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2013. Announcer from nbc news, this is today. With lester holt, and erica hill. Live, from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Welcome to today on this sunday morning. Im erica hill. Im lester holt. We have a lot to get to. We want to start with the breaking news in kenya. The siege is now in its second day. Overnight the number of dead from 39 to at least 59. The militant terrorist group al shibab has claimed responsibility. Well ask a terrorism expert how vulnerable we may be here in the u. S. Because of past statements by this terrorist group. But first, the latest from ron allen who is on scene in nairobi. Reporter it was a brazen attack in broad daylight, as one of the most popular places for families to spend a saturday afternoon, the elegant westgate Shopping Mall, erupted into a battlefield. Gunmen burst in throwing grenades, then firing a hail of bullets. Hundreds of people, including many children there for a special event, hid wherever they could. Some for several hours, until they could escape. He shot at my head. Luckily it hit the wall behind me. We started to run. Reporter a North Carolina woman says it was terrifying. You could hear them medically going from store to store, talking to people, asking questions, shooting, screams, and then it would stop for a while and they would go to another store. Reporter the militant group claimed it was retaliation for the troops being sent into somalia. The gunmen, this man said, had a special message for muslims in the crowd. Nonmuslims, witnesses say, were executed. It was the worst attack since the 1988 bombing of the u. S. Embassy. On national television, the countrys president said he, too, lost close family members in the attack. As he tried to reassure a nation on edge, and where security is now beefed up in public places. We shall hunt down the perpetrators, wherever they run to. We shall get them. And we shall punish them for this heinous crime. Reporter this morning the government claims it has the gunmen contained. While hostages remain in several unsecure locations in the mall. And while many wait for word about relatives and friends, still unaccounted for. That was ron allen reporting from nairobi. New york times photographer tyler hicks was near the mall when the attack happened. He raced inside to capture some pretty dramatic and scary pictures as the drama unfolded. I spoke with him earlier this morning. I began by asking him what he saw while he was with the police and they began going through the mall looking for survivors. Reporter yes, it was very traumatic. Just in front of the mall, there were three bombers, one still in the car, three gunned down. As i proceeded up a ramp to an upper level, i could see there were people streaming out. Very terrified people streaming out from the upper floor of the mall. This is where i went inside. And linked up with some Kenyan Police who were sweeping through, looking for militants, and trying to help civilians get out. It was really a horrific scene. There was a woman who had been shot in the head. And other several men scattered around in a cafe, in front of the bank, at the entrance of a supermarket. So it was really a serious situation. Youve been in some of the worst situations there are, in afghanistan, in pakistan. You won a number of awards for your work there. Whats different, though, when youre in this situation, and this kind of attack is unfolding, versus when youre in a war zone . Reporter there are a lot of similarities. The people that we were with were doing a classic sweep, that you see in a place like afghanistan, where theyre going from one door to the next, peering around corners, clearing hallways, and just moving very cautiously, keeping cautious about any ieds, or bombs that might have been planted. So it was very much like a war zone inside the mall. Was there ever a concern, you live in nairobi, was there ever a concern prior to this being in that mall or a place like a mall, that it could be a target . Reporter there have been this mall there were two places that were always discussed, that people said this could be an attack, that would happen here. And its always a reality that you think it could happen. But its always, again, a surprise when it does happen. And unfortunately it did. And it was a very bad one. We know it is still unfolding there. I know youre near the scene. We hope this wraps up quickly and without further loss of life. Tyler, appreciate your time this morning. Thank you. Reporter thank you. Erica, thanks. Good morning, good to see you. Al shabaab has claimed responsibility. They have named kenya as a target in the past, but they also named the u. S. So, therefore, should we be worried . Thats part of the problem is that theres been a history of shabaab recruiting people from this kenya somali border area. Where else are they recruiting from . From right here in the United States, minneapolis, portland, maine. Seattle, washington. San diego. These are not places you think of as being the headquarters for terrorist groups. But nonetheless, shabaab has had quite a bit of success in terms of finding local people in these different cities inside the u. S. , and bringing them to somalia. That includes both somali ex patriots, as well as people who havent been in somalia. When you look at the mumbai attacks several years ago, lowtech, primarily automatic weapons. We saw that in our own