i'm natalie here to help you make the grade.ese students are rehearsing for their school's big winter play. this year they're staging "the sounds of music." >> i wanted the children to say good night the way they did last night. >> no, not here. >> please, the way they did it for me.$ >> originally a musical on broadway, most of us know the "sound of music" with the movie with julie andrews. ♪ the hills are alive with the sound of music ♪ >> in fact, the film classic is celebrating its 45th anniversary. so why did you choose the "sound of music?" >> it was tough, we went through a lot of possibilities. we have a very, very strong group of senior girls this year. great singers, stage veterans so we had to find a show with a lot of good parts for females. a lark who is learning to pray ♪ >> and it was only after we chose it that we found out it was an anniversary year for the "sound of music" so that was an added bonus. >> besides reading through their lines, the performers are learning the finer points of european ballroom dancin

>>> después de varios días encontraron elunivish@primer imr que es el cuerpo de natalie, por lo tanto trat natalie, cuando regresó en horas de la madrugada de una fiesta, ahora dice beben cornfirmar la de la muerte. luego de encontrar evidencia a 2 millas de la casa de la víctima, pensaron que fue un homicidio, los vecinos estaban hora wmal. >>> encontrarla así imeimagínat en verla fue su hijo adoptivo, él dice le robó a su madre y salió de la cárcel 3 días antes de la desaparicióe oridades no a ninguna persona de intereés o bajo custodia, y saber que tienen en su poder un video de vigilancia donde se ve a alguien saliendo de la casa de la víctima con un bulto grande. aún faltan muchos caos por atar, cuando la policía dijo que ella desapareció, la muertah@ (h@h@ vivienda no había sido forzada. es todo de mi parte desde florida. >>> gracias natalia por tu información. y 3 jóvenes fueron acribillados a balazos en puerto rico donde lo violencia cobra cada vez más fuerza. unos pistoleros que iban a bordo de 3 vehículos los emboscaron en semáforo de una avenida concurrida, recibiendo más d

>> reporter: hi, natalie, good morning. after the high drama of the past week here, today british police, mediaia, government are all licking their wounds, asking who knew what and when while rupert murdoch is assessing damage to his empire. murdoch looked happy to be home after the grilling by british parliament members. >> welcome home. >> nice left, wendi. nice left. >> the slap heard across the world. as of britain's parliament, the result to get to the bottom. phone hacking scandal, they have a summer recess until september 5, but it isn't over for rupert murdoch by a long shot. >> the long-term effect on news corp. are difficult to see. mistakes were clearly made. it's cost him a lot of money. >> reporter: and it may cost more. calpers, the biggest pension fund in the u.s. called for a reform of news corp., for their support, too, from a bigger outside investor, prince al walal who says the company remains a valuable and long-term investment. as to the glimpse of the murdoch marriage provided by wendi's dramatic leap,

natalie? >> thank you. >>> some dramatic rescues overnight from the rising waters from south korea's floods. torrential rain caused a landslide today that killed more than 30 people northeast of the capital. than 30 people northeast of the capital. many of those killed were college students doing volunteer work. >>> a jogger in england is hailed as a hero after he disz covered a woman whose car had slid to the edge of a 300 foot cliff. the woman remained seriously injured in her car for 20 hours until he found her and alerted rescuers. the jogger even climbed down the cliff and stayed perched by her car until authorities could get there to rescue her. she is now recovering from her injuries. >>> and could this be the first lady's next dress designer? that's 12-year-old grant miller. and while he may be young, his dresses ooze sophistication beyond his years. his muse, by the way, michelle obama said he is open to seeing the young designer's orchid inspired dress sketched there just for her. i

