the United States most wanted terror suspects. Reporter retribution. They took over a Shopping Mall in the kenya capitol and killed more than 60 hostages. On saturday, the navy s. E. A. L. S paid the group a visit attacking one of the hide outs on the somali coast. A haven for terrorists and pirates. There was a heavy gun fight. They called in helicopters for extra power and then with drew. They killed at least two militants but missed their target, the leader of al shabaab. But in a simultaneous operation also in africa, u. S. Special Operation Forces did get their man, app touring abu annas abu annas al libi indicted for the bombings in kenya and tanzania. They can literally run but they cant hide. U. S. Commandos approached al libi in a car in libya. They smashe