the new poll out today shows senator brown maintains an 8-point lead over mandel.s is why he's still a threat. dark money campaign ads. one super pac spent more than $1 million on pro-republican ads in ohio so far. republicans have spent $15 million against senator brown just this year. mandel tried to distance himself from those ads, but he repeats their attacks on the campaign trail. here's what he tells fellow tea partiers about brown. >> never met a tax he didn't hike. never met a regulation he didn't like. thinks the constitution is a living, breathing document. tramples on our freedoms, says the government is the engine of job creation. >> mandel says he's against tarp and he's against the automobile loan rescue. but when the editorial board of the cleveland dealer pressed him for specifics on job creation and health care reform he said, i think there's some issues that i'd like to wait until i'm a senator and deal with them in a bipartisan way. so voters are just going to have to wait until he's elected, if he gets elected, to find out how he plans to create

free for all with an eclectic group of performers, including judge and comic, howie mandell.d sebastien, a maricci singer is warming up. how do you feel? >> i feel good. i feel we have a chance. >> reporter: the chance is six acts to compete in the finals. on a scale of one to ten, how do you think you did? >> i think i did ten. >> reporter: the fans vote but judges, howie mandell, sharon osbourne and newcomer howard stern have a chance to sway the population. >> i knew you had it in you. >> reporter: who are you afraid of the most? >> howard. >> reporter: what judge scares you the most? >> probably howard stern. >> reporter: the controversial radio show host faced skeptics as he sat on the seat. >> marry a rich guy. sharon did it. worked out fantastic. i'm on a live show, so it shows you miracles can happen. >> reporter: do you like it? >> it's a blast. it's harder than i thought it would be. >> reporter: the challenges are unique. judging a variety of talents. ♪ >> make some noise! >> reporter: and age groups. you've got performers in this show ranging in age from 10 to 49.

he just votes the party line. >>> and josh mandel got ohio's credit rating upgraded at the same time sherrod brown's congress got america's credit rating downgraded. josh mandel, protecting tax payers. >>> but the so-called government integrity fund, according to propublica, that's an investigative journalist organization, is shrouded in mystery. it isn't required to reveal donors. the only contact information is a p.o. box. but no one answers their questions and they don't have to do so, do they? >> you know, these groups have great names. >> yeah. >> they all come up with the -- and it sounds like mom and apple pie, but more importantly, it's designed to tell you nothing. if it was a group that at least said, "the coal company's organization," you would know where they were coming from. we don't know anything about this. and you're right, they don't have to tell us. one of the things that i discovered in doing my research for the colbert show, is these groups don't actually have to even tell the i.r.s. they exist at the time they're taking in this money and running these ads. that

. >> howie mandel is inside and joining us again at the top of this hour. first let's go back inside to natalie with a check of the headlines >>> good morning, everyone. president obama this morning condemned the overnight attack on the u.s. consulate in libya that killed american ambassador chris stevens along with three american members of his staff. a senior defense official tells nbc news there is no indication that any u.s. marines are among the dead or wounded. anti-american protesters have also gathered for a second day outside the u.s. embassy in cairo, egypt. the protests in both countries were apparently triggered by a privately produced american video that denounces islam. president obama has ordered increased security for u.s. diplomats around the world. >>> the white house says president obama and israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu reaffirmed their commitment to keep iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. the two leaders spoke by hour by phone. netanyahu has been urging the u.s. and other nations to set what he called clear red lines for

by the way, i need josh mandel in the senate to make that happen.portman will be there. those five things, number 1, get -- and speaker boehner and all these good republicans. we need them as well. those five things, number one, get america energy independence. he is our oil, our coal, our gas, how our renewables. -- nuclear and renewals -- renewals. number 2, late trade work for us. we will open markets and we will -- make markets work for us. we will crackdown on cheaters. number 3, we will make sure our workers have the skills they need to succeed and our kids have the skills they need in the 21st century. a lot of schools are not doing the job they need to do. i want to make sure we put our key its first and the teachers first and the teachers' union behind -- our kids first and our teachers first and the teacher'' union behind. number 4, you are not going to get entrepreneurs and businesses to invest in ohio and invest in other states in america and put their life savings to work here unless they know we are not headed to be placed greece or sp

