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Good to see you. Good to see you. U. S. Special forces had a busy weekend. Two high profile operations. Theyre conducted in secret but once you do them everybody knows. In one of the operations they managed to capture one of the United States most wanted terror suspects. Reporter retribution. They took over a Shopping Mall in the kenya capitol and killed more than 60 hostages. On saturday, the navy s. E. A. L. S paid the group a visit attacking one of the hide outs on the somali coast. A haven for terrorists and pirates. There was a heavy gun fight. They called in helicopters for extra power and then with drew. They killed at least two militants but missed their target, the leader of al shabaab. But in a simultaneous operation also in africa, u. S. Special Operation Forces did get their man, app touring abu annas abu annas al libi indicted for the bombings in kenya and tanzania. They can literally run but they cant hide. U. S. Commandos approached al libi in a car in libya. They smashed the windows. He reached for a gun but was overpowered in a rare snatch and grab operation. Its vital for the u. S. To take down individuals that have deep and long standing ties to al qaeda. Especially those located in places like libya. Hes one of the founding members of al qaeda. A deputy of the late osama bin laden. There was a 50 million boun ty for his capture. U. S. Terror operations have not stopped. He is on the u. S. S. San antonio. Where is he headed and what are they going to do to get information . He is on the warship and he is now being interrogated by the cia, u. S. Military, fbi without miranda rights because they want the most immediate information. After interrogation he could end up on trial in the United States. Richard engle, good to have you here, thank you very much. In washington, the United States sedging closer to the first ever default on the governments debt. Speaker john boehner ruled out a house vote on a bill to boost the Borrowing Authority unless there are concessions from president obama. Peter alexander has the latest. Good morning to you. Good morning to you. We are now in week two of this Government Shutdown and theres no indication that it will be resolved before the next significant deadline over the Borrowing Limit thats just ten days away. Theres no meetings scheduled between the two sides meaning americans maybe forced to swallow a double dose of washington dysfunction. Reporter back on the job, more than 300,000 civilian Defense Department employees returned to work today recalled by chuck hagel including 3,000 in hawaii. This is huge relief for the federal workers. But families are still being hurt by the shutdown. Their daughter, abby, suffering from a rare disorder cant participate in a new Clinical Trial at the National Institutes of health. Were angry. Angry for my daughter. How can they not get along to make this work . In washington, president obama is sticking to his guns demanding republicans end the shutdown bypassing a socalled clean c. R. A budget extension without any changes to the president S Health Care law. But House Speaker john boehner insists that wouldnt pass. There are not the votes in the house to pass a clean c. R. Reporter the white house is challenging boehner to put that to a test and the pro obama group is accusing the gop of being irresponsible. Were all losing out. Reporter as many as 22 republicans would likely vote with democrats to reopen the government today, no strings attached. Thats more than the 217 votes needed. And now the clock is ticking toward another potentially disasterous deadline, october 17th when the u. S. Hits its Borrowing Limit, the debt ceiling, when the country runs out of money to pay its bills. On meet the press, jack lew offered this warning. Its very dangerous. He said congress is playing with fire. You know if congress does nothing well be headed to the first default in this countrys history. Both sides insist they dont want that to happen. Both sides say theyre looking for a way out but at this point its entirely unclear what that is. Another tough week in washington, peter, thank you so much. Natalie is here with the story of a 9yearold that gets on a flight without a ticket or boarding pass. Thats right. A lot of questions about how that 9yearold boy traveling by himself got on a plane in minnesota and flew to las vegas. Tom costello joins us with more. Where else would you go, right . Especially if youre 9, right . This happened on thursday. Somehow this 9yearold stow away got on board it in minneapolis and boarded a flight flying all the way to vegas without a ticket or assigned seat. He told the flight crew his parents were in the rear of the plane but the crew became suspicious and alerted Las Vegas Police that met the plane and took the boy into protective custody. Its not clear how the screening and security failed in this place. One is that the boy managed to attach himself to the Family Moving through the ticket screening and tsa checkpoint process but Airport Police have had previous runins with this boy and he was suspended from school. His parents thought he was at a friends house and told police they hadnt seen him on thursday. The child was screened in minneapolis along with other passengers. The minneapolis airport says this is the first time that it happened there but the fact that he was able to fool the tsa and Delta Airlines raised a lot of security and screening questions this morning. Something tells me he will be answering to a lot of questions at home as well. Thank you. New violence in egypt. A massive explosion, possibly from a car bomb hit security headquaters. There are causalities. On sunday, clashes broke out between protestors and Security Forces leaving more than 50 people dead. In some neighborhoods street battles raged for hours. Today, tensions there remain high. The Supreme Court opens today for a new term. Justices will consider a number of key issues including campaign contributions, government sanctioned prayer and president ial recess appointments. The good news about gas prices, they are down once again. The average price of a gallon of regular dropped 14 cents a gallon over the last two weeks. The average price now about 3. 38 a gallon. It happened to three time indy 500 winner who was here on the program a few weeks ago but on sunday during the last lap of the race his car went airborne, slammed into a fence showering spectators with debris. He suffered a concussion, a broken ankle and two fractured vertebrae. At least 13 fans were hurt as well. The olympic flame has begun its 39,000 mile relay through russia with a rocky start. The flame actually went out as it was being carried through a passage way whoops. The runner kept on going, though. This is odd. Got help from a nearby man with a lighter. Come on. It will now chris cross russia, 13,000 torch barers heading to sochi for the ceremony. That cant be good. Pass the torch, pass the lighter. Just keep going. Natalie, thanks. You had a busy weekend. We had all sorts of weather to talk about. Lets show you what weve got going on. Were talking about a big storm system. A big fire storm down in southern california. Then, weve got blizzard in the dakotas. Up to four feet of snow falling there. Wayne, nebraska seeing a rare ef4 tornado. Amazing there. Thankfully, nobody killed. And massive flooding in the louisville, kentucky area where up to nine inches of rain fell. Heres todays top weather. Part of the system pushing its way through the region, well be looking at the stormy east coast. A frontal system is pushing its way in. As it does, we do have a risk of strong storms stretching from new england all the way down into the carolinas. Were watching that. In fact, along this system, well be looking at heavy rain pushing in. The heaviest rain down through the southeast stretching from wilmington, North Carolina all the way down to georgia, up to two to three inches academic performance in the u. S. Is uneven. So 45 states and the District Of Columbia have voluntarily decided to raise the bar with consistent educational standards. Now, students in those states will have a better chance to succeed in college and careers and to compete in the global economy. Which means a Better Future for our students and our nation. Join exxonmobil in supporting the common core state standards. Lets solve this. Well get to your local forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds. Good morning, cloudy and humid around the metro area. Temperatures in the low and mudd 70s. Storm team 4 radar showing rain advancing up the Shenandoah Valley into east and West Virginia and far western maryland. Should be getting closer to the metro area perhaps around noontime and during the afternoon. Thats when we could have some storms that some of them may produce some damaging winds. Well keep an eye on that for we had Tropical Storm karen die out but the effects will still be felt all the way up the east coast later this week. All right, al, thank you very much. Family members of miriam carey that was shot and killed trying to breach security at the white house last week are trying to find out why police used deadly force to stop her. First, lets get the latest from justice correspondence pete williams. Good morning to you. Good morning. Investigators say that the shots were fired at miriam carey in her car by officers of the washington d. C. Police department and the u. S. Secret service. Only later did they discover she had no gun but did have a small child in the backseat. So now the question, was the shooting justified . Officials say both times that officers fired on Miriam Careys car she was trying to get away. Once after jamming her car into reverse at the foot of capitol hill, and again near a Senate Office building just before she crashed her car into a Capitol Police security booth. The secret service says the chase began after she turned her car into a security checkpoint on the perimeter of the white house grounds and hit temporary fencing and struck a uniformed officer that tried to stop her. Members of congress applauded the Law Enforcement response as a prudent one in view of what happened, especially since the white house and Capitol Building are considered potential targets of terrorism. Car bombs are so common in some parts of the world and were wary of vehicles that may be used to harm innocent visitors or people that work in the u. S. Capitol building. Reporter most Police Departments have rules banning the use of deadly force against a fleeing car either by ramming or shooting at it. Police in washington d. C. Say their rules also prohibit shooting at a moving car unless deadly force is used against the officer or another person. But the director of an organization that advises Police Departments he says exceptions maybe justified. Policing in washington d. C. Is a lot more complicated. They have to protect the u. S. Capitol and the white house. Theyre concerned about terrorism and also theyre concerned about other citizens that might be injured as well. Authorities are promising more than a routine investigation of why deadly force was used this time and they say that will include a reconstruction of every step that officers took in chasing the car and opening fire, matt. All right. Pete williams on this story for us. Thank you very much. Were joined by two of Miriam Careys sisters, valley carey and amy careyjones who are looking for answers in the death of their sister and theyre joined by their attorney. Thank you. Thank you. My condolences on the loss of your sister. Its been a few days im sure youve asked yourselves a thousand questions trying to put this into perspective and try and figure out how it could have happened. Have you come up with any answers . We have not come up with any answers yet because we havent been disclosed exactly what happened. We still havent been properly notified and were just trying to make sense of it. There is an investigation going on but we still have a lot of questions. A lot of us have sat and seen footage of news breaking and tragedies occurring but for you to see this footage now of what happened, realizing it was your sister in that car, can you explain what its like . Its horrific. Its horrible to actually get phone calls from reporters as opposed to being notified by Police Personnel and being asked to turn on your tv to see a car that your sister drives and then to see your niece on the television and knowing that the person in the vehicle could only be your sister my niece would only be with my sister. Let me ask you about her Mental Health over these last several weeks, months, and perhaps years. Federal officials involved in this investigation have said she your sister believed she was monitored by the president and her apartment was under surveillance. Does any of that sound familiar to you . No. No. Those things dont sound correct which is why were speak egg out for her. Thats not the miriam that we knew. Did she ever talk about the president in a way that raised your eyebrows or raised a red flags. She never had disputesor political agenda. She never talked bad about president obama. She is not talking about delusional. She was not delusional. She did suffer from postpar tum depression. Yes. She was. She was under treatment and doctor supervision and being tapered off her medication. She ended up in washington, basically at the white house, went 80 Miles Per Hour down pennsylvania avenue. Was surrounded by police as you have seen with their guns drawn, did not stop. Struck a Police Officer and lead them on a chase. I know you have a lot of questions about the use of deadly force, but would you concede that it was your who determined the outcome in some ways. No. Not at all. No . What i do see is that perhaps maybe my sister was a little afraid being surrounded by officers with their guns drawn. If she wasnt supposed to be in a restricted area. How is she allowed to be in that area. If you hear gunshots its like im afraid. I dont want to be here. I have a baby in the car. My sister was trying to figure out how to get out of there. Even with the specktor of terrorism we live under right now in a location like the white house or the capitol, you think the police perhaps did not do what they needed to do to ensure your sister wasnt trying to bring harm on a large scale . I feel things could have been handled differently and maybe there was some overreaction or negligence. We dont know. Were still trying to find out but we still feel that there was maybe another story than what were being told. I just want to interject one thing. But thats part of what the problem is. We have this siege mentality were all afraid of each other now. That doesnt excuse the police behavior. They have very specific protocols in all major cities and im sure the same in washington d. C. And the fact that someone may be a threat, theres certain protocols youre supposed to follow before you use deadly force. Can i just ask quickly about her daughter. 19 months old no, shes not. How old is she . 