"none," lynn replied. at one point, prosecutors grilled lynn about whether he should have done more to warn parents about a priest who wrote a graphic letter purportedly fant sizing about a seventh grade boy. "i did the best i could," lynn said. "i never said i was perfect." monsignor lynn is set to take the stand again next week when the trial resumes and, scott, he could face up to 21 years in prison if convicted. >> pelley: thanks, elaine. this evening, firefighters are venting spoke from a nuclear submarine that was wrecked by fire overnight. the uss "miami" was being overhauled at the portsmouth naval yard in maine. firefighters battle an inferno in the forward compartments of the boat, working in tight spaces amid extreme heat and smoke. there were no weapons on board. the navy says the nuclear reactor had been shut down for two months and is not in danger. an admiral called the firefighters heroes, but the $900 million sub might be scrapped. only seven minor injuries, no word on how all that started

. >>> hello and good morning, i'm lynn berry. today we begin with star power, president obama took in a record haul last night at george clooney's star-studded hollywood fund-raiser, today back to reality when the president heads to nevada to talk about the economy. tracie pots joins with us more on that and high school drama dogging mitt romney. tracie, good morning. >> reporter: lynn, good morning. good morning, everyone. today the president moves to nevada to talk about the economy after those three fund-raisers on the west coast last night including the really big one in california. president obama's $40,000 a plate dinner at george clooney's house last night may be the biggest single fund-raiser ever. more than mitt romney raised in a month. democrats say donations are pouring in since the president announced his support for same sex marriage. >> making sure that everybody regardless of sexual orientation, is treated fairly. >> reporter: vice president biden apoll jiszed for forcing the president's hand by announcing his sup

i'm lynn berry. those stories and more straight ahead, this is "first look" on msnbc. >> we're going to begin this morning with bin laden's words. one year after navy s.e.a.l.s killed the the al qaeda leader some documents seized from his compound in pakistan are now being released. they show his concerns about his weakened organization. but that he was still plotting attacks on americans. michelle franzen has details. >> the compound in pakistan where osama bin laden lived in secrecy and died after u.s. special forces tracked him down is gone. destroyed without a trace. but documents, letters and other evidence seized the night of the raid left a trail showing the al qaeda leader still had aspirations to attack the u.s. >> there's nothing i would like to have more than the capacity to read my enemy's mail. in this case we're reading ten years of osama bin laden's mail. >> the sbel jebs community and the public are getting a snap in shot look at some of the documents analyzed over the past year at we

i'm lynn berry. those stories and more straight ahead. this is "first look" on msnbc. >>> we're going to begin this morning with star power. president obama took in a record haul last night at george clooney's star-studded hollywood fund-raiser. but today it is back to reality. when the president heads to nevada to talk about the economy, nbc's tracie potts joins us with more on that, and the high school drama dogging mitt romney. tracie, good morning. >> reporter: lynn, good morning. good morning, everyone. today the president moves on to nevada to talk about the economy, after those three fund-raisers on the west coast last night. including that really big one in california. president obama's $40,000 a plate dinner at george clooney's house last night appears to be the single biggest fund raiser ever, more than mitt romney raised in an entire month. democrats say donations are pouring in since the president announced his support for same-sex marriage. >> making sure that everybody, regardless of sexual orientation, is treated fairly. >>

lynn? >> tracie, thanks. >>> last night on the rachel maddow show, david axelrod talked about republican mitt romney's campaign ads touting his economic plans. he told rachel he believes they are largely the same policies americans lived through during the bush years. >> mitt romney, as you referred to, has offered a plan that is very much like the plan karl rove and others put into place in the last decade. he wants to cut taxes. $250,000 for millionaires. while raising taxes on 18 million working americans. it is a budget-busting plan that the independent analysts say would add as much as $5 trillion to our deficits. and so for them to run ads suggesting that the problem is debt and they are the answer is absurd. mitt romney has the foreign policy of the 1980s, the social policy of the 1950s and the economic policies of the 1920s which we revisited a decade ago. we don't want to go backward. we want to go forward and build an economy that is durable in which the middle class is growing an