country last week. It wasnt a terror attack, but the notion somebody could walk into a Shopping Mall and begin shooting is very real anyplace. Do we have any defense against that sort of attack . It doesnt require a lot of sophistication, it doesnt require a lot of people or a lot of hardware. This is a concern. When you look at Something Like kenya, this didnt require years of preparation. They might have taken some time, but it didnt require building a bomb. It didnt require coming up with some sort of complicated scenario. Unfortunately that means somebody with relatively little sophistication here in the u. S. , whether they have a tie to shabaab, could do something similar. A troubling thought. Appreciate it. Thank you very much. President obama will speak later today at what is sure to be an emotional memorial for the victims of that deadly navy yard shooting. Kristen welker is live with more. Good morning. Reporter good morning to you. Thats right, president obama will take on the all too familiar role of comforter in chief, when he speaks at that Memorial Service a little bit later on today, from tucson, arizona, to aurora, colorado, newtown, connecticut, all too familiar with delivering these speeches in the wake of a mass shooting. I anticipate he will pay tribute to the victims as he has in the past. Hell offer words of support. He often draws from scripture in these settings. What i dont expect is it to be a repeat of the newtown speech. That was more of a call to action. It claimed the lives of so many young children, we saw president obama, Congressional Democrats really renew a stiffer push for gun legislation, with i would have included expanded background checks. They had broad public support. Ultimately that legislation didnt even make its way through the democraticallycontrolled senate. So based on my conversations here at the white house and with those on capitol hill, there doesnt seem to be a real appetite to renew those efforts for stiffer gun laws. Thats in part because the politics are so difficult. You saw that in the wake of newtown. And also because, of course, right now washington has its eyes trained on so many other issues from syria to, of course, the looming budget battle. The first lady will be joining president obama later today. Kristen, thank you. Speaking of the looming budget battle, the president and congress have only eight days left to avoid a possible Government Shutdown. With the clock ticking, the president took republicans to task on saturday night when he spoke to the congressional black caucus. This is an interesting thing to ponder. That your top agenda is making sure 20 Million People dont have health insurance. And youd be willing to shut down the government and potentially default for the first time in United States history, because it bothers you so much. David gregory is moderator of meet the press. Good morning. Good morning. This doesnt end well. Does either side show any indication of blinking . Well, i actually think that republicans may blink in this respect. I think while there are those who want to defund obama care, i can tell you, Speaker Boehner thinks the better, more palatable fight is to try to delay it and link it to the debt ceiling. That theyll pursue a bill, that would raise the debt ceiling, but include the delaying obama care. What they have felt is a lot of pressure from the house, and from senators like ted cruz and mike leeb, who will say, no, we want this fight over defunding obama care. The speaker said, okay, lets have the fight. Does the president show an appetite, though, to negotiate over obama care . He says no. The problem, lester, is that if he calls for a vote right now in the senate, i dont think the votes are there to raise the debt ceiling. Hes going to have to do some negotiation at some level to get it through in the end. Other issues, the more moderate president of iran rowhani is going to be in new york this week. He had showed some softening, open negotiations with washington in his conversation with ann curry. Do we think he will sit down with the president in his visit to the country . I think theres high potential it could happen. And i think its got to be a straightforward sort of thing to say, look, if were going to have a conversation, its going to be a straightforward conversation about you disman e dismantling your Weapons Program and not being at all, you know, not trying to obfuscate at all about the sanctions. Theyve shown signs of doing real damage to the iranian economy. Theyve got to come clean. I think thats where the president will lay down a clear demand. David gregory, thanks. Well talk to you a bit later about whats coming up later this morning on meet the press. Some of the other mornings stories. Thomas roberts is here with more on that, including breaking news on a deadly attack near a church in pakistan. Lets get you caught up on that. Were learning about the new death toll there. We begin in pakistan where a suicide bombing near a church killed 75 people and wounded more than 100 others. This took place about 75 miles from the nations capital. Witnesses say at least one suicide bomber blew himself up near the Church Entrance while worshippers were leaving sunday service. No one has claimed responsibility for that attack. Highways are reopening a week after torrential rain consumed colorado. Officials say the number of people unaccounted for has dropped to about 60 in the hardest hit area. This