U. N. This morning. On the run. The desperate search for this missing 17yearold, disappearing with a High School Soccer coach. Erasing her cell phone. Where the pair was last spotted together as her family pleads for her to come home. Let somebody know youre safe. The fbi now joining the investigation. And save the date. Prince harry and Meghan Markle planning a may wedding at st. Georges chapel. The newly revealed photo showing a young markle at buckingham palace. What the american princess will have to go through to get ready for the big day, just six months away. Good morning, america. We have a lot of big news for our viewers in the west. Including the north Korean Missile test. This is the first time they have claimed it could reach all the way to new york or washington, d. C. So much concern that hawaii is going back to the siren warnings they used during the cold war. We have that breaking news for our viewers out west. Nbcs matt lauer has been fired over inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace. The chairman of nbc, andrew lack saying in a memo, there were specific complaints reported from a colleague on monday, and there is reason to believe it was not an isolated incident. Linsey davis is here. Good morning. Reporter we deal with breaking news every day in this building, but walking in the door today, this news had people stunned. There was a somber mood on the today show set this morning where they announced the the firing of matt lauer. He was a fixture on the show for nearly 25 years. Breaking news overnight. Matt lauer has been terminated from nbc news. Reporter it was left to lauers former cohost, savannah guthrie, to break the news. This is a sad morning at nbc y news. Andy lek lack said the following. Dear colleagues, on monday night, we received a detailed complaint about sexual inappropriate behavior. While it is the first complaint about his behavior here at nbc news, we were presented with reason to believe this may not have been an isolated incident. All we can say is that we are heartbroken. Im heartbroken for matt. He is my dear, dear friend and my partner, and he is beloved by many, many people here. Im heartbroken by the colleague who came forward to tell her story, and any women who have their own stories to tell. And we are grappling with a dilemma that so many people have faced these last few weeks. How do you reconcile your love for someone with the revelation that they have behaved badly . I have known matt for 15 years, and i have loved him as a friend and colleague. We both woke up with the you ins kind of predawn, and it will take time to make sense of it. Reporter al roker weighed in. Im still dealing with the news of a friend of 30 years, and were all trying to process it. Reporter lauer has not issued his own comment yet, but lauers accuser is alleging inappropriate sexual behavior throughout 2014. Its today with matt lauer. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to today. This royal news has prompted tears of joy, but enough about our executive producer. Reporter he has been the mainstay of a show, and has had his personal life examined for years by the tabloids. His wife filed for divorce in 2006, accusing him of cruel and inhumane behavior, but withdrew a month later after reaching an agreement. Lauers firing comes just weeks after another morning show host was fired for inappropriate sexual behavior, charlie rose. Host of the early show on cbs was fired after 11 women came forward with allegations of being sexually harassed by the anchor. Rose mcgowan, the woman who helped bring the Harvey Weinstein allegations to light is weighing in on matt lauer. She tweeted, dont let the door hit you on the way out. This is similar to having a death in the family. They say the employees there are stunned and that the announcement seemed to come out of nowhere, robin. All right, linsey. Thank you very much. Well have much more on this throughout the morning. Thats right, but now to the big break in the tampa serial killer case. Police arrested this 24yearold at a local mcdonalds now charged with four murders. Abcs Victor Oquendo is in tampa with more on how they caught him. Good morning, victor. Reporter good morning, george. A coworker at that mcdonalds alerted a Police Officer who happened to be inside at the time, telling him that donaldson had a gun on him. This is a huge relief for the people in this neighborhood living in fear for nearly two months now under Constant Police patrols but now a suspect is in jail. I am pleased to announce that tonight we will be making an arrest in the Seminole Heights murders. Reporter its the news residents in that tampa neighborhood have been waiting for. Police arresting a suspect in the case, 24yearold Howell Donaldson iii, facing four counts of firstdegree murder. Our affiliate capturing the moment he was taken into custody outside a local mcdonalds where he works. Thank you for having the courage to step forward and doing the right thing. Reporter police receiving a tip about a man with a gun from one of his coworkers. First of all he told my boss to hold the gun. He told him to hold his bookbag for him, but he said dont go in the bookbag. Whatever you do, dont go in the bookbag. And so she went in the bookbag and said she found a gun and after finding the gun she called the police. Reporter Peabo Johnson said donaldson has worked at the mcdonalds for two