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. >> i should mention, senator brown's opponent is named josh mandel. since he gave you the address, i also have to tell you mr. mandel's. >>> massachusetts senator scott brown is stuck on a subject about his opponent in a way that has been making me crazy. i'm going to try to figure it out tonight because all i've been doing in covering it for the last few weeks now has been screaming at the wall. tonight i will try to put words to my feelings. that's ahead. >>> during a presidential campaign, it is hard to know when it happens. when words captured on video in front of an audience are going to stick. when footage is going to be a turning point in the election. it's going to be a defining thing that everybody remembers about that candidate. it's not always easy to tell when it happens, but something always sticks. today we got this bit of mitt romney talking about the emergency landing last week of a plane that at the time was carrying his wife, ann romney. >> i appreciate the fact that she is on the ground, safe and sound. i don't think she knows how w

howie mandel from america's got tall suspect here. >> this is the final. >> this is the final.atte. ♪ >> that's unbelievable. >> best dog act i have seen in my life. >> and you've seen a lot of dog acts. >> i don't know how to answer that before we talk -- the final, i have to ask you, a friend asked me a favor, you are doing this whole thing where you will broadcast from this school. there's this one guy i know in pacoima who is home schooled and he would like you to -- [ laughter ] he will send in a tape if you want. he just wants to know if you can -- >> you're right. we are discriminating, aren't we? >> why does it have to be a big college? a lot of people can't afford a big college. er that the home. he has got an online course going and he would like you and hoda to come and broadcast for a week from his -- it's a bachelor pad, like a -- >> that was fun. >> if you were picking the winner tonight, i know america's going to pick the winner tomorrow, which one would you go for? >> here -- people have different criteria on our show and sometimes it ends up just being a popula

howie mandel, season fi. see you tonight. >> that's what's going on around the country. this morning. just past 8:30, we are in the 50s. a rapid warm up should be moving on in. by noontime, mid-70s. bright and sunny day. we'll repeat this tomorrow. friday and saturday more clouds around as well as sunday and monday. the next chance of rain appears to be monday eveni don't forget, can you check that weather any time you need it. go to the weather channel on cable, weather.com online and if you don't like that weather, tweet me @alroker. >> coming up, dr. due pinsky is here to talk about his show that helps ordinary people overcome addiction. but first this is "today" on nbc. [ romney ] this president can ask us to be patient. this president can tell us it was someone else's fault. but this president cannot tell us that you're better off today than when he took office. [ female announcer ] here in virginia, we're not better off under president obama. his defense cuts threaten over one hundred thirty thousand jobs, lowering home values, putting families at risk. the romney

thanks. >>> just ahead, howie mandel will be here to give us a preview of the "america's got talent"od morning. i am mindy basara. final check on the morning commute with sarah caldwell. >> very busy out there. dealing with delays due to accidents around de area. bw parkway has two separate crashes. for this out, another one at 175. those delays intermittently from the beltway down to 32. westbound 70, a accident. 13 miles per hour on reisterstown road. and over road,nd ove a crash. 27 miles per hour from white marsh down to the split. north side, both delays to and from 95. at ridge road in rosedale, attracting an accident. live view of traffic. but it on the northeast corner. stacked in both directions. 295 south, delayed from the beltway down. >> beautiful start for us. clear skies, temperatures in the 50's. we did into the 40's earlier this morning in the western suburbs. we're watching a little bit of rain in the west. up until that time, very little change. 81 tomorrow before the clouds thickening up on friday. >> we are back with another update. anncr: this casino's in west vi

