right now on "msnbc saturday," on the road again. the president pitches his health care message. will we hear anything new? a preview ahead. a yale graduate student vanishes days before her wedding. hear why some say this is no case of a runaway bride. million-dollar heist. an andy warhol original disappears from a collector and now a search is on for the pricey artwork. also, meet the new nano, packed with features, but is there a down side to this new version? we'll take a closer look for you. good morning, everyone, i'm alex witt. welcome to "msnbc saturday." we'll have all that for you, plus, one-shot wonder. new reports that a swine flu vaccine could work easier and faster than expected. but first to politics. president obama moving his fight for health reform to the

midwest, holding a health care rally in minneapolis at 2:00 p.m. eastern, and we will have live coverage leading up to that event. and a jam-packed week ahead as the president marks the one-year anniversary of the collapse of lehman brothers while keeping the health reform push on the front burner. president obama will make appearances in four separate states this week alone. new this morning, a treasury department study shows that half of all americans under the age of 65 will lose their coverage at some point over the next ten years. >> if you're under the age of 21 today, chances are more than half that you'll find yourself uninsured at some point in that time, and more than one-third of americans will go without coverage for longer than one year. >> i'm joined now live from washington by erin billings, dispute editor for "roll call." good morning, erin. >> good morning, alex. >> the president says everyone should recognize the danger of losing their health insurance. do you think this message will work or might it be dismissed asscare tactic? >> well, i think certainly there

will be some on the right and some conservative critics who will despise it as a scare tactic, but this white house and president obama in particular needs to try to move this debate forward, and he's trying to seize on the momentum that he got on wednesday night when he addressed a joint session of congress. he's trying to broaden the appeal of this health care reform effort. he's trying to say this is not just about the uninsured, this is about those of you who have insurance, that there are risks for you as well. and so, this is all part of him being salesman in chief and trying to rescue his number one domestic priority. >> what more can the president say today that we haven't heard already? >> well, you mentioned these figures from the treasury department. he is going to cite these figures, this new data to try and make his case, and i think he's also going to try to set more of the tone. he's going to try to rally folks. he's trying to get people excited about it. he's trying to get people to feel the urgency, if you will. and so, i think that there's kind of a two-prong message here. he's going to talk little bit more about the substance, but he's also going to try to set the tone and set the urgency for

this country and for this priority of his. >> okay. look, a lot of people watched wednesday night. but you think as the president goes from state to state this week, do you think he'll be tuning this out? >> well, 30 million americans, i believe, watched the joint address on wednesday night. >> right. >> i doubt that he's going to get that kind of attention or coverage, you know, as he hits some of these places across the country today and on through the next week, but certainly, he knows that he has a window of opportunity here to try to shift this debate and try to move things forward. congress is clearly trying to heed that call as well, but you know, look, time is of the essence, and he wants something done by the end of the year. if he doesn't get it done and if congress doesn't accomplish his goal and their goal -- democrats in congress don't accomplish their goal -- then we're in the next year, and that's an election year. and alex, you know election years, everything changed because partisanship goes way up. >> yeah. they take on a life of their own, for sure.

>> can you give me a time line? do you agree with the president that it will get done by the end of the year? i know joe biden, our vice president, said that he thought by about thanksgiving. does that sync up with you when you look at capitol hill in the ways they've moved forward on this? >> capitol hill doesn't move very quickly. >> right. >> as you know. and they've been debating the issues -- >> i almost said plodded along at this. >> i know, i know. i think thanksgiving is ambitious, but they have set a very -- you know, they've started to put some time lines in. senate majority leader harry reid of nevada says he wants a bill on the senate floor by the end of september. i honestly think we're going to be here until christmas eve, but i do think that the democrats are dead set on getting something done. it may not be as comprehensive as they want, but i think they will pass some type of health care reform by the end of the year, because like i said, if they don't get something done this year, it's off for next year, and you know, this is something that the president and the democrats in congress have really staked their reputations on and their credibility to

