Our moms are, you know, very busy and important right now, so we have the next best thing. We brought their bobble head dolls, okay . They made theres my mom. My mom be like and now look at joni. Oh, you have to get her oh, yeah. Gosh. A ringer. Anyway, we brought bobble heads provided for us. Okay. You were happy last night with the cma awards last night. They were a home run. Like a perfect they really blend everything. They do. Who is perfect . Carrie underwood. Perfect, beautiful, pregnant, glowing, tons of change, comfortable in her own skin. You want your daughter to grow up and be her, and she showed it again when she was on stage and she sang like nobodys business, yes, she was a home run. The big winner tonight shes got a beautiful voice, announced a baby boy a known connection prior to her abducti abduction. Heres a vicious predator, off the streets for the rest of his life hopefully. Reporter the search ends after the abduction was released, followed by videos of the suspect buying groceries and using her bank card in an atm 75 miles from where she was taken. Last night, friends, family, and neighbors turned out to light candles, a sign of gratitude and relief. Im glad. You know, i dont know what else to say. Im just happy. Reporter today, the family was given everything to celebra celebrate. The suspect remains in police custody. Authorities say barnes will not immediately return to pennsylvania. Hesme menwanted on another chaf kidnapping in virginia. Savannah . Thank you very much. Charles ramsey, the Police Commissioner of philadelphia, good morning to you, sir. Good morning. You got to know her family, can you tell us about her condition this morning, how shes doing . Well, shes resting at home now. We brought the family down to Howard County hospital last night, so they could reunite with her, released from the hospital, so we brought them back to philadelphia, and shes at home now, letting her get some rest before we actually continue to interview her. We have some information, but we want to give her a chance to settle down and be with the family for a moment. What do you know about the suspect in this case . Hes got a criminal history. He was already wanted in charles city, virginia for attempted murder, abduction, aggravated assault, a variety of charges. He was convicted of rape here in philadelphia back in 2005, and he has a very extensive criminal history, violent predator, very fortunate to get her back alive. You called him a thug yesterday. Any evidence he targeted her in particular . Well, they didnt know one another before hand, and it could just be a chance encounter. I mean, well know more when we have a chance to sit down and thoroughly interview her and interrogate him. Hes held now on charges that were filed by virginia as i mentioned before, and so we still got a lot of investigative work to do, but this was a stranger abduction as far as we know right now. This case got so much notice, of course, because of the Surveillance Video that captured this violent abduction. In your mind, is that piece of videotape what made the difference in this case and led finally to her rescue . Theres absolutely no question. Ive been in policing for 46 years, and ive never actually seen a kidnapping on video. It really did add to the sense of urgency. We were able to get it out to the media right away. That followed by a couple other pieces of video that we were able to obtain through the course of the investigation, and that led to a tip of an individual who had sold a car to this person. We contacted authorities in virginia, found that he had a warrant, able to track him to jessup, maryland, and we had a task force put together with atf, fbi, and u. S. Marshal service, and the Baltimore Field Office spotted the car, conducted surveillance, and he stepped out of the car momentarily, they took him down and not have a hostage situation and rescue her. It worked out great, and its unusual because usually the longer the things go, the less likely you are to find a victim alive. I know. You must be happy to have a happy ending. Congratulations on the great police work. Charles, thank you. Thank you. And now heres matt. Savannah, thank you, turning to politics now in the fallout of the midterm elections. President obama suggests it could lead to a wave of compromise in washington, but with the general election just two years away, is that possible . Nbc senior White House Correspondent has more. Good morning. Reporter well, what looked to be a temporary truce between president obama and the congress lasted less than 24 hours. Republican leaders say the focus of the new congress is to repeal the president s signature accomplishment, obamacare. Hes not backing down on immigration. For more than an hour, president obama talked about what had been a crushing defeat for the democrats, though he did not put it that way. The resounding message, not just this leelection, but the lt several is, get stuff done. Reporter four years ago, he was more colorful after a bruising midterm. Im not recommending every future president take a shallacking like i did last night. Reporter this year, not promising changes to the style or staff, but he said he got the vote voters message and pledged to compromise across the aisle after a new breed of republican helped the gop take control of the senate. We are are going to make them squeal. As president , they rightly hold me accountable to do more to make it work properly. Reporter friday, he meets with congressional leaders at the white house looking for issues to agree on including Mitch Mcconnell who said wednesday he expects to be