wherever she went, matt was with her. >> reporter: matt? who was matt? he was matthew fletcher, a family friend who had gotten jennifer and joel involved in his financial services business. now he was apparently helping jennifer deal with her loss. joel's sister karen knew matt fletcher and had her own impression. >> he always knew what he was going to do. he always seemed so sure of himself. nothing was ever an issue because he seemed to have an answer for everything. >> reporter: and he seemed to be everywhere with jennifer, including joel's funeral, where russ orlando gave one of the eulogies. >> i love you, joel. >> reporter: dozens of police officers from all over california attended, including lapd detectives who kept a close eye on jennifer. after the service joel's friend russ orlando went to pay his respects. >> i walk up to the limo, bend my head in, pay my respects. and she's crying. i turned around and walked way. >> reporter: finally coming to terms with her husband's death? later, russ encountered another observer who had a better view into

matt? >> norah, thank you. stay tuned. norah o'donnell in alaska for us this morning. >>> now to the latest on the controversial arrest of harvard scholar henry louis gates jr. the woman who placed the initial call to police has now come forward. nbc's ron allen's in cambridge, massachusetts with more on that story. ron, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, matt. sergeant crowley returns to work today and the woman who placed the 911 call is speaking out for the first time about what she saw. a lot of people are very anxious to see sergeant crowley and professor gates settle their differences publicly and meet with president obama. sergeant crowley has kept a low profile since talking with the president. a conversation that took place while crowley happened to be at a bar for lunch with his fellow officers. >> suddenly gets this phone call on sergeant crowley, jimmy's, phone call and it is the president of the united states. whoa. >> reporter: the president is anxious to focus th

matt has been waiting for.ho beat the odds in a bizarre accident. >> that picture is real, folks. that is not some sort of, you know, photo shop thing. that is a fork sticking in that dog's head. >> and the dog is here. alive. >> he has lived to tell the story. >> a little pooped, but alive. exactly. we're going to get to that in a second. first to a very troubling story for parents. frightening text messages that are being sent to the cell phones of children. today's national correspondent amy robach has the details on that. amy, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning to you, matt. when a child receives a text they're told to forward it along, and if they don't, they'll be killed. the message, of course, is meant to scare kids, and it's working. >> he was petrified. petrified. >> reporter: for christian reel of suburban philadelphia, a single text message to her 10-year-old son's cell phone was enough to scare him. >> he hasn't slept by himself since -- for a few days now. he won't leave my side walkin

i'm matt lauer in studio 1a. meredith is out in los angeles, where she attended the memorial service for michael jackson yesterday. and meredith, i know people are talking about the musical tributes and the speeches, but the words of paris jackson, his 12-year-old daughter, really have people talking this morning. >> they sure do, matt. i don't think that anybody that was in the arena thought that she would speak at all, that any of the kids would speak, so when paris stood there and talked about her daddy being the best daddy in the world, it was truly heart-breaking. i don't think there was a dry eye in the entire space. it was the first time the world has heard from one of jackson's children. all three were in attendance, sitting in the front row for much of the two-hour service, before taking the stage during the tribute's final performance with the rest of the jackson family. we're going to have much more on that in a moment. we'll also hear from some of the performers who took part in the memorial. and matt

good morning to you, matt. >> hey, meredith, good morning to you. i'm matt lauer here in new york. stage is set for what is probably going to be the biggest celebrity memorial ever, and meredith, i'm just giving a sense how they're handling security for this. >> there are an awful lot of police here. i arrived about an hour ago, which would have been 3:00 a.m. l.a. time. a lot of police checking to make sure that everybody that enters the perimeter has a right to be here. i've got a blue wristband on. that means i'm a member of the media. the gold wristband here allows me access to the memorial service later today. i'm also going to have to have a ticket in order to get in. gives you an idea of the security. a lot of things have been happening late last night and early this morning. including members of jackson's family, including his sister la toya were seen entering and leaving the forest lawn cemetery where a private service is being held ahead of today's public memorial. and now there are reports that follying that service the casket holding michael jackson's body will be broug

