LAUREN WOOD | THE NATCHEZ DEMOCRAT — Australia’s morning news TV show “Today” weather presenter Steve Jacobs, left, asks Cathedral School cheerleaders questions about what it is like to be a cheerleader in the US between filming live Tuesday afternoon from the bluff to viewers in Australia.

LAUREN WOOD | THE NATCHEZ DEMOCRAT — Soundman Scott De Angioletti, left, holds a boom mic while cameraman Mark Hiney, right, films the Mississippi river during a live taping of the Australian morning news TV show “Today” Tuesday afternoon on the bluff.

LAUREN WOOD | THE NATCHEZ DEMOCRAT — Broadcast trucks sit in the lot behind Pig Out Inn during a live taping of the weather portion of the Australian morning news TV show “Today” Tuesday afternoon. The crew made their way up filming from New Orleans, and are heading up to Memphis.