is evacuees registering. The faa is working to identify the owner of a helicopter that crashed in arizona leaving no survivors. Officials say the privately owned chopper crashed nose first into the desert about 70 miles northwest of phoenix. Authorities dont know how many people were actually on board. A really bizarre scene on a road in miami has the Police Investigating the death of a young woman and searching for a toddler. Witnesses saw a body fall from the passenger side of a commercial flatbed truck. They say the driver then stopped to pick up the body and kept going. They also say they saw a 2 or 3yearold child in that truck. Investigators later found the body of an 18yearold woman at a construction site. About two dozen College Football players at three universities protested the ncaa during their games this weekend. You may have noticed they wrote the letters on their gear, representing a campaign at getting more to help minimize brain trauma. Players at the university of georgia, georgia tech, and Northwestern University all took part. So this you have to see and hear. A priest scolding a wedding photographer, putting the bride and groom in an awkward and uncertain predicament. Take a look. This is a solemn assembly, not a photography session. Please move. Or i will stop. A look at the groom, look at the bride. Look at the groom, look at the bride. Okay. The priest, not having any of it. So what do you think . Was he right for threatening to stop the wedding . I thought the next words out of his mouth were going to be, dont make me stop this car. Dont make me turn around. You had to go with your childhood minister. But no i thought it was going to be a joke at first when you were showing that video. Then this big break into a wedding dance or something. Not at all. This is a, get out of my face. And do not bring your photographer. No. Thanks very much. There is a powerful typhoon making its way into china. Dylan is here with a look at that. Good morning. At one point it was a super typhoon, now it is typhoon usagi that just made landfall in china. We see the video coming out of places like taiwan when it crossed over there, creating massive flooding. There are no reports of major injuries just yet, but thousands of people were evacuated before it came to shore. So we are still keeping an eye on it, because it just did make landfall about 87 miles east of hong kong. So we certainly are still seeing the potential for flooding and damaging wind gusts. Closer to home, we have the threat of seeing this cold front producing some rainfall, especially up and down the east coast. But its exiting. We are going to see it continue to push to the east as we go through the rest of the day today. Now, in tallahassee, there is still a chance we could end up with possibilities for heavier rainfall. And that is going to continue to move through the northern gulf of mexico. But it is going to improve as we go into this afternoon. Thats a look at the weather and out the window this morning, patchy low clouds, a much cooler start to the morning. 40s and 50s outside and the rain has moved on. Quite a recordbreaking day around the bay area. We will see a few high clouds out of the next system thats going to basically miss us and move off to the north towards oregon and washington, but today with the extra sunshine, we should be a bit warmer. Highs in the 60s to mid70s inland. Tomorrow, a little warmer. 80s in some of the valleys and cooler and breezy for the middle part of the week. I love that we started this hash tag out your window thing. You guys are sending in so many beautiful pictures. These look like professional photos. We have beautiful sunsets, beautiful sunrises, the water. You guys are sending in all kinds of pictures, even just your family looking out the window. So thank you for sending those in. Keep them coming. Weve also been posting a lot on our website as well. I would love to see out your window. Keep sending them in. We dont see the sunrises here. Televisions biggest night. A preview of the emmys, right after this. Are we with a previ [ villain ] well mr. Baldwin. It appears our journey has come to a delightful end. Then i better use the capital one purchase eraser to redeem my venture miles for this trip. Purchase eraser . Its the easy way to erase any recent travel expense. I just pick a charge, like my flight with a few taps, its taken care of. Impressive baldwin. Does it work for hotels . Absolutely thank goodness. Mrs. Villain and i are planning our. You scare me. And i like it. Lets go whats in your wallet . Real fruit plus real nuts plus real multigrains equals real delicious quaker real medleys, your onthego burst of goodness quaker up. That hasnt been cleared yet. Uh i just want to celebrate [ male announcer ] every time you say no to a cigarette you celebrate a little win. Nicorette gum helps calm your cravings and makes you less irritable. Double your chances of quitting. It is a big night in hollywood tonight. The primetime emmy awards celebrate televisions best. We can see a trail blazing win and also a little bit of controversy. Good morning. Hi, lester. Hi, erica. On emmy night theres always a surprise or two. And this year should be no different. Tonight the Small Screens biggest stars will gather to celebrate the best in primetime television. I think this years emmys will have a little bit of everything. The glamour factor on the red carpet gets bigger and bigger every year. Theres