the property. for "today," george lewis, nbc news, los angeles. >>> ten past the hour. time for headlines. >> for that we turn to tamron hall at the news desk. good morning. >> good morning, lester and amy. good morning, everyone. >>> we begin with a high-profile terrorism investigation that stretched from new york city to the rocky mountains. nbc's justice correspondent pete williams has the story. >> reporter: the case burst into public view early this week when police and fbi agents searched four apartments in new york. a man from suburban denver, naj bulla zazi drove a car here last week fearing he could be plotting an attack, they searched everything. agents found a laptop computer that contained directions for making bombs. no explosives were found in the new york searches or in his denver-area apartment in a house he once lived in there. officials say while he denies planning to stage attacks in the u.s., he has admitted attending a terror training camp in pakist pakistan. u.s. officials says he had contact with associates of al qaeda there. agents asked owners o

i think the nbc hype machine has done its job. >> reporter: jay leno show will replace nightly dramas with an hour stuffed with even more comedy than his old show. >> people like the monologue, headlines, jay-walking, that stuff. and we have added new things as well. >> reporter: like a massive new studio still being tweaked last week in rehearsals. >> hello. can you fix that. hang on, we're not getting feed. >> reporter: the first guest on the new set will be leno's long-time friend jerry seinfeld. >> he's an icon especially here on nbc. it should make the premier easy. >>reporter: music is also covered with jay-z, rihanna and can way west. >> if you put a combination of people together that don't usually work together. >> reporter: whether the show works will be up to the viewers some we're not reinventing the wheel here. just maybe putting new twist on it. >> reporter: i did get a chance to be a part of jay leno's test audience last week before he debuted. i can tell you a couple of changes he has on his new show. he has a ban danned that old interview interviewer's desk for ellen

still, despite making headway, fire officials warn the fight is still far from over. nbc's jay gray has the latest. >> reporter: this morning begins better than any of the last nine for teams battling the massive station wildfire. >> and we have a substantial increase in containment. we will show today that the fire is currently 22% contained. >> reporter: it's the first time firefighters have been able to establish a foothold here. but their work is still far from over. mother nature does continue to nudge dozens of neighborhoods. at least 10,000 homes are still at risk. >> it is eerie with all the smoke and the ash and the fire personnel out here. it's a weird feeling. >> reporter: the blaze has already scorched more than 130,000 acres and destroyed more than 60 homes or businesses. >> it is massive, this fire. it's staggering. >> reporter: so is the effort from firefighters. in the air and on the ground. 3,600 working the front lines, many of the strike teams now using fire to fight fire. taking away fuel in its path by burning the dried out timber and brush before the f

the stars come out for television's biggest night. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> hello and good morning, everyone. i'm dan kloeffler. and today we begin with on unlocking the details. three men are in court accused of making false statement. at the center of the probe is a 24-year-old colorado man, zazi. zazi's fingerprints were found on materials that investigators say can be used to make explosives. court papers show the man admitted to attending a training camp in afghanistan last year. the main suspect visited earlier this month in what may have been advanced panning for an attack. >>> this morning "washington post" is reporting that the top u.s. commander in afghanistan has warned in a confidential report that the battle against insurgents there will, quote, likely result in failure unless more forces are added to the fight. the report filed by stanley mcchrystal is being reviewed by the president. mcchrystal calls for new insurgency strategy to battle militants and a corrupt central afghan government. the general suggests the mission

thanh truong, nbc news, dekalb, illinois. >> by the way, with that story we welcome thanh troung to the staff. is he a great storyteller who has an amazing personal story as well. but we'll save that part for another time. >>> that's our broadcast for now for this monday night. thank you for being with us. i'm brian williams. and we all hope to see you right back here tomorrow evening. good night. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

