harrowing seven didn-week ordea. paul mccartney prepares to say "i do" for a third time. good morning. welcome to msnbc saturday. i'm alex witt. it is 9:00 straight up in the east coast. let's get to what's happening right now out there. the public will get a new look of information about the compound where osama bin laden lived. pentagon is expected to release new tails about his life and what officials are learn prosecuting the trove of information found inside of that compound. meanwhile, "the new york times" reports that the obama administration is demanding the names of high-ranking pakistani intelligence operatives to see if they might have had any knowledge of bin laden's whereabouts. and u.s. officials confirmed a drone strike in yemen this week. the first in that country since 2002. targeted the radical cleric anwar al awlaki. it does not appear al awlaki was killed but others may have died. one of bin laden's wives is reporting new information that could make relations even more

strained between the u.s. and pakistan. stephanie gosk is live for us in islamabad, pakistan. good saturday morning to you, stephanie. what are we learn being this? >> reporter: good morning. this is coming from bin laden's youngest wife. she is his favorite wife. she is from yemen. she is telling pakistani officials bin laden has been in pakistan the last seven years. for two of those years spent in a town that's even closer to the capital. south of abbottabad where we were, the compound raided by navy s.e.a.l.s. halfway from that town to islamabad. it will raise even more questions about how the military and the government here didn't know that bin laden was living in their midst. >> okay. i know it is very strained right now but in terms of -- with -- regard to what bin laden was up to at his compound, what do we

know? he had no phone. no internet service. how are we getting this information? >> well, u.s. intelligence officials tell nbc news that they recovered just a treasure-trove of intelligence from the house. including hard drives and computers and as well as written documents as well. they started going through them and taking them weeks to get through all of them. they are already gleaning interesting facts about the way bin laden lived within the compound. one of the officials that spoke to msnbc said it appears as if he got up every morning, coming up with new ways to attack the united states. and contrary to reports that he wasn't involved in al qaeda's operations and he was more of a symbolic leader of al qaeda, he actually was involved. he was a micro manager and that he -- still had contact with the arrest of al qaeda's leadership. >> i understand that that kind of information is coming from what we have gleaned based on what the navy s.e.a.l.s took

from the compound. pakistan authorities are not necessarily cooperating that, right? they are -- trying to portray a different type of osama bin laden. roup ye >> reporter: we have seen different stories. these two kind of conflicting stories of what took place in the compound. one version from the united states and another version from pakistan. pakistan obviously in a position where they are being criticized for not going bin laden was there. today what -- reuters news agency has been reporting that pakistani intelligence officials have been telling them actually he was quite cut off and it was a very difficult life and he was living. and he didn't have -- communication with other al qaeda leaders and that he was actually just more of a symbolic figurehead. they, of course, wanted -- don't want to be criticized for having him in midst and controlling the operation. then want to downplay that as much as possible. it is tough to know which version is true. but that's what we are hearing from both sides. alex? >> okay. nbc's stephanie gosk in

islamabad. thank you. back here in america, the pentagon expected to shed more light on what bin laden's life was like. while he was living in pakistan. and nbc's athena jones is at the white house for us. good saturday morning to you, athena. what do you expect we will hear at the briefing? >> reporter: good morning. as you heard stephanie gosk explain this information that this team, navy s.e.a.l.s team, that stormed the obama compound, bin laden compound, excuse me, took away from that compound was described as a treasure-trove. we expect at this noon briefing, senior intelligence official to begin to reveal some more of the intelligence they have been able to glean from the huge catch. we may hear more about the other plots osama bin laden was planning. we may also get more of a glimpse into what his daily life was like. we already know the information has revealed al qaeda wanted to strike u.s. railways, strike u.s. trains here in america on the tenth anniversary of september 11 coming up this later this year. it will be interesting to see what else we hear in the noon

