meredith? >> all right, ann, thank you very much. you can read a full transcript of ann's interview on todayshow.com. and you can watch that interview in its entirety this sunday at 1:00 p.m. eastern time on msnbc. >>> and now let's get a check of the rest of the morning's top stories. natalie morales is sitting in at the news desk. >> good morning, everyone. president obama's decision to revise the u.s. missile defense strategy in europe is drawing both praise and criticism. this morning russian prime minister vladimir putin called the move right and brave. and nato's secretary-general said it was a positive step. on thursday the president announced he is scrapping the bush administration's controversial plan to set up permanent systems in eastern europe opting instead for a more mobile strategy. many republicans are critical of the decision, though, saying the move empowers iran and sends a message of weakness to eastern european allies. >>> and a programming note for you, be sure to watch "m

meredith. >> i'm deaf.nk you very much. >>> up next, a spanking your child actually lower your child's iq. we're going to get into that. >>> back now at 7:47, and a question every parent will face at one time or another -- to spank or not? new research out today shows that children who are spanked have lower iqs. dr. nancy snyderman is nbc's chief medical editor. nancy, good morning. >> hi, matt. >> fill me in on this. this is hard to get my arms around. >> it's not that hard if you look at the incremental research. this is out of the university of new hampshire, and it's basically this -- if you hit your child, it's kind of corporal punishment, and it's corporal punishment meant to inflict a little pain to correct bad behavior, not to cause real damage to a child, but enough to get a kid's attention. for kids ages 2 to 4, children who were not spanked had iqs five points higher. for children 5 to 9 years of age, those who were not spanked had iqs 2.8 points higher. and then looked globally at about 32 coun

meredith? >> al, thank you. >>> and now to the latest on jaycee dugard's 18-year-long kidnapping ordeal. in a moment, we will hear from her family's new spokesperson, who has recently spent time with jaycee and her daughters, but first, new details on the case against dugard's alleged abductors, phillip and nancy garrido. here's nbc's george lewis. >> reporter: police spent a week probing and digging in the backyard of the garrido house looking to see if any bodies might be buried there. so far, they have found nothing significant that would connect phillip garrido to a pair of old cases involving two girls who disappeared under circumstances similar to the abduction of jaycee dugard. and while there is nothing to implicate garrido at this point, and while the search of his property is finished, police are not letting him off the hook. >> we will continue to pursue phillip garrido as a potential suspect and we will walk away from these properties knowing that we left no stone unturned. >> repor

meredith moves markets. meredith made her golden call in july was that?hat, like a two-week bank stock run-up, right? it moved markets. you were the only only fed analyst at the jackson hole meeting last month. >> totally crew. i was star struck. plaque socks and sandals crowd. lehman, he had black socks and sandals. >> meredith, what does it mean to be on this list and participating in the conference, fortune's most powerful women's conference? >> when patty invited me in january, my first conference, i thought she's doing to pull back the invitation. i was so excited. she asked me, i said, okay. nothing cool about it. i have to say it has influenced me in so many ways and really influenced me to go start my own business. nothing less than extraordinary for this crowd. i have a not worthy complex being here. me, too. people get so excited about this. you see more impressive women around which makes you want to do better. it would be the same if you were surrounded by a bunch of men or women that speak the same language, so it's changed me in so many grea

meredith? >> al, thank you. >>> and now to the scandal involving the community organizing group known as a.c.o.r.n. over the years it has received tens of millions of dollars in federal housing money, but now hidden camera videos have led to the u.s. senate voting to cut off funds to the group. nbc's senior investigative correspondent lisa myers has details. lisa, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, meredith. a.c.o.r.n. has long been a target of conservatives who have claimed for years the group engages in shady practices. these videos have provided critics with new ammunition and stirred enough controversy that even a.c.o.r.n.'s friends are keeping their distance. >> they're looking out for you. >> reporter: the seemingly damning hidden camera videos involve a.c.o.r.n. workers in four cities. the most recent one from san bernardino, california. >> i have some experience in -- in how not to get caught. >> reporter: a conservative independent filmmaker and a friend poses a pimp and prostitu

