nbc's mike taibbi has more on the video that's got all of the right moves. ♪ one, two, three, four >>r: it takes just a few seconds for anybody watching it to smile and keep smiling. ♪ one night >> reporter: a wedding party in a minneapolis church. seven brooids maids, five groomsman and four ushers dancing their way up to the aisle. with her bouquet thrust high. everyone clearly have the times of their lives and involving all two were watching to really share the moment, and they did, not just in the church, but through the latest must-city video. after kevin posted it online, as he explained friday on the "today" show. >> you put it on youtube for friends and family. >> yeah, i put it up i think on sunday because her dad had been really harassing me to kind of get it out to some of his other family members. >> and then it exploded? >> and then it exploded. >> reporter: did it ever. the "today" show appearance adding a publicity turbo thrust that made it a story that everyone raced to cover. >> see, those are pretty sweet moves. >> reporter: and overturning the engagement on saturday

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our report from nbc's mike taibbi. >> reporter: when 67-year-old phyllis brown of parma, new jersey,ant a cigarette she steps outside wishing like the country's 50 million smokers she didn't have to. >> if i could quit i would quit. >> reporter: for months she has been doing this indoors and anywhere else. >> i am not smoking. i am vaping. >> reporter: vapor she inhales from her electronic cigarette rather than smoking analogs. these battery operated e-cigarettes are designed to look and feel like the real thing and atomize liquefied nicotine and flavorings. in three years they've become an estimated $100 million a year business. nbc news has learned that preliminary fda tests on samples found toxic and cancer causing chemicals. >> we are concerned about how they're being marketed, what's in them. we certainly don't think people should use them. >> reporter: the fda labels them drug device combinations subject to regulation and enforcement. >> what i will tell people, reload, 10, 15 drops. >> reporter: enforcement has been seizures of shipments like the chinese made product ordered b

for "today," mike taibbi, nbc news, new york. >> that report, the number has grown even more, about 6rown. >> chris brown's song "forever" is a year old and suddenly is number seven on itunes. how about that? we didn't have to dance to prove that to you. >> no dance. >> i got it. i got the no dance. that will be it for us this morning. melissa franan when you are outside soaking up the sizzling sun, think about this. sunscreen in glasses are nearly not a no. production. >> thunderstorms are

for "today," mike taibbi, nbc news, new york. >> that report, the number has grown even more, about 6 chris brown. >> chris brown's song "forever" is a year old and suddenly is number seven on itunes. how about that? we didn't have to dance to prove that to you. >> no dance. >> i got it. i got the no dance. that will be it for us this morning.e no dance. melissa francis, no >>> a murder mystery. police are asking for help in the murder of a popular business owner who was killed in her own home. >>> some relief in sight for commuters that use cham bridge while it's under construction. we will have that story coming up. >>> stormy weather after a night of isolated storms. the forecast calls for the possibility of more rough weather today. >>> good morning, and well can um to the 9:00

. >> nbc's mike taibbi joins us live from cambridge, massachusetts, and how are the president's remarks going over in cambridge? what's been the reaction? >> reporter: well, the president is right in this respect, it certainly is the topic of conversation in the newspapers and the talk shows and wbur. i was listening to a while back. passions really ignited about this. we're waiting right now for another comment by police commissioner paul hsass of the cambridge police department. the president's remarks today seemed to be an attempt to lower the temperature. of course sergeant krcrowley's colleagues standing up for him, including one african-american cop who was on the scene. basically the president lowering the temperature and saying both men, professor gates and sergeant crowley shared responsibility for turning a tense situation toxic. >> i continue to believe based on what i have heard that there was an overreaction in pulling professor gates out of his home to the station. i also continue to believe based on what i heard that professor gates probably overreacted as well. >> nothin

nbc's mike taibbi is outside the staples center with more on this. r: good morning, natalie. you know there are a number of possibilities, none of them easy, none of them ideal. they do include michael jackson's mother katherine, as you pointed out. but also singer diana ross, both specied in his will. there's also debbie rowe, the birth mother of his two oldest children. jackson's eight siblings, and even the nanny, who besides jackson himself was the sole constant in the children's lives. it's a thicket of problems for any family court judge to solve. after his mother jackson in his will nominated diana ross to have custody 6 his children. but she's reportedly had little recent contact with them. and debbie rowe, the mother of jackson's two oldest children, prince and paris, once signed away her parental rights, says now she might challenge for custody or might not. and reacted this way to the relentless demands for her answer. >> don't. >> are you ready to fight for her children? >> are you ready to get your butt kicked? >> reporter: 23578ly law at

