good morning. breaking news. for the first time in u.s. history, our country's stellar credit rating is downgraded. a stunning move that may shake confidence in washington's ability to manage the nation's money, and a drop that could increase costs from wall street to main street. breaking news in afghanistan.cc1: where at least1 u.s. troops cc1: have been killed, after the helicopter they were traveling in was shot down. this morning we're live from kabul with new details on the attacks, and who is now claiming responsibility. and scorched and submerged. the deadly heat wave shows no signs of letting up for huge parts of the country. and it comes as flash floods wash across the south, triggering evacuations and

dramatic rescues from the rising waters, "today," saturday, dramatic rescues from the rising waters, "today," saturday, august 6th, 2011. captions paid for by nbc-universal television good morning, everyone. welcome to "today" on a saturday i'm lester holt. >> and i'm jenna wolf. amy robach has the morning off. we're going to start with a devastating morning in afghanistan. it is the deadliest incident for americans in this decade-long war. >> the taliban claimed responsibility for the attack on that chopper that's killed dozens of americans. most of them, we're told, part of u.s. special forces. we'll get more in a live report from kabul in just a few minutes. >> the other big story overnight, the u.s. credit rating, standard & poor's is the agency that advises investors on long-term security lowered america's credit rating from aaa to aa-plus. >> it has never happened before. it's all about how the country will pay for its debt, and s&p

pointed the finger at washington. >> so in its report, the agency noted the quote, difficulties in bridging the gulf between the political parties. and also added that it's become pessimistic about congress, and obama administration's ability to stabilize the nation's debt problem. >> we're going to have complete coverage and analysis of this breaking news. we want to begin with cnbc chief washington correspondent john harwood who is live for us in the white house. john, good morning. good to see you. >> good morning, lester. >> s&p, standard & poor's, is one of the three credit agencies assesses the lycc1: risk of particular investments. is their word god? >> well, we've seen in the financial crisis in 2007-2008, that their word wasn't god because they gave high ratings to a lot of investment junk that ended up crashing with the housing market. but still toy have some reputation with investors around the world. now the hope of the out istration is that twocc1: of the three agencies have kept the aaa rating and that will minimize the impact on interest

rates and not spook investors as much as some people might have feared. >> as you know, the fear has been if there were to happen, then there would be nervous investors, maybe a little nervous of buying u.s. bonds, general.s and paper in cc1: and that would trickle down to you and me with higher borrowing costs. is that expected to happen? is that still a risk? >> it's a risk.cc1: because you can't predict exactly how investors are going to react. the argument that you hear from people inside the administration is that u.s. treasuries are the best-known financial instruments in the world. people already have their own judgments about the credit worthiness of the united states, and they don't need to hear a cue from a ratings agency before deciding. that's the hope. but we've seen that the psyche of this market around the world is pretty fragile. big problems in europe. that's why the finance ministers from the g-7 countries are abou: to meet to try to solve their problems. so you can't exactly predict how the markets are going to react. there is still some risk of rising interest rates. >> the word from inside the u.s. government is that the s&p folks

got it wrong, their math was wrong. they miscalculated the size of the u.s. debt. will that argument carry water? >> well, it will carry some incc1:ecause of the problems the financial crisis that i mentioned. the ratings agencies' reputation had already taken a significant hit. they were targeted in some of the financial regulations bills that passed in congress last year. but, you just don't know how much people around the world are going to look at united states political dysfunction, which s&p pointed to, dysfunction in europe, and say, all of these guys don't know how to solve their problems. it's not a good moment for the united states. or for anybody involved. it happened on president obama's watch. and he can now have a tangible consequence to point to for republican brinksmanship on the deficit reduction deal. mitch mcconnell the republican leader always said we don't want co-ownership of the economy. you can expect the you got cc1:n to say, it now. >> john harwood, thanks very much. now here's jenna. >> all right, lester, thank you. so the credit rating cut comes off a volatile week on wall

street. the dow dropped more than 500 cc1:thursday, the steepest sell-off since 2008.cc 1:encouraging some news on the jobs front, with 117,000 jobs added in july. at the same time, the unemployment rate ticked down a point. nbc's john yang is here to take us through the numbers. john, good morning. >> good morning, jenna. the numbers in this jobs report were better than expected, as you say. but analysts still say it points out that the jobs market has yet to get any kind of real traction. in washington, president obama celebrated the strongest jobs report in four months. but he also acknowledged the more than 20 million americans who can't find full-time jobs. >> we are going to get through this. things will get better. and we're going to get there together. >> reporter: analysts say getting there could take time. friday's report paints a picture of a jobs market with no clear direction or momentum. >> we just move forward in fits and starts. one minute we get a good, strong patch going, and then something

brings us down. >> reporter: among july's bright spots, retailers who added 26,000 jobs, as foreign tourists are drawn by the cheap dollar. and manufacturing, again, showed strength, creating 24,000 new jobs for a total of 289,000 new hires since december 2009, when the recession was hitting hardest. in chicago, midland metal products, the 90-year-old maker of store displays, is hiring again. the company's currently in the market for experienced machine operators. a fourth generation owner suzanne mcdonald says she's having a hard time finding them. >> we, right now, are running ads in three newspapers, and on craigslist. we've had very few applications or resumes. >> reporter: brian was hired in april, after an eight-month job search. even though he's still in college. >> they're looking for -- they're looking for someone right away, and i happened to be there when they needed me.

so they hired me right away. >> reporter: but for every new worker like him, there are many more still looking for work. analysts say their numbers could increase as troubles in the financial industry point to looming layoffs. >> it's the toughest jobs recovery in the post-war period, without a doubt. >> and analysts say there are no signs of this jobs recovery likely to get any better any time soon. jenna? >> all right, john yang. john, thank you. stocks, and that credit rating caught the big picture, definitely troubling. but what does it mean for you? joining us this morning is cnbc's brian chatman. brian, good morning. >> hi, jenna. >> let's talk about this s&p downgrade. we know what it means for the country. it's now going to cost us more to borrow money. what does this mean for me and you? >> people are waking up and watching today and think, this is more minor league baseball. aaa to aa. the bottom line is we don't know 100%. there is a certain unknown. the borrowing costs are the key thing for the consumer because it's not just government. it could be businesses.

it could be the consumer. that means if you have to pay more for your credit card, more for your mortgage, that's less money in your pocket to spend on other things. on top of that if the borrowing costs of the government go up, the government's going to spend more money on servicing its debt and your tax dollars don't go towards the services you expect. >> we can't say how did we not see this coming? the s&p warned us, if you don't cut this debt, you're going to get downgraded. cut about $4 trillion. we cut $2 trillion. so we shouldn't be terribly surprised. >> but the thought was two things, maybe they would wait for the super committee to decide on the $1.5 trillion more. we saw what happened in the markets this week. maybe they would hold off because things are very fragile right now. but the truth is they did follow through with what they said and what john harwood said is important for people at home. this is one rating agency among a couple others that are important. the other two major ones maintained the aaa. we'll see if that is absorbed with a little bit of temperance. >> it's been a rough week as far as the stock market goes.

monday morning what can we expect? >> a lot to find out before monday morning. sunday night the asian markets open up, early monday morning europe opens up, and if treasuries sell off quickly rates could go up pretty quick. so we'll see what happens there. we'll know even earlier than that. if rates go up quickly it could be a consequence. and the key is u.s. treasury bonds, the u.s. dollar are considered safe haven investments. some of the safest in the world. and now according to s&p, today, they're not. canada's safer, france is safer, the united kingdom is safer, germany's safer and we'll see if there's a lot of selling. china owns so much of our debt. we'll see what they do. >> this is where we are right now. we've never had a downgrade before like this. go right. >> how long will it take to turn this around? can we come back up to a aaa rating? >> s&p, according to what they say, this is all about d.c. and they say that there's still a chance it might get a further downgrade. it's about what happens in terms of us and the government dealing with the debt. and it doesn't seem like they're going to turn around in a month or two months and reverse it. it certainly seems that this is a warning shot across the bow and it could get worse if the

u.s. doesn't wake up pretty quick. >> brian, thank you so much for your insight. once again here's lester. >> the credit rating agency had lost faith with our politicians, and so have many of you. a new poll shows 82% of americans disapproving of congress. lawrence o'donnell hosted msnbc's "the last word with lawrence o'donnell." good morning. >> good morning, lester. >> this credit agency not only said we're lowing your rating, they said we're doing it because you guys can't get along, you can't get your act together. the political brinksmanship of recent months highlights what we see as america's governance and policymaking becoming less stable, less effective and less predictable than what we seriously believe. the statutory debt ceiling and the threat of default have become political bargaining chips in the debate over fiscal policy. it's stinging language, and yet when i hear the reaction from democrats and republicans, they both think they're talking about the other guys. >> okay. here is the most important thing to know about the s&p. where's my camera?

