al ayman in iran helped to negotiate the release. this is in the same time frame that iran's president relayed the information to ann curry. ann is on the phone and broke the story and following it closely ever since. what can you bring us up to speed on this? >> well, iranian officials have not confirmed the report of the associated press that a plane has been sentb to iran in this effort to release the jailed americans, the two americans who were caught hiking and releasing them on bail. however, it is very interesting to hear that the planes may already be on the way, because for a plane to be on the way, it would already have to have the support of government. i would have to have clearance for it to even have taken off for iranian air space, so if this is true, it would indicate

that whatever chaos has been behind the scenes, and whatever disgruntled negotiations have been going on behind the screens between the judiciary and the government of president ahmadinejad, that it is simmering down and we are moving to the completion of that effort to calm that down. currently, officials in iran are still saying that our sources are telling nbc news, and these are judiciary sources as well as government sources, are telling nbc news that the release of these two american hikers is still expected to happen in just a matter of days. thomas, i want to bring in our teheran bureau chief, ali arouzi who is herings because he can talk to how similar this is to the third american hiker sarah shourd and what happened in her case. like these two young men, she, too, was picked up by a plane from ayman and like these two

young men her bill was also set at half a million dollars and paid not by the families, but by a source that is still unknown. ali can speak right now of how it worked for sarah shourd, and if in fact this plane is coming from iran and whether it has taken off or not, it might be in fact coming from iran, oman, then we might be able to get the sense of how it would play out. ali is here now, and ali, explain how it played out for sarah in a way that it might be happening in this case. >> yes. good morning, thomas. there is a lot of similarities to sarah shourd's case. there was a lot of confusion in the beginning and the president ahmadinejad also said that her release was eminent and delayed by the judiciary, because they wanted to flex their muscles in the country as well and show what a powerful instrument they are here, and then her release was delayed and then everything like this case began to be fluid

and things were falling within motion, and within a matter of hours, sarah was released and give tone the swiss embassy and did a report to state tv and on the plane out of iran to iman, and this is a very, very similar pattern. things are unpredictable in iran, and you don't know what will happen next, but there are stark similarities and so this is a very, very positive step towards the release of the two men here. thomas? >> ali, how important that this is done before president ahmadinejad travels for the u.n. meetings? >> well, for the president, it is paramount, because this is what he wants. he wants to go there and reflect a better image of himself and look like a humanitarian and look like he has brokered a big deal for these guys, so it is very important to him, but you have to remember that there are power struggles in this country as anywhere else, and people want to make themselves known. so, these things are not always

easy, and this is very important for president ahmadinejad to try to get this down, so he will throw his full weight behind this, because he did not want to look bad about this. he announced to ann curry that it would happen in a couple of days and he wants to speak to that. >> and ali arouzi and ann curry there. >> and you might hear me on the microphone now, thomas. >> yes, ann. and the fact is that the president gave you this startling revelation they would be released in 48 hours from the time of the interview, and where do we stand in the time frame right now? >> well, a day has passed, and in one other thing that you need to know about that is that one way he put it was a couple of days, and in iran, a couple of days can mean two days, mean more than two days, i have come to learn. so this thing could stretch out and what seems to be happening though is that there is a real

push to have this resolved, have the two american hikers out of iran and on their way home before the president heads back to the united states to begin to appear before the united nations general assembly, and he is scheduled to leave this coming friday. is the president leaving this coming friday? a week from this coming friday and he is scheduled to leave to go to new york to speak before the u.n. general assembly, and some time in the coming days we expect this to be resolved. there is a sense now that this could be happening any time. and it is hard, really hard to predict as in terms of how fast it is going to happen. but it seems now pretty fair to say that there is no doubt that it will happen. >> and ann curry is in teheran reporting for us. ann, thank you very much. we will talk about what is happening in this country and the president touring the states here to north carolina to sell his jobs bill. we want the show you live pictures of the president now about to leave or arriving in

