george lewis watched it all go by at the place actually called the deep space communications complex,here they track such things in southern california. >> reporter: an asteroid watching party tonight in brookline, massachusetts, at the clay center observatory, where astronomers and students are using a 25-inch telescope to get a good look at the object known as yu-55 as it hurdles past us. >> it's not an opportunity for panic or concern. it's an opportunity to look up at the night sky and enjoy the wonders of the skies. >> it helps us progress a lot in understanding space and what's out there, and what it's made of. it's very important and it's very exciting. >> reporter: this animation shows how the asteroid, 1,300 feet at its longest point compares to an 1,100 foot long nuclear aircraft carrier. tonight, the asteroid is closer to us than the moon. the moon's orbit, about 240,000 miles from earth. yu-55 coming within 201,000 miles. this is how nasa is keeping an eye on the asteroid, bouncing radar signals off it from this 230-foot diameter dish at goldstone station in california. an

nbc's george lewis has our report from los angeles. >> reporter: it's moving day for laura plumber of hayward, california. she's been forced to find a smaller apartment and file for unemployment because her paychecks from the oracle arena in nearby oakland have stopped. >> if there's no game, we don't work. >> reporter: plumber was making $17.79 an hour carrying for the uniforms worn by personnel at the arena. when she heard the nba players rejected the owner's latest offer, she said she was devastated. >> i cried. and then i just decided that i would just keep doing what i've been doing and hang in there like everybody else. >> reporter: the projected economic loss to nba cities across the country is huge. oklahoma city estimates the thunder pumps $60 million a year into the economy. in san antonio, the number is $95 million a year for the spurs and in memphis, the grizzlies add an estimated $223 million a year. in los angeles it's a double whammy. staples center is home to two nba teams -- the lakers and the clippers. with both of them out of action, businesses around here are feeli

it's where we begin tonight with nbc's george lewis. >> reporter: 30 years ago natalie wood's death by drowning at age 43 was big news. >> natalie wood, the actress, was buried today in los angeles. >> reporter: and a mystery. her funeral attended by a who's who of hollywood. natalie wood had three oscar nominations to her credit, married actor robert wagner twice. >> we were considered the princess and the prince of hollywood. we had a lot of pressure on us. >> you see, my mother is -- >> reporter: she started off as a child actress notably in "miracle on 34th street." grew up to play james dean's sweetheart in "rebel without a cause." ♪ i feel pretty ♪ oh, so pretty >> reporter: moved audiences as maria in "west side story" and starred opposite warren beatty in "splendour in the grass." because of that movie, the boat she and wagner owned was named "splendour." wagner in 2008. >> we came to the conclusion that she had slipped on the swim step on the aft end of the boat and had hit her head and rolled into the water. a tragic, tragic night. >> reporter: christopher walken, wood's cost

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but first, nbc's george lewis is in los angeles with more. good morning, george. >> reporter: good morning, david. the sheriff's department says it's been contacted by people with new information about the case. how natalie wood died has been the subject of a three decades old hollywood mystery filled with rumor and suspicion that her drowning was no accident. ♪ i feel pretty oh so pretty ♪ >> reporter: pretty and talented and at the top of her career, as maria in "west side story." natalie wood's death at age 43 in november of 1981 from drowning shocked the world. a who's who of hollywood among the mourners at her funeral. to some friends, the tragedy didn't quite add up, because natalie wood said she had always been afraid of water. >> i've always been terrified, still am, of water. dark water, sea water. >> reporter: she had been boating with her husband, actor robert wagner, and with countri christopher walken, the co star of her last film. they were anchored off catalina island in wagner's boat, "the splendor." >> she had slipped on the s

nbc's george lewis has the latest. >> reporter: pretty and talented and at the top of her career as maria in "west side story." natalie wood's death from drowning shocked the world. a who's who of hollywood among her funeral. to some friends, the tragedy didn't quite add up because natalie woods said she'd always been afraid of water. >> i've always been terrified, still am, of water. dark water. sea water. >> reporter: she had been boating with her husband, robert waggoner, and the costar of her last film. they were anchored off catalina island. >> she had slipped on the swim step on the end of the boat and hit her head and rolled into the water. a tragic night. >> reporter: the coroner said she had been drinking wine and may have lost her balance. >> cause of death will be accidental drowning. >> reporter: right after her death, the lawyer tried to dampen speculation that there had been some sort of foul play. >> the facts are clear. the rest is just nonsense. >> reporter: but there were hints of a possible love triangle. a possible argument on board the boat between the two men. and in

nbc's george lewis is at the jail in lynwood, california. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, natalie. lindsay lohan won't have to spend much time in jail at all. why? because state prisons are overcrowded in california, so they've been shipping their serious felons back to the county jails meaning that misdemeanor offenders like lohan are quickly shuffled in and out of here. >> are you sober? >> reporter: conservatively atired in a polka dot dress, lohan waived her right to a court hearing on probation violations, accused of failing to show up for community service and court ordered psychological counseling. >> do you admit you violated probation by failing to obey all orders of the court with respect to both things that the city attorney represented? >> yes, your honor. >> reporter: and with that the judge pronounced sentence. >> you are to serve 30 days in the county jail now. you are to surrender within one week. >> reporter: but the sheriff's office tells nbc news that because of overcrowding lohan will likely spend at most one nig