i must address the nation on this. >> uh-oh. >> write this down. america. here's the most important thing. s&p is wrong. totally, absolutely wrong. lester, what you just read was political analysis. that's not financial analysis. s&p has no idea how to do political analysis. what they're doing is predicting the behavior of politicians, and predicting it incorrectly. they're worried that we might not at some point raise the debt ceiling. that's all that comes down to. they're wrong. we've always raised it. we always will. these politicians, even the tea: party politicians, will get out of the way when the moment comes, and raise the debt ceiling, because that's what they did this time. >> but you say they're wrong. but their effect still could result in the u.s. having to pay more interest on its -- >> yeah, but you know, the other agencies aren't going along with them. the other agencies are smarter so far.cc1: this is just bad political punditry on the part of s&p. they're absolutely wrong.

the united states government will always pay its debts. and they're just wrong about it. simple as that. >> let me ask you about a little bit of -- shrouded in all this news, and the stock market with some good news yesterday about jobs. 100,000 jobs, plus, were added in july. the unemployment rate actually dipped. will the american people look at this and say, okay, we're heading in the right direction? or are we still holding our breath? >> we need to pick up way more jobs than that. even just to get back to the normal population growth in jobs you have to actually get more jobs than that in the course of a given month. and so, we're more than 100,000 shy every month of what we need to get the unemployment rate down toward 7%. which would still be a very high unemployment rate. >> is this hurting the president? >> of course it's hurting the president. unemployment always hurts the president. the question is, is the public going to look at this presidency and look at this recession that created this unemployment and say the unemployment rate is not the president's fault. they might, they might not. that is a case the president's going to have to make.

>> he says the number one priority right now is the economy. again back to the political infighting. if they can't get their act together on the debt ceiling, now together on : the economy and make the right decision? >> they've eliminated any real cc1:ns on what to do with the economy. any sort of jobs program is spending. and this is the anti-spending era in washington. and so, it's very -- i've been asking people all week, what can they now do on jobs. and no one in my show has come up with any real possibility of what washington can do on jobs. >> you heard those numbers i mentioned a moment ago, "the new york times" poll. americans are disillusioned with congress. a record high number of americans, 82%, disapprove of the job congress is doing right now. does that all link back to the debt ceiling debate, or does this go back even deeper? >> oh, sure, it's the ugliest thing we've seen washington do in a very long time. people could tell that it was just purely partisan, that it wasn't substantive and that their interests weren't being

representative. as this argument wore on and the democrats started to make the case, look, there should be some tax revenue in this mix, if we're doing deficit reduction. because, there always has been. that's the way reagan did it. that's the way republicans used to do it in the past. the pubic agreed with that. about 80% of the public said yes, there should be some tax revenues here. especially at the high end of income earners. and republicans absolutely shut it down. and so they didn't feel that the package represented their thinking. and it didn't. >> all right. lawrence o'donnell, good to have you on on the weekend. good seeing you. now let's go back to jenna. >> all right, thank you. we're going to switch gears for a second now and turn things over in afghanistan where at least 31 u.s. troops have been killed, after the helicopter they were traveling in was shot down. we are live from kabul with new details on the attack. good morning. >> good morning, jenna. well the afghan president hamid karzai has confirmed that 31

americans were killed. americans that he said were special forces along with seven afghan commandos when their health went down in wardak province in eastern afghanistan. we're ill waiting for confirmation figures from the u.s. military. but the taliban has claimed responsibility. they say that, in fact, this helicopter came to assault one of their compounds in wardak province, where taliban fighters were operating from. they said when the helicopter started to come down closer, that's where they shot a rocket at that helicopter. they also say that they lost eight of their own fighters. jenna? >> this crash happened two weeks after the start of security handover. could this affect the withdrawal, now, of troops, that's supposed to happen at the end of this year? >> jenna, that's a very interesting question, because many people say that it will not affect the withdrawal of the troops. the obama administration has been very adamant in talking to the american public and wanting to end the afghan war. as many people know, by the end of 2010, they want to withdraw

10,000 americans from afghanistan. by the end of 2012, they want t: withdraw 28,000 americans. when you talk to commanders on the ground, they say that they 1:president's cc orders. but many of them will also tell you, off the record, that that may be too many troops too quickly for this war that has lasted for nearly a decade so far. jenna. >> all right, atia, thank you very much. now once again, here's lester. >> jenna, thanks. the economy tanks, the temperatures across the country continue to soar. millions are in the midst of one deadliest heat cc1: waves in years and it comes as a flash flood down south triggered evacuations and left motorists standard. tom, good morning.cc1: >> hey, lester, good morning to you. look, this heat wave is record breaking. in just one month from july till now, more than 3,000 high temperature records have been shattered. lives have been lost, crops as well all because of the punishing heat. the heat wave is brutal --

>> i'm not used to like this hot. but i'm used to hot. >> reporter: unrelenting, and becoming increasingly deadly. across the country the number of heat-related deaths is rising. in maryland, 21 deaths so far. 15 in oklahoma. and 11 in texas, with more cases expected. one of the latest victims, 79 dolores grissom, who died from heat exhaustion after thieves stole an air conditioner from her texas home. >> just checking on you. >> reporter: the elderly are especially vulnerable. prompting door-to-door safety checks in some cities. but even the young are not immune. two georgia high school football players died this week following team workouts. many schools are now revising their practice schedules, opting for sessions early in the morning or later in the evening. hydration is critical. >> every time we go for 15 minutes or so, we make sure that they hydrate. even if they don't feel like drinking. we tell them get there and get the water. >> reporter: water is in short supply in texas where parts of

the drought stricken state have endured more than 60 consecutive days of triple digit temperatures. at the other end of the weather spectrum, too much water. heavy bands of rain yesterday triggered a flash flood in charlotte. at least one person was killed. rescuers used boats to safely evacuate young children stranded by the water. flooding and drought, extremes during a scorching summer. as for cooler weather, it doesn't look like it's coming any time soon, lester, for cities like dallas, they'll be seeing triple digit heat well into next week. >> thank you. >> and now we're going to get a look at this morning's other news stories. for that we're going to turn it to tom young at the news desk. >> good morning, everyone. some chilling videotape is out this morning, a brazen shooting on a philadelphia bus, full of passengers. there had apparently been an argument on the bus between two passengers. one then called her friends, and as the surveillance tape made public in court showed, her

friends appeared to open fire on the bus. the bus driver did his best to get away as fast as possible. miraculously, nobody was injured. and it's happened again. a boy buried alive in the sand at a california beach. this is a picture of the 11-year-old being revived after he was trapped in the sand for about five minutes. the boy dug a tunnel and it then caved in on him when he tried to crawl through. this comes just two days after a similar incident at a newport beach where a teenager was buried in shand for 30 minutes before being rescued. finally google is up to some funny business this morning. the search engine giant is honoring lucille ball on her birthday with a google doodle. you'll vicinity a vintage tv set playing classic "i love lucy" moments. the tv icon and comedienne would have turned 100 today. now back to lester, jenna and bill who all have some explaining to do. >> very good. >> well done. >> one of my favorites. >> bill karins is here again with a check of your weekend