north carolina, sorry. he is just arriving. this is on the promotional tour as i mentioned, trying to sell the jobs bill, the american jobs act, and the president is going to be speaking to some of his major political rivals in the home states, but today, he is speaking in raleigh a city with unemployment rate over 8.4%, and well over the national rate of 10.1%. >> and the people said even if they agree with the employment act, this is about giving me a win. this is not about giving me a win. this is not about democrats or republican, but about giving the american people a win. >> let's go live to white house with kristen welker who is there

with unemployment skyrocketing and what does he need to say on the ground there? >> well, good morning to you, thomas. i think that the president is going to continue to push to try to get the american people behind him in terms of getting the jobs act passed. as you may remember a lot of what we have heard him say repeatedly is to tell congress to pass this bill. so, we will likely hear him reiterate that, and hear a fiesty president obama likely. you know, this trip to north carolina really comes amidst all of that difficult news that you just mentioned, thomas, and then also some new difficult polling numbers, according to the latest bloomberg poll, 62% of americans disapprove of the president's handling of the economy and a majority of them believe that this jobs act will not decrease the unemployment rate, and we should mention that a number of economists disagree with that and have said that according to

their projections they believe that the jobs act could decrease the unemployment rate. so it is against that backdrop that the president travels to north carolina and tries to make his push, and we expect him to continue these trips throughout the coming days and weeks. thomas? >> kristen welker at the white house, and we pointed out the president arriving in north carolina and msnbc will carry the president's remarks. today, his jobs push at 12:55 this afternoon, and that is coming to us from the university in raleigh. two different states and two similar election results and more bad omens for democrats up for re-election next year, including president obama. and the big upset was anthony weiner's post that has been led by democrats for decades and now to be led by robert turner. >> this was a grass roots campaign and people like me who got off of the couch and said, i'm mad as hell and i'm not

going to take it anymore. >> in nevada, rick amodei will take over that democratic seat. and let's bring in mark murray, and lot of people are expecting the results out west in nevada, but a position held by a democrats in the past for decades in new york now, and how much of this is a referendum on president obama? >> well, it was clearly a blow to president obama and democrats in the house and the white house, but there was a confluence of events that led to the democrats defeat and the republicans victory and one of course is the president's poll numbers that have been sinking particularly in polls taken in that particular congressional district representing queens, new york. and one thing is that the incumbent voted for a gay

marriage law and the unorthodox jews in that district was upset about that. and also, if you add anthony weiner's downfall, and the upsets show up like we saw last night. >> mark murray, keeping an eye on it. thank you. >> thank you. hiring now. before the interview, prepare yourself for a personality test, and it turns out that employers do want to know about the childhood and whether you are a sympathetic friend and we will press you for the latest hurdle of getting a job. we showed you the incredible rescue on tape, and now the bystanders responsible for lifting the two ton bmw off of that man trapped underneath. they are speaking out about their miraculous save.

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welcome back, everybody. rick perry is catching more heat for his ties to hpv vaccine maker merck and his attempt to order schoolgirls to receive the vaccine to protect them from a sexually transmitted virus that could lead to cervical cancer. it started from this moment at the gop debate monday night. >> the company was merck, and it was a $5,000 contribution that i had received from them. i raise about $30 million, and if you are saying that i can be budget for $5,000, i'm offended. >> but there is more than $5,000 connecting merck and the governor. when we look at what is donated factored into the figure, it rocked into the hundreds of thousands of dollars. wayne slater is a write for fore

""dallas morning news"" and who is mark tomey, and what is this debate? >> well, the governor was trying to reflect the most casual of relationships, but the lobbyist for merck who successfully lobbied for the governor to move in the direction of a mandate is someone who served in the legislature in 1980s with rick perry as a young legislator, and they were members on something on the budget committee known as the pit bull. they were the tough guys who wanted to work with trying to keep the spending down as best they could, but more important than that, tomey was one of the most successful lobbyists in decades. he helped rick perry on real estate matters that helped rick perry become a millionaire and returned to the chief of staff and helped lobby in other

