this morning on "early today," no relief in sight. forecasters now say the crippling u.s. drought that's driving up food prices could last well into autumn. overdrive. cell phone video captures a heart-stopping head-on collision in mississippi. and rewriting history. researchers uncover a medieval bra that dates back centuries before it was believed to have been invented. captions paid for by nbc-universal television hello and good morning. i'm lynn berry, and today we begin with breaking news. the details are still squechy

but we know there's been a multiple movie shooting in denver, colorado. it's a suburb of aurora. now, police are on the scene and at this point there are estimated between 20 and 30 people have been injured with those victims being transported to three local hospitals. a suspect is reportedly in custody, but police could not yet say if that was the only suspect in this shooting. elsewhere, an unsettling new forecast from the national weather service predicts the historic drought stifling more than half the country will likely continue into the fall. that is bad news for food prices down the road, but as nbc's chris clackum reports, there may be a silver lining right now. >> reporter: contrary to what you may think or may have been told, it may be months before the worst drought in 50 years drives up food prices. in fact, meat prices are headed down. >> we would anticipate in the

short term actually food prices for beef, poultry, pork may go down a bit. >> reporter: there's a lot of livestock being rushed to market because there's not enough corn or feed for them to eat, which means meat prices may eventually go up, just not right now. >> this beef today may be $4 a pound. it could easily be $5 or $6 a pound a year from now. >> reporter: however the u.s. agriculture secretary tom bill sack is warning consumers about short-term gouging on grocery items. >> and we want to make sure people understand that now's not the time they should see higher food costs. if you're going to see higher food costs, you would likely see them in the later part of the year or first part of next year. >> reporter: he said in no way, shape, or form are increased food prices are related to the drought and if a retailer says otherwise, he should be reported. chris clackum, nbc news. well, the race for the whois

will move on as president obama campaigned in florida and mitt romney in massachusetts. they had plenty to say on key issues lie health care, the economy, and taxes. nbc's brian mooar has the story from washington. >> reporter: in florida president obama was turning up the heat on mitt romney by reaching out to older and middle class voters in a critical battleground >> it's wrong to ask seniors to pay more in medicare just so millionaires and billionaires can pay less in taxes. that's not the way to reduce the deficit. >> reporter: romney was highlighting an unexpected spike in unemployment claims, blaming the president for not doing enough to help the economy. >> the job he's interested in protecting is his own. the job that should be protected is the job of men and women in this country who want to get jobs, who want to go back to work, who want to have rising incomes again. >> reporter: and as the candidates were hammering away at each other, their supporters were joining in. >> what is it in his tax returns that are so scary to mitt romney? >> reporter: democrats are

pressuring romney to release more than just two years of tax returns. >> for the years he paid no taxes at all? what about his swiss bank account? >> reporter: romney's backers are blitzing nine battleground states with an ad accusing the president of distracting voters. >> unemployment stuck above 8%, family income, falling. barack obama can't run on that record. >> reporter: the latest new york times/cbs poll shows the candidates locked in a statistical dead heat with the economy weighing down the president's numbers. brian mooar, nbc news, washington. elsewhere investigators in bulgaria are still trying to determine who was behind wednesday's deadly suicide bombing that killed six israelis. airport surveillance video shows the man they believe triggered the blast near the bus full of israeli tour ifrts. the video shows a long-haired man wearing bermuda shorts and a bulky backpack mulling around the airport.

the bomber was carrying a fake american i.d. israeli president benjamin netanyahu is blaming iran and says it's a global terror. and now here's a look at some other stories making news early today in america. in mississippi other drivers could only walk in horror as someone started driving into oncoming traffic. you can see right there that the result was a head-on collision with an suv. witnesses say the driver had been going the wrong way for miles until finally crashing. amazingly no one was killed. in utah, double trouble for police after a pair of suspects busted out of custody. first a man kicked out the window of a patrol car right behind the police station, and then moments later a woman who was his alleged accomplice managed to slip out of a holding cell. she actually ran right by a

police officer busy trying to find the first escapee. the woman was recaptured. the man is still on the loose. and, feerjs in michigan, now's your chance to own scarface or at least his ride. legendary mob boss al capone's cadillac is up for auction. it's one of the first bulletproof cars ever made with 3,000 pounds of armor and glass an inch thick. it could fetch half a million bucks and capone would have loved this irony. it's a classic car, so there's no tax on it. so convenient. and now for a look at your national and regional weather, here's nbc meteorologist bill karins. he has your weather channel forecast. happy friday to you. >> have you ever been to one of the old car shows? >> i have in hershey, pennsylvania. my uncle used to collect them and we'd go down there. >> it's a lot of fun, especially for kids. good morning, everyone. we have nasty weather here and around new england. we've had thunderstorms linger outside of 40 in nashville.

