our progress report comes in nbc's ron mott. >> reporter: as corn slowly rises under a hot southwest missouri sun, across the field at a major food bank, supplies are shrinking fast, as another load is rounded up to meet the area's surge in hunger. >> we're actually sending three semitruckloads of food every day to joplin and at this point that's going to really tap us out very quickly. >> reporter: ozark's food harvest says demand for its aid has essentially doubled in the region, from 1 million pounds a month to 2 million pounds. and the impact is clear. lisa dunn's family has occasionally relied on donated food to help ends meet after losing their home to the storm. >> people that do this on an every day basis, working to get the next meal for their family, i don't know how they do it. how do you not shut down and say i can't just do it anymore? >> reporter: now living in an temporary apartment, furniture largely borrowed, the family's single income budget has become strained, but it's paying off in more profound ways, says lisa's husband. >> everything i had, i worked hard for. a

nbc's ron mott has the story, including some cell phone video of the collapse that may be considered disturbing to some. >> reporter: minutes after announcer told the crowd severe weather was possible, it was reality. a wind gust estimated between 60 and 70 miles per hour hit the stage, sending overhead rigging crashes down on concertgoers. >> i was scared. chris brenneman lost sight of his wife this the chaos. >> the winds and a big gust of wind came. stakes flew over and i took off down there to see what i could do to help. >> reporter: ominous-looking clouds hovered in the sky as people raced to lift the twisted wreckage of metal, cables, and lighting off those who were trapped underneath. some were carried from the scene. folding tables became gurneys. >> individual hoosiers ran to the trouble, not from the trouble. by the hundreds, offering their in many cases their own professional skills. >> reporter: the dead included a 23-year-old recent college grad who dreamed of teaching. a 51-year-old technician who was on the rigging, manning the spotlight. and a 29-year-old community w

nbc's ron mott is at the fairgrounds in indianapolis for us tonight. ron? >> reporter: lester, good evening to you. this is one of the most popular state fairs in the country. this grandstand behind me was filled with people. there were even more people on the ground around that stage when the unthinkable happened. minutes after an announcer told the crowd severe weather was possible, it was reality. a wind gust estimated between 60 and 70 miles an hour hit the stage, sending overhead rigging crashing down on concertgoers. >> i was scared. >> reporter: chris brenneman lost sight of his son and wife in the chaos. >> i don't know. we was in the stands. a big gust of wind game. the stage blew over. i took off down there to see what i could do to help. orter: ominous looking clouds hovered in the sky as people raced to lift the twisted wreckage of metal, cables and lighting off those who were trapped underneath. some were carried from the scene. folding tables game gurneys. >> individual hoosiers ran to the trouble, not from the trouble. by the hundreds. offeri

ron mott is standing by at laguardia airport. i mentioned flooding at the airport, let's say you can get to the airport, i think it's going to be tough to find any hardware there for a long while. >> reporter: absolutely, brian, good evening to you. air travel simply put is going to be a mess and that's going to have a ripple effect across the country. you can see some folks here at laguardia trying to get out in advance tonight of irene's arrival. we have mass transit shut down this weekend in new york and new jersey. and philadelphia. airlines are expected to cancel 5,000 flights and counting between now and monday as the airlines are trying to get their aircraft out of harm's way and if you're holding a ticket on amtrak, you might want to call ahead because certain trains from boston all the way down to miami have either been cancelled or those routes have been shortened, so clearly, brian, this weekend, travel on the east coast is going to feel the effects of irene. >> this is what they mean by hunkering down, ron mott for us

next pitch, motte didn't miss on this one. drills braun in the shoulder blade.oth sides are warned but no ejections. tony la russo says, i have to take my glasses off for this one. top of the ten, game tied. molina at the plate. calls third strike. him and the home plate umpire would exchange words. where are you going to dinner at? not where you're going. want to meet up later? probably not. molina bumped him a few times. he's going to get a vacation. let's just say that. top 11 now, runner on second, two outs for lance berkman, boots this one into left. matt holliday scores, berkman player of the game, 8-7, cardinals win, closing the gap. >>> tim lincecum and the giants taking on the d'backs with a one-run lead. d'backs down 1. paul goldschmidt, deep and gone to left center field off big time timmy tim. the first of his career. get him that ball. they still cling to a one-run lead. top of the eighth, upton getting up there. 22nd of the year, d'backs make it a 6-1 "w." that'll do it for us. i'm cole wright but don't forget, for the latest on the sports scene, t