meredith? >> al, thank you. >>> now to tough talk from both the u.s. and iran ahead of thursday's diplomatic talks in geneva. will the increased tension hurt the chances for the release of three u.s. hingers detained in tehran? we'll talk with their relatives in just a moment, but first, nbc's chief foreign affairs correspondent andrea mitchell has the latest. andrea, good morning. >> good morning, meredith. the u.s. is criticizing iran's decision to go ahead with the missile tests. a show of military might and defiance that could set back efforts to improve relations. and unfortunately, that could also hurt efforts to get tehran to release the hikers any time soon. for the second time this week, iran test-fired missiles, including medium-range missiles that can reach israel, a move the white house called provocative. >> they can, as i just said, agree to immediate, unfettered access. i think that would be the least that they can do. >> although previously scheduled, the war games indicate iran

meredith? >> ron mott, thank you. for more on that flooding, we're going to bring in al roker. al, good morning to you. >> good morning, meredith. and the rainfall just unbelievable. we're talking about rainfall you get in a hurricane. powther springs, where ron is, 21 inches of rain, peachtree creek, over 8 inches, macon picking up over 5 inches, hartsfie airport, 2.75 inches of rain. we do have flash flood warnings and watches and flood watches from mississippi all the way to orgia and up into parts of eastern -- make that western north carolina. as you can see on the radar, we are seeing some rain. right now not too heavy, but it could kick in againater this afternoon, on into tomorrow. rainfall amounts over the next 24 hours, we're talking about some areas picking up as much as four inches of rain again over the next two days, and that could be devastating for especially the western suburbs of atlanta. meredith? >> al, thank you very much. >>> president obama is in new york city today and h

meredith? >> al, thank you. >>> and now to the swine flu and the number of schools across the country already reporting a wave of cases. some predict more than half this country could be infected this fall and winter. we're going to talk to homeland security secretary janet napolitano about that in just a moment. first, tom costello is in washington with the latest. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. we're not likely to get a vaccine until october or november. they say for the vast majority of people who contract h1n1, it will be similar to a mild case of the flu. schools are stressing basic flu prevention. the first week of school for much of the country and h1n11 also making a return. at wake forest university in north carolina, 100 suspected cases so far. >> like six guys in my hall that have it. my roommate's coughing. everybody's walking around -- i actually have one in my pocket. one of these. masks. >> reporter: and hundreds of suspected cases at the university of colorado, the uni

back over to meredith and carl. right on the water. >> nicer than the views in prison. >> obviously. >>> back out to southern california where al has more on today's weather forecast. hey, al. >> hey, good morning, meredith. we were hoping hurricane jimena might provide relief. >> we are looking at mostly sunny skies, high, dry, and gorgeous. winds northeasterly at 10 to 15 miles per hour. we're up to the 80s but thursday and friday. >>> that's your latest weather. >> al, thank you. >>> a special election has now been set for january in massachusetts to fill ted kennedy's u.s. senate seat. this as state lawmakers agree to hold a hearing on whether the governor should be allowed to name an interim replacement. chuck todd, nbc's political director and chief white house correspondent has more from capitol hill. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. she has the last name, the political savviness and even support from key u.s. senators but ted kennedy's widower vickie denies to want to run. >> showing support for my h

meredith? >> all right, jeff rossen, thank you very much. >>> let us get a check of the rest of the morning's top stories to ann at the news desk. >> good morning to you, matt and meredith. good morning, everybody. today we pause to remember the attack on america that changed our world. it was at 8:46 a.m. eastern eight years ago when the first of four hijack planes struck. today ceremonies and moments of silence are held in new york, at the pentagon, the white house and shanksville, pennsylvania. tonight the tribute in light will shine again above ground zero where the twin towers once stood to honor the nearly 3,000 people who died. nbc's ron allen is there for us this morning from ground zero in lower manhattan with more. hey, ron, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, ann. it is a very windy, blustery day here overlooking ground zero. many september 11th families have been pushing for this to be a national day of service and remembrance for many years. and president obama recently

