miley cyrus is not getting dumped by any one. >> why are we shocked when miley strips down. after all isn't this a rite of passage. britney infamously locked lips with madonna. christina wanted to get dirty. and this week, rihanna remind us she is the baddest girl of them all unveiling her video for pour it up giving a master class in twerking, and provoking comparisons to miley. >> miley! >> reporter: seeking notoriety can be look a runaway train you have to be careful it doesn't go off the rails. >> miley cyrus is no lindsay lohan. any one who thinks she is a train wreck are wrong. a young woman completeliy ein control of her career. she knows what she is doing. ♪ we can't stop. we won't stop ♪ >> reporter: if the song is any indication, she won't stop. ♪ ♪ hey it's our body we can do what we want to ♪ >> and coming up next, for us, when it comes to fight or flight, these animals are ready to do battle. this is the age of knowing how to make things happen. so, why let erectile dysfunction get in your way? talk to your doctor about viagra. 20 million men already h

say hello to miley cyrus! ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: miley, you look beautiful. >> thank you. >> jimmy: welcome back to the show. congratulations. holy moly! >> i'm so excited. >> jimmy: number one in 70 countries. oh, my goodness. >> yes. >> jimmy: you're having a good day today. >> i am. besides the fact that i'm catching pneumonia in your studio right now. >> jimmy: it's very cold. [ laughter ] but, have you to wear clothes when you come on here. [ laughter ] that's how you make it warmer. >> i asked if i could bring a blanket, and they looked at me like i was crazy. >> jimmy: we could probably get you a blanket. hook you up. can we get miley a blanket, please? yeah, we're working on that, pal. thank you for doing that bit, too, with the roots. >> yeah, that was sweet. we should bring that on tour, when i go on the road next year. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: i got to say, you came in to do your part. we blocked out, like, an hour for miley to do her part. she came in nailed it first take. a

starting at 49 dollars. >>> i'm miley cyrus. i'm with ced and auditions for the role of zoey and hannah montana. >> in 2003, 11-year-old miley hoped this audition was her ticket to hollywood. >> she was the least likely person to get this job. >> producer stooeeve peterman w part of the team. >> she was an 11 that looked nine. way too small. >> she wouldn't give up. >> i'm miley cyrus and i'm 12 years old. >> it's so good for you. it was like a vegetable. >> she read for us and she read for us over and over again. she would do some lines fabulously, wonderfully and she would miss other lines by a mile. >> oh, my gosh. i know. i'm an idiot. >> i couldn't take my eyes off her. >> two years later producers still weren't convinced. they gave miley one last shot. >> now that this is your final a aaudition for this project? >> only my three bestest friends. >> it ultimately came down to miley and one other girl. with miley there was something about her that was so alive and so fearless and all of us finally agreed to take the chance.

miley cyrus seems to have found a formula to ensure everyone is talking about her. her latest exploit, her wardrobe choice for a today show appearance. some say it showed way too much for morning tv. ♪[music] >> she just can't help herself. miley cyrus is causing uproar again with the outfit she wore on "the today show" monday, the 20-year-old miley was in very short cutoffs, that left little to the imagination. she also wiggled her butt, twerking style. there's big reaction to miley's outfit on family friendly morning tv. another tweet wondered, can you get her shorts any shorter? om g, she said for an hour.

you're looking at a large miley cyrus crowd. five years ago, she was a teen sensation playing hannah montana much to the delight of two of my kids. and now, at 20, miley cyrus changed her imagine considerably and even had some controversy. we'll talk to her about her transformation. inside the studio, i'm matt lauer along with al roker, natalie morales, and savannah guthrie. >> in the news, u.s. special forces carey out high risk raids in africa and libya capturing one senior al qaeda leader. >> and the first ever default on america's dealt. >> and wild weather from coast-to-coast. fires in california, snow in south dakota and everything in between. >> still to come this morning, elizabeth smart opens up about her 9 month ordeal after being abducted. she is here for her first live interview. we'll talk with her in just a bit. >> and then tom hanks will be in the studio. he has a great new movie. captain richard phillips that was taken hostage on the high seas in 2009 by somali pirates. >> we got the first interview with captain