briefing. as stephanie gosk said it will take some time to go through document, files, and these discs. we will begin to hear more about what they found out this afternoon. >> lots of concern about bin laden being able tool live for so long in this relatively affluent neighborhood in pakistan. talk about the strain right now between the white house and islamabad. >> reporter: it's really interesting. even when the counterterrorism adviser john brennan said it is inconceivable that osama bin laden didn't have some sort of support within pakistan. whether that's from the government or from some nongovernment officials, it is unclear. certainly he has said that there are a lot of questions being asked. u.s. demanding answers from pakistan on this. yet, all officials from brennan on to secretary clinton and others, all are careful to note that pakistan is an important ally in this war against al qaeda, in this war against extremists and there are crucialal ice and can't really be a wholesale break here. strained relations, a lot of

questions that pakistan needs to answer right now. it does seem as -- brennan said, inconceivable that -- osama bin laden spent so much time, so close to islamabad and some people didn't know about it. so -- it will be inning to see how that comes out and certainly pakistan is pushing back a little bit. and we all know both sides know that this relationship is too crucial. the u.s. provides billions of dollars in aid to pakistan. unlikely to stop. they need each other in this fight, alex. >> athena jones at the white house. thank you. there are new details about what was inside bin laden's medicine cabinet. officials say that there were no exotic drugs and medications appear to be for ulcer pain or shingles. another drug found there is typically used to lower high blood pressure. bin laden, of course, longtime rumored to have kidney failure but the cache of drugs does not show evidence of that or any other serious health problems. in just a few minutes we will talk with terrorism analyst michael sheen about i an.

watch "meet the press" today. among david gregory's guest, tom donilon and rudy giuliani and michael chertoff and former cia director general michael hayden. if it is sunday it is "meet the press." check your local listings. preparing for the worst engineers say farm, small town some urban areas can see extensive flooding from the rising mighty mississippi river. and parts of memphis, tennessee, already under water and force something residents to evacuate. >> i wait until the water goes down to see what i can do. i have never been in nothing like this. in is all new to me. >> jay gray is live in memphis. with another good saturday morning to you, jay. we look at this area and really memphis has escaped pretty unscathed in terms of flooding. s that woman was saying she never experienced anything like this. >> yeah. absolutely. this is new experience for a lot of people in memphis and not one

they will forget any time soon. we are looking at epic flooding for this area. the frightening thing this is the beginning. middle of beal street where the water continues to rise. and this the s the start after big weekend in the city. nba playoff game this afternoon. there was supposed to be a barbecue cookout in a park along the river here. obviously that won't be the case. they moved that to higher ground. they have also asked more than a thousand families to evacuate their homes and we expect that number to go up more than 300 already in areas shelters. hundreds more staying with family or friends as these waters grow. the crest of the mississippi not expected in the memphis area until sometime wednesday. the record high for the river is 48.7 feet. right now forecasters say it will reach 48. so -- they are going to see water in places they haven't seen for decades here. that's very concerning for memphis in this surrounding areas. they are dealing with this as you talked about all morning,

alex, across the mid south. >> they are. do you get a sense that -- i know i spoke with the red cross official. but given that this river, when it rises and crests, i believe that's set for wednesday, it could be quite some time before people are able to get back to their homes. do you get a sense that they are ready for this, prepared for evacuations and housing these people for so long? >> well, i think as prepared as they can be. as you talked about earlier, this is a new experience for so many here in the memphis area. they are not sure exactly what to expect. really when you talk to those that have been through floods and experienced this, understand that the real work for those homeowners who -- have been hit the hardest only begins when the water recedes and right now they are saying that could be sometime around june 1. so they won't get back into their homes and won't be able to see what's left or what's not left, if that's the case, until -- that time. this is going to be a rough go for a very long time for a lot of people. >> unfortunately i think you are right. okay. incomes's jay gray.

thank you so much from memphis. there are still a lot of unanswered questions surrounding the death of bin laden. including who will take his place. how capable of al qaeda delivering on its promise to avenge his death? that and more coming up. also ahead, more jobs in america. yet, more unemployment. why might yesterday's jobs report encouraging news for those looking for a job. and we are going trackside for a live report at churchill downs. stay with us. don't know what to give her this mother's day? how about a smile? at 1-800-flowers.com, we can design an arrangement that is sure to delight. [ doorbell ] 1-800-flowers. ohh! take our "tote-ally" original, "tote-ally" mom bouquet, a stylish gift that fits her perfectly. this mother's day, don't settle for the ordinary. send a creation that's truly her. call, click or come in, and let us arrange a smile for you this mother's day, starting at $29.99. mom!