forecast. >> good morning. i know it's going to shock everyone but i'm going to talk about the heat. very, very old. around the country, everyone wants to know when is the relief? who is going to get it? no relief this week, if anything the heat gets worse in areas like kansas city and st. louis. all through texas, nothing is going to change any time soon. after we get past this weekend we get a little bit of a break. i know around indianapolis cc1: you've been incredibly hot. you're going to get a little bit of a break early next week. i know you got your state fair north of indianapolis. also some reasonable weather through the mid-atlantic. but the heat ridge is still centered over texas. and this time next week, we should be very close to the all-time record for most consecutive 100 degree days in dallas. we've already had 35. there are going to be 100 plus for at least the next week straight. 1:ay we're going to give youcc 106 in the big "d." everyone else in the eastern half of the country, very humid air mass, a lot of showers and thunderstorms out there. those continue through your day. keep those in mind as you make your afternoon plans. good saturday morning to you. we are waking up to some areas

of low clouds and drizzle, much like we have seen throughout this week. by lunch time, pretty nice. in fact, we'll see numbers in the 70s, maybe as warm as 80 by livermore and eventually in the highs, san jose, 65, san francisco, not much change for the weekend.cc1:cc1: we should see temperatures climbing a bit next week. >> that's your weekend forecast. lester? >> bill, thanks. still to come, your money, your future. answers you need in some tough economic times. but first, this is "today" on nbc.cc1: these sweet honey clustery things have fiber? fiber one. almost tastes like one of jack's cereals. uh, forgot jack's cereal. [ jack ] what's for breakfast? uh, try the number one! i've never heard of that. [ wife ] it's great. it's a sweet honey cereal, you'll love it.cc1: yeah, this is pretty good.

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still to come on "today," where is holly bobo. we're going to talk live to her family as they continue to search for holly three months

disappeared.1: >> plus, why we love lucy. the never before seen pictures of the comedy icon. cc1:

rise and shine, oakland. this is a live look at the fuzzy headlights heading on 880 near the oakland coliseum. morning, everybody, i'm marla diaz. we have a look at your weekend forecast. >> a good saturday morning to you. we're seeing quite a bit of low clouds, drizzle, very possible on the coast around the inner bay. 50s to get the morning started and towards lunch time, sunshine inland, 70s, maybe as warm as 80 in livermore. high temperatures running in the low 80s around fremont and san

jose. 65, san francisco. speaking of fremont, this is the weekend of the fremont festival of the arts. we should see comfortable temperatures once the low clouds break up. low 80s through the weekend. your seven-day forecast, temperatures aren't going to change much this weekend until we get back to the workweek. we'll see the numbers slowly climbing up, maybe even some low 90s inland for monday and tuesday. >> okay. thank you, rob. and here's a look at some of the stories we're following this morning. memorial services to be held at campbell later today for the 22-year-old man shot to death in his santa clara county home two weeks ago. authorities believe andrew dahl's father, ahmad, is responsible for the shooting. ahmad then turned the gun on himself. the as many as 800 people are expected to attend this morning's service at the home church on winchester boulevard in campbell. ofcc1: ow was a graduate valley christian high school and a student at the university of san diego. family and friends describe him as deeply spiritual.

two days before he was killed, they say he started a bible study group. elder dow ved thecc1: killed his son because his son had cancer. today's services begin at 11:00 a.m. the city of oakland will soon get some much-needed help on the streets as summer violence spikes. funding is eight aside for 25 officers laid off last year. it's expected 22 of those officers will hit the streets today, while others are still being retrained. it couldn't come at a better time. some serious crime is up. anthony bats has said the returning officers will likely be put on special task forces to work on reducing crime. san francisco police meanwhile will focus on making city streets safer today. they're going to be handing out flyers at 5th and market at 9:00 this morning until noon. the flyers focus on pedestrian safety, and then starting monday, they'll begin cracking down on jaywalking at that south

of market intersection. police say it's unacceptable the area has such a high number of traffic-related injuries and deaths. the campaign will expand to other parts of the city in the coming weeks. welcoming up this morning on "today in the bay," a warning for parents to be extra vigilant. police say some men may be trying to kidnap young children. we're going to tell you where and're approaching the kidscc1: how they're trying to lure them in. that's all coming up this morning on "today in the bay" at 7:00. in the meantime, we'll take you back to the "today" show.cc1: see you soon.cc1:

and we're back on this saturday morning, august 6th, 2011. much of the country is in the grips of a brutal heat wave right now. but the northeast, getting a break from the sizzling temperatures this weekend. we have a nice bunch of folks joining us on the plaza this morning. we're going to head out there in a few minutes and say hello to all of them. inside studio 1a, i'm jenna in1: for amy robach. who is on vacation. sitting alongside me, lester holt. coming up in this half hour the latest on the s&p downgrading the nation's sterling credit rating from aaa to aa. plus it's the first time in u.s. history that that's happened. >> standard & poor's, one of the three credit agencies that offers advice to investors, in a

statement last night they said the downgrade reflects our view on the effectiveness, stability and predictability of american policymaking. so how does this affect you? coming up, we've assembled a panel of experts to answer some of your questions. >> then, casey anthony's back in the news. last month a jury found her not guilty of killing her daughter caylee. but while she is free, anthony may be forced to go back to florida for a case involving writing a bad check. it's all about her profession for that offense. what will the judge decide? will she have to go back? we're going to find out. >> then on a much lighter note, a new look at the tv woman everyone loves, lucille ball. the comic legend would turn 100 today. and on this anniversary we're getting a glimpse of never before seen pictures of the hollywood star and find out why almost 55 years after her hit show we still love lucy. >> but we're going to begin this morning with the heartwrenching history of holly bobo.

authorities believe she was taken from just outside her home by a man wearing camouflage. police continue to track down clues, but to this day, no sign of holly. joining us this morning are holly's parents dana and karen bobo along with her brother clint. thank you all three so much for joining us. and good morning to you. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> clint, i want to start with you. take us back to the day holly went missing. you actually saw her at the end of your driveway, walking to the woods with the guy you don't recognize. how long did it take you to realize something was wrong, and wasn't right about that whole situation? >> well, at first i thought the guy that she was walking with was her boyfriend. and then i realized too late that it was not her boyfriend, and she had been abducted. >> it's now been three months, karen. has the search changed at all since when she first went missing? >> oh, yes.

we've changed the way that we search. now we're going door-to-door, and asking for anyone that has any information. someone has to have seen something. someone knows something. and so we are begging those people to please come forward with that information. we search. we do something every day. >> and i understand -- >> to help find our daughter. >> sure. i understand the way the search has changed is also moving forward. you now have a team of paragliders who join your search efforts to canvass the area. clint, has anything come up? any new information in that realm at all? >> the last i heard, the paragliders were supposed to be in communication with the tbi and i haven't heard anything since then. >> we understand the tbi has not released many new details to the public. but are they keeping you guys informed every step of the way, or only when they find something new, when there's a new clue or a new piece of evidence that comes forward?cc1:

>> we -- we do keep in contact with them. but pretty much, we know just about what the public knows. i understand it is a tennessee law that they do not have to share information with us. i understand they share as much as they can.cc1: and i understand that they are working very diligently, some of them have been working long hours since day one.cc1: but, of course, as holly's mom, nearly four months into it, we still don't have holly. so i'm asking for help from president obama. if you could please send some more help. because four months into it we still don't have holly. >> dean, i want to ask you a question. investigators originally said that someone possibly local knew holly, and that that person might have taken her away. is that still the case? does the tennessee bureau of

investigation still believe that that's the case? >> i still believe that that's the case, yes. if you didn't know the area, it would be extremely hard to get away, and quickly. if you didn't know this area. >> well, i know this is a very difficult time for all three of you, and i want to thank you so much for sharing your thoughts and your time with us this morning. and good luck in your efforts to find holly. now we want to take a break and get a check of the weather and joining us now for that is bill karins. good morning, bill. >> well, good morning once again. remember emily, we were talking about two or three days ago? maybe she was just relaxing a little bit and we wer a little confused. this morning in the bahamas emily is trying to make a comeback. showers and thunderstorms near the bahamas are starting to spin up a little bit and this could become a tropical d wression again. close to miami. your rain chances are going to increase tomorrow in the bahamas.

it's going to be a little rough with showers, storms, probably some waves kicking up. also thunderstorms outside of st. louis this morning. slight risk of storms in the northern plains and everyone from the mid-atlantic, especially late this afternoon, be ready for some rain to head your way. it's a little more humid than in days past. good saturday morning to you. we are waking up to some areas of low clouds and drizzle. much like we have seen throughout this week. but by lunch time, pretty nice. in fact, we'll see those numbers in the 70s, maybe as warm as 80 out by livermore. by noon, then eventually topping out in the mid 80s for highs inland. 82, san jose. 65, san francisco. not much change for the weekend. we should see temperatures climbing a little bit early next week. >> where are you guys from? >> plymouth, massachusetts. >> where are you guys from? >> plymouth? >> in the hospital -- >> -- program.

