"none," lynn said. today's verdict in the lynn case was the climax of a ten-year investigation of sex abuse by priests in philadelphia but lynn's attorney, jeff lindy says his client is a scapegoat. >> they had a body there and the body was monsignor lynn and he took the conviction. >> reporter: advocates for victims of clergy sex abuse say monsignor lynn's case could be a model for other investigations and prosecutions. and, scott, later this year (inaudible) alleged child sex abuse by police. >> pelley: elaine, thank you, a little bit of trouble with elaine's live shot there. monsignor lynn faces three and a half to seven years in prison. a co-defendant, father james ben unanimous, was accused of sexually abusing a 14-year-old boy but the jury deadlocked and a mistrial was declared in his case. in another pennsylvania courthouse, the jury in the jerry sandusky trial deliberated for a second date. jerry sandusky is charged with sexually abusing ten boys. today they asked to rehear deliberations of mike

good morning. >> lynn, good morning. he was talking to the business council and had a pretty pointed criticism for the president saying that americans are tired of politicians making excuses instead of taking responsibility. he predicted that today in ohio the president will, as he put it, speak eloquently, but that words are cheap. as you said, they're both in ohio on opposite sides of the state, that the prot won four years ago. romney is in cincinnati with as by group and the president in cleveland. however, we've got a new abc washington poefts poll that shows americans, especially independents, not satisfied with either candidate's economic plans. 54% against the obama plan, 47% not thrilled with the romney plan either. lynn? >> all right. tracie potts for us there in washington. thanks so much. >>> new doping charges have been filed against former cycling champ lance armstrong. armstrong won seven tour de france titles but he could be stripped of those. it said they collected blood samples from armstrong in 2009 an

i'm lynn berry. have a great day. we're tracking a near record heat wave that's developing in our region. tom kierein will have much more to expect. >> welcome to "news4 today" for this tuesday, june 19th, 2012. breaking news right now, the university of virginia has a new president, at least for now. the college's board of governors named carls a interrim president. it reached the decision two hours ago following a marathon meeting. he had been dean of uva's mcintyre school of commerce and replaces teresa sullivan forced from her job as the school's president. >> say something before you get in your car? >> do not believe everything in the newspapers. >> there's no more -- >> said nothing. >> why did the meeting take so long? >> resign. >> shame on you. >> sullivan's departure has angered many faculty members and students in charlottesville. dozens of people yelled at zucker. earlier in the day professors called on them to resign over their decision to oust sullivan. >>> new this morning, working to larn more about a

tracie, good morning. >> lynn, good morning. more government spending, not government cuts may be the answer to preventing a financial crisis in europe and around the world. that is what we will see in a draft statement. we've seen the draft statement. the final statement expected to come out of the g-20 later today stating that the biggest countries are ready to spend more. of course, the biggest concern is the eurozone. the 17 nations in europe, and whether the problems in spain and in greece with those economies may cause that eurozone to falter. but there are other issues they're dealing with as well like egypt, the military trying to strip power from the democratically elected government. and syria, that was a big one on the table yesterday as president obama sat down with russia's president vladimir putin. they said that -- in fact, putin said that they had commonalities. the president said that they agreed that the violence needs to end, but not a lot of specifics there, especially when it comes to whether or not syria's

i'm lynn berry, and today we begin with up in smoke. searing record-setting heat across the interior west is fueling worsening wildfires all throughout the region and forcing tens of thousands of residents to flee from their homes. in colorado alone firefighters are struggling to stop blazes across the state. in cog springs sheriff's officials have ordered an estimated 30,000 people to evacuate. more than 2,100 residents with told to leave a nearby air force academy as a number of homes have been torched in that area. nearly a week of 100-degree-plus days and low humidity have sapped all the moisture and that's creating punishing conditions for firefighters. officials say it's only 5% contained. >>> elsewhere forecasters say the lingering storm debby, now a tropical depression, will bring more rain and flooding to water logged florida today. after sitting off the coast for days, debby finally came ashore and could head out to sea later today. n nbc's jay gray reports from florida. >> reporter: for the last two days the large but mostly

