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each of the bling bling mobiles sell for more than half a million dollars. wow. >>> dogs might be known at man's best friend but can serve other species as well. in china, one kind hearted canine adopted four white tiger cubs. the mother who recently gave birth herself called in to help nurse the cub back to health. now the mom, puppies and her cubs are all inseparable. too cute. >>> hey there, a contender for man's best friend. check this out. the crocodile. one fisherman in costa rica rescued a crocodile from near death 20 years again. since then, taught him to perform tricks and now the pair performs for touristshe might not be as cute and cuddly he can roll over like your average pup might. what do you think about that? >> everybody needs a best friend in life. right? clearly. >> one with a croc. >> if it doesn't work out, you have yourself a nice handbag or pair of shoes. >> exactly. >>> time for an early look at some of the stories we're following throughout the day right here on nbc. >>> longtime alaskan senator ted stevens bur buried at arlington nat

a beautiful stud ded bracelet that elvis wore and it had bling-bling and your name written all over it. >> i couldn't afford the pearls on that. welcome to our show. glad to here from you up from miami visiting us. it's going to feel like miami. we'll kick into fall and it'll be a warm day. yesterday was high, it was 95 yesterday in atlanta. we were in the mid to upper 90s even close to 100 in many areas including memphis and little rock, all of alabama and mississippi, exceptionally warm. a lot warmer. yesterday was a chilly start in boston. and the only chili air is from billings up to the dakotas. we did have showers and thunderstorms as expected in chicago. this morning they're rolling down near st. louis. we're also going to see scattered showers around buffalo this morning in northern new england. overall though i think the heat is the biggest weather story of the day. kind of like a heat pump. the winds turn southerly and that's just making all that moisture and all that humidity and all that heat spread through the southeast and up through the mid-atlantic today. it'll be a lit

and bling for a great cause. >>> plus, oprah opens up her final season with a bang. >>> a walk-off winner rafael na dad joins an exclusive club and a football game that had just about everything. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning and welcome back to "early today." i'm lynn berry. >>> secretary of state hillary clinton is in egypt this morning to lead a second round of middle east peace talks with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and palestinianat president mahmoud abbas. although israel would not renew a partial building freeze in the west bank, it would not step up construction, either. >>> the u.s. government says it will not pay the prison bail for american hiker sarah shord. iran says it will release on health grounds in exchange for $500,000. earlier yesterday, shourd's family asked to have the bail reduced saying they couldn't afford it. >>> the cuban government says it's planning to lay off at least 500,000 workers in the next six months to help the country's struggling economy. analysts say it's the biggest private sector shift there since the 1959 revolutio

. >> [unintelligible] back in the days before bling professional footballers' have done it too.he foreign secretary shared a room with twin beds with his parliamentary aide. stephen smith brings you the cultural legacy of the twin bed hotel room. >> friday evening, another lonely night on the road, but it does not have to be. ♪ >> thanks to a marvelous facility available at many fine hotels, twin beds. here is what one hotel worker has to say about them. >> if parents are going on holiday with a couple of kids, they will have a double bed room and put their kids in a twin bed three travelers together will share a room. if you go back to the 1920's a lot of families slept 3 or four to a bed. there was not the same luxury we have now. >> it is hard to believe now when some footballers will not stay in the same bedroom, teammates used to bond up together in twin beds. >> we is to share twin rooms. -- we use to share twinned rooms. we slept in the afternoon. we actually got [unintelligible] by what can only be described as an artful dodger. when the police came in they said what on

. >> simultaneously, there will be a bling rally by his so- called political nemesis. -- there will be a dueling by his so-called political nemesis. >> it would be funny. it would be entertaining. >> it is always good to laugh at yourself. >> they are not the only ones turning in. facebook pages for the rally are flooded with support, applauding the two comedians for poking fun at the nation's political division. >> you can really argue with that. >> the date for the rally is set for october 30. it was chosen because it has no significant at all. he is hopeful it will not offend anyone. >>> tonight was a fantastic night for a rally or anything around the national mall. here is the first look at the weekend forecast. >> this is a wonderful time of the year. there is nothing going on on doppler. here is what the outlook is for the upcoming weekend. the weekend looks great. the temperatures will be near average. i will tell you a lot more about things going on this week. they include some [unintelligible] >>> coming up, criminals fight in fairfax county. how you can avoid becoming the nex

soothing worlds from the oracle of omaha, and bling for a good cause. your early morning business headlines are straight ahead -- plus -- oprah opens up her final season with a bang. >>> a walk-off winner, rafael nadal joins an exclusive club and a football doubleheader that had just about everything. >>> you're watching "early today." >>> good morning and welcome back to "early today." i'm lynn berry. here are some of your top headlines this morning -- secretary of state hillary clinton is in egypt this morning to lead a second round of middle east peace talks with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and palestinian president mahmoud abbas. a hint of flexibility, although israel would not renew a partial building freeze in the west bank, it would not step up construction, either. >>> the u.s. government says it will not pay the prison bail for american hiker sarah shourd, who iran says it will release on health grounds in exchange for $500,000. earlier yesterday, shourd's family asked to have the bail reduced saying they couldn't afford it. >>> t

