get online payroll and put hours back in your day suntrust. live solid. bank solid. good morning. breaking news. iran tests more missiles overnight, including one capable of reaching israel. as tensions mount over the discovery of that secret nuclear site, and this morning, officials say there may be more secret facilities. why now? a lawyer for filmmaker roman polanski calls his client's arrest 32 years after he pled guilty to having sex with a 13-year-old girl indefensible. but will polanski fight extradition? and nbc news exclusive. just days before the international olympic committee chooses a host city for the 2016 games, we have exclusive information about a big final push to bring those games to chicago "today," monday, push to bring those games to chicago "today," monday, september 28th, 2009. captions paid for by nbc-universal television and good morning, welcome to "today" on a monday morning. i'm matt lauer. >> i'm meredith vieira. we'll get to that major news tied to the windy city's olympic bid in just a moment. as pressure builds for iran to come clean on its nuclear ambitions, that country's defiance once again on full display. >> overnight iran's powerfu revolutionary guard fired at least three missiles, including one missile said to have the longest range in that country's arsenal. it is now the third round of missile tests since president obama announced on friday the discovery of that once-secret nuclear site. and it all comes just days before a rare face-to-face meeting between iran and u.s. officials. we'll have the latest on what's becoming an increasingly tense situation in a couple of minutes. also ahead, important information for parents of teenaged drivers. two new studies are out this morning that highlight what adults need to do to keep those young drivers safe. one step researchers say, don't buy your teen his or her own car. we'll have more on that coming up. also ahead, is it a medical miracle or something else? a couple in arkansas is expecting two babies. that is not unusual. but here's what is. she believes the children were conceived weeks apart. her doctor may agree. she'll join us along with her husband to talk about that a little later in the program. strange. but let us begin with those new missile tests in iran. nbc's chief foreign affairs correspondent andrea mitchell is in washington with more on this story. andrea, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, matt. iran is defiant today, test firing three more missiles, including at least one with a range long enough to reach israel and u.s. bases in the gulf. this follows a missile test sunday, all this in advance of this week's diplomatic showdown with the u.s. and european allies in geneva. thumbing its nose at the u.s. and europe, iran test-fired medium-range missiles. when mahmoud ahmadinejad's nuclear negotiator shows up in geneva thursday, diplomats representing the u.s., britain, france and germany will demand rapid u.n. inspections to begin within weeks. the president has worked hard to bring iran's traditional supporter, russia, on-board. >> the russians have come out with a strong statement saying that the burden has now shifted. it has shifted to iran. >> reporter: even china, another ally of iran's, may endorse the allied position. why the united front? the president says, because the evidence that iran is cheating is now clear. >> what has changed is that the international community i think has spoken. it is now up to iran to respond. >> reporter: the suspect plant is tunnelled into a mountain on a military base 100 miles southwest of iran's holy city. iran says it is for peaceful nuclear energy. allied intelligence says that's impossible. it is far too small to produce anything but fuel for nuclear weapons. what if iran refuses to negotiate? the pentagon has told congress military strikes alone would not eliminate iran's nuclear clet. only slow it down. >> the facility are in several different places. some are hardened, underground, in tunnels. you'd have to have a ground operation as well as a military operation, and that's very difficult to do. >> reporter: instead, the u.s. is proposing tough economic sanctions. by t end of the year. hoping to cut off the money iran needs to finance its nuclear operations. >> their economic problems are difficult enough that i think severe sanctions would have the potential of bringing them to change their policies. i think you ask me how long do i think we have? i would say, somewhere between one to three years. >> reporter: intelligence experts believe that iran may have other secret underground facilities that have yet to be disclosed. one reason the u.s. and allies want to get u.n. inspectors into that country right away. >> andrea, thanks very much. andrea mitchell in washington. it's now 7:05. now to the nbc news exclusive involving chicago's hopes of landing the 2016 olympic games. nbc's savannah guthrie is at the white