meredith. >> itever ceases to amaze me, mr.about how jaycee seems to be doing so well, considering the resilience of people, after 18 years being held captive. >> i think it might be fair to say that, you know, there has been a series of survival skill that she has gained -- >> deloped, yeah >>hat she's become very stro strong. but that doesn't diminish the suffering she is enduring. >> thank you, ann, very much. it is 7:. once again, here's matt. >> ann, tha you. >>> now to john travolta's heartbreaking testiny in a trial connected to the death of his son. he took the standwednday, painfully reliving the final moments of his son's life. michelle kosinski is in the bahamas. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning,matt. john travolta's the prosecution's key witness here, and he started his testimony by telling the court that his son was tistic and would have a severe seizure every few days. look acre somber and pale, john travolta returned to the bahamas with wife kelly preston for the firstime since their son jett died a

meredith? >> very frightening. al, thank you very much. alex is the chief of staff for american samoa's congressman felamavega and joins us from his home. alex, good morning to you. >> good morning. >> i understand thatou were getting ready for work on tuesday morning, early tuesday morning when the earthquake hit. can you tell us what happened? >> about 6:30 in the morning i was getting ready to work with my grandkids, supposed to drop them off at school, and then the earthquake hit us. it was an experience that i had never experienced in my whole life. the whole house and everything was shaking, and we move outside and the whole ground, you know -- i was thinking this would never stop. and finally, when it stops, i ask my family to remain, because we stay in more like a high area, and it takes me about three minutes to head down to the main village. and when i got down to the village, the wave had gone back out, but it was devastating. it was a disaster. people, elders were trying to crawl al

meredith?t, lisa myers, thank you very much. >>> and just ahead, the genetic parents of the embryo implanted in the wrong woman during an ivf procedure. they're going to speak out for the first time in an is. >>> good morning, everyone. i'm barbara harrison. the time rht now is 7:26 on this wednesday morning. the ntsb. it is tuesday morning. the ntsb has come out with a new list of safety regulations it wants metro to flow after june's deadly crash. there are nine safety recommendations. six are urgent. most center around the train control systems. >>> a bethesda tina cuesed of stockpiling weapons and bomb-making materials is sked s. scheduled to make a court appearance. he is also had a map showing the camp david presidential retreat and it is wednesday, not tuesday. >>> we'll check the weather and traffic for t . >>> summerlike september morning. warm and muggy. remaining humid. more of the same tomorrow. turning less humid during the afternoon. ashley linder, how is the traffic? >>> we have

meredith?nnah guthrie, thank you very much. what else can we expect to hear from president obama? let's bring in white house press secretary robert gibbs. mr. gibbs, good morning to you. >> good morning. how are you? >> i am great. thank you. as you just heard yourself say, the stakes for the president tonight are high. what does he need to accomplish? >> well, look, meredith, i think what he'll do is lay out clearly for the american people what's involved for them in health care reform. i think they'll walk away tonight understanding two things. one, this plan will provide safety, security and stability to millions of americans that are fortunate enough to have health insurance but see their premiums skyrocket every day. and lastly, how we can provide some accessibility to quality and affordable health care for millions that don't have health insurance right now. >> mr. gibbs, he's been talking about health care now for months. why hasn't he been able to articulate the message? >> well, look.