i'm lynn berry. and today we begin with accusations and denials. former penn state football coach jerry sandusky could take the stand as early as next week as the prosecution begins to wrap up its case. now yesterday one of ten alleged victims told the jury sandusky threatened he would never see his family again if he told anyone about the alleged sexual abuse. nbc's brian mooar reports. >> reporter: the jerry sandusky sex abuse trial is moving so quickly the judge announced the prosecution's case could wrap up as early as friday. once the defense begins, sandusky is expected to testify, and it may be a critical chance to undo any damage done yesterday when jurors heard this interview with nbc's bob costas. >> are you sexually attracted to underage boys? >> am i sexually attracted to underage boys? >> yes. >> sexually attracted? i enjoy young people. i love to be around them, but, no, i -- i -- but, no, i'm not sexually attracted to young boys. >> reporter: also on day three a janitor testified that

bachlt i'm lynn berry. this is "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. >> live, local, late-breaking, this is wbal-tv 11 news today. >> good morning. after some rain last night, things have settled out this morning. the roads are wet but overall it will not be too bad. 60's.50's at los 60'w a mixture of sun and clouds. a chance for a few more showers this afternoon. high temperatures in the mid 70's. >> 4:56. >> police investigate a number of crimes after a violent weekend. >> the cleanup continues after tornadoes ripped through the area. >> what will happen when the markets open today? i'm tracie potts in washington. >> roads are a little wet this morning. morning. could be home to bacteria. so use lysol disinfectant spray on soft surfaces everyday when you're cleaning up to kill 99.9% of bacteria. lysol. mission for health. crazy, right ? well, with this droid razr by motorola on verizon 4g lte, you guys can stay in touch. ( grunts ) cool. you can video call on skype... s

i'm lynn berry. those stories and more are straight ahead. this is first look on msnbc. >>> we're going to begin this morning with a firestorm. a giant wild fire continues to burn out of control in colorado's second largest city. it is causing mass evacuations and threatening major landmarks. the waldo canyon fire is being called the worst fire in that state's history. president obama plans to tour colorado's fire-damaged areas tomorrow. jinah kim has the latest. >> reporter: as towers of smoke choke the air, fire crews wage war against flames that threaten to swallow entire communities in the north part of the city. in mere hours, it managed to double in size. >> it jumped two ridges and moved three miles in less than an hour. >> reporter: the smoke is so thick and the heat so intense, fire crews can't even estimate how many homs have been destroyed. >> it has been house to house, door to door, street to street, hill to hill kind of activity all night long. it has continued all day today. >> there i

jay, good morning. >> good morning to you, lynn. yeah, sheriff's deputies here describe george zimmerman as, quote, quiet and cooperative on his first night back here in central florida and back behind bars. for the first time in six weeks, george zimmerman will wake up in the seminole county jail this morning, the 28-year-old accused of second degree murder in the death of trayvon martin turned himself in on sunday, two days after judge kenneth lester revoked his bond. >> i find that good cause exists based upon the material misrepresentations that the court relied upon. >> reporter: prosecutors have accused zimmerman and his wife of hiding information during his initial bond hearing about money raised for his defense through a website. >> i don't know what other words to use other than it was a blatant lie. >> reporter: zimmerman's attorney says the omission was a mistake, not a lie. >> if deception was their intent, why did they disclose it to me the first day that it was discussed and why did he follow all of the money i asked h

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i'm lynn berry. and today we begin with a firestorm. a giant wildfire continues to burn out of control in colorado's second largest city. it's causing massive evacuations. the waldo canyon fire is being called the worst in history. president obama plans to tour colorado's fire-damaged areas tonight. nbc's jinah kim has the latest. >> reporter: as clouds of smoke choked colorado springs firefighters waged war against flames that threatened to swallow entire counties in the northern part of the city. in mere hours it managed to jump two sizes. >> it journeyed two ridges. >> reporter: the smoke is so thick and the heat so intense, fire crews can't even estimate how many homes have been destroyed. >> it's been house to house, door to door, street to street, hill to hill kind of activity all night long. it's continued all day today. >> reporter: more than 30,000 people have been forced to evacuate, including part of the u.s. air force academy campus. residents wait in agony not sure if they have homes to return to. on wednesday winds whipped