house. savannah, good morning. what can you tell us? >> reporter: good morning, meredith. senior aides tell me the president will make a personal trip to copenhagen to make that personal pitch for chicago to get the 2016 games. international olympic committee is meeting on friday to make the final decision between four finalist cities. originally the president didn't think he was going to be able to go georgia. he was concern the health care debate would be if full swing. but he has now decided to make this trip. aides tell me it was a game-time decision and his decision alone. the first lady is still planning to attend. she'll leave a little bit earlier, be in place wednesday to lobby ioc officials. president will depart thursday evening, fly all night, be there in time to make a pitch, be part of chicago's presentation friday morning, then back in time for dinner. this is said to be really close particularly between chicago and rio de janeiro. aides hope the president going there will really make the difference. this is a first for the u.s. president. chicago and copenhagen officials both being notified this morning, meredith. >> you would tnk they'd have already made their decision. this last-minute lobbying. >> i know. you think that would have come weeks and months ago. and what happens if the president fleiies to koeppecop and they choose rio. >> i almost feel like somebody's tipped him off. go ahead. >> i had to count to three for a second. now to the latest on the surprising arrest over the weekend of famed and some would say notorious director roman polanski. will t 76-year-old finally return to the u.s. to face sentencing for a 1977 sex crime involving a 13-year-old girl? nbc's dawna friesen is in zurich, switzerland, where polanski was arrested. good morning, dawna. >> reporter: good morning, matt. polanski came here to receive a lifetime achievement award at the zurich filmfestival. instead he was taken into custody as soon as he landed, arrested on a 32-year-old warrant for having sex with an underaged girl. for years he's lived as one of the film world's most celebrated fugitives. roman polanski, now 76 has directed movie classics from "chinatown," to "rosemary's baby," but a dark episode in his own past has long plagued him. >> never dreamt of finding myself on the other side of the law. >> reporter: in 1977, polanski pleaded guilty to having sex with a minor. his victim was just 13. it took place at jack nicholson's l.a. home while the actor was away. plansky was said to be photographing the girl for a modeling shoot. she, long ago, went public about the ordeal. >> it was so traumatic starting that night when my mom called the police and the police come over and they take you to the hospital, then they take you to the police station. >> reporter: polanski spent 42 days in prison undergoing psychiatric tests but fled the u.s. before being sentenced. for more than three decades he's lived in france where is he a citizen and has never returned to the u.s., even when his film "the pianist" won an oscar in 2002. now 30 years later the law has caught up to him. >> until you're ultimately sentenced by a court of law, there is no justice. >> reporter: but many question, why now? >> this is for me a shock and i'm ashamed of the swiss. >> i think most people in the movie business are stunned and puzzled. >> reporter: the french culture minister says he was dumbfounded by polanski's arrest and worries a new ordeal is being inflicted on him, polanski lost his mother in auchwitz and he was married to susan tate. some think polanski has to face the music. >> time doesn't make the crime go away. if you do the crime, you should do the time. >> reporter: his victim though doesn't want to see him put in jail, she's forgiven him. polanski now faces possible extradition to the united states. this morning, polanski's french lawyer said not only that he plans to fight the arrest but also any extradition proceedings. for now, polanski remains in custody here in zurich. we're told it's possible under swiss law he could apply for bail if he agrees to stay here in switzerland. we're also told it is extremely rare for anyone to be granted that under these circumstances. matt? >> dawna, thank you ver much. dan abrams is nbc's chief legal analyst. roman polanski has been in switzerland on numerous occasions in the past. he's skied there. reports are he even had a house there. why is he arrested now? >> i think it is because they had the will and the opportunity. >> they had the opportunity in the past though. >> well, it is a combination of the two. they also had to have the will to do it. i think it became clear that the u.s. officials said here's the flight that he's coming in on. we know he's going to be there. we have renewed this effort to execute this warrant. we now are asking you again to do this. >> what's behind that renewed effort then if you're correct on the part of the l.a. district attorney? is this