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author of "psych yourself rich" and contributor to yahoo! finance. psychologist dale atkins, and associate editor from "forbes" magazine. good morning to all of you. let me start off with you farnoosh. we've got a lot of viewer questions. let's first deal with this s&p credit downgrade of u.s. debt. what does that mean for the average american? especially someone who's nearing retirement. >> sure. it definitely adds to the financial uncertainty and stress of the country experiencing right now with a debt downgrade, and the entire borrowing costs. the country has to come up with that money somewhere. so for retirees it may mean that programs like social security, medicare, medicaid, which are protected now, may become more vulnerable in the future as the country looks at its budget and has to come up with that money, looking at spending cuts in different areas. so lots more uncertainty. you have to be more protective and vigilant of your own retirement plan. >> this could definitely hit home. we've got another question. we're going to go outside for that. perry is on the plaza.

what's your question? >> with the high risk in the stock market, and the low interest rates at the bank, how do you plan to retire? >> well, perry, that's a really good question. i think that it's important to revur your retirement plan but do not make emotion driven, knee-jerk reactions to what you're hearing and seeing in the news and in the papers. i think that your retirement plan is primarily a function of your age and your retirement horizon. maybe you want to think about retiring a little bit later in life. always, of course, diversify your assets. if you're approaching retirement you want to be more in bonds, cds, fixed assets. but that's advice that's in any economy, not just what's happening right now. >> all right. our next question, we're going to put this to you, ashley, comes from paula who is on the phone from michigan. what's your question? >> we have money in i.r.a.s and different accounts. how do i find a financial adviser who doesn't charge a lot that i can trust?

>> i say the first place to look is if you have an employer or your husband's employer, more and more employers are offering financial advice programs through outside providers like t.i.a., and fidelity. you can go for a free consult. it's a great place to start. also if you're rolling a 401(k) to an individual retirement account, you can go to a vanguard or charles schwab, and they'll then put you in touch with an adviser, and actually do a pre-plan as part of that. if you're looking for an hourly rate, or even undermanagement you can go to the national association of personal finance advisers, and they have a great list of financial advisers. >> hopefully you can find someone who you are comfortable with and do trust. dale, this next one, also on the phone, susan in springfield, pennsylvania, what's your

question. >> good morning, i'm still fully employed, so i have a reason to get out of bed every day. but i was wondering how do you prepare for the emotional changes that come with retirement when you suddenly find that you have nothing to do every day? >> this is a fantastic question. and one that most people don't ask. and it's really about preparing. preparing yourself, and understanding that you really will still have a purpose. the reason to get out every day, out of bed every day is because you have meaning, you have a focus, and you have a sense of yourself. and i think what people need to do when they're getting out of bed every day is to understand that there's still something important that i have to contribute. and, susan, one of the things that's important to do is to take some time and reflect on what it is you might like to do. where are your interests? the interests that you haven't had a chance, really, to explore because you've been working so hard for your whole life. and now, you can really prepare and give yourself an opportunity to see what else is around. most people retire well. when they do something that has meaning, and they have

significance, and i have friends, and they take care of their health and their well-being. so i wish you well, and it's really important that you are preparing. >> all right. good answer. let's get -- i think we have time for one more. we've got one on facebook. we have a sizable 401(k), along with an i.r.a. by the way this is from carol. we've got a 401(k), an i.r.a. my schuss 57 and would like to retire next year. what do we need to do to know if we are capable of doing this. farnoosh, 57 is pretty young. >> yeah, early retirement. he's my hero. definitely want to run retirement calculator. you can go to aarp.org or choosetosave.org. they're going to ask you a lot of questions. like what will be your anticipated fixed costs and your variable costs in retirement. how well are you saving currently. what kind of pensions might be coming your way. but one big wild card that i want everyone to think about as they approach retirement who will be my dependents? so a lot of people right now preparing to save for themselves and a spouse or a partner in

retirement. but what's happening more and more with the economy is families are moving in with one another. so the grandparents are taking care of their children, their grandchildren, sending their grandchildren to college. helping their children pay off their debt. so this is something that you want to include, not just yourself and your spouse in that you're talking about retirement, but also your extended family. your immediate family. you know, what's going to be our predicament in ten years with you, or do you need our help? >> i think you also have to decide, when your expectation of retirement is, is it the current lifestyle i have without a job? or -- >> will i be downsizing? will i be moving? will i be starting a business? these are all the questions, the soul searching, as well as the math you need to do to figure out your perfect retirement. >> good discussion, good advice. appreciate you all being here. up next, lost and found. new pictures surface of lucille ball. we all have internal plumbing. but for some of us with overactive bladder, our pipes just don't work as well as they should. sometimes, i worry my pipes might leak.

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this morning. good morning. >> good morning. >> so let's talk about some of these pictures. they've been unpublished up until now. where have they been? and why release them right now? >> well, you know, lucy is an ic icon. and what better time to release these photos than her 100th birthday. they have been in our after kiefs. photographers followed her back before she was even on television. of course the magazine can't publish all of those. so we kept them and were able to bring them to you now on life.com. >> very nice. so there are two pictures that you're actually unveiling exclusively for the "today" show here for the first time. and we thank you so much for that. the first one is there 1944. you're calling it groomed for greatness. tell us about this one. what's the occasion? >> the occasion is franklin delano roosevelt's 62nd birthday in 1944, and at this point, lucy was sort of a star. she had been in hollywood for almost 20 years. and she was mostly known for movies, musicals, that kind of thing. and it's just a rare glimpse of her.

you know, before she really hit that icon status. >> before she became the lucy that we fell in love with. the next pick you're your unveiling is called happy birthday mr. president. don't usually think of lucille ball as being in this picture. >> this is also the same event and she's entertaining a room of sailors. in that time she'd been in movies like follow the fleet, and stage door. she was always magnetic and beautiful, so the guys loved her. >> this is interesting, so in 1958, when -- when lucy and desi started desilu studios, the lucy desi comedy hour came after "i love lucy" which people don't know about. >> exactly. >> you have some color pictures. >> that mps the two of them on the -- at desilu, the production company which they ran together. lucy was one of the first female television executives. not only was she this icon creatively, but professionally to have that sort of power as a woman was a big deal. >> the next picture is one of lucy smoking a cigarette.

you say when looking at a lot of these pictures you get to know a little bit more about who lucille ball was. >> exactly. that's just a really different look at lucy way before she was on television. it's so funny to see her looking like this. she's almost like a sultry siren. really different than the wacky lucy ricardo that we all know and love. >> right, you don't see the funny as much here. >> exactly. >> it was the glamorous -- >> she had been a model when she was 19. and so you know, she's really working the camera there. >> now you go through all these pictures. a lot of them you're seeing for the first time. what's the take away. put this into some perspective for us. who was the lucille ball we knew or really didn't get a chance to know. >> i think she was just a really diverse woman. the thing that i took away from it was that lucy ricardo character was sort of a culmination of everything that she'd done, you know, through her life. the comic chops that she'd done on radio, you know, the physical comedy was part of her dance background. so it was just the perfect character for her. and she lives on. >> dawnie, thank you so much for

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this is "today in the bay." close to 6:00 on your saturday morning, a live look from downtown san jose. looks to be a nice day on tap. we're going to check the forecast right about now. good morning, i'm marla tellez, kris sanchez has the day off. we begin with your weekend forecast. rob mayeta has a look at what you can expect. >> good saturday morning to you. we're seeing quite a bit of low clouds, drizzle, very possible on the coast and around the inner bay. as we head towards lunch time, 50s. high temperatures running in the low 80s around fremont and san jose. upper 80s by pleasantton and morgan hill.

