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. >> blake shelton, sang along with miranda lambert. rascal flats, reba mcintyre. >> it was so emotional. >> tornadoes were in the vicinity, rain storms at the time. very real. >> while they were singing, there were images. miranda lambert sang one of the most beautiful songs ever written. >> i love that song. >> it's called "the 40us that built me." it makes you want to close your eyes. she was -- she got very very emotional. >> had to let the audience sing for her. >> i love that. >> but reba sang and we have i think a shot of blake singing with -- >> more surprise in show business, usher. >> surrounded by a million people i still feel all alone. he want to go home. oh, i miss you the most. ♪ i've been keeping all the letters that i wrote to you ♪ ♪ now that i think of you ♪ i would share them ♪ but i know that it's just not enough ♪ ♪ you deserve more than that >> so beautiful. >> i love the blending of their voices. >> just beautiful. >> i love hearing usher just sing straight like that. >> a gorgeous voice. >> i'm old-fashioned, bu

tonight, jay welcomes -- miranda lambert, former "tonight show" intern ross matthews, the music of pistol annies and "headlines." and now, jay leno! [ cheers and applause ] captions paid for by nbc-universal television captions by vitac www.vitac.com ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jay: thank you very much! welcome, everyone! hi, folks! [ cheers and applause ] welcome to "the tonight show." i tell you, i was -- i was gonna start off tonight with an obama joke. but i don't want to get audited by the irs, so forget that. [ laughter ] we

he'll be joined by miranda lambert, rascal flatts, and vince gill, reba mcentire and his cohost on "the voice," usher will also perform. you can watch tonight's benefit concert live from oklahoma city beginning at 9:00/8:00 central right here on this nbc station. >>> in sports, first up, the nhl playoffs. in game seven, justin williams of los angeles scored twice for the kings as they beat the san jose sharks, 2-1. and the kings advance to the western conference finals. >>> in the nba playoffs, indiana's roy hibbert was too much for miami as he scored 23 points. the pacers beat the heat, 99-92. and the eastern conference finals are all even at 2-2. >>> in baseball, the crosstown interleague rivals new york mets honored retiring yankees' closer mariano rivera before last night's game with rivera throwing out the first pitch. ironically in the ninth, rivera gave up a single, his first blown save of the season for a 2-1 mets win. >>> one of the top high school football prospects peppers in new jersey celebrated his decision to attend the university of michigan with a rap. take a listen. ♪

called healing in the heartland, he kicked off things with "god gave me you" and that's his wife, miranda lambertnce gill, reba mcintyre, rascal flatts and usher. >> we have to do this. all of us feel we have to do this. it's our job to do this. >> the money raised through the telethon went directly to the united way of central oklahoma. >> tonight there will be another benefit concert this one to help the victims of the boston marathon bombings. aerosmith, jimmy buffett and dane cook are among those slated to perform at td garden in boston. proceeds will benefit one fund boston which already raised more than $35 million for the bombing victims. >> nice how they're all helping. 4:51. >>> one sports writer in hot water after he made a disparaging comment about 0. 0.c0.c 0.co coliseum. >>> and i'll tell you why i specifically chose this camera, coming up in my next report. >>> just about 4:55, welcome back. no-no during giants and a's game leads to a controversial call. andres torres doubled down the left field line. fan touched the ball but gregor blanco was allowed to score as first. normally if

oklahoma native and his wife, mira miranda lambert will host the concert tonight in oklahoma city.any other celebrities expected to make an appearance as well. >>> los angeles mayor antonio villaraigosa is in beijing this morning for meetings with china's president days before meeting meetings with president obama. the two shook hands yesterday before sitting down with delegations from the u.s. and china. in one of his last overseas trips, the l.a. mayor reinforced economic ties. xi jinping visited los angeles last year to try to boost trade during the two cities. villaraigosa is leaving office in july. >>> balance may make you smile. wall street reacting to good news on car sales, consumer confidence and home sales. for more on that and the rest of your news before the bell, we turn to bertha coombs. good morning. >> good morning, laura. what's your favorite day of the week? >> friday. >> friday, right? we all love fridays. wall street for some reason seems to love tuesday of late. investors yesterday reacting to that better-than-expected data on home prices and consumer confidenc