going to be some dramatic moments. And were probably going to see a lot of surprises. Kerry washington could make history as the first africanamerican to win for a lead actress in a drama series. Brian cranston for his role in breaking bad. And the cast of modern family are also expected to take home statues. But traditionally the most sentimental moment is the most controversial. The glee star who died of a heroin overdose. Like jack klugman. And dallas star larry hagman, both left out of a tribute that also includes James Gandolfini and stapleton. But maybe appeal to a different generation. We thought it needed to be represented. Also representing sophia, a bridesmaid but never a bride at the emmys. Its become a sport to predict what sophia will wear on the red carpet and how much skin shes going to show. Fans of tvs highest paid actress are helping her fourth consecutive nomination. Tonights biggest game changer could be underdog in netflix, with 14 nominations. Netflix received over a dozen nominations for arrested development as well as house of cards. Its a really big stepping stone for that pipeline. Neil is back for a second time hosting. Always the best. Hes going to dance. Elton john will be there performing, carey underwood. Who are you rooting for . I forgot my list. Thats right. Its morning, its early. I think breaking bad, yeah, there we go. I just started Binge Watching it at season four. Its amazing. They split it up so it could be nominated for emmys. Next week, last ep sgloed there you go. Last sunday my husband said to me, you need to start watching this. This will be called the best show on television. Well have to get together. Still to come, it is still the sex and violence and video game fans are snapping up as quickly as they can. Recordbreaking sales for the latest edition of grand theft auto. Whats the message. But first, these messages. Talking about delicious breakfast choices. Check out walmarts huge selection of cereals. My kids favorite and more than 100 of them are under 130 calories or less per serving. So you can feel great about serving it to your family for breakfast. Walmart has over 100 cereals with 130 calories or less per serving. Backed our low price guarantee. Walmart. Still ahead, the build up your frequent flier miles. Well help you pick out the perfect pair of glasses. But first, these messages. What makes your family smile . Backflips and cartwheels. Love, warmth. Here, try this. Mmmm, ok ching i like the fact that theres lots of different tastes going on. Mmmm breakfast im very impressed. This is a great cereal honey bunches of oats. I hear you crunching. Youre watching today in the bay. Thank you for joining thus morning. 6 26 is the time looking out live early this morning over the bay. Im Garvin Thomas alongside rob mayeda. Things are looking a little better by the afternoon at least for the winds picking up out of the west. 40s and 50s to start, cooler start in the morning, and you can see the rain has moved on. We have another system thats going to move by mainly north of lake county today. So with extra sunshine, we should manage 60s to low 70s for highs for most of the bay area. 73, san jose. A bit warmer for tomorrow, and then turning cooler again, a few clouds headed our way for the middle part of the week. Rob, thank you very much. New this morning, a 26yearold cal grad was among the 170 people injured after terrorists attacked an upscale mall in nairobi, kenya, and they killed 59 people. This morning there is an ongoing hostage standoff. Elaine dang was injured in the mall shooting in the kenyan capital but is expected to survive. Dang currently serves as the general manager for eat out kenya, a website that helps visitors and locals find the best restaurants and bars in kenya. She graduated from cal in 2009. Police and military forces are still surrounding the mall. Kenyan authorities said islamic extremists attackers are holding an unknown number of hostages inside. Somalias radical group al shabaab, which has ties to al qaeda, claimed responsibility. Kenyan president kenyatta spoke out about the militant attack and pledged his government would hunt down those responsible. The Westgate Mall attack is the single biggest since the bombing of the u. S. Embassy in nairobi in 1998. In a televised address to the nation, kenyatta says kenya has defeated terrorism before and will again. We have overcome terrorist attacks before. In fact, we have fought courageously and defeated them within and outside our borders. We will defeat them again. Terrorism in and of itself is the philosophy of cowards. The kenyan government says every effort is being made to prevent further loss of life during the ongoing hostage standoff. Coming up at 7 00 on today in the bay, california drivers could be in for a big treat by halloween. Analysts say gas prices are expected to drop dramatically by the end of october. They say gas prices have dropped around this time of year for the past five years, but theyll drop even more this year because of a light hurricane season, easing tensions in the middle east, and refinery fixes at home in 2013. Well let you know just how much gas is expected to drop to in about a half an hour. That, plus all your top stories coming up at 7 00. Right now, back to the today show. Were back on our sunday morning, september 22, 2013. We have a great crowd on the plaza with us enjoying the last few hours of summer. Today is the first day of