13 months. How is she doing . Where is she . We know that she is safe and were confident that she is okay. And well continually be in touch with her. Ladies, my condolences. I appreciate you talking to us and well follow the developments in this story. Thank you. Appreciate it. Matt, thank you. Coming up, theres new developments today in the violent confrontation between bikers and an suv driver in new york. Why investigators are now taking a closer look at the actions of an undercover Police Officer. Plus an exclusive live interview we lith when our little girl was born, we got a subaru. Its where she said her first word. little girl no saw her first day of school. little girl bye bye made a best friend forever. The back seat of my subaru is where she grew up. What . announcer the twothousandfourteen subaru forester. girl what . announcer built to be there for your family. Love. Its what makes a subaru, a subaru. Let us head into the orange room. Carson is off today but that doesnt mean the orange room is empty. No, tamron hall is there. Happy miley, i mean, monday. Its all about miley cyrus this morning after her snl performance, the twitterverse all lit up with rave reviews for miley. Just in case you missed it, take a look. Okay, youre really the old me, then what do i say every single morning when i wake up. Oh my, god, it is like total the morning and the birds are chirping and stuff like that. Guys, i just dont think we should do that wrecking ball sketch. What . Come on. Its our party we can say what we want. And we did stop. That is miley cyrus and michelle bauchmann. She might become a member of the five timers club. But i love this. After her performance sunday, this is what miley sent out to her fans. A little video there to show she is actually in on the joke and people received it well. Look at this facebook entry i just got. Carlo says raunchy but hilarious. Proof positive the fans are in on the joke and dont forget miley cyrus coming up in the 8 00 hour. 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Its just so great because all of those foods that i enjoyed so much, i didnt want to give up, and now i can continue to have them. Good morning. Its 7 6 on this monday morning. A rough start to the monday morning commute. Lets go to danella sealock with more on that. An accident reportedly involving a pedestrian on edmund drive on wooten parkway. The left lane is blocked in both directions. Looks like they are still waiting for an ambulance to come. Looks like theres an injured person as well. On the rails, traveling on the green line, expect delays because of a sick passenger. That happened at gallery place so delays are as you head to green belt metro station on the green line. Richard . Danella, thanks. Sticking with traffic for a minute things are moving right now on the inner loot. Beltway, but it hasnt been that way all morning the road was blocked for several hours today Near College Park because of a crash that killed a man. It took more than two hours for crews to clear the wreckage there. The furlough is over for most employees at the pentagon. More than 300,000 defense didnt employees are headed back to work right now. The department decided last week the employees should be exempt from the furlough because they assist military personnel. Assist military personnel. Were tracking big changes february, 2013. A landmark transportation bill is up for consideration. Even though its backed by republican governor mcdonnell. Ken cuccinelli joins Tea Party Republicans to block the plan. But Terry Mcauliffe believes its time to break through the gridlock in richmond. Mcauliffe presses democrats to support the bill. And the bill passes. Terry mcauliffe. Putting virginia first. Im Terry Mcauliffe, candidate for governor, and i sponsored this ad. Good morning. Storm team 4 radar showing a big area of light to moderate rain Shenandoah Valley heading north. Closer to Washington West of the metro area, getting a few scattered sprinkles. Western fairfax county, northern prince william. These are drifting north into Loudon County, northern Montgomery County, a few sprinkles. Main area of rain not arriving here until noontime and off and on, downpours with thunder and lightning. May get isolated flooding and damaging winds from isolated storms 2 00 to 6 00 p. M. Clearing out after that and much cooler with dry weather for the rest of the week. Richard . Its the 7th day of october, 2013. Youre looking at a large miley cyrus crowd. Five years ago, she was a teen sensation playing Hannah Montana much to the delight of two of my kids. And now, at 20, miley cyrus changed her imagine considerably and even had some controversy. Well talk to her about her transformation. Inside the studio, im matt lauer along with al roker, natalie morales, and savannah guthrie. In the news, u. S. Special forces carey out high risk raids in africa and libya capturing one senior al qaeda leader. And the first ever default on americas dealt. And wild weather from coasttocoast. Fires in california, snow in south dakota and everything in between. Still to come this morning, Elizabeth Smart opens up about her 9 month ordeal after being abducted. She is here for her first live interview. Well talk with her in just a bit. And then tom hanks will be in the studio. He has a great new movie. Captain Richard Phillips that was taken hostage on the high seas in 2009 by somali pirates. We got the first interview with captain phillips. So you know the ending and whats going to happen. I watched it and i had my heart in my throat. It was intense and the final ten minutes will take your breath away. Its an amazing movie. First up, an update on the violent confrontation between the bikers in new york and the suv driver. Thats right. Theres new developments including new questions surrounding the role of an undercover policeman. Did he witness the encounter but fail to report it. Stephanie gosk has the latest. Good morning. Good morning, savannah. Residents in the neighborhood are still rattled by what they saw on the street corner. Prosecutors have video and told the court that it shows five or six men surrounding alex lien as he lay on the ground kicking and stomping him in the head. Reporter the nypd is asking for the publics help in finding two persons of interest seen in these photos released overnight. This as the biker using a chrome helmet to bash in the window of alexian liens suv. He was arraigned on first Degree Assault and criminal mischief. One week after the infamous altercation and beating. But his Attorney Says he never actually hit lien. My client obviously overreacted and smashed in the window. But beyond that, he was not a participant in any assault on that victim. 35yearold robert simms was also arraigned and faces charges of gang assault and felony assault. His lawyer says he is cooperating with police but worries simms may not be fairly treated. They need a fall guy. They need somebody to take the weight for this. But while the investigation moves forward, the police are now coming under fire. Senior nypd officials tell nbc news an undercover officer may have been on the scene as well during the final moments of the attack but that he didnt intervene because he was worried about blowing a sensitive operation. There may have been as many as five other off duty Police Officers who took part in the unauthorized rally as well. In the end, it was residence of this uptown manhattan neighborhood that stepped in to help the family before on duty police got to the scene. This family was in clear and present danger. They could have been both killed. Not just the man, the driver. But they wanted to get after the wife as well that was holding on to her child, unacceptable. Internal affairs is investigating the possible role of off duty Police Officers in that rally. They are specifically looking at why that off duty undercover officer took three days to come forward. Back to you guys. All right. Stephanie gosk, a lot of questions there. Thank you. Al has a look at Tropical Storm karen and it may have an impact on millions of americans. Announcer todays weather is brought to you by edward jones. Nearly 7 million investors already know face time makes a difference. And as we look, we can see we have showers now off the florida coast. Whats going to happen, this is basically the reminisa coast. Whats going to happen. This is basically the remnants of what were calling Tropical Storm karen, and luckily it kind of fizzled out. Not a big deal. It will reform off the southeastern atlantic coast, and as it does we look for it to hang out in the southeast for a while. Well see that just hang in and eventually make its way up the coast. May affect new york as we get on into friday, but meantime look for wet weather along the southeastern atlantic coast. Today, temperatures are very mild in the northeast but kind of cool out west. Thats going to switch as the jet stream changes a bit and moves up to the north. Chicago up to 72 by tomorrow whereas we drop down to 70 in new york city. Temperatures about five to ten degrees cooler in the northeast tomorrow, but warmer in the midwest. Thats whats going on around the country. Heres whats happening in your neck of the woods. Good morning. Storm team 4 radar showing a broad area of rain across the Shenandoah Valley around West Virginia over to harrisonburg. This is advancing northeast. Should be into the metro area perhaps by noontime. Right now though getting a few sprinkles, northern and western suburbs. These are advancing off to the north. Temperatures are in the low to mid70s now and peaking upper and thats your latest weather, savannah. Al, thank you so much, it has been ten years since Elizabeth Smart was rescued. Her story captured the country after she was abducted at the age of 14. She was held captive for nine months. Since then she has become an advocate for kidnapping victims. She has never publicly spoking about the details about her abduction until now. She is breaking her silence in a book called my story. She is here this morning for an interview. Good morning, its so nice to meet you. Thank you. This book is called my story. I thought it was apt because a lot of people may think they know what you went through but this is the first time you told it. This is my story and i share as true to my story as i possibly can and i want to go into a lot of detail about it because i want other survivors out there to know that theyre not alone. To know that these things, they do happen but that they can move forward. That they can be happy. That they can come back and have a wonderful life. Thats one of the things thats notable about this book. You dont dodge any of the ugly details. Was it difficult though to relive it. It was really interesting. Im really glad i did it and, fortunately, i know my outcome. I know how happy i am right now. I have a wonderful life right now so going back and writing it, it was okay because i knew my ending and i knew how happy i am right now. Lets talk about the beginning. That night, you were asleep in your bed. Youre 14 years old. It should be the safest place in the world. What do you remember . It was the scariest moment of my life. As far as 14yearolds go i probably was the naive side. I had lived a very sheltered life. So when i woke up in the middle of the night to see a strange man standing above my bed holding a knife at my neck. I couldnt believe it was real. I couldnt believe that this was happening to me. It was the scariest moment of my life. He lead you out of the house. Rugged terrain and there you were in captivity, in a camp, out in this desert area for several months. Can you describe what life was like there . It was really, really hard. I mean, every time i thought, oh my goodness i have hit rock bottom. Life cant get any worse. I thought being forced to give up my pajamas that i had been kidnapped in and forced to wear a robe was as bad as it could get then as soon as we got to the robe wearing hed say well youre going to go naked tomorrow. Somehow every time it would get worse. When i thought it was bad enough that i had been forced to drink alcohol, he would force me to drink it so much that the next morning id wake up and my face and hair would be crusted to the ground in vomit. Bad to worse every time. Horrifying for anyone. But you were 14 years old and a girl of deep religious faith. Its as though he took everything that mattered to you so deeply. He did. At least he tried to. He tried to. He tried to. Well as we learn in the book he most certainly did not. I mentioned that it is very graphic and you talk about very openly being raped every single day. What does that do to a 14yearold girl. To me, that was the worst thing that could possibly have happened to me. I felt like death would have been better than being raped every single day. That was my perspective as a 14yearold. Now that im 25, i can look back and say, yeah, thats i can overcome that. I can get over that but at 14 i couldnt and it seemed like everything that my two captors did, they got away with and it seemed like i couldnt get away with anything. So it made me want to survive. It made me do whatever i had to to survive which was a lot of the time things i never wante to do. Well, were going to tell the story of how you were rescued and you had a lot to do with how that happened. Elizabeth smart its a pleasure to talk to you. Stand by and well be back right to talk to you. 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There was an installed denlt in particular where a detective walked up to you and you were in a veil and your kidnappers were right there. If you can explain to people how afraid you were that you werent able to cry for help because i think people need to understand what it was like to be in your shoes. Its really important to realize that i was just 14 and, yes, looking back you think well why didnt she run . Why didnt she Say Something . There was a Police Officer right there. I mean, that is very easy to say looking back and not being in that situation right now. But 14 years old. I had only ever seen him be successful. He didnt just threaten you. He threatened your family. Yes, he told me if i ever screamed, if i ever yelled, if i ever did anything they didnt want me to do or say they would kill me and if they didnt kill me they would kill my family. What a perfect target my family would make because one tragedy already happened to them. He knew where they all lived. What would stop them from a second. There were months when he moved you to california. You outsmarted him and through a series of i dont even know how to explain it. You have to read the book but you were able to convince him to go back to salt lake because you knew that was your best chance of rescue. I hadnt been found in california. And they started talking about new places to go like new york and boston and all i could think about is if i wasnt found here theres no way im going to be found anywhere else. I have to get back to salt lake so i thought about what he did and how he got away with what he did and i decided to try it myself. So you got him to go back to salt lake. There you were in the walmart. You had just looked at some missing childrens posters. This got me. You said he told you theyre not looking for you anymore. You walked outside and tell us what happened next. I remember walking upstate street when all of a sudden all of these police cars drove up and jumped out of their cars and came and surrounded us and they started asking all of us questions and i was really, really scared to answer because i had lived with threats every single day and i can tell you that words are stronger than physical chains and ive had both so i know. But they were asking me questions but i was just too scared to answer until finally the Police Officer separated me from my two captors and they started asking me are you Elizabeth Smart . Well, if you are, do you know that your family misses you so much and they love you so much and they have never given up on you. Dont you want to go home . And it was only at that point i could finally tell them i was elizabeth. The book tells the story of the sweetest reunion with your family and then years later you had to confront this man and this woman who was just as much a tormentor in court. What was it like to look him in the eye one last time . It was because i didnt know how i would feel looking at him again, being around him again but looking at him again and realizing that he no longer has any part of my life and he will never control me ever again or make me feel bad ever again that he no longer exists in my life and i never have to let him. Your mom gave you a wonderful piece of advice that has really helped you. Can you share it with everybody. Yes. It was the best piece of advice i received. So id love to share it. She said the morning after i was rescued this man has taken so much from you. There arent words Strong Enough to describe how wicked and evil he is. He has taken nine months of your life from you that you will never get back. The best punishment you could ever give him is to be happy and to move forward with your life and do more than you want to do. By feeling sorry for yourself thats only allowing him to steal more of your life away from you and he doesnt deserve another minute. Youre married and back at home and playing your harp. Yes. How did you heal . Healing takes a lot of different forms and its different from everybody. Theres not a wrong way. Theres not a right way. For me, ive had lots of different therapies or healing. I mean, music has played a huge part in my life. Ive played the harp since i was 5 and if you have ever listened to the harp its about the most relaxing instrument so thats been a huge part. My family. I couldnt ask for a better family. I have the best family in the world, and i have loved horseback riding my whole life. My grandpa smart and i were very close and we used to go out riding a lot and although he has passed away riding is still a part of my life. Well, Elizabeth Smart such a joy to talk to you. Im glad your story has such a happy ending and you have been a wonderful advocate as well. 