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captions paid for by nbc-universal television welcome to "today" on this thursday morning. i'm meredith vieira. >> i'm matt lauer. we have a wedding today on the plaza, and it is raining cats and dogs as in many places up and down the east coast. you know what they say? >> it's good luck, the rain. >> exactly right. they will have lots of luck. >> not so lucky for a lot of people to our south. a state of emergency has been declared in parts of north carolina where some areas have already received well over a foot of rain this week. we'll go there live and get to al's forecast strai...

september 30th, 2010. welcome today on this thursday morning. i'm meredith vieira. >> i'm matt lauer. we have a wedding today on the plaza and it is raining cats and dogs as in many places up and down the east coast. you know what they say? >> good luck. >> they will have lots of luck. >> not so lucky for a lot of people to our south. a state of emergency has been declared in parts of north carolina where some areas have received well over a foot of rain this week. we'll go there live and get to al's forecast straight ahead. some major recalls to tell you about this morning, espe...

so they're getting a lot now. that's when this area will be affected. new jersey is expected more rain fall than they got for the entire month of august. they're also expecting high wind gusts of 20 to 30 miles per hour. the wind is picking up a little bit right now. some areas are expecting as high as 50 mile-per-hour gusts. now in terms of flooding, i want to show you quickly the river is right on the other side of these trees right here. it's about 100 feet away. that is prone to flooding. this area here where we're standing is built on a floodplain, so that is a concern here. rig...

head of the democratic campaign committee will talk about their efforts to battle the surging tea party. plus -- >> so draftee. they must catch a cold all the time. >> will you quit stalling? we're going to miss the train. >> really one of the great movies of all time and screen legend tony curtis has died at the age of 85. good thursday morning,ium consider chris jansing live from msnc world headquarters in new york. what a mess outside. rain, flooding high winds and that may actually be the light side of things. tornadoes are also in the forecast as massive storm blankets the e...

tony curtis was born bernard schwartz on june 3, 1925, in new york. his relationship with his parents was less than smooth. his dad was an immigrant tailor who forced his son to work for him. curtis' neurotic mother was hard to deal with at times. his younger brother was killed in a road accident at the age of 9. a few years later, another brother was born who would eventually be diagnosed as schizophrenic. tony grew tired of his family life and at 17 he joined the u.s. navy. his navy stint brought him around the world though he never saw combat. toward the end of the 1940's, he retu...