i'm meredith vieira. >> and i'm matt lauer. all summer long we witnessed outbursts as lawmakers held foru on health care reform across the country, so we're used to that. but you do not often see emotions boil over when a president of the united states is addressing a joint session of congress. >> and you saw it last night, that outburst came from joe wilson, a republican from south carolina, who shouted "you lie" as the president spoke. he has since apologized but now some lawmakers want to see him punished. much more on that just ahead. >>> and importantly, we'll get into the specifics of president obama's message, was he telling the truth, and where is the money to cover t $900 billion price tag for health care reform going to come from? we'll ask vice president joe biden and senator john mccain to talk about that. >>> al ahead, a warning that every parent of a young driver will want tosee. there's something that a third of teen drivers admit to doing on a regular basis. experts say it is more deadly than drunk driving. we'l

meredith ax and natalie here to do the judging. all we wanted something under $25 that tastes good. everyone wants macaroni and cheese. was it a big challenge to find something that looks good for 25 bucks or less? >> $25 is a tight budget for four people especially if you shop seasonally, locally, use your farmer's markets that's what i do. >> what is on the shopping list in. >> main course chicken brazed and butter nut squash and carrots. cri cidar vinegar. and fresh poached pair was cinnamon spiced cream. >> let's talk about the chicken dish. >>. >> i browned the chicken. took that out. chicken is well browned. s it ready to go in. this is a dish with lots of flavor. there's a little sugar and balance o the sugar i put in apple cidar vinegar. i put my chicken in and it needs brazed. i have chicken stock an it will braze. >> how long does it take to cook? >> a 30 minute dish. it's fast-cooking dish. >> your total bill for the shopping you did, 24.54. came within 46 crepts way to go. >> donnatella what's the name of your dish? >>

clay meredith had one of boys get his other glove. >> meredith making his 9th appearance for the orioles. he has not pitched since tuesday. he came in tuesday in the yankees game. struck out a batter. no runs. >> an introduced with barbone at first. borbon has stoneth 11 bases. >> matt weed source more confident with his throwing. runner goes. borbon steals another. there's number 12. >> buck: got a good jump at first and removes the opportunity for a double play. good acceleration. a couple strides in. he's full speed notch chance the ball was to 1st base side of second, but after the fact. 2 on, one out. meredith may get a double play as kinsler comes up. one to left and one to center.   and it's high, 1-0. >>  buck: a good pitch. meredith wondering where that pitch was. he threw that crossfire fastball, looks like it hit the outside corner. >> paul schreiber has the pate tonight. 1-1.   texas scored in the first, run, 3 in the fourth, one in the 6th, the orioles got their one run in the bottom of the 6th. a chopper off the foot that bounces near

. >> i'm meredith vieira. we'll get to that major news tied to the windy city's olympic bid in just a moment. >>> as pressure builds for iran to come clean on its nuclear ambitions, that country's defiance once again on full display. >> overnight iran's powerfu revolutionary guard fired at least three missiles, including one missile said to have the longest range in that country's arsenal. it is now the third round of missile tests since president obama announced on friday the discovery of that once-secret nuclear site. and it all comes just days before a rare face-to-face meeting between iran and u.s. officials. we'll have the latest on what's becoming an increasingly tense situation in a couple of minutes. >>> also ahead, important information for parents of teenaged drivers. two new studies are out this morning that highlight what adults need to do to keep those young drivers safe. one step researchers say, don't buy your teen his or her own car. we'll have more on that coming up. >>> also ahead, is it a me

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meredith guilty a big out to keep us in the game.rle, the game could have gotten blown open there. i didn't like, you know, sarfate and bass, they get two quick outs and then they let the horse out of the barn. you to be able to put it away and get the third out. we're lucky in both instances that the game didn't get really one sided right there. so that's that. nine innings from relievers and hendrickson has been in relief for about three months. >> it takes some thought and you have to have your guys ready. you know, you have to kind of see who is coming up and make sure guys know what the situations are and you have to match it up as quick as you can and you have to try to keep the score right where it is at so you can keep the scar at hand. you can see how davis was pitching. you know, two or three runs probably going to be it. i was kind of hoping maybe he'd walk a couple of guys and we'd hit one. it didn't happen. the first inning was -- you couldn't have scripted it any better the way we started the game. and then when you get