matt? >> all right, mark, thank you very much. mark potter in pensacola for us. for more on the investigation now, and the alleged role pamela long wiggins may have played in all this, let's bring in the sheriff of escambia county david morgan. good to see you again. thanks for joining us. >> good morning, sir. >> so we've got pamela long wiggins, arrested in alabama aboard a yacht. she's said to have possibly rented a property, the alleged ringleader in this case. can you just shed some more light, sir, on what role she may have played? >> well, we know, matt, that she's had a long association both professionally and through mr. gonzalez's family, once again one of our prime suspects. she's been observed transporting his wife and his children to many locations, and she's been alone in a vehicle with him many times. so again, during this investigation, it's almost like concentric circles. we begin to work the circles outward, and we found that she was with him on the day of the murder. and

. >> and i'm matt lauer. the folks at southwest airlines this morning are inspecting all of their 737-700 airplanes trying to figure out what caused this hole to appear in the fuselage of flight 2294. >> 126 passengers and five crew members were heading from nashville to baltimore last night when the 1x1 foot hole opened up at 30,000 feet. as you can see from this photo taken by a passenger, the oxygen masks dropped. we're going to hear his remarkable story and get the latest on the emergency landing that followed in just a moment. >> i'm not sure if i were in that plane i would think to take my camera out and take a picture of myself. also this morning, nbc news has learned bernie madoff is on the move. the convicted mastermind behind a massive ponzi scheme is being transported to a facility in north carolina. he'll begin serving his 150 year sentence. it's a place where the one-time billionaire can make up to 40 cents an hour doing various jobs. it's medium security. we'll have more on madoff's new home ahe

matt wieters makes a terrific play right here.go-ahead run easily could have got into scoring position. rick kranitz out to slow everything down for rich hill. >> jim h.: so aaron hill, 36th multihit game. baez looks like he's stretching his legs out there. >> jim p.: second in the american league, second in total bases, second in hits for aaron hill. >> jim h.: if that ichiro guy wasn't around, he'd be having a good year. >> jim p.: just think about poor ichiro. i mean you would think that you might be leading the league in batting, but joe mauer is hitting .388. poor ichiro is hitting .360- something. >> jim h.: mauer can hit a little bit. >> jim p.: and a lot of people are going to find out adrian gonzalez, terrific player. met him had he was down with texas. >> jim h.: not last night. he got no hit. >> jim p.: that's a terrific story. sanchez pitching a no hitter. his dad was in the stands. randy johnson hurt his shoulder fielding a ball. he had to go on the dl to bring sanchez out of the bullpen. another good curveball. >> ji

there is matt palmer. >> gary: and that will miss up high for a ball. top of the order, figgins, again 0 for 3 in this ball game, and a 3 for 7 in the series. figgins against the orioles, big numbers. a .324 career batting average. couple of home runs against o's pitching over the years. 1-1 count. >> jim: what he's been able to to is get' head 0 to most of the -- to get' head of most of the angels hitters. >> gary: figgins will take it, and he gets the walk. >> jim: but see, i go to the bullpen right now. if you have jimmie johnson, who when he is as good as he can, ready to pitch, why with abreu, just a better match-up, and i would imagine trembley is going to confirm out and get him, because he has just pitched a marva islous game. you have a guy who when he is on, why spoil a tremendous outing? >> gary: and is going to. david hernandez, a tremendous job. 6 hits off him, a couple of walks, strikeouts. he'll be responsible for the runner on. the hernandez family on hand to watch him pitch, and he did one

matt? >> all right, savannah, thank you very much. that's savannah guthrie in vatican city this morning. dee dee myers was president clinton's first white house press secretary. she's now contributing editor for "vanity fair" magazine. former republican presidential candidate pat buchanan is an msnbc political analyst. good morning to both of you. >> good morning. >> good morning, matt. >> dee dee, let me start with you. two camps it seems. when you look at the popularity numbers for the president right now down from 68% to 57%, one camp says, it's just the afterglow of the election is over. the other camp, and i think pat falls into this camp will say, no, this is about this president, and this administration screwing up with the stimulus plan and the economy. what's the truth? >> well, the truth is that this president started his term with a tremendous amount of political capital, and he made clear from the very beginning that he was going to spend that trying to do not small things but b