to three months, and when police responded, they tackled him to the ground. Its kind of crazy that he was here with us the whole time. Reporter the arrest comes 51 days after the first murder when Benjamin Mitchell was gunned down on october 9th. Since then, monica hoffa, anthony naiboa, and Ronald Felton were all killed as they walked alone at night or early morning. The surveillance videos of the suspect, the only clue. Justice will be served then the process will occur when this individual rots in hell. Goodness has won. Reporter for nearly two months, the neighborhood has been on edge. Police saturating the area now hoping they can breathe a sigh of relief. The men and women of tampa bay and all over florida have taken care of this and handled this appropriately. Reporter all along police thought that the killer may have lived in the Seminole Heights neighborhood, but according to the police report, donaldson says he has no affiliation with the area. There are still so many questions here and no word on a motive. George . Okay, victor, thanks very much. Now to the new threat from north korea, testing a powerful missile they say the capable of carrying a Nuclear Warhead and can reach the u. S. Mainland. An emergency meeting has been called, and President Trump saying, quote, we will take care of it. Martha raddatz has the latest and she is there in washington. Good morning, martha. Reporter good morning. North korea had not launched a missile in two months. The longest pause since donald trump had become president , but kim jongun has come back with a roar. Overnight, north korean tv gleefully announcing the test of a new type of missile which kim jongun says completes its nuclear force. The Intercontinental Ballistic Missile stayed airborne nearly 2,800 miles. Higher and longer than any missile ever tested by the North Koreans before crashing down in the sea of japan. This test launch was aimed vertically, but if the North Koreans tilt the angle horizontally, the icbm could potentially reach all the way across the continental u. S. President trump briefed while the missile was still in the air. I will only tell you that we will take care of it. It is a situation that we will handle. Reporter until that happens, preparations are being made in hawaii. [ sirens ] reporter an attack Warning System not used since the cold war will now be tested once a month. An unsettling sound, to say the least. This provocative launch comes after stronger sanctions, shows of military force and the designation as a state sponsor of terrorism. And while President Trump says he will take care of it, it is unclear how he will do that in the face of growing defiance, robin, from kim jongun. Thats right. And it is also something that we heard that there were passengers on commercial flights who said, martha, they actually saw flashes of light. Reporter exactly, there are reports that during that Missile Launch several commercial airliners saw a flash. Of course, north korea gives no warning of its tests so commercial airliners would not know until they saw it. Thats true. Okay, martha. Thank you. Were going to move on now to President Trump on capitol hill. He is trying to prevent a government shutdown. The deadline for a deal is just nine days away, and you see them posing with empty chairs. Nancy pelosi refused to attend a white house meeting, and they need the votes to keep the government open. Trump will campaign in missouri, and i want to bring in our white house correspondent, cecilia vega, for more. He seems confident that the tax plan will pass, and lets look at mitch mcconnell. He says it will be more complicated. You think im sitting there with a rubiks cube trying to get to 50. And we do have a few members who have concerns and were trying to address them. And we know we will not be able to go forward until we get 50 people satisfied. Thats what were working on. I dont know if you ever tried to do a rubiks cube, george. I have never pulled one off. Thats not a clear vote of confidence for the majority leader. They have a long way to go. The vote yesterday was a boost. There are at least six senators who are on the record who have voiced concerns. The republicans can only afford to lose two votes and they have a lot of wild cards here. The white house thinks they can get this done by christmas, but its a sign of perhaps how much work they know they need to do. The president hits the road today. He is going to missouri to sell this. They have a listening way to go. But they have momentum, and not so much on avoiding a shutdown. Democrats wider than ever. The government runs owe of money, and then you have the stunt yesterday with the president sitting between two empty chairs. Schumer and pelosi didnt show up because he taunted them. He needs their votes. They dont have the votes and the president was asked yesterday if he believed they could avoid a government shutdown. Would he blame the democrats . He said, absolutely, i would blame the democrats and he says he is working to avoid this. There are more reports out of white house that the president is questioning whether its his voice on that access hollywood tape, and bringing up the issue of whether or not president obama was born in the united states. There is no proof this is not the president s voice on this tape. He apologized for it. Outright apologized for it, and now the New York Times is reporting that behind