good morning. breaking news. a stunning announcement this morning. president barack obama wins this year s noble peace prize. [ speaking foreign language ] we ll get reaction in a live report from the whithouse. dangerous deluge. heavy rains washing out roads and leading to water rescues in the midwest, and this morning, that slow-moving storm could dump another six inches on parts of the region. and impact. nasa set to dive-bomb the moon within the hour. right now, all systems are go and we ll bring it to you live as it happens today, friday, october 9th, 2009. captions paid for by nbc-universal television and good morning, everyone. welcome to today on a friday morning. i m matt lauer. and i m meredith vieira. and reporters who covered the noble peace prize announcement normally don t gasp in surprise, but they did this morning when president obama s name was announced. that s right. the president, according to administration officials, apparently humbled by the
we re back now with more of today on a friday morning, 9th day of october 2009. just let s stop and take a grander at all the nice people who gathered in our plaza. huge crowd yes. despite some calls for rain today. holiday crowd. that s right. pre-columbus day crowd. right. not a bad group of people. and maybe some of these people here are preparing to get ambush makeovers. makeovers, yes, yes. that s right. that s going to happen later on. out on the plaza, i m matt lauer with al roker and natalie morales. later this half hour, it s an open house. we re talking real estate here from texas to connecticut to the heart of the midwest. we ll show you what your money can buy these days. some cases you want to spend $500,000 or less, in some cases, very much less. we ll take you on a real estate tour in a couple minutes. nice little kitchen on that house. also ahead, bouncing back. you know we all go through setbacks in life, whether you know, people h