Flying on commercial planes before she was diagnosed speaks out, why she believes she did it nothing wrong. Dineer disaster. An suv plows through a crowded restaurant, slamming into customers, pinning two men beneath the buffet line. What the driver says happened, today, thursday, november 6th, 2014. From nbc news, this is today, with matt lauer, and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in Rockefeller Plaza. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to today. We have josh elliot in fortunately. Can we rerack that videotape . Its amazing. Its fortunate they kind of slide across the floor with that car as opposed to going immediately under it. Yeah, we seen this happen before. Usually the car stops much sooner than that. Wait until you see what happens after this moment. We got a lot to talk about the morning. Lets get to our top story. Thats the dramatic rescue of a 22yearold philadelphia woman three days after she was attacked and kidnapped t. Chilling scene captured on under surveillance cameras. Nbcs rehema ellis has more. Reporter good morning, mat. Carlesha gaither was found pence. Overnight, she and her family made their way back home to philadelphia, just hours after the shocking news friends and family had been praying for. Carlesha freeland has been rescued. Her abductor has been arrested. Her mother was overjoyed. Thank you for being there for us. Im taking my baby home. Thank you. Thank you so much. Reporter police say the man hunt that spread across five states finally ended in jessup, maryland. Over 100 miles away from where the crime began. Authorities say a tip led them to a vehicle in a Shopping Center parking lot. When the suspect tried to drive off with the kidnapped 22yearold pence, police surrounded the car. When the subject exited the vehicle, he was apprehended and thats when miss freeland was recovered. The suspect in custody identified as 37yearold Delvin Barnes had six prior violent felony warrants out for his arrest, including another kidnapping. Police do not believe barnes and carlesha had any known connection prior to her abduction. Hes a vicious predator. Hes off the streets. Hopefully, hell be in jail the rest of his life. The search comes to an end days after the chilling video of the abduction was released, followed by a series of under Surveillance Videos of a suspect buying groceries and using carleshas bank card at 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, giving carlesha gaithers family everything to celebrate. The suspect is in fbi custody. Authorities say he wont be returned to pennsylvania immediately. Thats because hes wanted on other charges, another attempted murder and kidnapping charge of a teenage girl in virginia. Savannah. Rehema ellis, thank you very much. Charles ramsay is the Police Commissioner of philadelphia. Commissioner ramsay. Good morning to you, sir. Good morning. I know you have gotten to know carleshas family in the last few days. Can you tell us about her condition, how she is doing . Well, she is resting at home now. We brought the family down to Howard County hospital last night so they could reunite with her. She was released from the hospital. We brought them back to philadelphia. Shes at home now. Were letting them get some rest before we actually continue to interview her. We do have some information. We want to give her a chance to kind of settle down and be with family for a moment. What do you know about the suspect in this case . Hes got a very extensive criminal history. He was already wanted in charles city, virginia for attempted murder, abduction, aggravated assault. I mean, a variety of charges. He was convicted of rain here in philadelphia back in 2005. He has a very extensive criminal history, a violent predator. We are very fortunate to get her back alive. I think you called him the thug yesterday. Is there any evidence he targeted carlesha in particular . Well, they didnt know one another beforehand. It could be a chance encounter. We will know more when we have a chance to sit down and interview her and interrogate him. Right now, he is being held on charges that were filed by virginia as i mentioned before. 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 that under Surveillance Video that captured his violent abduction. In your mind, is that piece of videotape what made the difference and led finally to her rescue . There is absolutely no question. I have been in policing for 46 years. Ive never actually seen a kid naping on video. So it really did add to the sense of urgency him we were able to get it out to the media right away. That followed by a couple other pieces of video we were able to obtain through the course of an investigation and that led to a tip of an individual who had sold a car to this person. We also contacted authorities in virginia, found that he had a warrant. We were able to track him to jessup, maryland. We had a task force that was put together that included atf, fbi and the u. S. Marshalls service. Their Baltimore Field Office actually are the ones who spotted the car, conducted a under surveillance. Once he stepped out of the car, momentarily, they were able take him down and not have hostage situation and rescue miss gaither. So it worked out great. And its unusual. Usually the longer these things go the less likely you are to find a victim alive. I know you must be very happy to have a happy ending. Congratulations on the great police work. Philadelphia Police Commissioner charles ramsey. Thank you. Thank you. Now, lets turn to matt. President obama is now suggesting it could lead to a new wave of compromise in washington but with the general election just two years away, is that possible . Nbc senior White House CorrespondentChris Jansing has more on that. Hi, chris, good morning. Reporter good morning, matt. Well, it looked to be at least a temporary truce between president obama and congress. It lasted less tan 24 hours. Republican leaders now say the focus of the few congress will be to repeal the president s signature accomplishment, obamacare. That after he struck an optimistic tone in his press conference. For more than an hour, president obama talk about what had been a crushing defeat for the democrats, though he didnt put it that way. The resounding message, not just of this election, but basically the last several, is get stuff done. Reporter four years ago, he had been more colorful after another bruising midterm. Im not recommending for every future president that they take a shellacking like i did last night. Reporter this year, he didnt promise any changes to his style or his staff, but he said he got the voters message and pledged to compromise across the aisle after a few breed of republican helped the gop take control of the senate. We are going to make em squeal as president , they rightly hold me accountable to do more to make it work properly. Reporter on friday, hell meet with congressional leaders at the white house looking for issues to agree on. That would include mitch mcconnell. When the American Public choose a divided government, i dont think it means they want us to do anything. I think they want us to look for areas of agreement. Reporter some areas of agreement could include a plan to fix crumbling roads and bridges as well as Corporate Tax reform t. President also said hell bypass congress with an executive order on Immigration Reform. But 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 work on a bipartisan basis as much as possible and im going to keep on doing so. Reporter