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the pentagon will reveal new information today on the intelligence it receive when the u.s. raided bin laden's compound this week. navy s.e.a.l.s grabbed dvds, hard drive, thumb drives and more from the hideout. the u.s. says at least one piece of evidence revealed an al qaeda

plot against u.s. train to be launched on september 11th of this year. wishfully so. michael she an, terrorism analyst for nbc news. so with another good morning to you, i want to get to what i just talked about. there was nothing concrete, nothing hard. it was just in the -- idealistic stage, was it in the planning stage to get a sense of what we know about that? >> right now i think we know it was in the planning stage and i think officials have said that we -- nothing specific about -- organized plot. railroads are not a surprise to american security officials. long worried with the nypd. spending time trying how to defend him. miles and miles of track very difficult to defend. also stations. unlike in airplanes thousands of people getting on and off trains very rapidly, so you can't provide anything near the type of security that we do at ire lines. it is a big challenge. >> there was talk about now having to go and -- asking people just to be on the lookout for things. even like loose spikes in the trains. that's what they would try to

just disrupt as easily as that and that could create that kind of havoc they see? >> right. it is difficult. in the past they stuck to their playbook which is explosives in madrid, london, moscow. also we have known them -- in spain to try to attack the rail lines themselves. also attack trains in different ways. myriad of ways they can attack trains. very difficult to defriend yeah. what do you expect we are going to hear from the pentagon and cia officials? what kinds of things do you think we have gotten from the hard drives? >> i think what they will do this afternoon and give us a flavor of how important this information was and how important bin laden was still to the operations of al qaeda. i don't think they are going to get into specifics. they may talk about the type of information in there. from my experience in the past, in these types of files, names, aliases, phone numbers. locations of safe houses, perhaps training facilities. this could be extremely important if it really has that kind of information. >> how important are the wives that are now in custody that ring being spoken with and

interrogated? do you think we will get that information from the pakistani authorities? >> two parts. how important are they and will we get it? none is important as the computer files. these are human beings with eyes and see things. if they are cooperative we can get descriptions of people, flavor of movement of activity. they are potentially very, very important. but the real treasure-trove is probably in those computers. >> okay. michael sheehan, thanks so much. wait and listen to see what the pentagon will do. officials in las vegas are calling it a swarm robbery at a convenience store. all caught on tape. look what's happening here. store's owner says at least 35 people entered at the same time and just went in there and took whatever they wanted and happened to be mostly beer and so did a zps snacks. he says about $600 worth of merchandise was stolen in less than four minutes. police are using this video here to try to identify everyone involved. they call at this time most exciting two minutes in sports. and today is 137th running of

the kentucky derby. one of this year's favorites is dialled in. the weather channel's stephanie abrams is live for us at churchill downs. as i said last hour, she's dialed in. good to have her here. let's talk about another contender as well that was once the favorite. now scratched from this race. what's up with that? >> uncle mo had some g.i. problems and apparently he is not fully recovered. scratched yesterday. there was a full 20 horses, ponies if you will, running in the race. now since uncle mo is out it is down to 19. and they say that the paper this morning is basically saying it is anyone's race at this point. now, there is a chance of a stray shower. everyonetwittering what's the forecast. too close to call. we have to tune in a couple of hours before the race and then we can give you a better idea. but still with those pop-up hit and miss thunderstorms, it is kind of hard to tell until you are right before the race. it does look like the rain will hold off on the morning races.

