jim maceda reports. >> reporter: a relaxed sunday ride along the cliffs of this west yorkshire property turned lethal when jim hazleton plunged 30 feet into the river below. police found his segue scooter in the river near his body. he bought the new hampshire-based company only a few months ago. friends remembered him as a kind, giving man. >> he did good things with his money. >> this raises more questions about the high-tech scooter that first appeared in the parks and bike lanes of america a decade ago. speeds up to four times faster than walking, segues were haled as the future of human transportation. but the ride has been anything butsmooth. four-year study of segwusegue'

jim maceda reports. >> reporter: a relaxed sunday ride along the cliffs of this west yorkshire property turned lethal when jim hazleton plunged 30 feet into the river below. police found his segue scooter in the river near his body. he bought the new hampshire-based company only a few months ago. friends remembered him as a kind, giving man. >> he did good things with his money. >> this raises more questions about the high-tech scooter that first appeared in the parks and bike lanes of america a decade ago. speeds up to four times faster than walking, segues were haled as the future of human transportation. but the ride has been anything butsmooth. four-year study of segwusegue' safety proves that concussions are on the rise. they have helped the disabled and wounded veterans have regained eir mobility. >> mr. hazleton if he were alive, would have wanted them to get back to work, serving the ns of thousands of segue users who safely use the vehicle every day. jim maceda nbc news reporting from london. now back to you. >>>tis the season for hiring, toys "r" us says it will hire about 45,

today in the bay's jim maceda is live now. he's in london. jim, you have the latest on sarah shourd and where she is today and her journey home. >> reporter: that's right, brent. sarah shourd is spending her first full day out of an iranian prison in oman where she's reconnecting with her mother and uncle and trying to be as low profile as possible saying from the moment she arrived in that emotional reunion last night in oman, how she wants the focus away from her and onto those two other americans, her fiance, shane bauer, and her fellow hiker, josh fattal. even as iranian authorities relewd shourd on compassionate grounds, the court extended the detention of those two two more months. spying charges have been filed and prosecutors are now saying that those cases could move quickly into the courts. meanwhile, brent, it's unclear just how long sarah will remain in oman. she's reportedly seeing a doctor today. her mother, nora, has said that she does have some serious medical issues, including a breast lump and precancerous cervical cells, so

jim maceda joins us now live from london. re is strong reaction there. >> well, there is strong reaction and even before he got here that might be the headline of the day. you know, he was speaking to reporters on the plane and he did make an admission of guilt. it wasn't his own guilt, he has. >>> gone that far yet, but of the church's guilt as a whole saying that and i quote, the church failed to act quickly with pedophile priest and the church's top priority now is to help the victims. that's what victim support groups here and across the planet now really have been asking for for a number of months to see concrete action that will prevent such abuse in the future. but, in reaction to the pope's comments, a couple of these groups have come out today saying these are still only words, not deeds and the vatican still keeps all the files under wraps inside vatican secret volts and little cooperation with police investigators so far. thom thomas? >> jim, is he expected to meet with anyone that will hold his feet to the fire on

i'm jim maceda, nbc news, reporting from london.ow back to you. >>> meanwhile iran's president says the fate of sarah shourd's fellow hikers should be left up to the courts. he spoke to nbc's andrea mitchell in an exclusive interview today. mahmoud ahmadinejad wanted people to know that sarah shourd was released because of compassion, but he refused to say if he could do any more. >> i think we should let the judge and the court decide about the case, and i think this is the greatest help to all of them. >> the u.s. state department spokesman suggested that he could bring the two detained americans when he attends the u.n. general assembly meeting next week. >>> national politics now and the tea party problem for republicans. two more gop candidates were ousted from november's general election by the anti-establishment tea party. nbc bay area steve handelsman reports that democrats think the tea party victories may help them retain the balance of power in washington. >> reporter: she's the latest tea party star. christine o'donnell,

jim maceda has more from london. >> reporter: the granddaughter of the only surviving officer on boardsociation liner which sank after hitting an iceberg in the north atlantic, now reveals in a new novel what she claims really happened. >> titanic was running under the old sail orders, but the guy turning the wheel was steers man had been trained up under the new steamship orders. and when the guy at the wheel got the call from the officer to turn the bow to the left, he panicked and reverted to the orders he was used to and turned the bow to the right, which was the wrong way. >> reporter: as the ship began to sink, the owner gave the order to go slow ahead, rather than stop and float. moving forward filled the ship with more water, making it sink before help could get there. >> titanic sank in two hours where as my grandfather suggested, no damage done, she would have floated for five or six hours and the rescue ship was only four hours away. >> reporter: finally, she says she's come out only now because she realizes if she dies, the secret would die with her. it is a titanic twist t