we saw a pretty good size line to get in one of those today. >> ron mott thanks for your report being. all the new yorkers are hoping the dire projections are wrong. it's the last saturday night in august. summer of 2011. that is the crossroads of the world. times square in new york. it's not the people have been ordered out. it's that there are no people to fill it. it's a rainy night, so many people in the city have been evacuated and have generally stayed away. you just won't see a sight like that for a good long time. we're going to take a break. when we come back, we'll hear from al roker in the location where forecasters believe this storm will finally make its filand my vet thinks my insides are in mint condition. [ female announcer ] vets agree, a healthy checkup starts inside. our breakthrough iams premium protection formula is developed with vets with cutting edge ingredients for the lifelong health of your pet. [ dog ] healthy inside and out. come on, up high! [ female announcer ] iams premium protection. our most advanced iams nutrition. ever. [ dog ] i am an iams dog. ♪ w

they are asked to get rid of standing water where mott -- mosquitoes can breed. >> they are stepping up to help struggling parks. due to state budget cuts this is one of 70 parks scheduled to be shut down. now a local oyster company has cooked up a plan and they want to put more picnic tables and assume responsibility for maintaining the area. >> we would put some picnic tables and chairs back there. we would clean the toilets, put a bigger trash can in. >> the park foundation said they are getting renewed interest and some are worried it will make it too commercialized. they are worried it will actually damage the parks. >>> a bit chilly right around the bay and also here in san francisco with quite a bit of overcast and san francisco is still not out of the 50s and right now a current temperature of 57 degrees has expanded over the bay area over the past 12 -- six to 12 hours over the bay. you can see it closer to berkeley and also closer to the oakland area as well. forecast for today, we do have this patchy fog into the afternoon. we will call it warm inland and cooler temperatur

. >> nbc's ron motte joining us live from the fairgrounds in indianapolis, and what is the late oefs tst on the investigatt is still horrific for so many. >> good day to you, richard. one thing investigators are looking to what led to the collapse of the stage behind me. the director of the indiana state fair commissioner has said to employees, those who erect the stage and put it back up has been built to specs and safety is priority number one, and investigators are going the see if the design, itself, was flaw ed. i spoke to a photographer here on the ground saturday night as the concert was going on and he said he covered one of the fe festivals all over the country, and he said this is one of the more structurally sound, because it has a concrete grounding and scaffolding, and one of the technicians up manning the spotlights as the dust storm as the photographer described showed up at the fairgrounds and within seconds he said ail you could see is the tarp fall off or pulled off of the roofing structure, and then the whole stage went down. he said it took four or five seconds be

jason mott hits ryan braun. no ejections, just warnings for each. this one goes extra. lance brookman puts them on top with an rbi single. boston red sox and indians. tied in the ninth. els bury laces one to center. saltalamacchia just beats the tag at the plate. funny moment between the cubs and pirates. watch andrew mccutchen on first. giovany soto comes up. and no one is guarding the bag. soto would have the last laugh. cubbies go on to rout the pirates 11-6. finally nba players are locked out and some are going overseas to play basketball. kevin durant has taken his game to the blacktop. durant put on a show at the legendary rutger park in harlem dazzling the crowd after hitting three in in the fourth quarter. he finishes for the staggering 56 points. if the nba lockout ended today, i have a feeling that durant would be ready to go. that's a look at sports on "early today." >>> we know one person that cher is not voting for. your entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus the big apple grinds to a standstill over the man deny hunt for a peacock. >>> welcom

