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procedures complied with regulations. nonetheless, the financial industry regulatory authority is looking into the company's actions and the senate banking committee is said to be preparing its own review. >> there are so many things that could happen from now on. people's heads could be rolling. >> meanwhile, a group of facebook shareholders have filed a class action lawsuit against morgan stanley and facebook claiming ipo documents concealed negative information about revenue growth. >> you can't tell me there isn't one investor in the facebook ipo that wouldn't have wanted to know that information. >> reporter: a facebook spokesperson responded, we believe the lawsuit is without merit and will defend ourselves vigorously. mark barger, nbc news. fires struck a nuclear powered u.s. navy submarine at a

ship yard in maine. it injured six people. firefighters responded to the fire on board the sub "uss miami." all were treated and released. the fire started in the forward compartment of the sub and the atomic reactor was not operating. it was unaffected. the fire is still not out. the pakistan, the doctor who helped the u.s. track down osama bin laden has been convicted of high treason. doctor shakil afridi has been sentenced to 33 years in prison. he ran a vaccination program for the cia collecting dna in an attempt to verify bin laden's presence at the compound in pakistan. the u.s. has called for the doctor to be released. a u.s. drone strike on suspected islamic militants in northwest pakistan is likely to increase tensions with that nation. ten people were killed. it follows a similar attack in

the same region yesterday which killed four suspected militants. tensions with pakistan have already been running high over a continuing standoff over nato supply routes into afghanistan which pakistan has closed. now here's your first look at some of the other news going on around america today. in texas, a off-duty sheriff's deputy fought it out with three robbers right on his front lawn there as the deputy wrestled with one attacker, a woman who was part of the group tried to free her accomplice. then ran off to get help from a third robber. all three suspects escaped only to be arrested later. in ohio, two gay men were attacked in a diner. witnesses say the suspect used anti-gay slurs during the assault. one of the victims was knocked unconscious while the other suffered broken facial bones. police are still looking for the attackers. in michigan, a helicopter was used to drop nearly 1,000

hot dogs. >> gross. >> it was all part of a contest to see how many hot dogs one person could scoop up. the winner was able to collect 76 winning a year's worth of free wieners and 1,000 bucks. >> fantastic. and finally, in texas, one of the most famous girl scout cookies is getting a little more fattening. why not, people. why not? a family known for deep frying food at the state fair was commissioned by the girl scouts to use their magic on a samoa. the one with the coconut? i love it. after trying five different methods they settled on a winning recipe which they call the wonton. now for a look at your national weather, we turn to bill karins. delicious. >> yeah, that's good. >> everything in moderation. i'm not one of those people that is like sugar, no. >> you like the samoa. >> that and the peanut butter ones. the tagalongs.

you are a thin mint guy. >> put them in the freezer, take them out. >> you are so predictable. >> i'm mainstream. not all crazy like you. good morning, everyone. very quiet weather day out there today. and this is going to go right through the upcoming weekend. it looks like the memorial day weekend is going to be very warm. it's going to feel like summer. it already does. a couple of trouble spots out there. finally a dry morning for all of us on the eastern seaboard. the last couple of days we had the showers and thunderstorms in numerous areas. it looks good from florida up i-95 all the way in through new england. now as far as the troublesome weather out there, the northern plains, strong thunderstorms are rolling through areas of nebraska just north of omaha. and now into iowa. sioux city is really getting nailed with a lot of heavy rain and lightning. this is going to work up to minneapolis. right now just some light rain there. we could get some of these thunderstorms from mason city, iowa, to rochester, minnesota. that's your travel trouble spot, i-35. and late today we'll redo this

threat of severe storms. watch out from areas of wisconsin around madison, lacrosse, all the way through the quad cities of iowa, back down to kansas city into columbia. we could see large hail and damaging winds. it doesn't look like a lot of tornado. in chicago you appear safe. late tonight some of those storms could try to drift your way. the forecast for today, this is a really nice day out there. the humidity is still up enough that areas like new york city, baltimore, philadelphia and d.c., about a 30% chance of showers and storms. a lot of us won't see anything. there will be a few out there late today. d.c., 81. chicago near 90 today. dallas will be in the 90s. and there's those storms in minnesota. and, of course, florida this time of year, so humid that when you get into the 90s you'll pop up those storms. how does the travel day look for friday? a lot of people trying to get a beat on the rush hour, some of the rush traffic for the memorial day weekend. once again, a slight risk of storms in new england in the mid-atlantic. because the humidity is high. it's not going to be wide

spread. and anyone on the west coast looks nice, too. i'll give you the complete memorial day forecast coming up. there's a lot of smiles out there. >> looking good. all right, bill. thanks so much. also, dell dives. the latest airline insult. and a much-needed invention that addresses a sticky situation. your first look at this morning's business headlines is straight ahead. coming up, a walk-off. a couple of suspensions and pie. mm, pie. you're watching" first lo ining"