interests, and he also helped lobby with the guru where they both co-own a island in new hampshire as a summer getaway, and he is extraordinary influential and today, this lobbyist, former merck lobbyist is now heading the super pac, the big super pac that is going to raise it says $55 or $60 million for perry's election. >> when we look at the numbers here, $377 to the rga while perry was chairman and chief fund-raiser an $28,000 to the texas guber na torl campaigns and has this political connection been a problem for perry in the past? it has been raised. in the election race last year by both the republican challenger kay bailey hutchison, and also by the democratic challenger that he beat. they know about it and the claim was made and the governor said, look n the case of this decision, and again, what the governor did was he signed a

mandatory order with an opt-out provision for parents with preteen girls inoculated against this sex yul this sex yulely transmitted disease and he said he wanted to opt on the side of life, but the problem for perry in the debate is that it was seen as the christian conservatives and emerging tea party types as abridgment of parental rights and of course more deadly as crony capitalism, and it did not work in texas. the voters evaluated and re-elected him, but it looks like it is on a whole new stage. >> we will see how it plays out. wayne slater, thank you. and michele bachmann's startling claim that this vaccine can cause mental retardation is causing a stir in the medical community. and we will break this one down, fact and fiction and how much truth behind her comments. >> they started as a week as

bystanders to a horrifying accident, and now they are hailed as heroes. a half a dozen bystanders jumped in to help save a young man trapped understoneath a car andw more news that the man trapped is going to be fine. >> it is great to know that i was part of humanity that gave him the gift. >> and now on the scene is derek harper and micah johnson and eric lundgren. when you got there, what was the immediate reaction and were you running on adrenaline? >> well, i actually believed that the fellow under the car wasn't alive, and most people there i think felt that. i just thought that we should get the car off of the body, and so it didn't burn. and then the lady that laid down

on the road and said, he is alive after she said that, everybody just converged on the car and somebody pulled him out, and it is a great thing, but it is a reaction that almost anybody would have. >> it is absolutely miraculous, when you look at the effort that was put into lifting that car. cade, you saw this fire from a distance and what went through your head when you saw it up close and realized how bad things were, and how much in danger all of you were in? >> i was most concerned about the motorcyclist wondering where he was. at first i did not see him underneath the car. like mike said, i then noticed him and i thought it was a lifeless body, and then, and it was just amazing how many people could get together and do sauch great thing. >> absolutely. derek, as i was saying to cade, the risk of danger that you all

went into the face of was pretty high especially a wreck like this as we are watching it burn, probably could have accelerated into something more deadly with an explosion, and what made you and made everyone else take such a risk and lift a 4,000-pound car off of that body? >> i think that everybody was just kind of trying to help out. just going on adrenaline. just seeing somebody who needed help and went to go help them. >> mike, we know that the 21-year-old motorcyclist that all of you gentlemen helped to save is going to be making a full recovery and how does that make you feel? >> unbelievable. i gave him up for dead even after they pulled him out. i'm amazed. i'm a bicyclist, too, and i'd like to go riding with him, too, when he recovers, because i'm amazed. >> and of all of the people that

you have seen on the recovery all of the men and women who jumped in. >> well, just my co-workers here. i knew no one else there, and we did our job and went back to work. >> derek, do you think that there is a big party, when he ventually gets out of the hospital, the motorcyclist to properly thank everybody who came to his rescue. >> i think there will be, and it is going to be good to meet him and see that he is all right, and meet him. >> well, gentlemen, you are real life heroes and appreciate your joining us, and thank you for all that you did and you are truly the american heroes. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> cindy anthony suggesting a series of medical problems may have led to daughter casey's unusual behavior in the days leading up to her arrest, and casey's lawyer, jose baez off to help another high profile

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where you book matters. expedia. welcome back, everybody. if you are in the running for a new job, you may want to cram for a pop quiz about yourself. now more than ever, american companies are using pre-hire assessments to check on the personalities, skills and co competency of the applicants and while some see it as a hurdle, experts say a low-cost way of matching the right worker to the right job. ken seigel is the ceo of the impact group which helps consult companies on this issue and joins us now. ken, it is nice to have you with us, and according to the boston research group, the aberdeen group, there are 56% of companies out there using an assessment tool which is up from 48% in 2010, so this kind of thing used to be exclusive, and people will recognize this for specialized fields, government jobs by the fbi and the cia and

what do employers stand to gain from this type of testing and why is it useful? >> well, the current figure of 56% should be much higher because what we know isthe er thor -- that interviewing is a terrible way of getting to what you are getting or their talent so using scientific validated measures of what exactly a person is and not just what they have done in the corporations, and smart for you as a candidate as well, because you are selecting the company. >> and so from your perspective as a candidate, and looking at this and thinking, what do i need to know, give us an example of the type of question that one might be asked on the assessment or the test? >> the tests are typically trying to figure out what your preferences are and interest and skills are. so the best way top a proech th -- way to approach them and tell the clients is to be honest.