sinead o'connor penned an open letter to miley cyrus. miley conducted an interview with "rolling stone" that said sinead on, c'connor's "nothing compares to you" is her inspiration for "wrecking ball." the one where she is on the "wrecking ball," sometimes clothed and sometimes naked and then this scene where she is singing in to the camera and starts crying. that is reminiscent of sinead o'connor's "nothing compares to you" video, as well. sinead o'connor took the opportunity to pen an open letter to miley and essentially she is telling her to not let hollywood make her into a prostitute in not so many words. here's what she says, concern here's what she says -- i'm showing concern for those around you that have led or encouraged you to believe that this is cool to be naked and licking sledge hammers in your videos. it is not an empower. of yourself or any other women for you to send across a message that you are to be valued more for your sexual appeal than your obvious talent. she is calling her talented and appealing to her to tone i

please welcome miley cyrus. [cheering] [applause] ♪ >> i'm all right. i was taking down moves in the audience that were impressive. >> ellen: twitch is the best dancer in the world. >> not to mention ellen. >> ellen: for sure, not to mention me. are you surpr it's kind of the craziest time in my whole life. i think of everything i did getting up to this moment and i thought it was all me training for this everywhere, but making album number one has made it ok. >> ellen: congratulations to that. [applause] >> ellen: we'll talk about "bangerz" in a second but the one thing i'm surprised by, robin thicke was on stage as well. >> no one talks about that. no one cares about the man behind the booty, you only care about the one shaking it. double standard. >> ellen: he was surprised by it. >> he was in rehearsal as much as i was and loving it, people. [laughter] >> and loving it. and -- >> ellen: everyone there knew, there was rehearsal, everyone there knew what was going to happen. >> everyone there knew except maybe some other people in the audience -- i sa

>> reporter: love her or hate her. >> miley cyrus! >> reporter: miley cyrus took the stage once again. this time to take aim at herself. >> in case anyone is concerned, you should know there will be no twerking. i used to think it was cool but now that white people are doing it, it seems kind of lame. >> reporter: cyrus moved her weekend stop video playing a sexy singing michele bachmann and poking fun at the government shutdown. ♪ >> reporter: this is the latest public appearance from cyrus as the 20-year-old star continues to grab headlines wherever she goes. few can forget miley's controversial performance recently at the vma. >> every vma performance, anyone that performs. that is what you're looking for, to make history. >> reporter: recently her war of words with sinead o'connor who sent cyrus an open letter not letter her be pros instituted by the music industry but then again o'connor made her own "snl" headlines when she did this. >> fight the real enemy! >> i don't want my daughter acting like that, but, at the same time,

you're looking at a large miley cyrus crowd. five years ago, she was a teen sensation playing hannah montana much to the delight of two of my kids. and now, at 20, miley cyrus changed her imagine considerablf and even had some controversy. we'll have a live concert and talk to her about her transform aches. inside the studio, i'm matt lauer along with al roker, natalie morales, and savannah guthrie. >> in the news, u.s. special forces carey out high risk raids in africa and libya capturing h one senior al qaeda leader. >>> the united states is edging closer to the possibility of the first ever default on the dpoft government's debt. >>> and americans dealing with wild weather from coast to coast. fires in california, snow in south dakota and everything in between. >> still to come this morning, elizabeth smart opens up about o her nine-month ordeal after being abducted. she is here for her first live interview. we'll talk with her in just a bit. >>> and then tom hanks will be in the studio. w he has a great new movie. captain ri