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welcome back to "first look." i'm lynn berry. here are some of the top stories making news. at a senate hearing yesterday, the director of the secret service apologized for the sex scandal involving agents and prostitutes before president ia. he insisted to skeptical lawmakers that what happened was an isolated incident. in new jersey, this is just unbelievably disturbing video.

but the mother of the toddler who briefly got stuck inside an active washing machine, this was seen by millions in an online video. she says she and the boy's father are not the people seen in this video. she didn't even know about the incident or that her son was briefly hospitalized until she saw that video on the news. she says the woman in the video is the girlfriend of the boy's father and she says she probably won't be allowed to babysit anymore. researchers at england's oxford university will analyze the dna of bigfoot. the ape-like creature some believe lives in north american forests. samples thought to be from the creature including hair, blood and items supposedly chewed will be tested to see what dna shows up. and this is pretty cool. english stuntman gary connery wore a specially designed wing suit to jump from a helicopter from 24,000 feet. here's the detail. he didn't have a parachute during his free-fall.

he reached speeds of more than 80 miles per hour, but he was able to swoop down to a relatively soft landing right into a huge pile of cardboard boxes. he walked away without a scratch and a big smile of relief on his face. now here's your first look at how wall street will kick off the day. the dow opens at 12,496 after losing 6 points yesterday. the s&p was up 2. the nasdaq added 11. taking a look at overseas trading. in tokyo, the nikkei gained six points but in hong kong, the hang seng fell 119. stocks finished mostly flat wednesday, but growing worries about greece's financial future rattled investors for most of the day. eu officials stepped up contingency plans for a possible greek exit from the eurozone currency. and while most backed the idea of issuing eurozone bonds to struggling economies, germany is holding fast to demands that greece remain in the eurozone and uphold its bailout commitments. after the bell,

hewlett-packard shot up on better than expected quarterly profits and sales. earlier, hp dipped on news it was slashing 27,000 jobs to cut operating costs. earlier, investors punished dell sending shares down 17% after weak earnings. facebook actually rose 3%, despite news of those shareholder lawsuits we told you about earlier. the stock has tumbled 30% since friday's debut. ux tilts and health care stocks led the day's declines. walmart bucked the downward trend to close at a new 12-year high. and petsmart surged 13% on strong earnings. oil tumbled below $90 for the first time in nearly seven months as u.s. supplies continue to grow. yesterday los angeles became the largest u.s. city to ban plastic bags at supermarket checkout lines. passengers without children who are not elite members of united airlines will no longer

receive early boarding privileges. and finally, just in time for memorial day and all that barbecuing, your ketchup bottle frustrations could soon be over. thanks to something called liquiglide that lines the inside of the bottle and prevents it from sticking. it recently won an mit student $100,000. big sigh of relief. well, when it comes to business, republican mitt romney's current stump speech includes the accusation that president obama, quote, attacks success. and is anti-business. well, last night on "politics nation," jerod bernstein told al that he actually sees the exact opposite. >> if you look at the numbers, the business community ought to be in love with president obama because corporate profits are not just back to where they were before the great recession when they were already soaring. they've surpassed that.

the stock market is up more than doubled since the crash. and, meanwhile, middle class families are still struggling. so it's always been a huge head scratcher for me that they would take that position. but, you know, i think the president is trying to make one simple point here, and you're right. it's being distorted. what he is saying is i'm all for profits. go ahead. be profitable. but don't, american people, don't those of you in the electorate mistake corporate profitability for employment growth. it's definitely part of that picture. it's necessary. it's not sufficient. and we've seen that very clearly in this recovery. as i just mentioned. corporate profits fully recovered. >> lean forward with the reverend al sharpton and "politics nation" weekdays at 6:00 p.m. eastern. and don't miss "hardball" with chris matthews. later today at 5:00 p.m. eastern when chris' guest will be newt

