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Grabbed him off the streets of tripoli. Anas allibi was a close confident of Osama Bin Laden and the alleged mastermind of the 1998 bombings of the u. S. Embassies in kenya and tanzania. He had been under indictment for nose bombings for over five years and the u. S. Has a 5 million reward on his head. Overnight, secretary of state john kerry said his capture should serve as a warning to terrorists worldwide. We hope that this makes clear that the United States of america will never stop in its effort to hold those accountable who conduct acts of terror, and those members of al qaeda and other terrorist organizations literally can run but they cant hide. Reporter once an as is grilled, he will be brought to the u. S. To stand trial for the embassy bombings. Jim miklaszewski in washington for us. Thanks. The Second Attack yesterday was in somalia. U. S. Forces looking for the al shabaab my apologies. Can you fill us in on what happened in that operation . Reporter erica, far less certainty in this operation. It was a predawn raid in which u. S. Navy s. E. A. L. S hit the beach in southern somalia, launched an intensive attack against a compound of the al shabaab militant organization. Al shabaab is the Islamist Group that carried out that horrific, bloody terrorist attack against a West Gate Mall in nairobi, kenya, two weeks ago, killing 67 innocent civilians. The problem here, however, is sources tell nbc news, that raid failed to take out al shabaabs top commander, ahmed godan, and so far, u. S. Officials have not identified any of the militants who may have been killed. So it appears in their ongoing bomb Battle Damage assessment that all these details are going to have to be worked out. But it does appear they fell far short of their goal. All right, mik, thanks again. We turn now to weather brewing. Tropical storm karen, which had been threatening the gulf coast fizzled out or weakened overnight. The Weather Channel Stephanie Abrams is following it all for us. Whats going on . Lester, this is a look at destin, florida. A pleasant morning. Clouds off in the distance, and those clouds, well, thats karen. It is now a tropical depression, and heres all that cloud cover that we were looking at from destin, florida. But you dont see a center of circulation. Its really fallen apart here and the reason being, theres been a lot of dry air and upper level winds that have torn this thing apart. So heres a look right now, 100 miles southwest of morgan city, louisiana. The winds only at 30 miles per hour. So its definitely falling apart and continues to do so. Here it is. We have had those upper level winds, dry air, which obviously isnt good for the development of a tropical system. It is going to move eastbound, but stay weak and we are going to see some rainfall out of this, perhaps around 2 inches around the mobile bay area. But overall, its not going to be too bad, lester. All right, stephanie. We will get the forecast from the rest of the country from you in a few minutes. Here in new york city, Surprising New information emerging this morning in the beating that captured national attention, including who was on the scene after a driving was beaten after getting a confrontation with bikers and ran over one of them. Stephanie gosk is at the scene with more this morning. Reporter good morning, erica. We have been talking to people in this neighborhood and they tell us these motorcycle crews are here all of the time, creating a menace. They jump the curbs, go through red lights, but thats nothing compared to what they saw on this Street Corner last sunday. It is possibly the most dramatic moment in a video that has now been viewed by millions. A biker takes off his helmet, rushes alex linds suv and smashes the driver side window with linds wife and 1yearold daughter also in the car. That motorcyclist has been charged on multiple counts, including gang assault and criminal mischief. And late saturday night, another biker, robert sims, was arraigned in criminal court. The nypd itself is coming under scrutiny. Senior Law Enforcement officials tell nbc news that one offduty undercover cop was on the scene when lind was beaten in front of his family. Police sources say the officer did not want to blow his cover, so he did nothing to help. But internal affairs will investigate why it took until wednesday for him to come forward. And as many as five offduty officers may have taken part in the unauthorized bike rally last sunday, as well. Serg sergio consuerga was there when the suv came to a stop and said one of the bikers went for his wife. With his two hands, real hard, wuling her out. Reporter the crowd stopped the bikers from hurting the mother and her baby, but lind was still under attack. The man was knocked down, he was on the floor. He was getting beat up with the reporter smacking his head with the helmet . Yes, many times. Reporter he jumped in between lind and the bikers. I felt like they wanted to kill this family. Reporter saturday, Police Released the photo of a third suspect who they are looking to question about the incident, and continue to pore over video taken byebye standers, even if some may turn out to be cops themselves. That motorcyclist is in the hospital. He may be paralyzed for life. His family and lawyers say when he gets better, hes going to consider a lawsuit. They say he was just going in there to help when he was run over by linds suv. Stephanie gosk this morning. Down in washington, that Government Shutdown has now dragged into its sixth day, and congress and president obama seem no closer to a solution. Kristen welker has the latest. Good morning. Reporter lester, good morning to you. There were a few bright spots this weekend. Defense secretary chuck hagel said hell be calling back to work more than 300,000 civilian defense employees furloughed, start back up again tomorrow. The house unanimously approved a bill to restore back pay to all furloughed workers. But the Government Shutdown continues. Painful for americans and politically paralys for lawmakers. With the Government Shutdown set to enter its second week, there is no end in sight to the fingerpointing. Speaker boehner has made a decision that hes going to hold out to see if he can get additional concessions from us. If the president has an ax to grind with the opposing party, why he would want to put the American People in the middle of that and force the pain on them. Reporter now, the dysfunction is taking a political toll. A recent poll shows 44 of americans blame the republicans, and 35 blame the president and democrats. Parks, our reserve members. Reporter and there are cracks in the gop strategy with the tea Party Faction insisting any bill delay the president S Health Care law. The democrats want government by crisis. They want shutdowns. This is harry reids shutdown, because he thinks it benefits democrats politically. Reporter but a growing number of republican moderates are calling for their party to open up the government with no strings attached, arguing the Health Care Law is a nonstarter with democrats. There are a lot of things we want to do in government. But there is one thing you must do and that is fund the government. Reporter on saturday, the first member of the tea party defected, representative dennis ross, telling bloomberg news, we need to move on. Political analysts warn the effect on republicans could last well beyond this impasse. I think