>> yes, we did. >> we are going to start with matt, okay. >> who is hotter than matt?habanero hot peppers. we saw you with al and saw how al defeated you handily in key west. >> so this is to practice with. >> i could use them. thank you very much. >> then we didn't forget al. >> we got something for al. >> al loves to cook. and i think this is -- >> a pepper grinder. >> they do everything big in texas. >> and meredith, meredith we found something delicate for you. it's a little tiny charm bracelet, and the charm on the bottom is an armadillo. with an "a" on the end, armadilla. >> which happens to be the state mammal. >> and for ann, for ann we have something called a charo, lame, right? >> oh, wow. >> and we didn't forget one other person. hold on, we didn't forget jim bill because we are kissing -- >> oh, you know. >> this is "today" in texas. it was -- >> our friend melissa who has been outfitting us for all of this, she's got a great store called the gunslinger and she had this made up for us. we're going to bring it home to jim bell our producer. >> that's nice of

i'm meredith vieira alongside matt lauer. matt, do you have tissues? >> no, no, i got the hanky, actually it's the hanky dickie. i'm ready. are you a crier at weddings? >> of course i am. i cry at everyone's. i try to not be too dramatic. but i tear up. it's sweet, right? the couple is starting the rest of their lives together. >> it is, no question. it's a day a lot of girls dream of. the one time they get to be a real princess. our bride leigh is getting the royal treatment in our makeup room. and that is "today" beauty editor bobbi brown also touching her up. look at that. >> she having second thoughts? no, she isn't. >> you can read her thoughts? >> i don't know. >> and let's switch over to our groom nick. >> oh. >> the groomsman for a final time as a single man. just an hour from now, right here. >> i'm loving it. very nice. meanwhile, coming up in just a few minutes, international soccer superstar david beckham. he is coveted by teams around the world, and ogled -- not ogled, appreciated by women everywhere. he's with us live. we're going to chat

and, matt, you're lucky to have ian as well. you'd be such a great mountain climber? when did you first start doing this and really taking a liking to this? >> well, i started, i went to everest base camp, and after that, i was hooked. so after that we did elbrus in southern russia, kilimanjaro in tanzania. >> you have been to some great locations. you're starting today. what's the first mountain you're climbing today, and what does the rest of the day entail for snu >> first mountain i'm climbing today is gray's and torrey's. >> so you're doing two mountains in one day? >> yeah. >> we wish you the very best of luck. matt, mike, ian, again, continued success with this endeavor. we thank you for joining us this morning. best of luck. we can't wait to hear how everything turns out. okay, guys? >> thank you. appreciate it. >> be good. be safe. how about that, huh? >> that is absolutely amazing. we want to put it on our website. if you want to help out, go to earlyshow.cbsnews.com. i'm officially in love with both of those boys. >>

matt mcgill host of matt and perry on wvon in chicago. and on the phone tiffany robinson who lives just down the street from the cemetery. she has family members buried there. tiffany, first off, how are you doing? this is just such a nightmare, but how are you living through this? >> caller: it's very difficult. i have a lot of things going on, you know, in my own personal life, school, four kids, and just having to see this every single day that you pull out of your driveway, it's starting to really, really work with my mind a lot. >> tiffany, when did you find out about this? how did you find out? >> caller: wp, itell, it's pret funny you that ask me about that. i'm not a television person. i'm usually online or getting the news updated from other kind of way. but i actually sat down on the bed last wednesday, and i specifically remember it was 4:20, and channel 5, wmaq here in chicago, had a news brief that said bodies found at burr oak cemetery. so i only live like maybe 60 seconds away from the cemetery. so i jumped up, i got my clo

