[ cheers and applause ] this morning on "early today," dead on arrival. president obama vetoes a bill that could have led to more home foreclosu foreclosures. grave error, a new report says nearly 72,000 government stimulus checks were sent to deapeople. and family outing, s sococn video capture aatat usi his children to stete f fm m video capture aatat usi his children to stete f fm m parkerd car.r. captions paid for by nbc-unirsal tevisio hello and a very good friday morning to you. i'm veronica de la cruz.

today we begin with fighting foreclosue fraud.. as americans struggle to make mortgage payments, just yesterday, the president vetoed a bill that would have made it easier for banks to foreclose on homeowners. the bill would have forced courts to accept not ryezations including those made electronically from across state lines. the worry is such a change could lead to fraud. institutions have acknowledged problems with foreclosure documents, included suspected forgeries. three of the nation's largest banks have frozen foreclosures in 23 states. the president has offered to work with congress on a revised bill. yesterday the white house was busy defending its decision to allow companies to escape parts of the health care law for now. 30 businesses have received a one-year waiver on benefits for low cost plans. the companies include jack in

the box and a firm that insures mcdonald's worker says the new requirement would have required hymn them to raise rates to nearly unaffordable levels. the judge rejected a challenge by conservative interest groups saying the mandate for all to have insurance by 2014 is legal. according to a senate inquiry, u.s. funds in afghanistan have been linked to warlords. the governmentailed to properly mane those hired to provide security under contracts worth billions of dollars. a separate congressional inquiry in june concluded contractors were paying local warlords for convoy protection. carl levin says this trend has to stop. >> shut off the spigotof dollars flowing into the pockets of warlor and power brokers who act contrary to our

interests and who contribute to the corruption that weakens the support of the afghan people for their government and for our effort. >> well, levin says the u.s. must improve the vetting process of new hires if there is any hope of fixing the problem. nevada candidate sharron angle is suesting that islamic law is taking root in american cities. she was heard last week saying that the country needs to address a militant terrorist situation that has allowed surreal law to take over cities like deere born, michigan. meanwhile, one of nevada's most influential republicans says that he is luctantly endorsing angle's opponent, democratic leader harry reid. in a stement he criticized angle saying she was a, quote, totally ineffective lawmaker.

>> now here's a look at other stories mang news early today in america. in michigan, three brazen criminals are seen on video tying up their victims, cleaning out what they could in three minutes and sprayed mace in their victims' faces making their escape. however, a sheriff'seputy was right around the corner and after a brief search they were apprehended. new jersey police are looking for a father who used his kids to help him bglarize a car. the older kids carted off a bag. two lcd monitors and a laptop while the dad held a toddler. authorities not only to solve a crime, but help the young suspects, with as well. and another robbery this time in virginia where a man is seen browsing the aisles of a grocery store filling a backpack. the man walked into the store at night, hid and went on a shopping spree after the score closed. an alarm went off, but the alarm company never called theolice.

timely, fitness craze has hit the streets of new york. aising its effectiveness as a total body workout, if anything, this sport, they say, is a whole lot more fun than pounding the treadmill. wow. now for a look at your national and regional weather, here is nbc meteorologist bill karins with the weather channel forecast. bill, i know what you're thinking. you're thinking, where do i sign up. >> oh, no, i hurt my back, actually, a little bet yesterday. >> fr pole dancing inspect park. >> yes, ocourse. actually, if i would try it, i probably would hurt my back. let's talk about the weather. there's not much going on out there. we're in store for a fantasc fall weend upcoming. there's one storm in the tropics thp is tropical storm otto out here. this is going to head harmlessly out to sea this upcoming weekend. there's not much to talk about. there's a storm out west

weakening over the rockies. th bad weather that was in new england yesterday left yesterday afternoon. that trend is going to continue. there's no much in the way of clouds from minnesota to texas to the east coast. we're in store for about a three or four-day period of great weather and maybe even some record hig. temperatures will be in the 80s all the way up here into southern minnesota, very rare for this time of year to be 80 to 85. but this morning, we're starting in the 50s just about everywhere. we don't have that much in the way of cold air this morning. as we go into the afternoon, look at this, 82 in minneapolis. 84 in kansas cy and st. louis. chicago wille near 80. temperatures will be in the 70s from new england and 80s all the way to florida. it's sun gla weather. leave the umbrella in the closet for the next few days. that's a look at your forecast. now here is a look at the weather outside your window. well, i said it looks verycalm and look at the sunshine across the board. as i mentioned, we may not have many clouds in the sky today during the afternoon.

