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Step out in venice for their civil ceremony. A final event to cap their star studded wedding celebration. Live there today monday, september 29, 2014. Announcer from nbc news, this is today, with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning. Welcome to today on a monday morning. 7 00 out on the west coast. Im matt lauer along with tamron hall, al roker and Natalie Morales. Can we talk about these images out of venice. Not only the backdrop of the city but look at these two people. George and amal. It looks like something out of a George Clooney movie. Hollywood elegance. George clooney normally private putting his love and affection for amal in front of the world in a classy way. Very nice. More on that coming up later on. Lets get to our top story. The president acknowledging in a new interview that u. S. Officials underestimated isis and overestimated the ability of the iraqi army to take on that terror group. Nbcs chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel is in turkey along the syrian border. Richard, good morning to you. Reporter good morning, this seemed to be a very candid interview, the president blamed the former u. S. Backed Iraqi Government for allowing isis to flourish and said american intelligence didnt fully appreciate the threat. The u. S. Military reportedly launched more air strikes overnight, after pounding isis in syria over the weekend targeting the militants, their Oil Facilities and armored vehicles. But isis isnt in retreat in syria. Its fighters are advancing on cities close to the turkish border. And in iraq, the militants are again reportedly on the edge of baghdad. On sunday president obama told 60 minutes u. S. Intelligence failed to see it coming. Well, i think our head of the intelligence community, jim clapper, acknowledged that they underestimated what had been taking place in syria. He didnt say that just say that we underestimated isil. He said we overestimated the ability and the will of our allies, the iraqi army, to fight. Thats true. Thats absolutely true. Its a major intelligence failure. Islamic radicals expanding in syria and iraq for two years. They bragged about their growing strength on line, 14 journalists often reported that foreign fighters were streaming into syria. We interviewed them as they went in. The rise of extremism in syria and iraq was no secret, now the president said america is leading the fight against the radicals. America leads. We are the indispensable nation, we have capacity no one else has, our military is the best in the history of the world. And when trouble comes up anywhere in the world, they dont call beijing, they dont call moscow, they call us. Reporter so the u. S. Is now leading an International Coalition against isis, and likely will be for years. Matt. Rich arld engle, those comments making headlines and they are going to continue. There will be more fallout over the coming days. Also now to the medical mystery in colorado where a group of children is showing poliolike symptoms including paralysis. The question, could those symptoms be linked to the dangerous Virus Outbreak that has spread from ten states three weeks ago to now 40 and washington, d. C. Hally jackson is in colorado. Good morning. Reporter good morning. The cdc says its concerned about what its calling this cluster of kids so many children showing these same symptoms at the same time and in the same place. Nine children have been treated at this hospital for a week or even paralyzed arms or leg, and were learning there may be a tenth child showing the same symptoms at a different colorado hospital. At this denver play ground the kids all smiles, some parents on edge. It actually terrifies me having three kids and one who has severe asthma. A common cold is no longer a common cold. Reporter nearby the hospital where doctors say nine children showed symptoms similar to polio. At least four of those kids tested positive for enterovirus 68, a rare strain of a common virus that acts like a bad cold and can make it hard to breathe. This year enterovirus 68 has been confirmed in 277 people, mostly children. Across 40 states, plus d. C. It is a bit of a mystery right now but like any other mystery, we have some clues. Reporter this doctor says the nine children in colorado are up to date on polio vaccinations, still they are trying to figure out if there is some link to enter ro virus 68 a similar cluster of cases hit california in 2012. Thats when this child had trouble breathing before his left leg stopped working. He was never tested for the enterovirus but diagnosed with poliolike syndrome. It was the hardest thing that i think i heard. Erin understands what the families are going through. My whole purpose is to let these families know theres hope. Reporter hope this medical mystery may be solved soon. The cdc wants doctors now across the country to report seeing any similar clusters of kids dealing with these symptoms, muscle weakness, pa ralties. Three children are stilling treated at this hospital. So far no deaths have been linked but the agency is doing tests after a toddler in new jersey died after a respiratory illness. The message to parents from doctors, though, dont be alarmed, just be aware. If your kid comes down with a cold and starts showing unusual symptoms, thats when you want to call your pediatrician. Thank you very much. On friday we were talking about this try russ at the facility in chicago. Here we are its still going on. If you are traveling be prepared for more headaches again with more Flight Cancellations and delays at chicagos two main airports, and intentionally set fire at an air Traffic Control facility on friday forced thousands of cancellations. Kevin tibbles is in chicago with the latest. Reporter that act of sabotage has caused a real body blow to those trying to travel in the midwest