. >>> and today marks the 41st anniversary of hurricane camille. on this day in 1969 camille slammed into mississippi as a category 5 storm. the hurricane was blamed for 256 deaths. >>> 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." >>> and, finally, here's a look at what's coming up later this morning on the "today" show. >>> an american man and his pregnant wife who survive a colombia plane crash tell their story. and former national skating champion nicole bobeck talks about her fall from grace. >>> and now keep it on this channel for continuing local news, weather, sports, and more. i'm lynn berry. thanks for watching "early today," just your first stop of the day, today on your nbc station. the day, today on your nbc station. have a good one. [ water runs ] [ female announcer ] new chef boyardee whole grain beefaroni. [ whispering ] now with whole grain pasta. shh.

that's a good statistic. >> that was camille whitworth reporting. >>> armed with a gun and a hardhat. the robber who is terrorizing bay area stores. >>> mission aco accomplished? the story of a bay area soldier on his way home. >>> and the bay area egg recall is growing this morning. we have the latest on the salmonella outbreak that is sickening hundreds of people. we'll show you what you can do protect your family. >>> good morning. thanks for joining us. i'm kris sanchez. >> i'm garvin thomas. brent and laura are off this morning. so is rob. but ria taormina is here to fill in

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[applause] >> please, welcome camill. >> that was a great reading and you changed up my play list. >> start with a poem i read after i learned that the rate of valum prescriptions in baghdad sky rocketed after the u.s. entry into that space. the title of the poem and it is the words the probably roost which is bitter. biting, cutting, sharp. bitan. once, she was a fearest dark girl who's tongue skipped top of meeting. teeth, teeth top of mouth like double dutch with the word that ment her thoughts cutting circles through the day. no chance she'd be the one to trip and break rhythm. then she could sit all day on her porch memorizing the trees. she could be still. the birds, winged through leaves like they didn't know anyone could hurt them. once she believed steam curled off asphalt when summer rains stopped with a prophecy. she believed this looked the way she would feel after touching a man. her body clean. and black. and right. something beautiful and painless rising up. i was talking with a friend about that idea of leaving places. and leaving places behind the title of this poem i

duane garrett, camille dawkins from the mayor's office, just as an outstanding job of helping and supporting on putting this together. mr. leroy king, keith jackson, reverend is male birch. fisher burch was here somewhere. he works with putting a parade together. the young lady who came out and accepted for kpoo. that is rachel townsend, my child. shelly tatum who just does outstanding work. montana jennings, tell helps raise money and he is a guy who does not mind raising money or doing groundwork, either, as all of these people are. raymond brown. janet bonds, and janet sits at the table right there. she helps on every aspect. the jordan group, and ms. collins. all of you. we thank you for doing such an outstanding job, and let me say this, that every year they are accepting volunteers, so any of you looking for something to get involved in, there are a lot of good things to do. this is one of the many that you can get involved with and support. now, let me give you the very important direction -- there is food over on the other side. please help yourself. hang out with us a little while l

[applause] >> please, welcome camill. >> that was a great reading and you changed up my play list. >> start with a poem i read after i learned that the rate of valum prescriptions in baghdad sky rocketed after the u.s. entry into that space. the title of the poem and it is the words the probably roost which is bitter. biting, cutting, sharp. bitan. once, she was a fearest dark girl who's tongue

with a vital strike beer supply most of the gang men are having camille sent self after fifteen minutes for using and also going through very gala taseer i use ventus and this also made it a c. outlaw with two one i wouldn't win as i stood guard edge moment that mccarthy be on the way it goes to school determined to make the group stages of the competition but perhaps the biggest performance of the night went right. across the first leg of the third quarter final the moment the press three one but they turned things upside down in the second leg to be bringing the strike from history. and then turning effort. into the next round if they draw on a good three. meanwhile brazilian side international are through to the final. a couple of it to doris they lost two unassigned pile-o. in the second leg of their semifinal many a finish to two are not good but international do you go through on that away go through again it was the host to open the scoring thirty minutes in time pilar a group of people. very making it one nil this is level mathison after the break though they go once again k k y