mandel back in may, we knew the group was called the government integrity fund. that's all we know.new information. we now know this fund is run out of a republican lobbying firm that employs one of josh mandel's former staffers. we know this because of a rule change at the fcc. it used to be if you wanted to know who was spending how much on what ads at your local tv station you would have to in the car and get on the bus or ride your bike all the way physically to the tv station. you would have to ask them to hand over to you the papers from the thing they maintain that's called the public file. you would have to do that for all the local stations in your area in order to understand who was spending what in your media market in this election. so while this information is technically available, it was so cumbersome to get that mvgs, it as well not have been available at all. it was not available in a way it could be utilized to figure out who was funding the elections. now the fcc has changed that rule. the local stations public their public file online. the nbc affiliate in cincin

this is bill mandel, the photographer. bill manbo was born in riverside, california in 1908. american citizen of course in the united states and therefore under the 14th amendment is citizen by birth. he went to hollywood high school, was in the class of 1921 at hollywood high. when off to the frank wickens street school to study to be anonymous can act. he graduated in 1923 and he opened up a garage in hollywood. he liked model race tires and he loved photography, was an amateur photographer. he also developed an alias for himself that he used at times. his name was bill manbo. he developed a version of his name that he would use. he would refer to himself as p. airtran for =tranfour and he changed the spelling of the last name so would not be manbo. and there's actually a photograph in this collection of his baric. he has built a little foyer with plywood in front of the door and arching artistically across this little entryway is the name manbo right here at heart mountain. he was a bit of the character. no question about it. this is the lot of his family. in the middle, t

mandel's. joshman joshmandel.com. >>> massachusetts senator scott brown is stuck on a subject about his opponent in a way that has been making me crazy. i'm going to try to figure it out tonight because all i've been doing in covering it for the last few weeks now has been screaming at the wall. tonight i will try to put words to my feelings. that's ahead. how did i get here? dumb luck? or good decisions? ones i've made. ones we've all made. about marriage. children. money. about tomorrow. here's to good decisions. who matters most to you says the most about you. massmutual is owned by our policyholders so they matter most to us. massmutual. we'll help you get there. [ male announcer ] introducing a reason to look twice. the entirely new lexus es and the first-ever es hybrid. this is the pursuit of perfection. till you finish your vegetables. [ clock ticking ] [ male announcer ] there's a better way... v8 v-fusion. vegetable nutrition they need, fruit taste they love. could've had a v8... >>> d

just to tell you the truth i will tell you about the 1400 block of mandelle plaza, between oakdale and palu off of 3rd street in the bayview. of the 130 complaint they wrote five tickets, which is about 4%. code enforcement is the problem with the mta. again, if you are going to pass a law, it's got to be enforceable and it's got to be enforced. thank you. thank you, next speaker, please. >> good afternoon. i am gwendelyn westbrook and ceo of the homeless resource center located in bayview hunters point. i am on both sides. i understand where you are coming from with the code enforcement and it does sometimes lead to crime in the area and i'm very strict about campers parking along the shelter, because i know it can be a place for them to start dealing drugs, using them, whatever. but when my workers come to work in these campers are towed, it's a problem. so i would like you to come up with a solution where people can park those campers in our neighborhoods. if it's candlestick park, not a residential area, something rather than tow; because a lot of people out there who are homeless

behind the tweets from howie mandel to miley cyrus. family friends say they are very grateful for all of the publicity, olson is getting on line and they hope that the efforts will pay off big time. >> new this morning, two people are dead in vallejo and police looking for the suspects who shot them. police found the victims in a home on atherton street mere magazine street and i-80. police say the 31-year-old man and 28-year-old woman had been shot. neighbors say they saw two men wearing hoodies running away from the scene moments after hearing the gun shots. no word on a motive. >> one of the men accused of gang raping a 16-year-old richmond girl is now admitting that he did have a role in that crime. emmanuel ortega pleaded guilty to being part of the 2009 attack. this one happened outside a dance at richmond high school. one of six men charged in this rape case. police say the young girl was punched, kicked, and then she was repeatedly sexually assaulted. ortega is expected to be sentenced on october 19th. >> the teenager charged w