republicans say that could. Son 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 well, no kentucky bourbon summit is on the books, but this morning, the white house is planning for that big meeting with congressional leaders tomorrow him they say they will fix congress, which will be a change, the last is up him of segs, as you know, matt, have been the least productive in history. Chris, thanks very much. The midterms behind us. You think its 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 campaign alongside five candidates for senate, all of whom lost after she campaigned with them with the hash hagan, hillarys losers. Hillary was yesterdays news, i take two points away from this. Rand paul definitely running if 2016. He thinks Hillary Clinton is, too, so, it is on. Lets turn to josh elliot. The big sports story you are following, ray rice investigation. Good morning to you. Good morning to all of you. Former Baltimore Ravens star ray rice is expected to testify today in day two of his appeal hearing, tried to his Domestic Violence case. The question, will rice be allowed to return to the league as a player. Peter alexander has the very latest. Good morning. Reporter good morning, both ray rice and his wife will take their turns in this heated behind closed doors hearing. Sources tell nbc news commissioner Roger Goodell testified for more than two hours wednesday. At times under tough cross examination from the Players Union lawyer over whether goodell punished rice twice for that february attack on his wife. Ray rice wants back in the game. With his wife leading the way, the former ball more raven is taking on the nfl and commissioner Roger Goodell, who increased his suspension from two games to an indefinite ban after tmz sports released this graphic video. We had not seen that second tape that became public and it was a not consistent with what he said. Reporter players officials insist rice was punished twice for the same offense. Is ray rice telling the truth when he alleges the commissioner knew exactly what happened in the elevator or is the commissioner saying ray rice lied to him . Recently, i asked the new york prosecutor, hired by the nfl to help overhaul the leaks domestic policies whether any player should be immediately banned for a first offense . If you talk to any expert, they tell you that would be a very, very bad idea. Because nobody will report if that happened. Reporter meanwhile, Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson is waiting to hear if he will be allowed to return after the felony charge for striking his fouryearold son was dropped. Instead, peterson pleaded no contest to misdemeanor reckless assault. As the nfl tackles a few policy, still unanswered questions. What are you going to do when somebody is arrested . When will they be suspended . When will they be reinstated . Two months later, there is still nothing cohesive in place. Reporter the rice hearing is scheduled to wrap up today. We do not know how long it will take the arbitrator to announce her decision. Legal arbitrators say likely in the next two weeks. Will any nfl team peck him up . For one, the Baltimore Ravens say they wont. Meanwhile the remains of a movie executive to disappeared more than two years ago have been found. Gavin smith worked for 20th century fox. His disappearance has been 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. Frightening moments at a houston restaurant wednesday. Dozens of people having lunch wednesday afternoon when this happened the driver pulling into a handicapped spot apparently hit the gas perhaps instead of the brakes. You see plowing through the buffet line puning one dineer underneath that line. The strange thing, tow, yes, he backs up and pushes forward again in all, nine people injured, taken to the hop. Mostly suffered middle eastern injuries. The driver told the Restaurant Owner it was an accident and she feels really bad about what happened, understandably so. An investigation is under way. Finally, well, a look at savannahs near future. Take a look at this, for one baby girl and her parents. A priceless just a couple of weeks ago 4 million plus have watched this on youtube as she takes her very 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 cannot take that video him i dont know what are you doing to me. You are seated. Current conditions, its raining men here on the today show set. Taking part in the no shave today thing. Thats right. We will check in with carson. Carson on the other hand just, you know, breathes and he grows hair. Its amazing. I never seen it. He shaved completely this, mo. Its all back again. Anyway, you look at that wet weather stretching from Corpus Christi, texas, all the way up into new york. They will have rain right through friday. Another couple inches. Finally rain by saturday. Look at this, the next three to five inches of rain in Corpus Christi and brownsville. We will see that rain finally come to an end later today. Sunny by saturday. A high of only 48. And we got this storm system that will be developing, not quite a noreaster. A vigorous storm that moves through friday. Look at the snowfall. It will be dropping as you make your way into parts of foreign maine. Another foot or more near caribou, i mean, already, theyve had more snow than they normally get for the month of november and were just getting did you know enamel is your teeths first line of defense . But daily eating and drinking can leave enamel rough and weak. Introducing new Colgate Enamel Health toothpaste its unique formula replenishes weak spots with natural calcium. And gently polishes. For strong, healthy enamel. Strengthen the enamel that protects your teeth. Introducing new Colgate Enamel Health toothpaste. Replenish and polish for healthy enamel. Colgate. 1 brand recommended by deists. A dreary start. Steady rain this morning. Scattered rain showers this afternoon. Thats when the temperatures will be climbing just in the upper 50s today. Windy and chillier tomorrow. 43 in the morning. 54 in the afternoon. Those gusty wins bringing in colder air for the weekend. Youll really feel it saturday morning. Down to 34 degrees. Lower 50s for saturday and sunday. A nice warmup, though, with bright sunshine monday. And even warmer for tuesday. Veterans day. Have a great day. Thatsu your latest weather. The cmas, 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 award were also all about that bass. Hosting the awards for the seventh time. The song goes tout one feisty nurse in main, 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 [ music playing ] 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 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 was too top 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. Wu 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, brad paisley, Carrie Underwood. They killed it. They may have borrowed writers from saturday night live. It was good. A lot of different shows 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 then of the ten hashtag moments. Brad and carrie were revealing the genderof 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 . Oh, dam it what is wrong with you . Typical guy, right . So there it was, bernard writes in, he tweets, i see a screen grab of hashtag brad blew it, 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. 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. Thank you so much. I didnt know the babys gender. I few. You thought you knew. I guessed. You did. You had it right. A little girl. Anyway, comi