Well talk to him. Today exclusive, brad pitt opens up about his new film, his family, and hitting the big 50. I dont know, im busy right now. I havent thought a lot about it. Thats today, wednesday, october 16th, 2013. 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 wednesday morning. Im matt lauer. Good morning. Im Savannah Guthrie along side al roker and Natalie Morales. Remember 24 hours ago when it seemed we might get a deal. There was optimism in the senate but that was so yesterday. Overnight everything came to a halt. And the deadline is looming ever closer. Thats right. This race to end the shutdown is todays top story. Lets get right to Peter Alexander at the white house. Peter, what can you tell us . Reporter good morning to you. Most americans are asking themselves is it over yet . I just spoke to a Top Republican senate aid that said optimism abounds. But this is crunch time for congress now facing intense pressure to come up with a senate deal and get it approved before midnight tonight after House Republicans plan to get this thing fixed imploded. Its down to the wire. With less than 24 hours to go the back and forth on capitol hill is enough to give you whiplash. With House Republicans deal going nowhere, negotiators are back at the table. Sending out nearly identical statements saying theyre optimism a agreement can be reached. Its basically done one aid said. Among those helping end the mess, the sisterhood of the senate. They put problem solving over partisanship. Still, after more than two weeks wasted, Congress Needs to move fast. Already the u. S. s near perfect Credit Rating is in danger with fitch, it grades financial strength warning that investors america may not be able to pay what it owes blaming d. C. s dysfunction. Political brinkmanship can increase the risk of default. What should americans be bracing for. They may not witness changes overnight . Were talking about something so catstrophic. They said its like driving through the desert or empty and blowing past the only gas station in sight. Youll run out of gas quickly and bad things will happen to you in the desert. Reporter we lost this battle. After a shutdown that lasted 16 days, a shutdown lead by House Republicans that wanted to undermine the president s new health care law, by the end of today, those republicans may leave with little to nothing to show for it. Peter alexander, thank you very much. Jim cramer is the host of mad money on cnbc. Good morning to you. Good morning. Hypothetical. Average joe, average jane, they go to bed tonight not knowing whats going to happen with the deadline. They wake up in the morning and there is no deal. In real terms, how does the world change tomorrow morning . Too early to tell. There may still be money in the till. A week from now, different but tomorrow unclear. A week from now what happens to their world . Now you have to start worrying that the government is going to send out the 80 million checks they send out every month. The markets yesterday seemed to react very negatively to the fitch agencys warning that our Credit Rating could be downgrade. Other agencies, moody, is it possible they may downgrade the rating anyway even if theres a deal by sending a message and saying this crisis to crisis mentality has to stop. Fitch is like American People. Theyre saying this does have to stop. So fitch is possible. S p, no and moodys, no, theyre okay with whats happening. In the morning if there is no deal, how do you expect the markets to react. I think grace until friday. Maybe friday theyll think something will happen over the weekend and monday will be horrible. Jim cramer, thank you very much. Three republican women in the senate maybe key to the deal being negotiated now. Susan collins crafted the original frame work and lisa and kelly quickly signed on and forced a bipartisan alliance and all three are with us this morning. Good morning to you. Good morning. Since i am short on time and long on senators, lets do a show of hands. Are you confident we will get a deal in time for this deadline. Yes. Okay. We have to. Indeed. Senator collins, let me ask you about this. You got the ball rolling on this bipartisan frame work. It goes to the house yesterday and then it completely falls apart and some of the republican colleagues over there said you guys are the senate surrender cauc caucus. First of all, i would describe ourselves as a Bipartisan Group thats trying to get a solution and do what the American People want us to do which is to govern responsibly. We put together a Bipartisan Group. I think its significant that its lead by women but more is that its six republicans and six democrats and we have come to an agreement. Let me ask you, you were somebody elected with Tea Party Support but early in the shutdown, four days in, you said your colleagues in that wing of the party needed a reality check. Do they still need a reality check today . Do you agree with what senator mccain said is this fight is lost . Its time to move on . I think the American People are tired of the zero sum politics. I didnt think it was a Winning Strategy from the beginning. Thats why i didnt support it. Right now where we are is unacceptable. We need to solve this and open up the government and resolve the debt ceiling issues. Im not for losing strategy, although i dont support obama care, i dont think any of us here thought this was going to succeed and obviously it failed. The Government Shutdown and the obama Care Exchange is open. What we need is problem solving. Thats why im proud to be here with susan and lisa to get this resolved for the country. Speaker boehner faces a choice today. This is a day of reconning for him. He either puts it on the floor and gets it passed or we risk this. Is his speakership at risk . This should not be about his speakership or the next election. This should be about, really, the future of our