answer the questions in terms of how you see yourself. so a question may be, i enjoy spending time with each other. yes, sometimes, no. you should answer that question in terms of do you enjoy spending time with other people. that is the honest answer. if you are applying for a job where spending time with other people matters, you want to know that about yourself and the employer wants to know it as well. >> and people arech waing th cw saying, great, getting inside the door is difficult enough and now i have my employer prospectively looking at this? could it apply for the factory and the office jobs as well for people who are out there looking? >> it can apply to anything so long as the test that is being used is related to the skills that are going to make you successfulf on the job, because the worst thing that an employee can do is to end up at a job that you are mismatched for or

hate. that the definition of misery in life, work that you detest. this can help you to be a more informed choice as an employee and more informed choice as an employer. >> ken seigel, thank you for the time today and there are a lot of people out there who already know when they look at the interviews they are going to be looked at from all angles so it is good information to tell everybody. >> great. thank you, too. >> and if there is a company on your radar that you would like us to cover tweet me at thomasaroberts and any of the ideas that you might have we may use them for a "hiring now" moment. and tyler perry has another title to add to the list of accomplishments, because the actor, writer and producer is now hollywood's highest paid star earning $530 million in a

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whose non-stop day starts with back pain... and a choice. take advil now and maybe up to four in a day. or choose aleve and two pills for a day free of pain. way to go, coach. ♪ welcome back, everybody. we continue to follow the developing news out of iran. efforts are under way to bring two u.s. hikers that have been jailed on espionage charges home. there are reports that a plane has been sent to iran as the details of a $1 million bail arraignment to release americans josh fattal and shane bauer are being reviewed. sources inside of iran's judiciary say that the release

is expected in a few days, and at the same time that iran's president relayed to nbc's ann curry the information that they would be released on humanitarian grounds. we will of course bring you all of the updates for the story and as we learn from the safe release and return to the u.s. the american academy of pediatrics is pushing back against statements made by presidential hopeful michele bachmann linking the hpv vaccine to mental retardation, and echoing the statements she made following the republican presidential debate, she talked about the dangers she believes the vaccine poses to the young girl girls. >> i had a mother come up to me after the debate in tampa, florida, and she told me that her daughter took that vaccination and suffered from mental retardation after. >> the "journal of american pediatrics" is shooting that down saying there is no

scientific va llidity to that statement, and this is a vaccine to protect girls from kcervical cancer. and joining us now is a doctor, and glad to have you with us, because for people who want to have the vaccine for their young girls will be confused by the statement, and also merck said that guaardasil was proven in tt trials, and so how is that message of michele bachmann potentially harmful for saving the lives of patients? >> well, thank you for having me on this. and i agree with you, that it is extraordinarily worrisome that she would say something that is scientifically unfounded. the vaccine has been proven to be extraordinarily effective as well as very safe and our

current recommendations are that young girls receive this vaccine in order to prevent them from getting cervical cancer later in their lives. >> doctor, how does the medical community better inform the public to avoid the harmful spread of information and not just parents burk poparents, bu like michele bachmann who is extremely misinformed? >> well, the colleges like american college of pediatrics and american college of obstetrics and they are important to form guidelines and policy for the betterment of the population. obviously, this is a vaccine that prevents cancer, and this is good for thepopulation, and good for women. >> you recommend that parents ask their own family doctor for

