And back on american soil. The third infected ebola patient arrives in a special Isolation Unit. And we have usher live in concert today, friday, september 5th, 2014. Announcer from nbc news, this is today. With matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning. Welcome to today on a friday morning. Im matt lauer and long with natalie mor aales and willie geist. We have amy van dykenruen was in an accident three months ago and now she made a remarkable recovery. She looks great. Along with her husband tom. We will talk to them later on. Lets start on a friday morning with the sad news. The death of joan rivers. The 81yearold died thursday, a week after going into cardiac arrest and losing consciousness during a routine medical procedure. This morning, the new York State Health department is launching an investigation into the clinic where that happened. This as fans of the legendary comedienne leave flowers and other mementos on rivers star on the hollywood walk of fame. Todays erica hill joins us now with more on all this. Good morning, erica. Hey, matt. Good morning. Good morning, everyone. Joan rivers was brash, she was bold, she was a trailblazer. As the first female host of a late night talk show. Thats after making history as permanent guest host of the tonight show. Her fearless humor helped change the rules of comedy. We had her on our very first tonight show. She came out and she came over to me and she started crying and gave me a kiss. It was really emotional and really nice. Reporter jimmy fallon choking up as he remembered joan rivers on the tonight show. Suddenly i realized jello forgot the darling. Reporter the program where she first broke through in 1965. They finally on the seventh audition, they brought me in and that was because bill cosby said the guy last night bombed. Take joan rivers. She couldnt be worse. Reporter for the next 20 years, the brash comedienne from brooklyn was a regular. Even filling in for host johnny carson. Her sharp tongue and groundbreaking voice in late night tv. Can we talk . She was a tramp. Reporter rivers landed her own late night show in 1986. It was canceled after just one year. Not long after, her husband committed suicide. Rivers was forced to begin a new chapter. Carving out a niche as a fashion host and commentator. Rip it apart. Flowers gone. Reporter bringing that same brash humor to the red carpet. Most awkward moment on the red carpet . Where i asked Anthony Hopkins if this is your mother and it was his wife. Reporter a raw style she embraced despite her critics. Grow up comedy is truth and we should not apologize for it. You will get what i think is the truth and its going to be raw. Reporter last thursday in new york city, she lost consciousness while undergoing an endoscopy and was admitted to the hospital where doctors put rivers in a medically induced coma. The only people who know what went wrong are the people who were in that room. Reporter on thursday, Melissa Rivers released a statement saying her mother had passed peacefully surrounded by family and close friends. From david letterman, the force of her comedy was overpowering. On their 2012 reality show, joan and melissa, joan talked openly to her daughter before heading into surgery about what life would be like when shes gone. If it ended right now, amazing life. And you have been wonderful. We always had a great ride together. I know youre nervous and i felt awful about that, but you dont like to feel like people like you or care about you or want you around. Its not about me. Its about you and if something happens, things are fine and life is fine. And life is so much fun. Its one big movie. Reporter melissa said her mothers biggest joy in life was making people laugh. Writing, i know her final wish would be that we return to laughing soon. What do you want on your tombstone, joan . What do i want on my tombstone . She had a great time. Funeral services for joan rivers will be held here in new york on sunday. Matt. All right. Erica, thank you very much. Andy cohen, the host of bravos watch what happens live considered joan a friend, but also a mentor. Andy, good morning. Nice to see you. How are you . Weve been talking im fine. How are you . Weve been talking over the last half day about how much she made us laugh and for how long she has been making us laugh. Yes. You were one of those little kids watching her on tv at home. Grew up in st. Louis. When she subbed for carson, that was like christmas for me every time. I had never seen she was electrifying. She was like one of the first kind of larger than life women that i connected to. I just couldnt believe like everybody in america the stuff that she said. She was shocking, but she was so funny. One of the great things about our jobs is we can grow up watching someone and we can idolize someone and we eventually get to meet them. What was the first time like that you met her . I produced her several times when i worked on another morning show and then i wound up getting cast on a pilot that bravo did in 2006 called Straight Talk with joan rivers. The concept was a bunch of gay guys and joan and i was one of the guys. Im sitting there next to her and the first thing she said to me when i went in to audition is youve got to get botox. I have to get botox. I never did. I was thinking last night, maybe i should get a little in tribute to joan. It would be a nice tribute to her. She was incredible. She was generous. Im this little pisher who grew up watching her and im sitting next to her on this pilot and she wanted me to succeed. She wanted everyone around her to succeed. And she was smart. She was shrewd. She was loyal. She then went on to come on to my show so many times. The loyalty. Thats because in so many days, as you said this, in the early days of watch what happens live its hard like all new shows to get guests. Absolutely. And you called her one day and you said i need a