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>> good morning. the celts had a chance to close out the sixers but philly came to play. game six for defense was the key for the sixers. didn't allow the celts to score more than 20 points in any quarter. off the block, drew holiday to iguodala and boston up three at the half. philly took the lead in the third. iguodala got clearance for takeoff. soared over paul pierce. capped an 11-0 run. they kept it going in the fourth. holliday with a team high 20. sixers won it. they force a game seven on saturday. the other series in the east has gotten pretty dirty. now the league is trying to clean it up. suspended miami haslem for a game for this flagrant foul on hansbro. happened after he took dwyane wade down. also dexter pittman suspended for this flying elbow. that will cost pittman about 22 grand. game six between the pacers and heat is tonight. hockey kind of tough to win a game when your own teammate is

trying to score on you. brad richards keeping lundquist on his toes. they peppered lundquist with three goals early in the game. g gabrik made him pay. it was tied at three. the devils had plenty flft the tank. giada found ryan cutter in front of the net. new jersey can wrap tup with a win on friday. braves and reds tied at one in the ninth when todd frazier sent everybody home. a solo shot to right. first career walk-off homer. and that would explain why he didn't see this coming. the dreaded shaving cream pie to the face. he'll take that any day of the week. the reds walked off 2-1. your first look at sports. i'm fred roggin. now for another look at the weather. here is nbc meteorologist bill karins. he has your memorial day forecast. the all-important one. >> three-day weekends. we live for them. >> not for us. >> yeah, but --

>> you have a week off. >> i have some time coming. even if you don't have it off. just the thaft three-day weekend is good for all of us. let me get you through it. let me first recap what we're expecting. heavy rain out there in minneapolis down through areas of now iowa to sioux falls. that's the troublesome weather. the rest of the east coast will be okay. late this afternoon, more thunderstorms likely especially d.c. to baltimore. let me take you through the weekend forecast. saturday. notice how clear and warm from texas through the midwest, the ohio valley and eastern seaboard looking great. typical thunderstorms in florida all weekend long. you are used to that by now. only really troublesome weather is to the northern plains. that weather is going to linger. even from saturday into sunday. we will have some isolated afternoon showers and storms and areas of pennsylvania, new york and southern flung new england. as far as strong storms go, we'll have to watch those from minnesota to iowa and finally memorial day, it looks like just showers in the southeast. but i really don't think too

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"juan" percent. the man who invented the remote passed away. i was going to attend the funeral but it was all the way over there. you guys see this. a restaurant in texas is rewarding customers who place their in order spanish with a free pizza. well, the restaurant in arizona is rewarding customers who do that with a free trip back to mexico. isn't that interesting? isn't that nice? so nice. and tonight, jimmy welcomes "men in black 3 star will smith, bill paxton and dunn. let's get your first look at entertainment news. jersey shore's snooki is apparently disappointed that she's expecting a boy. aren't you just happy if it's healthy? she told "in touch" she wanted a girl because, quote, all girls want girls. as for a name she and fiance

are deciding between lorenzo and giani jr. tmz reports sharon stone's former nanny is suing claiming stone criticized her for being filipino and wouldn't allow her to practice religion, even forbidding her from reading the bible in her own room. justin bieber announced his upcoming tour. bill and i got tickets. he celebrated his high school graduation on wednesday's ellen degeneres show. >> you have to wear your bieber t-shirt. big bang theory star jim parsons has come out in a "new york times" profile that he is gay. he's been in a relationship for ten years. minka kelly has been cast as jackie kennedy in an upcoming film in which matthew mcconaughey will play -- >> as jfk? >> i didn't see it either. at a diamond jubilee celebration, irishman bono gave props to england's queen elizabeth. she apparently spoke gaelic on

her trip to ireland last year. he doesn't speak gaelic so gave a fist bump to the queen. >> bono's got to speak some gaelic. i'm lynn berry. stay tuned. "way too early" with willie geist starts right now. . brand new polling breaks down the presidential race in three key battlegrounds. the question is, what happens to the general election matchup when some big name republicans are added to the romney ticket? we'll show you the numbers in just a moment. facebook stops the slide on wall street after losing about 19% of its value over the first two days this week. but with pressure mounting from lawmakers and lawyers, the question is, what does ceo mark zuckerberg have to do to turn things around? we'll have a live report from cnbc. and a wild game five in the nhl playoffs as the rangers rally from a 3-0