jason mott hits ryan braun. this one goes extra. brookman puts them on top with an rbi single. st. louis wins 8-7 in 11. to boston, the red sox and indians tied in the ninth. jacoby elsbury to center. saltalamacchia hustles from second and beats out the tag at the plate. boston walks off with the 3-2 win. >>> funny moment between the cubs and pirates. watch andrew mchutchin on first. sfak fakes the steal to second. geovaughny soto comes up, and no one is covering the bait. soto drills a two-run shot in the third. cubs go on to route the pirates 11-6. >>> finally, nba players are locked out, and some are going overseas to play basketball. the thunder's kevin durant has taken his game to the blacktop. he has put on a show at the legendary rucker park in harlem. dazzling the crowd by hitting three after three in the fourth quarter while being double and even triple teamed. he finishes with a staggering 66 points. if the nba lockout ended today, i have a feeling durant would be ready to go. that's your "first look" at sports. i'm mario

our jobs on >> now that balance point has been removed a lot of employees left apple in the past 12 mott said anticipating this now jobs is gone and the balance is removed. coca's handle the job since jobs took a medical leave stock has risen 62% during that period of time >> also barry bonds will be back in court today he has a hearing on his request for a new trial or broad acquittal on his conviction of obstructing justice he was only convicted on one of four counts prosecutors have not announced if they will retire if the judge it let speculation stand and state for him to go digital could be announced who >> hurricane irene is pounding the caribbean warnings have been issued for the outer banks of carolina. winds are hundred and 50 mi. per hour. it is east of nassau bahamas right now. it will slam at the outer banks said saturday or sunday there are only two bridges to get off these outer banks islands it may hit long island and new york city on sunday and monday. extensive damage is expected here. heavy bands of rain and wind most of the vacation departed on a cruise ship or caught

so while mott a good day on asian markets today at least some relief at the end of what was a pretty tense day. tanya? >> atiko, so slight good news there. thank you veve much. >>> and with the faa collecting airline ticket taxes again, several major airlines are rolling back temporary price hikes. fares went up recently while the faa was shut down. southwest, jetblue and american were among the airlines to end the temporary price hikes. however, customers are not likely to notice the difference. >>> so w wt's going on? with the markets going down the tubes here's one solution, get shaggy. men are taking on the rugged look as the economy gets in deeper trouble. sales of men's hairstyling products are down 15% while everyday fragrances are down 10%. hugh lawrie, brad pitt and sack gal if i knack cast are examples of those letting it grow. >>> a popular singer is attacked on the street putting him in the hospital. >>> the first video of two brothers and their sister on the run after shooting at an officer. >>> the guy who's yo-yoing his way into the history books. a lot of people think

powers look at the region and they talk about humanitarianism democracy but they think about oil greg mott it says it's impossible not to draw a comparison with iraq he's written a book about the aftermath of the iraq invasion in which he maintains western powers imposed a democracy which played on sectarian divisions that ensured years of tribal struggle but also meant the allies retained control of the oil supply while the u.k. government insists lessons have been learned from iraq western oil firms move into libya even before the fate of tripoli is sealed the great oil grab is already beginning b.p. has a contentious oil and gas exploration contract in libya which the u.k. government will be anxious for it to resume italian oil giant e n i. it's the first to send back to libya and it says the nice french towel and. the dead well as investors hoped they'd soon be able to resume production in libya but at what price to the libyan people the great sheer is that just as they did in iraq that creates a democracy which interests the west's interests or oil companies' interests and does nothin

. >> i was hoping she could tell me her father's mott i have, but she wanted that answer.r i would try to find it. [ speaking foreign language ] >> that's all she wants. >> the truth. >> that is his daughter? >> his one and only child. >> what did she think about her father's escapades? >> it's an interesting story. i first found out about the theft when i was 25 years old, which was a long time ago, 1976, i read a sentence in a book about da vinci, that perugia had stolen the painting. >> it took me until i was 39, if it makes you feel better. >> that's okay. ipted to write a screenplay about it. there was a low of information about the theft, very little about him. to do is a screenplay i have had to 345ik things up. and i'm from philadelphia, what do i know about a dead italian? >> more than some me. >> when i tried to make up stuff, it sounded. 30 years later, i'm googles his name and up pops an article about his daughter. i figured she could give me the truth about her father. it turns out she knew less than i did, because he died when she was a year and a half old. s

