and savannah guthrie. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. and good morning. happy friday, everybody. i m savannah guthrie. and i m carson daly along side al roker and natalie morales. matt is on assignment. welcome to today, or as carson calls it, escape from the orange room. good to have you here. i m a loyalist. i sat with my friends in the orange room. we tried to add orange accents so you feel at home. i appreciate that. our top story, the frightening accident at the north carolina state fair. chris is in raleigh this morning with the story. chris, good morning to you. reporter: savannah, good morning to you. authorities here on this investigation are saying they have few details stressing that it s too early to say why, a vortex, a brand-new ride here at the north carolina state fair, just as people were getting off the ride, suddenly jolted back to a start. it sounded like a bunch of stuff hitting medal. reporter: scary moments for riders on
yes. ya bab dabba do. all right. so here s a question for you. when you initially start dating someone you re going to be in new orleans? i m in new orleans talking to journalism students. so when you meet a guy and start dating, at what point do you let him see you without makeup on? you know how long ago that s been? yeah? so long that i can t remember. you didn t need makeup ever. it was so long ago. now it takes four hours. they say the average woman no, that was not necessary. but look at the smile on my face. it s like i just passed gas. that s awful. if you ever i shouldn t say you, that bothers me more than any picture ever. not because of the no makeup, but because of the smile. the average woman waits four weeks before going bare faced, a month. i that it is about right. look, when they re used to seeing one way and then suddenly you re not, it could be terrifying. i don t think joanne has ever let her husband see her without makeup
breakfast cereal. it s time to talk about the economy. good morning. i m melissa harris-perry. halloween may be over, but some of you are still coming down off a sugar high after indulging your love for creepy characters. you know who you are. the ones who upon discovering that general mills was releasing its classic monster cereals for a limited time only for halloween, booked to the grocery store to horde as many boxes as possible. we connect you with old friends, boo-berry, franken berry and even the return of fruity yummy mummy, which disappeared from the shelves in 1992, and fruit brute, which hasn t been seen in the cereal aisle for nor than 30 years. of course the not stalgia for these cereals, you can t separate the childhood memories of eating those cereals from what motivated you to want them in the first place. franken benry has strawberry flavored sweetness. count chocula has chocolate flavored sweetness. and boo berry, blueberry flavored sweetness. it ins
football season at central bucks west high school. not a result after tough loss, but through serious allegations cents of hazing by members of the football team. all come down to like the name of cb west, what everyone will think about it now. on thursday one day ahead of the most and at this time pad game of the season against rival cb east, superintendent canceled the rest of the season. he says it is a necessary move after an internal ongoing investigation shows improper conduct by members of the football team and failure of the coaching staff to properly supervise activities. still, many student we spoke with, say the allegation haves been blown out of proportion. it isn t as repulsive as it actually sounded, like, you know kids on the team? i know kids on the team. and everyone was furious. but in a letter to parents, superintendent david whitesell writes the investigation determined that new team members were expected to participate in humiliating and inaprop
put that down. we were talking about people who talk to you on the phone and talk to their kids in the background. you know how jim mocks our fitness session? i was eating an apple and he he said he said, how are you going to burn off that apple. here she is, the current news center. good morning, everybody, the battles to restrict abortion continue in texas and former senator and former presidential candidate rick santorum is jumping into the fray. santorum will go to texas and hold a press conference in austin. his spokesman said he s joining those giving a voice to the unborn seriously and backing a bill that would ban abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy. remember this is a state bill and rick santorum is from pennsylvania. anyway thousands of activists both anti-abortion and pro-choice have been swarming the capitol to weigh in on the bill. the state committee has determined to vote today. the bill is requesting that doctors have admitting privileges to hospitals a