but what kind of history it makes is up to us now, moving forward, with the way we tell that story evermore. good thursday morning. right now on "first look," a new report that the cia has begun delivering weapons to sir yen rebels secretary kelly speaks to the russian and president putin speaks directly to the new york people in the "new york times." north korea appears to have started a nuclear reactor. the 9/11 tribute provides a powerful reminder of exactly what happened 12 years ago. plus, an update on a school bus crash involving seniors, the had and a rare sighting of a smoke-nado

in this hotel. where is it? good morning. i'm mara schivavocampo. president vladimir putin is issuing a plea for caution. details in a moment. first a report in "the washington post" says the cia has begun delivering he weapons to syrian rebels as secretary of state john kerry to set to meet with sergei lavrov. a master negotiator and they will meet in geneva today. kerry plans to test the seriousness of russia's proposal to put them under international control. some syrian rebels are disappointed with president obama's decision to forgo a military strike in favor of diplomacy. we have an awful lot to get to and tracie potts joins us live in washington with the latest. tracie, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, iran disappointed too according toen aofficial saying this could be a catastrophe. the focus is secretary of state

kelly in geneva trying to prevent that. letting diplomacy work. this is what it's expected to look like. secretary of state kerry and a team of weapons experts from the united states and foreign minister lavrov from russia and his team of experts, the u.s. wants to see, number one, how syri serious russia is about getting rid of these chemical weapons and how it can be done. they need to look at details. identifying them, verifying them, securing those weapons and eventually destroying them so today's focus is getting down to the details so secretary of state kerry can see if, in fact, this is a plan that's going to work and possibly avoid that military strike that has caused so much dissension both here and abroad. mara. >> thanks, tracie. more now on the op-ed by russia's president putin published in this morning's "new

york times" warns that a strike could unleash a new wave after terrorism of further destabilize the area. he writes "there are few champions of democracy in syria. but there are more than enough al qaeda fighters and extremists of all kinds." it's ex-too manically dangerous to see them more than exceptional. an official told nbc news president putin has invested his credibility in transferring aczar's chemical weapons to international control and whether we can follow through 0 than commitment. north korea, a recent satellite image appears to show that north korea is restarting a plutonium reactor. it looks similar to this one from last year and shows white steam rising from i building

next to the facility. the u.s./korea institute at johns hopkins says it could raise international alarm over their weapons program but the institute says it's difficult to be certain without access to the secret facility. the five megawatt reactor was shut down in 2007 but north korea announced plans in april to restart it. in florida, an infamous pastor has been arrested for his planned pro- 'tises on the anniversary of 9/11. terry jones was stopped before being able to light 3,000 korans on fire. law enforcement officers say he was picked up while driving to a demonstration 3,000 korans were found in his truck all soaked in kerosene. he is charged with unlawful conveyance of fuel. jones first gained note right for a similar protest. that one was called off but his congregation did burn copies of the koran in 2011. well, as you know wednesday

marked 12 years since the 9/11 attacks. family members and first responders of the nearly 3,000 killed came to reflect on those lost but not forgotten. moments of silence held at the national september 11th memorial in lower manhattan and took place at the pentagon and a field in shanksville, pennsylvania, where one of the hijacked airlines crashed. at the white house president obama and the first lady were joined by vice president biden and his wife for a solemn memorial. they stood quietly at 8:46 a.m. marking the exact time when the first planes struck the north tower of the world trade center. afterwards the silence was pierced by the playing of "taps." governor control advocates took another hit as they voted to end a mandatory gun registry and voted to abolish so the city would comply with a state concealed carry law. that law which was passed in july gives complete control of gun regulations to the state of illinois.

mayor rahm emanuel was upset about that vote saying the court's interpretation of the con seemed carry law is flat out wrong. gun rights activists say it was just a way to harass law-abiding gun owners. well, now time for your first look at this morning's dish of "scrambled politics." this morning's "washington post" is reporting a new investigation into a man said to fund a secret part of hillary clinton's 2008 campaign. the post says jeffrey thompson paid more than half a million dollars in a get out the vote effort. missouri's republican dominated ledgislature failed t override two emotionally charged. the gop left in place vetoes of sweeping tax cuts and another federal gun law. mark zuckerberg and will discuss internet privacy and the tax system. what's going on in florida?