its something that can hurt them in primaries, can make it tougher for them to have a singular message against democrats come fall 2014. Of. Reporter but there are also perils for president obama, who insists he wont negotiate right now. I think even some democrats think the line he wont negotiate is one he wont stay with much longer. Reporter according to recent polls, president obama has seen some of his lowest Approval Ratings in two years. Its possible we wont see any progress until the next big fiscal deadline. That is october 17th when the nation reaches its debt limit and runs out of money to pay its bills. Lester. All right, kristen, thank you. Savannah guthrie is filling in for David Gregory as moderator of meet the press. Good morning. Good to see you down there. Good morning to you. We keep saying, savannah, the two sides dont really have anything, an agreement right now, but i keep thinking, surely they have an exit strategy in the back of their mind and just waiting to pull the trigger. Am i being naive . Youre not being naive. I think youre being optimistic. And would that be the case . But i have to tell you, being on the phone with people in both parties this weekend, it is clear to me, there is no resolution on the horizon. There is no deal being talked about in the back rooms. This seems to be something where were in it for the long haul. The government remaining closed. And now, lester, we have this other looming deadline that kristen just mentioned, october 17th, the debt ceiling has to be raised. Otherwise, the u. S. Could go into default, something that most economists who look at it say would be calamitous for the economy. So the stakes are actually getting higher. And at the moment, there is no solution in sight. And the other headscratcher here, what happened to majority rules . Were talking maybe 30 to 40 republican headliners holding this up. Speaker boehner has the votes, if he wants to go forward, doesnt he . Oh, he does. I mean, if he would right now put a clean budget resolution on the floor of the house, there would be enough moderate republicans and then democrats, they would probably get to the 218 votes they need. But the fact of the matter is, boehner is not going to do that right now and have to do the same thing two weeks later on the debt ceiling. So the republican strategy right now seems to be, merge those two issues together and then if boehner and the republicans so oh take a tough vote, they can do it at the same time. But they want some kind of concession from the white house. And this is where president obama is getting on riskier territory. His position has been, im not going to negotiate on the debt ceiling, and im not going to negotiate on reopening the government. And how long can that last . Its really a case of who blinks first. All right. Tell us whats coming up this morning on meet the press, savannah. Treasury secretary jack lew will talk about the consequences to the economy from the shutdown and also a potential default. And then well talk to senator rand paul, somebody who early on said he doesnt want the Government Shutdown, but, of course, what is the most vocal opponents of the president S Health Care plan. And well also talk about those two terror operations in africa over the night, talk about that with mike looider. Well see you in a bit. Thanks, much. Thanks, lester. A zoo employee in oklahoma is lucky to be alive today after a tiger attacked her when she stuck her arm in its cage. Kerry sanders is at the zoo with an update this morning. Kerry, good morning. Reporter well, good morning, erica. That zoo keeper here indeed is lucky to be alive. The tiger that attacked her wasp in a cage like this one here. That tiger has now been removed and is in quarantine. This is what they believe happened here. The zoo owner says the zookeeper reached through the fencing here like this and when the tiger came in, she tried to pull her arm back, the jacket or maybe a glove got caught and that is when the tiger attacked. The gw Exotic Animal park has more than 100 tigers across its 46 acres. A private zoo with so many tigers and lions, not all have names. This is a snapshot of tiger number 7, the 14yearold, 450pound male tiger that attacked the big cat supervisor, a woman in her 20s. She was attacked, says the zoo owner, when she reached into the cage with her left arm. I feel bad that this has happened. And right now my only concern is that the doctors saved her arm and shell be able to keep her arm. Reporter why did the tiger attack . One theory here is could be the smell of goose down from the jacket she was wearing. Despite the tiger now tasting human flesh, zoo owner says he will aggressively defend any suggestions the tiger now needs to be put down. You want to use the word attacked, mauled, the tiger was in his cage. And she stuck her arm in the cage. So it was an accident. But if the tiger was just being a tiger. Reporter since 1990, the Humane Society has documented more than 300 big cat incidents in the United States. Often the cause, just as is now believed to be the case in oklahoma, human error. Experts say those who work around big cats often drop their guard. People have a bad misconception. They tend to associate these animals as some type of domestic pet, some type of companion. Theyre not companions. These are wild animals. Reporter in 2006, the Animal Rights group, peta, accused the zoo here of mistreating the animals. But the federal government and the state investigated and found no mistreatment. In fact, the zoo here says that they accept animals, rescue animals, being mistreated elsewhere. Erica . All right, Kerry Sanders for us this morning, thanks. We want to get caught up with some other headlines overnight from craig melvin. Lester, good morning. Erica, good morning to you, as well. Fierce winds are feeding a brush fire in southern california. Flames broke out in the area of camp pendelton. That forced hundreds of people to evacuate a housing area and base hospital. Fire Officials Say about 1,000 acres have burned so far. There are no reports of injuries. Power outages and impassable roads are plaguing south dakota this morning. 20 to 30 inches of snow smothered areas in and around rapid city. Meanwhile, in the city of lead, about threeandahalf feet of snow fell there, more than 25,000 customers lost power in the black hills area. Officials were even recruiting snowmobiles to rescue stranded drivers in their cars overnight. And the olympic torch is in russia this morning, lit in athens seven days ago. And today a jet carrying the flame landed in moscow. The torch now heads to moscows red square where the russian president will launch a recordbreaking relay. It will travel through more than 80 russian regions before arriving in sochi february 7th. And prince harry charmed crowds in australia this weekend. He celebrated the Australian Navy fleet in sydney. He met with the families of Fallen Soldiers in perth. The trip marked the princes First Official visit to australia, but its not the only reason hes making headlines this morning. A london newspaper reports that prince harry is now set to marry his girlfriend. The paper says she has finally overcome her fears about marrying into the royal family. I have those fears too. Thats why i said, you know what, im just going to stay with my people. Pack your bags, book your tickets, we may be going back to london. Hey, hey, another royal wedding. Im still trying to process. I cant bring a calculator on an airplane, but you can bring a lit torch. Well, in russia, its okay. Different situation. You can smoke on those planes too, so now were really in trouble. All right. Stephanie abrams is back with a look at the rest of the national forecast. Hey, guys. Good morning to you again at home. And we have this big front that is crossing the entire United States. A slight risk for some the entie United States. A slight risk for some severe weather. Picking up karen and eventually make it along the east coast. Now lets have a look at whats happening outside your door. Good sunday morning to you. Im storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. Off to a muggy start on your sunday morning, middle and upper 60s in the suburbs, low 70s downtown. 