we are back now with more of today on a wednesday morning. it s the 20th of january 2010. we ve got some nice people hanging out on the plaza this morning. on kind of a balmy morning, compared tohat we ve had over the last several weeks. we thank them for hanging out. meanwhile, just a couple of meters away inside studio 1a, i m matt lauer along with ann curry and natalie morales. and we ve got al in rain-soaked southern california this morning. and boy, the people out there have had a nasty spell of weather. and al, you re in the midst of it right now. that s right. this is the constant family home. they have had literally ten tons of mud moved out of here. to give you a sense of this stuff, it is literally like quick sand. you put your foot in, and then trying to pull it out, i mean, it is like quicksand, and it keeps coming down. this area, la canada flintridge, almost 500 homes have been evacuated. yesterday we had a tornado in huntington beach. we ve got this heavy r