One year ago, on July 20, 2009, The Weather Channel debuted a new morning show, “Wake Up with Al,” hosted by Al Roker and Stephanie Abrams.
In the video clip above, “NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams offers his heartfelt congratulations to Roker, who Williams assures us is “rolling in it,” money-wise:
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Researchers in Sweden have just identified an hour of the day when Al Roker is not on television… As you expand your reach to four AM, three am then two then one, the global outreach that is Al Roker, the fortune you have built up over the years, the rest of us can just stand in awe of you my friend.