again ask the question, are we alone today, friday, august 16th, 2013. announcer: from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. live from studio 1-a in rockefeller plaza. good morning. welcome to today on a friday morning. i m matt lauer. i m savannah guthrie along side natalie morales. al is having fun today. he s at the iowa state fair. we ll check in with him in a few minutes. he s missing a great concert on our plaza. we just asked the question, are we alone today? not on the plaza. a lot of cowboy boots in that crowd. luke bryan is here in our 8:30 half hour. looking forward to that. also ahead, 16-year-old hannah anderson made her first public appearance. she did it last night since the abduction ordeal. more on that return coming up. first, the calls on nationwide marches today. nbc s richard engel is in cairo. once again, richard, good morning. reporter: good morning. i am now under a bridge in cairo with several protesters. they