govern on, and they know they've got to get something done if they want to continue to have control of congress and the white house past 2012. >> okay. erin billings, thank you very much for checking in from "roll call." >> thanks, alex. >> and the health care debate continues tomorrow on "meet the press." senators dick durbin and john cornyn as well as former dnc chair howard dean, house speaker newt gingrich will be david gregory's guests. it's tomorrow on "meet the press." check your local listings for your time. and now to the missing search for graduate student annie le. dozens of state and law enforcement personnel are ramping up search efforts today, one day before le was set to be married. nbc's mike taibbi is here in studio with the latest. mike, good morning. there is a reward out there now from yale in this case? >> yeah, a reward of $10,000, but that hasn't generated a strong lead, let alone a real break in the case or anything that could be characterized that way. i spoke to the law enforcement contacts, both at the city, at the university, fbi. none of them have anything new to report.

there have been published reports, though, that the fbi has questioned a professor who had canceled a class that tuesday shortly before she was reported to have disappeared, and you know, so the basic question at the beginning of this saga, is this a runaway bride or foul play still is not answered at this point. now, there are, as you said, hundreds of people involved in the search right now at all levels. there are billboards that are up, there are fliers that have been distributed by a number of people, including her fiance and her mother as well, both of whom say this is not a runaway bride situation. she was so looking forward to getting married tomorrow on long island, that she had written a piece shortly before she disappeared for one of the yale publications, talking about her concerns about security issues on and near the campus. among other things, she said new haven is a city, and all cities have their perils, but with a little street smarts, one can avoid becoming yet another statistic." some of her classmates believe those fears were not unfounded.

>> she left her keys in her wallet and all of her stuff, apparently. so, i think if she was running away from her groom, that she would probably take that stuff with her. >> it's a really bad area. you just need to be careful all the time. >> so right next to the yale campus, there's a dangerous neighborhood? >> right around here. >> it's not that bad, you just have to be careful all the time. >> be aware, you know. >> and your dad called the other day and said be careful. >> he was concerned. he's like, did you hear about the woman who disappeared in the lab? >> as you said before, alex, this 24-year-old doctoral candidate at yale college was to be married tomorrow, had written and talked to friends about how she was looking forward to it and now her fiance is helping search for her instead of preparing for the wedding. >> awful. >> four days into it. >> i hope we have a sense of closure and she's found soon. mike taibbi, thank you. coming up in our next half hour, fbi profiler and msnbc analyst clint van zandt offers his analysis on the case of the missing yale student. some new word this morning on the swine flu vaccine. new studies show it takes just

one shot to protect adults from the flu. and the director of the national institute of allergy and infectious diseases calls the results very important. >> when we first identified this new virus in april, we set out to make a vaccine, we were not sure whether the vaccine would be able to induce in the recipients a response that would be protective and whether or not it would be able to be done in the standard single dose that we do with seasonal flu, and there was concern that we may have to do a lot more vis-a-vis a large dose and even two or three doses. as it turns out, the data and information we released yesterday in washington, d.c., indicates some really good news, that the vaccine can induce a response in the recipient that you predict would be protected with a single dose of the standard amount that we do regularly for the seasonal flu, but it does it quickly, within eight to ten days after the vaccination. >> the h1n1 vaccine is expected to be widely available by

mid-october. garrison keeler has been released from st. mary's hospital after suffering a minor stroke earlier in the week. a spokesman says keeler is now back home in st. paul, minnesota, in good spirits. the 67-year-old keeler says he still plans to start the new season of "a prairie home companion" as scheduled in just weeks. the commander of the space shuttle "discovery" says the crew is happy to be back on land. it landed with the astronauts at edwards air force base yesterday. mission control chose the backup landing site because the bad weather prevented the crew from returning to the home base in florida, but this will cost close to $1.8 million for nasa to ferry "discovery" back to cape canaveral on a 747. let's get now to the weather. many communities in southern new jersey got hit with a lot of rain friday, over four inches was reported in wildwood, new jersey. lots of streets were flooded there. in sedona, arizona, people using

