And a walk to remember. Nik wallenda, amazes once again. Completing two heartstopping tight rope walks between skyscrapers in chicago. Its unbelievable. Absolutely stunning. What is he going to do now . He will join us live, monday, november 3, 2014. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning. Welcome to today on a monday morning. Im matt lauer along side al roker, Natalie Morales and after 12 weeks, shes left the baby vale in the good hands of her husband mike. And savannah is back from Maternity Leave. I thought you were going to say samantha godfrey. I can remember the name. How did that alarm clock feel . Im goed to 3 a. M. But it sounds like a baby crying. Its great to be back to see everybody and all of our friends here behind the scenes so its fun. But you may have water works. Suns out on the plaza. Women welcoming you back from Maternity Leave. Look at that one. I was up all night worki
Walking 671 feet on a rope no wider than a penny. And look at this Mission Impossible. Superstar tom cruise clinging to the side of a plane soaring 5,000 feet above england. The breathtaking stunt making headlines this morning. And good morning, america. Happy monday. How about that tom cruise, still doing his own stunts. Take a look at that. We showed him on the plane right there. Lara, youre bringing us that in just a little bit. That and dressed in a suit. And nik wallenda, every time he tries to top himself, blindfolded this time. There he is. With a stiff wind. Crazy. Thats so easy. So glad he made it. Oh, my gosh. I cant even look at that. Were going to begin with the wintry blast. Frigid temperatures across the country. Ginger back from chicago. Tracking it all for us. I got to feel the frigid temperatures. North carolina, tennessee, were talking record snow in the one to even almost twofoot category. Parts of tennessee had more than 22 inches. I want to show you the deep freeze
Eastern ukraine and nato Officials Say theyre being fuelled by russian weapons flowing across the border. Are Russian Troops there as well . We want to begin with news the United States is preparing to accept another ebola patient from west africa. Hes a doctor who became infected in sierra leone, though its not clear if he was treating ebola patients at the time. Hes a Sierra Leone National and a permanent resident of the u. S. Hes married to a u. S. Citizen and they have children. He will arrive in nebraska if his condition is stable enough to allow travel. In omaha, two other patients were successfully treated. One patient was doing missionary work when he was diagnosed. The other is freelance journalist ashoka mukpo. Both of them were released. Mukpo called the hospital one of the worlds best at handling contagious diseases. The World Health Organization count nos now more than 14,000 confirmed or suspected cases of ebola in west africa. More than 5100 have been deadly. The vast ma
Slaughter of innocent people while theyre praying in a synagogue. If the world doesnt unite against terrorism and give zero excuse for terrorism, this will haunt the world. A spokes map for hamas praising what happened as justifiable revenge for the death of a palestinian bus driver found hanged in his bus. But palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas condemned the attack. As did israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netenyahu saying israel will respond with a heavy hand, his office posting on his twitter account. The attack the latest amid tensions in the city with a wave of kidnappings and killings in recent weeks. We have at spokesman for Prime Minister Benjamin Netenyahu. Thank you for joining us. Do you see a cause for larger responsibility in these attacks, beyond just the crazed men who entered . Most definitely. I mean you put your finger right on the important point here. The islamic extremists murdering with brutality across the region, whether its isis cutting off heads in iraq and syr
The attorney general of the United States, eric holder, with an historic address on race in america. This of course, well, it all has to do with ferguson. He is about to speak at the ebenezer bamt church in atlanta. Thats the chux where dr. Martin luthootuther king preached. And across the United States there were walkouts in the wake of the ferguson grand jury decision. From new york to washington to chicago and san francisco. Workers walked off the job. Walked out of school, lying down on the ground as Michael Brown did when he lay for four hours. Demonstrators often repeating the hands up symbol that five players from the st. Louis rams did as they were introduced at sundays game. This as the president of the United States held a series of meetings with civil rights leaders, students in Law Enforcement. He admitted, there have been commissions and panels before on these issues but he said, this will be different. He said those changed and nothing ham. Part of the reason it will be d