lisa myers, nbc news, washington. >>> we turn now to a story we're following closely overseas tonight. continuing concern about the health of former south african president nelson mandela, who has been hospitalized since saturday with a lung infection. nbc's keir simmons is in pretoria tonight with the latest. keir, good evening. >> reporter: good evening. those close to nelson mandela have been coming to the hospital here. for the first time his doctors say his condition is serious, and south africa's president has called on the nation to pray for mandela and his family. this afternoon, winnie mandela paid a visit to the hospital in pretoria. nelson mandela's former wife and fellow anti-apartheid campaigner. they were married throughout his 27 years in prison. tuberculosis weakened his lungs. doctors treating the former president describe him as in serious but stable condition. >> former president nelson mandela remains in the hospital, and his condition is unchanged. >> reporter: throughout the day, visitors have come and gone. but reports suggest only those closest to him are actua

lisa myers, nbc news, louisiana. >>> and that is our broadcast on a wednesday night. thank you for being here with us. i'm brian williams. and of course we hope to see you right back here tomorrow evening. good night. >>> i feel very proud on behalf of millions of lives have been affirmed. >> today we can go back to california and say to our own children all four of our boys, your family is just as good as everybody else's family. >> june 26, 2013 will be written about in the history books. right now supporters of same-sex marriage are celebrating two landmark supreme court decisions. >> the decision finally came and it was instantly cheered by hundreds of people at san francisco city hall. nearly five years ago, californians voted to ban gay marriage. today the supreme court steps in and gay marriage will once again be allowed. the high court dismissed the case and leaves in place a lower court's ruling that stated that prop 8 was unconstitutional. but wedding bells won't be ringing soon. the ninth circuit court of appeals will wait 25 days to clear the way for gay m

nbc's senior investigative correspondent lisa myers has the latest on this. good morning. >> matt, good morning. today conservative groups improperly targeted by the irs get their turn before congress. and the inspector general who called what happened unprecedented is expanding his investigation. and those conferences, well, wait until you see what some speakers were paid with your money. ♪ >> reporter: we've all seen the dance video. but for irs employees whose moods weren't improved by that. >> hey, this isn't so bad. >> reporter: the agency paid more than $11,000 for a happiness expert. $27,500 for an innovation expert and $17,000 for an artist who painted abraham lincoln and michael jordan during a session on leadership through art. this lavish spending, $50 million for conferences came during the same period as the agency was coming down hard on tea party and other targeted groups. singled out through what's known as a be on the lookout or bolo. a list of criteria that triggers extra scrutiny. >> ordered recommendations -- >> reporter: now the inspector

lisa myers has more. good morning. >> reporter: hey, savannah. good morning.t so far race participation and donations are down again this year. records show komen's founder and ceo is enjoying a pay package that raises eyebrows in the nonprofit world. this year's global race for the cure. [ cheers ] >> reporter: founder nancy brinker is still ceo even though komen announced she would be stepping aside ten months ago. >> i believe we will defeat breast cancer. >> reporter: the group's financial report reveals she's received a 64% raise for a total pay package of $684,000 for the latest period on record. ken burger heads a charity watchdog group. >> this pay package is way outside the norm. it's about a quarter of a million dollars more than what we see for charities of this size. >> reporter: a spokesperson for komen and brinker said she was awarded the raise if 2010in 2010 after conferring with pay consultant. that was after only can's noon stop funding planned parenthood backfired. she said brinker has had no raise since. brinker's continued presence long aft

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