jenna wolfe is back in new york.video of those moments after the quake struck and what happened along the coast of this country. this latest piece of video we got in, you see cars and homes and boats swept away. millions have been left without power and fresh water, we might add, by the tsunami that followed the earthquake. the death toll here is rising. we've heard as many as 10,000, according to one government official, may be the final death toll here. coming up, the latest on the relief efforts both from here internally in japan and also those coming from outside this country. jenna? >> and those pictures, lester, are just unimaginable. back here in the united states, we hear so much about the panic that is happening over there. are you getting the sense that everyone is still in that state of panic or are things starting to settle down a little as they enter a recovery mode? >> i think here in tokyo, i think we're past the panic period. a few casualties in tokyo, we might point out. but the public transit is bac

. >> i'm jenna wolf. breaking news out of libya today where the assault on gadhafi intensifies. >> this morning a senior pentagon official says three american b-2 stealth bombers have been used dropping bottoms in a libyan airfield. american pilots are taking part in the mission and now more u.s. fighter jets are attacking libyan ground forces. >> we're still in the first 24 hours of the coalition operation against libya after he refused to comply with the cease-fire. the u.s. says 114 tomahawk cruise mills were fired on libya. 20 locations along the coast have been targeted. 48 people have already been killed. >> moammar gadhafi is as defianç as ever this morning and called the raids terrorism and said the aggression may trigger what he labeled a large scale crew sider war. we've got the store covered from all fronts this morning. want to begin with jim miklaszewski who is following the deployment of u.s. forces this morning from washington. good morning. >> reporter: after that initial assault by u.s. c

. >> i'm jenna wolfe. i know you didn't see that movie "up" but uncanny how the picture looked just like the movie. >> they got the house up to 10,000 feet. not quite sure how they got it down. >> was there a family inside? >> i don't think so. >> the weather would have helped those balloons go up. the storm is expected to dump snow and rain across the entire eastern seaboard today and already left destruction in its wake. >> down in the gulf region a massive tornado touched down and injured almost a dozen people and killed a young mother who was protecting her child. left hundreds of homes damaged and forced the evacuations of more than 1,000 people. more is on the way today. we'll tell you more about the tracking of the storm coming up. >>> then, cracking a cold case. police think they finally solved the mystery of the east coast rapist. he's been on the loose for almost 14 years and the big break sounds like something right out of "law & order." just ahead the story. >>> a story that has been in the new

i'm jenna. >>> reporter: welcome to billings, montana.s one of the great frontier towns of the old west. it's also my hometown. ♪ to help tell some of the history of billings, is kevin kooistra-manning. he's with the western heritage center. and joyce jensen wrote a book about the town. >> reporter: how did billings get its name? >> billing got its name from frederick billings, former president of the northern pacific railroad. they honored him by naming the town after him. >> reporter: the railroad actually created the town. and it happened almost by accident. >> there was a nearby town by the name of coulson, which expected to be the next great railroad town. but instead, because they raised prices and made it kind of inconvenient for the rail road, the railroad decided to build their own town, the town of billings. and billings basically prospered and coulson disappeared. >> reporter: about the only thing left of colson is boot hill cemetery. >> this is the burying grounds of coulsen. most people buried here died violently. there were

we have jenna fisher's fabulous film, a little health. james russo and jamie murray coming in to premier samuel bleak, and world premier of america. 75 united states remeres, 700 artists coming in from 50 different countries, a massive celebration. >>> how do you start something like this? it's been going for 21 years. you came from colorado to start this film festival in san jose. how has it grown? how did it start? >> my cofounder and i produced an independent feature film, fell in love with the experience of film festivals through that experience and wanted to do something to combine the innovation of silicon valley and the world of discovery. to start, everybody said it wouldn't work, and it worked out great and it's a power house and we're thrilled to do it. >>> one more film, superhero party clown. >> you're going to climb walls, right? >> yeah. yeah. >> who wants him to prove it? >> yeah, prove it! prove it! >> see that tree over there? >> yeah. >> why don't you climb it. not so heroic now, huh? should i try to save him? >> no! >>

