Thousands of people have lined up across the country to be among the first to get their hands on it. Here in new york, the line stretches for 12 blocks. And look who is out there with them, today, friday, september 19th, 2014. Welcome to today on a friday morning. Im matt lauer along with hoda kotb, al roker and natalie morales. Savannah continues on maternity leave. We have the same route to work in the morning. By the time i came down, the line stretched to 70th street. Im surprised car sson hasn been mugged. Its dangerous. People have been out there for two weeks. Carson, how is it going . Its pretty crazy, matt, as can you imagine. Were seeing scenes like this all across the country. This particular apple store particularly opened 2 hours, closed midnight in anticipation for this, the line goes around the block, snakes up to 67th street. Again, were seeing this sort of frenzy all across the country. Its pretty crazy. Im holding the product which not a lot of people get. I really sh