guest and she was there. Not only was she there, but the biggest snow storm i had ever seen. At that point we were on once a week at midnight and at 11 30 p. M. In the middle of the snow storm, we were holding her i thought she was going to blow away from the wind. She is a little spit of a thing. There she was in a fur wrap at midnight on my show. Coming from a gig, by the way. And i think one of the things thats so fascinating about the way everyone is talking about her passing is how shocked everyone was. You dont hear people talking about how shocked they are about an 81yearold passing away, but thats how much of a relevant life force she was to so many generations. Anybody who saw her in doing standup and concert over the last year or so realized she was a ball of energy on stage. She was anything but an 81yearold. At some point in the concert, she gets on her back and kicks her feet in the air. Absolutely. She was on my show, i think, exactly four weeks ago. When she would come on, she would bring a piece of paper and say look, if you could mention any of these topics, it would be great. I think her topics were kanye west, aging, dancing and Plastic Surgery. Then there was no greater joy than to sit there and say, so joan, what do you think about kanye west and she just sinks it in. She came prepared. She wanted to kill. She always did. There you go. Andy, thanks for sharing your memories. I appreciate it. We will have more on joan rivers life with Kathy Griffin coming up later. Thanks, matt. The third american to contract ebola in africa has just returned to the u. S. This morning for the next phase in his treatment. Hell be held in isolation at a hospital in omaha, nebraska. Nbcs ron allen is in omaha. Ron, good morning. Reporter good morning, natalie. This is one of only four medical centers in the United States able to treat a patient like dr. Rick sacra. We understand he has just arrived at a nearby military base and will be at the hospital this morning. They are planning to doing everything humanly possible to help this third american aid workers also make a miraculous recovery. Facing the fight of his life against ebola, veteran missionary dr. Rick sacra is on the way back to the u. S. For treatment. A journey that began late thursday as sacra and his medical team headed to the airport in liberia. Sacra boarding the plane under his own power. A relief to his wife debbie back in the u. S. I just had a call from the doctor who put my husband on the plane to come to the United States. He said that rick is clearly sick, but that he was in very good spirits and he walked on to the plane. Reporter the 51yearold sacra contracted ebola at the liberia hospital. Though he wasnt working directly with patients suffering from the disease. He was delivering babies in another part of the hospital. Its the same hospital where dr. Kent brantly and Nancy Writebol were infected with the virus. All three missionaries are friends. Sacra and writebol work for the charity s. I. M. , while brantly works for samaritans purse. One of the first groups to treat ebola in west africa. Like the Isolation Unit at atlantas emory hospital used to treat brantly and writebol after they returned from liberia, doctors at the Nebraska Medical Center say their biocontainment unit is specially designed. But as sacras treatment begins, doctors say he wont have access to the zmapp experimental medicine given to both brantly and writebol because the supply has run out. Doctors say they are looking at a number of other experimental treatments. They say he is in reasonable shape and expect him to be here a week if all goes well. Back to you. Ron allen in nebraska. Thank you. A reminder you can see more of matts interview with the ebola survivor dr. Kent brantly during an nbc news special that is tonight at 10 00 9 00 central. Meantime. President obama is wrapping up the key summit today. There are important elements coming from the battle with the isis militants and the crisis in ukraine. We have nbcs Chris Jansing traveling with us and has the latest. Reporter this morning, matt, secretary of state john kerry announced a coalition of nato countries is coming together to fight isis. They hope to have that in place by the start of the United Nations general assembly. Then new sanctions against russia assuming a ceasefire with ukraine doesnt hold and at this point, it doesnt seem to be. The reports were circumstance with the flyover with 22 jets representing nine countries, but the key take away, the agreements with the nato summit. Matt. Chris jansing, thank you very much. We have chuck todd, the new moderator of meet the press. Good morning. Good morning, natalie. You lined up a big interview. The president himself. You have a lot to talk about. Lets talk about the latest developments and what we heard Chris Jansing say. Secretary kerry with the coalcoalition with nato to batt isis and the president and Prime MinisterDavid Cameron releasing a statement they will not be kowed by barbaric killers. Is the president taking more action against the isis and especially the issues in syria . He said last week the aides said he didnt because he did not say we have a strategy yet. He did outline what they would do. Build a coalition and get multiple countries involved and try to figure out how aggressive they would get if they had to go into syria. Does that mean they have to go to congress to get extra authorization . When you look at what is coming on, and this is a key question for the president when i sit down with him, are we now about to go on a war footing and we are, and it looks like we are, do you bring in the American People and what that means is do you go to congress and ask for authorization . And on the other side, you have the conflict with ukraine and russia and does it sound like nato members have more of an appetite to do more than sanctions at this point . You have Eastern European nato members