65, san francisco. speaking of fremont, this is the weekend of the fremont festival of the arts. we should see comfortable temperatures once the low clouds break up. low 80s through the weekend. check here of your seven-day forecast. temperatures aren't going to change much this weekend until we get back to the workweek. we'll see those numbers slowly climbing up, maybe low 90s inland for monday and tuesday. >> thanks, rob. santa clara police are hoping newly released video will help them catch two men who attacked a man outside a bingo hall. here's a look at that video. if you look at the upper left hand corner, you'll see two men approach the man. they knock him down and then they take off. this happened in the parking lot of the american legion hall in santa collar a. the man was stand as they tried to rob him. he was taken to the hospital. no word on his condition yet. now, if you have any information, you're asked to call santa clara police. a savvy 15-year-old foiled a robbery at his friend's home on the peninsula. >> he pointed the gun right at my face, like -- i was like two

feet away from him. >> reporter: victor arias says three men tried to rob his dad as he returned home to their apartment in mountain view. victor's pal, jesus romero, was inside fiddling with a broken bee-bee gun. when the teens saw the robbers, romero pretended to load the gun and slid the chamber back, a sound that sent the gunmen running. romero says he's glad the bee-bee gun was close by. >> if he wasn't in there, the guy would probably shoot us. >> no one was hurt, and the robbers did not get away with anything. police say while romero was brave to fend off the robbers, they say it's usually not a good idea to confront anyone with a handgun. check your refrigerator. fresh and easy neighborhood market is recalling its f & e brand organic baby spinach, because it could be contaminated with listeria. no illnesses have been reported, but the company is taking precautions after one bag of spinach tested positive for that

organism. listeria can cause serious and sometimes deadly infections in young children and others with weakened immune systems. the recalled products have the enjoy by date of august 1st and were sold in stores in california, nevada and arizona. well, coming up this morning on "today in the bay," another bear attack in a popular national park. plus, what a game at at & t park. did you catch this? we're not talking about the score. we'll have the highlights coming up. see you in about an hour. we'll be back at 6:26. enjoy the "today" show in the meantime. to dieters since time began. not anymore. ♪ fiber one is bringing brownies back. at 90 calories, the only thing between you and chocolaty brownies is a nicely designed package.

♪ now you can have brownies again. new fiber one 90 calorie brownies. in the granola bar aisle. we're back. it's a saturday morning. august we are back. it's a saturday morning, a beautiful summer morning here in new york city. a great group joining us. we are happy they are all here and we are happy you are home an watching us as well. outside of the plaza, lester holt along with jenna. almost two hours. >> i almost went home. >> no, we have one more hour to do. we are going to talk about yet another bear attack. >> we have been hearing about a bunch of these. this involved a polar bear who entered the tents of a bunch of

young people on a camping trip. we will tell you the latest about that and what the hikers said. >> he is a hijacker who jumped from a plane over the midwest. >> we are talking about d.b. cooper. there are reports from a new lead with a woman who says her uncle was the elusive you criminal d.b. cooper. >> but first a couple of breaking stories. tom is at the news desk with those and others. >> good morning, lester. we begin in afghanistan where at least 31 usa troops have been killed after the helicopter they were traveling in was shot down. we have more from kabul. good morning. >> the afghan president hamid karzai has said in a statement 31 americans he claims to be special forces as well as afghan

commandos as a helicopter went down. we are looking for official numbers, but the taliban has claimed responsibility. they said one of the helicopter was about to assault their compound. they fired a rocket and they claimed to have killed 38 people. the u.s. officials, although they won't report on numbers, say the investigation is still ongoing, and what we hear from afghan official ss that they are still recovering bodies. >> today the u.s. is dealing with a downgrade of their credit rating, the first time that has happened. we are live from the white house. good morning, john. >> it's a huge embarras bare ra embarrassment to president

obama. they ra they raised the stakes and then dropped it. and it is an embarrassment here. the hope is that the economic consequences will be small, the mortgage rates won't go up on our interest rates and car loans. congress was one chance to do it over with a special committee trying to come up with another trillion and a half. >> that rating comes on the heels of july's job numbers, which comes with a little bit of good news. good morning. >> the economy you in july added about 117,000 jobs, more than economists and analysts had expected. the unemployment rate ticked

down a tenth of a percentage point, which analysts expected it to stay the same. so good news. jobs added to the manufacturing sector, and in retailing, because a lot of foreign consumers are vacationing in the united states to take advantage of the cheap dollar. but at this pace the economy is just treading water, keeping pace with the people entering the workforce, and it's going to take some time to reclaim all of the jobs lost in the recession. economists say this is one of the worst and toughest job recoveries since the end of world war ii and say there are no signs it's likely to get better any time soon. tom? >> now to the heat. the it may be summer, but the heat wave has been heat wave has been dangerous in many parts of the country. >> this heat wave is

record-breaking. thousands of high temperature records have been broken. sadly, the death toll associated with this is still rising. two georgia football players died after heat exhaustion after practice. in the wake of that many high schools are rethinking and tweaking their practice sessions. one of those high school football players will be laid to rest. as for cooler weather, that doesn't seem to be coming any time soon. many cities are expecting triple digit weather this week and into next week. >> keep the water handy. and now back to lester on the plaza. >> it's time for another check with the weather. >> we are here with our newlyweds no more, married one year. what are you looking forward to in the next year. say her, more time withhe r.

>> yes. >> let's look what's happening on our radar. we saw thunderstorms earlier through st. louis, heading to southern illinois. kansas city has some showers, could head your way in about an hour or so. as far as the middle of the country goes, we are hot in the south, very stormy in the south. in good saturday morning to you. we are waking up to some areas of low clouds and drizzle. much like we have seen throughout this week. but by lunch time, pretty nice. in fact, we will see those numbers in the 70s, maybe as warm as 80 out by livermore by noon. and eventually topping out 82 san jose, 65, san francisco. not much change for the weekend. we should see temperatures, though, climbing a little bit early next week. >> and that's look at your

weekend forecast. >> bill, thank you very much. it was the murder trial that riveted the nation. and now found not guilty of killing her 2-year-old daughter ca , but her troubles may be far from over. >> casey anthony's defense team not in the mood to talk after court friday. they argued that casey already served probation and shouldn't be forced to return. >> the court lacks jurisdiction and would lack ability to make a longer sentence. >> prior to this casey anthony pled guilty to check fraud, admitting that she used her best

friend's checking account and shopped at winn-dixie. the argument now, did she serve that time while awaiting time for her murder trial. even the judge seems purr plexed. >> there are no clear-cut answers in this case. >> so you read it and understand it. >> the original judge in the check fraud case said he intended casey to serve probation after the murder trial. so this judge, not the other judge who recused himself, will have to decide. and casey says forcing her to come to orlando would be problematic. >> i'm sure she would get killed or hurt. >> she would have to be under protective cuss dichtody. people don't think much of her.

