>> anne thompson, port monmouth, new jersey on the jersey shore. anne, thanks. >>> these past couple days we've had a big wake-up call in southern california where the ground has been unusually quiet in the greater los angeles area over the past few years. that changed when a 5.1 caused some minor damage. it rattled a lot of people friday night. it took place not along the more famous san andreas fault, but puente hills. the good folks at cal tech are watching all of it tonight. >> when an earthquake happens on this fault it is just about the worst one we can imagine, it is long enough to have an earthquake greater than magnitude 7, maybe 7.5. it's located directly under the oldest parts of our city. so we have hundreds of thousands of very bad buildings that will be exposed to very strong shaking. so we put it all together and it's about the worst earthquake we can think of happening. >> it is true that friday night's earthquake was the strongest in the area since '08. and at this point we must add southern california has not had a major quake sinc

nbc's anne thompson is there for us. >> reporter: good evening, lester. today's focus was on the two new saints be. the underlying theme was unity, highlighting common ground for today's church leaders and those of the past. ♪ for faith already rich in symbolism, this was a historic day. two living popes, francis and benedict, celebrating mass to proclaim popes john xxiii and john paul ii saints. before dawn, thousands rushed to get standing room only spots. many of these people have been up all night, trying unsuccessfully to sleep on rome's cold cobblestones. now all they want is a little bit of space and a vantage point. invited guests had tickets, blue for priests. so what does the blue ticket get you? >> i don't have to wait in the huge crowd. >> reporter: red for nuns and lay people. >> it means that you can be quite close to sanctity. >> reporter: most were far from the altar. the half million people at the vatican stretched down to the tiber river, while another 300,000 watched on giant tv screens around rome. in his sermon, pope francis sought to

>> ann thompson in rome for us. ann, thanks. a reminder nbc news will provide live coverage starting at 4:00 a.m. eastern time starting on sunday morning on this nbc station. >>> still ahead for us tonight, ho uh a family discovery has the power to change the way we look at autism. it's about a father and son connecting thanks to some mutual friends. >>> and later, by george, he won't remember a minute of it but millions will sure miss him down under. >>> among the best known disney lyrics of the modern era, you ain't never had a friend like me. tonight, we have a story about a young man with awe tim. he became nonverbal as a boy, but when he disappeared into his own world of animated disney movies, he discovered friends he didn't know he had. and for his parents, learning to speak the language of those movies, gave them a way into their own son. it's a remarkable story contained in a new book but veteran journalist and author ron suskind. it's the story of his son owen, and we get their story tonight from nbc's rehema ellis. >>

>> ann thompson starting us off from boston.r the man accused for carrying out these attacks along with his deceased brother his lawyers and the government are preparing for his trial this fall and the prosecution indicated it will seek the death sentence if convicted. we get more tonight from our justice correspondent, pete williams. >> reporter: the lawyers brought in to defend tsarnaev faced two big decisions. the first a change of venue. moving the trial out of the boston courthouse which is under two miles from last year's marathon finish line would get away from city traumatized by the attack. but one poll showed a majority of boston residents oppose the death penalty so the change of venue might not be to shis advantage. his lawyers must also decide whether to urge him to plead guilty if the government would agree not to seek the death penalty. he's now 20 held without bail at a federal medical prison and in recent court filings his lawyers have signaled they will make his age an issue. at the time of the bombing they say

details from our chief environmental affairs correspondent anne thompson. >> reporter: the report says time is running out to avoid the worst impacts of climate change. melting ice sheets that will raise sea levels and swamp coastlines. stronger heatwaves and droughts that could put the world's food supply at risk, particularly the basic crops of wheat and corn. the u.n. panel says the world must act now. >> if we wait for more than about 10 or 15 years, we really will make it extremely difficult for us to keep climate from changing substantially and really exposing ourselves to some substantial harms. >> reporter: to protect itself, the report says the world must reduce greenhouse gas emissions 40% to 70% by the year 2050 and be near zero by 2100. those are the emissions we create burning oil, coal, and gas for power and transportation. in its place, the report calls for a low carbon energy supply, tripling renewable power, solar, wind, and geothermal, more nuclear power. coal only if carbon is captured and stored or, instead of coal, cleaner burning natural gas, a bridge to a greener

anne thompson, nbc news, detroit. >> speaking of the weather, time to check in with meteorologist rob>> hello there. seeing low clouds not just at elevations near 2,000 feet. but as the 345 reen layer gets squished down, it means as you wake up tomorrow morning, you could see the fog right on your reedway. so that's the first part of the forecast as we head into tomorrow morning, areas of low clouds around san francisco, possibly into the central bay. but thanks to some northeast winds around lunchtime. the sea breeze will surge stronger. it's an issue because we have a total lunar eclipse that will take place tomorrow night that occurs as the earth passes between the sun and the moon. so it's the earth's shadow that's cast across the moon but it's not dark because that light gets scattered as the sunlight moves through the earth's atmosphere. so depending how much dust is in the earth's atmosphere, it's a copper or red at times. around 10:58 our time will reach totality just after midnight. hoping for partly cloudy skies just after midnight. this is what the weather forecast is going