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line judge this season, you'll notice a difference because she is different from the others on the field. nbcas our report tonight from dekalb, illinois. >> i've got scrambled eggs this morning. >> reporter: like most mothers, sarah thomas wears a lot of hats. >> i wake up in the morning about 6:00 and i put the mom hat on, and then the kids get off to school, and then i put the sales rep hat on, and i do that from 8:00 to 5:00. >> reporter: that's monday through friday. then comes saturday. on weekends during the fall, sarah puts on a different kind of hat. sarah thomas, the working mom, becomes a college football official. on this day before northern illinois faces off with idaho, thomas huddled with her striped colleagues for a pregame prayer. born and raised in mississippi, this former college basketball player and self-proclaimed tomboy said she craves the excitement surrounding football. >> i wouldn't rather be nowhere else than right here, unless i was home with my kids. but this is what my job is and i take full pride in being here. >> reporter: she arrived here nearly three years ago

the titans. and that game is on nbc on thursday. game is the packers at home against the bears. [ cheers and applause ] bears fans. >> jimmy: they like the bears, yeah. how do you keep track of all that? because you do every sport. >> yeah. >> jimmy: i mean, how do you -- i mean, have you ever, like, just done a sport that you go, "this not a sport." [ laughter ] >> you know, on the olympics, one of the actual olympic events is race walking. [ laughter ] and, you know, in parts of the world, race walking is a big, big deal. if you're a top race walker from romania, you're like the michael jordan of romania, i guess. >> jimmy: what's a race walker? >> you know what, race walkers -- they walk as fast as a person can walk. [ laughter ] but you're not allowed to run. and, basically, what it looks like is, you know, "got to go, got to go, got to go right now." [ laughter ] that's really what it looks like. and one olympics, i can't remember which one it was, but we came back from the race walking. and i said, "you know, to have a contest

we were talking about the nbc wall street journal poll. ssage is we republicans don't have anything to offer. many of us have offered bold alternatives to the health care legislation and all the big issues of the day, whether it was energy or budget or the stimulus plan. we have been putting out alternativ alternatives, and they think we are criticizing for the sake of criticizing. we have offered alternative bills. >> when you have the president being attacked the way he is at the town hall meetings, you have see this wall street journal poll that came out last night. most americans if health care goes down they will blame republicans in congress. if you have an alternative, how would you get the message out. >> maybe tom coburn will put our bill on the floor in the senate, but democrats run the place. they have huge majorities in the house and senate. if this goes down, it's because the majority did not pass their bill, and they have chosen not to colab rate. the majority has to be willing to collaborate with the minority. >> well, let me

russia is showing signs it might be siding with the united states. brian moore, nbc news, washington. >>> still ahead, the woman accidentally implanted with the wrong embryo has given birth. another couple came forth saying theirs were also mislabeled. >>> two tigers escaped from a zoo. >> they cancelled last night's "tonight show." we'll tell you what happens. >>> coming up, the nationals match a miserable number. plus, the maryland tarps trying to bounce back agast rutgers. we'll show you >>> an ohio woman implanted with the wrong embryo has given birth to a boy. they plan to give the child to its biological parents. a fertility clinic transfer red the wrong embryo. meanwhile, another couple filed a lawsuit claiming their embryos have been lost. that clinic is since shut down their invitro operations. >>> today, hundreds of families who lost loved ones serving the kucountry had a time of remembrance. they recognizeamerica's fallen and allows them to meet others who lost loved ones in service. unlike civilian deaths, they often cannot see their deceased one for week

the atlantic. new england, a very warm full day. if you're watching nbc 6 in miami, study newton's law of motion from the fall of the apple to the dance of the planets at the world's in motion hibit at the miami science museum. that's your eastern event of the day, dan. go to the beach once you get sick of the sun, then the museum. >> and learn something. good idea. thank you, bill. >> you don't learn something at the beach. >> physics i suppose applies. >>> now here's a look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. >>> "cloudy with a chance of meatballs "was the perfect one to take the top spot. it has cooked up 60 million in ticket sales. second place, that went to the latest disney film "surrogates." it brought in $15 million. taking a bow for third place, "fame." it is calling for females, although not many showed up for the audition. 10 million in its debut. finally, you may not know who she is but her wedding is worth pretty big bucks. chloe kardashian married lamar odum in beverly hills. "okay" magazine paid $300,000 for the nuptials. >>> this