which start at 10:30 until later. then my picks for the derby, alex, pants on fire, because it is a female jockey, sixth only in history. woman never won. also, mucho macho man. i have to do this when i say that. for the ymca. trainer, female trainer. heart transplant. great story there, too. >> i love this. pete fire, mucho macho man, dialed in. i want to know how much fun you are having. you have a big smile on your face. you look fabulous with your fascinator hat. >> no fun at all. no, kidding. i had a hat but changed over to the fascinator. yesterday it was all the ladies racing. fillies for the lilies. i hung out and watched those races. it takes you back into time when you are here. when you are in the grand stand you almost feel like you are back in the '20s or '30s. men dressed newspaper hats. it is so much fun. if you guys can ever get out here, you should do it. girls weekend next weekend. >> i'm so into that. awesome. let's do that next year.

mint juleps, have you had one yet? >> we did make them a little early year the show. and honestly, i get drunk just smelling them. they are so strong. it is literally bourbon with a dash of ice and dash of salt and dash of mint. yesterday they this these drinks of lilies. vodka and -- some sort of pink lemonade or whatever. it is a lot to take in. >> yeah. i'm right there with you. i think that makes us cheap dates. but anyway. okay. stephanie abrams, thanks so much. enjoy your time there. we love it. >> sure. >> all of you be sure to watch nbc's live coverage of the kentucky derby. gets under way at 4:00 this afternoon on your nbc station. love may be a many splendored things. florida love hurts. at least for the owners of one vacation home. look what happened here. someone spray painted a marriage proposal on their garage. >> response yes. i mean, you know, she had to be right there with okay, here, your turn.

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the jobless rate climbed double digit for the african-american and hispanic communities. let's check in with financial analyst vera gibbons. another good morning to you. what do these numbers suggest? it was not expected? >> i know p.m. right. >> especially since -- mix. >> initial claims before. those were terrible. everybody says waiting we are going to change our estimates for friday. the numbers were very good. 244,000 jobs created. this is the third month we have seen over 200,000 jobs added to the economy. the gains were widespread from retailers to construction. factories. it tells us that the companies are feeling more comfortable about their recovery, feeling more confident in the recovery. they are sitting on a couple trillion worth of cash. now they are willing to put it towards the head count. suggests confidence. >> okay. but where might we go from here? because there are things that are -- putting a damper on the economy. >> gas prices would be the big one. we need to continue to build on this momentum. gas price could put a damper on the hiring. that's definitely a big concern.

but some of the analysts i talked to think that if gas prices come down, as they could, given the fact oil prices are down, and -- if they go down to $3.50 or lower, growth will continue to pick up and we already have seen signs that things are pretty good on the retail front, sales were up 8.9% led by apparel discount chains. some of the big department stores. luxury onevery well as well. >> what about when you have sharp sell-off and commodities, what does that mean for consumers? does that bring down gas prices, too? >> the gas prices don't come down as quickly as they go up, unfortunately. we did see oil prices have their biggest weekly drop in a couple of years. 115 on monday. gas price, some analysts are telling me could come down and come down fairly significantly if the sell-off is sustained by as soon as memorial day. that would be welcomed relief for all of us. >> we hope. okay. thank you so much. >> thanks. former beetle paul mccartney

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one of the things we will see in the election if one of the republicans stands up and says i disagree with obama on taxes, foreign policy issues. he is as much american as i am. you know what the problem with this election 2012 is? they won't say that. they ought to just say he's as much of an american as i am. let's move on to the issues. well, hotels know they can't fill every room every day.

