george lewis in burbank. george, thanks so much. >>> now we've got also breaking news out of hollywood about brittany murphy's death. the coroner saying she died from pneumonia, prescription drug intoxication was also a factor. the coroner declined to say what types of drugs were involved. more details will be complete when a complete autopsy is ready two weeks from today. >>> bank of america and two top former executives have been charged with fraud over the bank's acquisition of merrill lynch. new york attorney general andrew cuomo accuses former ceo and cfo for intentionally not disclosing losses that were stacking up. they call it utterly false. >>> it's the jobs stupid. as democrats announce their plans for unemployment and boost small businesses. at any minute we're expecting to hear from the speaker of the house nancy pelosi. new numbers from the labor department revealing the unemployment situation is getting worse with unemployment claims up by 8,000 last week. the overall number of americans out of

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nbc's george lewis joins us live from our burbank studio. george, have we heard any additional word from anyone other than the attorney representing conrad murray. >> officials behind us are being closed mouthed. one thing we do know from talking to people is there are intense negotiations going on between the conrad murray camp, prosecutors and lapd right now. a statement on ed chernoff. he said the specifics are not agreed to. when it is complete we will report further. we understand one of the possible hangups is the mode of surrender for dr. murray. the attorneys for murray want him to turn himself in quietly out of reach of cameras. no paparazzi clicking away. the lapd apparently was insisting on having murray arrested, handcuffed, put in a police car with the cameras rolling. that seems to be one of the points of contention. dr. murray, of course, the allegations against him are that he gave michael jackson the very powerful anesthetic propofol which led to jackson's death last june under improper circumstances. murray has been in l.a.

i'm david shuster reporting from our studios in burbank, los angeles, california.aking news on the jobs front. an unexpected drop in the unemployment rate from 10% to 9.7% but how many more americans have stopped even looking for work? plus, the revised labor department figures show 8.5 million jobs have been lost in this recession, the most since world war ii. we'll talk with white house senior economic adviser christina romer. plus, breaking news on sarah palin and the actions her husband took while she was governor of alaska. shocking e-mails describing his role as the so-called first dude. >> i knew that there is a possibility this could turn into a frenzy because of the amount of blood that was in the water. >>> we've got an exclusive interview with the lifeguard who risked his life to try to save a surfer from a swarm of sharks. and a truck plows into a convenience store, but it really wasn't a surprise. we begin with breaking news on the jobs department. january's unemployment rate

gets out, tries to run into the shopping com flex, the chase began with a liquor store robbery in burbank, police sealed off the entire mall for two hours, they finally found the suspect hiding in a parking lot. >>> we've heard about the new efforts underway in afghanistan to get low-level taliban fighters to switch sides. now some new information on what the military plans to do about taliban leaders. plus, a family, killed in this crash involving a runaway lexus. the latest on toyota's plans to prevent another tragedy like it, and what you need to know to keep your family safe. jon: bottom of the hour, here's what's happening now. brand new information on the day's stories. the pentagon reviewing the don't ask don't tell policy that president obama wants to see repealed emanuel, live at the pentagon. >> reporter: jon, in about 30 seconds -- minutes, secretary of defense gates will announce a military and senior top civilian official will comment regarding the don't ask don't tell policy. gates will give them until the end of the year to conduct their review. it also requires changing th

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we have learned about the rules of engagement in the air force holding fire to burbank killing civiliansng american lives unnecessarily in that process? what do you think should be the rules of engagement in afghanistan? >> thank you so much. thank you for having me. one thing i want to let everyone know, when you look at this panel, you have to contrasting personas. he had the opportunity to see what happens when you take the flight test and pass it. you also have an example of when you fail it, you get in the other lines which is for folks to jump out of airplanes. with that being said, it gives you an understanding of my level of intellect. one of the things we have to understand, we have to clearly recognize the 21st century battle. the 20% to battlefield is totally different from what i grew up with a starting as a gun lieutenant. they taught you about soviet then you went out to the national training center. you fought against the set formations. my first tour of duty was in its early. iñr did tors and patrols against the czech border. when i went to desert storm in 1991, we though

and a lot of thanks, first of all, to an incredible group of people out in los angeles and burbank.rs and put up with us. also, jim leech in orange county, running us from 6:00 to 9:00 on the west coast in orange county. and coming to l.a. some time soon. have a great weekend. be safe if you're out there traveling on the east coast. a lot of snow. stay inside. and i've got to say it because i'm from northwest florida, go, saints. if it's way too early, mika, what time is it? >> it's "morning joe." but now it's time for "the daily rundown." have a great weekend, everyone. >>> numbers just in. the unemployment rate has dropped, but there's more than meets the eye behind those figures and it's not good news. >>> and the head of toyota says, i'm sorry, but is another recall on the way? >>> good morning, it's february 5th, 2010. i'm savannah guthrie. >> and i'm chuck todd. let's get to the rundown. we start with the big numbers from the labor department. the unemployment rate has dropped to 9.7%. that's a mild surprise and comes despite the fact that employers cut 20,000 jobs. analysts h