first the attorney delgeneral delays an execution so she can campaign for cash. well, former congressman clay shaw has died after a battle with lung cancer. the florida republican is credited with crafting the 1996 welfare overhaul. shaw was 74 years old. there will be no congressional picnic at the white house this year. officials have canceled the get-together citing congress' busy schedule. okay. well, the event was postponed for its original july date because of the president's busy schedule and that's your morning's dish of scrambled politics. >> isn't that what you hear, everyone is separate and now they'll cancel the one event where they'll all be together? >> it's a scheduling conflict. maybe they don't want to eat hot dogs and hamburgers together. in colorado parts of boulder county are being flooded. the denver post reports at least

one confirmed death. there are also reports of home collapse, mud slides and stranded drivers. the boulder office of emergency management said people in the city's low-lying areas should, quote, move to higher ground immediately and now for more on this developing story -- >> more and more pictures are coming in. like one of those historic events for boulder. right on the foothills behind it but it sets the stage for a heavy rain event and a lot of water comes rushing down in a hurry. some of the burke areas, there have been reports of mud debris flow, 7 1/2 inches of rain. picture that. 7 1/2 inches of rain has fallen in the last 12 hours and areas flooded still to the east of it getting heavy rain. watch and monitor that situation there in boulder. denver has been okay but boulder, bad enough they have been telling police vehicles to go to higher ground because the city is impassable giving you an idea of the situation there. one of the hottest dated till

next summer was yesterday. boston, it was 93 in seattle. how often does that happen? thunderstorms yesterday and we'll get another round later this afternoon, this evening so air travel delays even significant ones likely especially around the dinner hour from boston all the way down to d.c. and the rest of the country, cooling it off. finally the heat is over. should be beautiful weather around chicago and through the great lakes after some early morning rain. but, again, the situation there in colorado, i'm fearful for how bad it will be once we get to daylight. >> definitely going to keep an eye on that thanks so much, bill. just ahead, 'tis the season or is it. some retailers seem to think so. first, check out pope francis' new used car. it's a 1984 renault. it has a manual transmission and new engine. the vatican says he plans to drive the car himself. yes, he is the coolest pope ever. headlines in business coming up next. if you have the audacity to believe in straight talk,

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now to other stories making news this morning. a northern california wildfire has claimed the life of one man and injured at least four others. the clover fire which has destroyed nearly 8,000 homes is expected to be fully contained by sunday. a school bus carrying senior citizens with disabilities collided with six other cars in new jersey. at least eight people are in the hospital. two of them with what authorities say are life-threatening injuries. kali hartig who fought for her life after con tracking a brain-eating infection. of the cases known, she is only the third person to survive. as she left the hospital, she had some advice. >> be careful when you go to water parks. >> say wear your nose plugs. >> wear your nose plugs. >> good advice. prince harry attended an

awards ceremony to honor seriously ill children and their health professionals. the children donned tuxedos and gowns to meet harry who called them all truly inspirational which they are. turning now to business, best buy's ceo says bye-bye to over $10 million worth of company stock. he was forced to sell over 350,000 shares to help cover the costs of a recent divorce. baggage fees and upgrades to roomier seats and other extra fees charged by airlines have reaped a tidy sum of over 27$27 billion. billion with a "b." that was just for 2012. united, american and delta were the biggest benefactors of the extra fees. christmas in september? kmart is running ads like this one to promote their free layaway even though the big day is not for another 104 days. please, it's too early. if you've got money to burn, check out new york city's most expensive hotel

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yahoo! sports saying five s.e.c. football players received impermissible benefits. they included $45,000 and other items would violate ncaa players. players lined. d.j. fluker, tennessee qb tyler bray and maurice couch. the group includes mississippi state cox and chad bumphis. alabama coach nick saban said they would do whatever they need to do to handle the investigation. after no questions after the game he gets up, grabs his bottled water and walks off. is it over for the yankees' derek jeter? >> i hope not. >> is it the season or his career all because of his injured ankle. jeter, 39, only played 17 games this season hitting .190. he has had better years. in the game in the ninth inning new york's robinson cano blasts a home run to give the yankees a 5-4 win.

they're just one game back in the wild card race. jose fernandez hit his first home run in the bigs. whoo-hoo! he's happy and he's thinking i feel so good i'm going to stare it and spit when i round third. atlanta players thought it was showboating. he also spit rounding third. no punches were thrown amazingly. which nfl team has the priciest beer? detroit lions, highest. 67 cents per ounce. dallas is second at 53 cents. cheapest in the land, carolina, 27 cents. >> i say it's time for a road trip. a world record attempt as he is put inside a large orange sack and tried to swim over a mile. what do you do? you get a world record. he makes it. evidently it's perforated and he's 59 years old. why would anybody want to do that. >> i agree with you. >> a new jersey teenager with an

unbelievable soccer throw-in. look at that does the flip, front flip, throws the ball toward the goal. >> score! >> he's got the goal right there. oh, man. they're not going to like that. >> how bad do you feel if you're the goalie. >> that's exactly what i was thinking. oh, no, doesn't make it. >> all right, thanks so much, richard. well, turning now to our first look at politics, the crisis in syria, i'm joined by bob franken live in washington. bob, good morning, thanks for being here. >> good morning. >> i want to start with this op-ed that putin wrote in this morning's "new york times." how do you think that will impact kerry's meeting with his russian counterpart? >> who knew, putin, the pundit. next thing we'll hear he's hired at msnbc as a contributor. >> do you think it will have an effect on the efforts taking place? >> probably not. this was a little bit of snarkiness rubbing the nose of the united states in it just a little bit lecturing such things