to the maps, 101 south, take a fair oaks, back to northbound, then off at matilda or 237 and take motthrough the area. an accident in the eastbound direction might call some looky who traffic as well. >> good to know. thank you. 6:12. some folks with green thumbs becoming victims of people with sticky fingers. >> a live look outside this morning. cooler temperatures prevail. a lot of good bay area morning. even if it's monday, right? these sweet honey clustery things have fiber? fiber one. almost tastes like one of jack's cereals. uh, forgot jack's cereal. [ jack ] what's for breakfast? uh, try the number one! i've never heard of that. [ wife ] it's great. it's a sweet honey cereal, you'll love it. yeah, this is pretty good. are you guys alright? yeah. [ male announcer ] half a days worth of fiber. not that anyone has to know. fiber beyond recognition. fiber one. >> welcome back everyone. live look outside embarcadero, what a beautiful look. kind of a cloudy start to the day. good to pour another cup of coffee on a monday morning. ease into the work week. some people living in vernal h

animal therapy program called dragon slayer for some reason that helps disabled adults and children and mott actually a crime in progress. >> he doesn't look scared for a man being chased by a tortoise. >> back to sam with another look at the weather. good morning, once again. >> good morning again, everyone. let's deal with what's going on in the country. as most of the eyes are on this storm, irene, the west coast is still dealing with heat. we've had heat watches and wa warnings out for l.a. past the little ridge and you get down into the deserts and valley, palm springs is going to be up exactly where you'd expect it to be. warmer at 108. houma, arizona, 108, as well. vegas is still baking at about 106 degrees. northwest, it's fairly comfortable, seattle, portland, looking at about 77 degrees today in seattle. denver, still in the 90s at 94. dallas, those warm temperatures continue to scorch. traveling east, anyplace east of chicago is likely to have an awful lot of air delays as they try to juggle the flights and planes all along the eastern seaboard in the event ofabababai >> and we ar

your jobs proposals and then you basically say i'm going to go back on the road with my bus and pro motte promote this all over the country, there's sort of an expectation implied in that they're not going to pass this. this is really about show. i'm going to put some proposals out there. maybe i'll get them but probably not, and then i'll use it as a harm. >> you think that's what this is about? >> i think they're trying to have it both ways. >> is the fact this information is leaking out now, that's clearly not an accident somebody is telling this to jessica. >> sure ain't no accident. he's just going on vacation. what would you want to do before you went on vacation in martha's vineyard with people hurting the way they are? you'd put out something saying there's going to be some action. i think most americans would like to see him have people at the white house saying, republicans, here are my proposals. what are your proposals? let's see if we can't make a marriage of the two and get going now? why wait, wait, wait? >> ari, what about that? what do you think of the white house strateg

your jobs proposals and then you basically say i'm going to go back on the road with my bus and pro motte promote this all over the country, there's sort of an expectation implied in that they're not going to pass this. this is really about show. i'm going to put some proposals out there. maybe i'll get them but probably not, and then i'll use it as a harm. >> you think that's what this is about? >> i think they're trying to have it both ways. >> is the fact this information is leaking out now, that's clearly not an accident somebody is telling this to jessica. >> sure ain't no accident. he's just going on vacation. what would you want to do before you went on vacation in martha's vineyard with people hurting the way they are? you'd put out something saying there's going to be some action. i think most americans would like to see him have people at the white house saying, republicans, here are my proposals. what are your proposals? let's see if we can't make a marriage of the two and get going now? why wait, wait, wait? >> ari, what about that? what do you think of the white house strateg

