>> all right, michelle kosinski on this news coming from paris this morning. michelle, thanks very much. we'll have more on the story a little later, but right now three minute after the hour, here's savannah. >>> here at home there's a major political story in the presidential race. mitt romney defending comments secretly recorded at a private fund-raiser in which he criticized obama supporters as victims who are dependent on government. michael isikoff is nbc's national correspondent. good morning to you. >> good morning, savannah. the newly leaked video was taken from a digital camera concealed in a piece of furniture 20 feet from romney as he spoke at a florida fund-raiser four months ago, and it's now raising tough new questions for his presidential campaign. >> there are 47% of the people who will vote for the president no matter what. >> reporter: the video first obtained by mother jones and later by nbc news shows romney surrounded by donors in may. nbc news has learned it was secretly recorded at a $50,000 a plate fund-raiser at the boca ra raton, flor

>> all right, michelle kosinski on this news coming from paris this morning. michelle, thanks very much. we'll have more on the story a little later, but right now three minute after the hour, here's savannah. >>> here at home there's a major political story in the presidential ra. mitt romney defending comments secretly recorded at a private fund-raiser in which he criticized obama supporters as victims who are dependent on government. michael isikoff is nbc's national correspondent. good morning to you. >> good morning, savannah. the newly leaked video was taken from a digital camera concealed in a piece of furniture 20 feet from romney as he spoke at a florida fund-raiser four months ago, and it's now raising tough new questions for his presidential campaign. >> there are 47% of the people who will vote for the president no matter what. >> reporter: the video first obtained by mother jones and later by nbc news shows romney surrounded by donors in may. nbc news has learned it was secretly recorded at a $50,000 a plate fund-raiser at the boca ra raton, florid

michel michel michelle kosinski has the story. >> reporter: the court giving them everything they hadsked for. the french magazine that published the topless photos of her sun bathing must stop all publications and distribution and must turnover all of the originals to the royal family. the criminal investigation into the matter is now being opened. >> clearly the harm has been done. thousands or tens of thousands are in public circulation. a legal decision is a wonderful thing to obtain. the royal couple did what they should have done. >> reporter: french privacy laws are among the toughest around. the first girlfriend of france won the judgment against the same magazine. the fine was 2,000 euro. the penalties tend to be very light. william and kate got what they wanted from this. at least here in france. back to you. >> michelle, thank you. >>> right now, authorities at the jfk airport are trying to track down the person who made a phone call after rushing to quarantine a san francisco flight. that left two planes stuck in a holding area and the pilots were kept in the dark. >> i do

michelle kosinski in paris for us. it was an american film mocking muhammad and islamists that potentially may have sparked the riots in the libya thing. the white house is peppered with questions about the attack in benghazi. was it sparked by the protests or was it preplanned? >> the point is you can make assumptions. we do not yet have indication that it was preplanned or premeditated. >> and yet on the same day at a senate hearing, a member of the obama administration, the director of the national counterterrorism center gave the most detailed picture of this we've heard yet. seems to contradict what jay carney said. >> they were killed in the course of a terrorist attack on our embassy. what we don't have at this point is specific intelligence that there was a significant advanced planning or coordination for this attack. >> senators including susan collins were not satisfied with that answer and that version of events. >> i have come to the opposite conclusion and agree with the president of libya that this was a

nbc's michelle kosinski is in paris. matt. you know, this is the first time the royal family has sued a publication here like this over privacy, where laws are tough, and it's already expected that this one magazine has turned over its originals to the family. a criminal investigation is now under way. the question is will this be enough to make those pictures disappear, and will william and kate keep fighting for that? a jubilant on an official tour carrying on, laughing, dancing with good reason to celebrate. on the other side of the world it took less than a day to stop a french magazine from circulating photos of kate sunbathing topless on vacation with william. the court agreed that the lens of that photographer violated the privacy of the most photographed couple in the world. now the criminal investigation aims to find out who did it and how. this british headline, "find le rat." the magazine insists it was a freelance photographer who sold the picture to the agency who would have the real originals who could, if

