marathon party at his home. one of the women who was there speaks out today, friday, january 28, 2011. captions paid for by nbc-universal television welcome to today at 7:00 on the west coast on this friday morning. i m merediayoeredith vieira. and i m willie geist in for matt lauer. police used rubber bullets, tear gas and water cannons to disperse the crowds. richard engel got caught up in some of the demonstrations. we have a live report from him straight ahead. tens of thousands without power on the east coast following that fast-moving storm that dumped nearly two feet of snow on some spots. there s even more snow coming this way this weekend. the forecast coming up. i want to you check out some incredible video. this is not a man in a gorilla suit. this is an actual gorilla that for some reason walks upright like a man. we are going to have more on him later on. but we are going to begin with the violent clashes in egypt. nbc s chief foreign correspondent