And Savannah Guthrie, live from studio 1a in Rockefeller Plaza. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a Tuesday Morning. Im Savannah Guthrie. And im matt lauer alongside al roker and Natalie Morales. Welcome back. Youve been talking about that story out in colorado for the better part of a week. You got to see the damage firsthand. We really did. Its stunning. You have to see it as well. When you see it in person, not within the confines of your television set, it literally takes your breath away. Good to have you back. Well see that interview with the Vice President coming up. Were baby crazy around here. On monday we began our weeklong series called born. We shared amazing moments when couples had their babies live on tv. Well, this morning, not to be outdone, a live conception. Before your mind goes crazy with that, were in an operating room as a couple undergoes in vitro fertilization procedure. Could be Pretty Amazing to see. Before that, the rapidly changing situation in nairobi where a bloody standoff between somalibased militants and kenyan forces have moved into a fourth day. Lets get right to ron allen with the latest. Ron, good morning to you. Reporter good morning to you, matt. The kenyan government continues to insist that the situation here is under control and what basically is happening now, they say is a mopping up operation. Also today a top kenyan official continues to insist that u. S. Citizens were among the fighters who carried out the attack. This morning, kenyan soldiers still working to secure the besieged mall seemed to encounter more resistance. They appeared to carry a body bag from the building and in the past few hours, al shabaab, the militant group that claimed responsibility for the attack said their fighters are Still Holding their ground, following the effort to end the siege that began saturday. The government said it was in full control of the situation combing the fourstory mall from floor to floor to make sure its safe. They believe all hostages are released adding the enemy will continue to spew propaganda. It remains unclear what happened to the remaining hostages and perhaps as many as ten, and the gunmen, as many as 15, according to the government. Meanwhile, kenyans foreign minister says u. S. Citizens were among the militants. From the information we have two or three americans and so far ive heard of one brit. And the brit was a british born woman. Woman. She has done this many times before. Reporter she is referring to samantha luthwate, white widow the wife of one of the london bombers that attacked the Transit System in 2005. They posted a list on social media of those behind the attacks claiming some were from minnesota. Home to the largest somali population in america. Sources say the issue wont be resolved until the identities of the gunmen are confirmed with forensic evidence. Meanwhile, were learning more about the victims, a british architect and his harvard educated wife who were expecting their first child in two weeks. As for the militants, authorities here say three were killed during the operation. Another ten people were arrested in connection with what happened here. Two at the airport reportedly. But the big concern is the hostages. All right, ron allen in nairobi. Thanks so much. Lets turn to roger who was a member of the National Security counsel and worked in somalia shortly before the black hawk down incident. He is now an nbc news terrorism analyst. Good morning. Good to see you. You too, savannah. We have heard from kenyans foreign minister that americans are among the attackers. How much stock do you put in those claims . Do you consider that to be credible . Its certainly credible. Its an official foreign source, the foreign minister. The u. S. Government is going to pass judgment until they had a chance to confirm identity. If it proves to be true then its very significant because al shabaab has not used westerners and americans in an attack outside of somalia up to this point. It would be significant strategically, of course. I wonder if it would be significant symbolically. Would it be considered a big propaganda victory if al shabaab were able to say, we had americans among the perpetrators here. Well its interesting. They were all about trying to create the Islamic State inside somalia and have been defeated from obtaining that objective and now the question is, is al shabaab looking to conduct attacks inside somalia but also outside against the governments that supported antishabaab forces. Its a Broad International appeal if this is true and true a source of potential revenue. Outside do donators will give money because you believe they demonstrated capability. Thank you so much. Meanwhile, leaders are gathered here in new york for the United NationsGeneral Assembly. A lot at stake. As the president , president obama, addresses the body today as does the new president of iran, rouhani. But will the two leaders actually meet each other . Nbcs chief Foreign Affairs correspondent Andrea Mitchell has the latest on what we can expect. Reporter president obama is about to speak just moments from now at the u. N. One of 34 leaders addressing the General Assembly today. But the big question is, whether he will have even a casual interaction with the newly elected president of iran. Ready for his close up on the world stage, irans new president , rouhani arrived in new york on monday and even posted pictures