[ laughter ] more than 5.5 million people have laughed along with him online. now he s brought his giggling to our studios today, friday, march now he s brought his giggling to our studios today, friday, march 4, 2011. captions paid for by nbc-universal television and good morning. welcome to today on a friday morning. i m matt lauer. i m meredith vieira. i think i m a million of those hits on youtube. micah is so cute. he s right there. i know. he s a cute little boy and i have a feeling he ll be laughing people will be ripping paper in front of that little boy for the rest of his life. we need a laugh because gas prices are unbelievable. last time they went up this fast was in the wake of hurricane katrina. in new jersey prices are among the cheapest in the country but drivers won t like this. the station is raising prices 17 cents this morning. why is gas going up and, by the way, why are stocks going up as well? what does that mean for the bottom line? we