their recommendations before seeking the knowledge of any determination, correct? >> of course. the role of the physicians is to when they talk with their patients in the office to go over the risks and benefits of any treatment or vaccine and make sure that each individual person understands the importance of the vaccine. >> dr. gaci, thank you for your time this morning. >> you're welcome. so the controversial bill to ban same-sex marriage comes up in north carolina in may. they recently voted to let people choose marriage, and now equality voters are staging rallies to gain support. north carolina is the only state in the southeast to oppose the ban. and joining me is country music star shelly wright with us in studio. >> thank you for having me, thomas. >> and i know you have returned from the rally, but what is your

reactik shuction that this is g be put out for the ma jjority t decide the rights of the minority? >> well, i returned from raleigh last night and it was an emotional couple of days as the house and the senate did the voting and a lot of political maneuvers. i have to say that it is my opinion that this is a cynical, unnecessary political move to get out the conservative vote. and it is unfair. it's an unfair act being leveled against a lot of north carolinians who are doing their best to live their lives. i might add that marriage, the laws that exist in north carolina right now prohibit same-sex marriage, so this is essentially putting a dead bolt lock on a locked door and a sucker punch to the lgbt community and it is disgusting.

>> there are bigger frish to fry in north carolina and why is this a polarizing issue in the state? >> it is polarizing, because the conservative right, they know that button to push, and you know, as we watch the segment that you had prior to this one about what is going on in the gop race and what's going on with rick perry and bachmann and we can tell we have a big election coming up in 2012, can't we? this is a hot button issue and the conservative right knows exactly what as we say in the south, what button to mash. and this is the button they like to push and use minority groups such as lgbt people as political pawns. i want to mention that the lgbt minority group is a unique and different kind ofminority, largely voiceless group of opeople especially in the south. i have made my home in tennessee

for the past 22 years and i lived in new york and nashville, tb tennessee, as well, and we are the most inclined people the lesbians and gays to speak up, because we are voiceless. we have a hard time making our positions known, and the conservative right knows just how to get the conservative right to get out the vote. that is what this is. >> certainly personal for you as you recently tied the knot with your partner lauren. >> yes. >> and we have a wedding picture to prove it. >> oh, do you? >> yes, you guys tweeted it of the happy day and you both look beautiful and we say congratulations, but why has this become so much more of a vocal and personal crusade for you as you see what is taking place around the country, but knowing where you come from at such a happy time in your life? >> well, i feel to whom much is given, much is required. i have been fortunate in my life to gain a public voice and when i decided to come out as the first openly gay country music

singer in may, i wanted to help kids, help youth. i do a lot of work with the gay, lesbian, straight group in north carolina, and what we see is bullying by the legislators and i can't sit back to watch it. it is a disgusting and black eye on the south. i consider myself a southerner and i'm embarrassed. >> while you have a personal message to convey, you did become prominent as a country music singer, and there is one statement in the "l.a. times" and it is galvanizing because they say, they would rather you were a drug addict than be gay. they will forgive you, and any

of it is better than being a gay. do you stand by the statement? >> i do stand by it. there is a rumor about people like me. there's a rumor that we are godless people and immoral people. i am not. i'm a christian. i'm a christian woman and i'm proud of the way i have lived my life. and i want to stand up and be an example. but i, you know, sometimes, sometimes in my world, i'm uniquely positioned in the country music world. a lot of the kun tcountry fans who i am and i did gain a lot of success in country music and i feel like if i have a chance, a forum to talk and let people know that otherwise would think that they never knew or loved a gay person, it is my opportunity to say, you did. and you loved her and you stood in line at her concerts, and that's my opportunity to stand out and step out and use my voice. i'm going to do it. >> well, country music star

chely wright, and again, congratulations to you and lauren and the pictures were great. so we appreciate your coming in to talk to us today. >> thanks, thomas. >> and these are other headlines in the news we are watching today. casey anthony's mom has raised the possibility that casey may have suffered a seizure on the day that her 2-year-old daughter caylee died. on film with dr. phil, she said that casey had a history of seizures and she is not sure if it contributed to lying to the family and to authorities about caylee's whereabouts. >> people don't know that she had grand mal seizure after she came home for the first time. i don't know why she is having a seizure. is she having a brain tumor or were the seizures caused by stress. i don't know what happened. that is what i want to find out down the road. >> doctors say that grand mal seizures do not cause erratic behavior nor lying. and meanwhile, the attorney