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ann thompson joins me now.re his strongest words yet and said i feel compelled to personally take on all of the evil which some priests, quite a new in number, not compared to the number of all priests to ask for forgiveness for the damage they've done for having sexually abused children. for those who didn't understand the italian. this is a big step. what is the back story here? >> first of all, these were remarks he ad libbed. he deviated from his prepared text as he often does. he was speaking to an international catholic group that is charged with protecting children's rights. and it is a subject that the pope has not talked a lot about in the first year and month of his papacy, but it is a subject that he has been criticized for for not doing enough or saying enough about the sexual abuse crisis. and i think that what you saw today was a continuation of the mission of his papacy, which is forgiveness and mercy and he is now asking for forgiveness for the sexual abuse crisis. i think the other thing that w

ann thompson is there for the preview for us tonight, hi, ann. >> reporter: good evening, lester. it's already crazy here. the streets around st. peters square are closed off and people are sleeping on the sidewalks as the vatican braces for one million people that will try to fit in the small square behind me to watch the catholic church make saints. you can earlier today it felt like an international festival out here. people from around the world coming to celebrate these two men who have profound impacts on the church and the world. john embraced by the progressive wing of the catholic church for convening the second vatican counsel and ushering the church into the modern age. john paul ii a hero for bringing down communism in his native poland and across eastern europe. it was pope francis' decision to do it together and to help heel the wounds within the catholic church. when pope francis leads tomorrow, he'll be joined by his predecessor pope benedict, two popes proclaiming two other popes saints. lester? >> an thompson tonight. thanks. we'll have full coverage tomorrow beg

nbc's anne thompson has more from rome. >> for an institution 2,000 years old. this was a first. >> and helps bring down communism in eastern europe. two giants of the catholic church in the 20th century. lives that pope francis are r relevant in the 21st. pope francis chose to canonize the two popes together. a symbolic act. but this was not a day for labels. and for those who a year ago feared pope benedicts resignation would turn it into turmoil. a sign of unity in this ancient space. for those who couldn't get into the square, and who waited, their patience paid off. after mass, pope francis got into his pope mobile and rode down the road that goes to the tiber river. an exclamation point on an historic daykatrina -- the catholic church. >> the ceremony was not without controversy. many criticized him for not doing enough responding to the sex abuse scandal. and the pope had a difficult time accepting the priest would molest children. but would never cover up anything. back here in south bay, hundreds of people paid out to pay tribute to pope john paul ii. t

our report from nbc's ann thompson. >> reporter: what a waste, the city of portland is flushing 38 million gallons of water from this reservoir after a 19-year-old man did the number one thing you don't do here. >> the one guy urinated in the reservoir. >> reporter: early wednesday morning, a surveillance camera caught the man relieving himself through the iron gate. a couple minutes later, his two companions climbed the fence and one went in the water and yes, that light you see is the men capturing the moment on a cell phone. water bureau officials say they shut down the pipes from this reservoir immediately. today, water samples came back clean, but portland officials are taking no chances. >> our customers don't expect us to send them water with human urine in it so we'll dump the reservoir. >> reporter: portland's drinking water is a source of pride, touted on the water bureau's website as the best in the world. the head of one water group doesn't think this incident will taint that reputation. >> obviously we have animals that urinate in the water every day. so it's really inconseque

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anne thompson in rome, back to you. >> today's ceremony wasn't without controversy. many criticized the vatican for canonizing pope john paul. and took too long to respond to the scandal. >>> back in the south bay, hundreds of people paid tribute to pope john paul ii. ♪ part of the tribute, a seven- foot tall bronze statue of the new saint. there it is unveiled at the church. the catholic bishop of san jose presided over the mass. it was held at our lady of peace church to pay tribute to the life and work of pope, now st. john paul ii. >>> coming up next -- >> thousands of volunteers spent the weekend repairing homes. we will show you one family's emotional response to their home makeover on the peninsula. >>> on the peninsula, thousands of volunteers helped to remodel dozens of homes at community centers this weekend. >> among them a home in san mateo. the floor was decaying and the house was in disrepair. the kitchen had no hot water and the family was struggling to keep the home but had been in the home for several generations. here's part after the remodel. a new