matt wieters gets one and the orioles have a 3-2 lead. >> buck: matt wieters had an rbi base hit in theat tied the game up last night. nolan reimold was gunned down at the plate. this time off the etched of the bat. you can see how he just puts enough on the bat to hit it over carrasco. he was gunned down last night on that hit. tonight, he scores the go-ahead run. >> gary: so, wieters blood pressures one out of the -- bloops one out of the reach ofcallaspo at second base. here is izturis. hits that in the air. shortstop betancourt will put it away. orioles get the lead as they get a run on two hits leaving a base runner on. matt wieters for the moment with the go ahead rbi. she wants to make up. we decide to turn in early. we just know. announcer: finding the moment that's right for you both can take some time. that's why cialis gives men with erectile dysfunction options: 36-hour cialis or cialis for daily use. cialis for daily use is a clinically proven low-dose tablet you take every day, so you can be ready anytime the moment is right. tell your doctor about your medical condition a

here is matt lay toes. born in alexandria, virginia, lives in florida now, the 11th round pick. >> rob: local boy makes good, pnc bank scouting record, second start, down on the farm. 72 innings pitched, 42 hits, 73ks, let's welcome him to the show, bob, with a big blow out.   . >> bob: went four innings, his first start, in fact rather similar to what tomorrow night's nats' starter jd martin did the first time. you'll see a lot of young pitchers in this three-game weekend series. >> rob: i was told he has a great fastball, you can hear it up here, bringing it. up goes the glove. >> bob: willie harris is 0 for his last 12. he needs a couple good ab's tonight, he knows when he gets his bats he gets his base hits. he has walked three times during the over 12 his on-base average is respectable at 3.58. one and 2 format lay does.   so is nats are hitting .261 the batting average is the same as the phillies who produce so many more runs

that's the word. >> matt lewis and karen finny. very nice spirited debate. >>> coming up they debate his performance after six months. now our political panel will weigh in also next and 97 illegal immigrants found crammed into a refrigerated trailer arizona. we'll have that story and much more next. every day, transitions lenses are there to help care for my sight. announcer: transitions lenses adjust to changing light to reduce glare and help protect your eyes from uv damage so you can see better today... and tomorrow. live your vision. transitions. healthy sight in every light. to learn how transitions lenses can help protect your family's eyesight, go to our website or stop by a wal-mart vision center near you. >>> arizona authorities found immigrants crammed inside a refrigerated truck. they found 97 illegal immigrants including children as young as nine and they were sitting among palettes of mangos and it was just above freezing. the illegal immigrants are in custody. >>> well, there is a new bipartisan push in congress to m

matt?ght, alexandra, thanks very much. >>> now to a connecticut advertising executive facing kidnapping and attempted murder charges after police say he put his ex-wife through a day of terror. nbc's peter alexander is in south windsor, connecticut with that story. peter, good morning to you. >> reporter: matt, good morning to you. this appeared to be one serious case of a marriage meltdown. you can see this morning all that's left of the home is some still smoldering rubble after police say a disturbed man took his ex-wife hostage, and then took on the cops, refusing to leave the home, even after setting it on fire. nancy tyler's day of terror at the hands of her armed ex-husband richard shenkman ended shortly after dark. after being held hostage for more than ten hours, police say tyler escaped from a basement bucker where she says she'd been handcuffed to a bolt in the wall. an hour after tyler was wheeled away on a stretcher tuesday night, police say shenkman torched the couple's old ho

will see what happened when you so much matt shapiro of mws capitol. will see you later on in chart talk. confidence on wall street seems to be returning much faster than on main street... and experts say that's not surprising... considering the thousands of job cuts over the past 1 year - that's part of the reason why companies are able to report better than expected profits... after trimming costs so dramatically. this is an environment better for wall street than main street.. as you stabilize economy cut costs.. profits go up.. need to see momentum.. that comes from jobs coming back.. profits turned into hires.. overall economy back to stability we're almost half-way through second quarter earnings season and so far about 38% of companies have already reported results. here's how the numbers are shaping up: 60% of companies have beaten estimates... 35% of companies missed estimates and so far, sales are down 7% - which is coming in a little better than expected. and although the picture seems to be "less bad" on wallstreet - some economists say don