there is also star power behind the tweets from howie mandel and friends say they are grateful for all of the publicity and hope the efforts pay off. >> two people dead in vallejo and police are looking for the suspects who shot them. police found the victims in a home on agethey'reton street. they had been shot. neighbors saw two men running away from the scene moments after hearing the pops. no word on motive. >> the teen charged with vehicular manslaughter for the death of a father and daughter will be in court today. the 17-year-old is accused of hitting and killing the two as they were riding their bikes. prosecutors decided to charge the teen as a minor. nuri's family hoped he would be charged as an adult. >> we can tell you a third person has died from the hantavirus outbreak at yosemite national park prompting park officials to raise a warning about that disease. the recent victim a west virginia man who stayed in a tent cabin at a lodge and parked in the high country. seven more cases are linked to the tent cabins in curry village. authorities say as many as 22,000 people have

and "america's got talent" judge howie mandel previews tonight's big million-dollar battle between the show's six finalists. >>> now keep it on this channel for continuing local news, weather, sports, and more. i'm mara schiavocampo. thanks for watching "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. have a good one. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

howie mandel, kerri walsh showing their support. >> everyone realizes he's someone's brother and son and someone's best friend. it just hits home. >> also dozens of posters have been put up in the windows of ooh lot the downtown businesses in lafayette. >>> former arnold schwarzenegger may be in trouble with the law. a sacramento judge hears arguments today on whether he violated state law when he reduced the prison sentence of the son of a political ally. schwarzenegger failed to tell the victim's family before reducing esteban nunez's sentence from 16 years down to 7. nunez is the son of former state assembly speaker fabian nunez. he pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter after attacking a group of unarmed men back in 2008. the man who died in that attack was from -- his name is luis santos, and he is from concord. >>> turning now to decision 2012, we are now just 60 days away from election day, and most pollsters say they are ten swing sta stateses that will likely choose the course for the country in the next four years. this morning weg got the latest jobs report showing ameri

there's star power behind the tweets howie mandel and miley cyrus.he message is getting out worldwide. family and friends are ecstatic about this. they hope that more eye balls will bring him home. >> he's someone's brother and someone's son and someone's best friend. you know, it just hits home. >> it's very difficult to have to see it on my facebook page. but i'm also very warmed that it's gotten that big and tweeted. and people are talking about it. >> reporter: now, we just learned olympians kerry walsh and maggie stephans have tweeted out in support. >>> it was a gruesome crime that shook up the bay area. now, the punishment. a suspect is facing 32 years behind bars aftered a midding to being part of a group that gang-raped a 16-year-old girl at richmond high school. the attack happened in 2009, at a dance. today, 22-year-old manuel ortega pled guilty. he's one of six men charged in that attack. according to police, the girl was punched, kicked and repeatedly sexually assaulted. ortega is going to be sentenced on october 19th. >>> there was no r

. >> prior year to taking the show, i went on my phone and tried to download and app mandel was for a simple flashlight. but they wanted to know the location, contact list, etc., etc.. what would be the possible purpose besides marketing of that application knowing where i am, who i am and who i am calling? >> i think it is probably not the purpose that is related to the functionality per say. but if the developer were sitting here the table with us i think the developer would say listen, we put that out for free. we have to be able to monetize our effort in some fashion through the purpose of advertising and we may help others advertise to you or we may advertise to you or the service providers may advertise to you. the most important point foe is the consumer understands that as they did the happening. in other words if all of the data is going to be collected for the purpose of providing advertisement, targeted advertisement to you that you are okay with that and you will download the application knowing that. >> julie, are you getting a lot of consumer complaints that the ftc abou