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sinead o'connor penned an open letter to miley cyrus. miley said that sinead o'connor's "nothing compares to you" is her inspiration for wrecking ball. the one where she is on the wrecking ball, sometimes clothed and sometimes naked and then this scene where she is singing in to the camera and starts crying. that is reminiscent of sinead o'connor's "nothing compares to you" video, as well. sinead o'connor took the opportunity to pen an open letter to miley and essentially she is telling her to not let hollywood make her in to a prostitute in not so many words. here's what she says, concern for those around you that have led or encouraged you to believe that this is cool to be naked and licking sledge hammers in your videos. it is not an empower. of yourself or any other women for you to send across a message that you are to be valued more for your sexual appeal than your obvious talent. she is calling her talented and appealing to her to tone it down a little bit. i think everyone can understand where she is coming from. miley cyprus res

la pregunta es cÓmo va su romance con el ex de miley cyr s cyrus. >>> cÓmo va ese tema? >>> no voy a hablar de ese tema. >>> nosotros insistimos. porque se rumora que lo visitÓ el fin de semana. >>> se volvieron a ver? >>> no quiero ser grosera, vengo a hablar de otra cosa, pero mi vida personal no tengo nada que hablar. >>> venÍa de reunirse con un famoso productor. >>> me encantarÍa poder trabajar, hay varios proyectos ahora. hay que acomodar horarios. >>> y escuche que contestÓ sobre los ataques de miley cyrus. >>> no quiero hablar de eso. >>> otra que dijo presente fue susana dosamantes que defendiÓ a paulina. >>> colate dijo que quiere que se haga un anÁlisis sicolÓgico. >>> este consejo tuvo dayanara torres. >>> que compre mi libro... no mentira. >>> y kate del castillo pensÓ que estaba en el estreno de la cinta de eugenio derbez. >>> omar chaparro agradeciÓ a todos y arremetiÓ contra diego luna, gael garcÍa por no apoyar el llamado de eugenio derbez. >>> creo que sigue habiendo prejuicio de la gente que hacemos televisiÓn, pero todo estÁ cambiando. >>

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. >> miley cyrus should definitely hook up with justin bieber because they look exactlythe same. >> i would hook miley cyrus up if seth row began or someone that look as lot like seth row began. >> i would hook miley cyrus up with trinidad jams because i feel it's ratchet on ratchet all day. >> i would hook her up with dr. drew because let's face it. that's where all this is going anyway. >> she needs steven. >> i'd definitely want patrice alba. summer, spring, or fall, he is hot, hot, hot. >> if i was trapped o a deserted island, i would probably want donald trump with me because he has his own helicopter. >> elvis. white people are looking for him now so they would be looking for him then. >> i would want ben affleck because he's going to be batman and he could rescue me. >> if i was trapped on a deserted island, i'd want to be with coay west because he's evil and mean and he would kill a lot of animals. i'm always hungry. >> i think i would want chelsea chandler as my wingwoman. >> i would want channing tatum because we could do choreographed dance moves. >> i would want scarlet jo

. >>> plus miley cyrus did something outrageous, and some find it quite entertaining. >>> and we'll tell you how to score free starbucks coffee over the next three days. "early today" starts right now. >>> this is "early today" for wednesday, october 9. >> good morning to you. i'm richard lui. it is being called disgraceful and embarrassing. the government shutdown is halting military death benefits for families of the fallen. at least 17 service members have died since the shutdown began october 1st, including four on sunday in afghanistan. military families are outraged. among those lost, 24-year-old private first class joseph peters. his wife and mother of their 20-month-old son saying, quote, yes, it is upsetting, because my husband died for his country and now his family is left to worry. my husband always said if something happened to him, we would be taken care of. i'm a stay-at-home mom, which is what my husband wanted. he wanted me to take care of our son, end quote. among the benefits currently denied $100,000 known as the death gratuity paid to families within days of the deat