are anxious about what is going on with russia and ukraine. The announcement there would be some sort of small quick strike force ready to protect the nato allies close to the border. You will see another round of sanctions. This takes time. Thats the problem that the administration is facing. Is there enough patience in europe for the actions that putin is taking. And you are taking over the reins of the show that has been around since 1967. What are your priorities . Not falling on my face. That is number one. That would be good. You sit here and you want the show to feel as if it is doing what it is supposed to do and what it did when Martha Roundtree started it. Get the most important newsmakers on the show. President obama. Hold them accountable and have them explain and channel the questions the American Public would like answered. It is a tall order. Im humbled to be asked to do it. If i at least not fall on my face the first day, that is an accomplishment. You will do great. We wish you well. You deal with difficult topics every week. Dont forget to have fun. All right. You can see chucks interview with the president this sunday on meet the press. Willie is here now. He has more on a story we have been following for a while. Good morning, guys. The georgia father accused of intentionally leaving his toddler in the car for seven hours in june has been indicted for murder. Gabe gutierrez is in georgia with the latest. Gabe, good morning. Reporter good morning. Harriss Attorney Says he is a broken man and lost everything. Prosecutors are not backing off the theory that he killed his son on purpose. This morning, harris says a grand jury indictment of eight felony counts. Emotional case. Reporter the district Attorney Says within the next three weeks, he will decide whether to seek the death penalty. I would strongly disagree. I would tell them the evidence speaks for itself. Reporter police say harris researched hot car deaths online before he intentionally left his 22 month old son cooper in the car to die. This indictment accuses harris of sexually explicit crimes. Coopers death was a horrible gutwrenching accident. Reporter harriss attorney said harris forgot to drop his son off at day care and prosecutors have too many theories. The truth doesnt need a flow chart to figure it out. Reporter not mentioned in the indictment is his wife, lee anne. A Memorial Service will be held today for american journalist steven sotloff. The Public Service expected to take place at a temple in sotloffs hometown of pinecrest, florida. A vigil was held at university of Central Florida where sotloff went to school. He went missing august 23rd while writing about the civil war. The dangerous albino cobra we told you on thursday has been captured. The snake bit a dog monday night and slithered out of sight. It was found thursday afternoon not far where it attacked the dog. The snake evaluated at the los angeles zoo. The seahawks prove they still have it. They buried the Green Bay Packers in the Season Opener here on nbc. Some 70,000 fans cheered in the loudest stadium as the seahawks unfurled their banner before the game. And seahawks blowout the pack, 3616. It looks like they have not missed a beat since we saw them in the super bowl. As my son would say, the beast. Beast mode. Nice, natalie. Willie, lets get a check of the weather with dylan dreyer. She is in for al. We have hurricane norbert causing problems in the pacific. It is a fairly large storm, but not that powerful. It has winds of 90 miles per hour. A category one hurricane. It should weaken into a Tropical Storm as it makes its way to the north. Right now, it is still 100 miles to the west southwest of the southern tip of baja, california. Some moisture is going to stream off this. It will add to the monsoonal moisture in the southwest. We could see some flash flooding possible especially across eastern new mexico today. E heavy rain to the north and west of roswell. We3 c1 inches of rain in some areas. Again. We will watch out for flash flooding into the day today. That is a look at the weather across the country. Your local forecast coming up in just 30 seconds. Good friday morning to you, im meteorologist christina loren. We have a good weather story to tell for today. Those low clouds spanning all the way inland, all the way through the delta and into the Sacramento Valley giving them a little heat relief, even in sacramento and stockton for today. That fog will clear right around midmorning, but rewill see some really comfortable temperatures because of that overcast start. 82 degrees in the south bay. 72 degrees Room Temperature in San Francisco today, and more of the same as we get into that all important weekend. And thats your latest forecast. All right. Thanks. Our pal carson is here online with a lot of comments. Social media just heavily impacted last night. As you can imagine. In the last 12 hour, 2 million tweets. One of the note worthy things about how joan rivers impacted peoples lives. Not just comedian. Ellen writing in, a pioneer. Sad shes gone. And Anna Kendrick writing, joan rivers, being publicly told that my dress is hideous. You will be missed. 2 million tweets. People remembering joan rivers today. Back to you. Thank you, carson. It is becoming the year of the shark. We hit the waters to talk to the kayakers who were attacked. And what is next for amy van dykenruen. Get your taste of the season, at raleys, bel air, and nob hill. Coming up, an entire town turned into a beer ad. Why residents there are we are a collection of smalls. A home saved. Fousugar. Only six . Ns. Six grams of sugar . Thats really good. Excellent, delicious. And yummy honey bunches of oats. Tasty yummy bathroom is trashed andboys in adrien is stuckr party. Cleaning again. Uhoh, dudes. Come in lets get this Party Started. Lets bubble we dont just kill 99. 9 of germs. 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