fall, beginning at about 4 30 eastern 4 44 to be exact. Thomas collude me lued me into enjoy the last few hours of summer everybody. Weve got a lot to happen. We do. Ahead in this next half hour, people counted wait to get their hands on grand theft auto 5, breaking major sales records in the first few days out there. A lot of the people playing, as you know, are kids which is always a source for controversy. Then well talk frequent flier points. People will go to amazing points to rack them up in a hurry. Well introduce you to a few people who do this. Theyll take a day to actual keep their status. Mile raj runs. Well clue you in on a few tips, maybe if you cant take that much time out, but things that could enhance you in the eyes of the airlines. Our glasses say a lot about us. I think dapper. Thats what that says. Dapper, i like that word. Mine just make me look nerdy. It got us thinking, how do you pick the right frame for your face . Were going to show you. Its very difficult. The one yous think will look good dont. Theres a lot going on. Before we get to that, a phenomenal birth story that will likely be told in one family and many others for years to come. A woman is in labor, driving herself to the hospital and then gets in a car accident. Talk about timing. Paramedics rushed to the scene. Her babies, because she was pregnant with twins, were not waiting. Jinah kim tells us what happened then. Reporter their timing couldnt have been worse. Expectant mother Jessica Stanley already in labor was on her way to a Miami Hospital with her family when they got into a car accident. I blanked out when i hit my head on the windshield. Reporter but their timing also couldnt have been better. A medical technician witnessed the accident. I saw a baby head, so i turned to look at him again. I said shes having a baby now. He said shes having twins. I said twins . Reporter as the mother laid lei unconscious, betty horn delivered the first baby before paramedics arrived, but he wasnt breathing. I took my index finger and started sweeping the back of his mouth. Reporter the second baby was born minutes later at Jackson South community hospital. Every second counted. Reporter the twins are now safe and sound as are their three young siblings who were also in the car. God was with us that day. Somebody was praying for us that day. Im happy i got to bring my babies into this world. Reporter Good Samaritan horns has earned a new title. We asked her to be the god mom of the baby i delivered. Thats how grateful i am. Reporter for today, jinah kim, nbc news. Here is dylan with a final check of the weather. Good morning everyone. Purple and pink seem to be ruling the day today. Were trying to squeeze in the last bits of our summer colors before we change over to fall at 4 44 to be exact. It is not feeling like fall in some parts of the country. In the northern plains, though, it is very, very warm. We are looking at temperatures in the low to mid 80s. Further east, about 15 degrees below average, 60 degrees is it for a high in pittsburgh. Ithaca, new york, about 55 degrees. A little chilly behind the cold front that brought areas of heavy rain overnight. New orleans picked up just over three inches from that front. Up and down the east coast it is going to turn into a gorgeous day. Tomorrow is going to be gorgeous through the eastern half of the country. Cooler, though, but perfect for the first full day of fall. Still raining in the pacific northwest. Were seeing mostly clear skies from San Bernardino mountains. Our temperatures this morning as the skies have cleshd oared out and 50s. We should see upper 60s in San Francisco, a warmer finish to the weekend than we saw yesterday with all the rain. No rain in the forecast today. Just some high clouds. Later on temperatures climbing a little bit more heading into monday afternoon. Todays top spot comes to us from my old town. Boston, whdh, i miss you guys up there. The life is good festival raises more than 1 million to help one of my Favorite Charities for kids in need. It features tons of games, art, activities and a special performance by yo gabba gabba. Weve got gorgeous signs here. Ive seen signs. These are the most professional signs ive ever seen. Lester and erica . I think those are billboards, how i would describe them. In just three days the video game grand theft auto 5 has pulled in more than 1 billion in sales. A highly an tis pated sequel. With its very violent scenes and adult schemes, should kids be playing. Reporter the gaming world sped into New Territory this week with the latest installment of the grand theft auto raking in a record 1 billion. This is the first grand theft auto in a few years. The notoriously violent adventure fans cant get enough of. When did you get it . Tuesday. The same day it came out. Its like playing a 40hourlong crime movie, sex drugs and rock and roll, baby. Gamers are sharing virtual high fives, tips and strategies on youtube. How to start an illegal street race. Reporter one gaming editor played for 38 hours straight and said there are new twists along with the violence the game is known for. Things could get really messy. Its a very overthetop, very cartoonish representation of Southern California and of crime and violence. Please dont make me ruin all the great work your plastic surgeons have been doing. Reporter one child strolth says despite the mature 17 rating, many younger teens are playing this violent game. What happens is