i can say the thank you, i'm not even going to try. >> have you ever been to graceland? >> i haven't. >> it's probably the place to be to celebrate elvis' birthday. >> i'm sure. absolutely. a week long celebration as well. >>> time now for an early look at some of the stories we'll follow throughout the day here on nbc. jurors in the corruption trial of former illinois governor rod blagojevich enter a 13th day of deliberations. last week the jury appeared to be stalled after saying it had been able to agree only on two of 24 counts against him. >>> former alaska senator ted stevens will be remembered at a memorial mass. in anchorage. stevens died in a plane crash last week along with four others. >>> and as we just mentioned today marks the 33rd anniversary of the death of elvis presley. on this day in 1977, the 42-year-old was found dead in the bathroom of his graceland estate. >>> all day long, you can stay on top of the very latest developments in those stories and others as they break on msnbc. and tonight be sure to watch brian williams with nbc "nightly news." >>>

presley died at age 42 at his graceland mansion in 1977. >>> straight ahead, your monday morning weather> in sports, a dramatic two-man playoff decides the pga championship. championship. >>> here's a look at the weather in some cities around the country. new york, thunderstorms, 89. miami, thunderstorms, 87. chicago, sunny and 83. denver, thunderstorms and 84. los angeles, partly cloudy, 71. >>> time now for a check of the national forecast. the latest satellite picture shows clouds scattered across much of the southwest while skies are clear above the northern plains and ohio valley. later today, the southwest is in for a real soaker with showers and thunderstorms developing throughout the day. the northwest and southwest both remain hot with temperatures in the 90s and even near 100 in some spots. scattered showers and thunderstorms are likely around the northeast. >>> the pga championship in wisconsin was decided in a thrilling playoff. on the third hole of the playoff, bubba watson used his wedge to get out of the sand trap and his ball hits the flag but rolls away. then 25-year-old

overnight thousands held a candlelight vigil in graceland.ding flickering candles, they filed past elvis' grave. many say this is not the first time they have taken part in the annual ritual. >> this is my fourth straight year, my seventh candlelight vigil, yes. i'm a big elvis fan. >> this is my every year vigil. if i i don't come here i'm not a happy camper. >> this morning, elvis weeks wraps up with a concert. >> that leads us into our question of the days, what's your favorite elvis presley song? >> yup. we have had a lot of people write in on facebook and ted writes, don't be cruel. nothing compares to the early days of rock 'n roll. >> yeah. >> also on facebook, johnny says, my favorite is still his first, heartbreak hotel. >> absolutely. >> al chiming in with his favorite, follow that dream. >> very cool. >> elizabeth, elvis was a singer back in -- [ laughter ] >> thankyou. >> i like "hounddog." >> okay. >> that's a good one. >> you have a favorite? >> they're all good. >> shook up? >> all shook up. >> yeah. >> one for the money. >> on

and so a lot of people are holding vigils right now outside the graceland mansion. >> so we thought itppropriate to ask for our question of the day, what is your favorite elvis presley song? i says: hound do do >> i went to graceland last month sometime and the most impressive thing was walking through his basement and dedicated all his gold records and have his outfits and everything but it's a hall that goes on forever, the number of gold and platinum records that guy has is just amazing. >> you see the songs listed and every one is good. oh, yeah, that ones' a good one, that's right i like that one. >> so it's a difficult question. >>> 6:27. today president obama heading to southern california for a fundraiser. >> how much people are paying to dine with the commander-in- chief. >>> also, in san jose, a lot of money raised to get kids back to school on time. how $10 million in damage didn't stop one school from opening today. >>> one minute a teenager is hanging with friends, the next he died in the middle of the road. we'll tell you about what police are calling a split second decis

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the week-long event celebrating presley concludes this morning with a concert at graceland. >>> now heres a look at your monday forecast. showers and thunderstorms in the northeast. turning severe in the afternoon. expect damaging winds and hail from boston tsc. odim coston tsc. >> another very hot day out west. 90s from seattle to san francisco. 105 in phoenix. a mild 77 in the twin cities. 82 in chicago. 83 in detroit. nearly 90 here in new york. and 92 in miami. >>> all right, get ready to put your fingers over your ears. this is going to be loud. it was a hair-raising pitch miss piggy and company could have heard from a mile away. >> soo-weeeeeeee! here, pig pig pig pig pig! >> the crowd went hog wild at the illinois state fair as contestants tested their skills in the annual hog-calling contest. winner kyle bart is a self-described city boy who's actually never called a real hog. >> it looks like he's eating the microphone. that's what it looks like we're looking at. he says like anything in life you just have to study and watch. and he clearly studied enough to nail it, beating out

big story at 6:00 the mess on the golden gate bridge this morning just look at this picture of big graceland to the back of the car forcing the car into oncoming traffic. two people were injured and the accident is raising new questions about the need for a barrier on the golden gate bridge. kron 4 is live near the bridge with the latest on the story. your right hand is a heck of a mess this morning both lanes of the bridge closed for nearly an hour as a result of the crash. one car crossing over to the other side people wondering we've been talking about one of those movable median barriers for almost 30 years where is it? were finding out is just around the corner. >>believe it or not these vertical to set stand in for median barrier and the golden gate bridge will be a thing of the past in two years. >>working on finalizing the environmental work, and the final design work. were beginning the final design work. we anticipate we'll have in the mobile median barrier on the golden gate bridge sometime in late 2011 or early 2012. >>the movable median barrier will resemble this one, the golden