meredith? >> thank you very much. what else is being gathered from the huge cache of intelligence? nbc's pentagon correspondent, jim miklaszewski, has details on that. mik, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning. what u.s. intelligence is looking for is names, addresses, phone numbers, e-mails, anything that could potentially help head off future terrorist attacks. but what analysts found already is that osama bin laden was more in charge than anyone had thought. despite the video of an aging bin laden fumbling with a tv remote appearing out of touch, raids on the compound show bin laden was calling the shots still for al qaeda. if he was so out of touch, how did he survive so long, so close to pakistan's capital and a military academy? the immediate focus is on al qaeda secrets which provide chilling new details. the intelligence shows bin laden was intent on killing americans in large numbers. documents show planning for attacks on moving trains out of new york, washington, d.c., and

meredith? >>> and the bombshell dropped by casey anthony's defense team during opening statements at her trial. they claim caylee anthony was not murdered by drowned in the family pool. and they say anthony's own father helped to cover it up. but the prosecution telling a much different story. we'll have details and reaction from one of casey anthony's former attorneys coming up. >> and this is the day fans of oprah winfrey have been counting down to and, of course, dreading, her final show after 25 years. we'll hear from people who were in the audience for the taping of today's emotional final show. >>> let us begin with the latest outbreak of deadly tornadoes. mike seidel is in piedmont, oklahoma, for us this morning. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. here in oklahoma, the state was hit hard yesterday. a total of almost three dozen twisters across the country, another deadly day, at least nine killed here in oklahoma, and it was all caught live on television in oklahoma city. >> going

meredith we have avieira leavin today show. the strange spectacle on fox news last night with mike huckabee boug out of the presidential race. i'm howard kurtz. this is "reliable sources." one day before he jumped into the presidential race newt gingrich was greeted by a front page picture of his wife. she is according to "the new york times" perhaps best remembered for the six-year affair that contributed to her husband's downfall. when he was speaker of the house, of course, pushing to impeach bill clinton over the monica lewinsky affair. but now says the paper he's counting on the third mrs. gingrich for his political redemption. another page one story in "the times" zeroed in on mcconnell's wife. the indiana governor hasn't decided if he's going to run for president. the "los angeles times" reported this week that arnold schwarzenegger and maria shriver about their deteriorating marriage and got in a statement saying the movie star turned governor and his wife had separated. given their star power, the coverage quickly expl

nobody will know who meredith is in cannes and nobody cares. >> meredith vieira? i don't know who it is. >> i don't know at all. no. >> you know, it's about time that i went, isn't it? matt's gone. ann's gone, natalie's gone. what gives with that? >> to be fair, meredith appeared once before in cannes. >> here's the bill board in front of the hotel. take a look at this. who is that lilliputian there with the parted red hair. >> i was in cannes for my movie. matt pointed out that i was one of the little people with a big, significant role. >> her one line consisted of two >>> just two words. >> i'm never going to know who said cut her out of the movie. but there is a back story to it. so i've been in many movies. i just haven't gotten that one step. >> are you ready for the final gender challenge? "stepford wives" was my first movie. >> perhaps cannes will kick start meredith's acting career. >> "get him to the greek," played myself with a twist. it's the right director discover rick me. >> pretty much anything angelina jolie is up for, she would be best suited for

now there's big big jobs news tonight for meredith at well you might be asking who is that well meredith baker is currently one of five members who make up the federal communications commission that's the federal government board that regulates radio and television broadcasting and other telecommunications systems now it was announced today that she's leaving the f.c.c. in june or term expires and she's already lined up a brand new shiny job here to take a guess where we have contacts that's really interesting timing considering that meredith voted to approve the very controversial contracts takeover of and b.c. universal just four months ago and the timing was a little too convenient for me to approve a giant corporate merger they get a job i mean welcome to d.c. right where corruption is just a part of everyday life now of course that technically there's nothing illegal and her taking this job she supposedly will be able to lobby for the f.c.c. directly for two years but i think that we all know she's going to be using her influence that she amassed while being a member of the f.c.c. t