lynn? >> tracie potts for us in washington, thanks. >>> on capitol hill, for once democrats and republicans agree on something. low interest rates for millions of college loans, but unfortunately they can't agree on how to pay for it. senate republicans blocked a democratic proposal that would keep interest rates at 3.4% by closing a loophole allowing stockholders to avoid payroll taxes. republicans want to keep rates down by diverting money set aside for the new health care law. without an agreement by july 1st, interest rates will double to 6.8%. >>> elsewhere, new details are emerging on the terror plot disrupted in yemen. for the first time the cia had an operative inside al qaeda. and it appears the u.s. was equipped to deal with the threat of a new underwear bomb. nbc's steve handelsman has the story. >> reporter: u.s. officials say the full body scanners in many u.s. and u.s. airports probably would have picked up the latest al qaeda bomb. >> i think, all things considered, yes, in h

i'm lynn berry. those stories and more are straight ahead. this is "first look" on msnbc. >>> and we begin this morning with a presidential to-do list had. president obama is holding a rare meeting with top congressional leaders from both parties today. the president is pushing an ambitious election year agenda, including raising the debt ceiling by increasing the tax on the rich. brian mooar has the details. brian, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, lynn. the president is hosting a bipartisan lunch at the white house with some items on the menu republicans will find hard to swallow. today president obama is it issuing a to-do list for congress and holding a rare sit-down with top laud makers from both parties to get it done. one of the first orders of business, raising the debt ceiling so the gosvernment can pay its bills. john boehner is already drawing a hard line. >> when the time comes i will again insist, my simple principle of cuts and reforms greater than the debt limit increase. >> rep

lynn? >> tracie potts in washington, thank you. >>> there is a new warning out this morning that without action the u.s. economy could fall off a "fiscal cliff" early next year. the non-partisan congressional budget office says allowing the bush era tax cuts to expire combined with automatic spending cuts to take effect january 1st could throw the economy in a recession with the economy shrinking by 1.3%. this is the first time the cbo has ever predicted a potential recession, but the report argues if congress and president team up and stop the automatic cuts and tax increases, growth would rise to 4.4%. >>> four secret service employees decided to fight the dismalals over the recent prostitution scandal in colombia. this morning's "washington post" reports the employees ousted from the agency foreign gauging in inappropriate conduct with prosecutes last month ahead of a presidential visit say they are being made scapegoats for the behavior the service has long tolerated. the timing of the

today, lynn testified he did not have the power to transfer priests from church to church, telling a philadelphia jury he only had the authority to remove priests if they admitted to abusing someone. "every time you put the victims first?" an assistant district attorney asked? "i believe in my heart i was, yes," the monsignor replied. his argument is that he was just following orders. that he couldn't do more than he did. >> that's what they said in the nuremburg defense. i mean, aren't we tired of that defense, "i was only following orders?" >> reporter: former philadelphia district attorney lynn abraham first began investigating the archdiocese in 2002. >> this is a jury's decision to make, they'll listen to it and decide whether monsignor lynn endangered children by not going to the authorities by telling the cardinal, look, if you're going to continue on this path, i need to... i need to leave here. i can't do this anymore. you can do it, i'm not going to do it. >> reporter: monsignor lynn takes the stand again tomorrow morning when prosecutors resume their cross-examination. if

i'm lynn berry. secretary of state hillary clinton is headed to beijing today where she faces talks that have a new complication. officials have confirmed to nbc news that an escaped chinese dissident is under u.s. protection but they did not make clear exactly where he is. nbc's ian williams reports from beijing. >> reporter: the fate of chen has become the biggest test for u.s.-chinese relations in years. no sign of extra security at the embassy today but the issue is so delicate that there's been no comment from officials here, chinese or americans. chen's crime in the eyes of the chinese government was to expose forced abortions and forced sterilization under the country's one child policy. the 40-year-old self-trained lawyer blind since childhood was jailed in 2006 and then put under house arrest. he says he and his wife were beaten. his young daughter harassed. his every movement was monitored. visitors prevented from meeting with him. he was able to secretly plot his escape. secretary clinton