i'm lynn berry. and today we begin with all necessary measures. president obama and other leaders of the world's largest economies will wrap up a two-day economic summit in mexico today. they're going to be ramping up pressure on the european union to take bolder steps to resolve its debt crisis once and for all. nbc's tracie potts is in washington for us with the details. tracie, good morning. >> lynn, good morning. based on the draft that we are seeing we're waiting for a draft out of los cabos that essentially says government needs to spend more, not cut spending, to stimulate their economies and as a result the world economy. . the biggest countries say they are ready to do that. the biggest concern is the eurozone. those 17 nations whose economies are being affected by what's happening in spain and greece possibly spilling over to the world economy as well. those are all big issues. greece, egypt. the military trying to strip power from the democratically elected president. president obama sat d

i'm lynn berry. with time running out, congress has worked out deals to overhaul the nation's highways, bridges and transit and keep the interest rates from doubling on student loans. they are hurrying to finish work before the fourth of july recess. >> new data says america's largest cities are growing at a faster rate for the first time in a century. young adults are staying put in the cities to look for jobs and to avoid buying homs. >>> in alaska, the wreckage of a military plane found this month on a glacier is believed to be from an air force plane that crashed in 1951 killing all 52 people on board. dna testing for confirmation could take up to six years. >>> the military conducted a second successful test of the navy's newest intercept tore rocket. the "uss lake erie" fired a missile which destroyed the target in the sky above hawaii. >>> now, here is your first look at this morning's dish of scrambled politics. the new york daily news says mitt romney and donald trump will appear at a $50,00

i'm lynn berry. we're reporting.awyer tells nbc news the ousted dictator is still alive after reports spread of his death on tuesday. the 84-year-old has been moved to a military hospital in cairo where he's said to be in very critical condition, and as mubarak fights for his life protests have erupted in tahir's square as to who will succeed him. both claimed victory in last week's elections yet it's uncertain if the ruling military council will recognize either. the official vote tally is expected tomorrow. >>> as the g-20 summit meeting wrapping up in mexico, european leaders could not afree on specifics to fix greece and spain. nevertheless president obama is optimistic. nbc's steve handelsman has more from washington. >> reporter: two days at the g-20 summit in mexico left president obama convinced european leaders can solve their economic crisis. >> they understand the stakes, they understand why it's important for them to take bold and desoogsive action. >> reporter: that could speed recovery, put more america

. >>> good morning, everyone, i'm lynn berry, those stories and more straight ahead. this is "first look" on msnbc. >>> and this morning, we're going to begin with fire and rain. dangerous conditions are growing from wildfires in the far west to heavy rain and flooding on the gulf and east coasts. and even though the official start to summer is a week away, hot temperatures are baking parts of the country. nbc's jay gray has more. >> reporter: from flooding -- to wildfires across the country, extreme conditions are making it a difficult and very dangerous start to the summer season. >> it's a very aggressive far, it's fuel-driven, wind-driven, and so the conditions are not been favorable. >> we have good reason to believe there are 100-plus structures within that area, that are damaged or destroyed. >> reporter: this massive, 20,000-acre blaze in the colorado mountains is consuming everything in its path. >> my house is gone. and now i'm not going to have a home. and -- i have no place to go. >> reporter: hundreds fear for their homes in new mexico as well. >> it's re

>>> welcome back to "first look," i'm lynn berry.ntists say early-stage breast cancer patients may be able to tell if their disease is likely to recur or spread with a simple blood test. the test detects cancer cells that have broken free from a tombor in the breast and could help researchers develop tailored treatments based on a woman's likelihood of a cancer recurrence. >>> the issue of same-sex marriage is one step closer to being decided by the u.s. supreme court. the federal appeals court that struck down california's proposition 8 ban on gay unions has refused to reconsider the ruling. and supporters now have 90 days to petition the supreme court. >>> in mississippi, henry curtis jackson junior was executed by lethal injection for the 1990 murders of his four young nieces and nephews. he was put to death despite the pleas of his two sisters to spare the brother who killed their children. >>> and miss pennsylvania has resigned. charging last weekend's miss usa pageant in las vegas was fixed. she claims someone correctly told he