public support for the battle there is eroding. according to nbc news and "the wall street journal," just 28% say they are more confident with the war. the war will actually come to a successful conclusion. however, 59% are pessimistic about its outcome. reflecting that diminishing support, a majority of americans, 51%, are opposed to sending more troops to afghanistan. in fact, only 44% favor adding additional forces. >>> well, with no easy option before him, this morning's "new york times" is reporting that president obama is now considering alternatives to adding a surge of troops to the afghan battle front. in fact, according to the report, one plan under review would actually scale back the u.s. presence, something advocated by vice president joe biden. in fact, he calls for a under surgical approach, concentrating u.s. strikes on al qaeda targets, mostly in pakistan. while the president has rejected that apprch in the past, the new review suggests the white house is once again considering all possibilities. >>> now here's a look at some other

nice. >>> now for a look at the national and regional weather, here's nbc meteorologist bill karins with the weather channel forecast. do we have to include your forecast in it or do you have good news on for us? >> it's not going to be a pretty friday. let's talk a little bit about it first off here. good morning to everyone out there. today is the day when the umbrella is needed in many areas. happy to get the rain in texas yet. worst drought in about half a century. we're watching the storm plaguing the mid atlantic. this morning it's along the jersey coast. not a fun morning from new york city, along the jersey coast. i'll just include the entire state of jersey. back through maryland, delaware, and the beaches of virginia. it's going to be windy today and another raw day. because we have our low pressure here. then the pressure gradient with the high that's exiting that's creating a strong gusty wind. 40 miles per hour in atlantic city. currently 33. belmar, just had a gust of 39. just coming into ocean city, maryland, down here around south of atlantic city near wildwood, some of t

it is seen as the president's last best chance to regain control of the contentious issue. nbc's steve handelsman reports. >> some memory of our friend and departed colleague, late senator edward kennedy. >> reporter: back in session for the health care fight, the senate remembered ted kennedy. he would have led the push for optional government health insurance. outside the white house, demonstrators urged president obama not to give up on that. >> and any health reform that does not have the public option is not change we can believe in. >> reporter: house speaker pelosi said her bill, at least the first version will have it. >> as far as our house members are concerned, the overwhelming majority of them support a public option. >> reporter: but aides are warning allies, like the afl-cio that president obama will not insist on government insurance in his address to congre in part because of blue dog conservative democrats like mike ross. last month, ross said okay to government insurance. then caught hell at his town halls in arkansas. ross has changed his mind. he and other dem

the building he did not know sits under -- an nbc earth station! all that and more now on "countdown." >> the headquarters of nbc. what? >>> good evening from york. there seems little doubt at this hour the white house is preparing to sell out all or most of the following. a public option, a national health care exchange no scrim discrimination against those with pre-existing conditions, and credits for small businesses to help make health care affordable. all of those things part of the health care plan outlined by max baucus. and as chairman of the senate finance committee on november 12, 2008. the same max baucus, gang leader of the gang of six who said today, "i'm not sure if the public option is going to survive, frankly." during the countdown, 83 progressives making it clear this afternoon health care reform will not survive the house without the public option, and speaker nancy pelosi then joined them. axelrod saying the president hopes to have a health care reform bill passed with the next month. one inside the white house, arguing for what

jett died january 2nd while his family was vacationing in the bahamas. nbc'sng the trial and she is on the phone now. michelle what did travolta say? >> reporter: hi, contessa. he arrived this morning holding the hands of his wife, actress kelly preston, the first time he has been back here in the bahamas since his son jett, died of a seizure january 2nd. he took the stand and immediately, he said "my son was autist ittic and suffered from a seizure disorder," also the first time we have heard the family say that that was what their son was suffering from. there had been speculation of that experts say it had seemed to be the case and so many autistic patient does suffer from severe seizures. travolta said his son suffered a severe seizure once every five to ten days it would last up to a minute and afterward, jett would sleep about 12 hours. then, travolta had to relieve those homes, the family was asleep in their condo that they had at the -- at a hotel here on the island. and he said that he and his wife were awakened around 10:15 in the morning that mornin