nbc's ron mott is tracking the relief efforts from rutland, vermont. a lot of damage and debris behind you, ron. >> reporter: hey there, tamron. good day to you. you mentioned the relief drop from the vermont national guard. there's one expected to land here in about 30 minutes. we're actually in killington at the popular ski resort. there's a little babbling brook babbling here. emfranzen has a raging river. we have a brook here, 10, 15 feet wide but it was enough water to take down part of this lodge here. the bar and restaurant area will have to be razed at some point. what officials want to do is sheer this off. this is a very popular place during the wintertime, a huge economic boom to this part of vermont, so they want to be able to continue their operations going forward in the wintertime with all the skiing tourists who come to the area. this truck down in this pit here. you mentioned the little town of wardsboro, the only town starting today that did not have access to other neighboring communities. officials are working hard and worked all th

at 20 he's still acting but mott in the big blockbusters anymore and he feels like he's trapped in theknow bees and dogs can smell fear. people want me to say the same line. they are like say it when you're a. i'm not that good of an actor, come on. ♪ the sun will come out tomorrow ♪ >> reporter: at age ten eileen quinn was the lovable little redhead in the film version of "annie". ♪ one mistake was giving up me ♪ so maybe now it's time and maybe when i wake ♪ >> reporter: at age 40 she's now teaching theater at a college in new jersey and still acting. but she reallies she may spend the rest of her life chasing the dream she fulfilled as a k k. ♪ together forever . when i said the sun was iconic, i just want to keep working. it doesn't matter if it's iconic. ♪ turn my -- >> just to be working again and doing more films and possibly doing tv would just be great. it doesn't matter what the role is or what the show is. >> reporter: a legacy corey feldman has no interest in passing on to his kid. so much so that on the red carpet, he hides his son's face. would you ever put your own kid i

he certainly knew about patricia motts, gertrude, harriet tubman, mary mcleod bethune, and so many others. he often paid tribute to the great work of courageous and dedicated women of the modern civil rights movement. martin understood that women worked tirelessly in the movement, and many injured the threats and not spare actual violence to themselves, as well as their loved ones. many endured press and miss violet eastwood is a revered martyr of the voting rights struggle. we celebrate rosa parks' active resistance which sport to the modern civil rights movement, but let's not forget all so her continuing the example of dignity and unrelenting commitment to the cuase throughout the struggle. we must also celebrate the courageous contributions of other women like to dorothy haight and a legion of unsung heroes who put their lives on the line and made great sacrifices for the cause of freedom, often with no pay and very little recognition. in the beginning of the movement in montgomery, women's certification as energetic activist. throughout the year long boycott, they organized carpoolin

. >> brian: he said the worst, mott dangerous person to america is clearly paula deen.y connections with evil corporations and proud of the fact that her food is bleeping bad for you, plus her food -- fill in the blank. >> dave: reaction, bourdain regretting that this morning a little bit. he tweeted, resolved. next time i'm asked for the millionth time who the worst cooks are, i'll just shut up. who care as soon as now we give paula deen the last word. she joinses from savannah. good morning to you, paula. >> good morning. how are y'all doing? >> brian: good. i can't believe -- what does it feel like to be targeted like this? >> you know, i was actually kind of shocked considering i've never met anthony. i know he's never been to my home. i've never cooked for him. i don't think he's been to my restaurant, and i was really shocked that such harsh words could be used. i don't know if it was a publicity thing or if somebody had just peed in his bowl of cereal that morning and he was mad. you know, i have no idea. >> gretchen: leave it to you to take it in stride. see, th

next motte sees our return to the moon to understand the gravity field. the ample preparatory project lodges in october to help us better understand our home planet. those are a sampling of the huge array of missions already in space and coming up. to reach the destinations of tomorrow, we are working on a new capital and studying the path we want to take for a heavy lift rocket that will take humans into deep space. the initial investigation of propulsion and communications, radiation protection, and life- support technologies that complement these two systems or been prioritized and worked into the pipeline even as i speak. looking farther into our space future are the 30 the generic concepts that are chief technologist just selected under the massive innovative advance concept program. the advanced concepts selected for study were chosen based on their potential to transform our future space missions, enabled new capabilities, or significantly alter current approaches to launching, building, and operating space systems. matched with the 80 graduate fel