>> natalie?ie's are as high as these. >> nice little share shoes. >> we don't do that. >> alex trebek sleeps in the nude. that's so -- let's -- let's go down the line. how many pair of shoes do you own? >> probably 15. >> 15? natalie? >> probably between 50 and 75, somewhere in that range? >> i don't have a lot. >> they're easy for you. >> i thought it was 30. we're counting flip-flops. maybe more like 80. >> okay. >> yeah. >> but she wears those 30 to 80 in flip-flops. >> yeah. >> i don't know. >> how many do you -- >> i have about 50. >> 50? i probably have 30 to 35 pair of shoes. >> how many ties do you own? >> i have a ridiculous number of -- so do you. >> over 100? >> gosh yes. >> over 200? >> probably. >> over 300? >> i don't think 300. >> 300. under 300. >> under 300. >> ties not costing $1,000. >> yeah. >> not all of them are polka dotted. return those shoes. >> i am. right? >>> up next, moms and baby weight are the images of some celebrities are a creating unrealistic expectations for th

and let's go inside to natalie, the aforementioned guitar hero at the news desk. natalie?news corps chief rupert murdoch testifies before british lawmakers today, along with his son james and rebekah brooks, the former head of the british newspaper empire. parliament will hold an emergency session wednesday to address the phone hacking crisis. >>> meantime, the reporter who blew the whistle on the phone hacking scandal at "news of the world" was found dead at his home monday. authorities say, though, his death was not suspicious. >>> the house votes today on the tea party's plan to increase the government's borrowing limit. the so-called cut, cap and balance plan is likely, though, to be dead on arrival. in the democratic-controlled senate and the white house has already promised to veto it. senate leaders are expected to float a bipartisan plan in response. >>> and for the second time this month, a giant dust storm called a haboob rolled through phoenix, arizona. the 3,000-foot-tall ball of dust scrambled visibility at sky harbor international airport and sent winds gusti

natalie? >> john yang in bloomington, indiana, thanks so much. >>> it was a party last night from sea to shining sea. and the capital a star-studded concert rocked the national mall where nearby the president welcomed military families for a barbecue at the white house. and macy's spectacle here in new york where beyonce did a duet with lady liberty to the san francisco bay, dazzling fireworks took this year's celebrations out with a bang. always good to see the celebrations again from coast to coast. 7:20. >> thank you so much. >>> that's right, maria is here because al's off this morning. great to have you, maria larosa. >> appreciate it. july 4th hangover. a lot of areas that saw showers and thunderstorms yesterday will see it again today. a risk of severe weather across the plains into midwest. we have some showers and thunderstorms ongoing so a bit of a wet start to the day here as that cold front begin to sag off to the south. across the rest of the country, the heat continues across the

>> reporter: hi, natalie. there was a big explosion in the center of oslo in an area of many government buildings. one eyewitness said there was smoke, chaos, many injured, apparently. we don't know about any deaths yet. no one knows what's going on. the eyewitness said he was afraid of more bombs, but there was a huge explosion. it is a national holiday in oslo today, so there were as many people in the city center as there could have been, natalie. >> thank you, martin fletcher reporting from london. >>> with just 11 days to go until the default deadline, president obama says he's still hoping to do, quote, something big and meaningful to reduce the federal deficit. officials say the president is making progress in his latest talks with house speaker john boehner. >>> james murdoch could be called to clarify his testimony before british lawmakers. a former legal adviser and editor is contradicting the news corp.'s executive's son saying he was well aware of hacking at "news of the world." this as the u.s. ju

, por lo tanto este caso es ahora oficialmente un homicidio >>> las autoridades que se trat natalie,ar, cuando la policía dijo que ella desapareció, la muerta de la vivienda no había sido forzada. es todo de mi parte desde florida. >>> gracias natalia por tu información. y 3 jóvenes fueron acribillados a balazos en puerto rico donde lo violencia cobra cada vez más fuerza. unos pistoleros que iban a bordo de 3 vehículos los emboscaron en semáforo de una avenida concurrida, recibiendo más de 20 impactos de bala. las autoridades hallaron un auto cerca del lugar del crimen y ahora buscan a los responsables. corrió la sangre por la sgefgue sin zcuartel en guadalajara méxico. en ajustes de cuentas entre bandas rivales. como si fuera poco la mayoría de los ataques fueron perpetrados en ple en plena calle. tras las rejas está un sujeto acusado de a q chía wlcuchilla a esposa. la mujer quedó tendida en un shar cocharco de sangre, el asee arrestado cuando intentaba escapar y ya había estado preso por golpear a su pareja. >>> espantosa fue la muerte de un inocente de sólo 2 años en texas, el me