71 at National Airport already. Forecasted highs today, another warm one, everybody. Upper 80s to nearing in on 90 in a few neighborhoods today. Be plenty for plenty of heat and humidity and also be ready for a lot of rain tomorrow. Monday lester, back over to you. All right, stephanie, thanks. Coming up next, should washingtons nfl team change its name . President obama weighs in after this. As your life changes, fidelity is there for your personal economy, helping you readjust along the way, refocus as careers change and kids head off to college, and revisit your investments as retirement gets closer. Wherever you are today, fidelitys guidance can help you finetune your personal economy. Start today with a free oneonone review of your Retirement Plan. When your allergies start, doctors recommend taking one nondrowsy claritin every day during your allergy season for continuous relief. 18 days 17 days 22 days of continuous relief. Live claritin clear. Every day. 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. [ peggy ] grab viva and break the rules acso 45 states and then District Of Columbia have voluntarily decided to raise the bar with consistent educational standards. Now, students in those states will have a better chance to succeed in college and careers and to compete in the global economy. Which means a Better Future for our students and our nation. Join exxonmobil in supporting the common core state standards. Lets solve this. The Washington Redskins have come under a lot of heat recently from those who say the name of this nfl team is offensive to native americans. On saturday, president obama weighed into the controversy when he was asked about it. Craig is in the orange room with more this morning. Craig . Erica, lester, president obama was asked this question in an interview with the Osama Bin Laden<\/a> and the alleged mastermind of the 1998 bombings of the u. S. Embassies in kenya and tanzania. He had been under indictment for nose bombings for over five years and the u. S. Has a 5 million reward on his head. Overnight, secretary of state john kerry said his capture should serve as a warning to terrorists worldwide. We hope that this makes clear that the United States<\/a> of america will never stop in its effort to hold those accountable who conduct acts of terror, and those members of al qaeda and other terrorist organizations literally can run but they cant hide. Reporter once an as is grilled, he will be brought to the u. S. To stand trial for the embassy bombings. Jim miklaszewski in washington for us. Thanks. The Second Attack<\/a> yesterday was in somalia. U. S. Forces looking for the al shabaab my apologies. Can you fill us in on what happened in that operation . Reporter erica, far less certainty in this operation. It was a predawn raid in which u. S. Navy s. E. A. L. S hit the beach in southern somalia, launched an intensive attack against a compound of the al shabaab militant organization. Al shabaab is the Islamist Group<\/a> that carried out that horrific, bloody terrorist attack against a West Gate Mall<\/a> in nairobi, kenya, two weeks ago, killing 67 innocent civilians. The problem here, however, is sources tell nbc news, that raid failed to take out al shabaabs top commander, ahmed godan, and so far, u. S. Officials have not identified any of the militants who may have been killed. So it appears in their ongoing bomb Battle Damage<\/a> assessment that all these details are going to have to be worked out. But it does appear they fell far short of their goal. All right, mik, thanks again. We turn now to weather brewing. Tropical storm karen, which had been threatening the gulf coast fizzled out or weakened overnight. The Weather Channel<\/a> Stephanie Abrams<\/a> is following it all for us. Whats going on . Lester, this is a look at destin, florida. A pleasant morning. Clouds off in the distance, and those clouds, well, thats karen. It is now a tropical depression, and heres all that cloud cover that we were looking at from destin, florida. But you dont see a center of circulation. Its really fallen apart here and the reason being, theres been a lot of dry air and upper level winds that have torn this thing apart. So heres a look right now, 100 miles southwest of morgan city, louisiana. The winds only at 30 miles per hour. So its definitely falling apart and continues to do so. Here it is. We have had those upper level winds, dry air, which obviously isnt good for the development of a tropical system. It is going to move eastbound, but stay weak and we are going to see some rainfall out of this, perhaps around 2 inches around the mobile bay area. But overall, its not going to be too bad, lester. All right, stephanie. We will get the forecast from the rest of the country from you in a few minutes. Here in new york city, Surprising New<\/a> information emerging this morning in the beating that captured national attention, including who was on the scene after a driving was beaten after getting a confrontation with bikers and ran over one of them. Stephanie gosk is at the scene with more this morning. Reporter good morning, erica. We have been talking to people in this neighborhood and they tell us these motorcycle crews are here all of the time, creating a menace. They jump the curbs, go through red lights, but thats nothing compared to what they saw on this Street Corner<\/a> last sunday. It is possibly the most dramatic moment in a video that has now been viewed by millions. A biker takes off his helmet, rushes alex linds suv and smashes the driver side window with linds wife and 1yearold daughter also in the car. That motorcyclist has been charged on multiple counts, including gang assault and criminal mischief. And late saturday night, another biker, robert sims, was arraigned in criminal court. The nypd itself is coming under scrutiny. Senior Law Enforcement<\/a> officials tell nbc news that one offduty undercover cop was on the scene when lind was beaten in front of his family. Police sources say the officer did not want to blow his cover, so he did nothing to help. But internal affairs will investigate why it took until wednesday for him to come forward. And as many as five offduty officers may have taken part in the unauthorized bike rally last sunday, as well. Serg sergio consuerga was there when the suv came to a stop and said one of the bikers went for his wife. With his two hands, real hard, wuling her out. Reporter the crowd stopped the bikers from hurting the mother and her baby, but lind was still under attack. The man was knocked down, he was on the floor. He was getting beat up with the reporter smacking his head with the helmet . Yes, many times. Reporter he jumped in between lind