younger teens, kids get their hands on it and arent able to decipher the messages being put out there. Reporter meanwhile sales are soaring, the 1 billion so far is more than the annual Gross Domestic Product of some nations. The latest profits also blow away the top Weekly Box Office sales. While the cost of making the game, an estimated 250 million, is as much as a blockbuster movie. You should think of it as a new Martin Scorsese movie or the finale of breaking bad. This is an adult experience, very adult themes. Reporter a cultural shift and a sign youll likely see the next grand theft auto coming up fast on the road ahead. For today, michelle franzen, nbc news new york. The message it sends aside, the graphics are incredible. We want to know what youre saying about grand theft auto 5. Thomas is in the orange room monitoring your tweets. A lot of 350e78 are weighing in on this. We asked you to reach us and you can see amanda is writing in, my reaction is in the wrong business. Obviously making a reference to the fact that how much money handoverfist cash this game is making. Another one, amazing and awesome in reference to grand theft auto, really liking it. This from amanda, my reaction is in the wrong business. Maybe i already read that one. Amanda really thinks shes in the wrong business. Linda says shameful, disgraceful. A real collage of people having to weigh in on this. My old eyes, its a good thing well have that segment on glasses coming up because i need reading glasses. I think its time. I think my thought about the whole thing is, im in the wrong business. Oh, thats been said. Wait a minute. Are you hiding under the handle amanda. Im ashamed. Were just messing with you. Thomas, thanks. Lets do the glasses segment, guys. Lets move itt on. Up next werks eel teach thomas how to do no, well get to glasses. Thomas how to do no, well get to glasses. Well show you how to make the before mike could see his banking and investing accounts on one page. Before he could easily transfer funds between the two in real time. Before he could even think about planning for his daughters future. 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Hell fly for two days taking four or five connections with no intention of actually visiting his final destination. Give me your manualic. From boston to dallas, dallas to seattle and seattle to anchorage. Thats got me 80 plus percent of the way to a free round trip ticket to anywhere in the United States. Free upgrades, free bags, free early seating, thats not just for one flight. Thats through out the entire year. Reporter have you ever heard of mattress running. A mattress runner is someone who stays at hotels just to accrue status. Youre paying for today, but not staying. What are we doing here . Checking . Ariana became so obsessed with the chase, she left her job to blog null time for flier talk. In a short time she has collected 1. 5 million points and only slept in a handful of rooms. I have your platinum number on file. With ariannas elite status she gets suite upgrades, access to club lounges, free breakfast, internet and late checkouts. We need to complete six different stays to get 50,000 bonus points. Are you addicted . You could say that, yes. Being loyal pays, but does all that travel make your head spin . No worries. You dont even have to board a plane. In fact the top ways to earn points right now are through credit card signup bonuses and daily spending. How many do you have . About that many. The purpose of all this . Accumulating points and miles. Does this destroy your cred snit. Quite the contrary. It will improve your credit score because you pay your bills on time. Reporter wait, theres more. David phillips, a civil engineer, known as the godfather of points and miles purchased 12,000 pudding cubs during an airline promotion. After donating them, he walked away with more than a million miles. Well upgrade you to one of our suites. Reporter so we gotten free days redeemed at properties at well over 300 a night. 50,000 points. In two hours . Yes. Six hotels . Yes. Ill see you in that heatity. Reporter proving anyone can earn a night or two in paradise mile by mile, point by point. So this makes me totally crazy because, you know, its like free miles, free revenue, but you got to work the system and there are websites and there are blogs such as the frugal travel guy, the points guy, flier talk, they do all the work for you. They tell you the best miles on the credit cards to sign up for. Theyll take you mistakes on fares. Theyll tell you the best times to redeem the points. Its work, but if you keep up on it, it pays. My problem is i earn plenty of miles on work, i just dont want to go anywhere when its time to take a vacation. Ill take your miles. Just ahead, what the type of glasses walmart asked hundreds of moms. About its free layaway. Heres what they said. Paying no opening fee would help my family greatly. Free layaway to me is like a piggy bank. I can do that, i can afford free. laughs walmarts layaway is free with no opening fee. And its backed by ad match. Get started today. Walmart. Backflips and cartwheels. Mile . Love, warmth. Here, try this. Mmmm, ok ching i like the fact that theres lots of different tastes going on. Mmmm breakfast im very impressed. This is a great cereal honey bunches of oats. I hear you crunching. The glasses we wear actually say a lot about who we are. Most people wear them out of necessity. Others put them on when