>> george lewis in los angeles this morning. rulli. they worked with dennis on his book. i began by asking what the information was that investigators are now zeroing in on. >> i can't answer that question right now. >> and why not? you're referring to mistakes you made. have you changed your story from when you spoke to investigators years ago? >> i did lie on a report years ago. >> and what did you lie about then? >> it was just a miss -- i made mistakes by not telling the honest truth. >> is it your charge that, in fact, robert wagner essentially tried to make this a low-profile investigation, did not do everything he could to try to find her, once she went missing after their argument? >> yes, it was. it was to be kept a low-profile investigation. >> so you're saying that wagner did not do everything he should have done to look for her after she went missing. >> exactly. >> was she -- was he responsible for her death in some way? >> well, like i said, i think we all made mistakes that night. and -- >> mr. davern, that wasn't

nbc's george lewis is at the jail in lynwood, california to explain why. george, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, ann. it isn't part of her court-ordered community service, but lindsay lohan is actually providing a civics lesson here because california's prisons are badly overcrowded the system has been shipping serious felons back to county jails like this one. so to accommodate them, misdemeanor offenders like lohan, are quickly shuffled in and out of here. >> are you sober? >> reporter: conservatively atired in a polka dot dress, lohan waived her right to a court hearing on probation violations, accused of failing to show up for community service and court-ordered psychological counseling. >> do you admit that you violated probation by failing to obey all orders of the court? >> yes, your honor. >> with respect to both things the city attorney represented? >> yes, your honor. >> reporter: with that, the judge pronounced sentence. >> you're to serve 30 days in the county jail now. you are to surrender within one week. >> reporter: but the sheriff'

nbc's george lewis explains what happened next. >> the coroner theorized to escape the argument the actressoard a rubber dinghy. critics say that didn't add up because of a phobia natalie wood had. >> i've always been terrified, still am, of water, dark water, sea water. >> after a seven-hour search, wood's body was found floating a mile from the yacht, "the splendour." at the time, the coroner said wood had been drinking and may have lost her balance. the captain of the boat, dennis davern, was on the "today" show this morning. >> was the fight between natalie wood and her husband, robert wagner, what ultimately led to her death? >> yes. >> was he responsible for her death? >> yes, i would say so, yes. >> msnbc analyst and former fbi profiler, clint van zandt, with us tonight. clint, thanks for your time. what's it take to re-open a case? is there criteria that has to be met? >> yeah, it has to be new information, ed. it's got to be something the authorities never heard before. in this case, perhaps, we've got this ship captain of dubious background who has written a book and has come forw

nbc's george lewis is at the jail in lynn wood, california. here in jail. why? because state prisons in california are overcrowded and they've been shipping felons to county jails like this, to accommodate them, misdemeanor offenders like lohan are simply shuffled in and out of here. conservatively attired in a polka dot sdres, lohan waived her right to a hearing on probation vial lagses, accused of not showing up. >> do you admit you violated probation by failing to obey all orders of the court with respect to both things the city represented. >> yes, your honor. >> you're to serve 30 days in the county jail. you're to surrender within one week. >> reporter: the sheriff's office tells nbc news that because of overcrowding lohan will likely spend at most one night in jail. >> the judge is going to give you whatever the judge is going to give you. the sheriff is going to release you because they don't have room for mice mean nors. >> reporter: she still will have to do community service at the county morgue until the end of march. the judge cau

the sheriff's department says wagner is not a suspect. >> and that was nbc's george lewis reporting. we'll have a lot more on that investigation later on this hour. here's my question of the day for all of you. should the natalie wood case be reopened? you can talk to me on twitter, my handle is @alexwitt. >>> firefighters in reno say improving weather conditions are helping. 10,000 people were evacuated. officials say wind gusts friday sent embers as far as a mile away and shot flames 50 feet into the air. overnight the winds reportedly calmed down along with scattered snow which was falling in the region. >>> he said what? a teacher under fire for what he said to his developmentally disabled student. you'll see the cell phone video that stunned school officials. >>> getting a handle on the deficit. how big does the supercommittee need to go to get our debt under control? >>> and a bit later, top 2012 advice for president obama. this new at&t 4g lte is fast. hey, two tickets just opened up on the 50. ...yup, about to go pick them up from will call. so 46 seconds ago. did you guys he

state condoleezza rises, whose memoir "no higher honor" tells of her days as george bush's secretary of state. michael lewis, author of boomerang the explosive best seller about wall street. and walter isaacson, the best selling author of the new biography of steve jobs. they're all ahead on face the nation. captioning sponsored by cbs from washington, "face the nation" with bob schieffer. good morning again. well, we are all here and i'm going to start with kathryn stockett because, among those of us who write books from time to time, you are the hero. how long is that book... how long has that book been on the best seller list? >> i try not to keep track of numbers like that, but it seems like it's been a very long time. >> schieffer: back to 2009, right? >> it came out in february of '09. and somehow i am still on book tour. i need to write another one. >> schieffer: and it is still number one on the paperback list, isn't it? >> yeah. i mean, it's hovering around there somewhere. but i know this is short lived. >> schieffer: it's not short lived so far. i'll tell you that for sure. it is a book that i mu