i'm lynn berry. those stories and more are straight ahead. this is "first look" on msnbc. >>> and we begin this morning with breaking news. a blind chinese dissident is reportedly no longer under the protection of the u.s. in beijing. a u.s. official says that chen guangcheng left the u.s. embassy after six days and is now at a beijing medical facility where he's being reunited with had his family. chen, who ran afoul of local government officials for exposing forced abortions and other abuses, escaped from house arrest late last month. the dispute over chen's fate had threatened to overshadow secretary of state hillary clinton's arrival in beijing today for economic talks with chinese officials. >>> elsewhere, on the anniversary of osama bin laden's death, president obama showed up in afghanistan on a surprise visit yesterday to mark what he called the light of the new day. nbc's tracie potts joins us from washington with more on this. tri tracy, good morning. >> good morning. he admitted there are

i'm lynn berry. here are top headlines this morning. >>> police in canada say a severed human foot was mailed to the head quart he is of the prime minister's party in ottawa. police m montreal discovered a human torso in a suitcase. authorities are trying to determine if the discoveries are linked. >>> more than 150 afghan girls were hospitalized yesterday, after being poisoned by an unidentified toxic powder sprayed in the air at a school. it's the third such attack which police blame on conservative radicals who oppose education of women and girls. >>> grammy award winning folk and country music sinker and guitarist doc watson died at 89. the blind guitarist who played his guitar at lightning speed was awarded the national medal of arts in 1997. >>> planet earth had two recent close calls with asteroid including a 16 foot long rock oot a distance of 9,000 miles. went undetected until monday when another 69 foot asteroid flew by at a distance of 32 thousand miles. >>> the famous martian pink diamond

i'm lynn berry. this is "first look" on msnbc. >>> and we are going to begin with a day to remember. it has been exactly one year since one of the deadliest tornados in u.s. history forever scarred the community of joplin, missouri, 161 people were killed, more than 900 injured and some 7,000 homes completely swept away. president obama was in joplin last night to mark the anniversary. nbc's jinah kim reports. >> the president of the united states of america, barack obama. >> reporter: speaking to thousands gathered for the joplin high school graduation, president obama said it was the people of joplin who deserved applause. >> as i look out at this class and across the city, what's clear is that you're the source of inspiration today. >> reporter: it was shortly after the same graduation ceremony last year that an ef-5 strength tornado tore through joplin taking 161 lives and shredding nearly 10,000 homes and buildings. surveillance cameras captured joplin high school getting ripped apart. one year

monsignor william lynn described a code of silence as priests suspected of child molestation were transferred from parish to parish in the hope that no one would notice. elaine quijano was in the courtroom. >> reporter: monsignor william lynn testified he had no choice but to follow the directives of his superior, the late cardinal anthony bevilacqua, including withholding information from parishioners about why predator priests were moved out of theirs churches. >> reporter: cardinals are the highest ranking clergy in the catholic church. they answer only to the pope. lynch was in charge of recommending priest assignments and investigating child sex abuse allegations against clergy for 12 years. today, lynn testified he did not have the power to transfer priests from church to church, telling a philadelphia jury he only had the authority to remove priests if they admitted to abusing someone. "every time you put the victims first?" an assistant degree asked? "i believe in my heart i was, yes," the monsignor replied. his argument was he was following orders. that he couldn't do more than he di

i'm lynn berry and here are some much your top headlines this morning. an fda panel has recommended approval for a drug that has been shown to be more than 90% effective at preventing hiv infection. the fda could approve it as early as next month. >>> the justice department filed suit against joe arpaio over discriminatory practices against latinos and a pattern of unlawful conduct by maricopa deputies. >>> controversy growing over the latest "time" magazine cover. highlighting a story on attachment parenting by showing a mother breastfeeding her three-year-old son. from questions of appropriateness to concerns of the child pictured, the cover may be censored on some newsstands. >>> a very rare calico lobster caught in maine is being donated to a science center. experts say the odds of an orange and yellow spotted crustacean could be 1 in 30 million. >>> in guatemala, mayan writings have shown calendars go to the year that is 3500, almost 1500 years farther in the future than others. so much for the predictions of the end of the world in december of 2012