jim maceda has more on the prince's graduation. hi, jim. >> reporter: hi there, contessa.light lieutenant william wales earned his certificate and squadron badge today and he became an official royal air force search and rescue pilot. pretty important stuff. he's been training nine months on a seaking helicopter. his first tour will now -- first real job, at the raf valley base in northern wales. it's demanding, sometimes dangerous. we'll see him rappelling down the side of a mountain in a simulated rescue mission. long periods living on boss. so the old questions immediately come to the surface. what about kate middleton? what about the marriage? she wasn't dubbed waity katie by the pritish tab bloits for nothing. she's been waiting eight years. will she lose patience? some reports suggest they are, in fact, living together already near the air base where she is, in fact -- acting like an officer's wife in every way except in reality. except in name. she's still unmarried, of course. she's competing for time with the future king's charities and royal duties. how much long

jim maceda joins us live from london. could it really be that simple?evable to be true, chris. apparently, that is the key secret that has been kept in the family, patton's family all these years. according to her, the author, her grandfather was the only surviving officer on the "titanic "could have avoided the iceberg but when given the order to steer away, the steersmen or helmsmen actually turn under to the threat, into the iceberg. pilots at that time in 1912, i learned today, are still sailing ships and the steering orders are different and you turn in the opposite direction of which you want to go and people who sail today know that for a fact. pilots in the north atlantic in 1912 were apparently still using those old orders, even though the "titanic" was a cutting edge steam ship, steering like a car. you want to turn left, you go left. under extreme pressure it appears these claims are true. this pilot reverted to his old training, turning the opposite direction and, in this case, turning the wrong way. incredible, but it might be true. >> here

jim maceda is live in london with more on will's graduation. hello there, jim. >> hi, chris.could kick off into a six-year military career and raises all those sticky issues, once again, about his private life. will he or won't he? from his first steps to first grade. from the military commission to his first real job. it was another milestone for the second in line to the british throne. today, flight lieutenant william wales earned his certificate and became officials a royal air force search and rescue pilot. after training for seven months on a helicopter, his first tour will begin at the rf valley base with demanding, sometimes dangerous rescue missions and long periods living on base. but the new commitment of a full-time job is already raising some old questions. what about kate middleton and marriage? will the girlfriend of eight years finally lose patience and bolt? not likely. some reports say the couple is already living together, blissfully, near the air base. >> he will be a search and rescue pilot and she will be in the house, the farm house nearby just, basical

. >> jim maceda, thank you so much from london. >>> the future of the popular weight loss drug meridiation today. they are split over whether the drug should be pulled from the market over health risks. joining me life is nbc chief science correspondent robert bazell. good day to you. what is the fda panel saying, and what does it mean to people now taking meridia? the fda panel is saying there's a potential danger to the drug and not much use. this is more of a bullet than a imagine ill bullet. the reason is there was a big study. this drug has been on the market for 1 years. there was a study that showed only the average weight loss was five pounds and a 16% increase in heart attacks and strokes. it doesn't look like it has much of a future. half the panel members voted to take it off. among the others, most of them voted if they leave it onto have strict restrictionsing on the sales. >> we've been talking a lot about the devices, pills, what have you to help people lose weight. there's a new one with lasers and freezing fat. how viable is this procedure? is it widely available? >> i

jim maceda. >> reporter: absolutely. >>> have a does it for me.ll be back saturday morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern. right now, con testa brewer is here. >> watching the voters -- values voters summit. it's in washington, d.c. a big deal among the divided conservatives. mitt romney speaking right now. the real question is, will the split between tea party supporters and establishment hurt the gop and help the democrats in november? >>> a stunning confession. remember the girl who said, oh, an unknown attacker came up and threw acid in my case. i'm so lucky i was wearing sunglasses. what she says now really happened. it's a stunner, in the next three minutes. stay with us. ♪ check your email messages ♪ check the money in the bank ♪ check the gas in the tank ♪ check the flava from your shirt ♪ ♪ make sure your pits don't stank ♪ ♪ check the new hairdo, check the mic one two ♪ ♪ 'cause i'm about to drop some knowledge right on top of you ♪ ♪ you check a lot of things already why not add one more ♪ ♪ that can help your situation for sure ♪ ♪ check your cr