shovels and bulldozer to clean up the mess. the fast-moving muddy waters created the mess this week. now for the forecast, joining me live, nbc meteorologist bill karins. >> do i dare talk about how fortunate we've been so far this hurricane season? >> hasn't been too bad, really. we've been lucky. >> i know. so far, so good, and it's amazing because this is the peak weekend of the hurricane season and i don't have anything to show you out there. hurricane fred has dissipated, for the most part, and there are no tropical systems that are approaching any land areas in the atlantic. now, this graph shows you where the peak of the hurricane season, the frequency of what we're tracking storms, and that's dated september 10th. we're already starting to go down that peak. so, every day that goes by, especially between now and say the hid middle of october, is a good day without any storms approaching land. as far as what we're dealing with today, just because we don't have tropical systems, doesn't mean it's not a mess from florida, through alabama, georgia, arkansas, louisiana, and in texas. now, in texas, we didn't want to

ruin your weekend, but we did need wet weather, and we are getting it. most of it right now is light from dallas to abilene and also north of there, but we will see heavy downpours during the day. the best weather today? chicago, kansas city, billings, seattle, and just about everyone out west. i talked to a guy earlier today, alex. he says he's visiting from california, and today in new york was the first time he had seen rain in six months. can you imagine? six months. they haven't had any wet weather at all. >> nope. wow. >> their rainy season comes, when, november, december? >> they could certainly use the rain, though, with the fires. remember jimena? didn't quite happen. didn't make it. all right, bill, thank you very much. and this is a sad story to share this morning. the world's oldest person has passed away. gertrude baines died on friday at a los angeles, california, hospital. she was 115 years old. the georgia native was born, if you can imagine this, april 6th, 1894. back then, the u.s. flag had 44 stars and grover cleveland was president, to put it all in

perspective for you. baines had out-lived every one of her relatives. gertrude baines dead at the age of 115. and if you will indulge me just for a moment here, i want to show all of you, i was able to be at that birthday party celebration you saw there. this is the program from it back in april. i took my daughter with me, because i'm proud to tell you all that my father was gertrude baines' physician, and i think it's in large part to my father and his wonderful care of her that she lived in part a very long and healthy life. daddy, i know you're awake out there in los angeles watching. so, i love you and i'm really proud of you and i know you were sad to hear gertrude passed. anyway, there you have it. still ahead, a tea party protest today on the streets of washington. we have a live report coming up. and a woman who says she beat up a store clerk by mistake. it is caught on videotape. you're going to hear her explanation on "msnbc saturday." f as a ringtone ♪ ♪ who knew the store would go and check my credit score ♪ ♪ now all they let me have is this dinosaur ♪ ♪ hello hello hello can anybody hear me? ♪

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well, today in washington, protestors are already gathering for a large-scale march to the u.s. capitol. they are rallying against what they say is a nonstop tax-and-spend agenda on capitol hill. i'm joined now live from washington by wrc reporter derrick ward. so, derek, with a good morning to you, looks like there are a bunch of people there. who's behind this march? >> reporter: well, it's a group called taxpayer rally. there are lots of groups here that are supporting this, and they really say that they don't have a designated leader. they say they are all joined in patriotism and in the ideals of the american constitution. now, thousands have turned out, some would say tens of thousands, have turned out for this taxpayer rally here in washington. it's called a tea party. they call themselves patriots and they say it's to end what they call the tax-and-spend policies emanating from washington. this group and groups like it have largely been associated with the right-wing,