nashville picked up significant rain. the storms continue to back bild. you can see them drift back to the north. the storms are moving to the south, but back-building means that going to come back at you once again. as far as what we're dealing with in the northeast, we're looking at a cool day from philly to new york. temperatures in the 70s. light rain greeting you on your morning commute in much of jersey and northeast pennsylvania. even west virginia we've got showers and storms to deal with. those areas have cooled off but we're still hot in the middle of the country. 1303 in kansas city. almost all of the central plains were in the 100s. we have heat advisories in south dakota, heat warning in tulsa also. so the heat hasn't left the middle of the country. today will be another scorcher in the 100s. that's a look at the forecast. now here's a look at the weather outside your window. dallas, texas, getting into the triple-digit club once again 1rks 01. oklahoma will be in the hundreds. and the drought conditions tend

to get worse in kansas especially and we have no rain in sight. in the central plain, a hot weekend ahead. thanks so much. also ahead earning drive stocks higher, the pretty penny yahoo! is paying its new ceo, and a clever way to warm up a cold market in home sales. your early morning business headlines are straight ahead. plus, sure, the latest batman move will run away with things aet the box office this weekend but will it be a record baker. coming up the dream team rolls, the gold medalist withdraws from the olympics and lebron unveil as secret weapon. you're watching "early today." >> announcer: "early today" is brought to you by new preparation h totables.

good morning and welcome back to "early today." i'm lynn berry, and here are some of your top headlines this morning. at the united nations russia and china vetoed a resolution that

would have forced them to end the civil war. meanwhile the people killed across the country thursday made it the single deadliest day since fighting began and the beginning of the revolt against president bashar al assad's regime. defense secretary leon panetta has ordered pentagon officials to begin monitoring major u.s. news media for disclosures of classified information in an effort to stop the release of government secrets, this after a series of high-profile leaks. kate, the duchess of cambridge, got a special preview of a new exhibit at the national portrait gallery. she wore a dress by stella mccartney and an olympic ring-themed gold necklace. and a very modern looking linen bra dating back 600 years discovered in a medieval castle in awe tree ya is the world's oldest. it was a surprise to fashion historians who thought such

lingerie dated back to only about 100 years. here's an early look at how wall street is going to kick off the day. the dow opens at 12, 943 after adding 34 points yesterday. the s&p was up 3 and nasdaq up 23. taking a lag at overseas trade overseas in tokyo the nikkei gained 25 points but in hong kong the hang seng gained 21. well, earnings pushed stocks higher thursday and after the bell the upward trend continues. google shares rose thanks to 42% surge in ad clicks which outweighed the drop in ad prices. microsoft rose after strong corporate sales offset its first ever quarterly loss. earlier a positive fourth quarter forecast boosted semi conductor maker qualcomm. ibm drove down industrials higher a day after raising its full year profit forecast. ebay shot up on stronger than expect earnings. walgreens soared after settling a drawn out pharmacy network

deal with express grips, but it wasn't all good news. morgan stanley delivered an unexpectedly soft report while a jobs report while a rise in jobless claims added to weak housing data. ford is telling owners of its brand-new 2013 escape with 1.6 engines to stop driving them. the suvs are being recalled with possible fuel line leaks that could cause a fire. documents show new yahoo! ceo marissa mayer will receive up to $100 million in total compensation over the next five years. a startling new government study finds students borrowed far more than they could afford from 2004 to 2008 because of relaxed standards by private lenders. much in the same way the risky lending led to 2008's subprime mortgage meltdown. and, finally, one french realtor has found a creative way around the weak economy. a lottery.

that's right. the agency sells tickets for roughly 12 bucks a piece for the cost of the home and then draws a winner and hands over the keys. why didn't we think of this. not a bad idea. well, coming up, the braves avoid the broom, twin blasts from one met and golf's british open gets under way. plus, 2012's dream team gets fancy against their opponents from across the pond. your early morning sports headlines are straight ahead. the weekend forecast is all about rain in the southeast and the heat wave relentlessly in the central plains. your forecast is coming up. you're watching "early today." [ snoring ]

