Uploaded April 2014 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Over the course of eleven seasons, Lauer traveled to 49 locations on six continents. Producers, professional camera crews and PAs ventured abroad weeks in advance to shoot aerials, film in-depth stories by special correspondents and meet with interviewees such as Hosni Mubarak and Jackie Chan. Shooting in some locations wasn't easy - crews with mounds of equipment had to fit in tight spaces on the USS Theodore Roosevelt and go through rigorous safety training when visiting the Britannia Oil Platform.

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