and the bikers. I felt like they wanted to kill this family. Reporter saturday, Police Released<\/a> the photo of a third suspect who they are looking to question about the incident, and continue to pore over video taken byebye standers, even if some may turn out to be cops themselves. That motorcyclist is in the hospital. He may be paralyzed for life. His family and lawyers say when he gets better, hes going to consider a lawsuit. They say he was just going in there to help when he was run over by linds suv. Stephanie gosk this morning. Down in washington, that Government Shutdown<\/a> has now dragged into its sixth day, and congress and president obama seem no closer to a solution. Kristen welker has the latest. Good morning. Reporter lester, good morning to you. There were a few bright spots this weekend. Defense secretary chuck hagel said hell be calling back to work more than 300,000 civilian defense employees furloughed, start back up again tomorrow. The house unanimously approved a bill to restore back pay to all furloughed workers. But the Government Shutdown<\/a> continues. Painful for americans and politically paralys for lawmakers. With the Government Shutdown<\/a> set to enter its second week, there is no end in sight to the fingerpointing. Speaker boehner has made a decision that hes going to hold out to see if he can get additional concessions from us. If the president has an ax to grind with the opposing party, why he would want to put the American People<\/a> in the middle of that and force the pain on them. Reporter now, the dysfunction is taking a political toll. A recent poll shows 44 of americans blame the republicans, and 35 blame the president and democrats. Parks, our reserve members. Reporter and there are cracks in the gop strategy with the tea Party Faction<\/a> insisting any bill delay the president S Health Care<\/a> law. The democrats want government by crisis. They want shutdowns. This is harry reids shutdown, because he thinks it benefits democrats politically. Reporter but a growing number of republican moderates are calling for their party to open up the government with no strings attached, arguing the Health Care Law<\/a> is a nonstarter with democrats. There are a lot of things we want to do in government. But there is one thing you must do and that is fund the government. Reporter on saturday, the first member of the tea party defected, representative dennis ross, telling bloomberg news, we need to move on. Political analysts warn the effect on republicans could last well beyond this impasse. I think its something that can hurt them in primaries, can make it tougher for them to have a singular message against democrats come fall 2014. Of. Reporter but there are also perils for president obama, who insists he wont negotiate right now. I think even some democrats think the line he wont negotiate is one he wont stay with much longer. Reporter according to recent polls, president obama has seen some of his lowest Approval Ratings<\/a> in two years. Its possible we wont see any progress until the next big fiscal deadline. That is october 17th when the nation reaches its debt limit and runs out of money to pay its bills. Lester. All right, kristen, thank you. Savannah guthrie is filling in for David Gregory<\/a> as moderator of meet the press. Good morning. Good to see you down there. Good morning to you. We keep saying, savannah, the two sides dont really have anything, an agreement right now, but i keep thinking, surely they have an exit strategy in the back of their mind and just waiting to pull the trigger. Am i being naive . Youre not being naive. I think youre being optimistic. And would that be the case . But i have to tell you, being on the phone with people in both parties this weekend, it is clear to me, there is no resolution on the horizon. There is no deal being talked about in the back rooms. This seems to be something where were in it for the long haul. The government remaining closed. And now, lester, we have this other looming deadline that kristen just mentioned, october 17th, the debt ceiling has to be raised. Otherwise, the u. S. Could go into default, something that most economists who look at it say would be calamitous for the economy. So the stakes are actually getting higher. And at the moment, there is no solution in sight. And the other headscratcher here, what happened to majority rules . Were talking maybe 30 to 40 republican headliners holding this up. Speaker boehner has the votes, if he wants to go forward, doesnt he . Oh, he does. I mean, if he would right now put a clean budget resolution on the floor of the house, there would be enough moderate republicans and then democrats, they would probably get to the 218 votes they need. But the fact of the matter is, boehner is not going to do that right now and have to do the same thing two weeks later on the debt ceiling. So the republican strategy right now seems to be, merge those two issues together and then if boehner and the republicans so oh take a tough vote, they can do it at the same time. But they want some kind of concession from the white house. And this is where president obama is getting on riskier territory. His position has been, im not going to negotiate on the debt ceiling, and im not going to negotiate on reopening the government. And how long can that last . Its really a case of who blinks first. All right. Tell us whats coming up this morning on meet the press, savannah. Treasury secretary jack lew will talk about the consequences to the economy from the shutdown and also a potential default. And then well talk to senator rand paul, somebody who early on said he doesnt want the Government Shutdown<\/a>, but, of course, what is the most vocal opponents of the president S Health Care<\/a> plan. And well also talk about those two terror operations in africa over the night, talk about that with mike looider. Well see you in a bit. Thanks, much. Thanks, lester. A zoo employee in oklahoma is lucky to be alive today after a tiger attacked her when she stuck her arm in its cage. Kerry sanders is at the zoo with an update this morning. Kerry, good morning. Reporter well, good morning, erica. That zoo keeper here indeed is lucky to be alive. The tiger that attacked her wasp in a cage like this one here. That tiger has now been removed and is in quarantine. This is what they believe happened here. The zoo owner says the zookeeper reached through the fencing here like this and when the tiger came in, she tried to pull her arm back, the jacket or maybe a glove got caught and that is when the tiger attacked. The gw Exotic Animal<\/a> park has more than 100 tigers across its 46 acres. A private zoo with so many tigers and lions, not all have names. This is a snapshot of tiger number 7, the 14yearold, 450pound male tiger that attacked the big cat supervisor, a woman in her 20s. She was attacked, says the zoo owner, when she reached into the cage with her left arm. I feel bad that this has happened. And right now my only concern is that the doctors saved her arm and shell be able to keep her arm. Reporter why did the tiger attack . One theory here is could be the smell of goose down from the jacket she was wearing. Despite the tiger now tasting human flesh, zoo owner says he will aggressively defend any suggestions the tiger now needs to be put down. You want to use the word attacked, mauled, the tiger was in his cage. And she stuck her arm in the cage. So it was an accident. But if the