Police tracked down the alleged thief. Welcome to new york. The dutch and duchess set to take the big apple by storm in their first trip to happen hat tan together. Theyre even leaving the baby at home. Details on where theyre going on today december 07, 2014. This is today with lester holt and erica hill live studio 1a. Welcome to today on this sunday morning. Im erica hill. Im lester holt after long side shanel jones and dylan drier. We want to show you a live picture outside the carlisle here in new york. The british flag a waiting the arrival for the British Royal couple. Thats where theyre staying. Interestingly enough, dylan has brunch later today. Its funny how that fell. A big day for them. Looking forward to their visit. Were marking a somber anniversary december 7th, the 73rd anniversary of bombing of pearl harbor. The flag at half staff for this historic date. We want to start with the monster storm battering the philippine others. Take a look. You can see how big it is at this moment. Millions are in the typhoons path. Many have already left their homes wisely in search of higher, safer ground. We are in manila with the latest this morning. Good morning. Reporter erica, good morning. This is expected to bring heavy rain and wind in this area. The region is bracing. Other parts of the country now are being hammered. The monster typhoon slammed a shore with wind speeds topping 130 Miles Per Hour. Small coastal towns were no match for this powerful storm. In the central philippines, trees are down, power is out, flood waters are rising. Its all destroyed, says this woman. She may never be able to rebuild. The planets strongest storm this year, typhoon hagupit weakened when it landfall hitting the philippines with intensity of a category 3 hurricane. It showed little mercy of tacloban. Last year typhoon haiyan left 7,000 dead here. Today more damage and the fear more lives may have been lost. Translator where are we going to live now . We went to an evacuation center. If we cant use this tent, we have no place to live. With torrential rain, 15 foot storm surges and dangerous winds this the forecast, 30 Million People could be impacted by the typhoon. A million already evacuated. In manila, today they are praying and preparing, stock piling food as the Violent Storm moves their way promising to deliver more destruction to a country already reeling from so much damage. Reporter while this storm has slowed, its been downgraded. Thats bad news because rain could penetrate the soil and trigger landslides and severe tlooding. Good news, there are no official reports of death. Of course its still early in the storm. Erica . Thanks. This morning were learning new details about the fay add tempt to rescue american journalist luke somers in yemen. Kristen is at the white house with more. Good morning. Reporter lester, good morning. Those that knew luke somers are sharing his story this morning. His stepmother describes him as a talented photographer with sensitivity for people and peoples lives. As the Obama Administration begins to assess the failed mission, one tells me the entire u. S. Government is grieving this morning. Friends and colleagues say luke somers was a passionate and dedicated journalist. Today theyre mourning the loss of the 33yearold. It was devastating to hear that. He had a great amount of promise. He was beginning to tap that. Somers was murdered by al qaeda when u. S. Special forces tried to rescue him. This time they were unable to save luke. Late last month the u. S. Tried to rescue him. That initial mission failed. Then this video appeared, somers pleading for his life. Im certain my life is in danger. As i sit here now, i ask if anything can be done, let pit be done. Also in the video, somers captors threatened to execute him as early as yesterday. Nbc news is told the president a proved the mission knowing the time was short and u. S. Had intelligence on somers location. In the dark of night, u. S. Seals landed with fighter bombers and drones circle ngs the skies bo. They soon reached the isolated cluster of buildings. U. S. Officials say as the seals closed in on the building was somers was eld, the gun battle broik out. In the intense fire fight, seals killed six to nine cap tar tors. Luke somers and Pierre Korkie were found shot by captors. Both died of their wounds. Colleagues are remembering a young man who sacrificed so much. Luke is by far not the person this should have happened to. He was a passion that the, kind, thoughtful person. When asked if the white house had second thoughts about the mission, one official said the president still feels it was the right decision to try to rescue somers because the intelligence about his location was reliable. In a statement yesterday, president obama said the u. S. Would spare no effort to use all military efforts and intelligence and diplomatic capabilities to bring americans home safely when ever they are located. Kristen at the white house. Thanks. The exhusband of an American Teacher killed in due buy spoke out this morning. His wife was targeted, he believes, because of her nationality. He joining us from abu dhabi this morning. Good morning. The woman arrested for this a attack is herself originally from yemen. Theres no connection to al qaeda from that country. Meanwhile her exhusband is trying to comfort his three children and make sense of this all. Paul ryan is keeping his children close. His 13yearold daughter and 11yearold twin boys as details emerge of the horrific assault their mother suffered. Police believe a female assail ant disguised in a robe lure her into a bathroom, repeatedly stabbed her because she was american. The family wants her to be remembered as a kind teacher that worked with special needs