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ballesteros died today. he won three british opens in and two masters. he was just 54. authorities in kenya discovered a ton and a half of elephant tusks at the main airport. sniffer dogs led floys the illegal ivory found in containers but no arrests have been made. that homeless ohio man with a golden voice is going back to rehab. ted williams says he's now ready for real recovery. williams manager reportedly said williams is going back to rehab for emotional issues, not drugs. those are your fast five headlines. just this morning the national republican party's weekly radio address was filled with praise for president obama on his coordinating of the mission that finally brought down bin laden. republican senator from massachusetts scott brown read that address calling bin laden's death, quote, a fine moment for our commander in chief. will the president be able to ride this wave of momentum into 2012? i'm joined by radio talk show host don in philadelphia.

and david in washington d.c. gentlemen, good morning. >> good morning. >> david, i will begin with you. how do you want to grade the president's handling of the bin laden raid? both from the outset it happened and then in the days since. >> i think you will be shocked to learn i would give the president an "a. >> really? >> i think -- yes, i would. and i think -- i want to tell you why a lot of people have analyzed whether or not it was a good idea, whether or not he handled it correctly. i want to give you a personal example. i have two sons. the 13-year-old said this is great, we killed bin laden. the 10 year old said, are we supposed to cheer when somebody is dead even though they are our enemy? that was a good way of capturing within my own family the debate going on. along comes president obama the next day to say he's not going to release the photo because that's not who we are. we don't spike the football. perfect. a-plus. explained in one sentence to my children that yes, in victory, you celebrate but you don't overdo and it same way in the

nfl. you score a touchdown, spike the ball, you get a penalty, i think the president has supremely good judgment and i think it is going to help him in 2012. >> i-find it interesting on a personal note i have two children and reflected the same sentiments yours did. i think that's interesting. speaking of discussion, what are your listeners say being this? >> well, i would give the president "a" for handling it. being able to set the team in versus the crews. post that is where i would differ. i think we should have released the photo. my listeners think we should have. it is not spiking the football. it is giving a certain degree of certitude to the death of bin laden and a lot of the families wanted that closure also. >> now, dom, i'm going to ask you, i know your sentiments are reflected by representative adam schiff from southern. he was saying the same things on thursday. he is a democrat. however, he since has drawn back a bit because -- once al qaeda

acknowledged and they released a statement on their website saying he is dead, so, dom, do you think that tempers that at all for you, that maybe we don't need to put out the gruesome photos? >> i still would put them out. i hear what you are saying. i'm glad to hear al qaeda did. my grade is "a" and post, though, i don't think that this president, this is -- the side i don't like has given enough credit to george bush and we still haven't gotten straightened that some of the things president obama did but some of the things that were put into play by bush, that's what resulted in taking out bin laden so forecastively. >> i disagree. may i? >> sure. >> the president invited george w. bush to the wreath laying at ground zero. george w. bush declined. i don't know why. but for to you say the president is not willing to give credit flies in the face of the facts. >> it doesn't -- wait a minute. it does not fly in the face of the facts. the president was i, i, i, et cetera. between haven't gotten straight that ten hanced interrogation c helped to lead to this. i'm willing to say the president

was great on the one hand. but deficient on the other. >> i will say from what i have read about president george w. bush's response to all of this that indeed, a team was sent to speak with him directly and brief limb on what happened. that he declined the invitation saying he will attend the tenth anniversary in september. ceremonies for that. he felt this was the kind of thing that happened on this president's watch and he was the one that just said that's why we are letting the president of the united states take this. i will be there for the commemorative events. that's what i read. does that make sense to you, david? >> yes, yes. it absolutely does. i mean, president george w. bush, i think, is giving credit where credit cais due. giving credit to the men and women in uniform, navy s.e.a.l. team, airborne division that got the credit yesterday when the president was there. there is a lot of credit being shared. >> that's one form of credit. >> let me finish here. the one thing that i really

don't like to see, there has been this concerted effort on the right thing to somehow delegitimize president obama. we saw it in the birther debate that's now -- >> ridiculous. never ends. >> now every time -- every time somebody wants to say, well, wait a second, we don't really believe he is dead. let's see the photos. that's just another -- >> nobody trying is to -- >> it is not going to work. >> excuse me. i just said that we gave the president an "a" for handling it and the minutia the types of things this president did are good. but we are not going off in some right-wing tangent to be critical to say let's acknowledge how we got to where. combination of what he has done and one thing i give him credit for he has been very strong at pushing back against pakistan. stronger than president bush, i believe. >> let me ask you both, whether you think this political boost, the -- poll numbers up by 11 points this week, how long do you think that will last. i will go to you first, david and then dom. >> elections are sxwon loand loe