matt louer? yes, matt louer. i love matt louer.e biggest draws to this island are the pods of dolphins that come here. tourists flock to see them by the thousands. however, tiki barber came down here, and he got to see them a whole different way. with a team of researchers that get a view that very few people do. ♪ >> reporter: they captivate with their acrobatic feats and charm us with the perpetual grin. but the seemingly innocent dolphins are not what most expect. they are, in fact, top predators, turning tricks to hunt and snatch their prey. >> they're strong. they're fast. they've so many amazing ways that they seek and catch fish. >> might be the worst job in the world. >> it's not bad. >> reporter: biologist laura studied marine mammals for over two decades. she agreed to take me deep into the florida bay at the edge of the everglades to witness a unique hunting tactic called mud ring feeding. >> it's kind of a rare opportunity to see this. dolphins are in a very remote area. often they're in, you know, less than three feet

coming up matt shapiro of m w s capital back with us for a chart talk. he's highlighting another stock on his watch list. next. welcome back to attract top matt shapiro of m w s capital with us and you are highlighting a stock that you have your eye on. one stock i really like for viewers out there this is a small-cap company, under the radar is called greco the symbol is a key dg based in minneapolis and this is not the company that makes baby strollers. what makes this fluid handling equipment specifically sophisticated machinery that applies pink foam insulation especially to the car refinishing in the home building and home repair business. this is a stock is currently having your portfolio with to consider adding to with? considering the stock is around $25 a share? absolutely. i ball some yesterday in the game with earnings last night the war ahead of expectations obviously sales and profitability are down because of economic crisis but it is a company that's been in business a long time to and it's very profitable and a dozen have a lot of competi

. >> and i'm matt lauer. president obama's prime-time news conference last night mostly about health care. but it was the comments he made at the end of that news conference about the arrest of an african-american harvard professor last week that are getting a lot of attention this morning. >> everybody's talking about it. the president said the cambridge, massachusetts, police department quote acted stupidly, end quote, when officers arrested henry louis gates jr. for disorderly conduct after being called to his town when a neighbor suspected a burglary was taking place. of course he had a lot to say about health care, as well. we're going to get to all of that in just a moment. >> also ahead, if you're one of those people who's been told that you should save your child's baby teeth for the stem cells they contain, question is are you being taken for aride? dr. nancy synderman will be here to fill us in on what some doctors are saying about that. >> and we'll have more of my interview with susan boyle, a sin

. >> and i'm matt lauer. this morning we have new information on the plan that is in place, apparently, for custody of michael jackson's children. >> the deal will be announced later today. but overnight nbc news learned of the details. and the key part centers on debbie rowe, the birth mother of the two oldest children, prince and paris. the deal will allow her to build a relationship with them. we're going to have much more in a moment. plus our exclusive interview with jackson's personal chef. she will reveal for the first time what went on in that home the day that michael jackson died. >> also ahead, today is the day that henry louis gates jr., sergeant james crowley and president obama will sit down at the white house and have a couple of beers. they're going to discuss gates' arrest and controversy that has followed that. we're going to have much more on that story coming up. >>> and this morning, more of "today takes a vacation." this morning we are in las vegas, baby. amy and nat, there they are at c

what matt just said is very s similar to what senator cantor said.ocrat versus democrat issue. secretary sebelius was asked where does the president stand? is it time for president obama to look into the camera maybe at this press conference on wednesday and tell the people who want change in health care what exactly he supports? >> there's no doubt that the president's comments are becoming more and more specific, but, remember, he made a very conscious decision at the beginning of this process to defer to congress in ironing out the details as best they could before he -- >> but when you look at the polls, the trust that remains is the trust that the people have with the president. >> right. >> the republicans obviously doing very poorly. their numbers -- they're not even gaining in polls where the president is dropping, and speaker pelosi still not popular in these polls. the popularity is with that man we just saw in the video. >> i agree, tamron. my only point is he's made a conscious strategic decision to defer to congress at the outset, and no