meredith?>> pete williams, thank you very much. >>> 7:04. here's matt. >>> now to an important week for president obama, including his first speech to the u.n. general assembly here in new york city. he kicked things off on sunday with a media blitz. nbc's white house correspondent savannah guthrie has more on that. savannah, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, matt. the president will be on the world stage this week. his first u.n. general assembly, a chance to turn his global popularity into concrete results. >> we can disagree without being disagreeable. >> reporter: fresh from an unprecedented presidential media blitz -- >> the current path we're on is unsustainable. >> reporter: -- blanketing the airwaves with five sunday talk show appearances. the president heads today to new york for the u.n. general assembly. on the agenda, getting cooperation from world leaders on iran, a three-way meeting with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and palestinian authority president ma

meredith is back tomorrow.s for pitching in. >> made a little substitution there. >>> an eerie echo of the tragic murder of a yale university student named annie le. >> back in 1998 there was another murder near the prestigious campus, a student brutally stabbed to death and it still remains unsolved. more on that case in a moment. >>> also, britain's prince harry is celebrating his 25th birthday today. happy birthday to him. he's inheriting a fortune today. we'll tell you why that is obviously bittersweet for him. and a quick programming note, this friday we'll have a special edition of "today" live from cowboys stadium. a $1 billion price tag on this building. it is the largest, most expensive nfl stadium ever built. and the building's first regular season game is this sunday night right here on nbc. we're going to take you on a tour and get a unique of the crowning achievement, the world's largest high-definition tv. 72 feet tall, 160 feet wide. >> if only we had that in our living rooms. plus, we'll introdu

a riveting interview with meredith in the last hour. well, the "one day at a time" star's brutally frank new memoir details drug use starting at 11 years old, hard-core addiction by her late teens and a long-standing sexual relationship with her father, the mamas and papas' john phillips. >> unbelievable what she is revealing about her life. >>> also, women and heart health. if you can believe this, 37% of women die from heart disease, cardiovascular disease. the number is stunning. what's even more stunning is in 2005, al, 450,000 women were killed from the disease, and women often ignore the signs -- caring for family members, your spouse, your children. well, we've got some information. hopefully, we're going to change that trend by telling you what they look for. >> that's right. >>> and we also, our fabulous "today's kid reporter," right, coming up. >> yeah. looking for a kid reporter. "today's kid reporter." i think the tape should be about a minute. >> yes. >> do your best. don't report anything that your parents wouldn't want le

. >> i'm ann curry in for meredith this morning. >>> we begin with the real tragedy. police are now treating this annie le case as a homicide, matt. >> with good reason. they found what they believe to be the 24-year-old's body on sunday, the very day she was supposed to be married. the body hidden in the walls of a university building where le was last seen on tuesday. now police want to know who else had access to that building. we'll have much more from the yale campus coming up in just a couple of minutes. >>> very scary times there. also ahead, new revelations from ted kennedy's memoir which he did not want released until after his death. his sons ted jr. and patrick will be here to talk about the life of their father and the legacy he leaves behind in a live interview this morning. >>> but we want o begin on this monday morning with that shocking discovery of a body on the campus of yale university believed to be that of missing grad student and bride to be annie le. nbc's jeff rossen is there with the latest on this story. jeff, good morning to you. >> reporter

the defense will point out he was with meredith kerchner at a party the night before her murder and thathis dna and his dna alone found in the room where kercher was murdered. for "good morning america," david muir, abc news, new york. >>> joining us live from seattle is attorney anne bremner, also a spokesperson for friends of amanda knox. anne, thanks very much for joining us. i know you've been in contact with her family. how are they doing right now? >> well, i think that they're hopeful that justice will be done this morning. but, you know, this has been every parent's nightmare and such a long journey. we're coming up on two-year anniversary, the two-year anniversary of this horrible crime which was committed by a perch that's been convicted and is in prison. >> amanda's defense team seem to be hinging their case on implications of contaminated evidence and tampering and such trying to, of course, establish a reasonable doubt that we often hear in the american court system. how is it different in italy, anne? >> it's a completely different system. first of all, these jurors aren't