politics or something else? is he get being pressure from e family? what? >> almost all decisions made by prosecutors are discretionary ones, meaning the prosecutor here clearly made a decision where they said, we've decided we're not giving up on this case. this is a valid warrant. he left the country before he was sentenced. we want to finish this case. remember, this is also become active again as of late. he tried to get this thrown out last year. a judge said, tho, that's being appealed. >> begs the question, why would roman polanski accept this honor from the zurich film festival if it's tipped his hand. >> because he's been there many times before. he was saying to himself, i've been to switzerland before, i've been staying there for long periods of time, i haven't had a problem in the past. why would i have a problem now? >> what happens if he's returned to the united states? >> they would then start where they left off, which is to effectively have that sentencing. there are all sorts of interesting legal questions as to do you apply all of the rules that were in place back then? because remember, the sentencing is much tougher now than it was back then. >> real quickly, samantha giimer, the then-13-year-old, now in her mid-40s, just wants to drop it and move on with her life. does that have any impact? >> a little. the original prosecutor said there was misconduct. the victim says she wants this to go away. that all works in polanski's favor but that doesn't change the fact that he still fled. interesting legal questions to come. >> dan abrams, as always, thanks very much. now, meredith. let's head over to the news desk where ann curry has the latest headlines. >> good morning. also in the news this morning, the government of the philippines has declared a state of calamity following the nation's worst flooding there in more than 40 years. more than 140 people have been killed and the toll is expected to rise. u.s. troops are helping in the relief effort. german chancellor angela mer kael won a second term in sunday's election, a key u.s. ally and president obama has called to congratulate her. overseas markets are mostly down this morning following dropping sharply in asia. cnbc's melissa francis is at new york stock exchange. also dropping overseas, the dollar. >> that's right. we've seen a lot of this lately. the dollar, oil and gold all falling at the same time. it is unusual because normally the dollar and commodities move in opposite directions. it is definitely something to watch. but meanwhile, take a look at stocks so far this week, this month, this quarter. we've seen the dow rise 47% since its low back in march. the third quarter coming to an end. it's on track to be the best third quarter for the dow since 1939. a big jobs number out on friday. watch that as well. ann, back to you. >> melissa francis, thank you. on a very sad note, award-winning "new york times" columnist william sapphire died sunday of pancreatic cancer. the author of more than a dozen books, articles on language, and speech writer for former president nixon, william sapphire was 79 years old. police in southern california are still baffled by the disappearance of mitrice richardson who disappeared after being released from a l.a. county sheriff's office. search teams with rescue dogs and on horseback combed the rugged terrain near malibu. >> we are searching about a 60 to 80-square-mile area and we're searching basically from the malibu sheriff's station onward to malibu itself. >> reporter: that malibu sheriff's station is the last place richardson was seen and where her parents are laying the blame for her disappearance. >> it was nothing protecting her when they allowed her to walk out that door based on policy and procedure. >> reporter: richardson was arrested after she reportedly refused to pay an $89 bill at this exclusive malibu restaurant. management says she looked soaper but also described her behavior as unusual. police found a small amount of marijuana in her c and took her into custody. she was booked, then released at about 1:30 a.m. after making a few phone calls, the 24-year-old, who her mother says was atrade of the dark and lacked street savvy, left the station with no car, no purse, or even a cell phone. the sheriff's department says it could not force her to stay. meanwhile, mitrice richardson's parents hold out hope through their frustration. >> it is hard to put into words what i feel as a mother. i can tell you with absolute certainty, it feels like i have stepped into a might nar. >> if you have any information about mitrice richardson, call 1-877-lapd-24-7. more than 180 sky divers from 31 countries set a woman's formation sky diving world record over the weekend in the skies over california. they were raising money for breast cancer research and cancer survivors were among those who participated. beautiful. 