even miley cyrus is telling justin it myth be time to slow it down. >> don't come in shirtless. >> deborah: can i didn't west went on jimmy kimmel last night to settle their feud and in the process has started a new controversy. there's been a flood of comment about kanye's less than humble statement that he's a genius. >> i am a creative genius. and there's no other way to word it. >> reporter: the huge ego on full disduring his appearance on jimmy kimmel. >> the lack of modesty is one of the least attractive things. >> for me to say i wasn't a genius, i would be lying to you and myself. >> reporter: and compared himself to some of the greatest minds. >> steve jobs or walt disney, jesus, whoever, i'm saying, these are my hero, people that i look up to there. is the type of impact that i want to make on the earth. >> reporter: and now the internet is buzzing about kanye's arrogance. creative geniuses don't call themselves geniuses in public. i think he's a creative genius but i wish he would shut up about it. but. >> if he wants to feel like he's a genius, what's wrong with that? >> what a

. >>> we've been talking about miley cyrus lately, how about britney spears. >> okay. >> just a change of tune. >> she claims she had to tone down her latest video because people around the shoot wanted her to be too sexy and she said no way. this is toned down, i guess. >> that's really toned down. >> it aired on thursday on boston's 103.3. britney admits while the final version of the video is sexy she demanded that some of the early footage be cut out. that's what she said. >> we showed way more skin and did way more stuff for the video than what is actually there. i cut out half the video because i am a mother and i have children and it's hard to play sexy mom while you're being a pop star as well. >> so in some sense are they pushing you further than you want to go and you sit in the editing room and you say that has to go. that's how it's all lined up. >> yes. yes. >> okay. >> i think part of what she is saying there is now that she's a mom she feels differently about video shoots. >> instant mom. did a little stork drop a baby? >> she also did in this interview which i appreciat

cyrus fill the void of pop idles. >> miley cyrus is no lindsay lohan. anyone who thinks she is a train wreck is very wrong. >> reporter: from scantily clad selfies, to twitter wars with singer sinead o'connor. the star is coming on strong. and she won't be toning it down anytime soon, according to her mtv documentary. >> for me, the movement needs to be something bigger than just a record. for me, a movement is something that represents, like, taking over the world. >> reporter: the next big thing, or the next big wreck, the jury's out. but she's the girl who made twerking, teddy bears and flashing her tongue trendy. >> you might as well make them talk for two week, rather than two seconds. >> reporter: for "good morning america," gio benitez, abc news, new york. >> we've been talking for more than two weeks. >> we have. >> she succeeded in that. >>> coming up here on "gma," we've seen the yule log on tv. how programming geniuses have come up with a new twist on what they call slow tv. how do you sleep like that? you dry up, your cold feels even worse.

miley cyrus and the folks at snl didn't back down from the vma controversy, opening sketch spoofing cyrus back stage. miley continued to address the twerking. >> i don't apologize for my vma performance. if i owe anybody an apology, it's the people who make the bottom half of shirts. but there are a few subjects we won't get into tonight. i'm not going to do hannah montana, but i can give you an update on what she's been up to. she was murdered. and also we went back and forth on this, but guys, i just don't think we should it do that wrecking ball sketch. >> what? miley, come on. my mom is here. >> sorry, bobby. >> it was really sole lid. now, snl also spoofed the government shutdown in a very miley-like way playing off her own song you can't stop, miley plays michele bachmann in the music video we did stop. ♪ bodies everywhere, bills in the house like we don't care, begin to shut it all down now, no government around now ♪ if you're not ready for health care, can i get a hell no because they're going to keep it shutdown ♪ it's our house, we can vote how we want to ♪ ♪ it's our

the young miley cyrus came out to talk to the current miley cyr cyrus. listen. >> what is so scandalous about your performance? >> maybe it has to do with your outfit. when are you going to put your clothes on? >> these are my clothes. >> hello. >> do you think she tackled the controversy over the vma performance in the right way? >> yeah. she also defended herself. she said i am not going to apologize, and she said in the sketch where she met the old miley, i am only 20 and i need to take time and make mistakes, and she is only 20 and very savvy, and understands the business, and she overcame a lot, and she was almost in every sketch, and a lot of hosts do not appear in the opening sketch and she is one of the few that she did that. she could host the show and perform. she did a great job performing, too. if there was anybody out there that said this girl is out of control and doesn't know what she is doing, i think she showed those people she knows exactly what she is doing. >> she played a beautiful song, her accoustic guitar performance, and do you t

