michelle kosinsky has our report from london. >> reporter: the fans camped out in london rain from all over this world. >> sidney, australia. >> san francisco. >> reporter: they speak a language all their own. from a world of wizards, good versus evil. that they have been raised on now for 14 years. >> it's the end of an epic phenomenon. >> reporter: potter got millions of people to pull away from the playstation and love reading, to keep wanting more, even at 15 or 17 or 45. the book sold 450 million copies in 70 languages. the movie broke records, more than $6 billion in ticket sales. quite a run for the phenomenon that made little round glasses cool and made j.k. rowling an author. she was a single mom on welfare when she wrote the books in a coffee shop just to stay warm. and her adoring fans have grown up along with the characters. daniel radcliffe at 10 years old, speechless. today the star of a play and musical. emma watson. >> hello, everyone, out there, hi grandma, hi, grandpa. >> reporter: now on the cover of vogue, an ivy league education awaits. >> part of me feels very old

michelle kosinski, nbc news, monaco. >> and that is "nbc nightly news" for this saturday. i'm kate snow reporting from new york. for lester holt and everyone here at nbc news, thanks for watching it. have a great holiday weekend. good night. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> good evening, everyone. thank you very much for joining us.

nbc's michelle kosinski reports from london. >> reporter: just how low will a tabloid go? tonight with new allegations against the news of the world, the paper display hacked into the voice mails of families of murder victims. >> this is disgusting, disgraceful. >> reporter: people are furious. advertisers are pulling out and the prime minister under pressure is calling for an investigation. >> i feel so appalled by what's happened. murder victims, terrorist victims who had their phones hacked is quite disgraceful. >> reporter: the news of the world admitted to and apologized for hacking into celebrity's voice mails in the past. now owner rupert murdoch calls these new allegations deplorable, unacceptable and says news corporation will once again cooperate with police. thousands of citizens may have been victimized, and the paper is accused of paying police for information. but triggering the most outrage, allegations it hacked into the voice mail of 13-year-old millie dowler, abducted and murdered in 2002 while she was missing. and deleted messages as her voice mail fille

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michelle kosinski is there. >> reporter: it could be described as supremely beautiful. in the heart of the palace, 3,500 guests, heads of europe, fashion kings, supermodels, even james bond, roger moore. and charlene wittstock wowed them all, walking slowly in her sleek armain gown that took 2,500 hours to make. she was simply, simply radiant beside her groom, prince albert. with one word. it was complete. but a strange thing for the world to wonder on a royal wedding day, is this joyful for them? is it real happiness, real love? for the couple that seems to barely look at each other or touch in public then after press reports after an argument last week, charlene made a run for the airport -- it was like a sigh of relief to see this happen in similar fashion. the first time in 30 years, they have a reigning princess. there remains a love affair here with one american, princess grace, died tragically in 1982. in this magical square mile, she charmed them. but her three children have all had turbulent lives. prince albert is known for his lively bachelor hood. inevitably

michelle kosinski, nbc news, london. >>> in the middle east where fridays are typically the biggest day for protests, following friday prayers, hundreds of thousands were out on the streets of syria again today demanding regime change. and in egypt, protesters are back in the streets, back in tahrir square. it's been five months now since mubarak was forced out, since we were there to cover it. there was so much hope back then, but there's now growing anger over the slow pace of change and growing concern about who holds the power. our chief foreign correspondent richard engel finds himself back in tahrir square once again tonight. richard, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. we certainly are back here in tahrir square, and so are the demonstrators. today saw the biggest protests since the ones that brought down president hosni mubarak and people here are not at all satisfied with the pace of reform and they say they're going to stay in this square until their demands have been met. the revolution is back on. over 100,000 people in tahrir square today, back with their tents

back to you. >> that's michelle kosinski reporting from london tonight. >>> coming up on news4, kids just barely got out of school a few days ago, it seems, but stores are already offering up big back to school deals. >>> doug, where are all those storms now? >> right now, jim, moving through southern maryland on to the eastern shore. most of us are now out of the woods for now. but we're not quite done yet. i'll show you when our next round could move in, coming up. >>> we've had thunderstorms all over the area for the last couple hours and as is inevitable in such conditions, there are power outages. here are the latest numbers we have at this particular time. dominion power reports more than 1,400 customers without power. southern maryland electric with nearly 700 people in the dark. pepco says they're dealing with about 8,500 people without power. novak has more than it ii hundred outages. bg&e is reporting more than 3,000 customers without power. jackie bensen has more on conditions in montgomery county. >> reporter: this is tuckerman lane near west lake drive. you can see the r