and elsewhere, and the ripples are stilling felt today. Another 300 Flights Canceled today at chicagos ohare which brings the total to over 4,000 Flights Canceled at ohare, which was considered the Busiest Airport in the world up until friday when this all happened. Midway airport is still experiencing delays today but no cancellations. The faa says its going to fake until october 13 to get everything back up and running at the facility in aurora, illinois. Until then expect more headaches, check with your airline before you come out to ohare. Kevin, thank you. The u. S. And afghanistan have ended months of uncertainty over the future of American Military role in that country. A senior sad visor says that afghanistan will sign a deal tomorrow. It allows 10,000 american troops to remain in afghanistan after the Current International mission ends on december 31. The announcement came after afghanistans new president was sworn in today. A monster truck show turned tragic in the netherlands sunday when one of the trucks plowed into the crowd, killing three people and injuring more than a dozen others. We warn you the you are about to see is disturbing. The truck finished driving over a row of cars and turning back around when it suddenly plowed into a group of onlookers. The driver is now being questioned by police. The cause of the accident still under investigation. Rescuers found five more victims today after a volcano erupted in japan on saturday bringing the death toll there to 36. The volcano erupted without warning and caught hundreds of hikers on the volcano. Rocks rained dound and a suffocating ash cloud enveloped the hikers. Sundays search had to be called off because of rising levels of toxic gases. One of baseballs alltime greats finally said goodbye to the game on sunday. Yankees legend derek jeter played the last game of his 20plus year career at bostons fenway park. In the third inning he got an infield hit that drove in a run. Even red sox fans who root against jeter and the jks for more than the two decades, they gave him an incredible standing ovation for almost two minutes. Eventually jeter was pulled from the game finishing his career in six place on the all him tight list. If you want to know the results, it was 95 so he goes out with a win on top of it all. Great to see that smile. I wonder what hes doing now. Drinking a latte . Sleeping in. Not only did they give him a standing ovation, hats off to the boston fans and the red sox organization. They did it with such class. Chanting his name. Class deserves class. Natalie, thank you very much. Mr. Roker. Lets show you what weve got. Showers into the Pacific Northwest, weak cold front coming in. Were watching this system back through the rockies, its going to bring showers and thunderstorms, basically, though, our heaviest rain is probably in through the southeast, down in through florida. We have a risk of strong storms, well look at that in the next half hour from the eastern rockies on into the central plains, more shower activity in the Pacific Northwest, gorgeous day, southern los angeles, high of about 80 degrees. Looking good request. Were going to get to your local forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds. 7 11, good morning to you. We have some luck in the Weather Department today. Were going to see beautiful conditions, all courtesy of these low clouds. You saw from woodside, cloud will take a while to burn off but that means well see really lovely temperatures, 79 in the forth bay, 78 in san jose and a comfortable day out in the trivalley at 82 degrees. Were not going to have as much fog as we head through the mid section of the week and temperatures are going to be much warmer as a result. Thank you very much. New questions about the secret service and its ability to protect the president. A searing report in the Washington Post claims the agency grossly mishandled a shooting that occurred at the white house in 2011. Nbcs Kristen Welker has more on that. Dp good morning. Reporter good morning. The president and first lady were infuriated with the way the secret service handled that shooting and this comes as the agency is already investigating an unprecedented secure breach earlier this month when a man jumped over the fence of the white house with a knife and entered the unlocked front door. With the secret service under scrutiny for this fence jumping intruder new revelations about gun shots fired into the executive mansion three years ago. This is where investigators believe the shots came from. Reporter the Washington Post reports back in november of 2011, Oscar Hernandez fired a semiautomatic rifle at the white house while parked a quarter mile away. Initially there was confusion. A supervisor that night on duty calls out stand down, disregard, its just a construction noise. Reporter it took four days for the agency to realize the white house had been hit seven times. The discovery came only after a house keeper found broken glass on the truman balcony. There appears to be a bullet lodged in a window sill and certainly a bullet hole in one of the Central Glass windows. That is, again, right outside the familys living room. Reporter sasha was home at the time with her grandmother. The president and first lady were traveling and didnt find out for several days. It was an usher who told the first lady assuming she already knew. Aides have described the president and she as both fuming. Reporter a secret Service Official says an investigation was launched immediately, other Law Enforcement agencies were notified. Hernandez was arrested and is now serving time in jail. I know the secret service is on top of this and will take every step to correct problems. Reporter but on capitol hill concern. I got serious questions about the leadership and protocol of the secret service. They have had far too many problems. This is not something that is