meredith? >> chuck todd, thank you very much. 7:05 on the west coast. now to matt at ground zero. >> reporter: meredith, thank you very much. obviously, this was a precision mission carried out by u.s. special forces, and it was a mission not without some very dangerous and tense moments. jim miklaszewski is live at the pentagon with the details we know. mick, good morning to you. >> good morning, matt. remarkably, u.s. intelligence officials weren't even really sure that osama bin laden was at that compound north of islamabad. in fact, according to one u.s. official, there was no smoking gun to put him there. but in the end, the evidence was compelling enough for president obama to give those navy s.e.a.l.s the green light to attack. friday morning, just minutes before departing the white house on his way to inspect tornado damage in alabama, president obama gave the order to launch the operation to kill osama bin laden. more than two days later, u.s. special operations forces attacked bin lad

. >> i'm meredith vieira. that cathay jet had just taken off when passengers heard two loud bangs and smelled something burning. luckily, no one was injured. >>> also ahead, in a surprise reversal, the high school senior who had been banned from his prom as punishment is now allowed to go, that decision following an outpouring of support for him online and across the country. we'll talk to him and his date exclusively. >>> plus, they are a big hit, but how is the "jersey shore" perceived in it lay li? they just touched down to begin a new season, and not everyone is happy to see them. >>> that breaking news, a cathay pacific jet forced to make an emergency landing after an engine burst into flames. mike taibbi is there. >> reporter: let's report the news off the top. this story ends well, but it had to be terrifying for the 136 passengers plus the crew on cathay pacific flight 715. the flight took off from singapore at 1:12 a.m. bound for jakarta, indonesia, but passengers heard the bangs, saw the lights go ou

meredith?miguel, thank you very much. >>> now let's get another check of the weather from al at churchill downs this morning. he's getting set for tomorrow's kentucky derby. >> announcer: today's weather is brought to you by kay jewelers. every kiss begins with kay. >> and one of the best parts of being here at churchill downs is getting into interview donna brothers, one of the all-time female money-leading jockeys. one of her great feats is she's best known for saddling up to jockeys for interviews on horseback during nbc's coverage of the kentucky derby. this morning she's taking a chance to ride next to me after a less than popular incident that happened last year here on the backside. >> whoa, cowboy. >> whoa, whoa. okay. >> whoa! >> oh, oh! okay. wow. >> i just decided that i'm not getting on another horse after that. well, actually i did, but this one's a little safer. donna brothers is joining me now. donna? this is much better. i feel much better on these. >> i thought you would like t

meredith? >> al, you say you're in a car. do you feel that you're safe? >> reporter: yeah. i think we're safe right now. i'm looking at the radar feed. we're not seeing any hook echoes. we're not seeing any boeing, so i think we're just in the midst of a very, very severe thunderstorm right now. so, no, we do not feel as if we are in any danger. one of our drivers is an ex-missouri state patrolman, state trooper, and he said he can get us to a shelter if we need to, but, again, she felters are few and far between. we're about ten minutes away from the closest shelter. so if this were to turn dangerous, we would take -- you know, we would head toward that. but right now we feel okay. >> all right, al. thank you so much. you stay safe. >>> the weather channel's mike bell tis was one of the first reporters on the scene. he joins us by phone. mike, good morning. as we just heard in that taped spot, you got quite emotional describing the scene to viewers. what sticks out most in your mind of all the

meredith? >> thank you very much. it is 7:14, and once again here is matt. >> meredith, thank you very much. >>> u.s. intelligence officials are poring over what was likely osama bin laden's final message to the world. it was released by al qaeda overnight. nbc's chief foreign correspondent richard engel is in cairo, egypt, with details. richard, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, matt. it was an audio recording released by al qaeda's official media wing, and it appears to be fairly recent and may have been made even as the cia was watching bin laden's compound. it could be the last message osama bin laden made before he was killed by u.s. navy s.e.a.l.s. in the audiotape presumably recorded in pakistan, bin laden hails this year's arab revolts that toppled regimes in egypt and threatened middle east leaders from libya to yemen. to the muslim world we watch this great historic event, and we share your joy and delight. congratulation on your victories, said a voice that was apparently bin