i'm lynn berry.ere are some of the top stories making news this morning. republican congressman darrell issa says he will hold a contempt vote against attorney general holder today. the two couldn't agree on providing documents from a controversial gun smuggling operation known as "operation fast and furious." the. >>> the washington post reports u.s. and israel developed the computer virus nick named flaimds which collected evidence for cyber sabotage aimed at slowing iran's building a nuclear weapon. >>> julian assange is inseeking political asylum to avoid charges to swede. >>> queen elizabeth arrived at the royal ascot horse races by carriage wearing an outfit conforming to a strict new dress code for the royal enclosure. not to worry, throughout the rest of the course, there was plenty of wild fascinators and short dresses to be seen. really? >>> all right. now here is your first look at this morning's dish of scrambled politics. remember joe the plumber? now running for congress in ohio as samu

tracie, good morning. >> lynn, good morning. washington hasn't done anything yet, but really needs to act on these expiring bush tax cuts. it's expiring at the end of the year. but congress doesn't do anything essentially this means taxes will go up for families and businesses already struggling in a tough economy. he's hopeful we'll see moderate growth this year, but federal reserve chair ben bernanke tells lawmakers if the u.s. is approaching a fiscal cliff, the fed can help but only congress can prevent a free-fall. >> i'd be much more comfortable if, in fact, you know, congress would take some of this burden from us and address those issues. >> that almost looks like what i want. >> reporter: part of that cliff, student loan rates set to double july 1st if congress doesn't act. >> don't be surprised, you know, two weeks from graduation you look up, and wham, you just got hit upside the head. >> reporter: president obama called congress stubborn, republicans criticized him for courting young voters in las vegas, instead of st

lynn? >> tracie potts for us in washington, that. >>> elsewhere former president bill clinton joined president obama on a fundraising swing in new york city last night. during a peach introducing the president, clinton seemed to make an effort to counter his recent comments widely seen as flattering to mitt romney's background in business. >> he's got the order right, president obama does. growth now, restraint later. the romney republican plan is austerity and more unemployment now and blow the lid off later just at the time when we're worried about high interest rates. >> the former president also told obama supporters last night a mitt romney presidency would be, quote, calamitous for the nation and the world. >>> despite her husband being hospitalized england's queen elizabeth is pressing on with her diamond jubilee celebration honoring 60 years on the throne. earlier they arrived at st. paul's cathedral for a thanksgiving service. last night the festivities included a star-studded conc

i'm lynn berry. today we begin with staying alive. wisconsin republican scott walker still has his job this morning after becoming the first governor in u.s. history to survive a recall attempt. scott walker's win is not only a defeat for milwaukee -- default for milwaukee mayor tom barrett but also the union leaders who rallied against his controversial cuts. nbc's steve handelsman reports. >> reporter: it was closer than many expected. but the win could make wisconsin's republican governor scott walker a gop superstar. for taking on the unions in his state. and surviving their countermove to take him down. >> tomorrow, the election is over, it's time to move wisconsin forward. >> reporter: the recall was born last year when walker stripped public employee unions of the right to bargain. some saw the vote as a preview of the presidential election. conservatives had pumped $47 million in walker's campaign, a record. mitt romney backed walker and said voters rejected runaway government costs and liber

lynn says he did what he could. he did as much as he could given the rules it that he had. his lawyers would put forth all sorts of memos to suggest that within days of getting an allegation lirntion would recommend a priest be removed from a parish and sent for treatment. >> warner: and tell us about, there was one particular document, some kind of a secret list of suspected pedophile priests that monsignor lynn had prepared. >> this became what both sides called the smoking gun in the case. and the existence of a list was known years ago. lynn had testified years ago in a previous grand jury that yes, he did make a list early in the '90s identifying priests who were suspected of abuse. but nobody could find this list. and just this year it happened two weeks after bevilacqua died, the cardinal had died, church lawyers said we found this list. it was hidden in a safe that nobody knew about. on this list that monsignor lynn had himself drafted in 1994 were the names of 37 priests. and he had them listed in three categories. either diagnosed as pedophile, priests who were gu

