those are straight ahead. this is "first look" on msnbc. we begin with waiting for word as the government releases its september jobs report later today, the president is looking for dramatic ways to show he's in touch with americans who are taking to the street in protest all across the country aiming their frustration's nation's

banks. nbc's tracy pend oreilie potts >> reporter: some of that has spilled over as lawmakers try to work together and figure out if they can pass all or maybe just some of the president's jobs plan. >> you can hear me in the back. >> reporter: the occupy wall street protests have spread from new york, pennsylvania, florida, the west coast and washington. >> all: where are the jobs? >> the corporate greed machines that are supposed to be creating jobs for us are holding on to the money they're collecting and no jobs are trickling down. >> reporter: today analysts expect the new jobs report to show more jobs were created last month but with little or no impact on the unemployment rate. on capitol hill lawmakers are grappling with how to pay for the president's $447 billion jobs bill and we're seeing some of that same raw emotion.

>> you were going to win on this bill. you didn't teed to jam us. >> there has to be an end to this. >> reporter: republicans are trying to force a vote on the plan to prove all democrats aren't behind it. democrats are going to bait for the revised version which may include a 5% tax on millionaires. president obama says he's okay with that. >> i'm fine with the approach they're taking. >> proposing a partisan tax hike 13 months before an election won't create one single job. not one. >> reporter: now republicans have been accusing the press of spending too much time campaigning, lynn, and not enough time governing. >> tracie, thanks. gop presidential contender herman cain stirred up comments saying if you don't have a job or if you're not rich, you have no one to blame but yourself. well, last night on "the last word with lawrence o'donnell" he asked if cain still stands by

that. >> wlaurns, some people are unemployed through no fault of their own. i was referring to those people who have chosen to go and demonstrate on wall street for whatever reason is it's not real clear what reasons. i have been one of the strongest advocates for getting the economy growing because i air about the 14 million that are unemployed. my comment was directed at the people who were choosing to demonstrate against those on wall street rather than demonstrate against the white house which is responsible for ineffective policy that will impact the economy. that's where they ought to be demonstrating and that is where my comment was directed. >> "the last word" at 8:00.

the pop star's fingerprints were not found on any of the syringe, vials or med par paraphernalia undercutting the theory that he had given himself a fatal drug dose. nbc's steffi stanton has more. >> reporter: dr. conrad murray's defense pointing out mirs takes collecting evidence in michael jackson's bedroom days after his death. >> would you agree with me you made substantial number of mistakes in your investigation of this case. >> no. prosecutors then went into damage control. >> did you conduct a perfect investigation in this case? >> no. >> have you ever conducted a perfect crime scene investigation? >> no. >> the question is did any of these mistakes or any combination rise it a

significant level and that remains to be seen. >> may that audio recording be marked people's 96 for identification. >> reporter: on wednesday jurors heard a troubling recording of michael jackson allegedly taken by dr. murray six weeks before the singer died. >> i had no childhood. i feel their pain. i feel their hurt i can deal with it. >> reporter: a recording legal experts say raises serious questions about dr. murray. >> why would the doctor tape-record his patient when he was under an anesthetic. did he do it to sell it. did he do it as a souvenir? it's highly shocking to me. >> reporter: evidence hopes dr. murray proved a role in his death. stephanie stanton, nbc news. a surveillance camera captured a vicious robbery attempt inside a massachusetts liquor store tuesday. it shows a female store clerk putting up a fight struggling

with the thief long enough for her son to come out and chase him off. the woman suffered minor injuries. she didn't bend it like beckham but she did show soccer skills. michelle obama hosted the u.s. women's soccer team at the white house to promote healthy living for children. close to 50 kids attended the event taking part in drills and activities on the south lawn. the buildup for saturday's red river rivalry between texas and oklahoma is in full swing. watch it, bill. boomer, fans from each school battled in dallas at the seventh annual pigskin plane pull. the team from oklahoma was the fastest to pull the 737 aircraft across 50 yards but it's not necessarily a good omen. the winner usually winds up losing the football. seeing as though the sooners are

number one, that probably isn't the case. here's bill karins. >> people an the rest of the country don't understand how big of a deal the saturday is in texas and oklahoma. >> oh, yeah, the world famous berry queso is marinating. >> this weekend this is advertised a gorgeous weekend in so many locations. there are going to be some exceptions and that is going to be mostly in texas, oklahoma, kansas up through the northern plains, you had your good weather. now that's coming to an end. all that stuff that was nice there has shift the to the east and it is going to be just a beautiful weekend. in so many spots of new england, mid-atlantic, southeast isn't going to be too bad. florida has some rain showers we're dealing with. huge area of high pressure is pumping up the warm air to the middle of the country n 80s for three days in a row. st. louis, same for you. kansas city, you look okay today. but we will add rain to your

