arrested. the man arrested for kissing, caressing, even swimming with gators. was he trying to get others to join him for close encounters with the dangerous beasts? that was great. good morning. also coming up on gma this morning, big movies by two giants of the american breakfast scene. millions of us get our morning caffeine hit at starbucks and dunkin donuts. paula cannot function without it. what they are promising now. you didn t take that personally, did you? no, i m a caffeine con know sure. i m intrigued by this. also, a mystery solved. a family of four vanished in ten, bodies found years later. this morning an arrest in that case. and the breaking news overnight, the apparent terror plot in london right at the start of a busy weekend for the royal family. scotland now looking into whether the queen was a potential target. arrested were made in several parts of the city. and lama hasan joins us from london. good morning. reporter: and good morning to y
let s give a welcome to mr. jay leno. former tonight show host returns to the show he hosted for decades. a look at the laughs for saturday, november 8th, 2014. announcer: from nbc news, this is today, with lester holt and erica hill. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. good morning. welcome to today on a saturday. i m lester holt. i m erica hill alongside sheinelle jones. we are missing one at the desk. that is because dylan dreyer is over at citifield. also in new york city in the borough of queens. she has a sneak peek at the macy s thanksgiving day parade. we will check in with her for a little inside scoop. i cannot stand it all. the tree going up. it s time. let s get to the top stories. this winter holiday related. cold weather. this is dangerously cold weather getting set to grip the country in the coming week. it is due to the storm pounding alaska today that is changing the course of the jet stream. the weather channel s mike seidel is in m
the iraqi securityy forces have gone on the offense. president obama ordered more u.s. troops to iraq. 1,500 additional u.s. personnel will be headed to iraq. there s a major expansion of u.s. boots on the ground. the effort comes with a big price tag. we ve got to to make sure that our efforts against isil are properly funded. it s in connection with an islamist plot to carry out an attack. president bush visited the texas hospital where the first ebola patient was treated in the u.s. the next u.s. attorney general could make history as the first african-american woman to hold that position. the president will nominate loretta lynch for the job. get your warm coats. a polar vortex is going to blast americans next week. highs only in the 20s or 30s. what an amazing sight off the coast of italy. two waterspouts formed sigh simultaneously simultaneously. all that he turned the table on the robber when he realized he was carrying a fake gun. a
president obama ordered more u.s. troops to iraq. 1,500 additional u.s. personnel will be headed to iraq. there s a major expansion of u.s. boots on the ground. the effort comes with a big price tag. we ve got to to make sure that our efforts against isil are properly funded. it s in connection with an islamist plot to carry out an attack. president bush visited the texas hospital where the first ebola patient was treated in the u.s. the next u.s. attorney general could make history as the first african-american woman to hold that position. the president will nominate loretta lynch for the job. get your warm coats. a polar vortex is going to blast americans next week. highs only in the 20s or 30s. what an amazing sight off the coast of italy. two waterspouts formed sigh simultaneously simultaneously. all that he turned the table on the robber when he realized he was carrying a fake gun. and all that mattered mr. gorbachev, tear down this
let s give a welcome to mr. jay leno. former tonight show host returns to the show he hosted for decades. a look at the laughs for saturday, november 8th, 2014. announcer: from nbc news, this is today, with lester holt and erica hill. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. good morning. welcome to today on a saturday. i m lester holt. i m erica hill alongside sheinelle jones. we are missing one at the desk. that is because dylan dreyer is over at citifield. also in new york city in the borough of queens. she has a sneak peek at the macy s thanksgiving day parade. we will check in with her for a little inside scoop. i cannot stand it all. the tree going up. it s time. let s get to the top stories. this winter holiday related. cold weather. this is dangerously cold weather getting set to grip the country in the coming week. it is due to the storm pounding alaska today that is changing the course of the jet stream. the weather channel s mike seidel is in m