[cheering] >> ellen: i want to thank kat and beth and miley cyrus. see you tomorrow. be good to one another. bye bye. [cheering] [applause] ♪ ♪ >> life can take you almost anywhere, and that's exactly where american airlines flies. book your travel now on aa.com. anyway. >> you're watching wbal-tv 11 news. live, local, latebreaking. this is wbal-tv 11 news at 5:00 p.m. >> right now on 11 news at 5:00, a live look at the situation on the inner loop of the beltway in baltimore county. heavy delays continue at this hour, but two left lanes have reopened to motorist's within the last 20 minutes. we have been hollowing the story since early this afternoon, quite rightly asked we have been following this story since early this evening, quite frankly. >> hats right. it happened on the eastbound lanes just past belair road. traffic has been closed for the past five hours. there has been one fatality in this accident. we do not know about a possible cause.

so about miley cyrus. it was sinead o'connor who had harsh words for miley cyrus. now, sinead o'connor, she had e song, ripped up the pope on "saturday night live." she was never heard from again. she's still a young woman, 46 years old. she looks like she's been through some things compared to when she fst came out. she was one of the first bald girls we fel in love with in terms of her look. she was a pretty girl. miley cyrus said her wrecking ball video was inspired by sinead 'connor's "nothing compares to you" video. i don't recall what the video looked like. i don't recall sinead on a wrecking ball. sinead is 46, wrote a letter to miley warning her exploiting her sexuality took away from her talent. here is what sinead said. she said, the music business doesn't give a [ bleep ] about you or any of us. they will prostitute you for al you think it's what you wanted. when you end up in rehab as a result of being prostituted they will be sunning themselves on their yachts in antigua bought by selling your body and you will find yourself very alone." i totally agre

cyrus fill the void of pop idles. >> miley cyrus is no lindsay lohan. anyone who thinks she is a train wreck is very wrong. >> reporter: from scantily clad selfies, to twitter wars with sinead o'connor. she won't be toning it down anytime soon. >> for me, the movement needs to be something bigger than just a record. for me, a movement is something that represents, like, taking over the world. >> reporter: the next big thing, or the next big wreck, the jury's out. but she's the girl who made twerking, teddy bears and flashing her tongue trendy. >> you might as well make them talk for two week, rather than two seconds. for "good morning america," gio benitez, new york. >>> coming up here on "gma," we've seen the yule log on tv. how programming g inming genius come up with a new twist on what how programming g inming genius emale announcer ] you get sick, you can't breathe through your nose... suddenly you're a mouth breather. a mouth breather! how do you sleep like that? you dry up, your cold feels even worse. well, put on a breathe right strip and shut y

cyrus fill the current void of female pop idol. >> miley cyrus is no lindsay lohan. anyone who thinks she is a train wreck is very wrong. >> reporter: from scantily clad selfies, to twitter wars with singer sinead o'connor. the star is coming on strong. and she won't be toning it down anytime soon, according to her mtv documentary. >> for me, the movement needs to be something bigger than just a record. for me, a movement is something that represents, like, taking over the world. >> reporter: the next big thing, or the next big wreck, the jury's out. but remember, she's the girl who made twerking, teddy bears and flashing her tongue trendy. >> you might as well make them talk for two weeks, rather than two seconds. >> reporter: for "good morning america," gio benitez, abc news, new york. >> we've been talking for more than two weeks. >> we have. >> she succeeded in that. >>> coming up here on "gma," we've seen the yule log on tv. how some programming geniuses in norway have come up with a bizarre new twist on what they call slow tv. how do you sleep like that? you dr

