this morning on "early today," political divide, republican governor scott walker of wisconsin narrowly fends off a recall challenge. whees ee wrong with this picture? a routine traffic stop produces a bizarre photo-op for colorado police. and crown of thorns, miss pennsylvania resigns with some shocking claims about the miss usa pageant. captions paid for by nbc-universal television this is "early today" for wednesday, june 6th, 2012. hello, good morning i'm lynn berry. today we begin with staying alive, wisconsin republican scott walker still has a job this morning after becoming the

first governor in u.s. history to survive a recall attempt. walker's win is not only a defeat for milwaukee mayor tom barrett, but also for the union leaders who rallied against his controversial cuts. nbc's steve handelsman reports. >> reporter: it was closer than many expected. but the win could make wisconsin's republican governor, scott walker a gop superstar. for taking on the unions in his state. and surviving their counter move to take him down. >> tomorrow, the election is over, it's time to move wisconsin forward. >> reporter: the recall was born last year when walker stripped public employee unions of the right to bargain. some saw the vote as a preview of the presidential election. conservatives had pumped $47 million in walker's campaign, a record. mitt romney backed walker and said voters rejected run away government costs and liberal

ideas. president obama backed the democrat, but fearful of alienating wisconsinites he stayed away. as the presidential preferences in exit polls, wisconsin voters backed obama over romney by nine points. the republican governor won but wisconsin could stay in president obama's column in the fall. steve handelsman, nbc news, washington. take a look at this, symbolic how high oh motions in wisconsin ran over this recall, last night, mayor barrett was slapped by one of his own supporters, who thought he conceded to walker too early. well, for the death of al qaeda secretary in command is being called the biggest victory in the war on terror since the death of osama bin laden. u.s. and pakistani officials confirm a drone strike in northwest pakistan killed abu yahya al-libi. the so-called media savvy general leader of al qaeda was

captured about a decade ago but later escaped in 2005. the white house called his death a "major blow" to the terror group. nine members of a jury have already been selected for the trial of former penn state assistant coach jerry sandusky. he is facing 52 criminal counts for the alleged sexual abuse of ten boys over 15 years. some of those alleged victims are expected to testify. prosecutors reportedly have incriminating and bizarre letters that sandusky allegedly wrote one of his accusers. nbc news has learned prosecutors plan to start the case next week by reading copies of what are described as love letters to support the charges that sandusky repeat lid had improper sexual relations with the boy. elsewhere in england it was the finale of four days of the diamond jubilee celebration marking 60 years of the reign of queen elizabeth.

celebrations concluded with the royal family appearing on the balcony of buckingham palace with the fly by from modern and former royal air force aircraft. two minute taped tv broadcast the queen thanked her subjects for what she called the countless kindnesses shown to her. the queen's husband, prince phillip, was unable to attend ceremonies the last two days due to hospital treatment for a bladder infection. prince charles says his father is getting better and watched the festivities on tv. now here is a look at other stories making news "early today" in america. the violent arrest of a man in philadelphia is under investigation. cell phone video shows the 18-year-old suspect clearly resisting two police officers. but when two other officers arrived on the scene, they are shown punching him, kicking him and swinging their batons at him. police say he resisted arrest after a car crash. the family of the suspect says he has staples in his head as a result of the scuffle. the officers have been placed on

desk duty for now. to colorado, what is wrong with this picture? plenty, say police. it shows a child safety seat being used to hold a gas can instead of the toddler sitting right beside the seat. the mom at the wheel claimed the little boy constantly crawls out of the safety seat. she was cited for that and because she and her teenager weren't using their own seatbelts. in florida, fireworks used to celebrate high school graduation misfired. one of them blew up in the bleachers, six people suffered minor injuries. final lly from california t connecticut star gazer put on glasses and telescopes to look toward the sun to catch venus crossing between the sun and earth. what a sight it was. only been seen six times since the 17th century. if you missed it, bad news, it won't happen again for more than a century.