he kicked things off with god gave me you, shelton's wife miranda lambert performed alongside along witheba mcintyre and even usher. >> we had to do this. every one of us involved in this concert feel like it's our job to do this. >> money raised is going directly to the united way of oklahoma. >>> we're talking about severe weather across most of the country. >> we're going to see severe weather throughout tomorrow. if you are traveling near the central plains or the east coast, all of the severe weather expected to stay in place over the next 24 hours finding strong storms across oklahoma, nebraska and kansas. now starting to push into missouri. here's our outlook for tomorrow, once again, severe weather stretching from chicago right on down to oklahoma city in those areas of yellow, that's where we'll have that area of elevated concern. back here at home, it's been all about this heat, of course, temperatures have been warming up the past couple days. it's going to go even hotter. the next two days another surge of 10 to 20 degrees coming our way. here's proof of the high pressure alr

and on "the voice" last night, oklahoma native blake shelton was joined by wife miranda lambert to pay tribute to the victims of the tornado. ♪ but you wouldn't wait ♪ how dare you ♪ i miss you >> yeah, and that began the show there with silence, not clapping and applause like they normally do start that show. shelton also announced later he's organizing a benefit concert with nbc to support tornado victims. >> that's a great idea. i was actually looking at it. there's three high schools in moore, oklahoma. they're all planning on going ahead with their high school graduations on saturday. so saturday night would be a great time to have a memorial/benefit concert. >> that would be perfect and hopefully they'll have more of those. i'm richard lui, and this is "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. >>> in this morning's "new york times" children huddled as storm sirens wailed. plaza towers elementary school the rubble has become the emotional focal point of one of the most destructive tornadoes to strike oklahoma. in "usa today" how did so many survive?

miranda lambert, reba mcentire and others performed to raise funds for the tornado-ravaged community.> look at this video from russia. drivers heading down the road when suddenly a black bear darts across the street and smacks into the car. the bear was able to get up and scamper away unarmed. >> for your first look at today's business headlines, we turn to bertha cooms. >> the bears were out yesterday, we had the worst day in four weeks on worries about the health of the global economy, signs that it is slowing. motorola is launching a high-end smartphone later this year. it's called the moto-x, one thing that makes it special t will be made at a plant outside of dallas which will employ 2,000 people. and france's palace is putting a portion of its farmed wine cellar on the auction block for the first time today. bidders can get their hands on modestly-priced winds starting at about $20, the high end, about $3,200. >> something tells me i would be just as happy with the $20 bott bottle. thanks. warren b warren buffett is on a spending spree again. he's buying up an energy company. an

miranda lambert was one of many stars who gave an emotional performance. ♪ >> we blow through these storiesnews cycle, but you can't forget lives were at stake. carrie underwood, rascal flatts, vince gill and even usher participated. carrie underwood previously pledged $1 million of her own money. >>> coming up at the top of the hour on "morning joe," more problems for attorney general eric holder. his critics continue to say he misled congress and now he's facing a media boycott. when we come back, we will have a run on a chinese highway. we will tell you if he found his exit. [ male announcer ] ah... retirement. sit back, relax, pull out the paper and what? another article that says investors could lose tens of thousands of dollars in hidden fees on their 401(k)s?! seriously? seriously. you don't believe it? search it. "401(k) hidden fees." then go to e-trade and roll over your old 401(k)s to a new e-trade retirement account. we have every type of retirement account. none of them charge annual fees and all of them offer low cost investments. why? because we're not your typical wall street