and the natural and fair question, how much has changed? our report tonight from nbc's ron allen. >> reporter: eight years later, president obama marked his first september 11th anniversary as commander in chief, with a moment of silence at the time the first plane struck. at the pentagon, where 184 benches honored those killed there, the president vowed to renew the fight against those responsible. >> the defense of our nation, we will never waiver. pursuit of al qaeda and its extremist allies, we will never falter. >> reporter: however, osama bin laden is still free and public support for that war in afghanistan is declining. >> woleska martinez. >> reporter: september 11th families eight years later face other disappointments. they gathered in the field in pennsylvania where 40 died fighting the hijackers of united flight 93. but there's still no memorial there. just two days before this anniversary august bronze plaque was unveiled at the capitol, where the flight seemed headed that fateful day. >> i love you and i miss you. >> reporter: eight years later, the grief

the character of our country. from capitol hill, i'm steve handelsman, nbc news. christina, back to you. >>> well, following that unprecedented outburst, representative wilson called the white house to apologize for demonstrating by his own admission, a lack of civility. the congressman's behavior, which he may face punishment for, caps months of raucous debate which most have been seen in town hall meetings. senior white house adviser david axelrod reacted to the outburst. >> well, it was certainly an unexpected moment. i'll let congressman wilson describe what he had in mind there. i've never seen it before in a presidential address. and it was unfortunate, but i think the president soldiered on. he was undeterred by that. >> now here's a look at other stories making news early today in america. >>> surveillance cameras captured an arsonist dangerously at work. a restaurant security system shows the man igniting a dumpster, which was just 10 feet from an apartment complex. the man repeatedly walks by toen sure it lights and is seen leaving just as calmly as he ar

here's what the biological mother told the nbc "the today show". >> we've talked about having e-mail contact and so forth, but we'll see how we all feel. we'll keep in contact. we have no expectations of them and they don't have of us. the nice thing is we've been able to work together on this and unfortunately this has been a terrible thing that's happened to two good families. we're doing the best we can for the health of this baby. >> and back with us former prosecutor robin sacks and psychologist cooper lawrence. cooper, wow, i can't even imagine. i know some people who have been through the surrogate program. others have adopted. this is nightmare on anybody's language. how do you deal with this? >> well, there's a lot to deal with because the normal milestones that you go through as a mother, the pregnancy, every aspect of it, you know, has been robbed from these people so even though they are technically the biological parents she didn't go through the process so on an emotional level it may be difficult for her. it's hard to bond with a child initially. it may take her more t

and the natural anfair uestion, how much has changed? our report tonightrom nbc'sron allen. >> reporter: eight yea lat, ident ent obama marked his first september 11th aiversary as commandein cef with a moment timelence at the time the first strue struck. where pentagon, where 184 benches honored those killed be ledre, the psident vowedo ednew the fight against those ightonsible. >> the defense oour nation, we will never waiver. warsuit of al qaeda and its extremist allies, we will never lllter. >> reporter: however, osama bin >> r oden is still free and public fret r that warn afghanistan is declining. af >> woleska martinez. >> reporter: september 11th families eight yea later face 11th disappointmes. they gathered in the field in theysylvania where 40 ed fighting the hijackers of united flight 93. but thers still no morial ther just two ds before this anniversary, a bronze plaque was unveiled at the capitol, where the flight seemed headed tha headel day. >> i love you and i miss you. is reporter: eight years later, the grief is still raw. >> jean-erre, who worke

the president, telling nbc's david gregory -- >> until i'm satisfied that we got the right strategy, i'm not going to be sending some young man or woman over there beyond what we already have. >> reporter: the white house is just as troubled over charges that president hamid karzai's government rigged the recent presidential elections. but mccrystal's report backs that up, warning that widespread government corruption is as big a threat to afghanistan as taliban insurgents. >> if we don't fix that, no number of outside troops, ours or nato's, are going to ever fix this problem. >> reporter: but the president has other problems, growing opposition to the afghanistan war at home and the debate over health care reform will surely delay any decision on strategy or troops for months. jim miklaszewski, nbc news, the pentagon. >>> bit of an awkward moment today as president obama stepped off air force one in upstate new york. he was greeted by governor david paterson. they spoke. we don't know about what exactly. the awkwardness is because reports have it the president doesn't want the gove

