Laughing . Al roker al takes us behind the scene of his starstudded uso tour for our troops overseas, today, wednesday, october 8th, 2014. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning. Welcome to today on a wednesday morning. Im matt lauer, along with tamron hall, al roker and natalie morales, savannah begins on maternity leave. Its not often we begin a show by mooning you. You know what . Its worth it today. Look at the blood moon. That is a live picture from out in california. Its also coinciding with the hunter moon, a full moon in october. Carson will have much more in the orange room. That is our logo. Our top story on this wednesday morning, doctors in oklahoma turning to an american who survived his own battle with ebola to help a photo journalist infected with the illness now. Kate snow is in omaha with more on this. Reporter good morning, matt. Brantlys blood will be administered to ashok