economy. i don't think you can ever count on the military victory to sustain you through an election. that having been said, recent job numbers according to a million new private jobs, trends in the economy all suggest, yes, the president has the wind at his back. but -- to quote andy grove, only the paranoid survive. it is true in business and politics. he has to keep at it like every day. >> dom, your thoughts on the political boost here? >> i would say the boost is -- i would agree with a lot of that. we look back to the first president bush, 92% approval rating. lost to bill clinton. on the economy. and i would add that events still may unfold between now and then will determine this race. one thing it does for president obama, it gives them the ability to take away some of this national security issue against democrats for a while. >> you know what, there is assemblance of agreement between the two. we will leave it there. thank you. >> thank you. >> coming up in just a few minutes, a look at who may become the new leader of al

qaeda. coming up tomorrow on "meet the press," david gregory will speak with adviser tom donilon. new this morning, democratic lead leader nancy pelosi, bipartisan delegation arrived in iraq. the group will meet iraqi officials including prime minister maliki. they will be briefed by u.s. security ask diplomatic officials. back stateside residents in the mississippi river valley are agonizing over whether to flee the rising mississippi river. it only appears the situation will get worse before it gets better because that river is not expected to crest until wednesday in the memphis area. farms, small towns, some urban areas are already under water. that would include parts of memphis, tennessee. let's get the latest now from nbc meteorologist bill karins. a good morning to you. any relieving in sight? are we going to be waiting a while. >> this will slow -- a slow-moving disaster. we don't get a lot ofas terse like this in the done trip. we get tornadoes and hurricanes. instantaneous. even earthquakes. we know what we are dealing with. this is only going up about a foot a day in some areas on the

mississippi river. right now the crest is just south of cape girardeau where the ohio river dumps into the mississippi. the reason the mississippi will take so long to get through all of these flood stages is because the ohio river is where the worst flooding is right now. there is a long journey down the mississippi. we look at these dates by all these cities, memphis, wednesday of next week, we are talking about next weekend. even after next weekend in greenville, mississippi. vicksburg is almost two weeks from now. this just going to take forever and some of these locations talking about the greatest flood ever. we do not need any more rain, of course. that will aggravate things. we have a complex of thunderstorms that's heading over the ozarks. that will arrive over -- right over the ohio river and right over the mississippi where the worst flooding is occurring. it is not going to add too many more problems to it. it is not fun to watch it raining while it is flooding. as far as the kentucky derby goes, lot of questions about the rain there. we are going to see showers during the afternoon. i think there is a good chance of showers ends before the race goes off. coverage on incomes 4:00 to 7:00.

calling for 30% of showers during the race. a good chance of showers for the earlier race. so your saturday forecast, there is the showers. moving through missouri and storms through illinois. eventually into kentucky. also some light rain in the northwest and northeast. your mother's day forecast does not -- looks probably a lot worse than it is going to be. virginia and south carolina, through pennsylvania, that's just scattered showers. also some scattered storms in the northern plains. alex, much of the country will see a dry weekend and dry mother's day forecast. i delivered you a fantastic forecast thing weekend. that's my gift. >> thank you, bill. i will take it. i appreciate it. >> that's you will i could come up with. >> good enough. that's you will i ask for. latest in the weather in your area, logon to weather.com. paul mccartney is engaged to be married the third time. let's go live across the pond as we have been doing for the weddings kinds of events. all right. who is the lucky lady? any details on when they plan to get married? >> it is not clear yet.