. >> the first one went boom and the second one went book and in a bling of an eye, bam, it took your breath away. >> reporter: christmas eve in rancho cordova is a day many neighbors will never forget. a natural gas explosion sent people flying from their home. they were the first on scene before the second one went off and crumbled the home. >> you don't have time to have emotions or feelings, but it's an adrenalin rush. >> reporter: did you think your life and your safety? >> i believe it's in god's hands. i believe in god, so i wasn't worried about myself at all. >> we have been complaining for over 24 hours about that gas leak. i don't understand. it's a recurring leak. >> we'll be looking into fight finding the exact location location of the leak in the days ahead. >> had was gas in the area the other day and they didn't. >> reporter: anemal person returned to see what was left of her mother's home next door. >> my mom was in bed and it blew her out of her bed. >> reporter: her 76-year-old mother and her 50-year-old sister survived the blast. >> when it's christmas or not, i'm n

there is a lot of bling, maybe too much for the camera, but this is the first time for me to hold a ring like this. >> thank you. it is good to be here. wednesday night, we have got a number of team awards that we are up for, it is good. it is good to be out here with a bunch of the players, representatives from our team, and a number of other teams. tavis: you have won the championship of the world. do awards matter? >> i think it is different than maybe some of the other zero wards, when you are waiting to receive the award, and in this case, -- some of the other zero wards -- the other awards. i think you are right. tavis: have you been able since the victory several months ago, have you been able to contextualized what the journey was? >> i think beginning in 2006, it started. i think it was apparent to all of us that this was bigger than football. there was so much i know in regards to -- forget the team or the superdome. there was so much unknown in that region. when the super dome reopened on that monday night, our first home game in 2006, i think we all first koran asked a little

microsoft is adding a feature to its bling maps program that lets you get directions using public transportationsay i wanted to go from our channel 9 building here in northwest washington to boston's common mall? once you enter the address, use transit directions. and you can see it advises you to metro's red line and changing to the orange line. the metro smart trip card will take you to baltimore. the maryland transit administration unveiled its own electronic fare card today. it's call add charm card. it works on the bus, subway, and light rail systems as well as metro rail system. you can also use your card whenever a charm card is accepted. >>> a big boost of plans to build a purple line in maryland. martin o'malley's spending plan includes $48 million. it would run from new carolton to bethesda. >>> taking a look at news where you live tonight, you might want to get used to that closed lane along route 50 in arlington. the left lane between north courthouse road has been closed since march. now we are hearing that the utility relocation project will probably be in place through the end of

. >> jimmy: a little bling ther yeah. >> yeah, bling for my ladies. boo-yah. [ laughter ] now, they -- yeah, she's cool. give her her frog. >> jimmy: what does that mean? >> right here, stuffed fr. got it. this right here. [ laughter ] she needed a stuffed animal on the way down. i won this at the crane machine at the stop and go. >> jimmy: you're a talented guy. >> yeah, i did. it only cost me $1. [ light ughter ] >> jimmy: is that is? >> yeah, you ever play those? >> jimmy: no. >> you'd probably be horrible at it. [ laughter ] now -- >> jimmy: i was gonna say, why would i be horrible? now, can i pet it? >> yeah, you can feel if you want. just feel her back. but i wouldn't go, like, too close near her head because her teeth are huge. [ laughter ] and if she doesn't get you with her teeth, check this out. retractable claws. like, i don't know if she'll let me show you. look at -- see those claws? >> jimmy: oh, man. >> yeah, look it. you can see them on the back. they're unbelievable. but her name is nala. >> jimmy: nala. now, why nala? >> like, after

itouch, i phone, i know you be wanting those things ♪ ♪ it's engineers like me that be designing that bling >> this is an electronic piano. this is a thing called a theremin. can you say that? and what's the name of your song? >> "my song"? >> "my song." okay. kenya's going to play her song called "my song." this is the keyboard. so just think of it -- and this is like the pedals. okay, i give you kenya and "my song." ready? go ahead. and you've just got to get a little jiggy with it. >> reporter: no question, john's teaching methods are a bit unusual. >> you know what runs on a couple of millivolts? you. what happened? >> he died. >> no. they go woo, woo, woo. okay, they take you to the hospital. they hook you up. you'll be the weird box thing, stand up. so you do the beep-beep. your heart gets a little electric shock about once a second. did it work? oh, good. >> and what i think is really important is to get out there and get kids to really viscerally experience something. >> shake, shake, shake your head. nice look. >> thank you doctor, send me a bill. >> the most exciting thing was the