. >> reporter: meredith, good morning to you. arnold schwarzenegger is a huge star across the world. his name is synonymous with success in hollywood, one of the biggest box office stars of all time. even here on the hollywood walk of fame his star is a popular tourist attraction. now this latest scandal and word of a secret son has the star tarnished. >> can you tell us about mildred or mildred's son? >> reporter: undoubtedly the lives of mildred baena have changed forever. her sister ignoring questions. friends say the 50-year-old retired housekeeper loved to throw parties, whether it was halloween or christmas, baena enjoyed entertaining and organizing get-togethers for long time employers, arnold schwarzenegger and maria shriver. in many ways baena became part of the family. the new pictures obtained by tmz show schwarzenegger attended some of his maid's parties,

in the days following meredith's death, knox was questioned by police. then, at her murder trial, she claimed she was hit in the head during that interrogation. the police officers involved denied the claims, saying they acted professionally, and that's why the case of slander has now come to court. traveling from his home in seattle, knox's father said it still wasn't clear what took place in the police station. >> the question really becomes what truly happened, and you know, we would all be in a position that's much better off had her interrogation been recorded, and we would really know what happened, so it's really her word against the members of the police. >> today's slander case was adjourned. amanda knox murder appeal case continues this weekend. she's hoping that in the next few months, the forensic evidence in that case will be thrown out, but for now, she continues with her 26-year life sentence. bbc news in rome. >> another war with a scarely believable atrocity on america's doorstep in mexico. the turf waree between drug cartels is jeopardi

i'm meredith vieira. >> and i'm matt lauer. as this extraordinary week continues, we have learned that president obama plans to visit ground zero on tuesday to pay tribute to lives lost there and use it as a way to mark this successful mission to track down and kill osama bin laden. the president and aides saw it unfold live from the situation room at the white house. >> an extremely tense atmosphere. one insider said those 40 minutes or so felt like days. it was nothing but cheers last night where the president received a standing ovation from congressional leaders. ahead, new details on the mission and the possible release of photos and video of a dead bin laden. >> plus, the white house is getting a lot of the credit for the operation, but did the controversial enhanced interrogation techniques, such as waterboarding used by the bush administrational, yield key information that eventually led to bin laden? we'll ask president bush's secretary of state, condoleezza rice, about that. >>> we begin on this tuesday morning with d

they voted 4-to-1 to approve the merger thanks in part to the support of fcc commissioner meredith baker>> she voted for the deal and has since been outspoken complaining that the fcc's merger review process is cumbersome and takes too long. >> jon: good for you, madam commissioner. cut to the red tape to save time and money for the american tax payor. finally someone in government who is not just looking out for number one. >> federal communications commissioner meredith baker announced she's resigning next month to become comcast nbc universal's senior vice president of governmental affairs. ( cheers and appla negotiator: you must be the new kid. naomi pryce: i am. i'm in the name your own price division. i find empty hotel rooms and help people save - >> - up to 60% off. i am familiar. your name? > naomi pryce. >> what other "negotiating" skills do you have? > i'm a fifth-degree black belt. >> as am i. > i'm fluent in 37 languages. >> (indistinct clicking) > and i'm a master of disguise >> as am i. > as am i. >> as am i. > as am i. >> well played naomi pryce. welcome back. my guest gu

they voted 4-to-1 to approve the merger thanks in part to the support of fcc commissioner meredith baker>> she voted for the deal and has since been outspoken complaining that the fcc's merger review process is cumbersome and takes too long. >> jon: good for you, madam commissioner. cut to the red tape to save time and money for the american tax payor. finally someone in government who is not just looking out for number one. >> federal communications commissioner meredith baker announced she's resigning next month to become comcast nbc universal's senior vice president of governmental affairs. ( wait, you have something right? of course. ugh. ♪ [ male announcer ] icy cool intensity so you're prepared no matter how close you get. where were we? dentyne ice. practice safe breath. all your important legal matters in just minutes. now it's quicker and easier for you to start your business... protect your family... and launch your dreams. at legalzoom.com we put the law on your side. welcome back. my guest guest tonight is the international best selling author of the men who... his new book i