this woman has appeared in court for the first time and nbc's mike taibbi is in worcester, massachusetts on this. mike, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, ann. behind me the crime scene and also a memorial to the infant girl who survived. last year a worcester police official told me we did the key things. we quickly found the suspect and most importantly we found the baby girl alive. now the inevitable questions, was anyone else involved in this horrific crime? and how and why would anyone who's not totally delusional do something like this? this is reality, not fantasy, for 35-year-old julie corey. bail out of reach at $2 million, and that's just for the fugitive and kidnap charges related to the newborn she claimed was hers, when she was arrested in plymouth, new hampshire. a baby jane doe now safe and thriving back in massachusetts. >> she was a healthy 4 pound baby who at this time is getting the best of care. >> reporter: still pending, likely charges in the murd earp of a brutally beaten acquai acquaintance of corey's, 33-year-old darlene haynes from whose womb the baby was

nbc's mike taibbi is here with more on that. mike, good morning to you. >> good morning, meredith.here was no one in the staples center yesterday who was unaware of the other part of the michael jackson story. that's why the celebration of his life and his artistry was only most of what the memorial about and why two oblique references to that other part of the story sparked such heartfelt response. one reference, texas congresswoman sheila jackson lee, reminding anyone who believes the worst about michael jackson of a bulwark of american law. >> people are innocent until proven otherwise. that is what the constitution stands for. >> reporter: and the reverend al sharpton addressed jackson's critics by speaking to jackson's three children. >> wasn't nothing strange about your daddy. it was strange what your daddy had to deal with. but he dealt with it. >> reporter: it was the elephant in the room. and for many in the staples center, too. that a number of young boys starting in 1993 had accused michael jackson of molesting them. he settled millions on the first accuser, admitting no

with us now to talk about this, nbc's mike taibbi and kevin, a national correspondent with "the new york times." mike, the police union says it wants an apology. are we going to see apologies? >> reporter: they're not requesting an apology, but what the association said was that if professor gates chose to apologize, that would be quote, an excellent outcome. they certainly have dug in their heels, another line in the sand on both sides. when you think that on monday, this was a two-paragraph story in the student newspaper, tuesday we did the story on "nightly news" as a short piece -- that should not demean professor gates or the police department. it almost ended and then language started to get ratcheted up. the president's comment that police acted stupidly in arresting gates. gates himself tells cnn that surely it was a rogue cop that made the arrest. today's press conference, several police association standing four square behind 42-year-old sergeant, james crowley. crowley himself didn't speak today, but yesterday, he said again that he did nothing wrong, that it was professor gat

the front page of "the boston herald" -- mike taibbi joins us and this story is moving fast. you now have the president, i believe this is only the second time since his election, that he's interrupted robert gibbs in a briefing to make clear where he stands. >> reporter: it's amazing how far this story has come from monday. the minute president obama used the words acted stupidly, referring to the cambridge police department after admitting at the beginning he didn't know the facts of the case, any veterone would know w it would go from there. on the police side, they use words like twi rad, it escala escalated. no additional response today from the police following president obama's visit to the press room. of course, the president has admitted on his own part that instead of shedding light on the situation in his words, instead of illuminating the situation, contributed to the media frenzy. >> when the day started, it appeared that heels were dug in on this and even with that big press conference with all the massachusetts police officers coming out and wanting an apology,

mike taibbi is on e ground there. what can youell us, mike? >>he people are staming in veryvery -- in a very oderly faion. i was talking police before and they were saying, in some ways,he intelligence theare getting suggestso them that this will be an event that is less than anticipated andhat is to s not all of the hotels are sold out an a dierence one police officer told me betweesitting on your laptop or your computer and putng your bidin to get one of these cket and actually getti one d then booking and paying for plantickets and finding a hotel roomn los angeles and transportationo th venue. maybe the better sensee will get is the fan intert in this event is going to be in venu like cameron was talkingabout in times sare n york or the theaters arou the country where people wil watch thi remony once it begins in a couple of hours. we are inside the police perimeter here over here, though, it looks lik a very quiet area wh a couple of helicoprs eding their hover overad and people streaming a ve orderly fashion toward the entrae to the ara.

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