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rest of this evening, still some showers around, still a few storms, and hour by hour tomorrow we bling sunshine back, a nice day. peeking ahead, sunday morning, talking about 70 or so and a water temp. 72, so for all the swimmers headed out good luck and i'll be there with you. >> all right. we're back tonight at 11:00, have a good one. >>> to >>> tonight on "world news

as you bling in new people the culture is necessarily going to change. and your job as a manager and owner is to have a vision, let the new people know what the vision is and to the extent possible keep that familiar. because as you get bigger it gets more corporate. >> this is from the owner of a company that launched a new product but spent most of the money on research and zwomt. development. >> we have limited resources and we need the quickest and most direct way to get into the market. >> so the product is this new low-fat beef patty. a food product. >> the great news is there are all sorts of shoe string marketing ideas to use. in this case it is bringing in a commissioned salesperson. you are not going to pay that person until he sells something or maybe it is smiling and dialing or hitting the concrete yourself. it is going to take -- if you don't have the money, it will take energy. it will take one or the other. if you don't have the cash, someone has to put a lot of energy out to get the word out there and get real estate into your store shel

well, it's bling. >>> straight ahead at 4:00, amanda knox is in court and an interview with her motherp. >>> and surviving a half mile beneath the surface. >>> and showers and thunderstorms are remaining and bob's tracking it all on the radar. that's coming up. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> the owner of segway scooters died. testifies 62 years old. >>> a horrible scene when a man was shot and -- he shot and kimed his estranged wife and four stepchildren. >>> denise, it happened when a beach police officer heard muffled gunshots coming from the home around this morning and the officers approached the house. the officer exited the home and shot himself. inside were the bodies of his wife and stepchildren ranging in age from 10 to 14. his biological children were unharmed. one of his neighbors said she was with him at a club last night and he was asked to leave for causing trouble. >>> all right, thank you. and the police say his wife had a restraining order against him and they were in the middle of a divorce. >>> the details of jaycee lee dugard's memoir will be released next year. she'll writ

and may i just say that tony's car is blinged out with redskins stuff. >> i love the spirit.s that time of year. a new beginning this year. indeed, we have a fine day across the area. we have temperatures in the 50s and 60s this morning so it's a cool start. later on today we'll see temperatures where they should be. it will be breezy later on today. current temperatures look like this: currently 65 here in the capital. 57 in baltimore, 56 at dulles airport. ocean city, maryland, is at 64 degrees. winchester, virginia, is at 62 degrees. satellite radar composite for the area, a few clouds moving through, but has made for some pretty pictures this morning since the sun started coming up. a few clouds here and there. mostly clear skies. a few clouds this morning and then sunshine through the bulk of the day. your forecast for today looks like this: mostly sunny skies, breezy at times, high of about 82 degrees. and when i say breezy, that's winds 10-15 miles per hour and could gust up to 20-25 miles per hour. >> i have to pick on you because i pulled in this morning and parked n

one of these [pop] i got a really great hat i got half a song extra mayonnaise a stamp helium some bling dog fabric softener this much of a shirley temple i got a mustache an apple sprinkles fifteen minutes of parking and a ticket [pop] lipstick two pills a day is what it takes to stay alive if you're hiv positive. those pills cost about forty cents a day. lunch bag [pop] >> glenn: tomorrow, an hour that will blow your mind. set your dvrs now for it. we're going to cover the dangers of mixing politics and religion with a woman two lived through the horrors yourself. tell your friends and more importantly get your kids and watch it with your kids.

one of these [pop] i got a really great hat i got half a song extra mayonnaise a stamp helium some bling fries balloon dog fabric softener this much of a shirley temple i got a mustache an apple sprinkles fifteen minutes of parking and a ticket [pop] lipstick two pills a day is what it takes to stay alive if you're hiv positive. those pills cost about forty cents a day. lunch bag [pop] >> she ought to pledge, to be an up and down vote on all of the upcoming tax hikes. anything less than that is unacceptable. the speaker allows an up or down vote, i'm confident that the american people will not see increases in their taxes. >> well, the talk there from the house minority leader about extending the bush era tax cuts, all of them wanting the house speaker to have a vote on the house floor. up or down. just moments after that news conference, house speaker, nancy pelosi appeared. she was asked at one point. is there any chance the top bracket tax cuts would be extended this congress? here was her answer. >> the only thing i can tell you is that the tax cuts will be extended this congress. >>