forecast as we go through saturday especially and even dallas, you have a chance for wet weather. with the horrible drought we can't really complain too much. florida, we start with you. palm bay, indian river, vero beach, showers to dole with. we're dry from west palm beach down into miami. later on this afternoon have the umbrella, rain in east central florida. as far as the storm tracker goes, you can see showers and storms up through central nebraska, also fargo has some showers, the back side of the storm snow in wyoming, wolf creek and colorado, three feet of snow yesterday. they're going to open up this weekend, $33 lift ticks. the first place i've seen that will open. heavy rain threat, mostly predominantly in the central plains this weekend so, lynn, today, can't complain too much. not too many problems out there. i'll bring you that forecast coming up. i think you'll like. >> bill, thanks so much. also coming up, financials lead the markets. mortgage rates make history. and one of the unexpected ways

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welcome back to "first look." top news. an announcement from oslo, norway, that three women will be sharing this year's nobel peace prize. the president of liberian activists and a yemeni women's rights and democracy activist are being honored for, quote, their nonviolent struggle for the safety of women and women's rights to full participation in peace-building work." federal prosecutors launched a crackdown on california pot dispensa dispensaries.

several got letters saying they're violating federal drug laws and have been told to close or face criminal charges. retired army general stanley mcchrystal says we entered the war with too little knowledge about the country. today is the tenth anniversary of the conflict. a federal task force says most men should not routinely get a widely used blood test to check for prostate cancer. the panel says the exam doesn't save lives and leads to unnecessary surgery and complications. the recommendation comes from the very same panel that set off a firestorm of controversy when it said women in their 40s shut no longer get routine mammograms. congresswoman gabrielle giffords returned to washington nine months after being shot in the head. she was there for a retirement ceremony for her husband former astronaut mark kelly. they were given a standing ovation there. good picture. well, your first look at how

wall street starts the day, 11,123 after gaining 183 and the s&p rose 20 point, the nasdaq went up 46. taking a look at overseas trading in tokyo. the nikkei added 83 while in hong kong the hang seng grew 534. no short taif term fix to europe's debt problems but for now investors are encouraged its leaders are working on a solution. at a meeting yesterday europe's leaders promised unlimited one-year loans to the region's lenders through 2013. that should help ease fears of financial instability and added protection. well, financials rallied here at home including morgan stanley which took a beating over fears of its exposure to european banks. back to school sales lifted most retailers. that along with news that initial jobless claims rose slightly less than expected last week. it's driving optimism that today's big jobs report will

confirm the economy is not slipping back into a recession. good news if you can afford to buy a home. average rates on a 30-year fixed mortgage have dipped below 4%. that's for the very first time in history. stock buy-back plan and quarterly dividend boost helped corning shares rise 7%. "the new york times" gained 13% on news mexican billionaire car loam slim boosted his share in the company. news of steve jobs' dead only resulted in a slight loss. sales of hit smartphones are strong and finally fans around the world are remembering steve jobs in their own way. apparently some folks are stock up on his style. tmz reports that st. croix, jobs go-to brand for those signature black mock turtlenecks has seen sales almost double since his passing. well, the nhl season kicks

off, a nasty injury for the oregon ducks. bad news for the get go for the yankees. your first look at sports is straight ahead watching "first look" on msnbc. [ male announcer ] drinking a smoothie with no vegetable nutrition? ♪ [ gong ] strawberry banana! [ male announcer ] for a smoothie with real fruit plus veggie nutrition new v8 v-fusion smoothie. could've had a v8.

welcome back to "first look." in sports you may want to steer clear of yankee fans. of course, following last think the's season ender for the pinstripes, here's nbc's fred roggin.

>> good morning. having the best record and the highest payroll in the league will not win you a championship this year. detroit proved that last night and the tigers came out swinging. done kelly tyke nova deep and detroit was up 1 hie1-0 and del young next. came down to missed chances for the yanks, the bags were full. nick swisher struck tout to end the inning. alex rodriguez trying to keep hope alive. valverde was stricken out. they'll play texas in the alcs. chicago white sox hired robin ventura. he has no managerial experience but played ten years in chicago so at the very least he knows where the locker room is. nhl season hoper, the bruins raised the stanley cup championship banner. unfortunately for them the flyers crashed the party and

scored two goals in 47 seconds. giroux beat tim thomas. that stretch at the end of the first period was the difference, the flyers won 2-1. may be only the first game of the season but the maple leafs and canadiens don't like each other. very physical. leafs on the board. matthew lombardi's first shot stopped. controlled the rebound and scored and leafs held on to win it 2-0. good news and bad news for lamichael james. first the good, the heisman hopeful rushed for 239 and a score against cal. the bad, had to leave with a right arm injury and did not return. number 9 oregon won big, 43-15 but suffered an even bigger loss. that's your first look at sports. have a terrific weekend. i'm fred roggin. well, now for another important look at your weather, here is bill karins. >> i'm glad you prioritized what's important in the show. >> number one, bill. absolutely.

