our report from nbc's keir simmons in london. >> today you can see that i'm alive. i can speak. i can see you. i can see everyone. and i'm getting better day by day. >> reporter: malala yousafzai's first words on camera were to thank others. >> because all the people, men, women, children, all of them have prayed for me. and because of these prayers, god has given me this new life. >> reporter: she almost died. shot in the head last october by islamic extremists, because she fought for the right of young women to have an education. on saturday, she walked to the operating room. for five more hours of surgery. doctors implanted a titanium plate and a sophisticated hearing aid, repairing where the bullet smashed her skull and left her deaf in one ear. 24 hours later, malala was talking again. >> i can also walk a little bit. i can talk. and i'm feeling better. and it doesn't seem that i had a very big operation. >> reporter: other patients might have complained. malala stayed focused. >> the thing is that my mission is the same, to help people. and i would do that. >> reporter: th

nbc's keir simmons has our report. >> reporter: it was brazen. eight armed men targeting an airport, escaping with millions in diamonds without firing a shot, leaving nothing but a burned-out van. >> this was a very quick hit-and-run, very well organized. >> reporter: the men were in two vehicles, a mercedes van and a car. they drove through a hole cut in the airport security fence and made straight for a brinks delivery van, loading a plane with the diamonds. they filled the vehicles with boxes of gems, then fled back through the fence. it took just three minutes. >> we can only conclude that these people were indeed very well aware of what they were doing, what they were looking for. >> reporter: the jewels were from antwerp, the capital of the world diamond trade. a heist there ten years ago was the biggest ever. tonight, disbelief that it's happened again. >> how is it possible that eight armed men can have access to the tarmac to a specific plane in which they knew that it was going to take off a few minutes later and that had diamonds on bo

keir simmons joins us with the latest. >> good morning, natalie. they now believe it exploded in the atmosphere with a force of 30 russian nuclear bombs, shattering into pieces, every one worth thousands of dollars. falling spectacularly, as if from heaven last week, now russian websites are advertising fragments of the meteorite for sale. the question, how would you know you were buying the real thing? fragments are worth more than almost anything else on earth, one smashing a hole in thick ice. crowds gathered. a piece of meteor a valuable find, selling for up to 20 times the price of gold. the world's museums display them. >> this is one of the first meteorites we've ever studied. >> reporter: this one worth a royal visit last year. meteorites such a big deal that the science channel is running a special tonight, russian meteor explosion with experts who spend their lives hunting meteors. >> people like to have something from out there. >> these are actually alien visitors from other parts of our solar system. >> reporter: the meteor the size of

keir simmons joins us with the latest. >> good morning, natalie.ce of 30 russian nuclear bombs, shattering into pieces, every one worth thousands of dollars. falling spectacularly, as if from heaven last week, now russian websites are advertising fragments of the meteorite for sale. the question, how would you know you were buying the real thing? fragments are worth more than almost anything else on earth, one smashing a hole in thick ice. crowds gathered. a piece of meteor a valuable find, selling for up to 20 times the price of gold. the world's museums display them. >> this is one of the first meteorites we've ever studied. >> reporter: this one worth a royal visit last year. meteorites such a big deal that the science channel is running a special tonight, russian meteor explosion with experts who spend their lives hunting meteors. >> people like to have something from out there. >> these are actually alien visitors from other parts of our solar system. >> reporter: the meteor the size of a baseball over california. such night-sky displays are f

keir simmons, thank you very much this morning. >>> still ahead, red light cameras used to cash in.ould you be the innocent victim? first this is "today" on nbc. >>> coming up, the new job that michael jackson's 16-year-old son, prince, just landed. >>> also a woman who gave birth to four boys on the same day. they are not quadruplets. >> what? >> i don't know. we'll explain after your local news. adjust your retirement plan along the way. rethink how you're invested. and refocus as your career moves forward. wherever you are today, a fidelity ira has a wide range of investment choices to help you fine-tune your personal economy. call today and we'll make it easy to move that old 401(k) to a fidelity no-fee ira. ii am the hero of my story.lly. i am her hero. i am ready for tonight. i am ready for the rest of my life. let your hair color do the talking new revlon luxurious colorsilk buttercream™, ammonia free, triple butter complex of mango, shea, and coconut for superior hair color, gorgeous texture and amazing shine. try new revlon luxurious colorsilk buttercream™. >>> 7:26 is your

