nobody can volt you out of office. that's exactly what republicans in the north carolina senate are expected to finish doing tomorrow, and then send to that governor. watch this space. . good thursday morning to you. right now on "first look," a horrific train derailment killed 70. new information about how far our government will go at snooping at us. jfk's daughter to be nominated as ambassador to japan. and say hello to george alex ander luis. and bill bell check breaks his silence. bush 41 shaves his head for a

very worthy cause. we're following a developing story out of northwestern spain. at least 77 people are dead and up to 131 injured after a violent train derailment. officials are calling it one of europe's worst accidents? decades. it happened just before sunset wednesday. that's when witnesses say the high speed train emerged from a tunnel and derailed on a curb sending cars flying off the tracks. >> translator: i heard an explosion. when a rifd, one of the carriages was already over the road that comes out from me. >> smoke billowed from the wreckage as crews worked to rescue trapped passengers. distraught relatives, they were blocked from the scene, forced to wait on the sidelines. and an investigation is underway this morning as crews work to lift the wreckage from the tracks. a sweeping program that collects phone record data on all american citizens is not

going anywhere. the house narrowly defeated the move to slash that program wednesday. for more on this, tracie potts joins us live from washington. break this down. what does this mean for our privacy? >> not a lot of changes for our privacy. this was narrow will he defeated 21 217-205. it was a lot closer than lawmakers expected. and both democrats and republicans, conservative republicans and liberal democrats teamed up to try to limit what the government can collect about who you're calling. it didn't work. so for now that program doesn't change at all. and brand new this morning from our nbc/"wall street journal" poll, new results on how americans are feeling about all this. 56% saying they think the u.s. may go too far in violating our privacy. 36% think the u.s. may not go far enough in violating our privacy. the first time we've looked at that question since those leaks from edward snowden. by the way, this morning,

despite russia saying he has papers to leave the moscow airport, an attorney says it looks like he will be staying there while his asylum status in russia is in limbo. bet. >> i >> so the snowden saga continues. thank you. president obama's nomination of caroline kennedy would make her the first female ambassador to japan. kennedy is the daughter of former president john f. kennedy and the third generation of american political royalty. she supported mr. obama at a crucial moment in the 2008 campaign and co-chaired his re-election. she still needs senate confirmation though. republican senator john mccain praised kennedy saying that her prestige will be important in japan. striking new images of george h.w. bush surfaced. his new look is partially inspired by a 2-year-old boy in a fate of his life. the former president joined patrick's pals after learning the son of one of the secret service agents is battling leukemia. a sign of solidarity.

president bush shaved his head with other members of his security detail. the touching tribute is also very personal for president bush who lost his second child, robin, to leukemia when she was only 4 years old. now here's your first look at scrambled politics. texas becoming the 12th state to ban abortions after 20 weeks, a new poll finds 44% support a been after 20 weeks. 37% oppose it. for the comments that drew a firestorm around iowa, steve king is defending what he said about young immigrants saying most of them are involved in the drug trade. >> and that comes from being down on the borders, spending days and nights down there on multiple trips and time with the border patrol who in their description essentially came from them. >> king is also slamming his critics saying those who call his language inappropriate,

"apparently don't have to use their brain." on capitol hill before a congressional caucus on black men and boys, trayvon martin's father tracy receives a standing ovation. during the event, martin said he was touched by president obama's remarks about his son. >> i think the point that president bush made that 35 years ago that this could have been him was so important to the american people because obviously the most influential man on the planet is weighing in from an african-american's perspective. >> apparently chris christie savored every moment of the experience as he considered a presidential bid in 2012. that is according to dan balls. he spoke with the new jersey governor for a book. he is writing about that election. and when governor christie told

mitt romney he would endorse him. this is what christie remembers him saying, governor, you don't know how important and big this is. and to that christie replied, i do. just one day after new york city mayoral candidate add on thissy weiner admitting sexting women after congress -- >> yes, even after the event that ended his career, he learned nothing. he never heard snapchat. >> well, eliot spitzer spoke out on the campaign trail for new york city comptroller. the former governor telling "the wall street journal" he hasn't been with prostitutes since his fall from grace back in 2008. so game point spitzer, i guess for now. that's your morning dish of scrambled politics. it sounds like something out of a tom chancy novel. the secret cia museum that is closed off to the public. it has cold war relics, micro

film cameras, even osama bin laden's personal rifle are on display. only cia employees and guests have been allowed to access it. well that, is until now. nbc's richard engel was given an exclusive inside look. >> reporter: it's the greatest museum you'll never see. and it's filled with secrets. hidden cameras, weapons, decoding machines. >> figuring out how the enma works. >> world war ii when the cia began as the oss, the office of strategic services. ever since, the agency has created tools for spies. not james bond. not maxwell smart. these are for real. vintage pistols with silencers, a camera carrying pigeon, a 70s era drone, the size of a dragonfly. the insectothopter.