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Right now rain is sweeping towards washington. We are tracking this system as it heads our way. Good morning to you. Im eun yang. Lets go straight to storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein. Tom . A closer view of the radar is showing an area of rain thats now rolling into the Shenandoah Valley and just about to sweep right through front royal as well as into winchester. That band of rain is advancing north and east. It may produce a quick inch of rain. There may be some localized flooding, and a little bit closer to washington, north in Montgomery County getting a few sprinkles. Thats advancing off to the north and later this afternoon we could get some of these bands of rain coming through into the metro area later this morning and during the afternoon. Perhaps some thunder and lightning and maybe some perhaps flooding from heavy downpours and even some damaging winds all ending by about 6 00 p. M. I got you White Chocolate pumpkin. Oh, please dont call me pumpkin. No, White Chocolate and pumpkin. Oh pumpkin. Haha pumpkin is back at dunkin donuts. Hurry in for delicious pumpkin coffees and lattes today. America runs on dunkin. Im Terry Mcauliffe, candidate for governor, and i sponsored this ad. These are Birth Control pills. More than half of american women use them at some point in their lives but Ken Cuccinelli sponsored a bill that could have made common forms of Birth Control illegal, including the pill. Cuccinelli was one of only five senators to support this potentially radical intrusion into domestic, family and individual decisionmaking why is Ken Cuccinelli interfering in our private lives . Hesocused on his own agenda. Not us. Good morning. Making the trip in rockville heads up. The crash involves a ped its 8 00 on today, coming up, a tiger mauls an oklahoma zoo keeper. Now the debate on what went wrong and what should happen to the tiger. Plus tom hanks stops by to talk about his modern day pirate tale. And shes the hottest artist in music both on and off the stage. Miley cyrus hits the plaza for a live concert today, monday, october 7th, 2013. Miley. Were mileys biggest fans. We love you miley. We cant stop and we wont stop i came to see miley cyrus. Im the only grandmother rocking it here. And we wont stop were back on this monday morning. You would think something is happening out here. Something is happening. Some little event. Some occasion. Anyway, miley cyrus is going to take to the stage in about a half hour. A big crowd. I see a lot of miley inspired hair dos. Very excited to see her. Well talk to miley and get a concert in a few moments. But first, the top stories of the morning. Good morning guys. Good morning, everyone. We do have new details on the American Military raids overseas this weekend. U. S. Commandos tracked down al libi. He was taken to a u. S. Navy ship for interrogation. He was indicted for the 1998 attacks on u. S. Embassies in africa and navy s. E. A. L. S struck the hide out of al shabaab but reportedly missed the groups leader. If her first live interview Elizabeth Smart says she is now sharing her story of abduction, rape and abuse to let other survivors know they can move forward and find happiness. Earlier on today with savannah she described what she felt when she faced her abductor in court. But looking at him again and realizing that he no longer has any part of my life and he will never control me ever again or make me feel bad ever again. That he no longer exists in my life and i never have to let him. Kidnapper Brian David Mitchell was sentenced in 2011 and is serving two life terms. An oklahoma woman is recovering in the hospital this morning after been mauled by a tiger. Kerry sanders is in oklahoma good morning. Good morning, natalie. The 27yearold zoo keeper let her guard down. The tigers are in cages and in those cages there are fences. For reasons not explained she reached through with her left hand and it got caught on her jacket or a glove and thats when the tiger attacked. Reporter the tiger that attacked the zoo keeper is in guarantee ordered by the local sheriff. A 14yearold 450 pound male that clawed and chewed the 17yearolds left arm. Even this morning shows no aggression. Never, ever has showed aggression. The zoo owner says the tiger is more than 150 big cats here at the 46 acre Exotic Animal park. The Humane Society issued a report last year calling the park a reckless tiger cub petting zoo that endangers both animals and the public. I have no fear of the government trying to shut me down because we have done nothing wrong. Reporter he says he is able to work closely with the cats because he has 30 years experience. The zoo keeper who was attacked has only worked here for one year. Still pending, a federal investigation by the United States department of agriculture. We are open for business. As of right now, we dont even have a usda. Because of the Government Shutdown. Because of the Government Shutdown. So there is nobody that is governing the Animal Welfare act right now. Doctors were able to save the zoo keepers arm but they say infection could still be a problem, natalie. All right. Kerry sanders, thank you so much. We do have some sad news this morning. We lost a long time member of our today show family, linny boyette. He passed away due to a heart attack. Good to have linny back. Good morning, linny. Linny boyette has been a part of today for 25 years. How you doing lin . You all right . Boom. Such a fix tour on the plaza he was known as a super fan. Linny has his first sign with a picture on it. But to us he was parts of the family. Pondering the question is Kate Middleton better prepared for life as a royal. He woke up earlier than some of our staff, 3 30 a. M. To take a post outside the studio. He road the subway to watch the broadcast. Always wearing a hat and sunglasses and giving his signature point to the camera. Its something i enjoy doing. Sort of like a draw. Despite the countless offers to come in he preferred to watch from the plaza until he was coaxed in. Bring linny. Really, i will. Youre coming in. A member of the u. S. Military, linny served in vietnam, korea and europe. While stationed overseas he became a fan of today watching the show via satellite. After retiring he was such a fix tour that fans lined up for photos and photographs. He was profiled by the New York Times twice. Around here we considered ourselves lucky to know him. Hes more than just a person in the audience, hes a part of the show. Almost like a good luck charm. You walk out and its like, hey, linny. A good luck charm now gone leaving a space on the plaza that will never be feeled. Linny boyette was 71 years old. And we actually get more you viewer mail about linny than any of our on air team and we understand because we love him too and well miss him a lot. I know you have lots of thoughts on him as well. Natalie, thank you. For so many years the firstperson we saw. We would stand in the studio and look out and he would be there and give you the finger point or a fist pump. When he wasnt there he was missed. People always asking wheres linny. Thats the first question. People have been asking that for month. Its so sad. So many people loving him. Meredith who just adored linny said so saddened to hear of his passing. I always loved seeing him every morning on the plaza. He had a wonderful smile and so tweet. Left a remarkable legacy of love, loyalty and life. We will miss his presence on the plaza. Our condolences go out to his family. Wont be the same without ant to his family. Wont be the same around here without him. Well take a turn and get a check of the weather. Thats whats going on around the country. Heres whats happening in your neck of the woods. Cloudy and humid this morning temperatures in the 70s. Storm team 4 radar showing a line of he have rain near front royal and near winchester, just about to sweep through there and heading north and east and getting closer to washington in another couple of hours and ahead of, that just a few spring unless our northern suburbs, northern Montgomery County and otherwise just some low clouds around. Maybe a few and thats your latest weather. All right, al, coming up, it may be one of the hottest movies on the planet right now, were talking about gravity but not everyone is impressed. An astrophysicists picks it apart a little bit. And then tom hanks on captain phillips. And the woman everyone is talking about. Miley cyrus takes to our concert stage. Her fans are out in force. But first, these messages. About buying the latest windows touch laptops with intel inside on layaway. Heres what they say. 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Mostly perspectives on the world but if you must know, i enjoyed gravity very much. End of story. We do love that. Trending on esquire, the magazine is revealing its sexiest woman alive for 2013 today. Any guesses . None other than scarlet johansson as you see on the cover. The 28yearold actress on the cover of the november issue. Its the second time the magazine has chosen her. The last time was seven years ago. On a roll with don jon out right now. She was on broadway earlier this year. Really good. And then tom hanks is here to talk about his new film captain phillips. But in a reddick chat he was asked about forest gump and if theres a scene that always gets to him emotionally. So which scene is it . Take a look. You got new legs. New legs. Yeah. I got new legs. Custom made. Titanium alloy. Its what they use on the space shuttle. Magic legs. Wow. Such an iconic movie and character. Hard to believe it was out almost 20 years ago. I know. I know. Mr. Hanks is sitting there in our studio. Tom, other than forest gump is there a movie that makes you cry every single time . Gravity. Oh my gosh. As soon as that hair didnt float up. You lost it right there. I thought we were going to get a buddies joke. That makes me cry in different ways. That makes me cry in different ways. Well talk to tom as your life changes, fidelity is there for your personal economy, helping you readjust along the way, refocus as careers change and kids head off to college, and revisit your investments as retirement gets closer. Wherever you are today, fidelitys guidance can help you finetune your personal economy. Start today with a free oneonone review of your retirement plan. Tom hanks has a brand new movie out thats getting tons of buzz. Its called captain phillips. Its based on the 2009 hijacking of the u. S. Cargo ship by somali pirates. Hanks plays the title character that has to prepare his crew when the pirates come on board. We stay locked down until help arrives. No one comes out until you hear the password. If the pirates find you, remember, you know the ship, they dont. Make them feel like theyre in charge but keep them away from the important things like the generator and the engine controls. Stick together and well be all right. Good luck. Hey, tom, welcome back. Good to see you. Words for wisdom all across the board. Stick together. Good luck. Dont get ahold of the engine room. Did you follow this story closely as it unfolded in 2009. Other than a quick couple of headlines. It seemed to be over pretty quick but i wasnt hanging on every word. It was like that happened fast, didnt it . They got them. Okay. When you decided to play this part, you went up and met richie phillips. Yeah a couple of times. What stood out about him . He was wearing socks watching an ncaa basketball game. My kind of hero. Ill take that. He is very happy go lucky. He is very grounded. Hes kind of goofy almost when hes not working and when hes on board the ship, even his wife doesnt want to see him then. Hes all business. To bring home the reality of what he went through in that lifeboat for those days you have to take people in that boat. You have to convey the heat and the fatigue and the thirst and the pain, how did you do it . Well we had a small little lifeboat that we shot in. It was actually a couple of days literally at sea. It smels horrible in there. Its got the worst lighting on the planet earth. It became trashed instantaneously. The other guys, you know, we were living close enough in order to see the pores on each others faces. So it became a very tactile experience for us all. You mention your costars in this movie and i want to mention a couple of things about this, first of all, theyre not trained actors basically. Theyre not trained actors but story telling type guys. They were found in minneapolis and answered a casting call to be in a movie with tom hanks. Thats right. I have to tell you i thought they delivered an intense performance in this. The first time i met them was the day the scene, the take where they stormed the bridge. We had never we were kept we had kept separate and they were the skinniest most terrifying human beings i had ever come across. It was wild. And once i finally saw the movie, we never knew what they were saying to each other. It wasnt necessarily in the script. There was so much other stuff going on so hi to wait until i could read the subtitles in the movie. And you talk about not meeting them until the scene where they stormed the bridge. Thats coming up with what i thought was an interesting piece of strategy. He didnt want you guys to get buddy buddy before that scene. He wanted you to see them for the first time when you were confronted with them. That was a tactile experience. He never made an announcement. We just figured out were not going to see these guys. He was working them like crazy. They were there five weeks before we showed up. We talk about the physical side of this. The heat and the pain of being in that lifeboat. Theres also the emotional side and in talking to captain phillips, he said he was sure he was going to die. Yeah. And at times he said i almost wanted to die. Yeah. So youre an actor and youre trying to bring people to that level. At night you get to go home and have a nice meal and maybe a glass of wine. How do you jump back into that emotional place the next morning. Im a professional. Thats one thing. It does hang with you. You get a sense of a marathon. There is no breaks. You pick upright where you left off the day before. Its almost in real time. It takes about five days. You ride an easier life. You keep your life more simple than it might be otherwise and youre always having this interior dialogue going on with yourself that is always reminding yourself of where you got to be the next day. The movie starts in somalia