kids. On a facebook page, they say she made the world a better place. She would never hurt anybody, ever. She had a bubbly personality, always positive, optimistic about life. Your exwife was targeted for no reason other than she was an american. Other than she was a westerner i would say. This lady i shouldnt call her a lady this monster of a person was waiting for her. Someone like her to come along in an hour in the bathroom. It was my kids mother. The twin boys were with her at the mall. They waited for an hour not knowing what had happened. Theyre coping. They are a very strong and stoic family. Its going to take them a very, very long time to process this. Police acted swiftly. A woman was arrested last week. The royal family here has promised to pay for childrens education, a country shocked by the apparently random attack on an innocent american mom. Paul ryan says he is impressed by the way the united arab have stepped up to help the family. He says, erica, hes trying to keep his children off the internet so they dont learn too many details of what their mother went through. Cant blame them for that. Appreciate you bringing that. Thanks. Well have much more of the interview tomorrow on today. We turn now to a violent night the california when protestors got out of control. Shanel is following that. Two Police Officers were injured after clashing with angry protestors protesting the killing of unarmed black men in new york and missouri. Protestors threw rocks and bricks at officers saturday night. There are reports of businesses being looted and damaged. This protest was one of several across the nation saturday. Derrick rows from the Chicago Bulls showed solidarity wearing a black tshirt that reads i cant breathe before the game. A dramatic rescue off the coast of cape hatteras. A passenger was airlifted by a coast guard helicopterer and taken to a hospital in virginia. No word on her condition. North korea is praising the hack attack on sony picture this is morning. While dethinying involvement, t cyber attack is called a righteous deed and in response to sonys upcoming comedy depicting an assassination plot against kim jongun. A woman pulls up in her range rover to a Christmas Tree farm after hours and makes off with hundreds of in wreaths. The farm posted this on facebook getting some 20,000 hits. Within hours, the case was solved. Without them, we probably would have taken a longer time identify suspects if we were able zblochlt police say the woman will not be arrested but receive a sum moms. The owners thank the fans on facebook. This was their first vooirl viral video. The teams to play in the National Championship will be announced. Number one alabama which pounded missouri by 29 points and number four Florida State which survived georgia tech. By the way, among the members of the 12 Person Committee to pick the final four teams, former secretary of state condoleezza rice. Shes a huge football fan. Fans have been waiting for this for some time. Dylan is here for a check of the weather for us. Good morning. Good morning. Well start with the storm in the philippines. Hagupit is a typhoon in that part of the world with winds 98 Miles Per Hour. You can see a the size of it. Its still 228 miles southeast of manila. Watch how slowly it moves. Yes, it will downgrade to category 1 and tropical storm. We could see 612 inches of rain. Flooding will be the main concern. We are looking at the rain from yesterday moving out. Little bit of wintery weather west of minneapolis where a good sunday morning. Im meteorologist michelle grossman. A blustery day today. It will be cold, it will be windy. Temperatures up in the upper 40s with winds gust out of the north over 25 Miles Per Hour at times. Plan on that. At least we have the sunshine. By monday, clouds on the increase. The coastal storm will affect us on tuesday. Rainy and windy. Temperatures in the low 40s. Maybe a leftover rain shower, possibly a snow shower. Sunshine returns on thursday. Temperatures in the 40s. By friday, mostly sunny, 43. And thats your latest forecast. Dylan, thanks very much. After another night of protest over two grand jury decisions not to indict Police Officers, president obama will meet tomorrow with civil rights leaders and members of Law Enforcement to see a what can be done to restore faith in the criminal justice system. Chuck todd is moderator of meet the press. Good morning to you. Good morning lester. I want to have the latest comments from the president. He talked in an interview with black entertainment television, bet. Here it is. When you deal with something as deeply rooted as racism or violence in any society, youve got to have individual lens but recognize its going to take time. As upsetting as what happened in new york and ferguson, as upsetting as those cases were, theres no evidence those officers were racially motivated. What kind of careful line does the president walk here as he tries to deal with the racial issue . The fact of the matter is, and were going to have new information at the top of the show, theres just a dramatic difference in how whites and blacks view their treatment we the Law Enforcement community. Theres a giant trust gap. Yes, you know the president does walk this line. Hes also very red sent criticizing Law Enforcement officials. They have a trust gap. Its one of the things im trying to tackle this morning. Reforms hes thrown out there are cameras on cops. I think theres a bigger issue. We saw what happened to mr. Garner. The bigger issue and trust gap is how the legal system works when it comes to prosecuting Police Officers that are charged with perhaps racial bias in how they treat an africanamerican suspect. Let me turn to a Political Development that kind of continued