tomorrow night, matthew mcconaughey, jenna malone and we'll do st. day properly with music from young dubliners, so please join us for that. you know our first guest as a variety of people, including the target lady, aunt linda, penelope, and the church lady? no. you can see her now as a woman named ruth buggs in the new science fiction comedy "paul," opening in theaters friday. from "saturday night live," please say hello to kristen wiig. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: how are you? >> hi. >> jimmy: very good to see you. >> it's nice to see you. thank you for having me. >> jimmy: my pleasure. i watch "saturday night live" on saturday night -- >> saturday night. it's live. >> jimmy: i was remarking, not even realizing at the time because i was still on i have case that you were on the show tonight, how funny you are and you play a lot of minutes. you're like the kobe bryant of that team there. >> oh, i don't know about that. it's a whole team of kobe bryants. a whole team. >> jimmy: you must -- do you like being in a lot of things or do you wish th

. >>> and jenna bush hager gets a sneak peek backstage as celine dion launches her las vegas spectacularow 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. have a good one.

. >> following speakers, aaron burke, jenna pomeroy, peter hillin. >> i am steve unger. i'm a resident of san francisco and i would like to thank the commissioners for allowing me to speak. i holy support this very reasonable proposition that's been put forth. i live in the golden gateway apartments across from the ferry build and we started with a pile of 200 phone books of which now 105 are left are just going to be thrown into a landfill. i understand that the business community could be concerned with this. i think it's a very reasonable plan given that anyone who wants -- wants one of these phone books can readily get it and with the proliferation of the internet now, it will be interesting to see what comes up with this. one other comic comment. this is the first place i ever lived in which i feel there is praptory democracy and i want to congratulate you guys and women. >> thank you. next speaker? >> good evening, commissioners. and thank you for allowing me to speak. name is steve barton, and i'm the owner of passion cafe on sixth street and some of you have been

jenna has our final look. kate loves the trench.few weeks ago. already, it's created a fashion frenzy. she was photographed in belfast northern ireland in that burrberry french coat. and we have a fashion frenzy in the office. >> jenna is wearing a trench. and kate wears lots of trench coats. on our model, jenna, in the "lucky" offices, we were all abuzz because this trench is only $180. it has the silhouette. it's feminine and really polished. you'll get a lot of use out of this, especially today. >> and it's short like that. it flairs. >> this one sold out in hours. not in a day. in hours. in the u.k., in the u.s. and online. >> i want to thank all of our models. you want to come out for the grand finale. if you want to dress like kate middleton, go to our website and we have the details on the looks you're seeing right now at abcnews.com/gma. >>> and coming up next, the ultimate cover girl. iconic images of elizabeth taylor. stay with >>> we've been talking about her all morning long. elizabeth taylor, a global superstar. gracing

. >> jenna bush?ing 55 "today" staffers, spending less than five seconds. >> hi, matt lauer. >> i'm jackie. >> nice to meet you. >> reporter: we sat nelson down to see how he did. >> that's don. candice. debbie. kerry, matt. >> reporter: yep. >> in the end he missed only one. >> i don't remember. >> reporter: how does he do it? >> turning what you want to memorize into vid pictures. say you want a grocery list. look at words like milk and picture milk. >> reporter: to test the theory that anyone can do it, i dove in head first and entered the usa memory championship. first stop, a little training and by a little, i mean a lot. >> now let's focus on the last name. tanaka sounds like what? >> binaca. >> breath spray. >> what does binaca breath spray have to do with hashi tanaka. >> connect that to the feature. the nose, eyes, mouth, forehead, cheekbones. that's where you will hang your picture in terms of the visual picture you will create for the person's name. >> tell me the story you used to memorize