i'm lynn berry. those stories and more straight ahead. >>> and we begin this morning with a new terror plot thwarted. the cia has uncovered an al qaeda operation involving an updated underwear bomb from yemen. it was meant to target an airliner headed to the u.s. with a device specifically designed to make it past security. steve handles man reports. >> reporter: u.s. officials say no passengers or u.s. bound airliners were ever in danger. they say they foiled the plot before a suicide bomber could buy his ticket. and officials say the fbi has the bomb from yemen in its labs for testing. they say it's the next generation of the underwear bomb that sizzled. this was a flight into detroit on christmas day 2009. officials say the new bomb was nonmetall nonmetallic, designed to pass undetected through the best in airport security, proof that al qaeda is still targeting air travel and that yemen is home to al qaeda's most active organization. >> this country has to continue to remain vigilant against thos

lynn? >>> brian mooar, thank you. >>> now here is a look at other stories making news, "early today" in america. an arkansas police officer was nearly killed in the line of duty after being shot during a traffic stop. the officer was able to return fire but the suspect did escape. the manhunt came to an end when the gunman killed himself after police surrounded him. the injured officer is recovering. >>> a new jersey mom pleaded not guilty to child endangerment stemming from alleged tanning bed burns suffered by her daughter. the mother admits to tanning 20 times a month herself has denied allowing her child to tan during one of her visits. she claims normal sun burn caused the injury. she's free on $2,500 bond. >>> finally, one north dakota homeowner is turning his home into a landmark with polka dots. city hall officials call the paint job an eyesore. the retired painter began the project after a deal to sell his home through the city fell through, he now wants $150,000 to sell the home.

. >>> hello, good morning, i'm lynn berry. today we begin with tuesday's take aways. >> a three-state sweep for mitt romney was no big surprise but a major incumbent upset in indiana and referendum on same sex marriage in the south could provide some insight on the issues ahead of elections this fall. tracie potts joins us from washington with more on that, tray sooe, good morning. >> reporter: lynn, good morning. no big surprise, mitt romney is 63 delegates closer to winning the nomination after picking up wins in indiana, west virginia and north carolina. he campaigned in michigan yesterday. but in a couple of other votes it pit conservatives versus moderates in the republican party, in indiana, we saw the longest serving republican in the senate lose his seat after 36 years. dick lugar is out, losing to a candidate backed by the tea party, treasurer richard mourdock. in north carolina, the issue of gay marriage on the ballot, looks like the initiative to define marriage between one man and one woman won by 58%. that would b

i'm lynn berry. we begin with neck in neck a new poll finds president obama locked neck in neck with mitt romney tracie pott joins us with details. good morning. >> reporter: hi lynn, good morning, everyone. let's get to the numbers, they do show how tight this race really is. in terms of who is ahead so far, president obama by four points, 47 to 43, important to point out that is a statistical tie, between the two candidates. also watch the trend because the president's number is down about 2 percentage points since last month. mitt romney is the same as he was in april. now, when it comes to the announcement the president made of same sex marriage, 17% are more likely to vote for the president, 20% say they are more likely to vote for romney, look at this the vast majority, almost two-thirds, 62% say it made no difference at all. on the big issue, the economy, only a third believe that the economy is going to get better in the next year, that is actually down about five points from april down seven

i'm lynn berry. today we begin with the facebook fiasco, one of wall street's most highly publicized initial public offering has now become one of the most criticized. two congressional committees are investigating the bungled ipo and two separate lawsuit ts have been filed, alleging average investors were misled. >> let's do this. >> reporter: last week's facebook frenzy on wall street has turned to -- >> i've never seen anything like this. >> reporter: nasdaq blames a software glitch, after an under whelming showing on the first day the share price has tumbled. >> everybody was on the same page, everybody thought there was tons of demand, but now we know that wasn't the case. >> reporter: that could be because of reports that investment banks guiding facebook's ipo process shared negative information about the company's financial outlook with selected clients. before the stock hit the market. >> perhaps they decided to dump their stock, which is a lot of the reasons why this stock has been in free-

i'm lynn berry.ere are some of the top stories making news this morning. at the trial of former presidential candidate john edwards a former speech writer testified edwards told her he knew a wealthy donor was supporting his pregnant miss stress. edwards has denied knowing about the payments. >>> a judge in chicago blocks enforcement of an eavesdropping law that could send people to jail for 15 years if they record audioof a police officer. activists challenge the law because it says the protesters at this year's summit could be jailed for using smart phones to record police. >>> he has been denied for a sixth time. berkowitz terrorized new york city in 1976 and '77 and was convicted of killing six people. >>> a new record has been set for a work of contemporary art at a new york auction. mark rothko's 1961 abstract painting orange red yellow sold for almost $87 million. i just do not get it. there you go. here's your "first look" at how wall street will kick off the day. the dow opens at 12,932 afte