of his arrive on twitter. With them both set to deliver speeches at the u. N. Today, will they meet face to face . The choreography is delicate. President obama is set to address the u. N. This morning and joins a lunch hosted by the secretary general which rouhani does not plan to attend. They could still have an encounter, say u. S. Officials, somewhere in the corridors. That carries some Political Risk for president obama, because rouhani isnt due to speak until later in the day at the u. N. The white house has no idea what he might say. If they do meet it will be the First Encounter between u. S. And iranian leaders in more than three decades. The two president s have already exchanged letters as rouhani told ann curry. The tone of the letter was positive and constructive. Reporter still, the white house has to reassure key allies like israel who say iran cannot be trusted. Bill clinton told Judy Woodruff we should proceed cautiously. Reporter with all the motorcades of heads of state, and bill clintons annual initiative under way, midtown manhattan is walltowall cars, cars going nowhere. Its a mad house and they with closing every street down. Its impossible to get around the city. Reporter now, if president obama and irans president do meet today, possibly even if rouhani surprises the u. S. And shows up for lunch, it would be the first test of whether this is a new opening or just a charm offensi offensive. Matt and savannah. Andrea mitchell, thanks, here in new york, we appreciate it. New developments this morning that mass shooting in chicago last week. Natalie has more on that. Good morning, guys. Two men are under arrest this morning in chicago following last weeks shooting at a city park. That shooting wounded 13 people, including a 3yearold boy. The two suspects arrested last night are facing attempted murder and other charges but police dont think either pulled the trigger. They are still investigating. Firefighters in Southern California are struggling to contain a raging fire burning near azusa, which could threaten a number of homes there. Officials have been fighting the fire on the ground and from the air. Now wall street and what is moving the markets. Cnbcs Courtney Reagan is joining us. More than four years after emerging from a governmentsponsored bankruptcy, chrysler filed paperwork to go public. The ceo wants fiat to acquire all of chrysler. He hasnt been able to executive the deal so far. The proceeds of the 100 million chrysler ipo will go entirely to the trust for retired workers. Meantime, investors are again focused on the housing market. Lenar posting better than expected numbers. Natalie, back to you. Courtney reagan, thanks so much. Weeks after a about people cutting lines at disney land, they are changing policy for people with disabilities. Until now this be they would be ushered to the front of the line for rides at disney theme parks. Then came the report that some were abusing the system by hiring the disabled to get themselves on rides quicker. Now, guests with disabilities will have to go to the ride and then theyll have to come back at a designated time. Off the cuff comment monday from president obama caught on an open mike has lots of people talking today. Nbcs political director chuck todd is here to tell us more. This has always been fun to track. Look, theyre all like us, a little bit human. They say theres no tougher critic of smoking but a reform smoker. But for the president , he is not the tough critic. He admitted he doesnt smoke anymore out of fear of backlash from the first lady. The president caught on an open mike bragging to a fellow world leader about finally beating the smoking habit. The president s battle with smoking has been chronicled throughout his political career and the person most responsible for him quitting, so he says, has been the first lady. That was one of my prerequisites for, you know, entering into this race, is that, you know, he couldnt be a smoking president. While the president claimed monday to have been smokefree for six years, it was just four years ago that he admitted he wasnt quite cured. As a former smoker, i constantly struggle with it. Have i fallen off the wagon sometimes . Yes. Reporter finally in 2010, the president along with his personal aide Marvin Nicholson both tried to quit together. With the help of nicorette pulled it off. As you know, we see him chewing gum a lot. Its not because he loves dentyne. By the way, the first reason for the golf obsession in the first year, thats where he could smoke without the first lady seeing. She never saw it. That was always the deal. He exaggerated a little. Shocking. Are you shocked . He exaggerated a little in terms of how long he hasnt had a cigarette. I think its how long hes not had a cigarette in front of the first lady. He told that leader he scored 54 points in a pickup game at the white house. I think he does always score 54 points. Thats not rigged. Lets get a check of the weather. Were all scared of our wives, too. There you go. Lets show you what we have going on. Basically we are talking about more and more rain in florida. It will not stop. Weve been telling you about this for about a week and a half. Why . Well, weve had a stationary front. Stationary it is. It has been stuck along the gulf coast. It is just staying there. Low pressure will develop along that front and as it does, were going to see that low pressure make its way, bringing waves of low pressure and waves of moisture into florida. So a look at what weve got. Were talking about anywhere from three to five inches of rain. As you get into the orlando area, 1 to 2 inches, as you head south, half an inch down around miami. This is going to go on through tomorrow, 3 to 5 inches, flood watches and warnings in effect. Were going to get to your local forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds. Good Tuesday Morning. Im meteorologist christina loren. Its going to be a breezy day turning windy by this evening. But temperatures overall cooler by about 3 to 5 degrees and where we ended up yesterday. 