tiger was just being a tiger. Reporter since 1990, the Humane Society<\/a> has documented more than 300 big cat incidents in the United States<\/a>. Often the cause, just as is now believed to be the case in oklahoma, human error. Experts say those who work around big cats often drop their guard. People have a bad misconception. They tend to associate these animals as some type of domestic pet, some type of companion. Theyre not companions. These are wild animals. Reporter in 2006, the Animal Rights<\/a> group, peta, accused the zoo here of mistreating the animals. But the federal government and the state investigated and found no mistreatment. In fact, the zoo here says that they accept animals, rescue animals, being mistreated elsewhere. Erica . All right, Kerry Sanders<\/a> for us this morning, thanks. We want to get caught up with some other headlines overnight from craig melvin. Lester, good morning. Erica, good morning to you, as well. Fierce winds are feeding a brush fire in southern california. Flames broke out in the area of camp pendelton. That forced hundreds of people to evacuate a housing area and base hospital. Fire Officials Say<\/a> about 1,000 acres have burned so far. There are no reports of injuries. Power outages and impassable roads are plaguing south dakota this morning. 20 to 30 inches of snow smothered areas in and around rapid city. Meanwhile, in the city of lead, about threeandahalf feet of snow fell there, more than 25,000 customers lost power in the black hills area. Officials were even recruiting snowmobiles to rescue stranded drivers in their cars overnight. And the olympic torch is in russia this morning, lit in athens seven days ago. And today a jet carrying the flame landed in moscow. The torch now heads to moscows red square where the russian president will launch a recordbreaking relay. It will travel through more than 80 russian regions before arriving in sochi february 7th. And prince harry charmed crowds in australia this weekend. He celebrated the Australian Navy<\/a> fleet in sydney. He met with the families of Fallen Soldiers<\/a> in perth. The trip marked the princes First Official<\/a> visit to australia, but its not the only reason hes making headlines this morning. A london newspaper reports that prince harry is now set to marry his girlfriend. The paper says she has finally overcome her fears about marrying into the royal family. I have those fears too. Thats why i said, you know what, im just going to stay with my people. Pack your bags, book your tickets, we may be going back to london. Hey, hey, another royal wedding. Im still trying to process. I cant bring a calculator on an airplane, but you can bring a lit torch. Well, in russia, its okay. Different situation. You can smoke on those planes too, so now were really in trouble. All right. Stephanie abrams is back with a look at the rest of the national forecast. Hey, guys. Good morning to you again at home. And we have this big front that is crossing the entire United States<\/a>. A slight risk for some the entie United States<\/a>. A slight risk for some severe weather. Picking up karen and eventually make it along the east coast. Now lets have a look at whats happening outside your door. Good sunday morning to you. Im storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. Off to a muggy start on your sunday morning, middle and upper 60s in the suburbs, low 70s downtown. 71 at National Airport<\/a> already. Forecasted highs today, another warm one, everybody. Upper 80s to nearing in on 90 in a few neighborhoods today. Be plenty for plenty of heat and humidity and also be ready for a lot of rain tomorrow. Monday lester, back over to you. All right, stephanie, thanks. Coming up next, should washingtons nfl team change its name . President obama weighs in after this. As your life changes, fidelity is there for your personal economy, helping you readjust along the way, refocus as careers change and kids head off to college, and revisit your investments as retirement gets closer. Wherever you are today, fidelitys guidance can help you finetune your personal economy. Start today with a free oneonone review of your Retirement Plan<\/a>. When your allergies start, doctors recommend taking one nondrowsy claritin every day during your allergy season for continuous relief. 18 days 17 days 22 days of continuous relief. Live claritin clear. Every day. 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. 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Ive got to say, if i were the owner of the team, and i knew that there was a name of my team, even if it had a storied history that was offending a sizeable group of people, i would think id think about changing it. But, you know, i dont want to detract from the wonderful redskins fans that are here. They love their team and rightly so. So we put the question to you. We went to today. Com, survey question right there on the home page. If a sports team name offends a group of people, should it be changed and an overwhelming number of folks who responded said no. 75 said no, 25 said yes. The conversation continued on twitter. Becky saying, absolutely not. This idea of offending people has gotten out of hand. Lighten up, people. And christie also chimed in, saying its more than a group of people. Its a nation of people. The conversation will undoubtedly continue on social media, as well, lester and erica. And continuing else where, too, because the teams attorney responded to the president , including a recent poll from the Associated Press<\/a> showing nine out of ten native americans dont think the name should be changed. Definitely not the last we have heard of that conversation. Still to come this morning, miley cyrus taking center stage once again, this time on saturday night live. And well take a look at how it all went in our entertainment wrapup. But first, these messages. Nothing says, im happy to see you too, like a milkbone biscuit. Say it with milkbone. Still to come on today, a question that comes up from time to time. Are police any closer to solving the disappearance of Madeleine Mccann<\/a>. This morning, new hope for her parents. Pl [ female announcer ] your first breath, your first grasp, your first smile. We were there. Your first roll, your first friend, we were there too. 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Today is sunday, october 6th. In the news right now, metro contractor died and two others were hurt in a welding accident overnight between Union Station<\/a> and judiciary square. Metro closed that section of the red line for weekend track work. The work has now been suspended. Well have a live report on news 4 today at 9 00 am. Two people died in a car crash in Fairfax County<\/a>. You can see it into the train bridge. It happened around 3 30 this morning on south van horn right off 95 in fairfax. No word yet on what will he to that crash. A missing 77yearold man in Fairfax County<\/a>, William Jackman<\/a> vanished yesterday morning, last seen on waters edge lane and may be driving a 2002 toyota camry with california tags jee. He suffers fri amedical condition and does not have his medication with him. If youve seen him, call Fairfax County<\/a> police. Tomorrow some 300,000 pentagon employees will head back to work despite the shutdown. They should be exempt from the furlough because they provide furlough because they provide support to the pumpkins back at dunkin . Now you tell me. Try the new pumpkin pie donut or any of our other many pumpkin treats today. America runs on dunkin. Good morning, everybody. Im storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell, off to another mild start here in washington. 