also on the nbc side, jay leno's first night getting a lot of very positive play. om line is nbc has been part of the driver for people at ge. >> and that was behind that sanford upgrade we saw earlier this week. >> honeywell has four core businesses. two of them are doing lousy. it's autos and basically real estate. and if you believe the real estate market has bottomed and auto market has bottomed, which i don't really have a view on, you've got to look at honeywell. clez closed above 40. slow and steady for a while. >> if you look strictly at the technicals, look at the price o. slow and steady for a while. >> if you look strictly at the technicals, look at the price action in ge and caterpillar, you will think the market that's clearly topped out. ge got up to 17 the 82, i believe, 52-week high, pulled back dramatically. was unable to recover, get back above 17. caterpillar the same type of action today as well. both those stocks, technically the price action looks like it's topped out. >> let's move on to the next trade, oil stagnant on the week but oil stocks

it's maybe putting new tires on it. >> the tv audience gets to kick those tires tonight. gina kim, nbc news, burbank. >> and, yes, another reminder. you can catch "the jay leno show" here on tv 11 at 10:00 p.m. that brings us to our "watercooler question of the day." do you plan to watch jay leno's new show? email your response to watercooler@wbaltv.com. >> speaking of one of jay's guests tonight, kanye west, he has apologized to taylor swift for disrupting her apart speech during the mt. mtd -- mtv video awards last night. west walked on stage and said he was happy for her but that beyonce had one of the best videos of all time. swift later got a speech do-over courtesy of beyonce who recalled winning her first v.m.a. at the age of 18 and she wanted swift to have her moment. many members in the audience were unhappy and very unforgiving with can yea kanye's actions. >> coming up in the next half-hour of 11 news today -- >> a deadly weekend in baltimore city. coming up next, we ask the mayor if baltimore's economic problems could be hurting law enforcement. >> i'm nikole killion in was

tech titans ibm and microsoft claim the second and third spots. nbc parent ge coming in at number 4. and cell phone maker nokia rounding out the top five most valuable brands. even the world's top brands showing they're not recessionproof, though. the overall value of the top 100 companies came in at $1.15 trillion, down more than 4% from last year. before we go let's take a look at the market as we close out the week. and we see a 2 1/4% gain on the dow for the week, 2 1/2% gain for the s&p 500. this week alone dow industrials capped off the week way gain of 36 points, about 1/3 of 1%, finishing at 9820. nasdaq picked up six points, 2132. and the s&p 500 tonight at 1068 up three points. have a great weekend. i'll see you on monday. here's fm fms right now. >>> the white house economic adviser larry summers says despite signs of growth the administration won't make the mistake of prematurely declaring victory by removing all economic stimulus. >>> ebay ceo john donoho tells cnbc he's confident the $2 billion skype sail will go through even though the

are the feds fixing to crack down on distracted drivers? "nightly news" begins now. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> good evening. a big and powerful earthquake hit the south pacific, it touched off warnings and anxiety over a huge area of our planet. an underwater event this large touches off an awful kind of waiting period where mankind is powerless over the forces of nature. in this case is a tsunami on the way or not? here is where it hit. south of america samoa, a vulnerable bit of land about the size of washington, d.c. the shock waves spreading out over a vast area. our own george lewis starts us off with the latest on what we know. george, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. they are still counting the dead and injured. there are unofficial reports of 40 dead. that number is expected to go much higher as rescuers reach areas that were inundated with water sweeping peopl and vehicles out to sea. the islands of samoa and america samoa are home to about 300,000 people. immediately the alert went out to get out of the way and flee to higher ground. a business