closed doors, the president is talking about conspiracy theories. He was the lead person out front on the birther movement, claiming that president obama was not born in the united states. He eventually came around to it after many, many questions. Years of questioning by reporters. He said that the president was born in the states, but apparently, he is talking about this behind closed doors now. Confounding, and he is creating his own reality. Cecilia vega, thanks very much. Michael . Thank you, george. Also this morning, a possible clue in the search for that missing toddler in north carolina. The fbi is releasing these new surveillance images saying they could be 3yearold mariah woods who disappeared sunday night. Abcs Steve Osunsami has the latest. Reporter take a look. These are the Security Camera images this morning that the fbi and local authorities are sharing concerned that the girl in the photo might just might be 3yearold mariah woods. Police are asking for help from anyone who can identify the woman carrying this child. They were spotted at a walmart in morehead city, north carolina, at 9 30 a. M. Monday morning. Three hours after the girl disappeared. Priority number one is to find mariah. Our focus right now is to find her, to bring her back and then to find out what happened. Reporter with helicopters in the air and volunteers on foot, investigators are looking for any trace of the young girl last seen sunday night. The fbi is sharing this missing poster asking anyone who has been in contact with the family since sunday to come forward. I believe the police want to make sure that their story fits as theyre putting the puzzle together and connecting the dots. Reporter the girls mother said she said goodnight to her daughter around 11 00 p. M. Sunday in their mobile home. Whatever you want, just bring her home, please. Safe and sound. Shes my baby. Shes my everything. Reporter an hour later her mothers boyfriend says the girl woke up. And he told the 3yearold to go back to bed. The girls grandmother discovered she was missing the next morning. If somebody abducted this 3yearold, maybe they knew how to get in. Maybe they had a key to the trailer. Thats the Unanswered Questions that need to be answered. Reporter the girls biological father who doesnt live in the home, says he doesnt believe his daughter was abducted. Somebody just walked right up in there and grabbed a 3yearold out of the bed and she didnt cry, she didnt scream. Nobody heard nothing . Four people in the house. Two adults and two kids and Somebody Just comes up and snatches the baby up and walks out . Reporter police point out that this missing girl needs orthopedic shoes to walk normally, and those shoes were left in the home directly behind me. That walmart is about an hour away from here and authorities underline that that missing girl might, just might be her. Robin . All right, steve, thank you. New details also in the royal engagement. Were learning when and where prince harry and Meghan Markle will say i do. Abcs Adrienne Bankert is at Windsor Castle, the site of the next Royal Wedding. Good morning, adrienne. Reporter good morning to you too, robin. Yes. Londoners are thrilled at the news of this Royal Wedding to be held here at the queens country residence at st. Georges chapel. Meanwhile, were learning a little bit more about the bridetobe. A neverbeforeseen image this morning of a teenage Meghan Markle standing in front of buckingham palace. The childhood friend pictured with markle tells the daily mail, who obtained the photo, it was taken in 1996, the year before Princess Diana died. This comes on the heels of their first interview when they told the bbc they enjoyed learning about each others past. Because im from the states you dont grow up with the same understanding of the royal family. And so, while i now understand very clearly theres a global interest there. Reporter overnight new details about the couples future. Prince harry and Meghan Markle selecting st. Georges chapel for their upcoming ceremony set to take place in may. The royal family will be covering most of the cost. Gma got an inside look at the 600yearold chapel in 2005. Situated at the queens home at Windsor Castle. The venue more intimate than Westminster Abbey where william and kate wed, with room for only onethird of their guest list. St. Georges, the location of many Royal Weddings, including prince harrys uncle, prince edward. I think its got a strong link to the queen. Its a happy place for the royal family. Reporter before the newlyweds walk down the aisle markle, who attended Catholic School in los angeles, and danced the hora at her first wedding in jamaica, will be baptized by the church of england. Markle is set to become a uk citizen, a process that could take several years. She will retain her u. S. Citizenship until the transition but reportedly plans to go through the same process of applying for citizenship through a spouse just like anyone else. And, you know, so many of us in america are excited at the idea of an american princess. Those weve talked to here in the uk say the fact shes from the u. S. Hasnt even come up. Theyre just excited for harry. Back to you. Were excited for them both. All right, adrienne. Thank you. Well get back to you in a little bit. Now back to ginger. More snow in the west. Only place you find it. 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