nbc's michelle kosinski is in paris. matt. you know, this is the first time the royal family has sued a publication here like this over privacy, where laws are tough, and it's already expected that this one magazine has turned over its originals to the family. a criminal investigation is now under way. the question is will this be enough to make those pictures disappear, and will william and kate keep fighting for that? a jubilant on an official tour carrying on, laughing, dancing with good reason to celebrate. on the other side of the world it took less than a day to stop a french magazine from circulating photos of kate sunbathing topless on vacation with william. the court agreed that the lens of that photographer violated the privacy of the most photographed couple in the world. now the criminal investigation aims to find out who did it and how. this british headline, "find le rat." the magazine insists it was a freelance photographer who sold the picture to the agency who would have the real originals who could, if

but as nbc's michelle kosinski reports the cartoons angered some already fired up over an anti-islam movie. >> reporter: today there was a protest outside the french embassy in tehran. and here in paris. no incidents, although yesterday someone threw a grenade into a kosher grocery in a suburb, causing some minor injuries. it's not really clear if that was connected to this. france, though, acted immediately, already closing some schools. tomorrow plans to close embassies and cultural centers in 20 countries. you know, the publisher of these cartoo cartoons, some of which show the prophet muhammad naked, chose the timing of this for a reason, right after the protests and murders last week over the anti-islamic film and after the legal backlash over photos of the duchess of cambridge. they say this is about freedom of speech, standing up to threats against them, and standing up against groups that would govern through fear. what's interesting now, though, is two groups had planned protests here in paris for this saturday. but their permits to do so were denied. now this magazine that

michel michelle kosinski is in the french capital with more. we have staff who are refusing to work. what's their gripe? >> yeah, you know, it's a confusing situation because there was expected to be something of a general strike. there were talks late yesterday and at that point, the smaller union that represents about 25% of apple workers here said, yes, they are going to have a job walkoff. they were complaining about long hours being paid for fewer hours than they were actually working. not getting a 13th month of pay which they say is standard for workers here in france. in fact, last week workers were complaining about things like saying that working at an apple store is kind of like working in a coal mine. they're under constant pressure to sell but don't make any commissions. they were also asking for things like meal voucher, water fountains. and apple has been really resistant to even give them things that most other french workers have access to. so the smaller union was planning on having about 30 workers walk off the job today, but

michelle kosinski is in london. michigan, good morning. >> reporter: hi, carl, yeah. plenty going on here lately and plenty involving the royal family. we saw prince andrew rappel down the side of the tallest building in western europe, one young royal is about to make a much needed positive appearance. >> high-profile world stunts go, this might be the most extreme. bond style parachuting entrance, this one is real. prince andrew let 39 others including british marines on ropes down the side. >> slipped the whole way down the first section. >> the tallest building in these parts at more than 1,000 feet. each participant had to raise $40,000 benefiting outward bound and military. >> this was all prince andrew's idea. he looks out of his window at buckingham palace and said i'm going to do that. by doing this he's raising something like $2 million. >> the royal family has been hugely supportive of super human feats lately at the paralympic games. >> they coordinated in polo shirts and red sneaker, dressed down and in the rain. >> the duchess of cambridge. >> kate went

nbc's michelle kosinski is in london. she has more on this. chelle, good morning to you. >> reporter: hi, matt. he actually made a very subtle joke last night. prince harry didn't seem to mind being the center of attention in las vegas. it was just once those pictures came out of him out of his clothes. now the cameras are on once again as event yours out to do some good deeds. low key for prince harry. no screaming crowds, just a wry smile and salute. everyone wanted a glimpse of hem out of the privacy of his palace to meet and honor brave children battling illness. >> going forward i'll give it a go. >> reporter: just maybe a hint of what happened a few weeks ago across the pond. harry could not escape a 6-year-old jokester. >> i'm joined by an extremely well behaved at least so far 6-year-old alex logan. thank you, alex. >> one of the kids with leukemia being awarded, listen to what he said hours before the ceremony on national tv. >> what are you going to say to prince harry if you bump into him this evening? have you given that any thought