beautiful story, jenna. >> thank you. >> really beautiful. >> they are amazing.lincoln lawyer." first this is "today" on nbc. mcconaughey on "the lincoln lawyer." first this is "today" on nbc. >>> here's good news. matthew mcconaughey is back on the big screen playing a hip l.a. criminal defender who works from his car, literally. "the lincoln lawyer." things get tricky when a client's murder charges cause him to question work he's done in the past. >> can't bring it to the cops because he's your client. can't take it to the d.a. or you would lose your license. >> any evidence we found would be inadmissible, attorney-client privilege. it would ruin any case they could have against him. >> welcome back. nice to see you. you like lawyers, don't you? >> i do. >> you thought about being a defense lawyer during your college days. >> that's what i thought i was going to do. growing up i loved to debate. i always ended up on the defense. so my parents were like -- my dad was like, you need to be a lawyer to come defend me if i get in trouble. i took it on from there. i

"today" contributing correspondent jenna bush hager checked in on rulon gardner.er retiring from the sport that made him famous he's still wrestling but now with a life and death struggle against obesity. >> good evening, everyone. >> reporter: it's week 12 of "the biggest loser" and the competition is heating up. rulon gardner is trying to light a fire under that same competitive spirit that earned him an olympic gold medal. >> i'm here to put my life in a position to where i can reset. >> reporter: in 2000 the farm boy from wyoming made his first trip to the olympics as a member of the u.s. wrestling team. >> it became a battle of wills and gardner has a heart the size of the 56-inch chest. >> reporter: gardner stepped into the ring against a russian heavy weight who had never lost in international competition. >> that's it! oh, my? do you believe in miracles again? >> reporter: and pulled off the miracle on the mat. >> rulon gardner has shocked the wrestling world. >> reporter: four years later in athens, gardner won the bronze and hung up his shoes. >> years o

she and jenna bush hager spent time. i understand they even did some singing.o hide the dogs and cats. >> jenna's going on the road with her, on tour. >> great. >> later on, if you were at a restaurant, if you didn't think you were getting your money's worth, would you say something? >> i probably just wouldn't go back. >> i wouldn't do anything about it. >> we have hidden cameras. we'll show you what some diners did when they thought they were getting ripped off. >> lots to get to. let's go inside. natalie morales is at the news desk. good morning to you. >> good morning to you once again. japan is resorting to desperate measures to contain radiation from a crippled nuclear power plant. lester holt is in tokyo this morning. good morning, lester. >> reporter: good morning. the last line of defense of the workers trying to cool with sea water the reactors. today a scare as they had to back off. a surge of radiation so intense they had to back off for a while. they were eventually let back in. attempts to water drop from helicopters also proved futile today. ther

jenna fischer and christina applegate are the four leads.tephen merchant. >> jimmy: i love stephen merchant. i heard sudeikis just kills in this movie. >> richard jenkins. >> jimmy: i cannot wait to see it. >> sudeikis is like jack lemmon. he's unbelievable. >> jimmy: i'm so psyched. >> we had no idea how funny that guy is. and owen, owen is just the coolest guy in the world. he really is. he's the easiest guy we ever worked with. >> jimmy: oh, is he really? he seems like a laid back guy. >> he's top-notch. >> we worked with jimmy, you know? >> jimmy: he does know that. you said there was a "funny or die --" >> oh, there's a great "funny or die" that we put up yesterday with owen that's, you know, pretty cool. >> jimmy: you should check that out. >> kind of sums up -- concept of the whole thing. >> jimmy: we have a clip from the movie here. with sudeikis, i think. when he tells owen, "hey, i got it too. i got a hall pass too." >> great. here's from "hall pass." >> i got a hall pass. >> what? >> can you believe it? i got a hall pass. >> when