71 degrees already at National Airport<\/a>. Low to mid 60s in fairfax and mid to upper 60s in prince georges counties this morning. Its going to be a warm one. Patchy fog still left. Its burning off quickly. Temperature also rise in the low 80s to near 90 later on today and tomorrow a chance for heavy rain coming our way. Im molly, celebrating my 14th birthday with the today show. Happy birthday, molly hi, im susan and im brian. And we have come all the way from rodgersville, tennessee to see lester and erica were celebrating our 13th anniversary with the today show we love the today show and we are back on a sunday morning. Its the 6th day of october, 2013. A great crowd here. Celebrating sunday morning. Not sure what theyre celebrating, but lets do it, everybody. Thanks for stopping by. If youre ever in the neighborhood, come by at 49th. The more the merrier. Im here, lester holt, along with erica hill. As we have mentioned, we have talked time and time again about Madeleine Mccann<\/a>, a little girl who disappeared on a Family Vacation<\/a> in portugal. New developments that may be giving her family more hope. Also this morning, he is loud, espnateded and he is a huge success. Whether you love him or hate him, one thing is for sure, bill oreilly is never boring. I caught up with him, and well share some of the conversation as he talks about not only his hit tv show i bet it was an interesting conversation. It was. Interesting stuff. Well share that. Also coming up, miley cyrus pulled double duty last night on snl. She was not only a host, also the musical guest. And a new baby for 47yearold actress halle berry. All that and more coming up in our entertainment roundup. Yes. Howard deans radio partner, rob Robin Quivers<\/a> on her life and death battle with cancer. A big front continues to move her for us. I do. Well see a big front that continues to move eastbound. The question is, are we talking about autumn or are we talking about summer . We are feeling the heat in front of this front a southerly flow. Winds go from the south to the north. Virginia beach, 11 degrees above average. Philadelphia, 13 degrees above averag average. Certainly will be a warm one today. You see that front right there . That will be your best friend, washing away all that heat right here. Tomorrow it gets closer to the east coast. There are the showers from new england all the way down to florida. Now here say look at whats happening outside your door. Im Meteorologist Team<\/a> 4 chuck bell. Plenty of sunshine for now. Gradual increase in clouds later on this afternoon. Hot and humid today. This is the last of the hot and humid days to come. High today, 88 degrees. Thats 17 degrees warmer than average today and 80 chance for rain and maybe even heavier thunderstorms tomorrow. Behind the front and rains s 5 guys . Always 5 00 somewhere. Okay. So we are going to take you now to our top spot, and that is santa rosa, california. And the harvest fair in the backyard of our nbc affiliate in the bay area, nbc 11. Now, the World Championship<\/a> grape grape stomp, fun to watch. Something always seems to happen with those. Its not only great stomping but also an annual fall celebration. Also free wine tasting. Yeah, we like that. And food pairing workshops taught by local celebrity chefs. If youre in the area, be sure to head out to wine country. Lester, back to you. All right, stephanie, thanks. More than six years after she vanished while her family was on vacation, there is still hope today that Madeleine Mccann<\/a> may be found alive. Overnight, her parents expressed new opt oh minimum about the case. Reporter Madeleine Mccann<\/a> was just 3 years old when she disappeared from her parents vacation apartment in portugal in 2007. They have been fighting ever since, trying to find their little girl. This morning, the mccanns have released a new statement, saying they are greatly encouraged by new information coming to light. They say pieces of the jigsaw are now fitting together. But what are those pieces . Scotland yard detectives have revealed theyre analyzing cell phone data from the portuguese resort where the mccans were staying. Theyre trying to track down as many of the people who were in the small town as possible. In essence, they know within a few minutes when she disappeared. If they can identify every cell phone that was used in that area, they may identify the person. Reporter madelines parents will once again appear on a British Crime<\/a> show, alongside detectives, who will reveal some of the new information. In that statement just released, kate and jerry mccann also say, we are really hopeful that the fourth coming on crime watch will take us a step closer to finding madeline and bringing those responsible for her abduction to justice. This week, british tabloids are full of theories of what the new leads could be, from maddie interrupting burglars to a possible International Pedophile<\/a> ring. Insiders of Scotland Yard<\/a> dismissed the report as speculation. British workers have identified more people they believe might be able to help with their investigation. There are now 41. The hope is one of them can help find a little girl who would now be 10 years old. For today, duncan golastoni, nbc news, london. Now heres erica. Bill oreilly is riding high these days, both on tv and as an author. Is he the same guy, though, offscreen as he is on . The short answer . Yes. Caution. You are about to enter the nospin zone. Hes one of the countrys most wellknown tv personalities. Outspoken. You people should be ashamed. You are lying never one to shy away from debate. A formula that has made the e Oreilly Factor<\/a> the number one cable news show for more than 13 years. What do you think is that you have that connects with millions of people every night . Authenticity. Im genuine. Im not any different offcamera. You can ask the crew. Im the same. I think its rare on tv. Oreilly is also the author of 12 yes, 12, numberone bestsellers. His latest, killing jesus. Why jesus . Well, im trying to bring into focus sharp focus the people that i feel have influenced america and the world in a very profound way. 80 of americans describe themselves as christians. How much do they know about him . Oreilly coauthored the book with martin dugard, the same man he partnered with for killing lincoln and killing kennedy. They say this isnt a religious or even theological book. Its a history book. The reviews are mixed. They review me, not the book. Dont like me, so theyll say nasty things about the book. You give criticism, you take criticism. How much of that do you let get to you . I used to let it get to me more than i do now. Because it used to be more personal than it is now. But, you know, look. As you said, i dish it out, ive got to take it. And i do. Oreillys tv staff is used to his style. Hes quick and decisive. A little too squishy. Im a commentator. If i have people writing my own commenta commentary, you know, there is something false about it. Oreilly celebrates 18 years at fox news this weekend. So whats next . Whats on your retirement. When does that happen . You dont seem like the kind of guy slowing down any time soon. Well, i work hard, but, you know, im not andy rooney, with all due respect to him. He was brilliant. I dont want to be working when im 90. That said, oreilly isnt leaving the nospin zone just yet. And clearly, theres still demand for his nightly takes. Im most proud that were honest. We dont stab anybody in the back. We stab them in the front. But not in the back. You know . I mean, were upfront here. And weve been that way since the very beginning. Oreilly told me, hes already working on that next book. He says it will focus on world war ii. But wouldnt get more specific than that. Up next, controversial singer miley cyrus poking fun at herself on saturday night live. Weve got the latest in our entertainment roundup, right after this. Or ulcerative colitiscrohns die is a daily game of what ifs. What if my abdominal pain and cramps end our night before it even starts . What if i eat the wrong thing . What if . What if i suddenly have to go . What if . 