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our report tonight from nbc's chris jansing. >> can i have your attention, please. >> reporter: at cook children's hospital in ft. worth, texas, suspected cases of swine flu are flooding in. >> he's running a fever. >> reporter: it's an increasingly common sight. >> most states do have quite a lot of disease right now, and that's unusual for this time of year. >> reporter: cdc has confirmed swine flu in all 50 states, widespread cases in 27, a situation they call uncharted territory. the first 600,000 doses of the h1n1 spray vaccine are set to arrive by tuesday with the injections arriving by the end of the week. they'll initially go to health care workers, children, and pregnant women. 100 pregnant women have been admitted to intensive care units with swine flu. 28 have died. dr. anthony gregg's patient was one of them. >> her symptoms were present during her delivery, and she deteriorated really shortly after that. >> reporter: and 60 children have died since april. that's more than in a typical full flu season. >> it's scary, you know, when you hear about kids who are very healthy th

for "today," chris jansing, cnbc news, santa cruz, california. >> i have to admit, i have cringed at> it's cheering, be aggressive but it's like gymnastics. it's crazy. >> glad you're treating it like a sport with proper training. >> we'll be right back after these messages. does your mouthwash work in sixifferent ways? introducing listerine® total care. everything you need to strengthen teeth, help prevent cavities, and kill germs. introducing 6 in 1 listerine® total care. the most complete mouthwash. now complete your oral care routine with the superior plaque removal of the new reach® total care toothbrush and new reach® total care floss. get the complete routine with reach® and listerine® total care. >>> let's swing one more time back to washington and say hello to david gregory to find out what's coming up on "meet the press." >> coming up this morning, the challenges weighing on the white house at home and abroad. a key member of the president's foreign policy team, the u.s. ambassador to the united nations susan rice is our guest. and inside analysis from our round table. heal

nbc's chris jansing is in salt lake city, utah. s, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, meredith. it will be a few months before we know the legal impact of elizabeth smart's testimony, but i was in that courtroom, and i can tell you, the emotional impact was tremendous, as she gave the details of what can accurately be described as a journey to hell and back. it had to be tremendously difficult, but her father told me that elizabeth is determined to see that the man who kidnapped her is never again free to hurt another little girl. under the glare of the media barrage, elizabeth smart entered the salt lake city courthouse looking confident, purposeful, to tell her story for the first time ever in public. the testimony began with a single sentence. "a man broke into my house and held me at knifepoint and kidnapped me." she identified that man as brian david mitchell, and in a calm, steady voice, described him during almost unspeakable brutality when she was just 14. >> there were certainly a lot of things that i had never

nbc's chris jansing is at the federal courthouse in salt lake city, utah. ris, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, meredith. i think a lot of people are surprised to hear that the husband and wife accused of kidnapping elizabeth smart way back in 2002 have never been brought to trial. this case tied up in a complicated series of legal hearings over their mental competency. today at another of those hearings, elizabeth smart for the first time since she was brought home will come face to face with the man accused of pulling her out of her bed in the middle of the night. and her dad told me that even he and elizabeth's mom have never heard most of the details of what happened to her. for the last six years, elizabeth smart has worked to move forward with her life, playing music again, taking french lessons. but today she has to go back to 2002, when she was just 14 and kidnapped at knifepoint from her bedroom, held for nine long months. for the first time ever in public, elizabeth will talk in detail about what happened to her, horrible stories she's neve

for "today," chris jansing, nbc news, los angeles. >> psychiatrist dr.ontributor and nicole williams, "girl on top, turning dating rules into success." careerbuilder.com says 8 million americans enter into a work romance every year and that 42% have dated their boss. does the fact that it happens all the time make it okay? gail? >> absolutely not. does happen a lot but it doesn't mean there aren't big psychological pitfalls and a lot of fallout that can happen at the office. people get angry. they feel envious. people who do it get robbed of their feeling of confidence. did i get this promotion because i'm really good or did i get this promotion because i slept with the boss? >> or did you not get the promotion because so and so slept with the boss. right, nicole? >> that's a great question. yes, there is hostility that's built. i agree with gail, it is about your personal feeling of confidence in actual output at work but really, it is also about the people around you who are envious, who are questioning whether or not you really have talent or if you j

chris jansing, nbc news, salt lake city, utah. >> all right.oming up, the white house fires back at glenn beck over his olympics comments. we're going to bring you the back and forthcoming up with the national journal's ron brownstein. also, a look at what stories are making the front page in newspapers around the country. you can guess what it is here in new york. we'll be right back with more "morning joe." how to get rich, by america's health insurance companies. raise health insurance premiums 4 times faster than wages. pay your ceo twenty four million dollars a year. deny payment for 1 out of every 5 treatments doctors prescribe. if the insurance companies win, you lose. tell congress to rewrite the story. we want good health care we can afford with the choice of a public health insurance option. rooster crow. still tired the next day too? when you have trouble falling asleep or staying asleep, remember 2-layer ambien cr. the first layer helps you fall asleep quickly. and unlike other sleep aids, a second helps you stay asleep. when taking