i'm lynn berry. those stories and more are straight ahead had. this is "first look" on msnbc. >>> and we're going to it begin this morning with "in the hot seat." jamie dimon faces stack holders today for the first time since admitting jpmorgan chase lost billions. nbc's tracie potts joins us from washington with the details on this. good morning. >> reporter: lynn, some analysts are saying that dimon is unlikely to lose his job because, despite what's going on with the company right now, he's been considered a near-genius on wall street and many investors won't want to navigate this without him. today jpmorgan chase ceo jamie dimon faces shareholders for the fist time since admitting risky hedging led to a $2 billion loss. >> we're still going to earn a lot of money this quarter. it isn't like the company is jeopardized. >> reporter: but his job could be. on the agenda, whether to split the company's chair and ceo. right now dimon holds both. elizabeth warren, a massachusetts senate candidate, who d

i'm lynn berry.n sports yesterday, in the nba playoffs for the second day in a row the los angeles team won the showdown. here's nbc's mario solis. >>> hi, there. good morning. third time's a charm for the l.a. clippers. after squandering a 3-1 serious lead the clippers finally got it right in game seven against the grizzlies. the bench getting it done in the fourth quarter scoring 25 of their final 27 points. nick young draining 13. clippers send the grizzlies to an early hibernation hibernation they advance to play the spurs. >>> to miami lebron james getting his mvp award. then he shows everybody why he's the most valuable player in the league, scoring 32 points against indiana. in fact, lebron and dwyane wade outscore the entire pacers team by four points in the second half. heat take game one 95-86. >>> to hockey, game one in the western conference finals, kings and coyotes. dustin brown with another huge goal. seems like every game the captain steps up in a big way. kings are a perfect 6-0 on t

i'm lynn berry. this is "first look" on msnbc.>>> voters in france dump president nicolas sarkozy after one term and send a message to germany that they're not going to go along easily with european belt tightening. the question is, what do yesterday elections across europe tell us about the economic future of the continent? we'll have a couple of live reports for you. >>> back here at home, president obama spent the weekend officially campaigning for reelection in ohio and virginia, while his vice president was back in washington declaring he's open to gay marriage. the question is, did joe biden go rogue? or was that the administration floating a trial balloon on the issue? >>> and washington nationals' 19-year-old rookie bryce harper gets a little welcome to the big leagues from the philadelphia phillies. the question is, how did harper get his revenge after he was drilled in the back?

i'm lynn berry. today we begin with a new terror plot thwarted. the cia uncovered an al qaeda operation involving an updated underwear bomb from yemen. it was meant to target an airliner headed to the u.s. with a device specifically designed to make it pass security. steve handelsman reports. >> reporter: u.s. officials say no passengers or u.s. bound airliners were ever in danger. they say they foiled the plot before a suicide bomber could buy his ticket. and officials say the fbi has the bomb from yemen in its labs for testing. they say it's the next generation of the underwear bomb that fizzled, burning confessed al qaeda operative umar abdulmutallab on a flight into detroit christmas day 2009. the bomb was nonmetallic, designed to pass through undetected through security, proof that al qaeda is still targeting air travel and yemen is home to al qaeda's most active organization. >> this country has to continue to remain vigilant against those that would seek to attack this country. and we will do

lynn? >> tracie, thanks. >>> elsewhere, violence flared in egypt monday in the wake of the country's first election since the ouster of hosni mubarak. an angry mob set fire to the campaign headquarters of mubarak's last prime minister just hours tafr was announced he'd face the muslim brotherhood's candidate. several muslim protesters took to the streets to demonstrate. some to protest the election's winners while others protested against their candidate's losing. >>> yesterday in canada, drivers near toronto suddenly experienced pieces of debris falling from the sky. they apparently came from an air canada jet that had one engine fail on takeoff. reporter steven desousa from the canadian broadcasting company picks up the story from there. >> reporter: sarib had just put gas in her car monday afternoon when something fell from the sky. >> i was just surprised when i heard a noise. i didn't expect it. >> reporter: she emerged to find damage on the side of her car and windshield. >> we saw so