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. >>> on "the voice," oklahoma native blake shelton was joined by wife miranda lambert to pay tributethe tornado. ♪ but you will how dare you i miss you ♪ >> shelton announced he's organizing a benefit concert with nbc to aid victims. >>> bill karins and richard lui will join me for our first buzz. mine was earned in djibouti, africa. 2004. vietnam in 1972. [ all ] fort benning, georgia in 1999. [ male announcer ] usaa auto insurance is often handed down from generation to generation. because it offers a superior level of protection and because usaa's commitment to serve military members, veterans, and their families is without equal. begin your legacy, get an auto insurance quote. usaa. we know what it means to serve. >>> joining me for this morning's first buzz are richard lui and bill karins. so in the wake of this tornado, a lot of people are looking at what could be done differently in the future. and one of the things we're hearing a lot about with the storm of this size, the best way to ride it out is underground or to get out of the way completely. and one of the things we're

he'll be joined by miranda lambert, vince gil, reba mcintyre, and usher will also be at the benefit.ch 9:00/8:00 right here on your nba station. >>> it's time for first buzz, i'm joined by bill karins. richard lui is out. >> so a fan at a show in copenhagen slammed beyonce on the backside. >> there's video of it? >> she handled it well. she joked she was going to have him escorted out. i think she should've had him escorted out. >> she called him out? >> they think these celebrities belong to them. they grab their hair, their clothes. >> looks like she handled it well. the security guards would've jumped on him in a hurry. >> they should have. they need to set the precedent that is not okay. >> i want to help keep you up on the summer trend. the drink that's got all the buzz, something called a shandy. apparently you can mix anything with lemonade because it's a beer lemonade mixture popular over in europe. and they're trying to get them out to the shelves as fast as possible. therest the buzz about getting the .08 for the dwi, get it lowered. so they're becoming more popular. and in

performer blake shelton is organizing the benefit and headlining it along with miranda lambert, rebaand vince gill. >> there is an intense search under way for a teenager born near san antonio, texas. this deadly twister killed two women just as rescuers almost reached her. the search continues for a teenager after it was swept away from floodwaters. this is a city near san antonio. he was swept away as he tried to swim away across a swollen creek. this flash flooding also knocked out power and closed numerous roads around san antonio. the analyst t b safety boardan intense search is under way for a teenage boy believed to have been swept away by floodwaters near san has killed twonow, a search continues for a teenager missing after he was swept away by floodwaters in schertz. arescuers believe the 17- floodwaters as he tried to people. and closed nemerous roads in san antonio and the the national transportation safety board released new details in their investigation on the skagita 160-foot section of the bridge fell into the water truck hit a girder. the n-t-s-b chairwoman said of

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he kicked off things with "god gave me you" and that's his wife, miranda lambert, vince gill, reba mcintyrescal flatts and usher. >> i have to do this. every one of us involved in this concert, we feel like we have to do this. it's our job to do this. >> the money raised through the telethon went directly to the united way of central oklahoma. >> tonight there will be another benefit concert this one to help the victims of the boston marathon bombings. aerosmith, jimmy buffett and comedian dan cook among those slated to perform at td garden in boston. proceeds will benefit one fund boston which already raised more than $35 million for the bombing victims. >>> so we are he getting some great looks outside in terms of how the morning is starting on this thursday. >> it will get hot as we go into sunday, sunday, sunday! good morning to you. we have a hot day shaping up especially when you consider where we were yesterday. 5:46 we'll show you what we've got this morning, temperatures in the 40s and 50s, we're at 51 degrees in san francisco, 43 in napa. 52 in livermore. the winds are starting to

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i want to thank my guests, miranda lambert, ross mathews and, of course, pistol annies. tomorrow night, wanda sykes and martha stewart will be here. jimmy fallon, happening right now. jimmy, take it! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> steve: from studio 6b in rockefeller center, the national broadcasting company presents -- tonight's guests are -- and featuring the legendary roots crew. and here he is -- jimmy fallon! [ cheers and applause ] captions paid for by nbc-universal television -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: oh, that's what i'm talking about right there. welcome to "late night with jimmy fallon," everybody. i feel the love. thank you. welcome. we're going to have fun tonight. it's a good show tonight. thank you, dad. here's what people are talking about. it's kind of scary. on saturday, the west wing of the white house was evacuated when an overheated transformer set off a smoke alarm. or as obama put it, oh, yeah. definitely check out that transformer. kind of smells like marlboro lights. crazy transformer. >> steve: i was a