conservative themes. and while there definitely is a strong showing of those viewpoints here, it is at best an uneasy alliance. and many of the people we have spoken to say they are unhappy with both parties. it's a bit of a migration of this movement, dissatisfaction with what they say is business as usual on capitol hill. but many here say that they don't think they're being heard by either side. we are not being very well received here by some in this crowd, but others are glad that we are indeed here. of course, if anyone is being demonized here, it is nancy pelosi and president barack obama. this march will start with a rally. several speakers will march to the west end of the capitol, where they hope their voices will be heard. we have talked to several people in the crowd here who say they don't think the people on capitol hill are listening to sth them. >> i'll tell you, the shot you have here with a lot of people around you, we're seeing that, but we're also seeing a bird's-eye view. do you have any idea how many people have gathered here? because it looks like it's really taking up the majority of

capitol hill. >> reporter: indeed. i think that tens of thousands is probably not an overestimate of this crowd. of course, they sound like a lot more if they're not -- [ inaudible ] it has spilled over the plaza onto pennsylvania avenue and up a side street here near freedom plaza. >> well, sounds like a lot more than 10,000 bleeding into your microphone. derrick ward thank you very much for the live report. still ahead, the search for some stolen andy warhol paintings, but first, great deals for a great escape. latest travel bargains when msnbc returns. doesn't that look pretty? our expert stylist recommends full & thick from pantene. it just got the good housekeeping seal. you wanna know why? the full & thick collection really leaves the hair full.

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we're getting this live look from wrc. that is a group of angry t taxpaye taxpayers, shall we say, protesting tax policies. they plan to march to the end of the street. you can barely make out the capitol dome in the kind of upper left quadrant of your screen. let's get now to my political experts here with me now, republican strategist, mction political analyst joe watkins here in the studio and in washington, democratic strat jest peter fenn, who i'm going to call out right now because i have not seen you in so long. for all i knew, you were in that crowd down there. >> not me. not me, alex. >> yeah, okay. >> actually, i was in ireland last week with my father, and i must say, we were doing some speeches around ireland and i got quite choked up when you talked about your dad and then the 115-year-old woman. it's incredible. >> i start getting choked up, too. i just, i did. well, i'm really proud of him, as if it's not obvious, and i'm sure you are of your dad. let's go to taxes right now, before we go to the issue of what happened with the "you lie"

and all that in congress on wednesday night. what you see right now in washington, peter, does this surprise you, the numbers of people? i mean, i think even our reporter there on the ground underestimated by saying tens of thousands. it looks like 100,000 people there! >> well, they had a pretty good turnout on those tea parties, alex, and when you have media outlets and leading personalities pushing this, you get a good crowd. i have to go, though, to mark mckinnen, who is president bush's media adviser, worked for john mccain, a strong republican adviser. and he said, you know, a lot of these folks -- and he called them nutballs -- and i'll quote it, he said "they're right-wingnutballs," and he says it's bad for the republican party "these freaks fill the void of the republican party." and that's from a republican. and i'm not saying this is all

freaks on the street down there, but i think his concern is that what is driving this is the hard-core right wing of the party, people who are not mainstream people, and it's going to hurt the republican party in the end. i don't know if joe agrees or not. >> yeah, i'm going to say to joe, freaks and nutballs, do you agree with that? >> no, i don't. i think mark mckinnon's a great guy. i don't particularly agree with that assessment. i think these were just american people. a lot of them may not be republicans. they're just folks who want to make sure their voice is heard and they've got a very strong opinion. they've got an opinion that obviously lots of americans share with regards to taxes, and they're there to be heard. so, this is their right as americans to be heard, to say what they think and to be heard. that's their right as americans and they're doing that. >> real quickly, peter -- >> i agree with that. i'll just say i totally agree with joe that the right to protest is fine. i think where you get into trouble, and i think joe would agree with this, is when it

becomes uncivil, when you talk about, you know, hitler as obama, when you're talking about nazis, when, you know, carry guns to rallies. these kinds of things are un-american. but the right to protest is definitely very american. >> okay. guys, i want to move to joe wilson right now and the "you lie" shout-out during president obama's speech on wednesday night. first to joe on this. the house is talking about having a vote next week to admonish him for his conduct if he does not apologize. do you think that is warranted? and let's just say that nancy pelosi at first, the day after on thursday, said you know, we're just going to let this go. it was an unfortunate incident, but let's focus on the bigger things. now maybe not? >> well, the good thing is congressman wilson apologized to the man that he said it to. he said it to president obama, and that's a good thing, and president obama i think accepted the apology and said it's over and done with. now, if members of the house and