and you get to meet the pirates, the would be pirates before they actually take over the ship and i think people might think its funny for me to say it this way, do you think theres almost more of a sympathetic view of these pirates, keeping in mind they commit crimes, but after you get to meet them in their home. I wouldnt call it sympathetic. I would call it comprehensive. I think you can understand a bit more of the hopelessness of the place. And when you realize that they are hungry. That they are surrounded by corruption and theres nothing but poverty and hopelessness you might almost begin to think well what would i do if i lived in somalia as opposed to where i live now. Its an extraordinary movie. Having followed the story for a long time, its amazing to watch it come to life. You had richard on the show at some point. We were the first to talk to him when he was freed up in vermont. He was dizzy. It was probably awhile before he got his feet on the ground. Youre fabulous in this, tom. Thank you. Good to see you. I got to spend three months on a gorgeous cruise ship. Luxury cruise liner. Always good to see you. Captain phillips hits theaters on friday and the real captain will join us on that day on today. Thank you so much. Well, he garnered millions of fans by turning conventional wisd wisdom on its head and now hes out with david and goliath, underdogs, misfits and the art of battling giants. Good to see you. Good to see you. We all thought it was davids faith and a miracle that helped him prevail. You see Something Different in that story. The story is much more complicated and interesting. I think we underestimated, for example, just how powerful a sling is. The weapon that david chose is a devastating weapon. And also we i am not going to give it away but theres a secret to goliath that many medical experts have been speculating about in recent years. So i start the book by retelling that story and it makes you understand, wait a minute, its not this improbable victory by a one in a million chance. Underdogs actually have a real chance against goliaths. If i could sum it up thats the thrust of the book. Sometimes something that appears to be a disadvantage can be an advantage. You give a lot of real world examples of that. Can you give me one right now . Sure, i have chapters on education. I have a big chapter on class size that says we have a the conventional wisdom that says the smaller the class the better it is for a child and i say thats true but only up to a point. When classes get too small, the affect starts to reverse and your child may have been worse off than they would have otherwise. So theres a case where spending more and more money and hiring more and more teachers doesnt always create the advantage we think its going to create. You have the theory of desirable difficulty and tell stories of people that suffer with dyslexia and went on to enormous success. Yeah, if you look at successful entrepreneurs and innovators a hugely disproportionate number of them suffer with disabilities. I sat down with incredibly successful business men and asked them what did that mean and they think they did as well as they did not in spite of their disability but because of it. That in learning to cope with it and work around it they learned things they would never have otherwise figured out. Its a very interesting insight. Makes you look at difficulties you might encounter in your own life in a different way. Its always good to have you here, thank you. The book of course is called david and goliath. Coming up well have miley cyru life in a very different way. Malcolm gladwell, always good to have good morning. Its 8 26 on this monday, october 7th. Im richard jordan. Some potentially strong storms are on the way, and tom is here with a check of the forecast. Tom in. Just had a Severe Thunderstorm Warningish yews youd for winchester, for Frederick County, virginia. Can you see this is a line of some moderate to heavy rain. Right now this area in the yellow and orange, were getting heavy rain and maybe wind gusts, too, and up to near 60 Miles Per Hour. Just now sweeping through winchester in the northern Shenandoah Valley. Now if that holds together, it will be getting close to martinsburg, charlestown and then sweeping across the rest of the pan handle of West Virginia, so far thor south of there, too, there is a band of moderate to heavy rains advancing north and east and into the metro area about a another hour or two. Stay tuned. Frequent updates throughout frequent updates throughout morning february, 2013. A landmark transportation bill is up for consideration. Even though its backed by republican governor mcdonnell. Ken cuccinelli joins Tea Party Republicans to block the plan. But Terry Mcauliffe believes its time to break through the gridlock in richmond. Mcauliffe presses democrats to support the bill. And the bill passes. Terry mcauliffe. Putting virginia first. Im Terry Mcauliffe, candidate for governor, and i sponsored this ad. Good morning. Traveling in Patuxent River road and mt. Airy road, all lanes are blocked. Use davis road as a work around. 14th street inbound, a disabled car here is blocking the right shoulder lane and partially the right lane as well. 8 30 now on this monday morning. Its the 7th of october, 2013. The crowd is getting more and more excited because were Just Moments Away now from the concert of one of the hottest stars in the country. We think she has been a little busy lately. She hosted saturday night live over the weekend to really strong reviews. She had the most talked about performance at the vmas. A new album out and the music is burning up the charts. Well talk to her and listen to her coming up in a little while. Thats right. Because she is taking over our concert stage in just a few minutes. We know how excited everybody is here. Lots of buzz where miley is. So you can help power our buzz meter by tweeting with the mileytoday. Al, a check of the weather. Well show you whats going on for our week ah for our week ahead. Were talking about some showers and thunderstorms moving into the northeast during the week today. Were also looking for more wet weather making its way into the Pacific Northwest the latter part of the week. As we get into the midweek, expecting to see more wet weather along the east coast. Above normal temperatures in the central part of the country. Mountain snows out west, and the latter part of the week rain in the northeast and below normal temperatures for a good portion of the western half of the country. Thats whats going on around the u. S. , heres whats happening in your neck of the woods. Heavy rain and maybe some damaging winds. Got a Severe Thunderstorm Warning from a line of strong storms that are now sweeping across the northern Shenandoah Valley into the panhandle of West Virginia. In this orange zone is where the Severe Thunderstorm Warnings is in effect until 9 15. Could be damaging winds associated with this along with maybe some heavy rain that may cause localized flooding, and we could get more of tha dont forget, you can keep track of your weather any time of the day or night go to the Weather Channel on cable or weather weather whatever weather. Com online. Savannah. All right, al, thank you so much. As part of our education Nation Initiative we sent Jenna Bushhager back into the classroom to learn about some of the issues todays teachers are facing. Always good to send a teacher herself. Good morning. Good morning. I liked being back. Having been a teacher myself, i know its a constant juggle between lesson plans and bigger policy issues. I met up with a brand new teacher and a veteran to get their take on some of the challenges. Reporter over 3 million public schoolteachers stepped into the classroom this year armed with study aids, signs and smiles. Like samantha, over 300,000 are new to the profession. Today is my first day in my own classroom as a head teacher. Im feeling realdy excited. Reporter others are veterans. She has been in front of a class for 25 years and is still as enthusiastic as ever. This is that part of the year where anything is possible. Reporter along side the reading, writing and arithmetic, teachers this year are planning for reforms. Policies that will impact classrooms across the country. One receiving the most attention, the common core standards. A set of consistent academic goals for all students. So far 45 states and the District Of Columbia adopted the benchmarks. Theyre endorsed by the department of education and both teacher unions. But teachers have mixed feelings. Theres no discussion about are they appropriate and do they engage all students. The politicians dont know whats best. The people that know what is best are the people in the classroom. Reporter it will go hand in hand with testing. Results which will impact teachers evaluations. Providing a rigorous curriculum was always my goal and i didnt need the state coming in and telling me that. Last year, i had a child who said to me if i dont pass this test are you going to get fired . And i thought to myself, no 8yearold should have that burden on their shoulders. Reporter while the year ahead may present policy challenges, selena and samantha insist their passion in the classroom wont subside. What do you love about your job . I love the fact that after 25 years i still have so much i need to learn. What about you after two weeks . Being able to transfer the passion that i have and share with my students, its the most amazing thing. It doesnt get old. I know, i love it. So neat to see you back in the classroom. Theres an initiative called 30 Million Words. I was fascinated to learn about it. Were rolling this out at education nation today and basically what we found is that kids that are entering the classroom from more marginalized neighborhoods have a vocabulary less than their peers by 30 Million Words by the time theyre 3 years old. So Early Childhood education is key. Reading to your kids is key. Even as little as my baby. We read to every day. Its important. Its an amazing work youre doing. Great way to kick off education nation, jenna, thank you. Thank you. Well have more on it all week on all the platforms of nbc. Coming up next, the moment our crowd is waiting for. Miley cyrus live in concert. [ male announcer ] more room in economy plus. More comfort, more of what you need. Thats. Built around you friendly. The toyota Concert Series on today brought to you by toyota. Our crowd is ready, miley is ready with the hit off her new album we cant stop. Ladies and gentlemen, miss miley cyrus. [ music playing ] its our party we can do what we want. Its our party we can say what we want its our party we can love who we want we can kiss who we want we can sing what we want red cups and sweaty bodies everywhere hands in the air like we dont care cause we came to have so much fun now bet somebody here might get some now if youre not ready to go home can i get a hell no . Cause were going to go all night until we see the sunlight all right. So la da di da di we like to party, dancing with molly doing whatever we want this is our house this is our rules and we cant stop and we wont stop cant you see its we who own the night cant you see its we who bout that life . And we cant stop and we wont stop we run things things dont run we we dont take nothing from nobody yeah, yeah its our party we can do what we want its our party we can say what we we want its our party we can love who we want we can kiss who we want we can sing what we want to my home girls here with the big butt shaking it like we at a strip club remember only god can judge ya forget the haters cause somebody loves you everyone in line in the line bathroom trying to get a line in the bathd room we all so turned up here getting turned up yeah, yeah. So la da di da di we like to Party Dancing with molly doing whatever we want this is our house this is our rules and we cant stop and we wont stop cant you see its we who own t the night cant you see its we who about that life and we cant stop and we wont stop because we run things things dont run we. We dont take nothing from nobody its our party we can do what we want its our party we can say what we want its our party we can love who we want we can kiss who we want we can sing what we want its our party we can do what we want to its our house we can love who we want to its our song we can sing if we want to its my mouth i can say what i want to yeah, yeah, yeah. We run things things dont we we dont take nothing from nobody yeah yeah we can do what we want we can do what we want to thank you. Miley cyrus. Thank you. We wont stop either. More music from miley in a moment. But first, this is today on nbc. Pumpkins back at dunkin . Now you tell me. Try the new pumpkin pie donut or any of our other many pumpkin treats today. America runs on dunkin. She we can do what we want she has a Country Music singing father, a mom in Talent Management and had what every girl wanted. Good morning. Im storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein. We have a Tornado Warning in effect until 9 15 this morning. It includes the panhandle of West Virginia and just now exiting virginia is a strong line of storms. Some could be producing some rotation this. Area you can see in the red, this is the zone of the Tornado Warning, so it does extend from right across the virginia line into West Virginia, right near charlestown, West Virginia, east of martinsburg. Does look like it will be staying north of Loudon County, but this may move into Washington County as well. Again, this is a severe thunderstorm and Tornado Warning. The orange box is a Severe Thunderstorm Warning. The red box is a Tornado Warning. It is in effect for the panhandle of West Virginia. Its in effect until 9 15 this morning. There could be some damaging winds along with very heavy downpours associated with this. Well have frequent updates following this storm as it does move on through. Again, tornadople are going to it. Some people are going to be offended by it but people will be talking about it the next morning, was it your plan . I dont ever really plan to offend people but sometimes that just happens because i think people, theyre not open to what they dont understand but thats why what im doing is for my fans because theyre all really young so they understand what im doing. Did it go exactly as you planned . It went exactly as planned. Its a month later and were still talking about it. Its amazing. A lot of it was very provocative. Im never going to go to a sporting game and seeing a foam finger. Without doing this with it. I probably wont do that but ill be thinking about it. Add to that the naked shot on the wrecking ball for your video, its very clear that you are navigating. That also you cant help but every time you go by a wrecking ball you want to get naked and get on top of it. I dont pass a lot of wrecking balls. Ive seen a trillion. Thats true. Youre navigating tricky territory between child star and adult performer. Is it harder than you thought it would be. No. Because this is just like who i am. I think its only hard if youre trying to be something youre not. Being who you are is really easy if youre really true to that. Is it a phase . Is this a phase . Is the sexual side of you that were seeing a lot of something thats going to be here for awhile and move on to something else. I heard when you turn 40 things start to go a little less sexual. So probably around 40, i heard thats when people dont have sex anymore. I guess maybe around then. Do you know how old i am . Im going to guess 40 . I love you again. 55. 