country. Where we are right now. We are shutdown as a government. We are facing a debt crisis. As difficult as a situation is in the house, as contentious as the issues are, we need to keep in mind what the real what the real goal here is which is getting this country back on track. Difficult decisions for all, but it ought not be about the politics of the game or whether or not someone keeps their leadership. I want to support john boehner in anyway that i can, but we need to be pragmatic. This is not going to be a republican solution or democrat solution. This is going to be a solution good for the country and again, we think hah the women in the senate, the six of us, actually seven women that have been working together do have a good bipartisan solution that works. Lets get to it. Were out of time. Well leave it there. Thank you for being with us. We appreciate it. Thank you. All right. Natalie is here with breaking news tied to those dry ice bombs at l. A. X. Thats right. Good morning to you guys. Major developments this morning in connection with the two dry ice explosions at Los Angeles International airport this week. Police say l. A. X. Employee Decarlo Bennett was arrested in the case. A dry ice bomb went off in a restricted area of the airport. Three more devices were found and one went off. No injuries. But it resulted in hours of flight delays. Disgraced san diego mayor bob filler pleaded guilty for three criminal come planlts for his behavior toward three accusers. Hell escape prison but his legal troubles are far from over. Except for a thin smile at the start of his court appearance, 71yearold bob filner showed no emotion and said nothing beyond yes, sir when asked if he was guilty of the three charges against him. Is that true, sir. Yes, sir. Reporter misdemeanor complaints of battery against two victims and would be felony for false imprisonment at a fundraising event. He was elected san diegos mayor last november but in june his own Communications Director accused him of Sexual Harassment followed by a parade of 20 other women alleging similar misconduct including this army veteran. I felt raped, humiliated, disrespected. Reporter on august 30th he agreed to resign. His guilty plea replaces what could have been three years in prison with three years probation following three months of home confinement and mandatory Mental Health counseling. The plea deal doesnt end the legal troubles completely. Civil suit versus been filed by several other victims. But it does bar him from serving in office again. After a five month barrage of allegations that he groped and touched and kissed a range of women that wanted none of that, he said guilty three times in a criminal court. His public career, if not his legal troubles, over. A powerful typhoon ripped through japan today leaving at least 17 people dead. The typhoon was packing 110 Miles Per Hour winds when it made landfall. Hundreds of homes were destroyed as you see there. Over 50 people still missing. The food and Drug Administration announced tuesday night the recall of an injectable antibiotic after visible particles were found in a sample. The recall involves a drug made by b. Braun medical. Using the drug could result in blood clots. A bizarre discovery in california has a lot of people talking. Take a look at this this morning. It looks like something out of a Science Fiction movie. This is called an oarfish. Its over 18 feet long and washed ashore on catalina island. Its extremely rare to see would be. They normally swim 3,000 feet down. You want to keep it 3,000 feet down looking like that. Its 18 feet long. Apparently it was a snorkeler that first saw it. Hes still in therapy this morning. I would be freaking out. If you imagine . No. We do have the all you can eat sushi bar. Life is good. Storms in texas. We sure do. Lets show you whats going on in the southern plains. A lot of wet weather and this front is really a pretty long front. I mean, when you take a look at this thing, it extends basically stretching all the way from texas into western new york. Thats about 1600 miles. This thing is pretty long and its going to continue to make its way into the east. In fact, what weve got right now is a mix of heavy rain and were also looking at some flooding possibilities as well. In fact, weve got flash flood watches in effect. Flash flood warnings into southern texas until saturday morning. Flash flood watches into texas and into the rockies, freeze flash flood watches into texas and into the rockies, freeze warnthe toyota corolla. Ies ladi. Le freak, cest chic freak out aw [ male announcer ] elevate your style. Introducing the allnew corolla. Good morning. The average High Temperature this time of year is 67 degrees and we should be above that mark today. We should make it into the low and thats your latest weather. All right, al, thank you very much. Rielle hunter, the former m mistress of john edwards is in the news coming forward with a surprise apology about their affair. Lisa myer has more on this story. Good morning. Reporter good morning, matt. She has briselled at the aaccepti perception that she is a home wrecker but now she says thats exactly what she was saying, i behaved badly. Its a great speech. Can you read it . Yes, i can read it. Reporter it was a love affair that lasted on and off for at least six years. Produced a daughter, quinn, destroyed john edwards political career, and left him facing criminal charges associated with covering it up. Days after he was found not guilty hunter unveiled this book in which she admitted a few mistakes but largely defended her behavior. I dont regret falling in love and i dont regret loving him, nor do i regret our daughter. Reporter but now, 16 months later, hunter has changed her tune. I am very sorry for my wrong, selfish behavior. Back in 2006, i did not think about the scope of my actions, how my falling in love with john