7:15. back to matt, meredith and al. nice, huh? >> very nice. ann, thanks very much. how was your weekend? >> it was pretty nice. here we are and we're talking about changeable weather coming in here especially into the northeast and new england. we've got low pressure over new england, bringing rain there. also low pressure up over the great lakes. that's pinwheeling showers and thunderstorms across the ohio river valley, on into the northeast. as we look at rainfall amounts, generally one inch or so to a half-inch of rain but winds will be a big problem from international falls all the way into maine. looking at wind gusts of 10 to ç#ç#ç#ç#ç#ç#ç#ç#ç#ç#ç#ç#ç#ç#ç#ç good morning. sun rise over the potomac. there is a glitter path of sunlight on the potomac river. sun's up, clear sky, fresh and cool, low and mid 50s. right downtown and near the bay, near 60. afternoon highs, climbing into the mid 70s before a front arrives. there is a small chance of a passing shower. the big story will be blustery winds after the front goes by. >> that's your latest weather. >> you tired from carrying all of hollywood on your back, once again? your movie? >> "cloudy with a chance of meatballs." >> $60 million, we're hearing? is there what's your cut on that in. >> zero. >> we can't expect a free lunch today? >> oh, sure you can! i'll see you as mickey d's. i'll just wipe the floor with bruce willis. >> very good stuff. now to the swine flu and the rapidly increasing number of patients showing flu-like symptoms. so many in fact that unusual steps are now being taken in hospitals across the country. nbc's janet schamlian is outside of a children's hospital in memphis, tennessee to explain. janet, good morning to you. >> reporter: meredith, good morning. unusual indeed. this is something we're not used to seeing outside a hospital. emergency triage tents staffed with doctors and nurses. they're set up here in the parking lot of the children's medical center because inside the emergency room is often at capacity. overflowing with young patients. a surge of sick kid. >> pull up by one of these white spaces that says "flu screen parking." go in the entrance to the tent there. >> reporter: so many arriving here with flu symptoms, they've opened a new emergency room outside the hospital, inside a large tent. >> he just hasn't been herself all day. she's had a really high fever that tylenol is not seeming to get rid of. i'd rather be safe than sorry. >> reporter: 14,000 kids in just two months, double what a normal flu season brings. >> has she been saying that her throat hurts? >> yeah. >> reporter: for this hospital, and others across the country, it is a prescription for overload. >> well, physically we just don't have the space to handle that, plus we needed the pace to take care of the more sicker patients. >> reporter: families like the trotters, so worried they drove an hour to get their 12-year-old son check out. >> he's had a headache, dizzy, and coughing and sore throat and all that. he's in the feeling real good at all. >> reporter: only the most serious cases are admitted. about 100 kids so far. mike the was sent home with doctor's orders to take it easy and take a few days off of school. what was your level of concern? how worried were you? >> me? i started balling because it's so many kids that was in the school that have been sick. i don't know. >> reporter: the hospital doesn't know how long this will continue, how bad it will get. but for most coming through here, doctors and nurses are offering families something stronger than medication -- peace of mind. two children have died at this hospital this month from the h is n 1 virus. but for the thousands of kids who have come through here since august 1st, it is important to note that only 100 have been sicknough to admit to the hospital. meredith, back to you. >> janet schamlian, thank you very much. it is 7:19. once again, here's matt. now to a $529 million taxpayer loan to help finance the cars of tomorrow. the recipient -- a small car company backed by former vice president al gore. nbc's miguel almaguer has details. >> reporter: it's gone from concept car to near reality, thanks in part to a half billion dollars in federal money. the department of energy has green-lighted a $529 million loan for fisker automotive, impressed by ts plug-in hybrid car, it's also impressed al gore, the former vice president who not only preordered his own, he invested in the company. >> al gore's involvement is completely irrelevant to this loan. the intent of the fiskar loan is to give them the opportunity to design a new vehicle in pontiac, michigan and manufacture a new vehicle here in the united states. >> reporter: but at an estimated $90,000, critics say these exotic cars aren't affordable. >> it is not for the average american. >> reporter: and they argue companies like fiskar and tesla motors whose electric car costs over $100,000 don't need additional money. >> they have plenty of money and the product they're going to cre