one of the bullets hits blair holt. you can see him, scooting across the floor of the bus in obvious pain. he had been hit in the stomach. blair was rushed to the hospital. >> i remember just praying to god, please, just let him live. i said i don't care what, i will take care of him, i will quit my job. i just need blair to live. >> but blair's injuries were too catastrophic for doctors to repair. hours later, they pronounced the 16-year-old dead. >> it was the worst, god awful experience in life for anyone to have to go through. why us. why our child. why did this have to happen to our child. and it didn't have to happen. it didn't. >> yet it would keep on happening, with child after child, shot on the city's south and west sides. and the rest of the world may not have noticed had it not been for another 16-year-old boy like blair, just trying to make his way home from school one day. his brutal death would prompt outrage. >> we cannot allow our young people to continue to be killed. >> but would it also lead to chang

. >> who is joseph holt. >> joseph holt was lincoln's judge advocate general. and if people remember him today, they'd particularly remember him as the judge advocate general who was after lincoln's assassination was in charge of prosecuting the conspirators who had worked with john will can's booth. however,ees much larger figure than that. he was 50-some years old by the time he got to washington and by the time he became lincoln's judge advocate general and he had a very long life and he lived on to 1894. so he's a much bigger figure than that. the way we know him for years as lincoln's judge advocate general. >> you've titled "lincoln's forgotten ally." why did you choose this as a title? >> because of his importance to lincoln. because of his deep devotion to lincoln and his policies and, therefore, he is lincoln's ally, but he is someone whom we simply don't remember in the historical record except in terms of a tiny slice of what role he played over the course of his life as a professional. so he was to me one of the most important members of lincoln's a

days from a verdict that could set amanda knox free, tonight lester holt in italy with her anguished family. >>> sign of the times. how some schools are going commercial to deal with brutal budget cuts. >>> and back in the game. after a life-altering tragedy, an emotional return to the after a life-altering tragedy, an emotional return to the ballpark for a 6-year-old boy. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> good evening. the state department is warning u.s. citizens tonight of potential anti-american attacks worldwide. the travel warning about potential retaliatory attacks comes one day after the killing of an american-born al qaeda leader. and tonight more news on this front, reports that nato forces in afghanistan have captured another key figure. this time the target was an elder in a militant group operating on the border between pakistan and afghanistan. it's a group we heard a lot about this week as u.s. officials again questioned pakistan's commitment to fighting terror. nbc's adrienne mong is in kabul tonight. >> reporter: it's considered one of the biggest thr

lester holt joins us now live from perugia. good evening, lester. walk us through what happened in the courtroom tomorrow? >> well, tomorrow is the final day of the appeals trial itself in terms of testimony. her lawyers will make their final rebuttal and then amman do knox gets the final word here. she gets to address court to have her say. her father told me she has been working on the remark for three months. as soon as she is done, a jury of six laymen and two judges will gather together and begin deliberations immediately. two years ago when is officially convicted for the murder of her roommate deliberations went into the evening. we had a verdict some time after midnight. expectations are, kate, we could have a verdict here by end of monday. >> her family is there. i know you have been speaking with them. they must be so anxious for a verdict. talk about emotions surrounding all this and are they hopeful this ends one way or another this week? >> they're on a fine edge here. i had a chance to speak to many members of the family, gathered here

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. >> who is joseph holt?ncoln's judge advocate general and if people remember him today, they particularly remember him as the judge advocate general who was after lincoln's assassination responsible for prosecuting the conspirators who had worked with john wilkes-booth. however, he is a much larger figure than that. he had a very -- he was 50 some years old by the time he got to washington and by the time he became lincoln's judge advocate general. he had a very long life and he lived on 21894 so he is a much bigger figure than that but the way we know him best is as judge advocate general. >> you titled this, "lincoln's forgotten ally." why did you choose this as a tidal? >> because it was important to lincoln. because of his deep devotion to lincoln and his policies and therefore he is lincoln's ally. but he is someone who we simply don't remember in historical records except in terms of a tiny slice of what role he played over the course of his life. as a professional. so, he was to me one of the most imp