overnight. Runoff election in louisiana. Does this fundamentally change the political map of the south Going Forward . The map of the south has been changing a lot over the last two decades. On one hand the deep south is now i think youre seeing the the final states that hadnt fully flipped. Louisiana, arkansas have now fully flipped. At the same time when everybody tries to paint an absolute picture here, thats it. Democrats are done in the south. They seem to ignore there are other Southern States things are getting more competitive. Virginia, florida, georgia, north carolina. So its still too different souths. Pictures of the south. What are you working on for meet the press this morning . Going to discuss the reform issue in the Law Enforcement community. Ive got a couple of mayors, Police Officers, to discuss how do you rebuild trust . Going to tackle the immigration. Incoming governor of texas, the lead plaintiff in the suit against the president on immigration. Chuck, thanks very much. Thats lester. On reality tv tonight, we see a man get eatening alive by a giant snake. Has my mac is great, its so delightful. Sos my surface, its just as powerful. You can write with a pen . You can say that again. I really like my surface pro 3. Hey whats that, is it a kickstand . Touchscreen too, its pretty slick, man. It comes apart i see. Its got a usb. I think i like your surface pro 3. No seriously, where can i get one . We givecold symptoms. Om your you give them the giggles. Tylenol® cold helps relieve your worst cold and flu symptoms. But for everything we do, we know you do so much more. Tylenol® abe get in punch it let quicken loans help you save your money. With a mortgage thats engineered to amaze and helping us appreciate to doorbyour enthusiasm. 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The Animal Rights group says this sounds farfetched but if accurate, the snake was tortured for sake of ratings. Its the latest to push the envelope. Weve seen a jetliner crashed on purpose. A man free falls from the edge of space. And nick teetered on the oblivion over and over again. They have to keep pushing the envelope because viewers want something new and different to tune into. Then the rest of the tv genre. The h 1 dating naked. Tlc buying naked. And other shows trying to stand out in a sea of kardashians real house wives and honey boo boos. While they may be fun, theyre culturally toxic. This genre is traffic in deep manipulation. Theres nothing real about reality tv. While he obviously made it out alive, paul isnt revealing how much of his body ended up inside that snake. To find out, he says, youll have to tune in. For today, gabe gutierrez, nbc news. Can i have a moment here . Eww. Im gagging. People will watch. I feel bad for the snake. Thats not entertainment. Me and samuel l. Jackson. Remember that scene . Up next on today, a dance Party Featuring a little girl who will likely m were back with a viral video that will get your sunday started on a happen i note. I might be dancing on this one. You know the saying dance like nobody is watching . One girl took that to heart. She captured our hearts in the process. Dylan has more. This is the best video youll see all day. For anyone thats been on the new york city flat form, let me paint this picture. People are on their phones, looking down, basically in their own worlds in the big rush. That sums up the platform. Not this girl. She heard this grateful dead song of all things and started moving. Everyone nearby had to start moving too. Take a look. Now this viral video has gotten more than 3. 3 million views in just a couple weeks. An impromptu dance party is just a couple weeks. An impromptu dance party is something you dont just a couple weeks. An impromptu dance party is something you dont mountain, reaching up to catch we caour dreamhe highest together there is nothing we cant be. Dive into the deepest oceans, dance upon the rolling seas, make a moment, keep the memory. Youll lift me up, for we are free, v o wherever life takes you, take it with you. Pandora unforgettable moments. Nbc 10 news starts now. Good morning. Im rosemary conners. Lets get right to the game day forecast with meteorologist michelle grossman. Its beginning to be windy in those stands, right, michelle . Its going to be windy, cold, blustery throughout the afternoon. Were going to start out for the 40s and drop into the 30s. At least were dry today. The rain has moved out. Were seeing clouds. But well see lots of sunshine. Theres a live look at those temperatures. 36 in philadelphia. 25 in mount pocono. 37 in atlantic city. Were off to a cold start. It feels colder than that with the wind in place. Up to 47 with wind later on this afternoon. Clouds filled in on monday. Then tuesday, a coastal storm. Its rainy, its windy. Snow showers on wednesday before we dry it out on thursday. A high of 43. This morning, philadelphia fire crews responded to a highrise fire in center city. The flames broke out in the highrise here at 20th and market streets. Firefighters had it under control by around 6 00 this morning. Authorities tell us nobody was hurt and nobody had to be evacuated from the buildings. Also in philadelphia, the American Red Cross is helping nearly a dozen people who were forced out of their house bay fire. Nbc 10 was on north lindenwood street in haddington where the fire started. 11 people made it out safely. The cause is under investigation. After todays eagles game, protesters plan to brock broad and pattison streets in philadelphia. Theyll be holding a solidarity diein. Im rosemary conners. Now back to the today show. Michelle and i will see you right back here at 9 00. Have a good one. Im 60 tomorrow. 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