it is paying off. >> reporter: >> meredith land reporting. heart disease is the leading cause of death in the u.s. >>> a deadly shooting inside of a subway station in mexico caught on tape. we must warn you now the video is graphic. the man was writing graffiti on a wall when police approached him. he pulled out a gun and started shooting. it happened inside major station in mexico city just as the train pulled in. he killed two people and shot five others before police finally subdued him. according to witnesses, the man said he was shooting to get revenge on the government. mexican police are adding hundreds of officers to patrol the subway system. >>> new details today in the high-proceed trial terrorism investigation. a senior intelligence official says the man questioned for three days by the fbi has indicated that he has a direct association with al qaeda. the fbi discovered that his laptop had bomb making instructions and feared that he was planning some kind of attack. zazation attorney said his client never met with al qaeda operativ

amanda knox and her boyfriend, rafaele sollecito are accused of assaulting and killing her roommate meredith know that court has got around underway, what has happened so far? >> reporter: i think, alex that in fact this murder trial has always been about forensic science and today the defense attempted to dismantle the prosecution's evidence. amanda knox in the custody of prison guards smiled at her father who's attending the trial. she along with her former boyfriend, rafael sollecito are accused of the murder and sexual assault of knox's english roommate meredith kercher. a forensic scientist testifying for the defense set up bloody footprints at the scene of the crime that did not match sollecito as the prosecution contends. today the defense presented more evidence that the alleged murder weapon found at sollecito's apartment could not have inflicted the wounds that let to kercher's death. the prosecutor in the case, juliano menini stands behind his theory that her former boyfriend rudy guini killed kercher in a sex game gone wrong. all three claim they are innocent. knox has spent the

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now, banking analyst meredith whitney isn't too bullish either.he's talking about job losses having an effect on home prices. >> no bank underwrote a loan with 10% unemployment. there's no doubt home prices go down dramatically from here. or from here. just a question of when. >> reporter: whitney estimated in her report a month ago that home prices could fall even 25% below where they are now. despite the four-month price runup we've seen over the past four months. she said those are simply seasonal. maria? >> diana, thanks so much. >>> meanwhile, moody's also had negative words on the banking sector. we've got the moody's report on banks next. >>> one of the major upheavals of the financial sector. the ceo of florida's bank united thinks we're not out of the woods yet. he's joining me next. i've been growing algae for 35 years. most people try to get rid of algae, and we're trying to grow it. the algae are very beautiful. they come in blue or red, golden, green. algae could be converted into biofuels... that we could someday run our cars on. in

meredith likes to remind me often how important betsy was to walter's success because she was fearlessping his anchorman's ego in check. there are so many betsy stories, but meredith's favorite was when betsy and walter moved from a townhouse to a high-rise and betsy confide to do a friend that she would miss the townhouse. the friend said, well, of course. so many great memories. betsy plied, as a matter of fact, no, not that, i'll miss the back yard where i buried all of those damn plaques and awards that walter keeps getting! it was always a lift to see them out on the town and they didn't miss much from the shores of broadway openings or movie premieres when nora opened her sweet comedy called "you got mail." with tom hanks and meg ryan, walter went up to her and gushed later, that was terrific, just the kind of film we don't see often enough these days. betsy standing off to the side looked at nora and said, dead pan, not me! i wanted more violence, more blood and guts, shoot them up! we don't get enough of those kinds of films these days! and then betsy gave her that crinkly lop-

and don't get too optimistic too fast, as meredith whitney this morning.e way, you should know, she and warren buffett both had puppup puper paper routes when they were young. she made more money. >> there's a difference between if you deliver by bike or by foot. >> you bought out other markets in your neighborhood. you bought out other people. >> i did. >> that's what you do when you're meredith whitney. good to see you. thanks for being here. good to see you. thanks for being here. we'll be back. w ... looks good. oks... just trying to look our best. eh, gonna take more than looks. from what i hear, ms. haskins is a toughy. oh, we had a good breakfast so we're ready. gonna be another great year, huh guys?! you bet your 8 layers! yeah! long-distance high 5! oh, careful! hey, watch it. start the school year with an excellent source of fiber. a clinical study showed kids who had a filling breakfast... of kellogg's® frosted mini-wheats® cereal... had 11% better attentiveness... compared to kids who missed out on breakfast. ( shouts ) keeps 'em full. keeps 'e