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lester holt starts us off tonight in perugia, italy. lester, good evening. >> reporter: brian, good evening. this was all an appeal to her 2009 conviction on six criminal counts. today, the judge ruled that five of those counts would be thrown out. the lone remaining conviction, a slander charge related to her false accusation of a suspect early in the investigation. that, said the judge, carries a three-year sentence. she's been in prison four years. now we expect her to leave italy as soon as tomorrow as a free woman. after a four-year struggle to clear her name the final verdict for amanda knox took just minutes. [ speaking in a foreign language ] >> reporter: the 24-year-old seattle native collapsed into the arms of her lawyers as her family gathered in the courtroom and swept each other up in their arms after the jury overturned her conviction in the murder of her roommate meredith kercher. her sister deanna spoke to reporters afterwards. >> we are thankful amanda's nightmare is over. she suffered for four years for a crime she did

it gave a fair hearing to both sides and explored all the evidence. >> lester holt reporting for us from italy this morning. to read into the details of the case, you find prosecutors actually had no case. it was based on satanic rituals an accusing her of smoking pot. as knox leaves perugia she thanked her supporters in a letter writing for those who defended me and those who prayed for me, loif you. she's expected to be home in seattle later tonight. >>> protests against wall street are spreading across the country as the federal reserve found themselves besieged by people angry about corporate greed and calling for an end to capitalism. for those who actually work on wall street, the markets were in focus as u.s. stocks dipped to a new low for the year. let's take a look. cnbc's jeff cutmore is life. >>> a brutal session on wall street yesterday with a decline of 2.4% for the dow. the s&p and nasdaq doing even worse. we're not far off bear market territory. technically that would z us down 20% from those april highs. we'd need to see that continue for another couple months for the pur

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lester holt starts us off tonight in perugia, italy. good evening. >> reporter: good evening. this was an appeal of her 2009 conviction on six counts. on appeal the judge and jury threw out five of the counts. the remaining on slander for false accusation early in the investigation. that carries a three-year sentence. she's served four so she's out of prison and is expected by tomorrow to leave this country a free woman. after a four-year struggle to clear her name the final verdict for amanda knox took just minutes. [ speaking in a foreign language ] >> reporter: the 24-year-old seattle native collapsed into the arms of her lawyers as her family gathered in the courtroom and swept each other up in their arms after the jury overtushed her conviction in the murder of her roommate meredith kercher. her sister spoke after. >> we are thankful amanda's nightmare is over. she suffered for four years for a crime she didn't commit. >> reporter: cheering was heard inside the courtroom where amanda knox waited. outside the courthouse a different reaction. italians, angry over the handli

holt and mr. marky and chairman hastings that we look somewhere in between. maybe we will split the difference between florida and louisiana. feinberg, if you would come with us and we could hear directly from before we put you up, we will give you the benefit of the doubt and put them up and listen to them and bring you on and somewhere in the middle we will find what the truth is. >> i have received since we took over last august sixty million pieces of paper. it is conceivable. i would suggest if there are particular constituents who claim lost the arguments you get me their name and claim number i will personally get back to you with the status board of those claimants who claim losses documentation. the other thing i want to mention before you depart, i checked during the break and i have an answer for you. if somebody files their claim with the gccf, they are protected by the federal statute of limitations. >> thank you so much. that is important. thank you so much. i yield back. >> the gentleman yields back. next is mr. holt for five minutes. >> thank

nbc's lester holt is in perusia and joins us now. >> reporter: good evening. there is the scene in the courtroom about three blocks from where we are. the family got word about an hour ago and should be in court by 9:30. they are already there. they were seen walking hand in hand. they gathered up from a restaurant a few feet from where we are. there were hugs all-around. they walked down to the courthouse and the lawyers i think we are looking at with the prosecution side in that successes. we don't know when court will be called. we were told to begin at 9:30. what will happen is the court, two judges, six jurors had been deliberating since 10:45 our time. they will come back to deliver the verdict. it won't be guilty or not. it will be confirmed or reformed. confirmed would mean that the charges and the original conviction will stand. she will remain in prison serving a 26-year sentence. if they come back with reform or italian, reforma, there is a change to the case. it doesn't mean right away she will be freed. we will have to listen to what's following.

nbc's lester holt was inside the courtroom as amanda spoke. he'll have the latest live from perugia just ahead. >>> also ahead the tragedy has struck anderson cooper's new show. a teenager lies in a coma after he was asked by a producer to record himself doing skateboarding tricks. he fell and suffered an injury. what anderson cooper says about the incident coming up. >>> a husband captures the moving moment when his 29-year-old wife was born deaf hears her own voice for the very first time. >> it's exciting. >> he posted it on youtube for their family and one week it's already been viewed more than 4 million times. we're going to show you more and talk to that couple exclusively coming up. >> imagine the way her world has opened up since that operation, incredible stuff. >>> let's begin though with deliberations now under way at the murder conviction appeal of amanda knox. lester holt spent the morning in court, lester, good morning to you. >> reporter: matt, good morning. the jury, six jurors, two judges deliberating right now. what an emoti