democrats in the house want to make an issue of this, prolong this and make a big deal out of this -- this is not first time outbursts like this have happened. in 2005, when president bush gave the state of the union address, there was a huge outburst from democrats who were very unhappy with what he had to say about social security. so, these things happen from time to time. generally speaking, they happen and then they're over and done. but if the house wants to make an issue out of this, i suppose they can. i wouldn't suggest they do that, but obviously, it's in their hands. >> what do you think, peter? do you think the fact that the president accepted the apology, should the democrats just let this one go? >> well, you know, the problem is, alex, that wilson went on his website, said he's going to stick by his guns and called for money, started raising money on the basis of this -- >> but the democrats made more -- >> then everybody said, whoa, wait a minute, you know, what is this about? why is it that if he apologized, did he even mean it? and also, they have a history in the house of when something happens like this, you speak, you know, out of turn and

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welcome back to "msnbc saturday." i'm alex witt, and we begin this half hour with the president's new strategy for health care reform. today he's tailoring his message to people with health coverage, reminding them that they could be one accident or job loss away from joining the ranks of the uninsured. i'm joined by mike becerra from washington. good morning to you. >> good morning, alex. >> the president backing up this message with a new report from the treasury department with some stats there. tell us about it. >> well, the challenge for the president and democrats has been since the debate started was to talk to a vast majority of americans who already have health insurance and a vast majority of those get it through their employers, that they're not quite as set as they may believe and there are abuses within the system by insurance companies that leads to rising costs and injustices -- people having insurance withdrawn from pre-existing conditions and the like. it's a change from earlier when the talk was about cost, things of that nature, and insuring the

uninsured. while that's still a substantial goal of the legislation, they've tried to shift the focus now and they've come out with a report from the secretary of the treasury, or i should say the treasury department, that says that many americans over the course of a decade, the majority, perhaps, will be at some point without health insurance. he's leaving very shortly to go to a rally in minneapolis, minnesota at the target center. he's expected to speak to some 20,000 people there. they say it's open to the public. no tickets are being distributed, but first come, first serve. and local reports we've checked out today say people started lining up as early as 8:00. and meanwhile, right here in river city, washington, d.c., obama opponents, those tea party advocates, they say, the antitax activists, people who are opposed to president obama's agenda across the board, including health care, i'd have to call that a fairly significant gathering here. that's shot roughly in the neighborhood of the white house, looking down pennsylvania avenue towards the capitol. that's the length -- that's

about a mile long, that stretch of pennsylvania avenue there. and as you can see, at least from this perspective, it appears to be filled up with these people that are going to be marching down to the capitol, where there will be a rally just a little bit later this morning, to begin in about an hour, i'm told, alex. so, competing rallies here, pro and con. the president traveling to minnesota, minnesota known as a relatively healthy state that has quality health care, has a mayo clinic there, for example, trying to take his case to the american people following on that big wednesday speech to congress. >> yeah. you know, i'm terrible at crowd estimates and i sure wish we could get an estimate, because i've already been tweeted by people who are saying, oh, only 20,000 were expected, only 30,000 were expected, and you know, i just can't tell. i mean, with that vast expansion of pennsylvania avenue, i'm thinking, there's got to be more than that. >> yeah. that will be an ongoing point of contention. that's always something here in washington that doesn't work out to job's satisfaction because the park service, which is in charge of much of the downtown area and the national mall,

stopped giving crowd estimates simply because it became so controversial. this dates back to the million man march and so forth. i think you can say this rally here -- and these are a lot of the same folks that appeared at the ruckus town hall meetings over the course of the summer. it was organized by an organization called freedom works, headed by former republican leader in the house of representatives, dick armey and glenn beck, the radio and television talk show host. call people out today, the 9/1 rally they call it. i think it's a fairly substantial crowd no matter how you cut it. >> mike, thank you. well, democrats are rallying around the cause of health reform, but there's not much evidence it changed minds on the other side of the aisle. here with his take of the debate, i'm joined on the phone by republican congressman lee terry. good morning to you. >> good morning, alex. >> what's your reaction to the treasury report that a lot of people's health insurance lapses at some point or another?