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I got a lot of letters from angry mothers, turnedon fathers thats miley cyrus having a little fun on last nights saturday night live. She tops our hollywood headlines, along with the new baby for hally berry, and George Clooney<\/a> and Sandra Bullock<\/a> define gravity on the big screen. Were here to go through all of that. Alicia, good morning. Good morning. We start with miley cyrus. You stayed up late and watched the whole thing. Sacrifice for the team. She did great. She was really good. She first of all did an acoustic performance we cant stop. Sang her song wrecking ball wasnt over the top raunchy. She didnt address a lot of things like the Sinead Oconnor<\/a> feud but addressed her vma performance and then got to it. And what kind of impact could this potentially have on her reputation Going Forward<\/a> . Because she needed a little something. A very good impact. She first hosted snl in 2011. This reminds you that miley can act and sing and its not all about showing your body parts. Its about talent she has. And people forget about that. A lot of online buzz about her performance last night, expectations about when it should be outrageous. Lets go over to craig melvin. Most folks out there on the internet expressed the same sentiment as alicia. This is one of our twitter clouds here and you can see some of the adjectives used to describe her performance last night, hilarious, amazing, twerk mentioned accident as well. Conversation continued on twitter. Would love to be twerking already, but every skit has implied or mentioned it. Enough already. And denise chimed in saying who are we to judge. Liked her before and still do. I think she is handling the criticism well. But, again, the overwhelming response, pretty positive, lester, erica. And getting a lot of buzz, which is what being a celebrity is about. I want to talk movies. I saw this movie gravity, George Clooney<\/a> and Sandra Bullock<\/a>. The audience when i saw it applauded. I liked it a lot. Saw it in 3d. Very good. They were interviewed early they are week and i said george, you guys have been friends so long. Shes single, youre single. Why is this not happening already . And he said, its because they have been friends for 20 years. Friend zone. Theyre in the friend zone. Heres the thing, the bro zone. She dated one of his friends and he said its a bro code. Cant do that. But theyre funny, hilarious. Great chemistry. And this movie is getting oscar buzz. And why mess it up if youve got a good friendship. Yeah, mess it up with romance . Im not hold on a second. Im happily married, hes gorgeous. But im just saying, if youve got a good friendship, sometimes its not worth messing that up. Should have a good friendship. I get it. Exciting news and congratulations in order for halle berry, a little boy now. We broke this story at e. She has a little boy and got married. Theyre both 47. Halle has a 5yearold daughter nala and has been praying for a sibling and this is a surprise and gift she got pregnant and has a little boy. Exciting. Very happy for her. Thank you for coming by. My pleasure. Erica, see gravity. Its on my list. The glasses arent as nerdy, the 3d glasses, much more comfortable. Just so you know. Theyre better. Now you can watch e news weeknights at 7 00 eastern and pacific. No tweety glasses required. You can wear them if you want. Up next, howard deans right hand woman, Robin Quivers<\/a> on her triumphant return to the studio after a Cancer Battle<\/a> and why a healthy diet she believes saved her life. Right after this. [ telephone rings ] hows the camping trip . Well, the kids had fun, but i think i slept on a rock. The best part of wakin up what are you doing . Having coffee. Ohh. Is folgers in your cup Robin Quivers<\/a> is best known as howard deans partners in crime on the radio. Its a position she has held for more than 30 years. After a 17month absence from the radio studio while she battled cancer, robin made her triumphant return this week. It was a day howard worried might never come. There was a time i really did think i was going to lose you permanently. And ill tell you what, this is a pretty remarkable day. That you are here triumphant and cured. I mean, i never would have predicted this. Robin describes her health struggles, past and present, in her new book, the vegucation of robin. Ive got to change the name of the book. Because its the vegcation of robin. Sorry. Youre here to correct us. Its okay. I have to tell everyone the name of the book. More reason to keep promoting it then. Think of it that way. We just saw a clip of your first day back in the studio after seven months. Youre feeling great. Yeah. What an emotional day that must have been for you. Well, we have had a lot of emotional days over this 17 months. Its not an easy thing to put your friends and loved ones through, when youre going through Something Like<\/a> this. They worry more about you than you worry about yourself. And they struggle more, because they feel helpless. And theres really nothing they can do but stand by. Lets turn the clock back. It was spring of 2012. You just finished writing the book. Yeah. Doctors find this mass in my pelvis. Turned out to be endometrial cancer and a very difficult road ahead. What was your attitude at that point . Well, things happened so fast. From the diagnosis to surgery was about ten days. And in that ten days, theres lots of tests being done and you are finding out various things and maybe not much of anything at all. And you dont know what to think. And then when you go into surgery, they say just hope for a long surgery, because we really dont know how this is going to turn out. So comforting. Yeah, so i was sort of in the middle of it all, and you know, howard and others were actually aware that it was such a serious and dire situation. He really i mean, you two are very close, as we know. Yeah. Work together for more than 30 years. He really in many ways was your rock. Oh, my goodness. The first person i called was howard after i got home and i needed a doctor, i was looking for a recommendation from beth, maybe. And he then said, oh, my goodness, robin, what reing with going to do . And he helped me put together my medical team. He was they were there after every appointment saying, what happened, what do we do next, what do we need now. And then at a certain point he just took over and said im getting you the best. Youre going to have everything you need. And i just sat there for the first time in my life and let people take care of me. And he was the first among