edwards and acting on that love could hurt so many people. She also apologized for parts of her book in which she referred to edwards late wife elizabeth as venemous. Did that make you mad . I thought it was a poor choice is all i can say. Reporter instead of apologizing when i should have, i went on to hurt more people. I made more mistakes. Ones i feel horrible about. Hunters book was just reissued as an ebook with annotations in brackets about things she wishes she hadnt said or done. She said she never meant to hurt anyone and believes infidelity was wrong. I was thoughtless and selfish and i am sorry. So far reaction to hunters apology on social media is overwhelming positive which may come to a shock to someone that has been villified for so long. Lets go to tamron in the orange room for carson. Theyre calling it the salute heard around the world. This is 24yearold josh. He is in the hospital fighting for his life after a brutal attack in afghanistan but i want you to look closer. Theres a purple heart pinned on to his blanket. His commander had gone there to give him the great honor and in the midst of all the emotion, josh struggled past doctors and gave this salute. The commander said it was the single greatest event of his tenyear army career. The photograph was eventually given to his wife taylor. By the way, his mom told a local tv station theyre expecting their first child. Taylor put it on her Facebook Page with this entry. Please continue to share joshs story. Thank you to all who have and are reaching out and helping us through this. The world should know what is happening overseas. The world should know what true heros and warriors we are. Fast forward to yesterday go back in time to yesterday, this is william swenson, he is an army captain. The first since the vietnam war to receive the medal of honor from president obama in the east room. Guys i get emotional. Natalie, your dad was in the air force. My dad was in the army for 30 years. We talk about being proud to be an american and this hits home to all of us. On top of all that he has gone through, this captain now wants to return to active duty. So again, i say, proud to be an american when you see Something Like this on this morning it just fills your heart, guys. Yeah. Two wonderful photos, tamron. Thank you very much. We appreciate it. Coming up, weve got a disturbing case of bullying. Two young girls arrested for allegedly tormenting a 12yearold girl that took her own life. Why the sheriff in that Community Says this should serve as a wake up call to all parents. And then a woman we exposed exploiting the newtown tragedy for money learned her fate. Was the sentence enough . But first, this is today on nbc. Coming up on trending, are you hooked on them . Finally science has a reason to explain the oreo addiction. Finally science has a reason to explain the oreo addiction. And brad pitt your adventurous side is waiting. Your relaxing side is calling. Your lets do it all side has arrived. And an unforgettable disney vacation is all within your reach. And right now, you can create a 7day package including a select Walt Disney World resort hotel room and Theme Park Tickets for as little as 75 per person per day for a family of four so come on. Show your disney side, this year at the place where dreams come true. Darrell here, more great rollbacks from the walmart october savings event. Airborne tablets, 5. 87 on rollback. Hot pockets, 9. 98 on rollback. Come on, heat up some savings. Get more for your money at the walmart october savings event. People have been daring them to clean up tough messes. My fans think a paper towel cant handle this. That is tough when wet. [ peggy ] grab viva and break the rules on all your tough messes. Hi, honey. Hows the camping trip . Well, kids had fun, but i think i slept on a rock. What are you doing . Having coffee. Ah, sounds good i thought youd say that. Ah. The best part of wakin up. Youre the best wake up to the mountain grown aroma of folgers. Is folgers in your cup and i had like this four wheninch band of bumpsles it started on my back. That came around to the front of my body. And the pain from it was it was excruciating. I did not want anyone to brush into me to cause me more pain than i was already enduring. I wanted to just crawl up in a ball and just, just wait till it passed. Using nightvision goggles to keep an eye on my spicy buffalo wheat thins. Whos gonna take your wheat thins . I dont know. An intruder, the dog, bigfoot. Could you get the light . [ loud crash ] what is going on . honey, i was close its a yeti [ male announcer ] must have wheat thins one more time, just for themselves. Before the last grandchild. Before the first grandchild. Smile. Before katie, debbie, kevin and brad. There was a connection that started it all and made the future the wonderful thing it turned out to be. At bank of america, we know were not the center of your life, but well do our best to help you connect to what is. This is wbaltv 11 news today in baltimore. Good morning. I am stan stovall. Tell ripken junior cal ripken is home safe this morning after police say she was the victim of an attempted carjacking. And on man approached her in the parking lot of a bank in aberdeen and demanded her carpet she was able to hit the panic button on her teapot and that sounded the alarm and the man took off. Police arrested him hours later not far from the bank. Last year vi ripken was kidnapped at gunpoint and driven around for several hours and finally released unharmed. Police do not believe the two cases are connected in any way. Here is Sarah Caldwell and traffic pulse 11. Looking like a rushhour. Accidents on randallstown. Old court road in church lane. Telegraph road remains closed at midway road. Take turns crossing as your alternate. Crossing as your alternate. Checking the delays, we are at 18 minutes on the north side from 95 towards the 83 p