is that a more compelling argument for you? >> well, it's compelling, but it doesn't change the argument about a government-run or government participation in the plan. a lot of us want to do reforms, but we want to do them without making government bigger and more intrusive, and certainly without a $900 billion price tag or a $1.2 trillion price tag. >> well, i understand that you are against the public option, but the lincoln "journal star" says you think there may need to be some government subsidies for lower-income americans to access private health insurance. why isn't the public option the way to get this done? >> well, because in a growing government, empowering government more over things like our health care is reason why some of us ran. and so, that's why a lot of republicans, when we were challenged by the president on wednesday night to agree to the public plan, that's just one of

those things where we have to violate our core principles to do that. and so, what i was hoping to hear from the president -- and he did say it -- was, you know, let's work together and find ways that we can accomplish based on his principles. because i think a lot of us would agree with the principles. it's the details where we start separating. >> well, in your official reaction to wednesday's speech, you said that members of congress on both sides of the aisle share the goal for providing health care for the millions of uninsured americans, but when the republicans controlled congress, health care didn't seem to be a priority the way it is now. why didn't republicans propose more high-profile discussion, if not legislation then? >> well, we tried many ways making sure that insurance was more accessible and affordable. for example, allowing individuals to ban together in larger groups to bring down the price, which were called ahps, and we couldn't get that through the senate, but it passed the

house many times. health savings accounts were one of the creations of the republicans. so, what we do is try to attack it through the free market system as opposed to the government growth pattern that exists now. >> in speaking with your constituents, i know you've spoken with hundreds of them yourself on health reform, what is it that matters most to them? >> well, a lot -- from the constituents that were showing up at my town halls and when i go to coffee shops and talk, they're worried about the big price tag. they're worried about the economy and they sit there and see that congress is spending billions and trillions of dollars almost every month with a new, large project. and health care in and of itself was just the last straw. another trillion dollars of commitment. they're seeing that. that's going to really weigh on our future economy and future opportunities for our kids. so, i heard the price tag as much as i did stop the government growth and intrusion. >> all right. republican congressman lee terry

of nebraska, thank you for your time on the phone on "msnbc saturday." appreciate it. >> thank you. and for more on what to expect from the white house, you can check out the week ahead and the fact check at firstread.msnbc.com. a woman in delaware is asking for forgiveness after she attacks a store clerk by mistake, she says. it all started when vickie gamrell pumped $8 of gas and then paid for it with what she thought was a $20. the clerk told her she actually gave him a $1 and that's when she lost it. turns out, though, the clerk was right. when she returned to the store to clear things up, state police were waiting and she apologized. >> i am vickie, i am the lady who came into the store and i ask you to please, please forgive me. i am so very sorry for taking out my anger on you over $20, and it wasn't worth it. >> well, the clerk says he accepts the apology, but even so, she still faces assault charges. police in california say a collection of andy warhol portraits were stolen from the

home of an l.a. businessman. a housekeeper at the home of richard wiseman was the first to notice the missing masterpieces. a $1 million reward is being offered. britain's prince harry is going to have a lot more to celebrate next week than just his 25th birthday. the prince will become entitled to part of an inheritance left to him by his mother, diana, the late princess of wales. and nbc's stephanie gosk is in london with all of the latest on this. how much money are we talking about, stephanie? and good morning, by the way. >> good morning, alex. well, princess diana split what remained of her estate after taxes between her two sons, an estimated $22 million. that money was then invested and has increased to nearly $30 million today. and on tuesday, harry inherits his share. now, the young man at times known more for late-night adventures in central london than his princely duties is now considered old enough to handle the responsibility. >> hey, harry! >> reporter: nearly 25 years old and the public still can't pin him down.