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meredith? >> thank you very much, miguel almaguer. we'll have more in the next half hour. here's matt. >> security is high in dublin where queen elizabeth ii is making an historic visit. just hours before her arrival police found a small bomb on a bus on the outskirts of the city. john yang has details. good morning to you. >> good morning. you see queen elizabeth i in irish green, the first english modern to set foot on independent irish soil ever. this discovery of a bomb on a bus miles west of dublin. officials detonated the bomb safely this morning. this is in the wake of dissidents who want britain out of northern ireland saying the queen would be a fair target while she's here on irish soil. there is a massive security presence. 8,000 national police, 2,000 military personnel. a bigger presence even that's planned next week when president obama visits. >> john yang reporting for us on this story. thank you very much. it's now seven minutes after the hour. here's meredith. >> matt, thank y

now back to matt, meredith and al. the space station is about the size of a football field. >> big, big, big. >> really is. ann, thank you very much. >>> we'll go outside to al. if you look up the word "sport jacket" in a dictionary, that's the picture you will see right there. >> actually, this one comes with some plastic slip covers! thank you. >>> we have friends from the coast guard, navy and marines. fleet is in. yeah, baby! >>> let's check your weather. we have severe weather to talk about. the risk of strong storms from wichita, tulsa to joplin, unfortunately. isolated tornadoes. not a lot of rain. that's is what we're keeping our fingers crossed for. in the east from d.c. to new england, possibility of strong storms as well. rainfall amounts could be anywhere from 1 to 3 inches. upstate new york into central pennsylvania through early tomorrow morning. then things start to clear out. >>> good morning to you. well, it's overcast out there. that's the marine layer. don't worry, it is not going to rain. what we ar

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>> i think we do, meredith. we have had overwhelming support from agencies, both at the local, state and federal level. director fugate said he's visited with the white house. we have had pledges from virtually every level that we'll have the resources and support we need. >> let me bring you in, mr. fugate. you have spoken to the white house. what have they pledged to do for joplin? >> i spoke to the president this morning. yesterday, the president declared this a disaster area, adding it to the ongoing response in missouri to other tornadoes, which means people can apply to fema insurance by calling 1-800-621-fema. we're here for the long haul, not just for the response, as the mayor said. local and state officials have that. we are here to support them as we think about what it will take to recover and rebuild. >> there's been good news though. 17 people pulled out alive on monday. that's heartening, obviously, for folks there in joplin. where do you stand in terms of rescue and recovery? do you have any idea

meredith? >> al, thank you very much. is grief and disbelief in southern california this morning over the tragic death of a college freshman shot and killed when a craigslist deal turned into a deadly robbery. kristen welker has the latest. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. family members say garrett berke often went to craigslist looking for a good deal. >> i lost a part of me. i have a hole in my heart. >> reporter: garrett's family may never feel whole again. police say last week the 18-year-old was shot and killed by a trio of teenagers, just 17 years old themselves. >> there is nothing to say. it's just so devastatinging. i don't think we have really come to terms with it yet. >> reporter: it all started when the college freshman logged onto craigslist, looking for a new computer. >> he bought most of his stuff online. he was always online looking for the cheapest way to get things. >> reporter: ali, garrett's girlfriend, said last wednesday she drove with him to a san diego neighborhood to meet the so-called