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[ birds chirping ] introducing zzzquil, the non-habit forming sleep-aid from the makers of nyquil. ♪ good morning. if you're just waking up, this is "early today." and in sports a red sox slugger hit his third three-run homer in the last two nights, this time for a clutch walk-off victory. here's nbc's fred roggin with an early look at all your sports headlines. >> good morning. this week's series between the red sox and white sox has had just about everything, and now you can add a walk-off to the list. we've got a ball and the red sox couldn't get anything going in the ninth. two aboard for cody ross and he took addison reed deep, game-winning smash over the green monster. third home run in two games. boston walked off with a 3-1 win. the mets' david wright was swinging a hot bat. he hit a pair of homers against

the nationals. r.a. dickey picked up his 13th win and the mets won it, 9-5. braves are the model of efficiency. they only had three hits against the giants, two of them homers. the other an rbi triple. british open scott was your leader after the opening round. tied a course record with 6 under 64. tiger starts today three strokes back. rafael nadal has withdrawn from the olympics. he released a statement that said he was not in condition to compete. team usa basketball ready to go may not be as good as the 1992 dreemt team, but they can play defense with the best of them. russell westbrook finished on the other end. the americans up 19 at the half. anthony davis the latest at the team but he's fitting in nicely. usa won it by 14, 81-78. two more exhibitions before the olympics. finally when you think the dream team couldn't get any

better, lebron james unveils his top secret weapon. no it's not a shoe phone but maxwell smart would have enjoyed this. he spins, fakes, switches hands, and there it is, yes, unstoppable. probably so. will he do it in a game? well, we can only hope. who needs agent 86 when you've got agent number 6. just another reason why you'd never want to play lebron in game of h.o.r.s.e. that's your early look at sports on earth. i'm fred roggin. katy takes her first acting job post tom. your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. plus a woman's engagement ring is a lifetime keepsake. soo how much trouble would you go through if you lost it? you're watching "early today."

welcome back to "early today." let me take you through your weekend forecast. the thing that's most important if you're in the southeast anywhere from the carolinas down through georgia, mississippi, alabama, even louisiana today a chance of rain today through the next three days. that front has stalled out there and the heat just continues, if anything gets worse. it could be 102 in kansas city on saturday. by sunday, 106. ouch. well if you're watching us on today's tmj 4 in milwaukee, wisconsin, take a trip back to prehistoric times at adventure dine sore. that's at the milwaukee county zoo. that's your early event of the day, lynn. well at the box office this

weekend the dark night rises is expected to join the avengers and hunger games in a small elite club made up of 2012 blockbusters and if all the advance hype wasn't enough strong views and devoted fans should drive christopher nolan's bat manl movie close to $200 million for the weekend but most experts do not thing the film will beat the avengers opening day record of $207 million. that's thanks largely to nolan's insistence that the film not be related into 3-d which translated into higher ticket prices. >> finally in her first career move since the split katie holmes is broadway bound. she is going to appear in the play "dead accounts." this fall. and this comes to us from wgrz channel 2 news in low, new york, where in near buy angola love conquers all even when it's all wet. a bride-to-be lost her ring out on the waters of lake erie.

dudsens of friends searching with no luck but one of them happened to own an underwater metal detector. he had a feeling and reached down and made the find of a lifetime and now there's talk that he's going to be best man come wedding day. i bet he will. best man in so many ways. >> what if he like secret lid wanted to marry her and stole the ring purposely and happened to find it late sneer wow, that sounds like a ohio script. >> that would be a good movie, right? >> that would be a good movie. i'm lynn berry. this is your first stop of the day today on your nbc station.

>> good morning. it's four minutes before 5:00. it's friday morning. we had quite a night last night with a lot of rain. some of you only got a half inch, some got an inch, some closer to two inches in those storms overnight last night. we're not done yet. i'll have more in a minute, but we're starting the morning out rain-free here in baltimore. on the eastern shore, there are still some showers. at b.w.i. marshall, 73 degrees. it's still warm and still humid. we have a northwest wind at 6 miles an hour. downtown at the science center, the temperature now, 77 degrees. again, cloudy skies. no rain west of the bay. eastern shore still has some shower activity, but we're not

done yet. the insta-weather plus forecast is coming up. >> john, we'll see new bit. 4:57, 73 degrees on tv hill. coming up on 11 news today -- >> as john said, another night, another storm. how the heavy rain and strong winds affected the area. plus -- >> a new effort to defeat the dream act in maryland. aim jennifer franciotti. details are next. >> sharp tone and biting attacks, but are the claims true? fact checking the war of words on the campaign trail. >> and the overnight rain that caused several accidents we're tracking already, and a downed tree.

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>> good morning. happy friday. i'm mindy basara. >> and i'm stan stovall. thanks for joining us for 11 news today. >> first things first, just about six hours from now, tickets will go on sale for the baltimore ravens 2012 home me