55. Oh, well, then youre really definitely not sexual. Any do overs . Terms of your career right now . Is there something you would like to do differently than you have done. I cant change anything. I cant go back. I can do a lot of things but i cant change the past. Nothing. Anything i cant control i dont really think about. I just live my life the way it is and i dont really regret anything. One of the things you have done is you have answered some of your critics. One comes to mind in particular, sinead oconnors. Your thoughts on her. I think she is an incredible artist and i was inspired by her for my wrecking ball video which started the whole thing. I dont know how someone can start a fight with someone thats saying i respect you and love what you did. You suck and i dont like you. That was crazy but im a big fan of hers. So it doesnt really matter. Do you wish you would have stayed out of the fray. You did fire back. Its all good. You can write as many open letters as you want. Thats what blogging is. I get open letters every day. Its nothing too new for me. What are you going to do next . Do you have a five year plan . You said you dont plan things a second ago. I think you meant overnight but do you have a five year plan . Not really. Im focused on when i get to go on tour which is going to be next year which im really excited about so thats really my focus. My plan is focussing on right now and continuing what im doing. Im the happiest ive ever been in my whole life. Im happy to be here. Youre getting a lot of attention. Everybody i talked to about you miley says this young lady has real talent. Do you ever worry that some of the things that go on around you draw peoples attention away from the talent. I dont worry about anything because i know who i am and i know that im an artist and put this time and effort into my record and my record is proof of really who i am and, you know, i said something before where for me the most important thing is being a really good person and that doesnt depend on what you do on stage. That depends on how you treat people when youre off stage and i know how i treat people so im not too worried about it. Talk to me about your parents. My mom is over there somewhere. There she is. So thats pretty awesome. Do they still have influence over you at 20 . The same kind of influence they may have had over you at 14 . Yeah, for me my parents have always been about being really who you are and figuring that out and whats good about that is as i trust them a lot so i can go to them with pretty much anything than a lot of kids that have to hide things from their parents that i dont have to. My parents are accepting. Thats what real love is is unconditional and that means it doesnt depend on what youre doing. Its just that means they love you no matter what and thats what parents are supposed to be. Youre going to stick around and sing another song. Were going to hear wrecking ball next. Yeah. Ladies and gentlemen, wrecking ball from miley cyrus in a moment. But first, this is today on in a moment. But first, this is today on nwhat can you score at t. J. Maxx . Designer jewelry. The hottest beauty trends. The latest handbags. Style for your guy or your best friend. For less than department stores. Check out all the designer brands maxxinistas are scoring. T. J. Maxx. Im Terry Mcauliffe, candidate for governor, and i sponsored this ad. These are Birth Control pills. More than half of american women use them at some point in their lives but Ken Cuccinelli sponsored a bill that could have made common forms of Birth Control illegal, including the pill. Cuccinelli was one of only five senators to support this potentially radical intrusion into domestic, family and individual decisionmaking why is Ken Cuccinelli interfering in our private lives . Hes focused on his own agenda. Not us. Here she is with her number one hit off her new album bangers, miley cyrus and wrecking ball. [ music playing ] we clawed we chained our hearts in vain we jumped never asking why we kissed, i fell under your spell a love no one could deny dont you ever say i just walked away i will always want you i cant live a lie running for my life i will always want you i came in like a wrecking ball i never hit so hard in love all i wanted was to break your walls all you ever did was wreck me yeah, you, you wreck me i put you high up in the sky and now youre not coming down it slowly turned, you let me burn and now, were ashes on the ground dont you ever say i just walked away i will always want you i cant live a lie, running for my life i will always want you i came in like a wrecking ball i never hit so hard in love all i wanted was to break your walls all you ever did was wreck me i came in like a wrecking ball yeah just closed my eyes and swung you left me crashing in a blazing fall all you ever did was wreck me yeah, you wreck me i never meant to start a war i just wanted you to let me in and instead of using force i guess i should have let you win i never meant to start a war i just wanted you to let me in i guess i should have let you win dont you ever say i just walked away i will always want you i came in like a wrecking ball i never hit so hard in love always i wanted was to break your walls all you ever did was wreck me i came in like a wrecking ball yeah i just closed my eyes and swung left me crashing in a blazing fall all you ever did was wreck me yeah, you, wreck me yeah, you, you wreck me thank you guys. Miley cyrus, thank you so much. The new album is called bangers. And were back with much more of today after a check of your 8 56 is your time now on this monday, october 7, 2013. Im eun yang. Severe storms moving our way right now. Tom is tracking them from the storm team 4 weather center. Tom, good morning. Getting a Tornado Warning report now in areas of Washington County and in West Virginia, in berkeley and jefferson counties. Storm team 4 radar showing a line of some heavy rain maybe with a tornado associated with it, and the zone you see in red, this is the zone thats under the Tornado Warning until 9 15. It does include jefferson, berkeley counties in West Virginia, Washington County in maryland, and this is advancing off to the north and east and moving quickly on through so if you hear thundery, if you see the storm coming your way, get in the low area of your home, especially if you have a basement stay there and stay safe. Stay with nbc 4. Good morning. We have a line of strong thunderstorms thats exiting West Virginia and now moving into Washington County maryland. Heading off quickly to the north and east with some heavy downpours and maybe some damaging winds and perhaps even a tornado. In this red zone is where the Tornado Warning is now still in effect until 9 15. Can you see the continue doe warning area covers the area right along the Potomac River where it meets West Virginia from near shepherdstown other to boonsboro. Thats where the area of the Tornado Warning is still in effect. That line of strong storms heading off to the north and east at a rapid rate. Again, could be producing a small tornado and perhaps some damaging winds and enough heavy rain that we could have lockized flooding in the red zone. This is a Tornado Warning in effect until 9 15 this morning now in addition we have a tornado watch that has just been issued. Covers most of our area. A lot of Northern Virginia. A lot of maryland including the District Of Columbia throughout the rest of the afternoon. Frequent updates. Stay withay on this monday morning, october 7th, 2013 inside studio 1a. Im willie geist along with al roker and natalie morales. Miley monday. Miley mania on the today show. Rock it out there. It was great. Some of the interview with matt was fascinating wasnt it . Wow, yes. Lets just start with sex after 40. Should we set the record straight on this. Youre not quite 40 yet. Whats it like after 40 . How many years do you have to go . I have two more years. Enjoy those two years. Its the greatest 30 seconds youll ever enjoy. Its wrong. Thats not true. Im kidding. Wrong, not true. Not true. She talked to matt about the sinead oconnor. She attacked me but im used to it. The foam finger thing came up. Well never look at foam fingers the same after this. You put snl together with her performance out there, through all the smoke and mirrors and everything she is really talented. She can sing and she can perform. And were talking about miley cyrus. She will last because of her talent. Its part of the strategic hot mess plan. Were still talking about her a month later. Well hear more from miley cyrus later in this hour. She will do a song from us as well. Terrific. Early on today savannah talked to Elizabeth Smart, this after friday when meredith did the one hour special. Elizabeth was the kidnapping victim. The nine month ordeal. She has a book called my story. She was 14 years old taken from her Salt Lake City bedroom in 2002. She described her experience to savannah. It was the scariest moment of my life. I mean, as far as 14 year olds go, i probably was on the naive side. I mean, i had lived a very sheltered life. So when i woke up in the middle of the night to see a strange man standing above my bed holding a knife at my neck, i just couldnt believe that it was real. I couldnt believe that this was happening to me. It was the scariest moment of my life. Looking at him again and realizing that he no longer has any part of my life, and he will never control me ever again or make me feel bad ever again. That he no longer exists in my life. Yeah, and the other thing she said was so incredible. Talking about the idea that the greatest punishment for her abductor is that she is happy and living a fulfilled life was his life is over. And she wanted to speak out now and she wrote this book just so that victims of these kinds of crimes realize that there is happiness. That you move forward. You move on in life and what an incredible young lady. It gives me goosebumps. She is 25 and she is married and meredith went back with her to the place where she was taken when she was snatched from her bedroom and meredith said she was struck about her poise and her strength to be able to go there. Didnt shed a tear. Wanted to show how strong she was. She is an incredible young woman. She doesnt want to remain a victim. Shes a survivor. Shes more than a survivor. Incredible young woman. Shutdown continues today. Old story. 7th day of the shutdown. Lets look at the bright side, the snl side. There you go. Weekend update had an interesting take on the shutdowns winners and losers. Loser, john boehner, i feel sorry for you buddy. Its exhausting watching you trying to maintain your dignity while wrangling the tea party maniacs. Loser, the obama care website which had technical issues all week because of too much web traffic. You cant campaign on the fact that millions dont have health care and then be surprised that millions dont have health care. How could you not be ready . Thats like 1800flowers getting caught off guard by valentines day. Winner, canada, senator ted cruz was born in canada. So while we were worried about iran, china, and north korea, a canadian shutdown the u. S. Government. Well played, canada. I love the 1800flowers line. Thats a great line. By the way, the pentagon on saturday said it would call most of its 350,000 furloughed civilian workers back to their jobs saying theyre allowed to consider them critical to protecting national security. A lot of them are going to get back pay. Congress did the right thing and voted for that. Which brings us to the next story. Talking about security. What on earth did you hear about this, a 9yearold kid, 9 years old gets through security at the minneapolis st. Paul airport on to a delta flight, flies from the twin cities to vegas. Vegas, baby. Without a ticket, a boarding pass, gets through security gets through the gate and on the flight and arrives in las vegas. Finally questioned and stopped in nevada because on the plane the Flight Attendant started to wonder is this kid. He said his parents were toward the back. Couldnt find the parents. Tsa said the child was screened along with other passengers to ensure he was not a threat to the aircraft. Delta says were investigating the situation and working with the authorities involved. On the upside he gets frequent flyer miles. Can you imagine the phone call the parents got on that one. We have your 9yearold. I cant imagine. I have a 9yearold. He wouldnt even know what to do and certainly not think to go to las vegas. Yeah, maybe orlando. The kid showed smarts going to vegas. I guess he took light rail to the airport. Went through tsa. Thats where it begins. You have to have a boarding pass. I bet it was like a reverse of home alone. He probably got in with a family, you know, as theyre going through. And of course you never check everybody and boom the kid is through and then probably sneaks on. And i guess at the gate he said he waited until the attendants were distracted and said my parents were on a flight already. Lots of questions still on this one for sure. Yeah. And he won 50,000 at the tables. Yes he did. He paid for his flight home. Mike tyson is still looking for the tiger. Its the next hangover movie. A little less edgy. Were excited about sochi. February next year. Its going to be great right here on the nbc family of networks. February 7th. Got off to a rocky start. The olympic flame relay starts today but it arrived sunday morning where a ceremony was held. You notice there is no flame there. Thats tun official torch relay. A little wind gust coming out of the tunnel. Wait for the best part. He is looking at the crowd, does anybody have a lighter. Watch the guy come out with the zippo lighter. Got to have a light. Just the way the greeks imagined it all the years back. There you go. Thanks boris. And flame back on. Flame on. Thats not the official flame, flame then if it went out. They had to relight it. No, its the lighter flame which will be forever remembered. Is that bad luck . Is that a sign . It goes out all the time. Still not when youre going into the stadium. Thats just not good. You have to have one of those standing by. I like the guy thats carrying it. He just keeps moving. Waiting for somebody with a lighter. Good thing that lighter was handy. Here i go. Oh, epic fail. He thinks its coming back on at this point. Is it there . No. Anybody . Hes looking around. I need a light. Come on, look, its out. Come on, no, seriously. Come on. Anyone . That is fantastic. And so begin the sochi games. Oh, man. It will go off without a hitch for sure. Thats what you need. Whats going on with the weather, al. It was a wild weekend. Things have come down. Lets show you whats going onh hitch, thats for sure. Whats going on with the news is things have calmed down. Storm system coming into the Pacific Northwest. Were also looking at a Beautiful Day in boulder, colorado. Beautiful day. Send us your picture at todaysun rise. Wet weather in the Midatlantic States and southeast and remnants of karen that kind of fizzled out. Windy conditions in california. Plenty of sunshine in the midsection of the country all the way down into texas where temperatures get up to 86 degrees today in browns sri. Thats whats going on around the country. Heres whats happening in your neck of the woods. Good morning. Right now we have some thundershowers rolling through Washington County, maryland, out of pan handle of West Virginia. Earlier a Tornado Warning. Now that has expired, and we dont have any more warnings, but we do have a tornado watch that is in effect now including all these areas you see in yellow on t thats your latest weather. Al, thanks. How excited are you for the tom hanks movie captain phillips. I cant wait to see that. Weve got this months big entertainment dates to circle on [ male announcer ] when ziggy appeared at their door, he opened up jakes very private world. Jakes family thought they saved ziggy, but their connection has been lifesaving. For a love this strong, theres iams. 