you know meredith jacob, the founder of modern jewish mom and she is doing the baking for us. tell everyone what rosh hashanah is. >> it is the new year but it is not like the secular new year. it is not fireworks. it is about interspection and it is a solemn holiday but we bring it a lot on and make it sweet. we eat apples dipped in honey and the apple cake has a i lot of sugar in it. >> you were telling me the jewish people were farmers and enjoying the harvest this time of the year. so in israel they would be eating. >> pom granites. >> and here it is the apple harvest although i encourage everyone to have pom granites, too. >> it is a track to try a new fruit. >> and on the second day of rosh hashanah you are supposed to try a fruit you have never had before. let them try a pomegranate or dragon fruit. a good excuse to try new fruits. >> what is the basic of making the apple cake? >> this is my grandmother's jewish apple cake. it is really traditional. i use granny smith apples and dump in sugar and cinnamon and then what we will do and i will ask you to help me is we have

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matt and meredith have the morning off. natalie, happy labor day to you. >> we're laboring away. >> cape cod great white sharks. didn't we see this movie? >> i'm struck with fear. i'm thinking'o i have a triathl in a couple weeks, not in cape cod but in the atlantic ocean. i'm pretty scared. >> that's part of the atlantic ocean. >> exactly. yeah. i'm hearing that theme music definitely as i practice my swim. >> we'll tell you more about that story coming up. >>> also this morning, with sliding poll numbers and shrinking support for its health care reform plan, some critics are calling this a make-or-break week for president obama. it's already off to a rough start following the resignation of his administration's environmental advisor, van jones. h his controversial statements had become a liability to the ed administrati administration. >>> a florida man went to a bank. the teller told him they'd need his thumb print. but steve has two prosthetic arms, therefore no thumb prints. he'll tell us what happened next. >>> with t

ç paul, if meredith whitney is right, what does that mean for the banks?have they already written down enough of that stuff that they can absorb that pain? >> it's going to cause more trouble. i don't think the banks have written down the problems. 17% of the houses down are down 25% negative equity. they're slowing working through the system through these foreclosures. if we get, that's a very aggressive number, i don't think i'm at that level, but if we did, it's going to cause a lot of problems. >> david, are you as worried about housing down the road? >> i don't think we're going to get 25%. i think we're going to get some down the fall, but 25% would bring prices down to levels we've never seen before relative to income. >> and all real estate's local. we just had a few real estate reporters from various cities here yesterday and miami says they're still going down, but indianapolis, things are looking good in. depends on where you're talking about, right, paul? >> it is. the thing we really worry about is there enough demand on the sidelines to stabi

meredith is back in new york with the latest on the arrest in the suspect of that yale university graduate student. some of his lifelong friends will speak out in an interview with us. >> it is 6:53. >> just said, we will take another look at weather and traffic together before y >> we just have to make it through today. >> yes. >> did anyone recognize that he is wearing purple? >> you had to get it in. >> [laughter] >> let's check your morning commute. the maryland state fair grounds will have some delay with the rv show andthe reptile shove. some delays on the antelope northbound. five minutes on southbound i-95. here is a live look at the westside delay. >> are you going to be mean to me this morning? >> node. -- no. let's take the ligature forecast. some clouds and drizzle this morning but sunshine by this afternoon. by tomorrow, we are beautiful. sunshine early on sunday and then some clouds. a chance of showers next week. false starts on tuesday. f all -- fall on tuesday. >> thanks for joining us with this broadcast of 11 news today.