>> yeah. well, good morning, everyone. it's a cold, chilly start once again especially areas of new england. the peak of the leaves for vermont, new hampshire and northern maine. northern new england, this is your peak weekend and it's supposed to be gorgeous. a lot of festivals. i know in freyburg maine, a big festival and today will be one of the cooler days we have. today we'll call it 70 in albany. beautiful for this time of year, 70 in philadelphia, a little school from providence to hartford. your warmth saturday right through sunday too. 77 in pittsburgh. i mean that's to the point where you're getting on the warm side. saturday, 80 possibly in hartford, near 80 in d.c. you talk about a picture-perfect gorgeous fall weekend and the columbus day weekend, traffic will probably be a nightmare going out today and coming back monday but a lot will head to desty nations to get out of the city, atlanta, 77. florida will have wet weather today and there's two spots that often deal with it. on and off in florida and texas

need the rain with the horrible drought and oklahoma and kansas, denver, may be getting showers too. overall trend, 95% of us will have a gorgeous fall weekend. >> bill, thanks so much. coming up, it is the end of a two-decade monday night tv tradition. plus, whose corner will movie goers be in this weekend. you're watching first look on msnbc. there's a different cream. i challenge that with olay. i've found one cream with everything i'm looking for... olay total effects. with 7 age defying effects in just one, easy to use cream. i've swapped to all-in-one total effects. why don't you swap too? and people. and the planes can seem the same. so, it comes down to the people. because: bad weather, the price of oil those are every airline's reality. and solutions will not come from 500 tons of metal and a paintjob.

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company merger. >> here's some tech news. there's talk that microsoft will buy yahoo! wow, that would be so cool. i could have both my hotmail and yahoo! e-mail accounts in one easily ignorable place. this is surprising. former godfather's pizza ceo herman cain has cut mitt romney's lead to five points. even more he impressive he cut it by slicing vertical. horizontal and diagonal. 30 minutes or less. get him out. man in virginia used a guitar to attack an intruder in his home. he didn't actually hit him. he just played "your body is a wonderland" until the guy ran a aw away. ♪ your body is a wonderland ♪ with your bubble gum time." >> tonight he welcomes "ides of

march" actor paul giamatti and judas priest. "late night with jimmy fallon." time for your first look at entertainment news. two new movies are set to duke it out. the futuristic film "real steel" stars hugh jackman as a former boxer who helps build and train a boxing robot. experts say the sci-fi sport family hybrid has broad appeal and will likely take the top spot with $25 million. "the ides of march" is about the inner workings of a presidential campaign including ryan gosling, phillip seymour hoffman and pa rhys say to may. only expected to debut in second with 12 million. espn is permanently dropping the opening song for monday night football by hank williams jr.

this after williams used an analogy with hitler and president obama on fox news earlier this week. williams issued a statement saying, it was his decision to leave. and finally being a celebrity apparently has its perks. bill and i wouldn't know anything about this. >> are you kidding me? >> wait. >> at a chicago nightclub the son of a russian billionaire reportedly treated zac efron and heather graham to a $100,000 bottle of champagne. i think once like some dude at a bar bought me a 4 bz pint of beer. >> i was at dinner and saw the baby thing. got me a glass of wine. very nice lady. see, i get treated well. >> makes me feel even better. i'm lynn berry, this is "first look." stay tuned "way too early with willie geist" starts right now. president obama calls congress to the carpet again.

admonishing the body to get moving on his jobs bill as the country sits in a state of emergency. his word. the question is where is the middle ground between his and the republican promise that it is dead on arrival in the house? meanwhile, it is on. as the kids say in the massachusetts senate race as democrat elizabeth warren takes a swipe at north scott brown's shirtless past. the question is, what was the reply from brown has him in some trouble this morning. and it's over. it's all over. alex rodriguez waves meekly at the yankees final pitch of the season and the detroit tigers move on to the alcs. the question is, what happened to all that thing about money buying championships? it's "way too early" for this. good morning, from tuscaloosa,