phoenix spent most of the interview mum bling, refusing to answer questions about his new rap career.s a hoax. last night, he paid dave another visit. >> first, it really all i care about is me in this. now... now, did i know anything about this? >> no. >> yes. >> was there a script you and i were working with? >> no. >> i apologize. i hope i didn't offend you in any way. >> no. no. i was not offended. it was so much fun. it was good. yeah. we just -- it was batting practice. do you know what i mean? everyone of them was a dinger. >> we hoped to come on a talk show and i was looking for a beat down. i got one. i really got one. >> he did. that is your last call. lights are blinking and we're closing down shop there. is a packed on the record coming tomorrow night. star quarterback kurt warner will be here to go on the record about his new gig on, what else? "dancing with the stars". don't miss kurt warner tomorrow night. thank you for being with us tonight. make sure you check out our facebook fan page. click the like button for special access you won't get anywhere else. until then,

we have an emphasis around consumption and cloaking athinge bling that won't make our kids success. .nce and great arts. that's what we should be pushing. if we do it, guess what they want to be? they want to be the kids that are being celebrated because they are great intellectuals and highly educated. you are an inspiration. >> andrea, this is a great, great program and i think it's going to change america. >> it ain't ending here. we will stick with it. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> coming up next, can the mideast peace talks be saved from collapse? joining us plus nbc's martin fletcher and the correspondent from the mideast writing about his personal journey in walking israel. you are watching andrea mitchell reports on msnbc. maybe you want school kids to have more exposure to the arts. maybe you want to provide meals for the needy. or maybe you want to help when the unexpected happens. whatever you want to do, members project from american express can help you take the first step. vote, volunteer, or donate for the causes you believe in at membersproject.com. take charge

we'll bling you all of the results. >> reporter: and in hercules, no new information about who foundssing person's report that led to the homicide on saturday. south of laredo, there's a place... so hot, rattlesnakes cbust. ♪ but we go, cause yaottaat bold. [ le announcer subway fiery footlong subs the bold-acis new turk jaleño melt and ffalo chicken. subway. eat bold! >>> welcome back. 8:29. this morning we're finding out more about what may have set off a crime spree that left five people dead in three bay area cities. 38-year-old efren valdemoro is right at the center of this bizarre and complicated homicide case. investigators are looking at jealous rage as one possible motive. they now believe valdemoro killed the 73-year-old hercules man because he thought either the victim or his son was having an affair with his girlfriend. and that son is still missing. investigators are also looking at valdemoro's troubled past. >> he was someone who had relationships with people and generally borrowed money and availed himself of the use of their vehicles and things like that. >> now, poli

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take a look at the pic, bling, fancy bag, dropping cash around the streets. if their cash is up here around 1.75 mill, if the president's plan comes into place, look what happens to their taxes, they are paying another $70,000 every year in taxes, and this is an example of where the debate comes in. do you leave that extra money in the hands of private folks who might spend it, invest it or give to the government to pay for some of the programs we have going? do something about the debt and deficit. i want you to know you can do this yourself. take your information -- it's incredibly complicated. it's the tax policy center website. you plug in your income, basic information. do you have kid, anyone going to school. it will show you under different scenarios what would happen to your taxes. >> i want to see the pie chart again? this was war,ed up by our friends at cnnpolitics.com. >> 31 were interviewed and 18 said they believe that we should extend tax cuts for all taxpayers. >> i want to know for how long and i want to know what the economists that we interv

a little bit of bling. and matt, if you're watching from the pool -- >> come on.he speedo, i'm sorry. >> thank you, i appreciate that. janet shamlian, thank you very much. rita benson leblanc is the part owner and executive vice president of the saints. nice to see you, rita. >> nice to be here. thank you for being here. >> we're thrilled to be here. let me read you some descriptions i read about you. batten down the hatches, one of the most powerful women in professional sports and the youngest, sassiest and sexiest owner of an nfl franchise. how do you plead? >> i guess guilty. i learned from my grandfather. so he's an older version, but from new orleans, we dance, we laugh, everything we live through here, but especially winning the super bowl. there was nothing that brought my family greater pleasure than to bring that super bowl victory back to the city of new orleans. >> you get a lot of attention for a lot of reasons. is it a good thing for women and football? >> i think so. i think any attention is channeled in a positive way. so obviously, we use this inc

what does carl paladino bling? -- bring? caller: he says he will lower taxes 10% and reduced spending 20%. that is what we need. host: thank you for calling in this morning. front page of "the wall street journal" -- regulators to target window dressing. the next call, idaho falls, idaho. lawrence, you are happy with your candidates. why is that? caller: i am really happy. i've got two daughters and son grandchildren, and working, and unhappy with that health care bill that forces us to have to buy something that we don't want. i am on the social security. my daughter was working for burger king, and now michelle obama comes out -- she was only getting 18 hours. she was not getting enough money she was not getting enough money for gas to go on that -- go on back, 50 minutes' drive. she could not even pay her gas. you know, i am just on social security and retirement in and trying to make ends meet and i was doing very fine when bush was in. and i am still not doing good now. host: all right. sam tweets -- "the financial time

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