77 degrees on the way to livermore. 71 in fremont and 66 degrees in San Francisco today. 71 Beautiful Day shaping up in san jose. Warmer toward the weekend. And thats your latest weather. Al, thank you very much. We told you at the top of the show, joe biden, the Vice President was in colorado to assess the severe flood damage left by those torrential rains that hit a lot of the state last week. Thats right. I got to catch up with the Vice President and fema director William Fugate at Buckley Air Force base in aurora after the tour of the flood ravaged area touched down. Good to see you. Good to see you. In the fly over what did you see and how did it affect you . The thing i saw was so much isolated devastation, right up through some of the small areas, imagine 20 feet of water coming down there, ripping out entire highways. Im sure you saw it. So the isolation is what impressed me and the people who are stuck there. Mr. Vp, what do you see as critical need now . I think critical need now is get people housing. Theres a lot of people that are just stranded. A person loses their home, they have no idea what to do. You get agencies you hear about, you walk into a fema theres 12 or 13, i think, what you find is theres something there to tell you what you need. A lot of these folks dont have flood insurance. What happens to them. The first step is to register with fema. We think for a lot of folks we can provide them renters assistance. Find them a place to stay. 2 billion worth of damage here, some estimates. Facing the possibility of a government shutdown. How are we going to funned it . How is this going to happen . All the Emergency Fund is fine. Theres a 6 billion fund. Anyone listening to this broadcast should not worry that fema is if theres a shutdown, god forbid, theres no need for i shutdown. If it were to happen, it would not affect the recovery work going on now. Congress fully funds this. This is what whats called no yearend money. Its not tied to that. You have been going to these, it seems like with a regular in the last 18 months, sandy, moore, oklahoma, you name it, isaac, irene, now this. Are we looking at the new normal . You cant attribute any one thing to global warming. There are all of these weather events seem more severe. In this kind of situation, whats the best thing you can tell people at this point . Were not going away. After the camera is gone, take a look at where weve been before. Were foot leaving. Well do Everything Possible to make purr whole. Meantime i heard other topics came up with the Vice President , including big handshake heard round the country, the inauguration. Yes. He did bring it up. Lets take a look. Come on. So much trouble for coming over in the inauguration parade. Al was over there, hey, hey. I walked out and said, hey. Invitation is open any time for you to come do the today show with us. I may need a job. Youd be great. Thank you, sir. Thank you so much. You tried, al. You tried. I keep plugging. A hand shake that will never go away. We heard your telling of it time and time again. We never heard the Vice President s telling of it. Obviously left a big impression. Blackberry announced on monday plans to go private, selling itself for 4. 7 billion. A far cry from the 77 billion it was valued at about five years ago. That Development Comes just days after the smartphone pioneer cut 40 of its work force. Carson daly is back from his triumph at the emmys. Oh. Really. Good morning. How are you . Im doing good, thanks. There was a time if you remember, 1999 the blackberry came out. The first device to sync with corporate email. It was a status symbol to have one of these. The iphone comes out in 07 and blackberrys rapid decline begins. Let me put up this chart here, you can really see it. This is a snapshot of the last four months alone. It gives you a visual. Their market share cut in half from may to september. We asked you do you still use blackberry and if so, why. Pretty interesting. Two main reasons people still use blackberry. Let me pull up a couple of them. Jose says, i still use the blackberry. I love the keyboard. Its all about the keyboard, its efficiency. To northern florida. Don says i use blackberry for the push email which keeps work flowing and jobs coming in faster. Which keeps me in the money. Still a great connection between the blackberry and Corporate America and Everybody Loves the keyboard. That q10 never quite worked. It gave you the option of the touch screen or keyboard. It wasnt the salvation blackberry needed it to be. Holding on. Holding on as much as she can. Double device. Im switzerland. Im neutral officially. Carson, thank you. Coming up at 7 32, it was a freak accident back in august that turned a dream vacation into a huge nightmare. 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