lynn? >> tracie potts in washington, thanks so much. >>> diplomatic efforts to end the bloodshed in syria are failing according to the united nations and u.n. observers are -- themselves were attacked as they tried to reach the site of the latest reported massacre in syria. nbc is following that story from cairo. >> reporter: lying for the world to see. the victims of what amateur video shows as a massacre in the city of kobair. and surrounding areas. among the dead, women and children, even entire families were killed. we reached a human rights activist in syria in contact with eyewitnesses. they blamed the military and government militia. a similar attack occurred two weeks ago in the village of houla. u.n. observers on the ground tried to visit the area of the most recent massacre. they came under attack and were denied entry by the military. >> the regime sponsored violence we witnessed in hama yesterday is simply unconsciousble. >> reporter: for more than a year the assad regime has su

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i'm lynn berry. and today we begin with shocking new accusations. after the jury in jerry sandusky's sex abuse trial adjourned last night two more accusers came forward with disturbing allegations including his own adopted sun. nbc's brian mooar has details. >> reporter: before the jury could finish its first day of deliberations in the jerry sandusky sex abuse trial, two new accusers stepped forward to accuse the former penn state football coach. one of them is sandusky's adomtsed son, matt sandusky who said through an attorney he had been abused by a former coach and had been ready to testify if jerry sandusky took the stand. the second accuser travis weaver was not included in the current case but appeared on nbc's "rock center." >> i told him if he didn't get off me, wi going to call the police on him and he just laughed at me and forced me to stay on the bed. >> reporter: the new accusations race the spectrum of more charges and more trials. >> it's whether the victims want day in court to be able to tell their stories. >> reporter: in closing

i'm lynn berry, this is "first look" on msnbc.too early" with willie geist starts right now. >>> well it was not the ruling on president obama's health care law that country was anticipating, but the supreme court's verdict on the arizona immigration law has supporters and opponents both claiming a measure of victory this morning. the question is -- why did the high court leave and place unanimously the most controversial element of that arizona law? we hear their explanation. >>> debby is just sitting there in the gulf of mexico, dumping as much as a foot of rarn in some parts of florida with another foot on the way. the question is, where is debby headed today? we'll have the forecast. >>> and white sox fan, president obama is booed in front of a red sox audience. you don't make jokes about

i'm lynn berry. and today we begin with an up-and-down decision. the u.s. supreme court delivered a mixed verdict to both the obama administration and the state of arizona yesterday ruling it is constitutional for arizona police to check immigration status. however, other sections of the state's controversial imfederation law were thrown out entirely. nbc's steve handelsman has more. >> reporter: both sides had something to celebrate as the high court handed down the arizona decision. by 5-3 the justices upheld the most controversial part of the law, requiring police to check the immigration status of anyone they stop and suspect is not in the u.s. legally. the court rejecting the claim that that's only the federal government's job. swing justice anthony kennedy sided with court conservatives, writing for the majority, the mandatory nature of the arizona status checks does not interfere with the federal immigration scream. confrontation between state and federal officials is an important feature of the system. that's what arizona's governor jan brewer had a

i'm lynn berry. and today we begin with a landmark decision. republicans say the fight is far from over, but democrats are calling the supreme court's decision on president obama's health care reform law a major victory. in a 5-4 ruling tipped by the court's chief justice, the affordable care acted was deemed legal and constitutional. bc's steve handelsman reports. >> reporter: the court outside the court was surprised. the obama health care law was upheld. conservatives were outraged. conservative chief justice john roberts sided with court liberals to say the penalty in the obama law for not buying health insurance is a tax. because the constitution commits such a tax, it is not our role to forbid it. the court did limit the federal government's power to force states to take more medicaid patients but the affordable health care alkt goes forward, guaranteed coverage, every american included, like it or not i was hoping the whole thing would come down. >> we have to unite and fight this. >> i'm very happy with the decision today. >> we've work

lynn? >> tracie potts for us in washington. thanks. former president bill clinton joined president obama on a fundraising swing in new york city last night. during his speech introducing the president, clinton seemed to make an effort to counter his comments that were flattering to romney. >> he's got the order right, president obama does. growth now, restraint later. the romney republican plan is austerity and more unemployment now and blow the lid off later just at the time when we're worried about high interest rates. >> the former president also told obama supporters a mitt romney presidency would be calamity for the nation and world. >>> queen elizabeth decided the diamond jubilee concert honoring her 60 years on the throne would go on as planned. some of the nation's biggest pop stars performed and the night concluded with a spectacular fireworks display. ♪ >> reporter: 10,000 people got to see an amazing concert outside of buckingham palace. ♪ >> reporter: there was performers across the queen's six decades on the throne. the ro