about exceptionalism and lecturing about a country meaning the u.s. has that been relying on brute force, et cetera, et cetera. as i said, he has the advantage right now and this was just an effort to gloat about it a little bit. >> who do you think was the real audience here? is it the american public? is it congress? is it the international community? who was he speaking to? >> yes. >> all three. >> yeah, all three. probably more the american public. the message is that i was just mentioning, particularly what he had to say about american exceptionalism which during the president's speech some were disappointed that he seemed to be pandering to those who are jingoisticic and constantly talk about american exceptionalism. a whole school of thought the more you talk about how exceptional you are the more questions you raise about who you are. >> some nerve writing that in an american newspaper. not the best audience. "the washington post" is reporting that the u.s. is delivering weapons to some syrian rebels. when you look at that combined with these new diplomatic

efforts, does this essentially mean that the military strikes are really off the table now? >> well, it would seem that way. but it would also seem that the united states meaning the white house was looking for a way out of the confrontation that was about to occur and the embarrassment at the very least of congress saying no to authorization. as far as the small weapons are concerned, there are those who would say that there should be more involvement who say it's too little too late, on the other side you say you're just arming some people with favoritism towards al qaeda. >> all right, very complicated issue here. bob franken. >> it is complicated. >> thanks so much for your time this morning, bob. well, coming up bill karnts and richard lui will be here for "first buzz" and tell you about all the stories that caught our eye this morning. stay with us. ♪ you make me, make me, make me go crazy ♪ ♪ you make me, make me, make me go crazy. ♪

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well, it's time for "first buzz" all the stories we're talking about this morning joined by richard lui and bill karins. there was big apple news. is it really that big of a deal. >> big deal to apple, right, but maybe not a big deal in china, the 5c which the c could either be for cheap. it could be for color or it could be for china. and the reaction so far is, eh. in terms of most buyers saying it's still expensive, $735 u.s. when they can buy other phones for half the price, even a tenth of the price so they're thinking right now who knows, it's a nice gesture. >> would wouldn't want to pay 10 times more for a phone's battery that lasts two minutes. >> didn't apple stock do tremendously well? >> also went down too, right. >> i think a lot of people just greeted the news with kind of a

shrug, who cares if it's in different color. >> there are rumors they're coming out with an iphone to compete with your beloved galaxy. >> i'm not going to say anything but there are phones with bigger screens. >> if a miss america contestant getting a lot of attention it, a sergeant in the kansas army national guard so that makes her unique in one respect but also the first contestant ever to compete with tattoos or displaying them rather, maybe there have been others who have hidden them. has two tattoos including the serenity prayer so she'll be competing. she says that the reason she is not going to cover up her tattoos she wants to challenge stereotypes and encourage individuality and female empower. >> i don't think -- i mean, what do you think do you think -- >> a lot of women have tattoos. not a big deal.

>> i wonder how the grading goes. >> definitely a sign of the changing times. >> may not be looking at the tattoos. >> the judges are probably looking at other things anyway. >> i don't know. open up a whole can of worms because you could do advertising tattoos. >> good point. figured you'd talk about that. bill, what do you have? >> this was cool. >> "sharknado." >> you've heard of tornadoes and waterspouts and firenado. this was a smoke nad dough. a bunch of farmers burning stuff and hot air rising, the smoke started spinning and actually kind of looks like a tornado on the ground but it was kind of ha harmless. it was a lot of the debris from the fire. >> something thaw taught me because every now and then you do say something useful. >> very rarely. >> is that tornadoes are clear. >> they're wind. >> what we see them is the debris. >> you see the dust or debris or the condensation like a cloud within them but, yeah, tornadoes

are just wind. >> karins class. >> 25 bucks after the show. >> "way too early" starts right now. >> all about the money. ♪ did i say if obama really wanted to sell us syria he should have taken a page from the people selling us siri because pushing the iphone and a war are a lot alike. you just say that the new one is smaller, faster and cheaper and people will buy it. even know they've already got one and they're still paying off the previous model. [ laughter ] >> wait, if the u.s. is apple in that metaphor is russia google or samsung? the serious situation is ever changing. now an op-ed in "the new york times" by none other than vladimir putin himself. also, we all know how annoying it is to pay 25 bucks for a

piece of luggage or that $6 box of m&ms that has about ten of them in it but for the airlines all those ticky-tacky costs add up to billions. the ridiculous amount of money they are making off of us and while you were sleeping, the red sox continued to be awesome! but that's not the whole story. the wild card race got a whole lot more interesting on this thursday edition of hueway. ♪ >> you know, i try to be objective in everything i do journalist journalistically but when it comes to the red sox, it's difficult. i'm sorry. they had an awesome win. good morning, brian shactman, september 12. a few other things to talk about including beer prices at nfl stadiums. you would not believe where they cost the most. it's actually kind of shocking based on the economy in that particular place. and how much would you pay to hang out with