is nbc nightly news. reporting tonight, lester holt. good evening. it has happened before a deadly terror attack on a crowded modern shopping mall. and so it might be hard to dismiss entirely out of hand a new threat issued by the terror group al shabaab that identifies major mall as by name inside and outside this country as targets. as it often does in these cases, the u.s. government s walking a careful line here insisting tonight that there s no specific credible threat while at the same time urging the public to exercise heightened awareness. it s a threat especially hitting home in minnesota. nbc s kristen welker is outside the famous mall of america, one of the threatened targets with more for us. kristen. reporter: lester good evening. shopping traffic has been steady here at the nation s largest mall despite that video calling for an attack here. the white house today insisted that there is no plot that they are aware of. still this latest threat has sent shock
out. i feel we have a chance to get kayla out. the family s heart wrenching story and the way they are honoring her legacy and the way she wrote from captivity. another storm takes aim at millions in the south. another arctic blast. announcer: from nbc news this is a special edition of today with today s oscar after party. live from los angeles and savannah guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. good morning, everyone. welcome to the split edition of today on a monday morning. matt lauer in los angeles and savannah, tamron and natalie back in new york. the award for least sleep. tamron wins it. she watched the whole thing. i can t imagine you have been asleep. i got two hours, you got awe! how much did you get? i got about 45 minutes. he took a nap anyway. i m awake now. hold on. this is our top story. we are talking about the stars at the oscar. a lot just getting home after celebrating and while the academy awards expected severa
dinelaris. this is the fifth nomination for alejandro g. inarritu and his first oscar win. cheers. wow. the journey of birdman start three years ago when i ask nico, armando and alexander to follow me in a crazy idea and because they are crazy, they did it and we wrote together birdman. and for that, i am all my life grateful and thank for to share this experience with them. we want to thank our incredible cast. emma naomi andrea amy, lindsay, mr. norton zach and the maestro of maestro, mr. michael keaton. we re making this film fly. without you guys we would not be here. james, the producer. i want to thank, obviously, the great support from new lee region sy region. all the people to thank. my kids my wife thank you very much for all. thank you. this award wait, wait. family time. my daughters are my reason. marianna, our dog larry. [ speaking foreign language ] announcer: please welcome oscar nominee oprah winfrey. before the crew is hired, before the actor
now only on gma! announcer: from abc news, live from studio b in los angeles, this is good morning america s ultimate oscar party! good morning, america. . we are live on the west coast this morning. i got to say i love it. i feel like i m on the red carpet surrounding by all this glamour. this is always such a great night. how lucky to be back stage when you see all of the oscar winners at their moment and their most happy and joyful. there s eddie redmayne. and julianne moore. just feel so blessed. we got to see her kiss her husband and wave hi to her kids. beautiful. they were just you mentioned the red carpet. it was crowded. it was glamorous and a wonderful way to start the oscars there with john legend his wife christy and legend and his mom. it was just one of those special moments when people were there with their family and love ones sharing that moment with the world. nothing was going to let that rain get us down on the red carpet. it was magical. a d
dinelaris. this is the fifth nomination for alejandro g. inarritu and his first oscar win. cheers. wow. the journey of birdman start three years ago when i ask nico, armando and alexander to follow me in a crazy idea and because they are crazy, they did it and we wrote together birdman. and for that, i am all my life grateful and thank for to share this experience with them. we want to thank our incredible cast. emma naomi andrea amy, lindsay, mr. norton zach and the maestro of maestro, mr. michael keaton. we re making this film fly. without you guys we would not be here. james, the producer. i want to thank, obviously, the great support from new lee region sy region. all the people to thank. my kids my wife thank you very much for all. thank you. this award wait, wait. family time. my daughters are my reason. marianna, our dog larry. [ speaking foreign language ] announcer: please welcome oscar nominee oprah winfrey. before the crew is hired, before the actor