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. >>> but the big story, law enforcement officers tell nbc news they have a suspect in the murder of grad student annie le. police believe they found the body of the 24-year-old stuffed behind a wall in a building where she was last seen. the suspect reportedly is a student who underwent a polygraph test and failed. nbc's michelle franzen is on yale's campus in new haven, connecticut, today. michelle are they telling you anything else about this student? >> reporter: certainly, contessa, law enforcement agencies are not speaking out publicly today no press conferences scheduled at this point, but a lot of things developing behind the scenes. nbc has learned that law enforcement sources say that, yes, there was indeed a suspect in this case. and as you mentioned, failed a polygraph test and also showed signs of defensive wounds. we are still waiting word on any other details about that suspect. obviously, no name yet or if this suspect is in custody, but what we do know is that law enforcement agencies are poring over what they call a significant amount of evidence that they have unco

faced with a host of global challenges, the most immediate concerns took center stage. nbc's steve handelsman reports. >> reporter: president obama sat down in new york with russian president medicine vyesterday verify. to stop iran from building nuclear weapons, the russians agreed reluctantly. cooperation. earlier in his first speech to the u.n. president obama called for more cooperation. and he didn't minutes words. >> those who chastise america for acting alone cannot stand by and wait for america to solve the world's problems alone. >> reporter: in his u.n. address, iranian president ahmadinejad didn't mention nukes. >> and those who have created the current disastrous situation continue to blame others. >> reporter: members of the u.s. delegation walked out. president obama had already pressured both sides. >> we continue to call on palestinians to enden sightment against israel and continue to emphasize that america does not accept the legitimacy. >> reporter: many americans say they trust barack obama borrows hi father was a muslim. even libyan leader moammar gadhafi

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the president. part of his campaign to change health care. nbc's mike viqueira has that part of the story from the white house. good evening, mike. >> reporter: good evening, amy. after hearing shouted objections and cat calls from republicans in his address to congress this past week, today president obama got a decidedly different reception at his first health care rally since the speech. >> and i have to say i can already see this crowd is a lot more fun. >> reporter: hardly a jeer to be heard in minnesota where mr. obama was greeted by supporters of his health care plan. >> we got to do something. >> reporter: outside on the street, a difference of opinion. but inside it was a campaign-style event with the president appealing for support from those who already have insurance warning that without reforms, nothing is certain. >> nearly half of all americans under 65 will lose their health coverage at some point over the next ten years. more than one-third will go without coverage for longer than one year. >> reporter: but most republicans aren't

the u.s. thought to have been involved. pete william, nbc news, at the justice department. >>> well, it is ten past the hour. time for a checkf the rest of the morning's headlines. >> we turn to cnbc's melissa francis at the news desk. >>> good morning, everyone. we begin in pakistan where two separate suicide car bombings have killed at least 16 people. the explosions happened in northwest pakistan where more than 150 people have been injured. the bomber was detonated outside of a bank and a police station. moammar gadhafi held a meeting this week with relatives of some victims of pan am 103. he pliszed for the loss but did not go into details about the attack. libya has paid billions of dollars to families of the victims. >>> on friday, vice president joe biden pledged the federal government would help georgia recover from the severe weather that's swept through the southeast even as rain and the threat of more flooding is in the forecast for the weekend. biden toured the area by helicopter and saw portions of the city still under water. a

the escape. he left little clothing behind and was last seen with a backpack. michael oku, nbc news, los angeles. >>> there's more ahead on "nightly news" tonight as we continue a new warning about the accelerating meltdown in the arctic. later ahead of tonight's big game on nbc, we'll tour the dallas cowboys incredible new stadium. what does a billion dollars get you these days? triglycerides are still out of line? then you may not be seeing the whole picture. ask your doctor about trilipix. statin to lower bad cholesterol, along with diet, adding trilipix can lower fatty triglycerides and raise good cholesterol to help improve all three cholesterol numbers. trilipix has not been shown to prevent heart attacks or stroke more than a statin alone. trilipix is not for everyone, including people with liver, gallbladder, or severe kidney disease, or nursing women. tell your doctor about all the medicines you take and if you are pregnant or may become pregnant. blood tests are needed before and during treatment to check for liver problems. contact your doctor if you develop unexplai