gallant prince on the cusp of inheriting his half of princess diana's fortune, an estimated $15 million. prince harry seems determined to ditch the party boy persona. >> prince harry's popularity as he approaches his 25th birthday has never been better. >> an image makeover made possible in the military. early last year, harry fought for ten weeks on the front line in afghanistan. this summer he passed the first stage of an intense helicopter pilot course. by march, he could get his wings. >> by going into the military, he really proved himself, because not only just through going to afghanistan and being on the front line, but just in general, throwing himself into his military training. >> reporter: there are signs that harry, third in line to the throne, just might be pulling out from under his big brother's shadow. >> at the end of the day, though -- >> reporter: on a trip to new york in may, the young prince looked confident and mature. >> he was, in a way, a continuous of the princess diana type image, where he was more fun-loving, free and able to

conduct himself in an appropriate way. >> and because my mother loved this city, it makes this occasion all the more poignant for me. >> reporter: later in the week, prince harry spoke to matt lauer about his visit to ground zero. >> very, very moving sort of couple hours i spent down there. great to meet all the firefighters as well and the families. i mean, truly inspirational the way they have pulled themselves forward in the last few years. >> reporter: as harry's public appearances increase, so does the scrutiny of his private life. the british media has even been accused of hacking into his cell phone. the latest reports are that harry is getting back together with his former girlfriend, chelsy davy, but there is little proof and his mind seems to be elsewhere. >> he's single, he's training to be a helicopter pilot and he wants to go back to the front line to serve his country. >> reporter: tabloids hoping for splashy headlines will just have to wait. it's unlikely the money will change harry's life in any real way, alex. the princes are hardly struggling financially. and they will be very sensitive

about appearances in tough economic times. wouldn't send a good message to be throwing money around. alex? >> so, does that mean there's not going to be a big birthday bash? because 25 is a pretty significant milestone. >> it is, and it is here as well. this is sort of the birthday when you become an adult, certainly, especially in the royal family. but there is unlikely to be a really big party. there might be a small celebration. the real reason is that harry's involved in this very intense helicopter pilot training, and of the things he's not really allowed to do is drink and party, which is one of the reasons we've seen a much more subdued prince harry in recent months. alex? >> okay, stephanie gosk in london. thanks, stephanie. still ahead, the new nano. it has some surprising functions in a small package. back pain in the morning,

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as the diplomatic community takes this offer for talks. is there any sense that real progress can be made? >> i think the obama administration has consistently said that they would like to try to engage with iran but that their hopes for successful negotiations in the near term have diminished, especially, as you say, in the wake of the elections dispute. and they are going to try to test with their allies in the next couple weeks how serious iran wants to talk. there was concern that iran's response this week did not seem open to discuss its nuclear program. >> well, right. and that is something that's always the big if. but if iran comes to the table and does not discuss the nuclear issue, clearly that's what the u.s. and the state departments wants to discuss. what kind of headway can be made? >> i think they want to convince two of their allies, in particular russia and china, over the next few weeks, that they have done everything they

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of intent there. does iran intend to actually go ahead and produce a bomb or come up to some threshold? so that's what they're going to try to test out in the next few weeks in negotiations. >> okay. "politico's" lauren rozen, thank you so much. >> thanks. officials in mexico have closed 14 schools in that part of the country after a rise in the number of swine flu cases. they say ten students have been tested for swine flu with dozens more coming down with symptoms of the virus. let's talk this morning about some fall travel deals. it is the time of year where we are in between the high and low seasons, and that's when resorts slash prices, making it a great time to hit the road. genevieve shaw-brown is a senior editor for travelocity and is here with more on what's hot this season. good morning to you. >> good morning, alex. >> last time we discussed mexico and that area. let's move out to california, specifically the lake tahoe reason, which is beautiful and favorites of ours. >> absolutely. north lake tahoe is beautiful this time of year. great weather for hiking and