the majority leader. When People Choose a divided government, that doesnt mean they dont want us to do anything, but look for areas of agreement. Reporter that could include fixing crumbling roads and bridges as well as Corporate Tax reform, but the president says hell bypass congress with an executive order on Immigration Reform. What im not going to do is just wait. I think its fair to say that ive shown a lot of patience and have tried to work on a bipartisan basis as much as panel, and im going to keep on doing so. Reporter republicans say that could poison the well for other deals, but the president suggested they just might work things out over a drink. I would enjoy having some kentucky bourbon with Mitch Mcconnell. Reporter no kentucky bourbon summit on the books, but the white house is planning for the big meeting tomorrow, and theyll have bills ready for the vote in the new year, a change. The last few sessions of congress have been the least productive in history. Matt, savannah . Thank you very much. The midterms bind us. Is it game on for 2016 already . Take a look at this. Senator rand paul considered a hopeful for the presidency on the republican side in 2016 posted a series of photos on his Facebook Page showing Hillary Clinton campaigning alongside five candidates for senate, all of whom lost after she campaigned with them with the hillarysloser hillaryslose. It is on. Lets turn to josh elliot, a sports story, ray rice investigation. Good morning to you and all of you. Former Baltimore Ravens star, ray rice, expected to testify today in day two of the appeal hearing in the Domestic Violence case. The question, will rice be allowed to return to the league as a player . Peter al exander has the latest. Good morning to you. He and his wife take turns in the heated behind closed door hearing. They say that the nfl commissioner testified for more than two hours wednesday, at times, under tough crossexamination from the Players Union lawyer over whether goodell punished rice twice for that february attack on his wife. Ray ricements ba menwants back. With his wife, they are taking on the commissioner, who increased the suspension from two games to the indefinite ban after tmz sports released a graphic video. We have not seen that second tape that became public, and that was not consistent with what he said. Reporter Players Union officials says rice was punished twice for the same offense, and now an arbitrator will decide. Is ray rice telling the truth alleging that the commissioner knew what happened in the elevator, or is the commissioner telling the truth saying ray rice lied to him . Reporter recently, i asked the former new york city prosecutor hired by the nfl to overhaul the leagues domestic policies, whether any player should be banned for a first offense . Talk to any expert in the field, they say thats a very, very bad idea. Because nobody will report if that happens. Reporter meanwhile, Minnesota Vikings running back, Adrian Peterson awaiting to hear whether hell return to the field after suspended stars felony charge for striking his 4yearold son was dropped. He pleaded no contest to wreckless assault. As the nfl promises to conduct a new personal conduct policy, theres unanswered questions. What do you do when they are arrested . When suspended . When reinstated . How many games are they out . Two months later, theres still nothing cohesive in place. Reporter the hearing wraps up today, we dont know how long it takes for the arbitrator to announce a decision. Likely within the next couple weeks. If race is reinstated, the next question is, will any nfl team pick him up . T ra ravens said they will not. Remains of a movie executive disappearing two years ago have been found. Gavin smith was seen in may of 2012. The disappearance was investigated as a murder. Officials say hikers discovered the remains in a rural area north of los angeles. No word yet on the cause of death. Some frightening moments at a houston restaurant wednesday. Dozens of people having lunch wednesday afternoon when this happened. The driver pulling into a handicap spot apparently hit the gas perhaps instead of the brake, plowing through the restaurant to the buffet line, pinning one diner underneath. Strange thing, yes, backs up, and pushes forward again. All nine people injured, taken to the hospital, mostly suffered minor injuries. The driver told the Restaurant Owner it was an accident and she feels really bad about what happened, understandably so m investigation is underway. Finally, look at issavannah future. One baby girl and her parents. A priceless just a couple weeks ago, 4 million plus have watched in on youtube as she takes her first near steps, and the family dog waiting on the other end. Oh and the lick. The sweetest kiss in creation, as america now has cavities in its collective eyes. My hormones can want take that video. I dont know what youre doing to me. Meanwhile, current conditions, its raining men here on the today show set. Fuzzy men. It is. Thats right. Checking in with carson. Carson, on the other hand, just, you know, breathes and grows hair, amazing. He shaved this morning, and its back again. Wet weather stretches from Corpus Christi, texas, all the way up into new york, rain right through friday, a couple inch, and sun by saturday, look at this. In the mean time, next 46 hours, 3 to 5 inches of rain near Corpus Christi and brownsville. We have rain in the area, the rain ends later today, sunny by saturday, but a high of only 48, and we got this storm system thats going to be developing, not a noreaster, but a vigorous storm moves friday. Look at the snowfall. Its dropping as you make your way into parts of northern maine, another foot or more near caribou. Already, they had more snow than think normally get for the month of november, and were just getting started. Your local forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds. That protects your teeth. Introducing new Colgate Enamel Health toothpaste. Replenish and polish for healthy enamel. Colgate. 