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Lets jump in. We watched miley cyrus on the plaza and her album will be released october 8th. Yeah, now i wonder if sometimes her craft and her singing and song writing is overshadowed by the performing and twerking with teddy bears, the fact is this album is really good. We just saw her perform two songs off the album and theyre great. Our music critic gave it an a my lus. Today twerking with mushrooms. A whole new category. Yeah. Another big guest on the today show was tom hanks. Cant wait to see captain phillips. Absolutely. He is back. Tom hanks is pretty much a lock to get an oscar nomination for this. Its a theme well see a lot at the oscars. Survival stories. Gravity which opened this past weekend. Well see that a lot. And then the walking dead coming back. Are you excited . Okay. So last season there were a lot of human problems. There was the governor, this season were back to zombies. All zombies all the time. So many of them. Hundreds and hundreds. Wow. Looking forward to that october 13th. October 18th two big movie releases, first all is lost. Yeah, he plays a man lost at sea and thats it. Theres very little dialogue. There are no flash backs with other actors in it. Its just him. Like castaway but at sea. Theres no volleyball. No wilson . He hasnt been nominated for an acting oscar since the sting in 1974. Is that true . Yeah. It is. Are you questioning my facts . I just like to call you out sometimes and make sure you tell us the truth. Hell get one for this. Carrie is another one. Yes, the remake of the 1976 classic horror movie. Perfect timing around halloween. Julianne moore plays her bible quoting mom who throws her in the baseball. I cannot wait for a new book coming out on the 22nd, actually a sequel to a time to kill. Its interesting because he could not find a publisher for this book. He would shop it around from publisher to publisher and everyone was like no and then he became big later and they published it. This is a sequel to it and he deals with another case. Called sycamore row. And katy perry also releasing her album. Theres big expectations for this album. Her last one had 5 number one singles. She tied michael jackson. So this is a little more mature katy perry. She wont be shooting fireworks out of her boobs anymore. Roar has already been number one. Yes, she performed it at the mtv movie awards. Great song. And two weeks from friday, a couple of shows coming out. Grimm is back and the premiere of dracula. Its by the executive producers of Downton Abbey so theres costumes and balls and forbidden romance. The walking dead only have zombies but grimm has zombies and mermaids and sewer gators. Its like sharknado. I know. Fantastic. Friday nights on nbc. J. K. Rowling, new book. This is the hogwarts library. This is a collection of the magical beasts and thing just repackaged. Just another way to repackage and maybe make more money. Like she needs more money, right . Yeah. As we look forward, so much is coming out in october, is there anything else for november . Plenty. A lot of the oscar movies come out in november and december. Even though theres big things coming out, there are huge things coming in november and december. Yeah, always around thanksgiving. Count on that. Jessica shaw, looking forward to it. Thank you so much. Thank you. And coming up next, all the news you need before you are leaving your house this morning. News you n[ elizabeth ]u are i like to drink orange juice or have lemon in my water. Eat tomato sauce on my spaghetti. The acidic levels in some foods can cause acid erosion. The enamel starts to wear down. And you cant grow your enamel back. I was quite surprised, as only few as four exposures a day what that can do to you. Its quite a lesson learned. My dentist recommended that i use pronamel. Because it helps to strengthen the enamel. He recommended that i use it every time i brush. 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In its place now a tornado watch meaning that the conditions are ripe for the development perhaps of some strong storms of tornadoes later today, and it covers all this area in yellow, Northern Virginia, much of maryland and the District Of Columbia until 5 00 p. M. Again, this is potential for perhaps later today for some thunderstorms that may produce some damaging winds, perhaps some isolated tornadoes. Right now the storm team 4 radar showing most of the heaviest rains are well north of the metro area. This line of heavy downpours has swept through Loudon County coming into Frederick County maryland about to slide through northern Montgomery County and after that perhaps some of those heavier downpours late they are afternoon with damaging winds ending by 6 00 p. M. And clearing welcome back to today. Its monday morning, october 7th, 2013. Im willie along with al and natalie. Tell me what you would do in this situation. A bar tender gets a tip from a regular customer that leaves her with keynote tickets which is essentially this is nothing. This is a piece of paper. In this case, one of the two tip tickets won 17,500 in the oregon lottery. The bartender said the look on the guys face was incredible. I automatically handed it back to him and said this is your ticket keep it. But he insisted she keep the money but she did end up giving him a little cut. That photo we showed you, thats not the patron. Thats another patron at the bar. But that was the bartender. So the question is would you give the ticket back . Would you take it back . I would offer the guy the cut. They did the right thing. She gave him a little bit of the percentage of the commission. Im going to start tipping at restaurants with keynote tickets. Thats how it works. Heres a scratch off. Good luck. Here comes geist. Al, youre moving, arent you . I am. We have breaking weather news coming up here for the northeast. Come on with me. Lets show you. Weve got a tornado watch now. This is unusual for this time of the year. From syracuse new york out to albany all the way down to washington d. C. And all the way down to washington, d. C. New york city just on the fringe of that, so were going to be keeping an eye on this because weve really got the risk of damaging winds, a few tornadoes possible, and were going to be looking at more showers and thunderstorms. Weve got that slight risk, you can see, stretching from new england all the way down into delmarva peninsula, so those showers and thunderstorms will be hanging around. Rest of the country, weve got a beaute outful day on tap. 65 and showers and thunderstorms in chicago, but you get down into the midsection of the u. S. , looking pretty good. 86 in brownsville, texas, Beautiful Day in los angeles. Sunshine and a temperature of 76. Another storm coming on shore in the Pacific Northwest with temperatures mid to upper 50s. Again, the tornado watch in the northeast in effect until 5 00 this afternoon. Thats whats going on around the country. Heres whats happening in your neck of the woods. And that covers part of our area. That yellow zone under this tornado watch which does include much our region, Northern Virginia, the district and nearby suburbs in maryland and much of the rest of maryland until 5 00 p. M. A possibility we could have tornadoes. Right now getting heavy downpours and a line of showers now rolling across Frederick County, maryland. Thats where the heaviest rains are lo and thats your latest weather. Thanks a lot. You had a sofa delivered and it was too big for your space. Maybe you have a coffee table with so many scratches on it youre thinking about getting a new one. We have just the guys to solve those problems. Every week, hgtvs cousins under cover set out across the country to give the surprise of a lifetime, a home make over to a small town hero. Theyre here to help us solve your decor dilemmas. We should point out, theres a lot of jersey up here right now. There is. Between the four of us, this is a lot of jersey. Were taking over the city. What are the common mistakes you solve a lot of problems but what are the biggest mistakes people are making. People are coming to us and just recently in an episode that we are doing on cousins undercover, you know, families, they dont know where to position any of their furniture and we tell people all the time you have to be able to float your furniture. Floating furniture actually makes the room look larger. By pushing it up against the wall, a lot of times that makes the space not look as large as it really does. We saw that. Yeah, i think the biggest thing between floating or putting it against the wall is scaling. Before you buy furniture, measure your room. It really helps. The scale of things is really what matters. So take your length and take your width and then, you know, what we like to tell people is dont buy the couch the first day. Go to the store, measure the couch, go home with painters tape and tape the lines on the floor in your room. Step back. Does it feel good . If it feels good in tape, its going to feel good once it get there is. If it looks large in tape, it will be way big. Make sure it can fit through the door too. I dont think a lot of people think to measure their doorway. And im going to tell them, we have made that mistake. Yes, okay. Glad to know im not alone. We did it with a 15 foot counter top. So it got a little interesting. Saw it in half. Lets look at examples. The sofa that was too small. We have a before picture of what that would look like. You eye ball it at the store and you get it home and its a little too small for the room. The otolaryngolotoman is big the sofa. They would take it and throw it against a wall or a corner. You have a huge void in your house. Thats unused space. Right. So it actually makes your space look smaller. For example, if you are going through an open house and theres no furniture in the house, it doesnt look as big as when furniture is actually in. It looks totally dirgefferent. Thats why we say move it away from the wall. Use an ottoman and put in in there. Thats what youre talking about floating space. Yes. The one thats too large, what do you do about that. Whoa. Are you serious . Thats a really big couch. Thats not a real picture. You doctored that. I dont think anyone would put a couch that big but if the couch is too big then you can throw it against a wall but make sure that youre having something in front of it. Have that coffee table. Have an ottoman and side tables. Dont leave it alone by itself. Make sure youre putting other elements around it. Lets get tour fixes here. We have this coffee table, one of the most used pieces of furniture in a room. What do you do when its scratched on the top. First, this is a real wood coffee table. When you have Real Products you can fix them. If you have a table thats a lament type of material its hard to get scratches out of them. Right. You can use marker pens and others to try to hide them but you cant get rid of them. Okay. With a real wood surface you can sand out scratches. A palm sander is great. It take ace long time to sand things out by hand. You do need to use sandpaper by hand when youre on the edges because you dont want to flatten anything out and make sharp edges but you want to step through your sandpaper. Start at 80 or 100 grit is what we have here and work up to a 220 grit which is finer and gets you finished. What do you do with the nuts . We thats not bad. Theyre pretty good. They taste good. Distract people from the scratches, thats nice. We have pecans and walnuts here. If you have a walnut table use the walnuts. You can fill the scratch. You can see the brown starting to come off and it covers it in. Did you guys invent that . Im impressed. Thats a cheap fix. A very cheap fix. Lets go to the wall quick. So feature walls is something my cousin and i both love doing a lot in different homes but it doesnt have to be just for esthetics. You can use it to cover up holes and problems. Rather than go through the mess of resheet rocking and spackeling, you want to make sure youre not covering up major problems. This doesnt fix leaks, for example. You cant cover up a problem like that. But if you do have a hole in the wall, reclaimed planks are great. Theyre going to be a little more expensive. Youll have to hunt for those but if you go to your local Hardware Store you can pick up we did a tongue and groove pine. Its economical. Were running out of time. Prilosec otc gives me zero heartburn. And zero heartburn is awesome. Just like zero cutlery. And you cant beat zero. [ male announcer ] prilosec otc is the number one doctor recommended frequent heartburn medicine for 8 straight years. 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On education nation, how some young girls are getting excited about stem, science, technology, engineering and math. I caught up with these bronx students as they discovered theyre just as good as those subjects as the boys. I can sit here and just create and create and carreate. Reporter at a pilot school bringing Computer Science and Software Engineering classes to youth girls can learn about producing beats and songs. This is actually the actual game control. Reporter and the basic language of code to create video games. You lost me at electricity starts when sorry. Im confused. Reporter meet cynthia, clarissa and geneva. How many of you when you thought about coding or video gaming or music said thats something im interesting in . You did . Was that scary or intimidating at first . That was more of a guys thing. I was skeptical. When i came to the school at first i was like i dont want to go to school but people that want to make the video game thats not what i want to do. But now i learned its fun and relates to real life. We found that given our population of students that bringing in the element of art and integrating it across science, technology, engineering and path that it provided more entry points and got students more excited about typical Stem Learning. Girls do a 360 and by the end, theyre sharing with the boys how to complete projects. I could speak to a guy and like, youre doing that wrong and then ill fix it and help them. Reporter its giving you confidence to the point where youre correcting the guys . Yes. Reporter yet the National Center for women and Information Technology tell us that most girls study science, just not Computer Science. And while girls are avid users of tech, women are significantly underrepresented when it comes to being creators in the tech field. So youre going to show me simple code here . Yeah, so this is scratch. Reporter 22yearold rebecca garcia, a white house honoree is a role model. She offered free Computer Science skills to a nonprofit she cofounded. You can use coding and Computer Science and like analytical thinking combining with your creativity, you know, for any job that youre taking now. It doesnt mean you have to become a programmer and engineer but knowing that you can build something and how much work goes into the things that we use every day is pretty important. You never know. We could take what were doing now in high school and pursue it when we get older. It makes me feel pretty comfortable. Like im conquering the world and things like that. And programs that emphasize Stem Learning are hoping to make a difference. Also of note, Michelle Obama is putting emphasis on the importance of women and technology and is meeting with them in Silicon Valley this weekend. Coming up next, its a party weekend. 