camille was always thought to be the worst. the mayor of biloxi's said camille killed more people today than it did in 1969 because every believe if you survived camille that where your home was, you would be safe from anything that would come in the future. and many died thinking that. but the map gave us an understanding. there was a real correlation between where you live and who died. you will see the clusters of those who died and i appreciate the respect thomas that was given their when she understood that those were people that we lost that day. >> newseum has tried to tell the story of katrina in three ways, the eyes of the editors and reporters in -- reporters and editors in new orleans, the eyes and editors in biloxi and gulfport and then the national media. nobody embodies that better than shepard smith. i remember just like yesterday your reporting from new orleans. let's get a glimpse of that in a clip. >> the government said it you go here and you will get help. you go in the superdome and you'll get help, and did

camille was always thought to be the worst.the mayor of biloxi's said camille killed more people today than it did in 1969 becaus every believe if you survived camille that where your home was, you would be safe from anything that would come in the future. and many died thinking that. but the map gave us an understanding. there was a real correlation between where you live and who died. you will see the clusters of those who died and i appreciate the respect thomas tt was given their when she understood that those were people that we lost that day. >> newseum has tried to tell the story of katrina in three ways, the eyes of the editors and reporters in -- reporters and editors in new orleans, the eyes and editors in biloxi and gulfport and then the national media. nobody embodies that better than shepard smith. i remember just like yesterday your reporting from new orlean let's get a glimpse of that in a clip. >> the government said it you go here and you will get help. you go in the superdome and you'll get help, and didn't. >

landfall, katrina was category three by wind speed, but the search it brought in was bigger by hurricane camille which was category five. one of the things we do now that we did not do with katrina is of all the different possibilities that the hurricane could hit the gulf coast, there were literally 63,000 combinations. we do know the difference raise that water can come into this. host: when you talk about the modeling, have some criticize the type used to develop how these levies would be rebuilt? caller: this was done with external peer review. there were numerous people involved all around the country. we as people from other nations, united kingdom, canada, the netherlands. the design criteria is dramatically different from what we used to do in the past. not only do we have a system we are building today, but higher level reduction throughout the gulf coast. this is truly a state of the art way we have gone about it. we can always learn more. we design for a 50 year rise. this area has a huge record with different rates in different areas. we factor all of that in. we also have different

hours earlier, a grand jury indicted him on a felony charge of showing this co-ed, camille mccoy, obscenea computer at the university of south carolina. can i just ask if you're going to keep -- are you going to stay in the race? >> yes, yes, yes. >> you are? how can you do that? >> go away. go away. >> as we were leaving, greene's brother jimmy came over. >> has he told you what happened? >> no, alvin doesn't have to tell me anything. we read each other's minds. alvin and i are twins. and chipmunks. >> jimmy: see, there's a lot you don't know about me. that's one of them. this is great, there's a soccer team in iceland, they've become famous for their post-goal celebrations. they score a goal and then they celebrate. a couple weeks ago, they had an elaborate routine that mimicked catching a fish. now they've come up with this. >> jimmy: that's right, it's a goal. it's a goal. [ applause ] where were those guys while i was sleeping through the world cup? i mean, they had another one this weekend. if all soccer was like this, i might actually watch it. you live in iceland, you have a lot o

i remember my mother telling me a story about it was either hurricane betsy or hurricane camille, i thinkget them mixed up. but she used to tell me that she had to hold on to me because the wind was blowing so strong and, you know, hurricanes are something that new orleanians are used to. what really was the difficult part to understand was the levees breaking. that was something that we did not expect. i grew up in lakeview, which is very close to where one of the levees was breached. and we used to play on those levees growing up. that was just kind of a big playground for us. to think that that mammoth structure would have been broken by the pressure of the water was inconceivable to most of us down here. >> larry: harry connick, you were on this show on september 3, 2005, when we did a three-hour special about how people could help the victims of katrina. we showed a heart wrenching photo and asked you to tell the story behind it. let's all watch it again. >> that woman was born in new orleans, she's outside the convention center, she's dead. and that woman was born a long time ago an

camille was always thought to be the worst.d camille killed more people today than it did in 1969 because every believe if you survived camille that where your home was, you would be safe from anything that would come in the future. and many died thinking that. but the map gave us an understanding. there was a real correlation between where you live and who died. you will see the clusters of those who died and i appreciate the respect thomas that was given their when she understood that those were people that we lost that day. >> newseum has tried to tell the story of katrina in three ways, the eyes of the editors and reporters in -- reporters and editors in new orleans, the eyes and editors in biloxi and gulfport and then the national media. nobody embodies that better than shepard smith. i remember just like yesterday your reporting from new orleans. let's get a glimpse of that in a clip. >> the government said it you go here and you will get help. you go in the superdome and you'll get help, and didn't. >> there is a motion