anne thompson, thank you. nbc news will have live coverage of the papal canonization. lester will be here, anchoring our special. time now for a look at the morning's other stories we're following. jenna is here with that. >>> good morning, everyone. it is day 50 in the quest for the missing malaysian airlines jet. so far they've come up empty. katy tur is in australia with more. >> reporter: good morning, jenna. bluefin 21 is searching a six-mile radius under pinger location number two, the location that has the strongest silk nal. if they don't hear anything they'll move on to a broader radius around that same signal. so far no sign of a plane. we are on day 50, as you said. meanwhile, families are as angry as other. more than 100 staged a sit-in, demand i demanding to meet with the malaysian ambassador, who they say didn't show up for a meeting. still, day 50 and no sign of the plane. >> unbelievable. katy tur, thank you very much. >>> a high school student in connecticut is facing murder charge this is morning after allegedly slashing a classmate to death inside th

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and ann thompson travelled to virginia this week to file this exclusive and fun report. >> jimmy, bringther board please. >> the secret is you eat before you come. >> it's true. >> drinking a beer and shaking hands is better. >> i'm not just saying that. >> it's kind of like a political pulse in the commonwealth of virginia. years ago when the bird machine was in power and this thing first started, it was only white males here. in the 70s, ladies started coming, people of color and that's all inclusive. >> how has the event changed? >> it's got an little more politically correct. >> tell me what you mean by that. >> both the major parties have run a little scared of us. they don't want to come over here. last year they ask a republican if they saw this poster here. he says not me. so it's just gotten too politically correct. we might not be coming back. >> how do you win in a state that's becoming bluer every day? >> part os of the electorate that republicans have written off and allowed democrats to take for granted, my campaign won't do that. if you go to my website, one click of a mo

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. >> that was ann thompson reporting on a landmark new u.n.ort on the impact of climate change on all of us and disproportionately on the poorest societies. it creates diplomatic challenges for the obama administration as well which has been making climate change a hallmark of his legacy. i'm joined by sally jewel who are is back from a submarine surveying the ice melt. thank you very much, it's great to have you here. and to talk about this enormous topic. we think of superstorm sandy and what this report means for us. people throw up their hands and say as long as china is polluting, i can't do anything here. why should this matter to us now? >> andrea, there's no question as i have been on public lands around this country and, in fact, around the world. the impact of climate change is everywhere. as the world's largest economy, we have a responsibility to be part of the solution to share what we know with the scientists that produce the report many of whom are americans and to chart a path forward that puts us on not only a place to be resi

. >> as we hear the traffic noise behind you guys, ann thompson, talk to us about the moment when weaw a little bit of picture we'll show a little more, of pope francis in the pope mobile going through the crowds and as you reported yesterday, actually got stopped by the crowd and had to make a u-turn. how did he get back into the vatican? >> he got -- andrea, he got in a car. what happened was -- and this is unusual apparently the first time it's happened during a canonization ceremony. instead of going around st. peters square in the pope mobile he went down where most of the people were yesterday. and he greeted people and then he got to the end and they didn't know what to do. apparently they had given it this much thought, realized they needed to get him out of there. they got him out of the pope mobile and put him in a car. but for the people who came and could only see the ceremony on big screen tvs because if you're down there you couldn't see anything that was going on in the square unless you were watching it on tv. it was a way to say thank you. i think it's one more examp

ann thompson is at the vatican this morning.ood morning. >> reporter: erica, it is still a mad house here. people don't seem to want to leave, and why not? many of these people spent the night on rome's uncomfortable cobblestones just to try to get into st. peter's square, and those that did, well, they were the lucky few because this crowd stretched all the way down to the river. the vatican says 500,000 people witnessed the mass here and then another 300,000 watched it on big screen tvs, 17 of them placed around the city of rome. all of them seeing for the first time two popes canonized in the catholic church. >> reporter: for an institution 2,000 years old, this was a first. two popes made saints before a crowd that spilled out on to the streets of rome. john xxiii who brought the church into the modern world by calling the second vatican council, and john paul ii who lifted up his native poland and helped bring down communism in eastern europe. two giants of the catholic church in the 20th century, lives, pope francis says,