them. And its not uncommon for people in the public light to live their illness as publicly. You kept it secret. And you were kind of calling into the show. Well, i was on an isd line at home. They set up a special line for me so i could do the show from home. And you never explained why you werent in the studio. Not really. Because we do a comedy show and you dont want to be sitting there thinking is she going to be all right while trying to make you laugh. So we decided we dont know how the story is going to turn out. I want to get on the air for four hours every day. Two days twoandahalf three days. That long of a period. You have some sick leave coming to you. Lester is going to make sure you get it. You credit a lot of what happened the way your body was able to handle this and fight it to the fact that youre a vegan. Yes. I had a lot of problems before this. You know, right around the time of 9 11, i wasnt feeling very well at all. I didnt have a lot of strength or stamina or energy. All i did was work and sleep. And i thought, if i had been in that building that day, i wouldnt have been able to make it out on my own. And i thought, thats a terrible way to live. Thats no way to go out in life. And so i went on this journey to find out what was going on. And i eventually discovered how i felt had something to do with the way i was eating. And i eventually discovered the best way for me to eat was to be vegan. And all of those things that i was struggling with went away. I went from not being able to walk a block to running a marathon. So it was a wonderful transformation. Right. And because i was so strong, i think it helped me through the surgery, the treatment, everything. And you read about all of that in the book. Its nice to have you with us this morning. Glad to see you feeling so well. Robin quivers, thanks. Okay. Were back after these messages. Were back after these messages. Want to iour schools. What should we invest in . Maybe New Buildings<\/a> . What about updated equipment . They can help, but recent research shows. Nothing transforms schools like investing in advanced teacher education. Lets build a strong foundation. Lets invest in our teachers so they can inspire our students. Lets solve this. [ male announcer ] get great deals on everythg you need to prep your lawn this fall, like 20 off all scotts grass seed at lowes. When your allergies start, doctors recommend taking one nondrowsy claritin every day during your allergy season for continuous relief. 18 days 12 days 24 days of continuous relief. Live claritin clear. Every day. Another viva dare. Our fans think theres a rule that a paper towel cant handle this. Fans . Now thats tough when wet. [ peggy ] grab viva and break the rules on all your tough messes. This is what they do for fun. On all your tough messes. Im Terry Mcauliffe<\/a>, candidate for governor, and i sponsored this ad. These are Birth Control<\/a> pills. More than half of american women use them at some point in their lives but Ken Cuccinelli<\/a> sponsored a bill that could have made common forms of Birth Control<\/a> illegal, including the pill. Cuccinelli was one of only five senators to support this potentially radical intrusion into domestic, family and individual decisionmaking why is Ken Cuccinelli<\/a> interfering in our private lives . Hes focused on his own agenda. Not us. And a big week for us here at nbc. Education nation, our initiative, gets into full swing here in new york. You know, there are 60 million americans age 55 and older. And so we start off this week talking about a program and a school thats showing older folks, its never too late to go back to class. Heres rehema ellis. See what she is doing. Reporter she is 69 years old and retired. But four days a week, phyllis pricer goes back to school to teach young children. Here, baby cake. Reporter pricer is part of the Senior Corps Foster Grandparent Program<\/a> in washington, d. C. We experienced a great deal, and we can teach others. Reporter she is one of a group of 30,000 volunteers age 55 and older who mentor more than 100,000 children a year nationwide. And the instruction goes beyond the abcs of colors and construction paper. Does grandma help you learn how to be nice to each other . Yeah. Yes . Reporter 104yearold virginia mcforest is a foster grandparent too. And she says its not just academic. Kids need to learn social graces in school, as well. Youre also teaching them respect. Yes. Youve got to do that sometime in education. Old mcdonald Reporter Research<\/a> shows this style of teaching is also having a big impact on test scores. The data tells us that children who are touched by foster grandparents have a Higher Education<\/a> achievement level. Reporter in fact, one study administered by the corporation for national and Community Service<\/a> show that 92 of mentored children in southern kentucky improved their math and reading comprehension in a single year. And its not just the kids who benefit. Older americans who volunteer report lower levels of depression. Increased brain activity and lower mortality rates. And its true for 59yearold tony woods, a retired construction worker. Sure, i know something, but im the one thats learning from them. It gives me a feeling of a generation. Its sometimes hard to explain. Reporter children and grandparents moving together that learning never gets old. For today, rehema ellis, nbc news, washington. Thats a great program. Thats going to do it for us on this sunday morning. Thanks for being with us. Check in for us on this sunday morning. Thanks for being with us. Ill see you back here on nbc niet ght ly news. Have a great day. News 4 today starts right now. New this morning, trouble on the tracks. Overnight accident that killed a metro worker. Also overnight, an unbelievable sight. Two People Killed<\/a> in this crash and its not the only deadly accident were lrning about this morning. Shutdown. How visitors to the National Mall<\/a> are not letting the ongoing political debate stop their weekend plans. Good morning. Im richard jordan. And im angie goff. We want to start with the weather. Enjoy these summerlike temps while they last. Were in for some changes. Storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. Hi, chuck. Richard, angie, good morning to you once again. Good sunday morning, everybody. Off to a mild start this morning. Temperatures right now are already just about where we would normally expect to be for high temperatures. Here is the look from our camera in Prince Georges County<\/a> at the national harbor, looking back northbound over the Woodrow Wilson<\/a> bridge. A very hazy and humid start this morning. Temperatures upper 60s, low 70s as you go out the door. Starter, temperatures in the morning, mid 70s. Upper 70s by 10 00. Low 80s by 11 00 am this morning. For plans later this afternoon, 2 00. 88 degrees. 8 at 6 00 and into the 70s by 10 00. Monday could be a washout. Well talk about that and show you the sevenday, coming up. A welding accident in a metro tunnel killed one man and sent two others to the hospital. Crews are investigating what happened. News 4s derrick ward is live at Union Station<\/a>. Good morning, derrick. Reporter good morning. Metro is on a safety stand down. Three workers involved. This was two metro employees and one contractor. This welding work going on in the tunnel. This tunnel runs between Union Station<\/a> and judiciary square. 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