if you look at the -- if you look at the industrial side, the nbc universal side, you go to the risks here. even if i don't own the stock and i'm looking for a position or a place to enter by owning ge, one of the trades i like is looking out towards december, buying the 15 strike puts which were offered around 75 cents. i am cheap, i've said it before, frugal person on the network. i don't like to spend any money. what am i going to do? i'm going to finance it. i sell the 14 strike put, collecting 50 cents for that sale. i'm not collecting enough to cover any purchase so i'm going to sell the 13-strike put and collect 30 cents for that. net i'm going to collect a nickel to buy protection. so let's think about this trade a little bit. if i own the shares, i've got my protection and i'm getting paid to own the protection. i don't own the shares. i still get paid if ge continues to go higher. on the down side, if the stock gets to around the 14 level. i'm going to make about $1. i don't get long until it's around $12, which i think is an attractive level. >> you and stacy have a habit o

the balance. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> good evening. trying to close the deal. the obama administration entering what it hopes is the final phase as the president continues this week in campaign mode to push forward his overhaul of the health care system. remains unclear, though, what exactly the legislation will entail with ongoing debate from the halls of congress to america's town halls. nbc's mike viqueira is covering it all for us and joins us from the white house. good evening, mike. >> reporter: good evening. with passions running high on both sides of the health care reform debate, at least one white house aide is dismissing some of the anger we've seen at these protests, like the one we saw in washington yesterday, as misguided. senate democrats say they're going to push forward with a bill with or without republicans. >> and, you know -- >> reporter: at a town hall today in south carolina, more resistance to president obama and his plan to reform health care. >> there is nobody in this country could withstand compete with the federal government when th

is the american public actually prepared for that? nbc's jim mike slaszewski joins live from the pentagon. what do we know about this mcchrystal report? when's it going to be in the hands of the president? >> the report's already here. what hasn't arrived yet is mcchrystal's request or recommendation for additional forces. which we're being told could total as many as 40,000 additional soldiers and marines in afghanistan to not only help fight the war, protect the afghan civilians, but also train up iraqi security forces to take over that fight. and now we're told that that request could be in the hands of secretary defense gates within the next few days. so that timetable has appeared to accelerate somewhat. but the white house has made it clear, as you've mentioned, that president obama wants to take sufficient time. he told john harwood in an interview with cnbc that it could be several months before he, eventually, makes up his decision on exactly what strategy to pursue. >> so, mick, let me ask you about that, then. mcchrystal's reques

. >> erin, this is the chance for the parent of nbc to talk about this. mark little telling analyst even through the economic downturn ge has made in investing in research a priority, topping outside resources, including the government, this in order to fund the efforts. >> we continue to focus on great programs, not only but principally with the u.s. government across all its agencies and in this time when stimulus money is available we are aggressively after great programs. >> with ge research centers speeding businesses including energy, aviation, water and health care, little noted the projects that ge is working on, including making bigger blades for wind turbines, cutting costs to decelerating water, cutting them this half hopefully, and developing new material systems for airplane parts to drive out costs of alloy. what's outlined is ge long-term vision. in the year term, they have had a good run. analyst comments and research investor interest pushing the stock up 14 1/2% in the last week. so at $16.90 a share, still down $12 below the 52-week high

we are looking into the matter now." nbc's jeff rossen is live in bedford, new york. jeff what have you learned? >> reporter: we cover a lot of controversies here and this is one of the more bizarre. the bottom shrine libyan officials set up a tent in donald trump's backyard, basically if could you call it backyard, on the property of his giant estate here in bedford. by the way this is home of martha stewart, ralph lauren this is a pretty ritzy town. you can see that basically gadhafi takes the tents wherever he goes. he doesn't like riding in elevators so many of the high rise hotels in new york city are just out of the question for him. he tried to pitch a tent in central park. new york city said no he tried to pitch a tent in englewood, new jersey, the governor of new jersey came out and had a news conference and rally and said we don't want mr. gadhafi here it appears he rented this space from the trump organization and donald trump and started erecting this tent for gadhafi perhaps to stay. late yesterday, the town of bedford officials went in there and said, hol

the balance. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> good evening. trying to close the deal. the obama administration entering what it hopes is the final phase as the president continues this week in campaign mode to push forward his overhaul of the health care system. remains unclear, though, what exactly the legislation will entail with ongoing debate from the halls of congress to america's town halls. nbc's mike viqueira is covering it all for us and joins us from