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i'm lynn berry. today we begin with a summer scorcher. it may have only been the first day of the summer scorcher but across the country it already feels like the middle of a long hot summer. bc's jay gray has more. >> reporter: a heat wave continues to sweep across much of the country right now. >> it's sticky is how i'd describe it. >> reporter: sticky, stief ling, and likely to stay around for a while. >> mostly windy, sunny and hot again this afternoon. >> reporter: so hot teen forecasters are looking for a little relief. the more traditional dunk in detroit is at community swimming pools and charlotte water parks are parked while outside of boston hundreds are hoping to beat the heat at the beach. it's anything but a day at the beach for those that have to work in the blazing sun, whether it's laying bricks or cutting lawns, crews battling near 100-degree temperatures have to take plenty of breaks and stay hydrated. >> keep my water and my gatorade, and i'm all set for the day. >> reporter: in philadelphia, free ice cream is helping

i'm lynn berry. here is some of the top headlines this morning. >>> federal agents arrested dozens of airline workers, baggage handlers at puerto rico's largest airport for snuggling drugs. authorities say it sent millions of pounds of cocaine on commercial aircraft for at least a decade. >>> a dock from japan that is almost 70 feet long washed ashore on a beach in oregon. ripped loose by the tsunami, it took more than a year to make the 5000 mile trip across the pacific. radiation readings on the dock were normal. >>> ray bradbury, one of the all time giants of science fiction died at 91. perhaps best known for the book "fahrenheit 451" it anticipated electronic tv and ipods long before they became a scientific reality. >> an archaeologist discovered two men with iron rods in their chest. the grave is just the latest of more than 100 vampire skeletons discovered in bulgaria over recent years. here's an early look at how wall street will kick off the today. the dow will open at 12,414 after skyrocket

an hour later, cards lance beltran, that's all lynn needed cards won it 1-.o atlanta, president jimmy carter enjoying the game. i don't know how much he enjoyed this. curtis granderson a two-run shot that gave the yanks the lead and they sweep the braves 3-2. >>> high drama in kansas city, royals down two. two outs in the ninth, everything riding on escobar, he delivered a triple into the gap. in came a pair, casey tied the game and forced extra innings. in the 11th, the sacks full for matt mustakis, all he had to do was stand there, athe game ends with a walk-off walk. they rally to beat 4-. >>> for another look at the weather, here is nbc meteorologist bill karins, he has your weather channel forecast. good morning, bill. >> very, very, beautiful, nice, gorgeous -- unbelievably good day. >> yeah. >> yeah, many areas of the country looking fantastic today. the best areas over the next five days or so, could easily be anywhere up here in new england. this is the about the last week of spring we're going to go through, it's going to feel gorgeous. near 80 in a

this is the pursuit of perfection. >>> welcome back to "first look," i'm lynn berry, in sports as weanley cup has gone hollywood. here's nbc's mario solis. >> hi there, good morning again from los angeles where the kings have made hockey history. beating the devil does capture their first-ever stanley cup championship. game six at staple center pick it up about ten minutes into the first period. steven bruinier, absolutely crushing rob scuderi behind the net. scuderi remained down for several minutes, bloody and kazed, he left the ice under his patterson. burnier was given a five-minute misconduct. kings took advantage of the power play. drew doudy's shot tipped in by dustin brown. 1-0 l.a. brown again takes the shot. deflected past brodeur. in the blink of an eye the kings were up 2-. the trevor lewis caps off an amazing power play. pokes in the rebound, the staple center was rocking. kings up 3-0, thnks to three power play goals, the cup was within reach. finishing their remarkable run with a 6-1 win, nobody saw this coming when they entered the playoffs as an eight-seed. the los a