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yesterday miley cyrus tweeted a photo of tweets from when o'connor was undergoing health issues. o'connor responded with mockery causes death. after seeing this letter cyrus had a little response of her own sending two tweets saying she is too busy to write but if you would like to meet up and talk let me know in your next letter. >> are these cliff notes? >> it is a little hard to keep up with but basically they are feuding. they are spatting. i'm mara schiavocampo. this is "early today." we hope this is just your first stop of the day on nbc. >> you're watching wbal-tv 11. live, local, late-breaking. this is 11 news today at 5:00 a.m. good morning. happy friday. is mild out there. 60's around the suburbs. 65 in catonsville. it will be another warm one. 87 in baltimore city. most of the day is dry. we will be watching what is happening in the golf of mexico. -- gulf of mexico. we will talk about that when we come back in the full forecast. >> 63 degrees at the airport. seven and 10tween shots fired. police were running everywhere. >> a deadly shooting on capitol hill after a sus

cyrus fill the void of pop idles. >> miley cyrus is no lindsay lohan. anyone who thinks she is a train wreck is very wrong. >> reporter: from scantily clad selfies, to twitter wars with singer sinead o'connor. the star is coming on strong. and she won't be toning it down anytime soon, according to her mtv documentary. >> for me, the movement needs to be something bigger than just a record. for me, a movement is something that represents, like, taking over the world. >> reporter: the next big thing, or the next big wreck, the jury's out. but she's the girl who made twerking, teddy bears and flashing her tongue trendy. >> you might as well make them talk for two week, rather than two seconds. >> reporter: for "good morning america," gio benitez, abc news, new york. >> we've been talking for more than two weeks. >> we have. >> she succeeded in that. >>> coming up here on "gma," we've seen the yule lolog on tv. how prograing geniuses have come up with a new twist on what they call slow tv. how do you sleep like that? you dry up, your cold feels even worse.

jimmy fallon's new version of miley cyrus's "we can't stop" with a little help from miley and the roots. we'll be right back. [ male announcer ] sheets or bar? how do you get your bounce? bounce keeps my clothes fresh for weeks, even when they've been sitting in the drawer a long time. like those jeans you can't fit into anymore. uh...by that, i mean... [ male announcer ] how do you get your bounce? long-lasting freshness. >>> 5 bucks if i mention eric saveraid. mr. meacham teaches me something every day. at the top of the show, we talked about president obama's nomination of janet yellen as fed chairwoman. it's pending, it's going to happen later today. if you want to sound smart, tell your friends under the current chair, the central bank's balance sheet quadrupled to $3.7 trillion. the fed bought treasury bonds, mortgage-backed securities, just about everything to funnel money back into the financial system. >>> let's go to louis and the cooler. good morning, mr. louis. >> good morning. let's start with stephen colbert who's found the one congressman who has a little different perspe

. >>> plus, miley cyrus does something not offensive or sexually explicit that is actually quite entertaining. >>> and we are going to tell you how to score free starbucks coffee over the next three days. good morning, i'm betty nguyen. so it's being called disgraceful and embarrassing. the government shutdown is halting military death benefits for families of the fallen. at least 17 service members have died since the shutdown began october 1st including four sunday in afghanistan. and there is clear outrage from military families this morning. among those lost, 24-year-old private first class joseph peters. his wife and mother of their 20-month-old son released a statement saying, quote, yes, it is upsetting because my husband died for his country, and now his family is left to worry. my husband always said if something happened to him, we would be taking care of. i'm a stay-at-home mom which is what my husband wanted me to -- why he wanted me to take care of our son. now, among the benefit s currently denied, $100,000 known as the death gratuity within days of a death. also, 12 months of b