. >> that was nbc news chief environmental affairs correspondent ann thompson, four years ago this veryay, reporting on the environmental impact when bp's oil rig exploded. killing 11 people and spewing some 200 million gallons of oil into the gulf of mexico for 87 days. just last week, bp announced the cleanup operations are over. in that cleanup, thousands of gallons of chemical dispersants were used to break down oil into to tiny droplets. they're still trying to figure out the effect to the environment. it may be years before the effects are known. bp was supposed to be a never again moment, it is happening again, over and over. in indiana, up to 1,600 gallons of crude oil leaked into lake michigan from a bp refinery. in texas a ship and barge collided spilling up to 168,000 gallons into the port of houston. that left hundreds of birds covered in oil. you see some of them there. those that remain alive have little chances of survival. one research scientist saying, quote, when a bird has oil coating its eyes and bill, it's not capable of getting rid of it. watching this is like watc

nbc's chief environmental affairs correspondent anne thompson has those details. >> this report outlineshow we can avoid the worst impacts of climate change. and the u.n. report says we have to dramatically cut our carbon emissions 40% to 70% by the year 2050 and to near zero by 2100. how do we do that? we have to move to a low carbon energy supply, it says. that means moving away from burning coal and oil to create power and to get ourselves from place to place. instead, it says, we have to increase our dependence on renewable energy such as solar, wind, geothermal. we have to increase nuclear energy. when we burn coal, we need to use something called carbon capture and storage technology. it also addresses natural gas which is undergoing such a huge boom in this country. it says that natural gas could actually be a bridge to that low carbon future because it creates fewer emissions. now, the panel says there's no time to waste. our emissions are rising despite all our talking. and that the longer we wait, the harder and more things out. >> a wing on the boutonniere. >> right now we're

for more on this morning's historic event, nbc news correspondent anne thompson joins us from vaticanity. good morning, ann. what was the mood there morning the people as these two popes became saints? >> jonathan, it was very sell bra toir and solemn at the same time. joyous, yet respectful. and you spoke of pope ameritus benedict, and he came out on the alter altar about a half hour before the mass started. and i was really struck by the warm reception of the crowd here. he was audibly embraced by them. a long sustained applause. and then when pope francis came out top begin the celebration of the mass, he went over and hugged hope ameritus benedict, and he also did that at the end of the mass, a sign of unity, and that's what this ceremony was about. as you mentioned, these two popes represent two factions, or have been embraced by two factions, quite frankly, of the catholic churn. and pope francis wanted to c ee together to say this church is a union. i have to tell you in this crowd it was predominantly polish. all the young people that you spoke of, that john paul ii got excite

nbc's anne thompson is at the vatican this morning. anne, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, natalie. at capacity, st. peter's square behind me can hold 80,000 people. but officials are expecting ten times that number to come here and witness history, because on sunday, the catholic church for the first time will canonize two popes together. all roads lead to rome for the world's catholics. the script from chicago joining one million pilgrims expected to jam the streets around the vatican to see popes john xxiii and john ii made saints. pope john opened the windows of the church to the world in 1962, convening the second vatican council that modernized this ancient faith. he led the church for just five years. john paul ii served for 26, a major figure on the world stage, the pope from poland helped bring down communism. he was a charismatic leader with a more conservative approach to catholic doctrine. at his funeral in 2005, millions chanted sainthood now. drowning out dissent. >> voices of women, voices of sex abuse victims, vo

thompson. the six people who were injured in this fire, at last word two were still listed in critical condition. anne, kpix 5. >> 65 firefighters from san francisco and daly city helped put out the fire. >>> happening today the murder trial continues for one of two men accused of killing a san jose teen. 15-year-old michael russell was stabbed to death in his backyard in 2009. prosecutors say 20-year-old jay williams and randy thompson befriended the teen just to kill him. both suspects are being tried separately as adults. williams reportedly confessed to the murder. he said he did it because he worshipped satan. >>> the napa county d.a. says kayleigh slusher died from trauma to the head and body. according to police, her mother sarah krueger and boyfriend ryan warner put kayleigh's body in a suitcase in a freezer for three days before later placing the body on a bed and running away. both pled not guilty. >>> fbi back in sacramento on tuesday. agents searched this building in connection to the corruption scandal involving state senator leland yee. some of the offices in the building cross across fr

psychologist and body image expert anne car fee cooke is with us now along with three of the participants you just saw, chris thompsone. did you bring me the patch? >> you don't need one. >> apparently you don't need one. ladies, did you really feel a difference after a few days in how you perceived yourself, britney? >> yes, definitely. i noticed one of the things i was doing, i was taking more pictures. i made a point to avoid the camera. i was always taking pictures of my kids and things like that, but i wasn't in most of them. and i started taking pictures and being out with my daughter and enjoying it. it was great. >> chris, did other people notice a change within you? >> i was at the grocery store one day with my children and i always get compliments on them. but an older couple said oh, you are beautiful and so are your children. i was like, wow. i appreciate it. >> doctor, what did you take away from this experiment? you've been doing research for 30 years. what did you take away from what happened here? >> well, with the dove's patch study, i think it's just very clear that beauty is a state of mind. and wh