>> the judge will make a ruling next week. but he made it chelear it isn't slam dunk either way. >> i have to do more reading and research. i just don't know the answer at this time, i don't. >> at this time casey anthony remains in hiding, her where abouts unknown. and her lawyers said even if you impose proprobation, let's disc how to do it safely. >> tom is a criminal defense attorney. this comes down to whether or not casey anthony served her probation while in jail. how complicated is this? >> i don't think it's that complicated. the judge in his oral statements

when she pleaded guilty said she intended her to do probation after jail, but he didn't say that in the written order. my understanding is the written order by the judge is more powerful than the remarks on the bench. it didn't say probation after jail. in florida you can do probation while in jail. the probation department assumes she was doing probation. they did meet with her, supervise her and sent a letter saying she had successfully completed probation in jail. i think she has done it. >> why has this turned into a legal maze if it seems so clear-cut you? >> there is a conflict between what the judge said on the record and the order he signed. they are trying to figure out what he really meant to do, did he make a mistake and what is her intent. i think it would be a real mistake to bring her back.

that state allows people to do probation in jail and the probation department is satisfied she completed it. >> how common is that, for serv in jail awaiting trial. >> it happens for sure. and people arrested will be put in jail and then it will be determined they have not committed an offense and the time they put in jail will account to a probationary period. so, yes, you can do probation in jail. >> so the defense is arguing this is double jeopardy, coming down to timing. can you you explain why? >> you in their mind she pleaded guilty, there was a hearing on what she would do as part of her basic sentence. it was all determined in the written order and now they think it's sour grapes because she was acquitted of the serious charges and now they are trying to bring

her back, put her on probation. you have think it's a mistake by the prosecutors, i think it would be a mistake to bring her back. i think the worst thing for orlando would be to bring her back and have her supervised on probation. >> if the judge rules in favor of probation and she has to come back to florida, does she have to go to jail and serve more time there? >> she won't go to jachlt sil. she would have to fulfill certain conditions associated with no felonies. no one is mentioning, as i have had clients who want to enter the state, we would enter into a plea bargain and we agree that they can finish probation in another state. i would imagine that could be a possible possibility

possibility too. >> up next, d.b. cooper, the mystery, right after these messages.

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this morning on "unsolved mysteries" cracking the infamous case of d.b. cooper. he hijacked a plane in 1971 and parachuted out of a jet and into thin air. all these years later the fbi says it may have the best lead yet to uncovering his identity. the lone hijacker claimed he had a bomb and took over the 727 on a flight from portland to seattle. his demand, $200,000 and a means to escape. >> he asked for four parachutes, two backups, and two primary. >> reporter: with its unique rear exit ramp, a survivable jump from a 727 was possible. his demands met, the hijacker who bought the ticket under the name dan cooper freed the passengers and instructed the crew to take off and fly south. the hijacker ordered the entire crew into the cockpit. he had the cabin to himself.

at one point they get a warning light that tells them that the rear exit had been opened. cooper walked down these stairs, opens up the lower ramp, jumps out of the airplane, and into history. he jumped into a cold, rainy night near the washington/oregon border, and not until some of the money was found in this columbia river beach eight years later was there any sign of cooper. and authorities are still looking. >> every new tip that comes in, the fbi will find out about that alleged individual. >> reporter: over the years, there have been thousands of tips from those claiming to be or know where d.b. cooper is. one of the latest tips on the 40-year-old case was made public this week, for the very first time. >> as we know, a woman's come forward and suggested that her uncle was d.b. cooper. >> reporter: the fbi says they've been looking into marla cooper's story for years. but have not found any forensic evidence so far that ties her

late uncle to the hijacker d.b. cooper. >> they have a clip-on tie that the individual touched. they have the boarding pass that may have a partial fingerprint. so they have some potentially linking forensic evidence. >> reporter: many in law enforcement believe cooper most likely jumped to his death that night. but to others he's revered as a legend who may have taken the money and run. >> d.b. cooper is our robin hood. he's the one who got away with it. no one did get hurt. someone could have gotten hurt. but no one did. so he has become our folk legend. ♪ d.b. cooper >> reporter: jeffrey gray is the author of the new book "sky jack: the hunt for d.b. cooper." jeffrey, good morning. >> good morning. >> you were the first one to get really the files on the case. so you saw the pieces of evidence, but also some of the interviews with witnesses. what stood out to you most? >> what stood out to me most out of everything that i found was actually what was not about -- was not about the case in the

file. the fbi file on cooper is 40 feet long. and most of it is actually full of stories like we heard this week of people suspecting other people are d.b. cooper. it's almost a depository of paranoia. to me that was interesting about the case. not necessarily who dan cooper was, but why so many people thought their brothers, their fathers, their ex-lovers were the hijacker. >> at one point cooper had a conversation with a flight attendant. and you saw that account. what's listed out there? >> well, you know, in any crime you're looking for the motive. and you know, my first days looking through the file, and i spent several days just going through page after page after page, i saw this snippet of dialogue that i've never seen before. and during the hijacking, the stewardess says, she asked him, why did you do this? do you have a grudge against northwest orient? and he says to her, no. i don't have a grudge against your airline. i just have a grudge. and so i thought, i just have a grudge. who is this man?

who is this man who has a grudge? and then i began to look for people with grudges, and i found a lot of them. >> you, like the fbi, got into some of these different accounts of people who claim they know who he is, or they are, in fact, him. we've seen this latest case now, marla cooper's story, she's come out this week saying it was her uncle. do you give much credence to that? >> well, i mean, it's hard to. because when you study the cooper case, there are so many marla coopers, and there's so many uncles, people who have memories, people who claim to have overheard things and said here is a memory of somebody when she was 8 years old, overhearing something. so that is really hard to take seriously. however, what is serious about this recent development is why people don't care. people don't care about the evidence. people don't care that there's proof tying this man to the hijacker. they want to believe in him. and that to me is unique. >> why has it been so hard to solve this case? i mean the number of people that can do this has got to be relatively small. a lot of speculation he had military experience.

he used military parachutes in this case, jumping out of a jet is something only trained military people do. >> right. that's what i thought. i thought originally, you know, this kind of person that i'm looking for is a very unique skills to do this. but the truth is, it's a big country, and there's so many people out there that actually have the ability to do this. >> what do you want to believe? that he's still out there? >> oh, definitely. definitely. i want to go meet him right now. >> all right. when you do, give us a call. jeffrey gray, great to have you on. thanks so much. we're back in a moment but first this is "today" on nbc.

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this is "today in the bay." it is 6:26. we begin with a look at 101, some overnight construction work slowing down traffic there for a few cars. good morning, everybody, i'm marla tellez, it is 6:26, i'm in for kris sanchez. meteorologist kris mayeda has a look at your forecast. >> good saturday morning to you. we're seeing quite a bit of low clouds, drizzle very possible on the coast at around the inner bay. 50s to get the morning started. as we head towards lunch time, sunshine inland, 70s, maybe as high as 80 in livermore. high temperatures in the low 80s in fremont, san jose, upper 80s aren't pleasanton.

65, san francisco now. speaking of fremont, this is the weekend of the fremont festival of the arts. we should see comfortable temperatures once the low clouds break up. low 80s straight through the weekend. check here of your seven-day forecast. we'll show you the temperatures aren't going to change much this weekend until we get back to the workweek. we'll show those numbers slowly climbing up, maybe even some low 90s inland for monday and tuesday. >> okay, thank you, rob. here's a look at some of the stories we're following this morning. memorial services will be held in campbell later this morning for the 22-year-old man shot to death in his santa clara county home two weeks ago. authorities believe andrew dow's father, ahmad dow, is responsible for that shooting. ahmad dow then turned the gun on himself. as many as 800 people are expected to attend this morning's service at the home church on winchester boulevard in campbell. andrew dow was a graduate of bali christian high school and a student at the university of san diego. family and friends describe him as deeply spiritual. two days before he was killed,

they say he started a bible study group. it's believed the elder dow killed his son because his son had cancer. today's services begin at 11:00 a.m. the city of oakland will good soon get some much-needed help on the streets as summer violence spikes. mayor gene kwan set aside funding for 25 officers laid off last year. it is expected 22 of those officers will hit the streets today, while others are being retrained. it couldn't come at a better time since serious crime is up. police chief anthony bats has said the returning officers will likely be put on special task forces to work on reducing crime. san francisco police will focus on making city streets safer today. they'll hand out flyers at 5th and market from 9:00 this morning until noon. the flyers focus on pedestrian safety, and starting monday, they'll begin cracking down on jaywalking at that south of market intersection.