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Im nervous thats when the taxi man turned on the radio and a jayz song was on and a jayz song was on so i put my hands up theyre playing my song and the butterflies fly away im nodding my head like yeah moving my hips like yeah i got my hands up theyre playing my song i know im going to be okay yeah, its a party in the usa yeah, its a party in the usa get to the club in my taxi cab everybodys looking at me now like whos that chick thats rocking kicks she got to be from out of town its so hard with my girls not around me its definitely not a Nashville Party cause all i see are stilettos i guess i never got the memo im feeling home sick, too much pressure. Im nervous thats when the d. J. Dropped my favorite tune and a britney song was on and a britney song was on so i put my hands up theyre playing my song the butterflies fly away nodding my head like yeah moving my hips like yeah put my hands up, theyre playing my song you know im going to be okay yeah, its a party in the usa yeah, its a party in the usa feel like hopping on a flight back to my hometown tonight something stops me every time the d. J. Plays my song and i feel all right so i put my hands up theyre playing my song the butterflies fly away im nodding my head like yeah moving my hips like yeah i put my hands up there playing my song, you know im going to be okay yeah, its a party in the u usa yeah, its a party in the usa hands up theyre playing my song the butterflies fly away. Im nodding my head like yeah moving my hips like yeah i put my hands up, theyre playing my song you know im going to be okay yeah its a party in the usa. Yeah, its a party in the usa. Yeah, its a party in the usa miley cyrus rocking the plaza. Were back in a moment. This is today on nbc. Coming up with kathie lee and hoda we talked Elizabeth Smart a little while ago. She stops by to talk about her story of resilience. Plus one lucky winner gets a living room make over inspired by the new set. Well have that just ahead. And the celebrity gossip and also foam fingers. And the celebrity gossip and also foam fingers. But first, whats your healthy . Woman for our daughter, emily, its going home. Its seeing her friends. [ dog barks ] its just being a kid again. With aetna, we have the tools to find the right specialist, save money on our hospital bills, even call a nurse anytime. No matter what your healthy is, aetna can help you get there. Whats your healthy . 9 57 is your time now on this monday, october 7, im eun yang. Tom is tracking some strong storms and a tornado watch right now. Tom . Tornado watch in effect for much of our region of all these areas you see in the yellow. It includes much of the district and Northern Virginia and around our region. We have this in effect until 5 00 p. M. Much of maryland, this is the potential for perhaps some tornadoes developing later today. Now this morning weve had some showers and thunderstorms coming through north and west of us, but only just a little bit of lightning associated with it. Mostly some downpours with gusty winds. There was a little bit of tree damage around winchester but now its settling down to some scattered showers and a few downpours. The areas in yellow and orange and coming down south of warrenton which mack may make its way into the metro area. Around noontime and then during the rest of the afternoon is when we have the potential for perhaps some isolated tornadoes and then cooler after that. Now danella, how is traffic . Now danella, how is traffic . Im Terry Mcauliffe, candidate for governor, and i sponsored this ad. These are Birth Control pills. More than half of american women use them at some point in their lives but Ken Cuccinelli sponsored a bill that could have made common forms of Birth Control illegal, including the pill. Cuccinelli was one of only five senators to support this potentially radical intrusion into domestic, family and individual decisionmaking why is Ken Cuccinelli interfering in our private lives . Hes focused on his own agenda. Not us. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with Kathie Lee Gifford and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Hello, everybody. Its a nice fun day monday in new york city. October 7th. Hoda, you know what happened five 1 2 years ago today . Five 1 2 years ago today . No, i dont. I joined you on the today show. Oh, gosh its our five 1 2 an variousry. Is it really . Today . Oh. Five 1 2 years . Five 1 2 years. Lets celebrate, celebrate. Hot Halloween Costumes well get to in a minute. We have a show filled with strong. Strong women. Empowered women. And very, very smart. We have, Elizabeth Smart is with us today. I talked about reading her book. So moving and powerful. It gives you hope. If somebody can live through what she lived through and have the grace, forgiveness and kindness and normalcy that she has, there is hope for you today, we look at lifes problems, day in, day out, you listen to elizabeths story and honestly, you think, i didnt know somebody could make it through Something Like that, but she is one of those shining examples. I cant wait to see her. And the other one. Diana nyack, fresh from that swim in the seas. Swimming two days straight coming up. In a pool if that werent silly enough, she thinks were going to get in it with her. They dont make enough bathing caps. This is a woman yeah. We love her. We love her and you are proud of her. On our plaza is was a big, big, big morning, because miley was here. Remember only god can judge you, if youre a hater, somebody loves ya oh, yeah. Lying in the bathroom, trying to get yeah. Okay. A modern miley kind of day around here. Apparently getting very good grades for her appearance as musical guest and host of snl. Did you see it . I saw a little of it. Well roll the clip. Can you tell from our people behind the scenes you get to know hoe somebody really is. And everybody who worked with miley cyrus behind the scene said she was so kind, nice, sweet, adaptable, all of those things. Not a diva moment and apparently donna you our wardrobe lady said the same thing. Shes always like that at snl. If thats right, the in case you missed it, heres a little bit of snl. Im not going to do Hannah Montana but i can give you an update on what happened to her. She was murdered. Guys, i just dont think we should do that wrecking ball sketch. What . Come on sorry. Oh, look. Its teddy. Great rehearsal. We shouldnt be doing this this is for kids ill see you onstage. She had a lot of fun. Well good for her, and she was wowing the crowd out there. Was she wearing a diaper, though . What was that . Apparently frank just called and said, i want to get you one of those. How was your weekend . Yes. The Halloween Costume of the year is, it is hot. Its so tiny. I thought they were going to put it on. No. You left, you know what anyway, if you want the hot costume, youve just seen it. There it is. Its going to be everywhere. You went off to beautiful Cayman Islands this weekend. Ill tell you about it t. Was a spectacular beautifully event. Heather mclaughlin did the thing. How beautiful the room was, how great the people were. Of all the people you meet at events like this, you meet a lot of people, the room was rockin. A big party atmosphere, but there was one young lady, a guy who acted like a waiter and started singing pavarotti in the room. Is his make michael . Mike . I think it s. Is. He used to be a waiter at yes. They call themselves waiters. She was a transformative figure in my life and shes a Breast Cancer survivor. Now has bone cancer that moved to her bones. Shes an optimist. Look in the her eyes, you can see it. She stood at the podium, doesnt have a long time to love but said im the luckiest woman in the room. Im married to him and have all of these friends and people who support me. It was a beautiful, beautiful weekend. I am so glad. Wonderful. You came back raving about everything. How was yob weekend . My weekend looked like it was going to be something, but i had to be mommy all weekend long. No, it wasnty cody, no, it wasnt cass. What happened . That is bambino with the cone of shame. Bambino i am sad to report had a bowel obstruction. Very bad bowel obstruction. You know how they rub their bottoms, were you, he had rawed his little butt until it was awful. We had to take him to the vet. We take him to the vet. All weekend long i spent putting preparation h on bambino and benadryl every four hours so it wouldnt be itchy and slept with him all night. I was up all night friday, all night saturday. I thought any minute hes going to projectile bottom no difference between whnen i was taking care of my kids and bambino . Whats the obstruction . Im at fault. Weve had different vets through the year. Dogs can have all the table food people have. If its healthy food, its healthy food. I always have given louis and lola the same you know, just a little tiny bit in there. Yeah. And oh, no. He cant. Too little. Cant handle it. So just a warning. If you have yes look at his cone. Hes feeling better. I took the cone of shame off and he went right for his hes been drugged all weekend long. Not out of the woods just yet. Your heart goes out to them. You love them so much. Its timely time for our big living room reveal. Yes, i want to see this. Remember, vera dushy won the makeover contest. Thats dushy. We messed it up last time. And now we remember. Dont get it wrong again. Vera and her husband and daughters and son here in new york. Were going to reveal you think youre going to say it wrong . What is it . Mayapac . I know that so well. Shes from [ talking together ] new york. Two great brothers, you know, helping us with this from hg tv. Drew and Jonathan Scott are on the scene. You guy, how did the weekend go . The weekend, great. Where are we right now . Pronounce that one more time . Were having a lot of fun. My teams been here working tirelessly through the weekend with the folks from hg tv home. Night and day. Theyre going to be blown away. Such a beautiful family. Im excited to see how they react. Are these the befores . Yes. Were going to show the after in a segment coming up. Guys, were so excited. I saw them in people magazine, by the way, the recent one. Theyre very fancy. Great. You guys, looking forward to that. Were back from the summer. Were going to be doing every has a story again on thursday. I got a flrom a theresa sirraili believe its pronounced from new york city. What city . Manhattan. A singer songwriter, struck by an impaired driver down in midtown manhattan june 11, 2002. Lost her right leg and her hip. Imagine that. Right on impact. Obviously, she was devastated. With the helps loved one, doctors, caregivers and Music Therapy she recovered and is now using her music gift to help others. She says the act of visiting and singing for other trauma patients, as a patient herself, many, many people freshly back from iraq or afghanistan truly transformed her. Is she on the phone . She is. Dedicated to her work and on the phone with us. Theresa, how are you . Hi im great. How are you . You sound awesome and we are so looking forward to meeting you ons thursday, but whats going to happen, youre going to make history here now, theresa. I dont know how many times weve done this. Were up to about 50 everyone has a story that weve done. Youre the very first one thats actually going to sing the song david and i have written for you. Were so excited about that. Oh, i am thrilled beyond belief and grateful beyond words and so is my family. Glad you dont have to travel too far. Looking forward to seeing you. Me, too. Thank you. God bless. Favorite things, you guys. If you buy one book, one book, buy this one. David and goliath. I saw it at the apt. Picked it up. Its about how the little guy can beat the big guy, whether a ragtag Basketball Team that beats the big team . A ragtag little army that beats the big army or a kid with dyslexia, becomes the ceo of a company. I tore through the whole book. On the last couple of pages and dont want it to end. David and goliath. I have a book, too. And i read it on saturday while i was holding called the reason for lifes hope by billy graham. She he is 95 years old now. His son franklin will be on tomorrow. I read the book in anticipation of our guest. Next week. Thank you, honey. So i didnt have to rush . Anyway, billy is a dear friend, but this book i learned things about what napoleon said about jesus, about what all these people in history have said. Its fascinating. Id never known that. Its 15 on amazon. Com. Wondering about the price of this bad boy . 39. 99 at spirit halloween. Com. 40. 40. Could be it you . About to surprise our celebrity fan of the week. And, boy, this movie took the world by storm. It was out of this world. Yeah, literally. Uhhuh. [ female announcer ] can it get any cleaner . [ steam hisses ] actually. Guys [ female announcer ]. It can. Introducing swiffer steamboost powered by bissell. It gets the dirt that mops can leave behind with steamactivated cleaning pads that break down dirt and lock it away. How did you get this floor so clean . Steamboost, sir [ female announcer ] new swiffer steamboost powered by bissell. Not just clean, steamboost clean. 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Newest Celebrities Making debut. Chris witherspoon, if thats his real name. It is. All the scoop. Entertainment editor and host of the dish at thegrio. Com. Start with miley. Talking about her. Quite a weekend. Yes. An amazing weekend. We saw her on snl. I think she did a great job. Really went out there and performed. Thats what we know her form, a performer. A really tame show, nothing controversial. That the dress she wore to the afterparty. The same as for the wrecking ball but oversized shirt that showed all. You see the bra and panties. Shear, with the paparazzi, you see all. She knows exactly what shes doing. Knows what shes doing. She told matt shes the happiest shes ever been. A great start for the new chapter for miley, personally. Big weekend at the box office. Gravity. Way beyond expectations. Brought in 55. 6 million. The highest grossing film for sond Sandra Bullock and George Clooney. Word of mourning. Huge, huge, from the beginning. Like hoetwollywood royalty. Downey jr. Almost got it, but he does too much adlibbing. If you see it, these two are meant for this role. I think sandra might get an oscar nomination for this. Had it locked up until this. I was breathless throughout the whole film. The plot is what is she doing out there floating around . Basically. Thats my whole thing. We were given legs to be here on the ground. I dont see why you need to be in space, but its a they get untethered and what . 90 minutes trying to get back to the mother ship. It, works. It works, though. One of those 3d films and its bringing out a different demo that normally goes you see the film. Thats great. We have ever intention of seeing that, of seeing what was the other one that came out, phillips is that out . Yes. Out this friday. Coming. I didnt miss that. All right. Still a great one, too. Good news for halle berry. Back on duty. Halle berry, a 5yearold daughter. Gave birth over the weekend to a boy. Her and her boyfriend a hot couple. Halles had a rough year fighting paparazzi. She won. Theres a new bill. This goaround, an easier time being a mom and also doing a new tv show with steven spielberg. Working, getting ready to make a move to tv. Hopefully found personal happiness as well. Married in july. 47. I their theyre a great couple and get each other. Theyre both 47. And speaking of babies. Kim kardashians swaddled little bundle . They are beautiful. People buzzing saying this might be the most beautiful baby in hollywood right now. Hold it. My kids are out there. Whats wrong with you, and becoming a kardashian. Saying, look at this. Look at this. No. This baby is beautiful, and look at her. Only the second photo. Love that that plush back ground shes on, that little fur thing, whatever it is. The babys beautiful. A great combination of kim and kanye. Second time seen the baby since kanye debuted the baby on kris jenners talk show in june. Shes got a throw. I want that for my house. Okay. Very nice to see you. 