matt? >> all right, savannah, thanks very much. nbc news will have president obama's news conference tonight eight 8:00 p.m., 7:00 central time right here on nbc. republican senator jim demint of south carolina has been an outspoken critic of president obama's health care reform plans. he'd also the author of "saving freedom: we can stop america's slide into socialism." senator demint, good to have you with us. >> good to be with you. >> there are real differences of opinion in terms of how to achieve health care reform in this country and how to get insurance to the some 50 million people who don't have it. but over the past couple of days, i don't have to tell you, you've ignited a firestorm, and people are saying that are playing pure politics with this issue. how do you respond? >> well, it has nothing to do with politics or certainly not personal. but the president's policies have not matched up to his promises so far. we saw that in this giant stimulus, his trillion dollar stimulus that has stimulated the government, but real

thank you so much matt shapiro will see later in chart talk. the commercialeal estate market is back in focus now as several regional banks that have big exposure to that sector - begin reporting 2nd quarter earnings... and in his twice yearly testimony to congress this week - federal reserve chairman ben bernanke says he's also keeping a close watch on commercial real estate... since it faces the same foreclosure risk as the residental mortgage market. a stalemate at some point something will tip the scale.. and see lot more transaction activity another big concern out there.. is whether owners of large properties will be able to refinance when their loans come due - a wave of refis in commercial real estate will take place starting this year... and lasting into 2012. and some experts say as long as property owners continue to make their interest payments... banks are not likely to pull the plug very quickly... the brokers are saying if building owner is servicing debt.. making payments.. they will keep pushing out the terms.. banks don't want

matt conditions to do that with the. i pitchers.literally stands up behind the hitter and holds the glove up around the hitters head. obviously not here. slow tapper. morris going to go to first. does so to get the out. beckham goes down. dave trembley talking about the likes of jason berken on the mound, the young pitchers, how they'll be treated for the year. >> we don't put any pressure on them. it's not a tryout, it's not make or break. they're not getting bumped. we have what we have we look for them to get better each time they go out. we look for them to give us a chance to win. we try not to draw a lot of attention to the numbers. i think everything kind of 0 shakes itself out and everybody takes care of itself. >> i thought it was interesting, he said, and obviously it's not just when dave speaks, it's not just him, obviously discussions within the organization, that they do not want to go down and call up any more of the young pitchers, at least not now. they want to stay with what they've got at the moment. that's great f

matt brock, abc 7 news. >> thank you. >>> 6:47. >> president obama says the u.s. and russia are not destined to be antagonistic. he made the remark earlier this morning. he also said the u.s. wants russia to be strong and prosperous. he met with vladimir putin earlier this morning and is now meeting with the current russian president. >> more fallout from mark sanford's admission. they voted to censure him because of its recent behavior. he left the state last month to meet his mistress. he said he will continue to work to earn back trust. >> lawyers for sarah palin said there is no legal issue compelling her to resign. her note saying she will step down, she said she was too much as a lightning rod and she thought it was in the best interests of thetate for her to resign. >> it may soon be easier to find out how senators spend their budgets. right now they must be purchased or reviewed. but now that information may be posted on the internet. they have to pass a new rule before it c take affect. >>> your traffic and weather together every 10 minutes. . it continue