1 brand recommended by dentists. 7 16. Good thursday morning to you. Meteorologist christina loren. A really pretty day coming your way. Were going to see the high clouds streaming, high, wispy clouds comprised of ice crystals. 72 degrees on the peninsula today, 72 in the beautiful south bay and 69 in San Francisco. Getting into the next couple days, temperatures are going to climb by saturday. Thats your latest weather. The kings and queens o of Country Music were out in force for the cp macmas. Janet shandly was there for all the excitement. Good morning. Reporter good morning to you. A big fight here in nash victim. But it wasnt all country. Megan trainer, ariana grande, brad paisley and Carrie Underwood, they just did it. [ music playing ] usually reserved for the best of Country Music this years cma awards were also all about that bass. Hosting the awards for the seventh time. The song goes tout one feisty nurse in maine, who is probably riding her bike right now quarantine quarantine quarantine tone dont ride your bike please dont infect my man. Miranda lambert took home three awards. Single of the year for automatic. Reporter album of the year. Platinum, miranda lambert. Reporter and for the fifth time, female vocalist of the year. Miranda lambert. Reporter also nominated in that category, taylor swift. [ music playing ] reporter whose absent and new focus on pop music were not overlooked. Postpartum taylor swift disorder. Blake shelton. Reporter Miranda Lamberts husband and coach on nbcs the voice took home a big win, male vocalist of the year and while Ariana Grandes duet was too pop for some. Are you a fan of Ariana Grandes . I dont drink coffee. Reporter Lorretta Lynn who brought down the house. You are looking at country reporter and the nights biggest award, entertainer of the year went to country mainstay luke bryan. Whoo thank you reporter it was also a blast from the past, steven tyler and the doobie brothers closed it out. Guys, what everyone is talking about this morning, brad paisley, Carrie Underwood. They killed it. They may have borrowed writers from saturday night live. It was good. A lot of different generas represented there. Country going pop. They said goodbye to taylor. It was a good show. People were buzzing on it. Great moments in nashville. At one point the cma awards owned nine of the ten hashtag moments. Brad and carrie were revealing the gender of her baby. Did you see that . No. Take a look at this good thing im here. Its going to be a. I wont tell anybody in this him radio. I promise. I will keep a secret. You wont tell anybody and we can get back to the show. I promise. Hey, we could game him garth. What are you doing . What is wrong with you . Typical guy, right . So there it was, bernard writes in, he tweets, i see a screen grab of bradblewit, he writes the power of Carrie Underwoods son is real. All hail the new king of Country Music. Maybe a little early there. The shows lead writer tweeting out, Carrie Underwood really did not tell brad until they went on the stage. It looked like a surprise moment there. Maybe it was a script. Apparently, brad didnt know until that very moment. Now the whole world knows its a little baby boy from miss underwood. Congratulations and guys, back to you. Thank you so much. I didnt know the babys gender. I knew. You thought you knew. I guessed. You did. You had it right. A little girl. Anyway, coming up, interesting story from down under, the drummer of the legendary band acdc accused of hiring a hit man to carry out a double murder. The latest developments in this case. Why does she board a plane if there was a chance she had the ebola virus . Amber vinson, the second dallas nurse who became infected. Piece out for the First Time Since becoming virus free. First, this is today on nbc. Since becoming virus free. First, this is today on nbc. All right. Coming up, move over nick wal enda. You wont believe the stunt the discovery can el is getting you wont believe the stunt the discovery can el is getting ready father impersonating drdarth vaderc children, i am your father we all have a disney side, and the best place to show it is disney parks. 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He says he believes this is a fight for social justice and that it is necessary to help the less fortunate. If you think youre putting away enough money to pay for your childs education, you may have to think again. Tuition at the university of californias ten campuses could rise by hundreds of dollars every year for the next five year. U. C. President janet innapolita will submit a request to increase the tuition by every year. Christina, live to you. Just a few high wispy clouds out there right now. We started with some fog, just about entirely gone at this point. A little patch lingering over daly city. Otherwise high clouds streaming in all day long and just gorgeous all day long. Much cooler than yesterday. Just 72 on the peninsula where you hit the 80s yesterday. Lets check your drive with mike inouye. With the haze were looking over this in oakland. Northbound is where the jam is approaching the coliseum. Look at the map just south of the coliseum. There is a crash blocking the fast lane. But its that