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i'm lester holt. >> and i'm jenna wolfe. i tweeted at 4:00 this morning, we couldn't have picked a better weather morning for our halloween jouts outfitses. >> all of the leads up to the only thing anyone cares about. you as susan boiyle. >> i tweeted a little hint of a wig. so far, nothing correct. >> you know what we are? we're a bunch of teases aren't we this morning. >> we'll have some fun. but we begin with breaking news about the weather and i think a lot of folks are considering the october surprise. a storm is now one for the record books. a nor'easter wreaked havoc with two feet of snow reported in massachusetts. the storm is responsible for at least three deaths. so far, states of emergency have been declared in new york, new jersey, connecticut, and massachusetts. at this point, more than 2.5 million homes are without power. nationwide, more than 1,000 flights have been canceled because of weather. we're covering the story up and down the coast. we begin in new york's central parking where authorities are warning

. >>> coming up, lester holt reports from italy on the verdict. we'll also hear reaction from amanda's hometown of seattle. >>> now to the concern at the checkout counter. at least 15 people have died after eating cantaloupe contaminated with listeria. now, the number of deaths is expected to grow, but fighting listeria can be very challenging because the bacteria occurs naturally in our environment. mary ann join us with advice. >> it has also been found in some types of lettuce, but this is the one thing you need to remember. heat is your friend. that's the best way to kill listeria, but if that's not an option, there are other ways to minimize your risk. this is what listeria looks like under the mike scope. >> listeria has a remarkable ability to travel from one cell to the other in the human body without going outside. >> enabling it to hide from antibodies, with possibly deadly consequenc consequences. >> in some people, it can get into the brain and cause meningitis. >> in the latest outbreak, it is blamed for the deaths of at least 15 peop

i'm lester holt. >> and i'm amy robach. we have a lot to get to, including this new cell phone video. it's a violent attack at a mcdonald's. >> a bit hard to watch. an employee gets into a fight with two female customers. the employee used a metal rod to beat the two young women. we've going to have more behind this disturbing video ahead of that. >> just when you thought it was safe to go back into the ocean, sharks, they are big, they are dangerous and have been involved in several fatal encounters with humans this year. that begs the question, why are there so many attacks in recent months? we will take a closer look. >>> on a much different note, shopping is going old school for the holiday season. remember lay away plans? they're back in style, but are they good for your bottom line? i do remember those. >> i do, too. i know. >>> plus, meet the newest internet sensation. he doesn't sing, but he can handle a basketball and a volleyball. he's got game. petty is going to join us again this morning and apparently we're goi

i'm jenna wolfe with lester holt.that gets stranger, the search for baby lisa. >> three weeks after the 10-month-old disappeared from her room, much of the attention on her parents. ka davrer dogs have found the scent of human remains in the home. an attorney has a different explanation why that scent may have been mounted. we'll ask him about that shortly. >>> switching gears, why age is just a number. i recently spent some time with a very nice guy. a college football player. what makes this guy stand out, he actually has grandchildren. 61-year-old starting kicker for faulker university football team, alan moore, wait until you meet him. very interesting fellow. >> how far did he -- >> 30, 35 yards. point after touchdown. well versed in football. you brag every sunday morning you are. my bad for not knowing that. very consistent and that's what makes him so good. >> you done? >> i'm going to stop talking now anything you said now is fine. >>> and then the weekend buzz. some of the things that folks are talking about

i'm lester holt. >> and i'm jenna wolfe.can you imagine being in a room with barbra stre rnch ancra xds gaga? what do you talk about. >> this was a concert for bill clinton. the party got going with stars in the seats and on the stage. >>> the south pole mission to save the sickçó scientist. suffered a stroke, waiting for a plane to evacuate her. there are some new developments. we'll bring them to you in just a moment. >>> a surprise new twist in the case of john wayne gacy, the '70s serial killer who dressed up as a clown. new clues to the notorious crimes that could uncover even more victims. we'll have that story for you. >>> and then the week in buzz. a look at some of the holtest topics and videos that have gone viral. the big new buzz includes mel gibson. haven't heard about him in a while. what is a fellow hollywood superstar saying about the controversial actor? and oh, so much more, coming up. >> it ended up in a man hunt, so it is a good thing. >> i have never heard you say that before. >> never been a moment to s