matt and meredith? >> al, thank you.ks to the internet we have seen a wealth of couples performing crazy dance routines at their wedding receptions. well, one couple has taken things a step further, getting down at the ceremony itself. >> that's right the ceremony itself. we're going to speak to the couple behind it all in just a moment. first take a look at their wedding party's wild walk down the aisle. ♪ ♪ ♪ it's a long way ♪ ♪ snoufrd. 6 ♪ >>> and here are the newlyweds, kevin hines and jill peterson. good morning. >> good morning. >> if that was a ceremony i don't know how you survived the honeymoon. all right, whose idea was it? >> i think it was mine. yeah. i danced grewing up and was a dancer through college and love dance as a way to express yourself, and show joy. it was something that i had always thought about doing. >> but kevin you really got into it, somersaulting, that's quite an entrance. >> yeah, i'm just glad i didn't hurt myself. >> he jumped on board pretty quick. it was the first thing we really dec

things up for matt. it is going to get to 90, 92 with humidity. of course it feels like 100. but it is a dry heat -- not. let's see what's going on, show you for today, we are looking at beautiful day here along the shores of florida. however, we've got strong storms working their way up through texas, into oklahoma. we've also got some heavy thunderstorms later today along the -- up into the upper mississippi river valley, into parts of minnesota. record heat will continue in the pacific northwest. portland getting up to 100 degrees today. almost a a >> hot in humid today. partly cloudy skies, 88. it will feel worse than that, with high levels of moisture in the air. some could be strong to severe, >> that's your latest weather. natalie? "today takes a vacation" is brought to you by expedia.com. >> and welcome back to the first stop of our week-long road trip, "today takes a vacation." this morning in beautiful lake george, new york. >> that's right. we should probably mention to history buffs, this is

matt nesto here. be overly pessimistic about this economy when we haven't had a positive indicator really yet other than the change in the rate of change? >> i'm not sure i would agree with you there. look at the global pmi numbers. >> we're talking u.s. economy. i don't want to look at global pmi yet. >> i think you should. because the u.s. economy is so much driven by exports and sales overseas that that tends to lead to a false pessimism here. unless you're able to look at the global picture. vehicle production is up. vehicle sales are up. >> in china. >> china has shown some signs, you got very positive change in global short rates and in oil prices. companies have done a tremendously quick job of putting through those layoffs. that's why we see the unemployment numbers. reducing inventories and cutting cap backs. >> i'm seeing below you we've nominated a new surgeon general. it seems like the president needs to nominate maybe a new economic general. there's even some talk about whether the stimul

but in the meantime, matt's ship has come in. >> finally. going to get a little more crowded here in a couple of minutes. >> a bunch of ships coming in. we've got another one of those carnival cruise lines 27bs with 3,300 people on board or at least passengers and >> i love that shirt. key west hospital this morning. it is a steamy here this morning. partly cloudy skies for the most part with a slight chance for an isolated than a storm by late this afternoon. and that's your latest weather. meredith? >> al, thank you. now to the latest on michael jackson's death, and what investigators now think may have caused it. nbc's jeff rossen was in los angeles with the details. jeff, good morning to you. >> reporter: hi, meredith, good morning to you. for the first time, police sources are connecting the dots about what really happened to michael jackson. law enforcement sources now tell nbc news dr. conrad murray administered the drug propofol to jackson on the day he died. michael jackson battled with insomnia, haunted him in life, and may have pl

where matt wants to be.it makes a difference getting ahead. >> jim h: a little lower this time. >> jim p: that's a bad idea. you want to be at the same level. >> jim h: right. [ crowd cheering ] >> jim h: orioles look for a double play ball and abreu getting in a bigger lead. great angle right here. chopped foul at the plate. albers relieved hill in the 6th. he allowed the runner to score. and now he has walked abreu to leadoff the 7th inning. the angel have never led this game. they rallied twice to tie. >> jim p: when you're down 4- 0, a tie seems like a lead, although it's not the case. they have done that back-to- back nights. >> jim h: albers facing his fifth batter. 1-2 on torii hunter. high fly to center field. chasing jones and it's over! [ cheers and applause ] all the way to the wall! abreu is heading to third and will be held there and on at second base with a double is torii hunter can here come the angels. that ball sailed on adam jones and he couldn't get back on it. >> jim p: you try to take a