police say it's just unacceptable the area has such a high number of traffic-related injuries and deaths. the campaign will expand to other parts of the city in the coming weeks. well, coming up this morning on "today in the bay," a warning for parents to be extra vigilant. police say some men may be trying to kidnap young children. we'll tell you where they're approaching the kids and how they're trying to lure them in. that's coming up in about 30 minutes. in the meantime, we'll send you back to the "today" show. we hope to see you again at 7:00.

and we're back on this saturday morning. it's august 6th, 2011. a nice, summer day here in new york. temperatures in the mid 80s. actually rather nice. we're thanking this great crowd for spending part of their morning with us. today outside on the plaza, i'm jenna wolf filling in for amy robach who is taking a little vacation. lester holt, this sign right here? i call this the world's most complicated sign. it took me 4 1/2 minutes to really get through it. the bottom line is her dad's now 48. >> i see the question mark. we're supposed to guess that? >> a team from m.i.t. might need it to pick up on that.

coming up, we're going to talk about something we've been hearing a lot about the last couple of weeks and that's bear attacks. >> been a lot of them. this one has an unfortunate outcome. four teens were on a school camping trip in europe when they became victims of a polar bear attack. they tried to fight off the encounter. we'll tell you how the teens are doing. >> then we're talking about the self-proclaimed prophet of god, warren jeffs. he's been in the news this week. he helped power over thousands of followers. he was found guilty of sexually abusing underage girls. that was the verdict. will his sentence be served? and what will it be? a jury will begin deliberating today. we're live at the courthouse. >> and then we'll switch gears to the emerald city. we all grew up watching the classic movie "the wizard of oz." are we ready for two new movies about the emerald city? one's a big budget prequel. the other an animated rendition. both offer a new take on what lies at the end of the rainbow. of course, will they win over

fans of the classic? we'll take a look. >> before we get to all that we want to get to the latest in that bear attack. >> nbc's martin fletcher is live in london with more on all this. martin, good morning. >> good morning. it was a british school's exploring society adventure meant to teach young people the excitement of the wild. but early friday morning a hungry polar bear woke them up in their tents looking for food. it's one of the most hostile places on the planet, the arctic circle. and home to one of the most hostile animals, the polar bear. 10 feet tall, weighs half a ton, it will hunt man for food. and that's what happened early friday morning. in this camp site, a party of british youngsters and their guide slept. woken by roars. a polar bear, hungry for food. terrified the boys fought back. two guides badly injured. one boy hurt. and 17-year-old horatio chapel killed. he had wanted to study medicine. >> by all accounts, he would

have made an excellent doctor. >> reporter: patrick flinders here with his father preparing for the trip of a lifetime is now in the hospital with head injuries. >> the polar bear got into the tent where patrick was, and horatio and just, for some reason grabbed onto horatio and just killed him. >> reporter: the rest fought for their lives. the bear was shot, the bear struck back, but he got off another shot and killed the bear. the boys phone for help and the wounded were helicoptered to safety. it's a stunning landscape, with about 2,000 polar bears. it's believed that with global warming, food is scarce. >> they will come after you for that. it's just a natural process. and whether you can put them off is the key question. >> reporter: tragically, in this case, the british youngsters could not. it's quite common to get close

to polar bears. one of the most imposing creatures known to man. but this is the first time they've killed a human in 16 years. and also friday in glacier national park, a grizzly bear mauled a 50-year-old hiker, bit him in the arm, leg and foot. the man had bear spray but couldn't use it in time. he was able to get away and call for help. >> martin fletcher in london, thank you. we want to get another check now on our weather. and for that we're going to send it over to bill karins once again. >> good morning, jenna. happy sweet 16 here. a wonderful -- >> thank you. >> this is happy birthday. they're proud to be 50. around the country, great weather out there today. the west, no problems whatsoever. so very hot in texas. odessa, about 106 in dallas today. tomorrow, we're going to see a chance of some strong storms up through the southern great lakes. and also up there a lot of wet weather in new england. the eastern half of the country, you're going to be dodging showers and thunderstorms all weekend. good saturday morning to

you. we are waking up to some areas of low clouds and drizzle, much like we have seen throughout this week. but by lunch time, pretty nice. in fact, we will see those numbers in the 70s, maybe as warm as 80 by livermore by noon. and then eventually topping out in the mid 80s for highs inhand, 82 san jose, 65 san francisco. not much change for the weekend. we should see temperatures climbing a little bit early next week. >> if you want your hour by hour forecast this weekend, you can always get that at weather.com. >> bill, thanks. this week was judgment day for warren jeffs, the polygamist leader who ruled over a fundamentalist church who believed men should have multiple wives. he was found guilty of sexually assaulting two underage girls. chbs's charles hadlock reports. >> reporter: jeffs represented himself in his eight-day trial in san angelo, texas. it did not go well for him. he was convicted on two counts of sexual assault of a child.

>> there's no excuse for anyone to come here and harm a child, and we believe in tough, and swift, justice in the state of texas. >> reporter: jeffs fired seven attorneys before his trial began. >> it's about that man doing what he sees fit to represent himself, which is what he chose to do. >> reporter: jeffs is the head of the fundamentalist church of jesus christ of latter day saints, a radical offshoot of the mormon church. the flds has about 10,000 members in u.s. and canada who believe polygamy carries them to heaven. the charges against jeffs stem from a raid at the group's texas compound in 2008. investigators found underage pregnant girls, women in 19th century dresses, and mountains of records detailing dozens of men with multiple wives. some as young as 12. jeffs' status as the group's prophet allowed him to keep a record of everything he did, including audio recordings of sex with his underage brides. those tapes were key evidence against him. in court, jeffs claimed his

religious rights were being violated. >> a sexual assault of a 12 and 14-year-old, 15-year-old girl has nothing whatsoever to do with religious persecution. >> reporter: during the punishment phase of the trial, jeffs asked to be excused from court because he did not want to see his religion derided in open court. the judge had him removed, and appointed his standby counsel to represent him. prosecutors will say they'll show jeffs had more than two dozen underage wives and presided over 500 big mist marriages. the jury could decide to send jeffs to prison for life. for "today," charles hadlock, nbc news, houston. >> the sentencing phase of the trial continues today. beth karas is a correspondent for "in session" on trutv, and a former prosecutor. she joins us live from outside the courthouse in san angelo, texas. beth, good morning. it's good to see you. >> good morning, lester. >> i'm curious how the jury seemed to react. the court, in general, reacted

when jeffs decided to leave the courtroom yesterday. >> well, his request to voluntarily remove himself wasn't done in front of the jury. but he was removed. a lawyer put at his table. then the jury was instructed, and told that he asked to leave. so they know that was by his request. some jurors might think, well, we've convicted him so he doesn't have to be here for this next phase. they know he asked for it. they know the standby counsel is now representing him. jurors looked at him with disda disdain, though, throughout the trial, lester. when that audio tape was played of the sexual assault of the 12-year-old bride, who, by the way, was only a month into her 12th year, one juror had her hand over her mouth. another one was dabbing her eyes and her nose as she was listening to it. another one was covering her eyes. own though it was an audio tape. just sort of with disdain. >> well, has he -- he's certainly within his right to represent himself. but has he really mounted much

of a defense? >> no. which i think is why he fired his lawyers. because his lawyers recognize that religious persecution, violation of his first amendment right to freedom of religion, is not a defense to sexual assault of a child. and his lawyers must have told him that. that was the defense that he mounted. it obviously didn't work. >> i find it interesting the prosecution in the penalty phase says they'll put on evidence of even more what they call bad acts from jeffs. you're a former prosecutor. if you have the goods and some of these sound serious, why wouldn't they have pursued them in the first place? >> well, not all of these acts are within the jurisdiction of texas. some of them that the jury will hear about, i think had been prosecuted or there were attempts. others maybe the statute of limitations has expired or there's not a lot of proof. but the prosecution does have to show them beyond a reasonable doubt. here, they just don't have jurisdiction. we're talking about splitting up 300 families, reassigning mothers and children to a

different man, kicking the husband out, over the years, presiding over 67 underage marriages. that's girls under 17. he had 24 of his own underage brides, but 78 illegal marriages altogether. the jury's going to hear about six illegal sex acts. we're talking about rape and sodomy of children, some of whom are going to be on the stand now as adults talking about it. that statute of limitations may be long gone. it didn't occur in texas. there will be other -- other evidence that he took kids out of the public school. he determined what they were going to learn. no more history. no more geography. they had religious training from 7:00 in the morning until 6:00 at night is a reason why they called it the american taliban. >> beth karas. thank you very much. we'll be right back. choice for my patients with an irregular heartbeat called atrial fibrillation, or afib, that's not caused by a heart valve problem. today we have pradaxa to reduce the risk