jenna bush hager, great to see you. >>> up next, your ageing eyes.esight starts to go. first, this is "today" on nbc. switching to progressive could mean hundreds more in your wallet year after year. feed me! saving you money -- now, that's progressive. call or click today. >>> this morning on "today's health." your ageing eyes. vision loss is one of the most common issues that people deal with as they get a little bit older. nbc's chief medical editor dr. nancy snyderman is here to explain why. >> should i put my glasses on? it would be you and me. people that are older. >> this happened to me like an alarm went off at 45. >> i grew up with glasses because i was near sighted and then when i was 40 suddenly my eyes changed and now frankly -- fashionable bifocals. >> is that the magic age for people around 40? >> that's when the eye starts to change. if you look at your eye you have your cornea on the outside and then your lens. the lens is just like a joint and every other muscle tissue. it gets stiffer and as it gets stiffer, you can't as a human be

i want to get to jenna davis. who is better in long-distance marathons? it's one of the only areas where the book shows women can actually beat men in the ultramarathons meaning 300 miles without sleeping. >> why? >> two things. number one, estrogen tends to hurt, in terms of muscle growth. but in terms of endurance, it can actually help. and fat. for a superlong run, it can help. >> it comes in handy. >> yeah. >> we're going via skype from clovis, california. kim, are you there? >> i am. good morning. >> all right. ask your question. >> dan, in your video segment on facebook, you claim women are better world leaders and politicians. they're less corrupt and more effective. if this is true and women are the majority of voting people, why are women not voting more women into office? >> it's a great question. and i think the answer is because women don't necessarily vote for women. doesn't mean they don't vote for women. but there's nothing to indicate that just because women vote more, as they do in every election, that they necessarily vote for women more

and no doubt on his playlist, jenna regret. [laughter] >> mr. deputy speaker, this is not a growth budget, it's not a jobs budget. it's a budget for more of the same. from a complasent arrogant chancellor and a complacent arrogant government. it's hurting but it isn't working. and let's not forget, mr. deputy speaker, these are not just the chancellor's decisions. they are not just the prime minister's decisions. they're the deputy prime minister's decisions, too. he is an accomplice to the tory plan. when it comes to the economy, the man who coined the phrase, long live britain, has a snooze button truly on. nobody voted for this plan. least of all his liberal democrat voters who are >> a portion of debate of british house of commons after the british budget statement today. we wish we'd a statement in its entirety at about 3 p.m. eastern here on c-span2. the canadian finance minister presented the federal budget to the house of commons yesterday, and soon after the lives of the opposition party announced they would oppose it. and now canadian

and no doubt on his playlist, jenna regret. [laughter] >> mr. deputy speaker, this is not a growth budget, it's not a jobs budget. it's a budget for more of the same. from a complasent arrogant chancellor and a complacent arrogant government. it's hurting but it isn't working. and let's not forget, mr. deputy speaker, these are not just the chancellor's decisions. they are not just the prime minister's decisions. they're the deputy prime minister's decisions, too. he is an accomplice to the tory plan. when it comes to the economy, the man who coined the phrase, long live britain, has a snooze button truly on. nobody voted for this plan. least of all his liberal democrat voters who are told and promise after promise he would never confront them. mr. deputy speaker if i can put it this way to him, there's a reason nobody wants to share a platform with him. on the measures on this budget, on the measures in this budget, i welcome the support for the armed forces. i welcome the support for the armed forces. and on the measures he promotes growth, we

. >>> lester holt and jenna wolfe who actually herself laugh as lot when you shred paper like that. [ was my script. >> what's coming up? >> i have no idea. >> that was my paycheck. anyway, coming up this weekend, charlie sheen from the custody battle over his kids to his hit sitcom being canceled for the season. we will have what's next. plus, saving money at the supermarket. can you tell the difference between name brands and generics? we'll show you the surprising results from your experiment. >> and the mystery of amelia earhart, she vanished more than 70 years ago. will new dna test finally reveal what happened to her? and driving without seeing. for those who are legally blind, i'm talking you can't see anything a at all. it's a reality thanks to amazing technology. i got behind the wheel of a car and blindfolded myself to see if i could use the technology. it turns out i couldn't. that and more this weekend on "today." >> you struggle driving anyway. >> i struggle anyway. >> but apparently some people can use it. >> it's amazing technology. you go through senses to let the driv