keir simmons is in london with more. good morning. >> hey, david. good morning. this story is about a very simple question. do you know what you're putting on your plate or even your children's plate? today, we learned some schools have withdrawn it from their menu as hor meat widened. >> reporter: horse meat has been turning up in food across europe. lasagna, and being tested for dna. i would be very surprised if we don't find more instances of gross contamination. >> reporter: the scandal has many wondering what they're eating many turning to traditional butchers. this couple from new york now live in the uk. they say people are shocked. >> they buy dinner and turns out it's horse. >> reporter: one fear horses in the food chain injected with a painkiller called bute unfit for human consumption. >> to find out afterwards it's an entirely different animal literally and you have no idea what that will do to your health, scary nor any to think about. >> reporter: scary still for complex traders and subsidiaries with just one beef product and going from france, luxe

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keir simmons is in london with more. good morning. >> hey, david. good morning. this story is about a very simple question. do you know what you're putting on your plate or even your children's plate? today, we learned some schools have withdrawn it from their menu as hor meat widened. >> reporter: horse meat has been turning up in food across europe. lasagna, and being tested for dna. i would be very surprised if we don't find more instances of gross contamination. >> reporter: the scandal has many wondering what they're eating many turning to traditional butchers. this couple from new york now live in the uk. they say people are shocked. >> they buy dinner and turns out it's horse. >> reporter: one fear horses in the food chain injected with a painkiller called bute unfit for human consumption. >> to find out afterwards it's an entirely different animal literally and you have no idea what that will do to your health, scary nor any to think about. >> reporter: scary still for complex traders and subsidiaries with just one beef product and going from france, luxe

keir simmons, thank you very much this morning. >>> still ahead, red light cameras used to cash in.ld you be the innocent victim? first this is "today" on nbc. >>> coming up, the new job that michael jackson's 16-year-old son, prince, just landed. >>> also a woman who gave birth to four boys on the same day. they are not quadruplets. >> what? >> i don't know. we'll explain after your local news. adjust your retirement plan along the way. rethink how you're invested. and refocus as your career moves forward. wherever you are today, a fidelity ira has a wide range of investment choices to help you fine-tune your personal economy. call today and we'll make it easy to move that old 401(k) to a fidelity no-fee ira. ii am the hero of my story.lly. i am her hero. i am ready for tonight. i am ready for the rest of my life. let your hair color do the talking new revlon luxurious colorsilk buttercream™, ammonia free, triple butter complex of mango, shea, and coconut for superior hair color, gorgeous texture and amazing shine. try new revlon luxurious colorsilk buttercream™. >> this is wbal-tv

let's go down to keir simmons covering it all for us. kear, good morning to you. >> reporter: hey, savannah, good morning, the saints looking down on the square have not seen a day like this in medieval times. in the papal palace, over my shoulder here, the pope, as you say, has been meeting were his cardinals, tells them, i'll be with you in prayer. dawn across rome. this city has seen more than 260 pontiffs, only two popes passed in the last thousand years have left like this. the cardinals, princes of the church, gathered this morning for a warm farewell to pope benedict. some cardinals wants to speak to him for as long as possible. pope benedict will resign just after sunset. this home, this beautiful summer palace, quiet after a frantzic few weeks. >> at 8:00 exactly, he will stop being pope, the swiss guards who stand guard outside the palace and he'll go. >> reporter: rough seas he admitted yesterday and now the task begins of choosing his successor. >> i think there's a yearning out there for something different. somebody new som