a cold war camera. >> the film pack is this disk. >> reporter: it's american history but no visitors allowed. the see decree ti protects cia officers undercover. i love this, even in your own museum to celebrate the accomplishments, all their faces a are blurred out. the killing of bin laden is represented here, too. this is bin laden's compound. >> the original model was used to brief policymakers, to brief the white house. and the assault team used it to plan the raid. >> reporter: so tell us more. >> we had hundreds of pieces of intelligence to make it as accurate as possible. >> reporter: including the internal spaces? >> i can't talk about that. >> reporter: can't talk about that. >> no. >> reporter: but they can talk about this, osama bin laden's personal ak-47, recovered by navy seals on the nights of the

raid, much like in the movie "zero dark 30." the real one. this one has never been seen until now. >> yes, this is the rifle that was recovered from the third floor of the osama bin laden compound by the assault team. >> reporter: on the night of the raid, bin laden never fired a shot. now he's gone and his gun is a museum piece, one of thousands here for private viewing only. richard engel, nbc news, at cia headquarters. and we got a sneak peek of it. you can check out more images from the museum on nbcnews.com. that stuff is very top secret. do you have any secrets you want to reveal about the weather? >> i have a museum but you don't have access. >> give us a little bit. >> dorian. let me show you what we're looking at. this is dorian. new information in from the

national hurricane center. so we only have to get a little uptick here. 74, 75. and then we'll have a hurricane on our hands. it's a very small system. well out in the atlantic. here is the new forecast path. this is what gets our attention. pretty much heading due west just like the classic storms do across the atlantic. where it goes after day five is in question. will it be a hurricane by five days? will we have to deal with this in seven days? i wish i had a crystal ball. there are a lot more questions with this storm than i'd like. all of our computer models take it in the general direction of the bahamas in five to seven days from now while it goes up the east coast or just off the east coast or florida. it is still much in jeopardy. what does concern us is that five days from now we'll be over very warm water, warm enough water that it could intensify. the big question is will the upper level winds be favorable or not? dorian is one of first storms we really need to watch. >> all right. we'll be watching very closely. thank you, bill.

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george alexander louis, aka, his royal highness. he was named after queen elizabeth's father king george vi. pope frances celebrated his first mass outside italy. more than 200,000 people turned out for the occasion. today he has an address to warn people about a beach. produce may be to blame for a stomach bug in the midwest. more than 250 people have been infected and ten have been hospitalized. and we have incredible video. check this out. speeding car slamming into a

telephone pole in massachusetts. you can actually see the driver, right here, being ejected from the car which police estimate was going nearly twice the 35 mile an hour speed limit. police say the driver is lucky to be alive. now for your first look at business, we turn to cnbc's bertha combs. >> good morning, betty. facebook this morning, going to get a very big thumbs up from wall street. the social networking site reporting better than expected earnings on a surge in revenues. facebook appears to figure out how to make money off mobile devices. the ads make up 41% of the total sales. the senate passing a bill to lower student loan rates just in time for the school year. the proposal will lower rates on government back staff ard loans to the treasury market meaning rates will rise in the future as the economy improves. it's going to cost more to buy your child's pencils, pens and three ring binders.

the annual backpack index shows prices for school supplies are 7% higher than last year. almost every basic item is more expensive, some up to $10 more. >> say it isn't so, bertha. >> i used to always have a special pen. >> i'm real particular about my pens. all right. hopefully those won't go up too. thank you. fascinating news from the uk. people are happiest in life when they were 23 years old and again when they hit 69. that's according to a new study from a london school of economics. happiness, they say, goes in waves throughout our lives, dipping in our 50s and peaking again when we're not able to sweat the small stuff anymore. i keep telling my sufficient that. still ahead, jimmy fallon on his new baby girl and all the sports highlights with richard lui. ♪

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time now for sports from richard lui. let's talk about soccer. soccer team usa's winning streak hits ten. landon donovan, two goals. >> not bad. >> beating honduras. gold cup final next and that is in panama. talking of streaks, dodgers get the sixth in a row, five runs in the tenth inning. they seal the deal here beating the blue jays 8-3. in one month, the dodgers have gone from last to first. they won 23 of the last 28. this one hurts to watch.