and saw her boss, nightclub owner and meredith go into meredith's room.magine what could have happened. police apparently didn't bother to check the facts. they immediately arrested amanda knox, rafael and patrick for the murder of meredith. police announcing to the public case solved. the prosecutor admitted to us, even without any evidence, he knew almost the moment he arrived and laid eyes on amanda and rafael, they were involved in the murder. prior to the forensic investigation, prior to everything, really, your intuition or your detective knowledge led you to amanda knox and rafael? >> translator: after the first few weeks we were convinced because of the behavior of the two people and especially amanda, that they were both involved in a crime. >> but almost immediately after the arrests, there was a problem. the third suspect, patrick had an air tight alibi. he was in his crowded bar that night. company not have been involved. then, the actual forensic tests came back. >> when i looked at it, i was horrified. >> you can watch the entire special mur

commissioners meredith attwell baker a republican appointee will soon leave her post to become a lobbyist for you guessed it i'm cast as right just months after giving comcast the golden keys to national media meredith baker is rewarded with a top job there. so is there any agency in washington d.c. that's not bought off by industry lobbyists should there be laws against this sort of revolving door policy joining me now to talk about this issue as dave's communications director of free press dot net paved welcome thanks to the exposure be great great to great to be sure thanks for joining us first of all there's this transition to shall we say. call into question the original decision that she voted on at the f.c.c. . well the only thing that shocking about this is that it's not shocking and that's what's particularly troubling about it and you know we wouldn't we wouldn't suggest that there is a quid pro quo involved but the fact that that's actually a legitimate question is deeply disturbing. you know there are laws to prevent the rebel revolving door from revolving very quickly you kno

meredith? >> thank you very much. it's 7:13. matt? >> bin laden's death makes his heir apparent the most wanted man in the world. we turn to richard engel in libya this morning. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, matt. bin laden's death is a blow to al qaeda, but experts say the group under new leadership remains dangerous and very capable. osama bin laden's death has likely elevated his second in command to lead al qaeda, an egyptian who has a longer history of violence than bin laden. he's just as dedicated to attacking the united states. 59 years old, he was raised in a middle class cairo suburb. he trained to be a surgeon but was more interested in radical islam. by 1982 zawahiri was arrested in connection with the assassination of sadat. he was tortured in prison and reportedly snapped. he was never linked directly to the crime and was released in 1984 but was hardened and wanted revenge for torture. no turning back, he led a group called egyptian islamic jihad. over time his ambitions grew. in 1998 he made an alliance with

watch what happens when meredith vieira joins the cast of one of england's hottest tv shows as a new tv series kicks off, "anchors abroad". >>> i'm veronica de la cruz, thank you for watching "early today," just your first stop of the day, today on your nbc station.

i'm meredith vieira. >> and i'm matt lauer. you're taking a live look at ground zero in new york city. a little later today president obama will honor the nearly 3,000 victims who died there on 9/11/2001. >> he'll meet with victims' families as one way of marking the death of osama bin laden. >> the president can also expect to face some questions about the choice not to release photos of bin laden's body. straight ahead we'll hear from the president on the reasoning and also on some who think it was the wrong decision. >> we're going to begin with new developments in pakistan. ann curry is there. ann, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning to you, meredith. pakistan is on the defensive. the front page headlines of o all four english-speaking newspapers quoting the whole world is to plame for not finding osama bin laden sooner. amid the images emerging from inside osama bin laden's hideout, a yemeni passport apparently belonging to bin laden's fifth and youngest wife now in custody along with at least one other woman an

and meredith vieira is live from the french riviera talk, antonio bandarres and selma hyack about their debut at the film festival. >>> now keep it on this channel for continuing local news, weather, sports and more. i'm lynn berry. 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

. >>> meredith out. ann curry in. does matt lauer approve of the "today" show shakeup?. >> i really had a great time. >> this is the way it's supposed to be on this show. >> matt today after meredith's morning show exit. is he next? >>> then -- >> the last person you would have guessed to be handcuffed. >> the "dancing" contestants speak out. about hines ward handcuffed at gun point. >> the surveillance video. led away by police. >> what the competition is saying before tonight's face-off. >>> plus -- "dancing with the stars" international. the backstory. >>> i saw a picture of pippa on the yacht topless.

