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
Problems in the area. We will talk about that throughout the the morning. It is friday, october 4th im pam cook. And its surprising drivers. Good morning, im dave clark. Lets check your weather and traffic. Steve is out today but we have rosemary. Yes, good morning, to you. I think the winds begin to lighten up. By the afternoon we will be breezy. 39 miles an hour right now the gusts in fair field. 24 for livermore. 28 in napa which has lighted up just a bit. I am seeing a little bit of wind on the east side of santa rosa. Maybe a little breezy outside your door. In the hills is where its really, really whipping. 54 in the Oakland Hills north. 25 miles an hour in the Oakland Hills south. 30 at atolls peak. And in and around kentfield about 23 hurricane feet. So the dry north winds will continue for today. Dying down just a bit for the afternoon. The red flag warning will stay. 64 in oakland. 66sfo. 64 halfmoon bay. These numbers a lot warmer than they were 24 hours ago and it has to do
Are going to get all of their pay anyway, why not just settle this and bring them back. Steve handelsman, news 4. Thank you. At least 26,000 furloughed workers have filed for unemployment in d. C. And in maryland. D. C. s Department Employment says it had more than 10,000 claims and in maryland the number is 16,000. Thats nearly four times the number of claims maryland gets in an entire year. Virginia did not release numbers. The trickle down effect is forcing some local companies to make cutbacks and many firms that have not started furloughs are getting ready to. One business in Tysons Corner is feeling the pinch already. Northern virginia reporter has our report. Reporter the thought of time off and no pay scares tracy. I definitely have to have this job. Im a single parent and the only one supporting myself and my children. Reporter she has three kids including a college student. Its not cheap at all. Reporter she works at a i. T. Support contractor with one client the government.
Officers. Alexis began his raj with this shotgun carried into the building in a backpack. And we reached out to officer desantos through a friend on the force and we tried to reach him through email but he declined to comment. Chief lanier also declined to comment. Police have not released the name of the officer who also opened fire on alexis and a spokesperson said today there is no time frame to do so. Scott williams is now recuperating at home. Tom . Still a lot coming out about this story, paul wagner in the newsroom tonight, thank you. Another big story we are following tonight, there is a new push to get the Washington Redskins to change their name. Leaders from several native american groups are here in dc where nfl owners are scheduled to meet tomorrow and president obama is even weighing on this debate. Fox 5 sports director scott smith is in the newsroom with these details. Scott, this was already going to be an intense debate but the president s comments really have sent th
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