and savannah guthrie l good morning. welcome to today on a monday morning. it truly is a new day around here. i m matt lauer pleased to be sharing the new day with savannah guthrie, who after several years of playing a great role on this program, takes a step forward this morning and joins us as co-anchor of today. how does it feel? great. good morning. it s an honor to be here. nice to be here because i get to be the first to officially say, welcome to today. we are thrilled to have you. we have this goofy tradition here on the today show and have for sometime now where we get to do a deja vu. one more time. announcer: savannah guthrie live from studio 1a in rock plaza. you re going to have to get used to that. i m glad you played it again. i was so nervous, i didn t hear it the first time. you ll have to watch this whole show again probably. exactly. i mentioned savannah has been with the show for a while now, serving not only as the co-anchor of t