we re back now with more of today on a thursday morning, the 1st of october. welcome to october 2009. we re ushering in the month with chilly temperatures here in the northeast but a nice crowd, so that kind of neutralizes everything. i m matt lauer along with al roker and amy robach, who s in while natalie s on assignment in copenhagen. nice to have youp here. thank you very much. yeah, you re bundled up? it s little chilly. i have gloves on this morning. that s unusual for you. coming up in this half hour, we re going to have more on the tragic story of jasycee dugard, the young lady that was kidnapped and impregnated, allegedly by that man right there. now he is in jail and he has sent somewhat of a rambling letter to one of the nbc stations, basically expressing his concern for jaycee dugard and wondering whether her civil rights are being now violated. we re going to talk more about that story coming up in just a second. all righty. then take a look at th
good morning. double disasters. more than 525 now dead in indonesia as rescuers desperately try to save thousands re trapped under collapsed buildings following two powerful quacks. while in the samoan islands, the death toll from that tsunami climbs to 149. we have reports from both regions. jailhouse letter. phillip garrido, the man accused of kidnapping jaycee dugard 18 years ago sends a bizarre, handwritten note to a local nbc reporter. we ll tell you what he wrote. and dramatic rescue. a new york man races up a fire escape and into a burning building to help firefighters save a young boy s life. his heroic efforts caught on tape today, thursday, october 1st, 2009. captions paid for by nbc-universal television and welcome to today on this thursday morning. i m meredith vieira. and i m matt lauer. this morning, rescue crews are working feverishly in both indonesia and the samoan islands. they re searching for survivors of two powerful earthquakes, and of course,