theyre maybe going for a certain look. Todays style editor Bobbie Thomas talked about it all with some faces that are probably very familiar to you. I think glasses are kind of a fun accessory. Sometimes it says im in the mood to do something a little different. Sometimes it says i couldnt get my contacts in this morning. I tend to go for this kind of shape. The glasses kind of project serious, ernest, i try to push the edge a little bit. Defying anything i wore when i was little. Its the opposite of anything my mom ever forced me to wear. Ive worn glasses since i was in first grade. These are part of me. I like to feel smart but kind of hip in them. This was actually a little bit hipper than this. Theyre traditional, so maybe theres that. Theyre a little conservative but with a slight trendy edge to them. These are the ones i had made, and i love these. I paid out the wah zoo, but theyre beautiful and they last a long time. I dont suggest that for hoda. My glasses say nothing about my personality because i lose things. Whether or not you work in front of a tv camera, eyewear is not only a need, but a reflection of the sglernlt the eyes to the soul. The people that wear the little granny glasses and they think looks good, no. The ray bands at one point reminded me of buddy holly. Somebody with a little edge and i wanted to be like that. Im a little careless with my glasses. I would call it casual glamour. Reporter as we discovered at fabulous fannys, nycs mecca of eyewear, not Everyone Wants the glamour look. I had a really beautiful girl come in one day and worked on wall street. She said nobody takes me seriously, i have to have a serious frame. She didnt even need eyeglasses. What does this pair of glasses say verses this pair. This is very 50s trend, the red. Of course i loved them. This is more conservative, nerdtype. From nerdy to flirty, no matter what your style is, dont be afraid to branch out. Try something that you dont think can work. You surprise yourself. I think i might need to lie on my eye test to be able to wear these are great. I love the gray. Bobbie thomas is also the author of the book the power of style. We love when youre here. You brought a bunch of glasses for all four of us to try on. This is one of the pairs you picked for me. I did. I really like the shape of this one. This is a designer pair from marshon. I wanted to make sure i picked glasses from every price point, lenscrafters who has fantastic colors and options. Also eye bobs, iris sort of an icon in the fashion world. She has really made a statement with her signature eyewear. I love those. My whole thing is im really passion not about making sure that people understand the psychology behind style which is a big part of my book, but its really important to make sure you know how it fits. Sew right here, your eyebrows should be just above the frame. The widest part of the frame should line up with the glasses. Lester, sometimes your eyeglasses hit your cheeks and i think theyre a little birth. I like these. You say we should break out of comfort zone. Theyre kind of inexpensive compared to what they used to be, make them an accessory. In consider collecting pairs. You all look so good. I love this. Well talk all of these with us. Those a great. They dont hit my cheeks. Isnt green the Pantone Color of the year. Last year. I thought we did the segment in 2013. I want to thank fabulous fannys. They were fantastic. Right back after t these messages. I like those. Thomas. [ virginia ] i do have a healthy diet, but there are foods that i had no idea had so much acid in them. My dentist said that the acid in fruit, or fruit juice or fruit teas softens the enamel so that then it can potentially erode. Once that enamel is gone, its gone. My dentist recommended that i use pronamel to help harden that enamel so that its not brushed away. Pronamel protects your teeth from the effects of acid erosion. I dont have to cut out the things that i love in my diet. I can have the best of both worlds with pronamel. Too small. Too soft. Too tasty. [ both laugh ] [ male announcer ] introducing progressos new creamy alfredo soup. Inspired by perfection. Real fruit plus real nuts plus real multigrains equals real delicious quaker real medleys, your onthego burst of goodness quaker up. As we promise, we want to check in with David Gregory to find out whats coming up on meet the press. Good morning. Can a Government Shutdown be averted. Im joined by four key laud lawmakers. The shooting at the Washington Navy yard, will it change the gun control debate. Wayne lapierre joins me. Plus our political roundtable all coming up on meet the press. Dont you guys look great in your glasses . Dapper. These match very well what you have on. I havent felt this smart in a long time. You look really smart. I was going to say i love yours, but they are yours. These are mine. Thats going to do it for us this morning. Good morning. Im Garvin Thomas. Coming up on today in the bay, well let you know the latest in the standoff at a shopping ball in kenya after 60 people were killed around more than 100 injured, including a wounded cal graduate. Gas prices are about to take a plunge in the coming months. And weekend rain. Is there any more to come . This is today in the bay. From nbc bay area, this is today in the bay. The time is 7 00 sunday morning. Taking a look out over San Francisco and the new bay bridge this morning. Sun not quite up. Thank you for joining us. Im