October 17th, 2013. From nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to today, im savannah guthrie. Im matt lauer. I love to paddle board. My whole body freezes up when ipad l over a jellyfish. Can you imagine what you would feel. Meantime, we show you a live shot from washington. Here is something we havent seen. Federal workers coming out of the metro center, returning to work. 400,000 of them will now that the shutdown is over. At least one guy. Last night, after midnight, now, obviously, this cost so much money. We have 400,000 people going back. National parks going to open up again. Some will take longer than others. This has been a huge political fight, what its cost the u. S. Economy. Experts say it is in the billions. The reopening of the government is the top story. Lets get to Peter Alexander, good morning to you. Reporter savannah, good morning to you. The countdown clock is finally off the screen. This is the message sent o
Board. A pad hdle boarder gets up a close with a great white. We will talk to him about that encounter. From nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone, welcome to today. Im savannah guthrie. Im matt lauer, i like to paddle board, my whole body freezes up when i paddle over a jellyfish. So can you imagine what you would think if you paddled over a great white shark . No. In walk, here is something we havent seen in twoandahalf weeks, federal workers coming out of the metro center, returning to work, 400,000 will now that the shutdown is over. At least one guy. What do you mean . The president signed the bill after midnight, now, obviously, this has cost so much money. 400,000 people going back, National Parks will open up. Some longer than other, but back in business. This is a huge political fight. When up look at what it cost the u. S. To go through this, experts say it is in the billions. Reopening t
Spending, and auto sales. And then finally on friday, we get that big july nonfarm payrolls report. Economists are looking for about 184,000 jobs to have been added for the month. Meantime, the Unemployment Rate is expected to fall to 7. 5 . But joe, its going to be really interesting watching a lousy gdp number, probably a good jobs number and seeing how the tenyear reacts to each of those numbers. How do we know about the jobs number . Were ready for a bad one. You think it will be good because of the claims numbers . I dont know. I dont know either. Were ready for either. How the bond market reacts to good news bad news potentially. And the feds going to be in focus this week. Yep. Talking about the fed . So sick well, if its not humphrey hawkins, a twoday bernanke thing, now its the fom. I dont remember in my life being so controlled by any every fed decision. Then the minutes release later of what they said. Its constant. And theres such a big part of our life. I think its a sad c
They never saw coming. Yet, now the nypd are devoting their resources around the clock to prevent further attacks. Breaking overfight. Officers on heightened alert, following a few online threat. In brooklyn, police are searching for an alleged gang member who posted a threatening message towards officers on facebook with a photo of a Police Vehicle. And in memphis, police questioned a 26yearold man after he posted on instagram shoot the police, two more going down tomorrow. Investigators scour social media on the lookout for copycats of a 28yearold shot and killed two nypd officers. Rafael ramos execution style saturday afternoon. Politician looking into 15 online threats according to an online official. Family and loved ones in brooklyn. I hope and pray we can reflect on this tragic loss. Earlier sunday, new yorks commissioner and mayor attending new yorks st. Patricks cathedral. They today in line for the slain Police Officer. This a stark contrast on the nypd turning tear backs on