. >>> melissa francis has a check of our other top stories of the morning.ood morning to you. >> good morning, everyone. we begin in libya where the government is accusing nato of bombing a residential area in their latest strike overnight. life in triply with more. good morning, stephanie. >> good morning. a libyan government says this is proof of what they have been alleging all along. nato is deliberately targeting civilians. officials say as many as seven people were killed in this residential area, including a small child. they say there are also possibly people still buried under the rubble. this neighborhood is known as an anti-gadhafi neighborhood and two residents of that neighborhood came up to reporters off camera and said there was an anti-aircraft gun behind the buildings. nato was conducting air strikes in tip oly and they wouldn't comment on this specific investigation. >> thank you so much. >>> back here at home, more than 40,000 people are waking up without power in metropolitan atlanta after severe weather on saturday. the storm with high w

nbc's melissa francis joins us with more on that speculation. jennifer lopez is not just a star. she's a savvy businesswoman. a sex symbol, and an international recording artist. and that may explain why she's not ready to commit to next season's "idol" just yet. >> try it at home by yourself. >> reporter: she may have saved "american idol" but is jennifer lopez about to walk away from the show? the question was posed to her in an interview this week with bbc radio. >> you know, this is a question of the hour. i don't know. i don't know. i haven't been forced to make a decision. and i'm glad about that. because honestly, i'm very kind of on the fence about it. i had an amazing time doing it. and i loved it. but i have a lot of other things happening, and it's going to be come down to making a choice of really what i want to do for the next year. >> reporter: right now the 41-year-old superstar is at the top of her game. she's got "idol," a hit single, a steamy music video. she was named "people" magazine's most beautiful woman this year. she also

it's hard to find the bright spots right now. >> melissa francis, thank you very much. discouraging news. >> it is. not what the administration wanted. that's for sure. >> ann has the rest of the headlines of the morninging. >>> good morning. more breaking news this morning, everybody. suicide activist jack kevorkian die this morning in michigan where he was being treated for pneumonia and kidney problems. he claimed to have helped with at least 130 suicides of the elderly and infirm, and as a result he served eight years in prison for one case. jack kevorkian was 83 years old. >>> this morning accused war criminal ratko mladic appeared at the haig for genocide and other war crimes he's accused of perpetrating during the bosnian war, including the mass murders of 8,000 men and boys. he shook his head as the charges were read and refused to enter a plea. >>> new concerns are coming to light as scientists probe the deadliest e. coli strain on record in europe. they say the bacteria uses a rare gene and highly poisonous toxins to glue itself to the patients' intestines cau

back to you, savannah. >>> melissa francis, thank you. outside golf's u.s. open tournament, a cold summer drink shoulder for charity got an icy reception. a group of children set up a lemonade stand outside the tournament venue to raise money for pediatric cancer, but the maryland county hosting the open slapped the kids with a $500 fine for operating without a vending license. the kids' parents are furious and said they will help the 10-year-olds continue to operate the stand throughout the tournament no matter what the county does. it's now 7:18. back to ann and lester. >> i could have been in similar trouble. i've had -- my kids have had lemonade stands, you know -- >> sure. >> we never got, you know, license or anything. >> you don't think the city knew they were working under the press? >> not good. thank you so much. >>> al has had an amazing week on his lend a hand this year. this morning he's in charleston, west virginia. mr. roquer, good morning to you, sir. >>> good morning, ms. curry. this is the final day of what's been a terrific week where we h

. >> melissa francis, new york stock exchange, thank you. t the weather. if you are putting thumb tacks in your map, al started in alaska then vegas and today, in houston, texas. >> it's day three of the cross country trip. we have traveled 6900 miles so far as we come in on a big truck. we are on pace to deliver $9 million for the services to needy services. today, a record for a single day. we are talking more than $ >>> >>> around the country. here is what's happening in your neck of the woods. >> good morning to you. our neck of the woods already warming up nicely. we're now at 61 in hayward, 61 in san jose, and 62 in concord. you can go straight to the short sleeves or tank top if you want. look where we're headed today, 10 degrees above average in the east, north, and south bay areas, 90 in shaez, 94 fremont. if you thought yesterday was hot, we'll tack on a couple more degrees today but then we cool down as early as tomorrow. >> more from houston, texas, and our charity coming up. >> al, la forward to that. his pregnant wife returned to washington e

cnbc's melissa francis is here. >> good morning.a six-week losing streak down here on wall street, the longest since 2002. what has the markets so blue? worries that the economic recovery has fizzled out. we have a lot of data on that front, including unemployment. what could turn it around? good economic data. we're going to hear about retailers, consumer inflation this week. see ithis if that helps or hurt '. >> thank you. >>> now, for trending on today, a quick round-up of what you're talking about online. dirt nowitzky was named mvp after they won their title last night defeating lebron james and the miami heat with a major upset in six games. >>> and the popular gay girl in damascus blog documenting the arab spring through the eyes of a lesbian syrian american woman has been exposed as a hoax. a week ago a post online claims the blogger had been seized from armed men from the government. international outpouring to find the missing girl led to a real blogger. 40-year-old american man who is studying in scotland. >>> and support

. >>> to wall street, melissa francis at the new york stock exchange. good morning to you. >> the blue chips managed to eke out a gain barely, one teeny tiny point but enough to break the losing streak. today we're watching quarterly results out of best buy, saying tv sales are sagging as consumer is hurting. we're also watching retail sales and some inflation data. back to you. >> a quick one there, thank you. >>> boston bruns thrashed the ka nuks last night with a 5-2 victory that sends the two teams into a tie-breaking game seven. it will be winner takes all tomorrow night in vancouver at 8:00 eastern on nbc. it's been an exciting stanley cup. >>> take a look at this amazing video from san francisco where a racing cat amaran training. the new zealand built is one of the fastest on water as it appears to make its first u.s. appearance. no one was seriously injured in the accident but left a sail damaged. they were all wearing their hell manies. back over to matt and ann. >> thanks a lot. >>> anything more exciting than a game seven in the national wor