now for a look at national and regional weather here is nbc meterologist bill karins with the weather channel forecast. are you preparing for the day? you got a lot of stuff going? >> how was it? you put the glasses, on huh? sat out there? >> i'm saying what a sight it is for everybody at home to bring the images without hurting their ice. >> you didn't do it. >> i didn't have the glasses. >> i knew it. >> we didn't see much in the way of severe weather yesterday around the country, no real bad tornadoes there was a few in montana caused minor issues, in southeast georgia we were happy to get the storm. they produced large hail and damaging wind but we are in such a drought we appreciated the heavy rain that we received. we will get more this morning, showers and storms going through savannah, charleston, pushed off brunswick, another line going through south central alabama exiting dothan, heading south of albany, georgia a cluster of storms with lightning. that is about it. not a lot of bad weather this morning, showers coming down through northern portions of

upstate new york. showers in the mountains of west virginia down to virginia and north carolina, as far as texas goes, a little cluster of thunderstorms by abilene, as we go throughout the afternoon, only one area of concern, we may get a few tornadoes out of this, too, talking northeast colorado and extreme western portions of nebraska, denver area the biggest threat should be possibility of large hail, maybe a little bit of damaging winds. the forecast for your wednesday, i think the summer temperatures beginning to return to the mid-atlantic and warmer and beautiful in the great lakes. that is a look at the wednesday forecast, here is a look at weather outside your window. nashville, tennessee, that is a gorgeous day you know summer heat and humidity will return sooner or later, low 80s and lower humidity levels just about perfect. atlanta, same for you, enjoy it while it lasts. it's too bad that you won't be able to see venus in our life time. i missed out.

>> i may find serum i can live forever, be careful. >> i'll get it on dvd for you. >> coming up, is stimulus coming from the fed? more facebook doldrums and who is coming to the aid of women in the business world. your "early today" business headlines are straight ahead. a stunning health revelation from singer sheryl crow, don't worry, there is a happy ending. coming up a home coming, extra innings and game five of the eastern conference finals goes down to the wire. you're watching "early today." g" goes down to the wire. you're watching "early today."

good morning welcome back do "early today" i'm lynn berry. here is top headlines this morning. scientists say early stage breast cancer patients may be able to tell if their disease is likely to recur or spread with a simple blood test. the test detects cancer cells that have broken free from a tumor in the breast and could help researchers develop

treatments base the on a woman's likelihood of a cancer recurrence. the issue of same sex marriage is one step closer to being decided by the u.s. supreme court. the federal appeals court that struck down california's proposition 8 ban on gay unions has refused to reconsider the ruling, and supporters have 90 days to petition the supreme court. in mississippi, henry curtis jackson, jr., was executed by lethal injection for the 1990 murders of four young nieces and nephews. he was put to death despite the pleas of his two sisters to spare the brother who killed their children. miss pennsylvania, sheena monnin has resigned charging the miss usa pageant was fixed. she said someone told her the top five finishers before the show started. she called the pageant among other things, fraudulent and trashy. pageant officials deny the

charges and claimed she told them she was resigning due to the inclusion of trans-gender contestants. here is an early look how wall street will kick off the day. do you opens at 12,127 after adding 26 points yesterday. s&p up 7, the nasdaq gained 18. taking a look at overseas trading in tokyo the nikkei jumped 151 points, in hong kong the hang seng claimed 261. a little upbeat economic data helped stocks recover some lost ground wednesday. data showing the service sector improved in may outweighed worries about the euro zone's fiscal crisis. financial stocks got the biggest boost. bank of america rose 3%. jp morgan added 3. investors hoping for signs of action from the european central bank meeting today after yesterday's emergency g-7 talks offer nod new solutions.

speculation swirls whether the fed will step in with another round of stimulus. a possibility the wall street journal reports is back on the table. jcpenney fell 4% after the ceo said the new pricing strategy confused customer: the nasdaq will reveal how they plan to kmen sat firms that lost $100 million in the botched facebook ipo. yesterday, facebook hit a new low, after falling nearly 4%. government backed mortgage giant fannie mae appointed the top lawyer to replace the outkboeg ceo. in washington senate republicans blocked a democratic calling for equal pay in the work place saying the protection for women already exists, and that the bill would create more paperwork for the government. finally on the more pro-active side, italy is trying to revamp the face of board rooms. with new so-called pink quotas, requiring public companies insure one third of their board members are women, by 2015.

coming up, a yankee goes yard, the dodgers rally and the nats walk off in extras. the celtics disspell any lingering notions they are too old or too tired. the early morning sports headlines are straight ahead. for those of us that had a break from the summertime temperatures, that is coming to an end. the photograph is coming up, you're watching "early today." r" ahead. for those of us who had a break from summertime temperatures, it's coming back. the forecast coming up you're watching "early today." everyone's hair breaks.