monday night, miranda lambert will be here. but jimmy fallon happening right now! jimmy! cheers and applause ] ♪ >> steve: from studio 6b in rockefeller center, the national broadcasting company presents -- tonight's guests are -- and featuring the legendary roots crew. and here he is -- jimmy fallon! [ cheers and applause ] captions paid for by nbc-universal television -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: that feels good, right there! i love the energy! welcome, welcome, welcome! welcome, everybody! thank you for being here! welcome to "late night with jimmy fallon!" you guys feeling good, huh? good. [ cheers and applause ] it's going to be a fun show tonight. it's going to be a fun show tonight. welcome, everybody, and thank you for tuning in at home. here's what people are talking about. president obama has been going around the country to rally support for his economic plan. and yesterday, he said that a lot of sectors of our economy are doing better. yeah. [ laughter ] when pressed for examples, obama said, "uh -- the 'iron man' s

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. ♪ >> that, of course, country singer miranda lambert who had trouble getting through her song at thatudded event that was organized by her husband, blake shelton. >>> the national weather service is upgrading its supercomputers to help predict storms. money for the $25 million upgrade is part of the hurricane sandy supplemental bill that was recently approved by congress. sandy revealed a potential weakness in the american system when weather computers in europe more accurately predicted the path of that storm. >>> and we're getting a first look this morning at the medals for the 2014 winter olympics in sochi, russia. they feature a patch work motif. about 1300 metals will be made for the games. it begins february 7th, 2014, on the networks of nbc universal. including right here. >>> cell phone pioneer motorola says it's going to make the first smartphone that was ever assembled in america. cnbc's michelle caruso-cabrera is here with what's moving your money and motorola's big announcement means jobs for texas. >> 2,000 of them in ft. worth. they're going to make the moto-x at what us

performers included miranda lambert, his wife, vince gil, darius rucker, rascal flatts. onal for her and for blake. blake is from oklahoma. >> she's from texas. >> he's seen a lot of tornado damage. >> while this was going on, there were massive thunderstorms going on outside the arena there. so it was -- and they're still under a risk of severe weather today and on into tomorrow. >> it is always so nice. we saw it after katrina, after sandy, all of these catastrophic events when the entertainment community gets together and raises money. >> it's so personal to many of them, as well. they can add to that. >> yeah, absolutely. >> great job and raised a lot of money for the case. >>> another celebrity in the headlines this morning, neil patrick harris, becoming the go-to host for awards. >> mr. everything. >> he will host the emmy awards in september that goes into addition to the tony's he'll host for the fourth time. >> they ought to get him to do the oscars, like a triple crown. >> true. >> he's won two emmy's himself on the show "how i met your mother." and it's been fu

country singers blake shelton and his wife, miranda lambert, darius rucker and r&b superstar usher among those set to perform, this is called the healing in the heartland concert. now, proceeds benefit the united way of central oklahoma, of course where the tornadoes relief fund there. the concert airs live 9:00 p.m. eastern from oklahoma city. >>> we are learning more this afternoon about the fate of that arizona woman of seven jailed in mexico on drug charges. now, her family says she was framed, but mexican authorities, they accuse her of trying to smuggle marijuana. well, she is back in court today. it's going to be up to a judge to decide whether or not she goes free or stays behind bars. casey wian, he reports on the family's agonizing wait just for answers. >> her family hoped she would be released at a court hearing in nogales, mexico, tuesday. but the mother of seven accused of smuggling marijuana will remain in a mexican jail for at least another day. the family insists she has no involvement in drugs and is being framed. >> whoever was the cause of this, that's who i'm angry a

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why is blake shelton and wife miranda lambert back in the headlines tonight as blake defends their marriageof infidelity all while the couple are waiting to hit the stage in vegas. it's trending now. >> raising money through music. >> tonight country singer blake shelton is going to lead a wicked lineup. >> all you can do is put your best efforts forward. >> why wouldn't i want to do this? this is my home state, this is where i live now.