as michelle kosinski reports now, even a 6-year-old boy wanted to ask him about it. >> reporter: lowey for prince harry. no screaming crowds. just a wry smile, lone tear and a salute. everybody wanted a glimpse of him. >> never one to be shy in coming forward, i'll give it a go. >> reporter: just maybe a hint of what happened two weeks ago across the pond. ry harry could not escape a 6-year-old jokester. >> i'm joined now by an extremely well behaved, at least so far, 6-year-old alex logan. >> reporter: one of the kids with leukemia being awarded. listen to what he said hours before the ceremony on national tv. >> what you're fwoigoing to say prince harry if you bump into him this evening. >> i'm glad you've got your clothes on, prince harry. >> i -- i'd try, how are you, sir? and then go for the clothes thing. >> reporter: now being called cheeky. though he ended up just telling the prince about his stuffed penguin. harry seems to warn him a bit, though. so did anyone benefit from harry's vegas misadventure. in addition to people trying to sell their photos the charity last night di

michelle kosinski is in paris. what is the latest?protest today outside the french embassy in tehran. we saw a very visible increase in police presence in paris. there were no incidents though yesterday someone threw a grenade into a kosher grocery causing minor injuries but we don't know if that's connected to this. france acted immediately. they've closed some schools. they plan to close embassies and cultural centers tomorrow in 20 countries. you know the publisher of the cartoons, some showing the prophet muhammad naked and one saying one must not mock, chose the timing of this for a reason. just after the retests and murders last week over the anti-islamic film and the legal backlash over the photos of the duchess of cambridge, this is up to free speech, standing up to threats and groups that would govern through fear. they say there seems to be unwritten rule that you can make fun of any fundamentalist group but not muslims and they won't go along with that. if anybody doesn't like these cartoonsing take us to court over it. mak

>> michelle kosinski, thanks. >>> it's 7:18. here's natalie. >> thank you. >>> the great wall of china is one of the world's most famous and ancient landmarks and new secrets are just now being discovered along its 5,500 mile mile path. here's nbc's ian williams. >> reporter: this is the usual image of the great wall of china. but further afield, its derelict watchtowers and ramparts are being explored. it disappears into the vast lake. which is where we traveled with american explorer stephen swankert determined to unlock the secrets of the submerged wall. >> there were the meters of the wall that were sub merged when the whole valley was flooded. >> reporter: it goes into the cold and murky depths of the reservoir. this section built during the ming dynasty 1500 years ago. >> we get to have a sort of 360 experience on the wall. get to be above it, beneath it, to the side of it. a view we don't get otherwise. >> reporter: on the surface the dive was monitored by william lindsey, one of the world's leading great wall explorers w

nbc's michelle kosinski joins us live. >> reporter: while william and kate are trying to enjoy a tripthe south pacific, an italian magazine published more of the photos, more than 20 pages of them and lawyers will be in court today beginning a battle against these publications. colorful, exuberant trip it's been for william and kate in asia. continuing their stay in the solomon islands embraced by the people. kate even wore a dress given to her as a gift and a nearly constant smile. details and moments the world would be focusing on if it weren't for the images snapped earlier this month in france when the couple believed they were in no one's company by their own. they were here on the terrace of a royal relative's chateau. the photographer reportedly several hundred yards away with a long lens and a clear view. today lawyers for the couple will appear in a french court seeking criminal charges, arguing that privacy was breached, her image damaged by the circulation of these photos of kate sunbathing topless. so far accessible in france, ireland, italy and certain u.s. websites. no p