michelle kosinski has the latest from london. >> reporter: a day after the 168-year-old news of the world fell to a scandal of its own making, two former top employees were arrested. an editor who once served as the prime minister's communications director and a reporter who served prison time for hacking into the paper back in 2007. today the offices of his current employer, "the daily star" were questioned by police. >> if these people could have had their phones hacked into in order to generate stories for a newspaper is simply disgusting. >> reporter: now even more questions. were other papers doing this? why were police allegedly taking huge payments from journalists and why didn't politicians push to get to the murky bottom of this among the possibly thousands of phone hack victims whose names have been turned over by the police, murder victims, and fallen soldiers. tony just found out that his son james who died in afghanistan in 2006 may not only have had his cell phone hacked into, but also his e-mail. >> they have hacked into a dead soldier, it's despicable. what else would you

it started with appearances by president sarkozy and designer armani, and michelle kosinski joins us,y that your dress is stunning. you look fantabulous, but one of the requirements was that you had to wear a cocktail dress, right? >> yes sh, to get anywhere neare restricted areas and the wedding you have had to have a cocktail attire, and the male press had to wear all black, which was rare, because it was all hot here today. and before of the ceremony, you could see everyone fanning themselves, because it has a beautiful islandy mediterranean feel and absolutely beautiful day with blue sky and blue water and blue bloods, lots of them inside to see this ceremony and how strange, tamron, because part of the excitement of the day, and the tensions surrounding this day was not to see the royal wedding happen and go off without a hitch, but it is if it would happen at all because of the rumors and the reports that charlene wittstock had tried to escape last week and went to the airport and bought a one-way ticket home, and the palace had to get her to stay, but everyone at the palace sai

we've got one of our own princesses there, michelle kosinski live for us in monte car carlo. was that stephanie? >> reporter: i didn't see it at that moment because we are looking at the camera, not the feed. we saw all kinds of glittera trk i from around the world. roger moore, other king s of fashion. there's a political showing from the world of fashion, also, and of course, royalty. it take as lot, i think, to get 3500 people in such an organized way to arrive one by one in each car and then do that long walk alone down that red carpet, so already, the wedding hasn't started and it's quite the spectacle. >> indeed it is. we saw beautiful princess caroline's daughter, charlotte. do we know who the bride is wearing today? which designer? >> reporter: armani supposedly, so we expect to see the start in about a half hour if it starts on time. at the ceremony, an american soprano will perform. they have this ceremony expected to last around an hour. afterward, there will be a dinner and the three michelle lan starred chef who will be doing that, around 500 there, he expressed

nbc's michelle kosinski has more. >> reporter: only days after these terrible phone hacking allegations exploded once again in britain, one day after the news of the world announced it will cease to exist, two former employees of the news of the world have now been arrested. one is a former editor who was later hired as a communications director for the prime minister. something the prime minister now is again coming under fire for. >> the decision was mine and mine alone and i take full responsibility for it. >> reporter: the second person arrested is a report here actually did prison time for phone haqq for news of the world in 2007. the thing is since then and only recently, the allegations have ballooned to include possibly thousands of potential phone hacking victims, including the family of soldiers killed in battle and the family of murder victims. even in one case, the murder victim herself. the government now wants to know has this been going on at other newspapers? why did the original police investigation fail so abysmally in the words of the prime minister? why were police a

michelle kosinski has a sneak peek at the exciting exhibition. >> reporter: oh, yes, you remember itut, you haven't seen it like this. catherine's dress still looks like a dream come true even if she is not there to bring it to life. what you can do is stick your face right up and see the delicate lace, and every stitch made by hand. >> there is so much work. such a wonderful craftmanship and people can appreciate it when they sigh it here that it is a revelation. >> you will see the cascading nine-foot train, and how fine the silk veil is topped with the tee yar ra loaned by the queen, all 888 diamonds, and another revelation, what did kate wear under her gown? handmade shoes, of course. high heels. you can see the couple's cake and yes, the actual cake with the top three tiers replaced and the replica of the bouquet. >> some people thought it was modest, but i thought it was exactly right for her and the dress. >> reporter: the dress ak all cli -- the dres actually will be in the ballroom where the wedding reception was held. >> you think, what a tiny waist and is this really the r