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reba mcintire, vince gill and miranda lambert will be performing in oklahoma city.will be televised live on nbc. all of the proceeds will go to help the victims here who are trying to come back from this terrible tragedy in the center of oklahoma. melissa. >> thank you to charles hadlock for keeping us up to date. >> sure. >>> tomorrow when president obama travels to oklahoma he will be stepping back into his well worn role as comforter in chief. it was only six months ago the president visited new york and new jersey and walked through the wreckage left behind by hurricane sandy. the joining of forces between federal and state governments was best exemplified by the broamance between the president and chris christie. it was not the first time strange bedfellows found love in the time of a hurricane. once president bush got to look at new orleans from the ground instead of the air, he and then mayor nagin had their own photo-op. for the appearance of intergovernmental love fest doesn't reflect the reality f those most in need are often not feeling the love. by now t

ashley monroe is hippie annie and angela and miranda lambert is lone storen.u get together? >> we had known each other for a long time and me and angelina wrote in nashville and we called her up in one night and be in a girl band and she said yeah. >> i say the good lord brought us together. jesus is our guy. >> and it's going well but it's time-consuming. >> yeah. >> you wrote all the songs on this. >> yeah. >> and how do you have time to have a solo career and be with this group? >> we drink a lot. >> kind of a reoccurring theme this morning on this show. >> yeah. >> alcohol with coffee. >> now i know the answer to the next question you're going on tour together so it's ladies road trip. what's going to happen on the tour? >> we'll drink a lot. i think the key to it all is fun. it's about the music, but it's also about having fun. >> we've heard you rejoicing. what are you going to sing for us right now? >> "hush, hush." >> all right, pistol annies. ♪ ♪ my brother got out of rehab right around christmas time ♪ ♪ mama made a turkey daddy was worried he was go

oklahoman and coach on nbc "the voice" dedicated a song this week along with his wife singer miranda lambert host a concert. growing up in tornado alley, you know what can happen but it doesn't change how devastating it is when something does happen. yesterday one of the jonas brothers lent a hand in the tornado zone. >> you see the faces of people here and how you're helping them and that's what's important. >> reporter: while the tornado clearly struck a cord with musicians, other notable entertainers like husband and wife acting duo took a break from a movie shoot here. >> they were in the hallway and got in the bathroom. >> reporter: and nba star kevin durant jumped at the opportunity to make an impact too donating a million dollars to the red cross. >> i love the state of oklahoma so much. it hits so close to home. do all i can to help. >> reporter: now so far a lot of celebrities and average joes and janes around the country have contributed to the relief effort here. the hope of course is that giving will continue long into the future because as you can see behind me the recovery will

shelton's wife, miranda lambert, broke into tears while she sang.spoke. >> i just want to say that when bad things happen, good people step up to help. and i want to thank everyone who stepped up, who is stepping up to rebuild the place we call home. thank you. >> rascal flatts, reba mcintyre, vince gill it was a really, really packed stage last night with pretty big names all trying to help oklahoma. >> good for them. what a great show. >>> being overwhelmed by your inbox? google is making organizing g-mail users' inboxes automatic. they say this will help. the new customizable version groups mail in categories that appear as tabs -- primary, social, promotions and updates. it's supposed to let users quickly see what's new and decide which e-mails to read and when. this rolls out in the next few weeks. if you don't like it, g-mail will let you go back to the classic inbox. i'm pretty sure this will mean i will not respond to e-mails for six months, so i apologize in advance. >>> all right, too cute alert! an extremely rare set of baby twin giraffes

look at the face faces, miranda lambert, reba mcentire, darius rucker.these two performers today. >> songs that people can just get away from what is outside that door. just being here and having a good time. >> that's the one thing about tragedies like this, it shows how great of a place america is. we all pull together. you put aside your differences and try to pull together to help. and that's one of the things i love about our country, always willing to help. >> she's there for the concert tonight, in moore. televised concert begins at 9:00 eastern. proceeds go to the united way of central oklahoma, may tornado's relief fund. >>> police say the marine killed by west, texas, authorities after a shooting spree may have also killed his wife. 23-year-old lance corporal esteban smith was killed by authorities on sunday after he went on a two-hour rampage. one person was killed. five others were injured. and now police say the body of smith's wife was discovered in a motel near camp lejeune, north carolina. 21-year-old rubi smith was apparently stabbed to