she broke the story this week on meredith baker. what was the story you wrote? >> she is leaving the fcc to join comcast. >> was this a surprise? >> a lot of folks thought she would be renominated for the agency. she had only been there for two years. i think this was a surprise. >> were there any conflicts of interest in the last couple of months that people should be aware of? >> she did vote for comcast's deal to acquire nbc-universal. that is raising eyebrows around town, although it is not illegal for her to go there. she would not be able to lobby the agency for a certain amount of time. this kind of revolving door happens in d.c. a lot and this is another example of it. >> of the former head of the ncta is the chief of the comcast washington bureau, correct? washington bureau, correct?

meredith vieira made it official today. she's coming off the morning shift to enjoy life and her own family a bit more. she'll of course stay in the nbc family. when that happens in june, another beloved family member of ours, ann curry, moves up to cohost. natalie morales will replace ann as morning news anchor, and savannah guthrie leaves the white house beat to host the third hour of "today" each morning, so we managed to keep it all in the family. we'll take a break. >>> when we come back, what parents can learn from a major new study of autism. >>> and later, helping girls get a headstart in a field dominated by men in our "education nation." >>> back here tonight with news on a new study that is going to add to the debate over a disorder than seems to be surging and causes so much anxiety for families who wonder if their child has it. talking about the spectrum of autism disorders. tonight, a new study overseas seems to show the instance could be even higher than anybody first thought. our report from robert bazell. >

meredith and others, created the largest studdy of its kind, interviewing with peer research and other innovative methods 400 workers in one neighborhood but though it was focused on chinatown, i know we know it's a citywide issue and even the national employment labor project and supervisor campos laid out shows that this is the national epidemic of wage theft and that we lose millions of dollars each year to our local economy unless we improve the protections and enforcement for workers. lastly i just wanted to say that a number of workers testified at the hearing and have led much of the earths to create better policies -- efforts to create better policies in the city. the chinese progressive association often kind of repeat along with my colleague in my office, lynn chow chin, they say we have to hold government accountable and that local government has to step up for better enforcement of our labor laws. so i would just say that this report and the action research that leads to the hearing and hopefully it will lead to bet wither policy and better -- letter policy and better legis

meredith was little she used to ask me what i would like tore mother's day.t of her head, her smile, especially when her baby teeth fell out. now my daughter has a baby. his name is teddy. this is her first mother's day as a mom. my first as a grandmother. though i always promised myself not to be one of those grandmas who is constantly making people look at baby pictures, well, you see what i mean? so what am i hoping for this mother's day? well, once again i don't think i'm going to get it. years ago i told meredith that as i got older, i hoped to be as nice as my mother, ma-ga. my daughter replied, no one is as nice as ma-ga. so don't even try. >> i had to wait until i was 88 to find out. >> osgood: ahead betty white, still hot. it was so complicated. there was a lot of information out there. but it was frustrating trying to get the answers i needed. then my company partnered with unitedhealthcare. they provided onsite screenings, healthy cooking tips. that's a recipe i'm keeping. ( announcer ) turning complex data into easy tools. we're 78,000 people look

here is meredith. >> good morning. coming up on a thursday morning, the latest reaction to president obama's decision not to release photographs of osama bin laden body as he prepares to visit from zero in new york. the white house changes the story yet again about what happened during the raid. new details. and curry will be live in pakistan with what bin laden's wife is telling the authorities there. -- ann courie. the oregon woman who said she underwent oral surgery and will come up with an english accent. we will talk to her when we get started on a thursday morning right here on today. >> maybe it's the royal wedding that did it to her. >> could be. 45 degrees on t.v. hill. >> another look at traffic and weather together before you head out the door. stay with us. >> at least the sun is out and it is a beautiful morning. >> we do have some problem spots to watch. berg you may see some delay. stock fund york drive still closed. water main breaks going on there. water main break repairs at manor road in halliburton