philadelphia, 75. chicago at 78. oklahoma city, nice at 85. so i ess, veronica, the only question is how many days in a row can we have sunshine? >> i say 365 days in a row. >> the flowers wouldn't be too happy. they need a little water, right? >> it's oy. palm trees are good enough. the ups and doins of golden oil and what will today's job umbers say? your early morning business headlines are straight ahead. plus, is she box office ison or is she box office gold? this weekend may tell. the nhl drops the puck on gnaw season, some controversy in baseball and ti lincecum is lights out. you're watching "early today."

>> good morning, and welcome back to "early today." i'm veronica de la cruz. here are some of your top

headlines thimorning. a government investigator says the social security administration mistakenly sent out 72,000 stimulus checks of $250 apiece to people who were dead. that amounts to ound $18 million. the report finds more than half of those payment have been returned. chilean officials say a drilling machine could reach 33 trapped miners tomorrow. although the actu rescue will begin next week. paramedics will be sent down into the mine to determine which men will be sent up first. right now, authorities plan to ex track those who are mentally sound and capable of handling a setback in the shaft, next will be those with illnesses and last, those who are the most physically fit. researchers in montana say they may have discovered what causedhe collapse of the nation's honey bby problem.

scientists are hopeful that with more research they may be able to slow the disorder wch has skilled off 40% othe honey bees since 2006. a capsule carrying a russian cosmonaut and two astronauts are headed to the international space station after lifting off toda a surprising number of americans hobbled by arthritis y be due to obesity. the tt of the arritis foundation say the increase is probability due to mainly baby boomers who are at an age when they're most likely to suffer a complicated form of arthritis. for more information on this and other health stories, check out the health page online at msnbc.com. "early today" health is brought to you by vigisil wash,

the confide clean. >> and now here's an early look at how wall street will kick off the day. the dow opens at so ,948 after losing 19 points yesterday been the s&p fell one point and the naz dak ros3. taking a look at overseas trading this morning in tokyo, t nikkei dropped 95 points while the hong kong, the hang seng added 59. on wall street, indicating caution ahead of today's all-important monthly jobs report. first time unemployment claims for last week fell more than expected, giving stocks anearly lift. but those gains quickly dwindled with investors playing it safety ahead of the monthly report. wall street hopes the weak reading will spur further steps to boost the economy. the dollar reversed down trend on thursday which tool a toll on energy and mining stocks. copper and gold both fell more than 2%.

gold hit another record of $1,366 thursday before pulling back more than $30 an ounce by the end of trade. oil prices fell below $82 a barrel. abercromie & fitch jumped more than 8% as there were healthy retail sales. alcoa reported a lower third quarter profit that, nevertheless, beat estimates. shares rose more than %. pepsi reported mixed results earlier with earnings matching expect ages,ut its future outlook disappointed. pepsi fell 3%. rates on 30-year mortgages fell to the lowest level in decades for the ninth time in 12 weeks with the average rate for 30-year fixed loans dropping 4.27%. finally, in case you hadn't noticed, the future is here. latest example, pay pal's iphone app which allows you to deposit

a check by sendin in a photo of both sides. the feature cleared $100,000 worth of checks in the first 36 hours it was available. another twin killing in minnesota. a texas two-step in tampa and tucks in pennsylvania. lus, tim lincecum, known as "the freak" was down right scary last night against the braves. your early morning sports headlines aretraight ahead. and on this friday, i'm struggling to find any bad weather. your weekend forecast is coming up. you're watching "early today."