let me show you the front page of one of our newspapers here, though. front page news. wed for the third time. it says he told friends that he couldn't be happier. after his last troubled relationship, they think that this one is going to be all right. friends describe them as the perfect couple. paul mccartney appeared with nancy shevell at a ball last week he already asked her to marry him. the girlfriend of four years will become his third wife and second american woman he has married. they met at the exclusive ham tons where they both own houses. the british newspaper this morning splashing the news across the front pages. sir paul declaring once again that he needs somebody. but this is not just anybody. nancy shevell gets along well with mccartney's children. >> amazing. >> reporter: she's a new york businesswoman with her own

fortune. today many fans wishing him well. >> i wish paul mccartney and his new wife a lot of luck. at least this time he picked one with her own money. >> reporter: paul mccartney's first wife, love of his life, linda, died of breast cancer in 1998. they had been together for almost 30 years. that hugely successful marriage was followed by one that could hardly have been less so. a year after he lost linda he found love with former model heather mills. they were married in 2002. it all ended very publicly. countless extraordinary headlines spoke of a couple at war and when they divorced in 2008, mills was awarded a $15 million settlement. mccartney's latest engagement is to an altogether different woman. she is 51 and he now 68. well past the age at which he wonders will you be still sending me a valentine. asked about his relationship paul replied i just like being

in love. it is, after all. it is not clear when or where sir paul proposed but it is reported that nancy said yes immediately. i guess you would, wouldn't you. alex, while he is said to be worth more than $300 million, her wealth is apparently valued at almost $200 million. i think it is unlikely they will need to sign a prenup agreement. they are apparently planning to marry as soon as possible. >> well, that's a good story all the way around. thank you so much. still ahead, we are paying more at the grocery store to put food on the table. there is a story we don't like. there is now a glimmer of hope. groceries will take a smaller bite from your budget. heading for las vegas when they suddenly vanished without a trace. now seven weeks later, one mystery ends where another begins.

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found alive. nbc's lester holt has the details. >> reporter: it was a road trip that led to dead ends and desperation. albert and rita left their home in canada this past winter for a trip to las vegas. but somewhere along the way the couple simply disappeared. security video taken on march 19 shows them buying food at an oregon store. it was one of the last times they were seen alive. while their families pleaded for help authorities on both sides of the border carried out extensive searches. combing the snowbound wilderness of oregon. while police feared the worst, loved ones never gave up. and this morning, their prayers were answered. incredibly, rita was found alive in a remote area of nevada where the couple's van had apparently gotten stuck in the mud. the 56-year-old said she ate snow to survive. she told investigators that a tragic tale of her husband left on foot weeks ago looking for

help. the couple's children called it a miracle. a son telling a local newspaper that he was stunned to hear the news. we haven't fully digested it, he said. now officials who will all but given up on the couple will head out again searching for the one who is still miss. >> that was nbc's lester holt reporting. gas prices are holding steady at just under $4 a gallon this morning. aaa says the average cost for regular unleaded is $3.98 a gallon. so far this year gas prices jumped about 30%. not just gas. food prices are also up 6% over the past 12 months. but my next guest says will is good reason to believe the painful price spikes may be temporary. why do you think gas is going to go down? why has it gotten this high? >> well, we -- seen this big drop in oil prices over the last few days. it got as high as $113 a barrel earlier this year. now it is down below $100.

$100 to $105, that feels like the right price. that's what analysts think is justified by basic supply and demand. of course worries about what might happen in the middle east and if the unrest spreads to saudi arabia or other big oil countries, that pushed it up higher than that. so -- if nothing else happens in the middle east it is a good chance we are going to see oil prices about where they are right now. which i think means we are going to see -- i think that means we will see gas prices coming down maybe to the $3.60, $3.50 range over the next couple of weeks. i don't think consumers should think -- get used to the idea gas will go back down to $3 or below $3 and stay there very long because the economy worldwide is just starting to pick up steam again. we are seeing what we saw in 2008. lot of increased demand from india and china and other places like that for oil. that's just going to continue. we are probably going to, you know, see $4 gas at some point in the future if not over the summer. >> food prices have certainly gone up. you have everyex-expectation it

is temporary. >> food prices will come back down a little bit. they have gone up largely because of bad weather in a lot of parts of the world. really louse why you harvests. because oil -- with oil going up, energy is a big part of the cost of food. it takes a lot of energy to harvest, process and transport food. is on -- if oil prices do come back down that means food prices are going to come back down along with it. and -- you know, we can grow more food. markets will adjust around the world. about six months from now, fall food prices ought to be back down a little bit. >> curious the housing market which you write about in the latest article. you say that, you know, despite this epic housing bust, there is a real silver lining to. >> it we are hearing about all these worries about inflation but one thing that has just gotten terrifically better for consumers that can afford to buy a home is affordability has gotten so good. that's because prices prices ha fallen so much and interest rates are low, two things.