acceptable. Reporter secret Service Director Julia Pearson will answer some of the tough questions when she testifies before a Congressional Committee on capitol hill tomorrow. The secret service says it has enhanced security and surveillance after both the 2011 shooting and again after the recent security breach. One more point that shooter hernandez is serving 25 years on terrorism and weaponsrelated offenses. Matt. All right. Thank you very much. A former secret Service Agent who served on president obamas personal detail, she was assigned to the white house residence on the day of the shooting. Evi, nice to see you. Good morning. You did not personally hear the shots. Were you aware a Major Incident occurred . No. I didnt have any personal experience on that day with the incident as we rotate shifts and whatnot. There was that delay in which the shots were found and i think thats really what the consensus here is that this concern is like why does it take a significant amount of time to find this out. When you think about what went on, five secret Service Officers on the white house grounds thought they heard gun shots. People actually witnessed the gunman shooting in the direction of the white house. A woman in a taxi tweeted about it. A firearm and nine shell casings found that same night in a crashed car and two secret Service Agents were on the scene of that crash. Yet it was a house keeper, four days later, who sounds the alarm. How does that happen . Complacency. You think about it day after day youre there, nothing ever happens. And then also the idea of the shooting that took place almost to the complete opposite side, its on constitution avenue. And its the inability to connect those dots. In addition to that its also failure in the chain of command. When you have supervisors not really listening to the people underneath saying this is what i saw. Complacency . Im surprised to hear you say this. These people are protecting the white house and the first family. It means when you get used to nothing ever happening typically, when something does happen sometimes you fail to connect those dots. When you are being there and theres not an instance thats happening. A lot of that job is waiting for the threat to come. And so you have that combined with the fact that these shots were taken at a significant distance as well. When you add this to the situation with the prostitutes in colombia and the guy last week or earlier who gets to the front door with a knife, what needs to change . How do you accommodate for that complacency . Its a lot more than just that. I think at the end of the day its the management style. You see event after event after event, this is where you have to stop investigating you have to investigate the incident but look inward and say what are we doing as a whole. That starts where, with leadership, management. You have to see where are we failing, why are people failing. Need to change . The leadership needs i think to broaden its mind, bring in new perspectives, its an agency thats quite old and kind of done its thing for a significant amount of time and its worked up until now. This is when you have to change with the times to be progressive, to prevent stuff like this from happening. Thanks for your perspective. Appreciate it. Lets go over to tamron. Thank you very much. For stargazers venice is the place to be. Hollywoods most eligible bachelor George Clooney had so much fun at his wedding he did it again this morning. Keir simmons is live in venice. Good morning. Reporter good morning. The folks around the world thought they would never hear mr. And mrs. Clooney again, but hes done it. Just in the last few hours arriving here with his bride to sign the marriage papers which means it is now legal after a weekend of celebrations that the brides father called grand but simple. Another way to put it, simply stunning. George clooney with his new wife, arriving at the italian equivalent this morning. Through the weekend he was spotted wearing, yes, a wedding ring. Proof that he has finally made that life long commitment. After decades after a committed bachelor. The bride, a britishlebanese lawyer amal alamuddin, said to have worn a dress by the same designer as kate middleton. Married amid stunning scenery, traveling in a boat called amore, italian for love. Pursued by the paparazzi, one vessel seemed close to capsizing. He wore a tux for the ceremony on saturday, in front of 150 guests including matt damon, Cindy Crawford and bono. Crowded on every canal bank and bridge, thousands of wellwishers. This is not a private place to get married. Its not only not private. Its the least private place you could choose to get married if you are a celebrity. Reporter reports say the wedding at a sevenstar Hotel Included Classical Music from a 12piece orchestra followed by a fivecourse meal of lobster and wild mushrooms. Despite the excitement. We enjoyed seeing the paparazzi as much as anything. Its claimed that the couple requested no cameras for the exchange of vows, official pictures will apparently appear in a magazine for a large donation to charity. Capturing the moment this eternal bachelor said i do. She of course is an accomplished lawyer but she will never have experience attention like this in a courtroom. She will need all of that legal poise to deal with it in her life ahead. Meanwhile, women around the world will be crying tears that could flood the canals of venice. Tamron, men breathing a sigh of relief. Okay, thank you very much. I dont know. I think women are happy to see this guy with such a smart beautiful woman. I think its fun the difference between women and men. Yelling look at the dress, look at the pant suit. She looks beautiful in that. Were going those are cool boats. Get me one of those. Indiana jones. In slacks like that. The beautiful hat. Bringing it. Carson is in the orange room. Mr. D