good morning, everyone, i'm lynn berry. those stories and more straight ahead. this is "first look" on msnbc. >>> we're going to begin this morning with the evidence. the state of florida has released nearly 200 pages of documents they will use in the trial of george zimmerman for the shooting death of trayvon martin most of it unseen by the public until now. nbc's kurt gregory has that story. >> reporter: more than 180 pages of documents, witness statements and photographs were released late thursday by special prosecutor angela corey's office. evidence the state says supports their charges against george zimmerman. among the pages, never before seen photos of injuries allegedly sustained by the 28-year-old zimmerman during his confrontation with trayvon martin. and images of the scene where the shooting took place, on february 26th. zimmerman is charged with second degree murder, but has pleaded not guilty under florida's stand your ground law. also within the documents are reports from investigators including one that describes an interview with martin's fath

i'm lynn berry. breaking news. a blind chinese disden the is no longer under the protection of the u.s. in beijing after reportedly receiving assurances from china for his safety. u.s. officials says he left the u.s. embassy after six days and is now at a beijing medical facility where he has been and will be reunited with his family. chen, who ran afoul of local government officials for exposing forced abortions and other abuses escaped from house arrest late last month. the dispute over chen's fate has threatened to overshadow secretary of state hillary clinton's arrival in beijing today. for economic talks with chinese officials. >>> on the anniversary of osama bin laden's death, president obama showed up in afghanistan on a surprise visit yesterday to mark what he called a light of a new day. nbc's tracie potts joins us with more on this. >> reporter: the president admitted we could see tough times in afghanistan but he said 2014 is a hard and fast deadline for our troops to come home. >> reporte . >> this time

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i'm lynn berry. >>> here are top headlines this morning. >>> at least 20 people were killed today in a suicide bombing in a tribal region of northwest pakistan. officials say the bomber struck near a market and security checkpoint. >>> the white house says it may be time to admit defeat in the attempt to end the violence in syria that killed 9,000 people. government forces have largely ignored a united nations cease fire. >>> nasa astronomers have a rare graphic representation of what happened to a star that got too close to a black hole. for the first time, they identified the star in a galaxy three billion lightyears away, ripped apart by the black hole. >>> and this weekend, be sure to look up, we'll see a super moon on saturday night, the full moon will be closer to earth than any other time this year. it should be 30% brighter and as much as 14% bigger than other full moons. now, here is an early look at how wall street will kick off the day. the dow opens at 13,206 after losing 61 points yester

i'm lynn berry. those stories and more are trait ahead. this is "first look" on msnbc. >>> and we begin with a day of remembrance. on this memorial day, americans are paying tribute to those who served and those who lost their lives fighting for this country. today both president obama and his presumed republican presidential rival mitt romney will be celebrating and participating in observances. nbc's brian mooar reports. >> reporter: hundreds of thousands of bikers roared into the nation's capital on the 25th annual run of rolling thunder. a moving tribute to americans who served and sacrificed. many of these bikers are veterans. and in this election year, they could be the key to winning the white house. current and former military members are well represented in several swing states, including florida. and that has president obama and republican mitt romney focusing on veterans and the issues that affect them. >> it's not enough just to make a speech about how much we value veterans. it's not eno

i'm lynn berry. today we make it official mitt romney is expected to lock up his party's nomination in today's texas gop primary. later he'll team up with donald trump to raise funds in las vegas. yesterday president obama and romney spent memorial day on the campaign trail and nbc's tracie potts joins us from washington with more on all of this. good morning. >> good morning. he won't get the official nod from the party for another three months but after today after the texas primary, mitt romney can feel pretty confident going into that republican convention that he will be the one to take on president obama in the fall. >> reporter: texas is expected to put mitt romney over the top today giving him the 1,144 delegates he'll need to win the republican nomination. >> a big day tomorrow. look forward to the good news. >> reporter: he'll make his case from battleground colorado today then las vegas at a fundraiser with donald trump. romney brushed off concerns about associating with trump who is still