. >> nbc thank you, sir, as charles mentioned, country singers blake shelton and his wife, miranda lambert will be among several staging a concert for the tornado victims. it is called "the healing" starting at 9:00 eastern, on nbc. and we want to turn to reid wilson of the national journal's hotline. good to see both of you. they like, pride themselves on the fact that a lot of them do, their state is the reddest state in the country, in 2012, all 77 counties voted for governor romney. there is another consistency in how they vote. they voted against proposed sandy relief. reid, how might that come back to bite me now. >> let's remember that not every congressman from oklahoma voted against the sandy legislation. in fact, tom cole voted for the bill. he has been the one senator to come out and sort of have a little bit of credibility -- the one congressman, excuse me, whereas inhofe and tom coburn have had tough things to say about it. these bills have a long history of being bipartisan, everybody comes out in a time of disaster, but they also tend to become christmas trees, that is the l

this wednesday, country music singers blake shelton, his wife, miranda lambert, will be among severalnado victims in oklahoma. it's a one-hour special. it's being called healing in the heartland. it will start at 9:00 eastern on nbc. >>> president obama used his major counterterrorism speech last thursday to narrow the use of drone strikes. i want to bring in connecticut democratic congressman joe courtney now. he sits on the armed services committee. congressman, good to see you. thanks for coming in on a sunday. >> thanks, craig. >> president obama, thursday, defended the use of drones, even against u.s. citizens. this is what he said. >> when a u.s. citizen goes abroad to wage war against america and is actively plotting to kill u.s. citizens, and when neither the united states nor our partners are in a position to capture him before he carries out a plot, his citizenship should no more serve as a shield than a sniper shooting down on an innocent crowd should be protected from a s.w.a.t. team. >> congressman, here's the thing, though. many legal experts believe that citizenship is

>> two more okies are with us, vince gill and miranda lambert.sold it out in 30 seconds and it's going to be on nbc at 9:00, 8:00 central tonight live. we're rehearsing as fast as we can. you know what, we started this, blake said a week ago yesterday. let's do another benefit concert for the folks in oklahoma. and i said, yeah, let's go do it. and i was in cape town, africa, at the time. >> wow. >> so my manager and blake's manager, so he got ahold of rat clark and they put this altogether in a week. it's simply incredible. >> you ask busy people to do something and then they come through. >> you bet. >> you also happen to be married to your manager. you have an inside track on him. >> yeah, i do. so i saw all the insides of putting the tv show together in a hurry and rack and marvel worked their tails off. marvel was talking more to rack this whole week than he ever talked to me. i think one night he said good night, rack, instead of me. i was a little worried about that. >> give him a good night's sleep. he'll be back to himself. >> we're exci

the show sought donations tuesday night, and blake and his wife miranda lambert dedicated her song "over dare you ♪ i miss you >>> it is ten minutes after the hour. now back to willie and natalie. >>> beautiful duet there. thank you, tamron. >> nice to see them singing together, especially on this occasion. >> i love that. absolutely. >>> let's go back to oklahoma where al has a look at the rest of the day's weather. hey, al. >> hey, guys, thanks so much. we still have a lot of severe weather going on, just to the east of here, and making its way to the north on the satellite/radar, you can see it firing up. wet weather in the pacific northwest. under the clouds we go, slight chance of storms in new york. we have rain in the pacific northwest, windy conditions, high surf advisories in southern california, wet weather extending back into the gulf coast of texas. beautiful weather along the mid-atlantic coast down into the southeast, and you can expect some partly cloudy skies, temperatures in the mid 50s. >>> 9:11 now. you made it to wednesday. oh so much closer to that holiday weekend. t