collins sexually abused three young girls, and ma kprrks is back, one of the most legendary rock bands of all time, fleetwood mac together again live on our plaza. don t stop thinking about today thursday, october 9th, 2014. from nbc news, this is today. with matt lauer and savannah guthrie live from rockefeller plaza. welcome to a very special thursday here, savannah is on maternity live, and matt has the morning off. we were dancing before the show started. poor matt missing out today. oh, what we have all waited for. look at that crowd. it is huge. older than our one direction crowd. just as fervent and as dancing. this is cute. they are singing several songs. how do you narrow it down? 50 hits, and what will they play? wait to find out. we can t wait. let s begin with concerns over the ebola virus in the wake of the death of the first person diagnosed in this country. nbc national correspondent kate snowe in omaha where another patient who was workin
and a very funny lady, former snl cast member jan hooks famous for impressions of everybody from sinead o connor to tammy faye bakker dead at the age of 57. we ll remember her life today friday, october 10, 2014. announcer: from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. welcome to today on this friday morning. i m tamron hall. i m willie geist along side al and natalie. matt has the morning off. savannah enjoying time with baby vale. we saw jan hooks, that was a gut punch to learn we lost her. i came up watching snl. she was one of the funniesfunni she always had this bright laugh and great smile. so sad. we re hearing some of the inspiration from amy poehler. we ll talk much more. straight to our top story. announcement of the nobel peace prize, two winners including malala yousafzai, nbc s keir simmons is in london with mere. good morning. reporter: good morning. what a stunning moment for an extr
islamic state remains in control of most of the territory it has seized, and is now threatening to capture the syrian town of kobani, just 6 miles from the turkish border. we will get the latest from investigative journalist patrick cockburn and speak with ghaith abdul-ahad, an iraqi journalist working with the guardian to embedded with shia militias fighting the sunnis. then, a new film is out called kill the messenger. webb,ls the story of gary one of the most maligned figures in investigative journalism. one of the dea s most wanted. brought in thousands of kilos to the u.s. every day. jesus. talks in 1996, gary webb published an explosive series in the san jose mercury news titled, dark alliance that revealed ties between the cia, nicaraguan contras, and the crack cocaine trade ravaging african-american communities here at home. we will speak with veteran , arnalist robert parry reporter who originally broke the story in the 1980 s, who devised webb before he publ
he s a quiet man with a past and helps out a young girl, equalizes the situation. but is playing the real james bond up next for denzel. you were asked if you would ever play james bond and you said they better hurry up. no, no i said did you not say that. i said, yeah, sure let s get a campaign started and they did. but i was joking. i couldn t believe this but hitting the sixth level. i like that. you look fantastic, man. obviously keeping in great shape, you still boxing? boxed today. i know you like to mix it up. are you doing anything special to celebrate this particular birthday or does your wife have something planned? quiet, reflection, okay, just walk the earth, smell the deep. just low key, i told her no big party, no nothing. denzel, like myself actively involved with the boys and girls club of america, we both serve as national spokes persons for the club ena surprised him with some members from burbank and the greater east va
girls. mack is back. one of the legendary pop band, fleetwood mack live on our plaza. don t stop thinking about today, thursday, october 9, 2014. from nbc knew, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. and welcome to today on a special thursday morning around here. i m willie geist, with natalie morales and al roker and tamron hall. poor matt missing out today. this is what he waited for. look at that crowd. it is huge. a little less than our one direction crowd but just as fervent and dedicated. this is huge, singing several songs. the question, how do you narrow it down? you can choose from 50 hits. what will they play? you have to wait to find out, but let s begin this morning with the re-concern over the ebola virus in the wake of the death of the first person in this country. kate snow is in omaha where a patient from liberia is being treated. reporter: good morning, doctors here are hoping maybe