and -- >> just when you thought miley cyrus and the twerking phenomenon was over wondering what would g happen if i sucked up some explosive material into my vacuum cleaner? >> no. >> you're looking at a show that roughly translates do not try this at home, it's a norwegian show. >> that's a pricey vacuum. >> it is a pricey vacuum. the last thing you want is an explosion. >> do they know what's going to happen or do they want to see what happens going to happen. >> they got the powder in the vacuum been now that slightest spark. because you never know. >> what if you sucked up like an inc. pen. >> a bettery. >> a lighter. or in this case a cigarette because sometimes people put lit -- watch this. >> oh, that didn't take long at all. >> we saw the whole thing. >> it lights up that suction place where it sucks into the funnel. >> oh, wow. >> that's cool. gun powder or no gun powder, probably not a goodiy deto lecture up a good significant rent. >> a pair of guys from the meddle prankers is who were bussing people jumping to the fare. in the subway there's a door that's an exit and peopl

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 can't stop. sang her song "wrecking ball" wasn't over the top raunchy. she didn't address a lot of things like the sinead o'connor 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? 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 it's not all about showing your body parts. it's 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. let's 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 per

. >> hey, y'all, it's miley cyrus. >> showing all of us how she carves a pumpkin. >> the parody full of kicks and licks next. >> and a dude rock climbing with -- >> no rope, no harness, no helmet, nothing. >> no gear, no problem, unless you have a slip-up. [ yodeling plays ] [ hans ] toaster strudel! [ angelic music plays ] don't overthink it. [ hans ] warm, flakey, gooey. toaster strudel! faster than kenny can dodge a question. honey, how'd that test go? [ female announcer ] in just 60 seconds, you've got snack defying, satisfying mmm. totino's pizza rolls. mm-hmm. hmm. [ female announcer ] zero to pizza. pronto. now in two bold new flavors! >>> this dash cam video out of warren ohio shows a police officer getting to the scene after an officer involved shooting but the action isn't over. brian holmes is getting to the scene after a suspect is shot. >> don't kill me! please don't kill me! >> the woman in the car with the man who was shot by police needs to taken out. now officers need to go in and check if the suspect is still alive. >> armed subject has a gun in his hand. he's been

miley cyrus there getting the last laugh or something. hosting saturday night live. she also poked fun at herself for that vma twerking performance. david kaplan joining me now from new york. cher and sinead not the only ones talking about her. did she match her vma performance? what is going on? >> so she was great yesterday. i think she was funny and of course she performed twice and did a great job doing that. nothing could outdo the vma's. it is miley. she was racey. she does lick a doll of abraham lincoln. in the final sketch she alleges to have sex with one of the new snl cast members. it wasn't super tame. there was no twerking. in the beginning she said now that white people are twerking, she said i'm done wit. she said where is hanna montana? she is murdered. shocking that she was talking about a disney star. >> and that is the adult audience. all of those people that loved and praised her maybe not laughing. and a lot of people are talking about it online. can we look at it? >> in case anyone is concerned you should know there will be no twerking tonight bu

a lot of these kids are missing school but they'll get an education on miley cyrus. she is here as part of our concert series. #mileytoday if you want to be part of all of it. guys, back inside. >> thank you. that comes up in the 8:30 half hour but we want to begin on this monday morning with the top story. the deadly u.s. raids and what we know about the suspect in custody. richard engle is here in new york with the latest on that. good to see you. >> good to see you. u.s. special forces had a busy weekend. two high profile operations. they're conducted in secret but once you do them everybody knows. in one of the operations they managed to capture one of the united states most wanted terror suspects. >> reporter: retribution. they took over a shopping mall in the kenya capitol and killed more than 60 hostages. on saturday, the navy s.e.a.l.s paid the group a visit attacking one of the hide outs on the somali coast. a haven for terrorists and pirates. there was a heavy gun fight. they called in helicopters for extra power and then with drew. they killed at least two