fcc, robert mcdowell and michael copps were pretty well-known commodities and you have clyburn, meredith at well baker and the new chair, julius genachowski. >> guest: i don't see whole lot of concrete action happening at the fcc until later this year and when we see that it is probably going to be about the national broadband plan a what you are going to see iin the gators. we are not actually going to see if howd kohr decision i don't think. it is just tooew. the place actually, would put my money on seeing action is in congress on the cybersecurity bill. i think we might see some floor action. the senate would be my bet before the end of the year. >> ht: noyes. >> guest: i would like to also place a bet on the reauthorization of the satellite ho viewer aft, portions of which are expiring at the end of th year, so it is essentially a statute that lets, that let people get o o that lets people in one communities c via satellite content from ather, from outside their area, and you is an issue that both chambers are looking at in bills are mong forwa and they could punts this and just kin

it's in a two-way fight for the week to date with meredith.e, coventry health is down 3%. three downgrades this week all in a week when senator baucus, t they're kind of like, we need more. >> what does dime stand for? >> discretionary, material and energy. >> you should patton that. >> the roman god of wine? >> "power lunch" -- at the top of the hour. bill griffeth, what do you have for us. >> d-i-m. i'm getting it all down here. we have the ceo of a company in technology you may not have heard of, but they're gobbling up market share in a very critical area of technology. also, get this gang. a year after the fall of lehman brothers, there is still some client money caught up in bankruptry court in the u.k. how much? $50 billion. we'll talk about that coming up. >>> and what's the best way to generate income in your portfol portfolio? a look at that as well. >>> a quick break and then in the late '90s, archer daniels was the largest antitrust case in u.s. history. and now the details straight ahead. ♪ must have been one of the strangest days

meredith land has the story. >> reporter: adarol is a psycho stimulant that improves concentration and alertness. most say it kills the appetite. an attraive side effect for women like beth. >> there's a lot of pressure on women to succeed and keep up with the joneses. >> reporter: lois jordan in dallas says aderol abuse is prevalent. >> it's seductive. when you are doing aderol, u're getting rewarded for how you look, for being on time, being there, doing that. it looks like it's a breeze. it doesn't look like it's any effort on your part. >> reporter: some dallas doctors say the demand for the prescription is high. >> every now and then someone will come in and i can tell from their presentation they have memorized the symptoms of attention deficit and are feeding those back to me in an attempt to get me to prescribe them aderol. >> reporter: what's the harm? >> used appropriately it is essentially not addictive. abuse can create a dependency. >> reporter: what resulted for this woman, severe depression, anxiety and weight gain, a tough lesson she hopes will help others. >> if i can'

meredith versus gannett. both media stocks. up 17% on a week to date basis. meredith, fifth consecutive day. magazine's websites, local tv office depot, down. second day down from one-week high. and also, check out the stock with the longest name in the russell 1,000. allskr allscrippshealthcaresolutions, holy mackerel, it's up from overweight to neutral. initiated above average at karas. boyd gaming, 16 casinos, from buy to sell at argus. they like the cost cut and the market share game. they run the local gambling, not the destination casino as much but to you. >> thank you, matt. >>> senate democrats struggling to gain support for health care reform. whether they can get that has come down to one person. senator olympia snowe. she spoke to one person about what she's thinking. john harwood has that information. >> everybody's wondering whether or not olympia snowe is going to perhaps provide the 60th vote on the legislation in the next few weeks. she's not yet saying how she's going to vote. when i sat down with her yesterday, she offered encouraging clues

matt lauer and meredith vieira are shrinking. no he's 8'1". confirmed cases of a man growing more than eight feet. he was here to publicize the new guinness book of world records. >>> in north carolina, we get an overturned poultry truck carrying chickens. some of the birds made it some made a run for it. most chickens were fine. nothing humorous to add about this chicken story but let's go over to the news desk and ernie. >> all right. >> ernie is still 9,000 times the journalist this fox news cheerleader. this while wrong way wilson gets caught in another lie about a colleague's daughter. number three best surprise for a newspaper from the group the yes men. environmentalists who today hand out new york post with a screaming headline "we're screwed." activist who's tried to hand them out were reportly detained by building security and police. presumably, the post the editors wanted to know what the environmentalists found interesting enough about the post that they bothered to parity it. >>> someone put a report out the first state coming ou