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So before we tell what you youve won we want to tell everyone at home while you were named our fan of the week. First of all, you and your adorable 1monthold son matt watch every day. Drinking Pineapple Juice while he relaxes with a bottle of milling. Named after the days of the week. Fun done monday, boo who tuesday, wacky wednesday, booze day thursday and wacky friday. Are you ready to find out what you won . I am. Headed to the luxurious inn and organic farm in albuquerque, new mexico. Four days three nights at a Bed Breakfast as diamond collection inn. During your stay, dine at a restaurant for dinner, enjoy a picnic lunch surrounded by 25 acres of lavish fields and treated to a wonderful resort property tour. Round trip airfare for two is included. Hotel accommodations provided by los poblomos. You know who youre going to take with you . My husband. Oh and someone has to watch that adorable little boy, but i dont the think youll have trouble getting somebody to watch him. 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Pillsbury grands biscuits. Make dinner pop were back on this monday with more of today and story of resilience, courage and try triumph. Elizabeth smart, kidnapped from her own bedroom and captured nine months. Ten months later broken her silence about what happened during that terrifying ordeal. A new book called my story. Elizabeth, were so glad youre with us, and so glad youre here to tell your tale, which we think is going to be really inspirational for so many other people who have maybe lost hope in their life. We wont go through the whole thing, because we dont have as much time as savannah had with you, but tell us why you wrote the book, first and foremost. I do a lot of speaking. I just an Incredible Opportunity to go around the country and speak to a lot of different groups, and every time that i have spoken to different groups i have had at least, at the very least, one person thats come forward and said, i was raped, or i was kidnapped, or my parent tried to sell me to pay the mortgage. Started it all. Every time, and i i mean i hate hearing it, but when i decided, this is really a big reason why i wrote my book. I wanted to be able to reach out to these survivors and victims and let them know that theyre not alone. Let them know that they can move forward, and that they can be happy and that this moment in life doesnt have to define them. This book has, theres so much devastating news in there to read, but one thing that struck me so much, three things were going on in your life for those nine months and it was hunger, boredom and rape. And for some reason to hear it boil eed down in a nutshell lik that, it took my breath away over the course of that many months. What did you say in your own head, sort of, to make it through those difficult times . Well, the first moment i had been kidnapped after i was raped i felt shattered, broken, i felt like being dead would be better than being alive, but as i sat there thinking these things, i remembered how much my parents loved me, how much my mom and my dad and my brothers and my sister have always been there for me and i realized that that would never change. And that despite maybe nobody else ever liking me or wanting to be around me, they still would be. They would still be my family, and so it was really because of that realization, realizing they would change i was able to make the decision to survive no matter what. Didnt you worry that people would have forgot jn i cant only imagine being locked up a period of time, were you wondering, was someone stilling whoing for you . Its only voices you heard were their vaseoices. It was a long time, nine months. After helicopters disappeared and airplanes disappeared, after it just went silent. I thought that i was forgotten. A point where you were almost someone walked up to you, a Police Officer, you had the veil on. You thought this might be your moment and you describe your heart pounding and you thought, hes going to see. Hes going to know, and youd been told not to speak at all. Yeah. And that near miss, almost being rescued there, must have been just another devastating blow. It was heartbreaking. It was just everythings hassing over again to be so close to being saved. Right. So close to being rescued and watching him turn around and walk away. It was just like being kidnapped all over again. I was very moved by the way you would describe how you would visualize your own mom, and how beautiful she is, and tell us about that. How that gave you strength . Well, my mom she is beautiful. She is the most beautiful woman. I mean, i know everyone comes out, but its wrong. Wrong on every level. But i mean, shes always been there to pick me up when i fall down and, i mean she always likes asking elizabeth what do you do when a horse bucks you off . You get back on. Thats just kind of how she raised me all through life. You dont stay down. You get back up. Shes always been there for me. Tell us briefly about being reunited . I cannot imagine, their arms around you, what that must have felt like to finally be back to the family. Thats how i imagine heaven. I felt safe. I felt loved, like nobody in the world to hurt me in that moment. And youre mered. Armarried. What joy in your life. A beautiful young scottish man in your life. Were so happy for sweetheart. And god bless you. Youre an angel. So good to meet you. Elizabeth, thank you for coming to talk with us. Okay. The segue, its unbelievable. Getting ready to show the dushy family what theyve down their living room. And theyre going to see it for the first time and jonathan and drew, coming up after this. The day my doctor told me i had diabetes, i remember thinking theres a lot i have to do. Check my blood sugar, eat better. Start insulin. Today i learned theres something i dont have to do anymore. My doctor said with levemir® flexpen. I dont have to use a syringe and a vial. Levemir® flexpen comes prefilled with longacting insulin taken once daily for type 2 diabetes to help control high blood sugar. Dial the exact dose. Inject by pushing a button. No drawing from a vial. No refrigeration for up to 42 days. Levemir® insulin detemir [rdna origin] injection is not recommended to treat diabetic ketoacidosis. Do not use levemir® if you are allergic to any of its ingredients. 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This is the old living room. Uhhuh. All right. And now were going to turn it over to the Property Brothers for the big reveal. All right. Theyre excited. Its a little bit different. Are you ready for this . Yes, yes. Definitely. On the count of three, see your new room. One, two, three open it up. Oh, my god. Oh wow. What do you think . It looks great. Oh, my god. Look at this. Do you see any resemblance of your old place . None at all. Look at this compared to what you are before. Its beautiful. Ah, its beautiful. The biggest problem you guys have is a problem everybody has. It was so dark and it wasnt inviting. Those couches were not comfortable. Want a place where you can all get together. Thats why weve put in all of these pieces, theyre comfortable and look good. How did you fit your whole family of six on the old sofas . You couldnt. So comfortable and all from the influence of the today show. Watching tv, it was so close together. This is amaize izing. What does it mean to have Something Like this for your family. You have a beautiful family, youre a tight family and now you have a living room you can all enjoy. Its very nice. It will keep us all together in one space. Gorgeous. Thank you very, very much. Vera, tell us your favorite part of the whole house . What do you love the most . Shes having trouble deciding. I you know what . I really every area is, is a place to gather with the family. Brings us closer. Thats exactly what you want. Everything before, the wrong size of furniture pieces. Pieces too big or too small. All the inspiration was pulled from the today show set. The color scheme. You are a family with personality. Yes. And we also have this, two defined spaces. Dining room and living room. Thats what you no today have for your family. Right in time for thanksgiving. There you go. Yes. Dont eat thanksgiving dinner on the sofa. All right . Thats the rule. All right, guys. You guy, thank you, and thank you to the brothers. Were happy for you. Thanks, brothers. Thanks, guys. Bye if there was a challenge in your life, how to raise them to be a successful student. Talki about success, she made history swimming from cuba to florida. Diana nyad jumps into her to florid[ baby crying ] shh, shh, shh. [ female announcer ] we lowered her fever, you raise her spirits. We took away her ear ache, you kept the midnight watch. We reduced his teething pain, you turn up his smile. Infants tylenol® reduces fever and pain while being gentle on the tummy. But for everything we do, we know you do so much more. Infants tylenol®. Made glutenfree cereals in a bunch of yummy flavors. Like cinnamon chex, honey nut chex, and chocolate chex. Were in cereal heaven. So thanks. From the mcgregors, cause we love chex. Chose prego homestyle alfredo over ragu classic alfredo. Prego alfredo . [ thinking ] why cant all new things be this great . 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A maniac. Right here where she was born in new york city. Were so happy youre here, diana, and so proud of you. Its a pleasure, thank you, thank you. What you accomplished would be amazing for a 25yearold and to do it at 68 64. All right. Youll do it again when youre 68. When i finished, i looked about 100 when i finished. People were like, wow. I guess she can do anything. We did suggest a facial afterwards. What was going on . Stings, bites . Mostly saltwater immersion and, also, that look, what was going on . Also, i wore that jellyfish mask. The only thing we could think of to get through the deadly jellyfish and a retainer like kids waear at night, and that, for 13 hours, just rubbed. The inside of the mouth was a mess, and i guess what was i was related. Singing. I just dont understand how you can do Something Like that. Whats it like when you got to shore and people were cheering . It must have been such a moment for you. You know what, hoda . Dear heart, because you know and you live it and you are it, but celebrity as a general role, if you played a role or people have an image of you, they want to be close by, but when youve done something that means something to them, those people were crying, and i could see even through my daze, i could feel the emotion. The authentic message that i lived out loud is that you never, ever give up. You find a way to whatever your other shore is. Youre dealing with cancer, youre dealing with divorce. You find a way, and you live a good life, and thats what i saw on that beach with those people. Thats what i saw. How long has it been for you to heal up . Until today. And now, why, swimming for the two days . Other people would go back to havana and have a nice vacation, smoke a cigar. But, no. Not you. Youre back in the pool. You new yorkers, youre here. Im a new yorker. And this sandy hit a year ago. How many thousands of people are still homeless . But have we forgotten them . Thats in the back pages. Who cares about Hurricane Sandy . Were on to the new news. I dont want to forget them. I dont want to forget any people who have been through disaster. Youre spending 48 hours in a pool . Getting constructed in herald square. Im going 48 hours. All the people, who are the Procter Gamble people, duracel batteries that honestly go up and show up with the batteries, they paid for the entire thing. Everybody who gives a dollar, you go e to the nyad swim for relief dotcom. Everybody who gives one dollar, they get 100 goes to the sandy victims. None goes to this event. I feel very proud of that. You have a bunch of celebs . Roscoe, quick. Roscoe is a dog that survived Hurricane Sandy. Hes coming to lay next to me, not to mention, ryan lochte and richard simmons. Richard simmons . Weve got to see that im going to give you some money, honey. One thing you did promise, diana, we were going to give you a facial when you got back. So we got one. You know what im going to need. You know what im going to need. You are here you go. We love you. You are a big hero to us. Thank you so much. So sweet. I got to all right. You want your kid to have the same perseverance as diana nyad had in the water . Some students share successful had in the water . Some students share successful secrets. [ snapping fingers ] man for me. Its staying fit. Its staying motivated. Its. Staying on track. With aetna, i have the tools to monitor my high blood pressure, get warning signs about health risks, and take steps to get back on track. No matter what your healthy is, aetna can help you get there. Whats your healthy . We are back kicking off our special campaign called education nation today. If you need help keeping your child on the right track were about to find out the secrets of successful students. With cell phones, facebook, twitter, its hard for kids to stay focused especially when it comes to hitting the books. Here with advice, angela duckworth, associate professor of psychology at the university of pennsylvania. And perspective from students who got out. High school students. Hi. Welcome, everybody. All right. So angela, distractions are a major thing now. Look, any kid would rather be on facebook, twitter, anything, as opposed to doing their work. Its hard to separate those two. Absolutely. I argue selfcontrol has been a prare parential concern. Theyre getting worse. Algebra will never be as fun as candy crush. One thing kids can do, they can change their physical situation. How can they make temptation easier for themself . Put the cell phone out reach. Make the homework the first thing you see when you walk into your bedroom. Thats what you did. Right . You specifically made changes, right . In the school im in now, we actually, at that university, me and my roommate kept other beds kind of on the floor, to chig out when we wanted. This were realized the higher the bed, the higher the gpa. I like that. Having your bed there is a distraction in itself. Like a cell phone. Plop down, its comfortable. Raise it high, you have to get down to turn often your alarm, get up into bed if you want to go to sleep. Actually can keeps you at your desk and working. Do parents have a big role in this . Tell us . I think that parents might be, if not the most important, one of the most important things in a students success. Definitely my parents are extremely involved in every student that i see whos doing really well has an involved parent behind them. Calling the teachers . What are they doing . How involved . Well, my parents are really involved in education themselves being educators. My dad sort of is a special case. Hes the head of the school board. Oh. Which just happened this year, but before that, they were always asking me if id completed my homework, whats going on in school in class . Not just academically also extra curricularly, whats going on at the school . Things like that. Your parents could probably help you with your homework. I couldnt help my kids with homework past the second grade. Thats how much i had forgotten or never learned. What about for the parents who really i wouldnt know that equation if it smacked me in the face. What then . Particularly a parent frustrated or confused when doing a homework assignment with their child. One thing that parent can do thats valuable is explain to the child that every gets confused. In fact, confusion is a necessary stage for learning. In fact i feel better. Its something that, kind of like learning to love the kids have to learn that confusion, frustration and even boredom are actually the typical emotions associated with homework and learning. Okay. Thanks. Good luck. Thank you. Tomorrow from the new movie romeo ant juliet its a broadway show. Orlando bloom is with us. 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Thank you and welcome to news 4 midday. Its monday, october 7, 2013. Its time for the rain and Severe Weather. Tom joins us with the first forecast. Good morning, barbara. The air is humid ahead of a cold front