protests on the streets of pittsburgh, they are expected to continue today. nbc's mike is live in pittsburgh for us this morning. mike, good morning to you. >> reporter: well, good morning, dan. how are you? the streets behind me of course are quiet and empty now. i shouldn't say of course. because overnight there were a number of clashes between protesters and police. it started yesterday afternoon. we're told now just before we went on the air, dan, there have been at least 50 arrests. 24 yesterday, 26 overnight. these clashes that began with the first so-called peoples uprising yesterday, an unpermitted martha was broken up by police. more than 4,100 uniformed personnel here from pennsylvania and pittsburgh. cost $19 million for security for this event in pittsburgh. all the arrests, we're told, were for minor infractions, resisting arrest, disorderly conduct, that sort of thing. a lot of those arrested still being processed right now. today will be this martha will take off at noon. this is a march with a permit and will probably have the biggest crowd we will

but when the game was on the line, brady played his best. here's nbc'sred roegen with an early look. >> good morning, week one of the nfl season in the books, but not before a stunning come from behind win by the patriots. the bills in total control until the end, and that's when tom brady and company seemingly woke up from their slumber. over two minutes to play, a bullet to benjamin watson in the end zone, down 24-19, they got the ball back after a bill fumble. brady found watson again for 6, the pats took the lead with 50 seconds to play. new england beat the bills 25-24. >>> oakland down, 23-13, under three to play, recommended to go 4th and 15. jamarcus russell, 57 yards, raiders jumped on top 20-17. that didn't last long. the chargers the length of the field, the game-winning touchdown with 18 seconds left. the chargers escaped open with 24-21 win. >>> the eagles donovan mcnabb fractured a wrist, so they signed garcia yesterday. he played for the eagles in 2006 and was 5-1 as a starter. >>> baseball, possible preview, angels and yanks tied, mike bo

joining us now from the white house is nbc sa an a guthrie. , the investigative reporter for "newsweek." savannah, this has been a big day for the white house because obviously, the president has been cast on to the national scene when he came, the international scene when he came out today and spoke with the prime minister of great britain and the president of france, mr. sarkozy. this really put the president for the first time on a new platform internationally since etaken over as president of the university. how does the white house feel he did today? >> well, it they feel very good that their work to build an international consensus, to really put pressure on iran is bearing fruit. this goes back to this sum where the u.s., along the w the u.k. and france, adopt the iaea, the atomic agency, the regulators, to show them what they have learned. what they have known for years about this facility at quom. but at the moment that iran learned the secrecy of their facility had been compromised, they decided to do what some people considered to be

. >> reporter: her career began on the nbc "today show," after 15 years moved to abc where in 1976 shest woman to co-anchor a network evening newscast and became a force in talk shows such as "20/20", "the view" and frequent celebrity specials. a true television pioneer, she became the role model of a generation to come. >> you were the only woman i knew who was doing anything. >> reporter: she arguably has been with more statesman and stars. every president from richard nixon answered her questions. >> i didn't expect to be president of the united states. >> reporter: she spoke with whoever was in the national spotlight. >> i think we'll stop and reload. >> reporter: many of her interviews were with some of the most controversial figures of the time. and she was not shy about asking the tough questions. >> do you drink too much? we read you are unstable. did you ever order anyone killed? over your four years? what was your biggest mistake? >> i don't like this question. >> reporter: she's been brought numerous honors over her long and continuing career. >> i'm honored, touched and dee

the luggage would have been screened and the individuals would have gone through screening. our nbc producer who was on board, i talked to him. he said the individual in question seemed to be the very last one or among the very last ones to board the plane. he seemed to -- he seemed to cause some confusion or some concern among the passengers. that they took notice of this individual even before he had to go to the restroom. >> all right. nbc's tom costello. we'll keep our team up to date on this breaking news as the fbi has gotten involved in this. >>> major developments following the arrest in switzerland of the acclaimed director roman polanski. his attorney says polanski will fight extradition to the u.s. where he is wanted for having sex with a 13-year-old girl. in 1977. meantime, france and poland where polanski has dual citizenship urged switzerland to free the director on bail and called on secretary of state hillary clinton to grant him clemency. polanski was arrested saturday as he arrived in zurich to receive a lifetime achievement award at a film festival. for now he rem