biking, and in a few weeks, even seeing the leaves change. there's a great deal at the resort at squaw creek. a four-star hotel. stay four nights or longer, gut one night free, about $150 a night. that's compared to $279 and up during a high season. so a really good value. >> and such a picturesque place. >> beautiful. >> amazing with the mountains around that resort. you also like bermuda. that's such a great place for easterners. you can get there in an hour and a half, two hours max. >> it's great for a weekend getaway. especially in the next few weeks, expect low to mid-80s, perfect for enjoying the pink sand beaches, doing some swimming, sunbathing. really nice. bermuda's having a destination-wide promotion. book a four-night stay, get $400 off. they're participating from two to five-star, so something at every price point. a great deal at the fairmount southampton. it's a four-star hotel with rates from $160 a night compared to $400 and up during the high

season. >> that is a great sale there, nice place, too. what about the cruise industry trying to stay competitive here? you have royal caribbean's freedom of the seas. what are they offering? >> freedom of the seas is a great trip and cruising is great vacationing, because it includes your meal, accommodations, transportation between ports, on board entertainment. it's between $84 a night from port ka naferl, florida. >> i am so impressed. you rattled those things off. you've got all the details. you're the go-too girl. >> it's my job. >> and you're good at it. from travelocity, genevieve shaw brown. thank you. >> thank you. still ahead, protestors hit the streets of washington, d.c. the reasons why, coming up on "msnbc saturday." this is my small-business specialist, tara. i know landscaping, but i didn't know how wireless could help my business. i just don't know how wireless can help my business.

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at the apple store this holiday season because the company's announced changes to one of its ipod lines, the nano has several new features. joining me now is wendy sheehan donald, consumer electronics editor at tcmag.com. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> that's cool. >> yeah, it's cool. >> it's small, great, chock-full of stuff. what's so great about this one? >> the big deal about this guy is video. there's a video camera on the back, so -- >> a good one? >> well, it's good for youtube, good for facebook, not good to watch on a big tv, but you know, it's nice to have when you're out, listening to music, you see something you want to capture, you've got a camera in your hand. it's a little awkwardly places because you're holding it like this and the camera's right here, so you have to be careful with your fingers, but otherwise, it's great to have. >> but it doesn't just take pictures. >> oddly enough, it doesn't. i'm not sure why. but it's only video. >> okay. how long does the video go? >> as long as the battery goes, which is probably about -- it depends how much music you have,

how much listening you're doing, it depends, but a lot. >> yeah. i was telling you during the commercial break that i inher inherited my daughter's nano, which was nice of her to give to me, for running or walking. and then you tell me these guys thought about that. >> yes. this is a pad yomter in here. >> that's great! >> you put in your weight, start walking and it will tell you how much calories you burned and you can up load it to nike's site which will tell you how you're doing fitnesswise. >> put in perspective nano's popularity. >> it's pretty popular. i would say -- i am not sure, but i would say it's the most popular apple player. >> what is this is, the fifth incarnation? >> number five, and it's changed a little bit every time. this time not much. it just changed -- it's a little shinier, it's got the camera, still comes in all the fun colors. >> yeah. price? is it a pricey one? >> this one is 8-gig and it's $149. then there is a 16-gig that's $179. >> any drawbacks to it, any complaints? i know it's just new and you're still testing it, but do you see

anything where they're going to say, uh-oh, this is a glitch? >> we reviewed it and we love it. the one thing is the camera placement and you can't take still pictures, but for $149, it's a nice throw-in, because it's a nice player otherwise. >> i just think that's so light, it's absolutely amazing. >> yeah, it's tiny. it packs a lot. >> it can disappear, quickly, too, if you're not careful about it. thank you for the gift. just kidding. i'm giving it back. still ahead, the search for a missing yale graduate student. (announcer) time brings new wisdom

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