Coverage on January 16 , following the ditching of US Airways Flight 1549 in New York 's Hudson River , was billed as " Miracle on the Hudson . " Coverage of the inauguration of President Barack Obama dominated the January 19 and 20 editions of '' Today '' , as the four anchors broadcast from Washington on both days . On the 19th , Matt Lauer and Meredith Vieira anchored all four hours from the network 's Capitol Hill studios on 400 North Capitol St. Natalie Morales joined them during the third hour . Al Roker did the weather from the Mall , Ann Curry did the news headlines from the newsroom in the network 's Washington bureau , but both came to the Capitol Hill studios at 9:30 am ET . On the 20th , Curry reported from the Mall , while Roker was at The Pentagon , but neither came to the studios . Brian Williams joined Lauer and Vieira at 10 am ET and took over coverage at 10:15 am ET . Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb were not on the air both days
US Airways Flight 1549
US Airways Flight 1549
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