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good morning if you're just waking up this is "early today." in sports last night in the nba's eastern finals, the celtics had an answer to every miami move. taking them one win away from the finals. here's fred roggin with an early look at all sports headlines. good morning, chris bosh returned for the heat but that wasn't enough to stop the celtics. he received a standing ovation when he entered the game in the first quarter. play 14 minutes, had nine points. boston never led in the first half but capped off a 15-1 run. miami answered back with a run of their own. took back the lead with nine points dwyane wade had 27. boston wanted it more. blocked by wade, rajon rondo

kicked the rebound to michael pietrus. ray allen came up with the ball, found paul pierce, swung it to pietrus for 3. everything going the celts way. paul pierce with the dagger in lebron james face. boston grabbed the lead with 94-90 win. former yankee hideki matsui returned as a member of the rays. bases clearing bomb to right field, yankees won big 7-0. to philly, cliff lee cruising along, made a costly mistake in the 8th. herre herrera, with the shot to left. in came two. dodgers took the lead. despite striking out 12, lee came up short, yet to win a game this season dodgers rally 2d-1. no league was safe in washington. nationals tied the game in the 12th. brice harper ended it, first

walk off in the bigs, mets blew three different leads and nats made them pay, 7-6 in 12. that is the early look at sports on "early today," i'm fred roggin. who got busted in the big apple? who is tweeting the president for help with her case? your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. a champion for finishing first in one race, a greater champion how she finished the next. you're watching "early today."

welcome back to "early today." summertime temperatures returning to many areas of the east that have been chilly back in the 70s in the mid-atlantic, temperatures in the 90s and 80s throughout much of the southern half of the country you will be dodging afternoon storms today. as we look at tomorrow, you notice we're evening things out not as extreme out there, we begin to warm it up in areas of new england, no big rain event out there. if you're watching us on news 4 kwoai in san antonio, texas, learn about threatened and endangered amphibian species and how to prevent extinction at toadally at san antonio zoo. that is the "early today" event of the day. >> did you just do -- >> yeah. >> an early look at headlines in entertainment. may sound serious, sheryl crow is relieved, she revealed yesterday she has a brain tumor,

but it is benign. >> thankfully. >> crow has battled breast cancer, she did that in 2006. recently for getting the lyrics to one of her hits on stage in may, so she got tested, and now she is happy to report she will not be losing her memory. that is a relief. new york city police say scout willis, the daughter of demi moore and bruce willis was caught drinking with a fake id. not a good idea. she has a july court date. when it comes to the health of his son's godmother, lady gaga, elton john sounds like a mother himself. he told england's guardian he worries about her eating, traveling and heck speck schedule and experienced world wide performer he thinks the business is tougher for a gifrmt. amanda bynes charged with dui over an arrest when she sideswiped a police car.

she took to twitter, writing president obama "please fire the cop who arrested me." >> that is how that works. >> maybe aim lower, right? i don't know. from wdtn, in dayton, ohio, in west liberty, a high school student was a winner during a track meet because she was willing to lose. megan had won a 1600 meter race but then, during the 3200 meter race she watched a competitor stumble, instead of blowing past her, she stopped and began helping her opponent limp to the finish line, that meant megan technically came in last but she did win the respect of everyone who saw her selfless act. i'm lynn berry your first stop of the day today on your nbc station.

>> live, local, late-breaking, this is wbal-tv 11 news today. >> good morning, everyone. we're off to a quiet start on this wednesday. you might want to ticket light jacket with you. 52 in jarrettsville. 53 at the airport. the forecast for today is the same as yesterday. a mixture of sun and clouds. high temperature 74 degrees. we'll come back and check the forecast all the way into the weekend. >> 53 degrees on tv hill. maryland live! casino opens and we will have a preview.

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