all the time knowing matt is still there.t is growing and becoming a more mature player and person. that will pay big dev dividends. >> if there was a role model for the comeback, it's kurt warner. you also have the dubios honor being part of the 2 most dramatic losses in super bowl history. how long does it take to let that go? >> i don't know if you ever let them go. i know with my first one against the patriots, that was probably the most devastating loss i ever experienced. i thought it more than winning the super bowl. having gone back with arizona this year, even though we lost, i think i appreciated the experience more than than at any other time. i enjoyed being part of that game and being in a position to win it with a couple of minutes to go and appreciated watching the world champions take the game frus. i have a better perspective now than i did the first time. hopefully this won't hang with me too long and i won't have to replay it too much. >> you have a super bowl ring even if you can't find it. cardinals quart

because of everybody focusing on matt wieters, as noel be said. he feels like he's been able to do this thing up here. dave trembley set that izturis is close to going on a rehab assignment. he said he will be with the team here in anaheim. did take batting practice today and yesterday, and is feeling a lot better, and dave is deciding on whether to send him to a rehab assignment after this series, or after the first game in seattle, and he said realistically, we could see him back for that toronto series before the all star break. >> izturis has to be upset he can't play this weekend with his brothers in the angels linion, but caesar battling back from an appendectomy. here is a look at the starting line-up. one of the match-ups we'll be looking at tonight, rick, and nick markakis against urban santana. >> jim: well, markakis just seems to be very patient against santana, and looks for pitches to hit, not overanxious against him, and santana has been giving it up to him. a lot of big hits for the orioles, too. not just the singles, but most of hi

matt, over to you.u. >> all right, maria, thanks very much. positive today up about 12 points right now. big week, though. that's what we're focusing on. we're also focused on whether the nasdaq and the s&p can finish positive on the session. housing starts, you saw the surprise number today for the month of june. is that a sign of a recovery in that troubled sector? we're going to see if a rebound is real in real estate. and it's finally here, next. welcome to the now network. currently, thousands of people are enjoying the new palm pre with its revolutionary web os. they're running multiple live applications at the same time. - ( thunder and rain ) - 3 million are using the simply everything plan. each is saving $1200 - over an at&t iphone plan. - ( cash register dings ) together that's over $3 billion. - enough to open a dunkin' donuts in space. - lkie-talkie sounds ) from america's most dependable 3g network. bringing you the first and only wireless 4g network. get the palm pre from sprint. only on the now network. deaf, hard of hearing an

matt capps takes the loss. his name has been lofted about in many trade rumors. >> let's talk college football, big 12 specifically. look for another compelling edge-of-your-seat season in the big 12. my miss and nebraska split the north division title with missouri going on to the conference championship game. the south division was an absolute barn burner all season long. there was a three-way split for the division grown between oklahoma, texas and texas tech with the sooners advancing to the title game. oklahoma eventually losing to florida in the b.c.s. national championship game. let's hear more about this compelling conference from the coaches. >> last year's season, we had a lot of question marks with our team, and we weren't really sure how good we would be. we had to base it on what running back stepped up. we had to base some things on what would happen in the secondary because we had very young safeties that had not played and opening up before passing seams and some other question marks that were g

and back with us, banking an last, matt mccormack. matt, i'll start with you. you look at goldman sachs, and my question is, is this sort of a stand-alone company? i he mean, over and over again, its reputation kind of precedes it, and people think goldman, you know, this is just really the one -- the one standout in this space. but are there others that might be an opportunity for investors right now? >> absolutely agree with your sentiment that they are the -- the blue chip trading opportunity within the financial services community. i think there are other opportunities, whether they be jpmorgan, bank of america, even citi, that could prosper if faced a similar environment, where you see a bounce off the lows of relief rally, so to say. they should make money in this environment. however, there's one point i picked up in the conference call that mary talked about that i think is something people should focus on is the $700 million charge that goldman took for their commercial real estate.e. that is something that many fear is the next shoe to drop. that is s