. >> that was michelle kosinski reporting.e will fly to south africa this week for their honeymoon. >>> let's get a look at the stories we are working on for news4 this afternoon. pat lawson muse is in the newsroom with a preview of what's to come. >> hey. how are you doing? >> good. how about you? >> i'm doing great. thank you. coming up this afternoon on "news4 at 4:00," the judge has given the jurors in the casey anthony trial their instructions. we will have a report from outside the courtroom at 4:00. the new harry potter movie comes out this week. and star actor daniel radcliffe makes a surprising admission. we have l have that for you. they are the quickest and many of the most popular restaurants in the country. how does the quality of fast food from nationwide chains stack up against each other and against some of the smaller restaurants? we will have the results of the fast food taste test. those stories plus keeping our eyes on the skies. chance of storms that could put a damper on your july fourth 'fesstivities. jo

nbc's michelle kosinski has a report. >> reporter: just how low will a tabloid go for a big scoop?ust one newspaper group. they've all been at it. >> i felt so appalled by what has happened. murder victims, terrorist victims who have had their phones hacked is quite disgraceful. >> reporter: the reaction has reached the top of british government. over the years of allegations, and convictions over voice mail hacking. starting around 2005 involving members of the royal household and celebrities. sienna miller was a victim. so was hugh grant. >> we're talking about very nasty people here. >> reporter: others named in the british press as possible targets include kate middleton before she married prince william, mick jagger, eric clapton. now perhaps a new low, police suspect that the paper hacked into the voice mail of 13-year-old milly dowler whose abduction and murder horrified britain in 2002. while she was still missing. and that the hacker even deleted the voice mails as her mail box filled up, giving her family false hope she was still alive. >> there are no words to describe h

>> that was nbc's michelle kosinski reporting. up next, what if anything did we learn today?'s a very are bad economy. >> there's nothing -- >> very, very bad. i wish i had better news. >> barely anyone left standing here. the numbers are bad. >> they all lost their job. >> yeah. the president speaks at 10:35 eastern time from the rose garden. we'll be watching that closely. as for you at 3:00 -- >> i'll be back on at 3:00 p.m. with a lot more on the jobs. >> everybody have a wonderful weekend. thanks so much for watching.

nbc's michelle kosinski is in monte carlo this morning with details. t this is actually happening. but isn't it a shame that on this happy occasion, the first time in 30 years this tiny exclusive principality will have a reigning princess, some say the biggest thing to happen to monaco in a half century, the palace has had to do some damage control. in a few hours, monaco will have its princess. south african swimmer charlene wittstock. what has really been going on behind palace doors? the highly respected french news magazine is staunchly defending its multiple sources on an explosive story. soon to be serene highness charlene was far from serene last week, that she rushed to the airport to leave. the palace has just as adamantly denied it. but a highly placed source here says, yes, it did happen and there's been tension. the controversy reportedly involves another woman now claiming to have a child out of wedlock with the prince. he already has two. still, a friend of the couple, royalty expert stefan burn says he talked to charlene -- >> she said, o

>> michelle kosinski, thank you. secretary of state hillary clinton heads to turkey as she kicks off a 12-day tour, topping her to do list, increasing pressure on moammar gadhafi. she said his days in power are quote numbered. >>> a water war is being waged on capitol hill where the house passed a bill that would cut the epa power to overrule decisions on water quality. the white house threatened to veto the bill saying it would undue four decades of progress. >>> will she or won't she? former alaska governor sarah palin said she'll announce her plans for the 2012 presidential race in late august or early september. what she is saying now though is she believes she could beat president obama and could not see herself campaigning for one of the current candidates. >>> astronauts from the shuttle "atlantis" and international space station will get time off. the final shuttle has been in orbit for a week. the crew has been delivering food and supplies to last the space station for the next year and after a little more u

michelle kosinski is live in monte carlo for what must be one tough assignment. ing. >> you know what, carl, the only thing better than a spectacular royal wedding is a two-day spectacular royal wedding in monaco. one in which the bride does show up. they entered the palace throne room in silence. barely a glance at each other. with the world's eyes uncomfortably watching for tension. do they look happy? in love? it was an intense, curious civil ceremony, very brief, and then, he said yes. >> oui. >> a relief no doubt for all present. and the emotion flowed. princess grace's children, princess stephanie and caroline, even prince albert seemed to tear up a bit. they signed the register, and no turning back now. they were married. on the balcony a careful rile wave, a small kiss, and the sweet sign of spontaneous affection from charlene. now a princess. and all through this tiny magical riviera square mile of billionaires, hedge funders, and fashionistas a sigh of happiness. it happened. >> oh, today i get the impression everything is open and clear. >> reporter: so

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