in front of george clooney, the ravens beat a good cincinnati team. ray lewis was out, first miss in 58 games. first quarter, ravens up, throwing deep to smith for the touchdown. bengals, 31-24, under 2 minutes to play, andy dalton hits simpson and reid makes the play of the game. they finish it, final score 31- 24. after the game ray was happy. let's talk to the stars. >>, he is our leader. it is tough not to have him there. he is a big part of it. >> for appearance it is good, but it will be the ravens begins the 49ers. two good football teams. >> we will be ready. reknow this game was on the schedule a long time ago. the guys will be ready. turkey doesn't taste good on thanksgiving if you don't win. >>> all right. thursday night it will be fun be at the harbaughs. all right. the harbaughs coming up on thursday and right after the game, let's go shopping. are you going to be buying gifts made in america this year? we're going to show you how easy it is to tell. >> this one is made in america. you have seen it on tv. tonight we city if style snaps lives up to

george washington moving west. what is interesting about it is the image of lewis and clark here is in black and white, something that is occurring in the future, painted as though it was in the past. what is interesting about it is the very obvious conclusion of slavery. the number of students were expressing unease around some of the themes. the additional mural would be placed in the school, one with more positive representation of the student body. in 1974, they completed three panels that were placed in the library -- in the lobby. they depict native, latino, asian american, and african- american heritage and culture. >> that artist was talking about the history coming alive. that is what we want for the students here. i also think they might share that with past alumni and the community, so they could no the treasure that we have here in the schools. many people have the same experience i did when i first walked into this building three years ago, being the new principal. the grandeur of these murals is fantastic. many of the students who have come here have come here and are very proud of these murals. they're

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george's countiy has now left three family members dead. the only survivor was 62-year- old merle monroe. her grandson, daughter and sister did not make it. lewis del elementary school is hosting an event for little cuppedder gardener omar monroe. >>> four years in prison is the sentence for dr. conrad myrrhy. a jury convicted michael jackson's personal physician of involuntary manslaughter. the circumstance died of an overdose of the powerful anesthetic propofol. the judge gave dr. murray the maximum sentence. murray's lawyers plan to appeal. under california law, he will serve at least half of the four- year sentence in county jail. >>> herman cain told aides he is readdressing his run for the white house. this comes one day after a georgia woman claimed she had and fair with cain that lasted more than 13 years. cain denied the allegation. in a conference call with his senior staff tuesday, only committed to keeping his campaign schedule for the next several days. four other women have accused cain of sexual harassment. he also denies those claims. >>> a murder suspect accidentally released from jail. straight ahead, we have a fox 5 follow-up

lewis poti of sea pleasant was killed. police believe the driver may have been in a street race before the crash. >>> a delivered house fire in prince george's county claimed the lives of two more people. a 6-year-old died in the fire over the weekend. overnight his mother and his aunt died from their injuries. fox 5's audrey barnes is in the newsroom now. >> the fire is called a tragedy of epic proportions, three members of one family wiped out, deaths that might have been prevented if there had been at least one working smoke detector in the house on griffin street. >> i lost everything. reporter: 62-year-old merle monroe is the only one of four family members to survive the inferno inside this house on griffin street. she woke up just before 4:00 in the morning sunday and managed to get outside and then spent the next frantic moments trying to save her sister, daughter and grandson all trapped inside. >> i knocked on my daughter's bedroom window and she answered me. i said get out. the house is on fire. reporter: but she never made it. >> but she never made it out of. reporter: so she raced to the back bedroom to try and waken her sister.

george in new york. fort william henry is the site of the last of the mohicans. so for anyone who has read james fenimore cowper's famous novel or seen the most recent movie with daniel day-lewis that's the fort we are currently digging in the summer. through adirondack committee college and through plymouth state university. however, this fall here on campus, here at penn state university, we are digging on campus communities all across america are doing campus digs these days. it's hard for students to take the whole summer off to go far away to dig something. but during the school year, campus digs look

george, new york. fort william henry is the site of the last of the no here cans, so for anyone who's seen the most recent movie with daniel day lewis, that's the fort we're currently digging in the summer through adirondack community college and through prelim moth state university. -- plymouth state university. however, this fall here on campus, here at plymouth state university, we're digging on campus. universities all across america are doing campus digs these days because it's hard for students to take the whole summer off to go far away to dig something. but during the school year, campus digs looking for the traces of the early university, that's what we love to do. i have students outdoors right now digging, and it's exciting for them. 100 feet from their classroom, they're digging up a storm right now. >> well, thank you so much for your time. >> it's good to be here. >> the c-span campaign 2012 bus visits communities across the country. to follow the bus' travels visit www.c-span.org/bus. >> saturday and sunday november 19th and 20 booktv brings you live coverage from the miami book fair international in florida. we'll si