if you measure it -- >> there's many on the market. >> that's one of the reasons prices are down. how much of your pay does it take to buy a home? that has been at the lowest level in 40 years. once people can get loans we will see home owners getting into the market, because it is a terrific time to buy. >> thank you much, rick newman. >> thanks, alex. authorities in tennessee have received more than 800 leads in the disappearance of nursing student holly bobo. are they providing any hope that police will save her from her kidnaper. also coming up, a live report from the pentagon on some of the material taken from bin laden's compound. what will it tell us about his days in abbottabad?

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osama bin laden appears to have played a larger role in al qaeda's day-to-day activities than originally thought.

the documents suggest he gave strategic directions to al qaeda affiliates in somalia and yemen. the family of the missing tennessee nursing student who disappear the last month is urging people to search their properties today. holly bobo vanished april 13th after initial reports said she was dragged off into the woods by a man dressed in camouflage. police are still looking but authorities say the search has been scaled back. i'm joined now by investigative crime reporter, michelle segona. good morning. >> good morning. >> police say the person who abducted her is probably local, probably familiar with the area. how likely is that? >> it's definitely very likely. this is someone who may have known holly's schedule, who may be familiar with the roads throughout the area. it's a small town but very rural. there's a lot of interesting ways to kind of get in and out and to know the different paths through the woods, through the towns, through the different neighborhoods. that of course is definitely one

angle investigators are still looking into. >> the initial reports that we've discussed several times that her brother saw someone dragging her off into the woods, now reports say she was forced or led into the woods. what do you make of all of this? >> anytime you have a case like this, where, for instance, in this case, the brother was the last person to see holly leave, he was the last person to know her whereabouts. and so it could have been a situation where he wasn't too sure of exactly what happened. that's why he said it appears that maybe it could have been someone that looked like her boyfriend and he wasn't too alarmed by that. and so there could have been a little bit of mix-up within his story. that sometimes is common, especially when something as traumatic like this happens to one of your family members. it's definitely interesting that, of course, obviously being dragged off byomeone and being led into the woods by someone else, they are two completely different stories.

i think investigators are looking into that. they have not named any suspects. they have not said the brother, the boyfriend, any one of that nature, they have questioned all of them, are suspects. they need to nail that last bit of story down. those are the last initial accounts of someone seeing holly leaving her home. >> i'm curious. you're talking about a small town environment. if someone does fit this description as being a local, how is it that the police can flush out someone like that at this point? they haven't already. >> maybe they have. maybe they have. maybe they know exactly who this person is, maybe they have pinpointed that person, maybe they are surveilling that person. a lot of times if there's a person of interest, someone they're zoning in on, they know where that person lives, they're going to know every step that person is taking but they're not going to tell the public.

all we can do is keep our hope alive that she is alive and doing well and that we can get those leads to bring her back home. >> amen. okay. thanks so much. >> you got it. still ahead, life at the compound. you'll see why we may learn a whole lot more about osama bin laden's years of hiding in pakistan. also ahead, the u.s. presses for more answer from pakistan over who might have known about bin laden's lair. you're watching "msnbc saturday." what i'm saying... excuse me? alright, fine. no, you don't have to do it. ok? [ male announcer ] notre dame knows it's better for xerox to control its printing costs. so they can focus on winning on and off the field. [ manager ] are you sure i can't talk -- ok, no, i get it. [ male announcer ] with xerox, you're ready for real business. mom! [ male announcer ] you know mom. mom! [ male announcer ] we know diamonds.

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