lines. reporter: they are having acce access equipment to get a road in. there s certain areas dozers cannot work and that s why we bring in the hand crews. reporter: down the street at the coffee house in girl roy. our heart goes out to them and you want to do what you can. reporter: owner connie thomas is part of a volunteer group that s been collecting donations and even providing free coffee to first responders and evacuees. if that happened to me and if i was coming down off of there and worrying about my animals and stuff like that, i just wanted to do what i thought i would want. reporter: a simple gesture but one that hasn t gone unnotice and now as neighbors wait to head back to their homes. i don t want to see anybody get hurt, you know. our houses are not worth somebody s life, flat out bottom line. reporter: a sincere message to crews fighting the flames atop loma prieta. we ve been in touch with cal fire and expect another update within the hour.
we re set to go one on one with the hottest music star on the planet. her unprecedented two-day appearance begins right now. well, good morning, america. this is going to be so good! we are never ever ever getting back together turning times square red, and times square is so packed this morning. take a look at this moment. taylor swift, just a few minutes ago, liarriving in times square. they ve been lined up all weekend long to see taylor swift. you can see why her brand-new album, red is shooting to number one on itunes. look at all those fans. you re going to go one on one. one on one with taylor swift. good morning, america. as you know, robin is home recovering from her bone marrow transplant. we re glad to have amy robach here. tonight in boca raton, florida, there you see the table where mitt romney and barack obama will be sitting down with bob schieffer. foreign policy is the focus tonight. but, boy, this debate could not be more important. this race
and taylor swift in times square this morning as we re set to go one-on-one with the hottest star on the planet. her unprecedented two-day appearance begins right now. well, good morning, america. this is going to be so good! in times square, red, abdom and times square is so packed. take a look. taylor swift in times square. they ve been lined up all weekend long to see taylor swift. you can see why it s shooting to number one on itunes. look at all those fans. we re going one-on-one. one-on-one with taylor swift. good morning, america, as you know, robin is home. we re glad to have amy robach here. tonight in boca raton, florida, there you see the table where mitt romney and barack obama will be sitting down with bob schieffer. foreign policy is the focus tonight. this race as title as it possibly can be. wow, those chairs we also have our eye on a tropical system right now. could become a tropical storm, sam says in the next 24 to 48 hours. it could be head
live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. and good morning. welcome to a split edition of today . i m matt lauer where the opening ceremony will be held tonight. a look back over 1,000 years of russian history. in honor of that on a friday morning, we re starting 400 years ago with meredith vieira sitting next to me. all i can say is the stench of vodka. and we re off and running. yes. do we miss that. exactly. we are on air, guys. we knew the opening ceremony would have drama and tension. the gang is all here. what we want to know is russia ready to welcome the the world. they better be. 40,000 people getting in the stadium is going to be a little awkward. they are still doing little funny things. you see them planting palm trees. the wrappers are still on them. still painting going on. but the opening ceremonies seems ready. yeah. a few little kinks. but it is so ambitious. if they pull it off it s going to be fantastic. we ll tell you more in just a li