i'm lester holt. >> i'm jenna wolf. i tweeted about 4:00 this morning that we couldn't have picked a better weather morning for us to wear our skimpiest outfits for halloween. >> it's going to be a little chilly out there. by the way, why do we keep showing the tapes of years past? >> all of it leads up to the only thing people care about. you as susan boyle. >> i had a hint at the wig i'll be wearing today to see what kind of guesses people will offer. some of them are quite strange. none so far is correct. >> you know what we are, right? we're a bunch of pieces, right? >> we are going to have some fun. a lot later in the show. we want to start with breaking news. it's about the weather, and a lot of folks are considering the october surprise. a storm that's now one for the record books. a brutal nor'easter wreaked havoc with some two feet of snow recorded in massachusetts. here's what we know right now. the storm is responsible for at least three deaths so far. states of emergency have been declared in new york, new j

tmzs dax holt is live in laand why was she at the morgue, first of all?porter: she's having to do the community service. the judge, you know, is making her do. the think this s the other day she showed up late to the morgue and the coroner -- coroner was hot it happy about it. show didn't know the way in. if she can, gave her direction. today, she showed up 20 minutes early and wanted to make sure she was not late and she's legitimately freaked out about having to go back to jay. while i'm going to get there on tee, i'm not going to deliver cupcakes or burgers and doesn't want to step on any toes anymore. >> how nice of her. i don't think normal people get the chances. we undertanned you're reporting between x factor and the dancing of the stars, having something to do with a resto room? think about it. >> this is the tool water 2011. basically, x factor and dancing with the stars both film in cbs studios in l.a. and they're down the hall from each other. there is one bathroom that is in between the two of then that everyone uses. except x factor cleaned

nbc's lester holt is in perugia with the latest. lester, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, savannah. so much has happened. hard to imagine yesterday amanda knox was sitting not far from this place in prison, wondering what her fate would be. her cameras captured her, where she began her journey this morning at the rome airport, walking with family and supporters, at one point we see her embrace part of the entourage there at the airport before boarding a plane to london and catching a flight presumably a nonstop back to seattle. all this happening as the prosecutor here in italy has vowed he will not rest with the decision but will appeal it to the italian supreme court. that is not a slam dunk. it will take several weeks, perhaps months to process that. for amanda knox it matters little because chances of her being extradited are between slim and none. the family of meredith kercher the victim in this case held a news conference this morning. they say they accept the decision of the court but they're mystified and puzzled be

lester holt is live in perugia with the latest. lester, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, savannah. right now amanda knox and raffaele sollecito are awaiting the verdict in a prison about 20 miles from central perugia. we got word a short time ago from the member of the italian parliament who visited with amanda knox after she returned from prison, she was allowed to go in the prison chaplain, playing the guitar and singing and saying she wants to go home to seattle. her parents want that same thing. i was in the courtroom this morning when she walked in, she looked very nervous, appeared weak in the knees, being helped to the table, she was wearing a dark blue overcoat despite the fact it's a warm day in perugia. she took it off, put it back on again, nervous when she began her remarks but seemed to find her voice, though she broke down a few times. raffaele sollecito spoke in rather tender terms, the love of his life, he talked about. she talked about how sollecito was there for her after they found the body of the roommat

lester holt reports live from italy. ellen degeneres opens up to ann curry in a candid interview. keep it on this channel for 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. have a good one.

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i'm lester holt. >> i'm jenna wolf. can you imagine being in a room with lady gaga and barbara streisand? what do you talk about? >> you have to say former president in the room as well. this wasn't a birthday bash for president clinton. this was for the tenth anniversary of his organization. usher started things off. he got stars going on the stage and in the seats. we'll show you some of the highlights just ahead. >>> also, the south pole mission to save the sixth scientist who suffered a stroke. she's now waiting for a plane to evacuate her. we spoke to the scientist yesterday. there are some new developments, and we will bring them to you in just a moment. >>> plus, there's been a surprise new twist in the case of john wayne gacy. he was the serial killer who dressed up like a clown. authorities are working with new clues to his notorious crimes that could uncover even more victims. >>> then we'll look at some of the hottest stories that have gone viral. there's mel gibson. what is a physical low hollywood superstar

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it's not just an all or nothing proposition. >> lester holt in perugia, italy for us. thanks so much. i'm sure we'll be talking with you more as we expect an anticipated result coming later this afternoon. joining me now is rickie kleeman, former analyst and sex crimes prosecutor. as we're talking about this and hearing lester's report, there are these different scenarios. not just whether or not the conviction is overturned and she's set to her own freedom. as we talk about this, the options, they can acquit knox and sollecito, set them free, uphold the convictions. they can confirm, reduce, or increase their sentences or convict one and acquit the other. i think there's a lot in the hands of this jury and the two judges that lester has been talking about. but what would be the best evidence to sway them to acquit? >> well, certainly from the united states' point of view, and we have heard for four years all of the mounting evidence toward the innocence of amanda knox, i don't mean not guilty, but innocence, and, of course, it was the dna testing that seems to totally