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it's the trip to oz that began long before dorothy ever met the munchkins and now hollywood is banking on the fact that fans of the childhood classic will want to flock not once, but two films about the emerald city. nbc's tom lamas is here with more. >> good morning, jenna. forget about the scare crow, the sow ardly lion, the tin man. these new movies offer a whole new side of the yellow brick road, including one that shows us how it all started. ♪ we're off to see the wizard the wonderful wizard of oz ♪ >> reporter: america's best-loved fairy tale has entertained millions for over 70 years. >> look. >> reporter: now, two oz-related movies in the works promise new twists on the old classic. >> these stories and these characters are so well-known that you have to have a fresh approach in order to engage audiences. >> pay no attention to that man

behind the curtain. >> reporter: in oz, the great and powerful, that man behind the curtain will become the main character. james frankel will star as oz in a prequel, the classic film, set to be released in 2013. >> it's directed by sam laney who directed the first three spider-man films. and i play the young wizard of oz, and it's the story of how the wizard got there, you know, before dorothy came, and it's got michelle williams and mila kunis and rachel weisz. >> a different project, a 3-d animated version called "dorothy of oz" begins where the 1939 film ends. >> ours starts at that point, when she gets back to kansas. and the devastation that happened to her hometown, and to all the people around her. and there's no place like home, but home is torn up. >> reporter: it features new music and stars leah michelle from glee. her companions are kelsey grammer as the tin man, jim

belushi as the lion and dan aykroyd as the scare crow. >> we've got the wonderful '39 movie but we felt it was a fertile ground for new, imaginative stories. >> reporter: the yellow brick road is a well-worn path. in movies like "the wiz." "return to oz," and a wickedly successful broadway play, it seems lately in hollywood, revisiting a classic tale like oz, while not a guarantee for success, has the comfort of known characters and familiar territory. >> there's no place like home. >> and the great and powerful is now under way in detroit. in a recent interview, jenna, james franco promises a new and fresh way to enjoy the story of oz. i actually pitched my idea to the studios. the hangover meets "the wizard of oz." total bachelor party. they didn't call me back. >> i'm curious why. this is all a true story, right? >> yeah. >> "the wizard of oz," all of it

true? >> yeah. >> if nothing else you have to like its all-star cast across the word. >> especially james franco. >> tom, thank you so much. your idea was great. coming up next, cleaning your whites without using bleach. our summer essential secrets. but first, this is "today" on nbc. ♪ [ female announcer ] sweet honey taste. 80 calories per serving. 40% daily value of fiber. i'm here in the downtown area where the crowd is growing. [ female announcer ] watching calories at breakfast never tasted this sweet... i'll go get my bowl. [ female announcer ] ...or this huge. new fiber one 80 calories. yes, you can actually love breakfast.

the summer goes by in a flash but your favorite summer staples can last until the end of the season with some life-saving strategies. how can a tennis ball help your grill and what will lemons do for your whites? elizabeth mayhew, editor in chief of "women's day" magazine is here to show us. let's talk about barbecue. the barbecue has already seen a lot of action, a lot of gunk on it. >> i use mine year round which is all the more reason that you have to take care of it. >> yeah. >> number one what you want to do, before you grill you want to oil or put something like pam on

the grate. obviously that will make it much easier to clean. the other thing that we love is this british from progressive international. it's $15 at amazon. it's fantastic, because it has three different points, like you can scrape. you can have these little -- >> nooks and crannies. >> and then a flat brush. you want to do that while the grill is still warm. it will make it easier. and at least once a year you want to use some soap and water and really clean the grill. if it's a gas grill. you know, detach the gas and clean. >> use a spray on it. >> use the spray, and spray before you heat the grill. but it is really important. and obviously like a grill is an investment so you want to take care of it. all these things it's about taking care so they last a lot longer. >> outdoor furniture certainly takes a beating. you've got a lawn chair right now. they get some rust and things like that. >> particularly a chair like this, which you might be taking to the beach. the beach has salt, and sand, which can erode it. this is an aluminum one, but

oftentimes they're painted. if you see a paint chip, definitely take care of it right away. you might want to bristle it. and then you can get auto paint touchup and just touch it up. the other thing you can do for metal furniture is you can use car wax. car wax, what it does is it prevents the salt in the water and the sand from eroding it and rusting it. >> you want to prevent rust. >> and then in terms of scuffs, this is true with your floor, this is true with any kind of metal furniture or plastic. you just take a tennis ball. you can use a, like an all-purpose cleaner, and just rub it over the spot, and over time, i promise you i don't have time on television, but you can see it starts coming up. >> it's like an eraser. and when you're done throw it to the dog. >> moving over to traditional wood furniture. >> wood furniture, there's all different types of wood, cedar, pine, teak. wood furniture is meant to age over time and it changes its color. if you like the color it is when you first get it, you're going to have to treat it with a like

a -- like something that covers it. but, in terms of cleaning it, you really want to use something like murphy's oil soap. it's got a little bit of oil so it will keep the wood from totally drying out. but you do want to clean it. again, over time, this stuff can get really gross and this stuff is expensive. >> you want to oil it before you put it away for the season. >> exactly. and you just use like a brush or a microfiber cloth. >> these outdoor cushions tend to get mildew. >> right, this cute chair and cushion from pier one, you don't want -- you want them to last. when they get mildewed, you can sit them in your washing machine, great, if they're really bad you want to soak them in bleach and rinse them in water and let them air dry. so you want to keep that clean, as well. >> before we run out of time, i want to move over to the white clothes here. >> okay, white clothes. you want to avoid chlorine bleach. if you learn one thing don't use chlorine bleach -- >> i just learned it right now. >> and switch to an aluminum free deodorant.

the aluminum and your sweat is what creates the yellow stains. a natural remedy would be something like lemon juice which you can squeeze on the stain, put it in the sun. we love this product, vaska because it's completely chemical free and gentle on whites. you want to wash whites in hot water. >> and white jeans are a particular challenge? >> you just put them in hot water, wash them with your whites. you don't ever wash them with your dark jeans. and linen, by and large, goes to the cleaners. linen is a very delicate fabric so you want to stay away from even spot cleaning it. and then lastly, bathing suits. bathing suits have spandex and lycra, so they are going to be more sensitive. we love something like the sport detergent which takes out a lot of the chemicals from your sunscreen and also the chlorine. you want to hand wash bathing suits and dry them flat. men's bathing suits tend to have cotton and polyester so it's different from like a women's bathing suit. so that you want to just put in the washing machine.

it's good to wash it with your exercise clothes or clothes with similar fabric so they don't mess them up. >> elizabeth, boy, you came up with a lot of advice. good to have you on. we'll be back with more after these messages.

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good morning, i'm marla tellez, coming up next, while you were sleeping the american military hit hard. a nato chopper goes down in afghanistan. who is claiming responsibility for the unprecedented attack and the ten-year war on terror. it's happened. america's credit rating downgraded. it's the first time in history. and we have answers about what it means for the country, and for you. plus, a wild night at at&t park. the matchup between the giants and the phillies looked more like the jerry springer show. what started this ugly brawl, and what it means for the playayerss whoho g got involvedn up in jusa few.

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