atlanta braves pitcher coming to first base. >> ouch. >> yeah. he steps on his ankle. it breaks. hudson out for surgery. to the a-rod saga. alex rodriguez will be re-evaluate for a quad strain. what is a-rod saying, well right here he says feels great and a quick fly by, power window goes down and then up, bye-bye. got to go. former new england patriot aaron hernandez in court. prosecutors needed more time, they say. but all ears were on the man of few words, coach bill belichick. >> i and other members of the organization were shocked and ki disappointed in what we had learned, having someone in your organization that's involved in a murder investigation is a

terrible thing. >> a tragedy, florida state's nick o'leary's motorcycle accident in may. a lechl xus pulling out. they collide here he goes flying. he walks away. now fully recovered. good news. >> that is remarkable he survived that. thank you very much, richard. we do appreciate it. anthony weiner's sexting stagga is drawing critics from all sides yet he vows to stay in the race for new york mayor. his wife is sparking just as much debate over her decision to stand by her man. joining me from washington to discuss the decision is syndicated columnist bob franken. good morning, bob. >> good morning. quite the story, isn't it? >> it is. everyone is talking about this. let's get to his wife. she was a top aide to secretary of state hillary clinton and many say she is following in clinton's footsteps by standing by weiner in the sexting

scandal. do you agree? >> it's interesting. you use the term stand by your man. you'll recall that when all of this started from the clintons and there was that 60-minute appearance after the gennifer flowers revelations were being made, she said she was no patsy cline. of course, the song was stand by your man, patsy cline's famous song. so we're using that expression. and somebody who basically was a disciple of hillary clinton is now basically trying to strike out on her own with her son anthony weiner and running into a scandal again. >> absolutely. you know, just because she says she forgives weiner, it doesn't mean voters are going to. since this is really part two of a sexting scandal many thought was over and done with. so now does it become a trust issue with voters? >> well, i think so. and i think it becomes, quite frankly, a disgust issue with voters. >> to say the least. >> yeah. >> and there are so many one liners that we won't share today because this is, after all, a

family program. but the truth of the matter is that this is really just starting to pile up on him. i've been giving some thought to the five stages of political grief. first we have the defiance which is what we're seeing now. he's going to stay in the race. then we have the contrition in the hope that to make a pun the pentance is mighted than the sorted. then we have the acceptance. acceptance of the fact that he's realizing that he's not going to be able to survive very much. excuse me. i'm going to pull a senator move here. >> nice job. >> and then you have more revelations which is what we're expecting and what we're witnessing right now. and then we have the final one, which is resignation. and i think that's going to happen. >> so you do? >> it happens over and over again. >> we'll see if it does in in case. bob, thanks so much. drink up. clear that throat of yours. coming up, bill karins and richard lui will be here for

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thank you guys so much. i hope i hope i don't screw this up. the last 24 hours has been exciting. we haven't had a chance to respond to everyone's calls and messages. but yes i will say that definitely william and kate will set up a play date. stop bothering me. >> stop already. that was jimmy fallon on late night talking about his baby daughter born early tuesday morning. congratulations to them. let's get to our first buzz. you're going to explain this google dongle thing. >> yeah, let's talk dongle.

it is chrome cast. it's this big. you plug it into the back of your tv. instead of having all the big boxes, there is the actual chrome cast dongle. pull out the app. select a show. you hit the button. it pulls the content from the web. it doesn't go from the computer and laptop. you can keep using that. >> it's only $35? >> $35? so much demand they have trouble whether it's going to be -- so get go get your dong wile. >> do we really need cell phones on vacation? and how about a new improved 100 foot cell tower in yellowstone park of all places? so, yes, you can go there to the beautiful picturesque scenery of a 100 foot cell tower. >> you have to tweet somehow, bill. right? >> do we really need it in yellowstone? >> that is a really -- >> they're going to try to hide

it a little bit. it's by a fishing lake. >> speaking of -- >> it's like a skiff. >> let's look at these works. this 97-year-old yelled man of ohio, he is blind and deaf. he is using his windows 95 program to create these beautiful pieces of art. he is selling them and giving the proceeds to the veterans of foreign wars program. >> amazing. >> all right. "way too early" is up next. stay tuned for that. the forum itself focused on housing, education and jobs. no mention of weiner's scandal other than a clever moment when all candidates were asked which they preferred, facebook or twitter. >> mr. weiner? >> tongue in cheek. for new york mayoral candidate anthony weiner, that is the only funny moment this week. we'll update how the sexting

scandal will impact a race garnering national attention. it was easier to parody these days, weiner or a-rod? i guess weiner still wins that one. a-rod is making a go of it. now he has a doctor with a spotty record on steroids telling the world that a-rod is not really hurt. and the royal family, they would be hurt by comparisons between the new prince george and one of our famous georges. but we'll do it anyway later on in "the cooler." this is "way too early." good morning, everybody. brian shactman here, thursday, july 25th. i don't like how it's inching ever so close to august. that means labor day and that means the end of the summer and kids go back to school and then it gets cold, at least for us in the northeast. we'll deal with the nice summer weather while we can. also this morning, awesome