it withstood hurricane camille. but katrina got it. ♪ walk on walk on ♪ >> that was then.. it opened in the fall of '09. it now houses the pass christian middle school on one side. the elementary school -- hello. i didn't know you were right behind me. the elementary school on the other side. it is wonderful how it has come back. once upon a time, this used to be where my old high school was, back in the day. now, we have the elementary school and the boys and girls club here as well. in the back. coming up, we have my conversation with former first lady laura bush and her commitment to the beautiful children all up and down the gulf coast. as we say good morning, america, on this rainy, friday morning, from my hometown of pass christian. david, we're not going to let a little rain or a lot of rain slow us down here. so much more ahead. >> you can't get the gulf down. robin -- >> look at this crowd. >> these are the folks that robin, so connected to. there's a look at that rain. that is what they're up against with the smiles on their faces and umbrellas in hand this morni

landfall, katrina was category three by wind speed, but the search it brought in was bigger by hurricane camille which was category five. one of the things we do now that we did not do with katrina is of all the different possibilities that the hurricane could hit the gulf coast, there were literally 63,000 combinations. we do know the difference raise that water can come into this. host: when you talk about the modeling, have some criticize the type used to develop how these levies would be rebuilt? caller: this was done with external peer review. there were numerous people involved all around the country. we as people from other nations, united kingdom, canada, the netherlands. the design criteria is dramatically different from what we used to do in the past. not only do we have a system we are building today, but higher level reduction throughout the gulf coast. this is truly a state of the art way we have gone about it. we can always learn more. we design for a 50 year rise. this area has a huge record with different rates in different areas. we factor all of that in. we also have different

(yn is not a bad camille and as a little slow as you head out of livermore on the west bound right towardse road, it is all bit lighter than normal even for 580 west bound.lpÑ the, san jose, the live camera shows that the committee on the bay shore is still a smooth ride northbound pass the guadalupe parkway all the way to santa clara. >> alright thank-you george. a lot of directors voted to delay the next regulated fare increase after a not receiving funding from the state. it was scheduled to take effect on jan. but now it will be increased in july. they increase their fair every two years to a it replaced inflation. >> we have new details on the story of a two year-old girl who is found wandering in petaluma at earlier this year, the authorities say that she may have been an innocent victim of a love triangle. to look at where she has been charged with felony child endangerment. at a preliminary hearing date tested at the girl was taken from the random boyfriends jealous ex girlfriend. stay with us we will give you updates as they come. >> there's a fire that was burning in east cobble

zero over across, san mateo a much lighter right now as the camille winds down here for 92 midday.ide it has been a great commute during townie still light traffic for south bound 101 no problems through marin coming down from novato. let us go to the news room and get the latest on the gulf oil spill. for >> but we just wanted to give you this is in the government's point man for this bill says that crews drilling a relief for up to a terminally stop the trial are going to have to suspend or cancel some storms pass by case retired coast guard is the man in charge he says the suspension to delay completion by anywhere from two to three days, the good news is cruz was proper temporary plug into the drill. so he could stay for those storms pass. . . this is dan to kron4 military rescuers have arrived at the scene of a plane crash in southwest alaska authorities say the plane was carrying nine people and that five verbally to have died. former janitors ted stevens the next nasa chief were believed to be on board, it is not clear if they are among the dead is there's also for survivors

landfall, katrina was category three by wind speed, but the search it brought in was bigger by hurricane camille category five. one of the things we do now that we did not do with katrina is of all the different possibilities that the hurricane could hit the gulf coast, there were literally 63,000 combinations. we do know the difference rse that water can come into this. host: when you talk about the moling, have some criticize the type used to develop how the levies would be rebuilt? caller: this was done with external peer review. there were numerous people involved all around the country. we as people from other nations, united kingdom, canada, the netherlands. the design criteria is dramatically different from what we used to do in the past. not only do we have a system we are building today, but higher level reduction throughout the gulf coast. this is truly a state of the art way we have gone about it. we can always learn more. we design for a 50 year rise. this area has a huge record with different rates in different areas. we factor all of that in. we also have different factors of safet