who helped to acquit casey anthony jose baez went to help the case of larry geo ddana whos accused of murdering his girlfriend robin. so he is the flavor of the month when it comes to being in a high profile case? >> well, i confirmed with the law office he is on the ground and working in a consulting capacity, and he was obviously brought on by the defense to come down there to help compile a l a lot of of the fact, a lot of the evidence, a lot of the clues that are sort of weighing against the suspect at this time. i also spoke with the fbi in the last hour, thomas, and what they said is that at this point in the united states, they have sort of a finished their collection of information and evidence to assist aruban

authorities, but they are on hand if needed to hem gather other information as it becomes available, and then in turn give it back to them to present this evidence and present it in aruba. >> he has been jailed, gary giordano, because authorities suspected he was involved with robyn gardner's disappearance, and he can be detained how long? >> well, at that point, what happens is that on each appearance as evidence is brought forward, they determine a little longer amount of time to be able to move forward and at this point we are under a 60-day mark, and at the last hearing there was something brought forward maybe the insurance policy or the photos or the information obtained off of the computer to say that these were some things prior to the incident that we have, that could lead, you know, that could help to say that something did in fact happen in aruba. you know, i also spoke with richard who is robyn's boyfriend

20 minutes ago, and he said, look, few yo look at the photos she was made up. it takes her a long time to get ready and a long time to do her hair and makeup and the chances of her going out into the water and putting her head underwater and going snorkeling are slim to none. and he makes another important point that the photos out there in the surveillance photos is that the chemistry between them, they are not walking together and maybe walking behind him or ahead of him and maybe something was going on that we don't know about beforehand. >> michelle si ggona will contie to follow the case for us. thank you. >> thank you. and a truck driver distracted by a call is using a cell phone caused this accident. and so what are the possibles of

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welcome back, everybody. a deadly case of texting behind the wheel has the government calling on professional drivers to hang up the cell phone. national transportation safety board investigators say that a crash that killed 11 people in kentucky last year was caused by a trucker who was texting behind the wheel and now the feds are seeking a ban on cell phone use and texting by all commercial vehicle operators. debbie hirsch is the head of the ntsb and here to talk more about this. debbie, give us the explanation of how you want the use this information that took your team a long time to figure out what caused the crash in kentucky to better serve americans on the roads and are worried about what the findings are? >> well, we all know that cell phone use is on the rise. what our investigators were able to piece together in this investigation from cell phone records is that this driver

actually had made over 160 calls in the previous 24 hours, 60 of those were while he was driving he had made and received calls and texts and just minutes before the accident occurred, he had made calls, and at the time of the accident 5:14 a.m., he was placing a call when the collision occurred. he crossed the median and hit a 15-passenger van and 11 people died. >> debbie, we know that the ntsb is not going to be making rules or laws, but explain how to advise drivers can a around this country to be more aware of their surroundings,

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target. the limited edition collection is so popular, it crashed the website and had would-be buyers waiting in lines around the block. under $60 for a dress from the italian designer as opposed to $1,000 and up. the lines sold out in cities around the country, but last checked the site was back up. and speaking of fashion, today's flip side looks at fashion week here in this morning. the designers are unveiling their latest collections to all the beautiful people who decide what's in and what's out for spring of '12. but there is more at stake than just the latest trends.luxury market and the clothes themselves are serve as a measure of the overall economic mood. so when americans are feeling bearish, designers tend to favor minimal lines and more muted colors. this reason we may have reason to be hopeful with bright hues

on display. the fashion industry took a hit during the crisis, but for now, lubsry sa r luxury sales remain strong. so that will do it for me. i thank you for your time. i'll see you back here at 11:00 a.m. eastern time. hey, craig. developing, top of the hour. president obama's jobs tour is in north carolina. here are live pictures from that event where you can see a crowd is already gathered. we have more on you how the president continues to try to get congress to pass this bill. plus legendary college football coach bobby bowden will join me live with a personal message and his newest crusade. i'm really glad we took this last minute trip!

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