good morning. if you're just waking up, this is "early today." in sports, after multiple ejections early in baseball playoffs, the umpires are uner the microscope nearly as much as the players. here's nbc's fred roggin with an early look at all your sports headlines. good morning. the playoffs continued sterday, but not without a bit of controversy. we'll start in minnesota. yankees and twins tied at 2. right dow the pipe, that's a strike in anybody's book, but not to the umpire. it hooked like strike three, but itwas called a ball. and the very next pitch, berkman ripped an rbi to center. the yanks grabbed the lead. that did not sit well with ron

gardenhire. he was tossed. that was the difference. yankees won it, 5-2. rays in rangers, in the its, chad qualls thought he struck out. another say he didn't go around. take another look. young went past the play with his bat. a three-run homer. joe madden was livid. he was ejected in a hurry. rangers won it, 6-0. they're one victory away from wrapping up their first franchise win in history. tim lincecum tied out a major league 14. the brave derek whall struck ou four. in came buster posy and the braves were up, 1-0. giants won it, 1-0, game two is tonight. hockey's sydney crosby and

the nhl kick off tonight. claude jerau scored early to pull the flyers up, 3-1. that's your early look at sports on "early today." i'm fred roggin. can a horror flick shock the competition th week at the box office? your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. plus, paying tribute at the pentagon to one of our falle heroes. you're watching "early today."

od friday morning. let me take you through your forecast. it looks warm and sunny, everywhere, it will be pretty nice today. near record he in the dakotas through nebraska. as we go into the weekend, not a lot changes. we're very warm out there. we're dry just about everywhere on this map. into sunday's forecast, things look really nice. finally looking good in areas like new york, too, which had all that rain this week. if yore watching us on kark 4 on little rock, arkansas, take the family and enjoy free conce concerts, aaron children show and a livestock show at the kansas state fair at the state fair complex. that's your "early today" event of the day, veronica. >> i love the state fair. you know what i love? i love the butter cow. >> yeah, the butter sculptures, yeah. >> so cool. now here's a look at this orning's headlines in entertainment.

romantic comedies have not fared well of late. nevertheless, there is one opening this weekend that experts think will take the box office title. "life as we know it," starting catherine heigle expected to taken $15 million or more. heigle struckut paired with ashton kutcher, but maybe the baby will work for audiences. it's a big weekend for "the social network." will it get lost in the sauce and disappear? experts say it will compete for number one. despite diane lane and a hugely marketing caaign, secretariat is not generating big interest and is expected to take in about $10 million. the wild card here, wes craven's 3d horror offering, "my so he will soul to take" may not be going anywhere. othersaying pushing it to the

top in a weak field. not really a fan of the horror film. >> i think when you get close to october and halloween, people look rward to a good horror movie in october. >> you've got a point. it's in 3d. i'm just saying, for me, no. e.t. scared me. this cos to us now from our nation's capital where one u.s. war hero who made the ultimate sacrifice continued to receive his day of recognition. his parents looked on as he was posthumously inducted into the hall of heros for saving the lives of americans and afghan ldiers even after he was mortally wounded. his parents received a flag and plaque commemorating their son's sacrifi sacrifice. i'm christina brown, and this is "early today," justour first stop of the day today on your nbc station.

4:28 is your time. 55 degrees is our temperature, and friday is our day. good morning. welcome to news 4 today. i'm joe kre. not that i'm happy about it. >> no. why would you be? i'm eun yang. welcome to this friday, october 8th, 2010. this morning, police in fairfax county are waiting to see if there's a killer on loose. a man was discovered in a large home in the 00 of ladues and

court in fairfax station. police are not ready to call this homicide yet. they said the man's suv is missing from his house. >> when we arrived we located the body of a 61-year-old man. our homicide detectives have determined that foul play is suspected and the victim's car is missing we're trying to push that t to the public. if you see this vehicle, gold lexus 470, suv, if yousee it, don't approach the car. be very cautious. police are looking fort 2002 lexus suv. here's a picture of what it looks like. virginia plates xyw-8197. breaking news on news 4 today yesterday. the driver suspected in the deadly hit and run accident could be arrested as early as today. d.c. police are