natalie morales is at the news desk. good morning. >> good morning, lester and ann. >>> three international service members were killed in a bombing this morning in eastern afghanistan, according to nato. this as general david petraeus hands over command of the u.s. mission there to general john allen today. >>> the house votes this week on a tea party-backed plan to keep the government from a default. the nbc's chief white house correspondent chuck todd has more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, natalie. look, the entire negotiation process to raise the debt ceiling in the next two weeks is on a two-track process, a public one and a private one. you referred to the public one. right now, house republicans are going to be voting on this balanced budget amendment, trying to get that added to the constitution. it might even get a vote in the united states senate. but it has no chance of passage. but once that's out of the way, then the behind the scenes negotiations right now, which is all basically the united stat

natalie morales, nbc news, new york. >>> when we come back, through war and peace time, achievement and scandal, closing the doors on a military institution. >>> a military tradition, a washington institution fades into the history books tonight as walter reed army medical center closes its doors. nbc's jim miklaszewski looks at a place that treated everyone from privates to presidents. >> reporter: for more than 100 years, walter reed has been on the front lines of military medicine, from world war i until today, caring for americans wounded in war. colonel norvell coots is the commander at walter reed. >> this has been such an important place for healing. >> reporter: it is also an invaluable piece of american history. >> we're entering the sitting room of the pershing suite. >> reporter: world war i general dr. jack pershing lived and died at walter reed. dr. john pierce says others flocked here for his military advice. >> and so two star general george s. patton came to this room, got down on his knees on this rug. >> reporter: right here? >> right here. and general pershing blessed

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natalie is here to tell us more about it. natalie? remember their story. rachel was paralyzed at a freak accident at her bachelorette party. but she finally got to say i do to the love of her life. >> i, chris, take you rachel, to be no other than -- >> reporter: for rachel and chris, the journey down the aisle has been a long time coming. >> i, rachel, take you chris, to be no other than yourself. >> reporter: sitting down to face rachel, they finally exchanged self-written vows just a little over a year after their original wedding date was postponed when an accident left rachel in a wheelchair. >> as soon as i hit the water i felt my body just kind of stiffen up. i just went numb. i kind of heard a crack in my neck. >> reporter: that was the moment that changed rachel's life. she was at her bachelorette party when a friend pushed her into the pool, an innocent gesture that left her paralyzed. >> it was an accident, a freak accident. it could have happened to anyone. >> reporter: her uplifting spirit leaves a lasting impression. >>

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for that, we turn to natalie morales at the newsdesk. hey, natalie. >> good morning. good morning, everyone. >>> a private funeral is held for singer amy winehouse as fans and visitors continue to pay their respects to the singer at a makeshift memorial set outside of her london home. autopsy results on monday were inconclusive. however, toxicology tests are being done that could take weeks before a cause of death is determined. >>> no break for air travelers who thought a congressional stalemate would spare them for paying taxes on tickets. several federal taxes on tickets expired over the weekend after lawmakers failed to pass legislation to keep the faa running at full speed. so instead of passing the savings now on to fliers, many airlines are choosing to raise base fares instead. >>> the cash-strapped u.s. postal service is considering shutting down more than 3500 local branches many in rural areas. last year, the government agency lost $8 billion. >>> the death toll is rising from the train collision in china over the weekend. at least 39 people were killed, inc

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of course they were referring to natalie kenley and she was tired of their unique bedtime set up. >> i was basically she would end up in one bed and i was another. charlie was a night howl and he would be the last to go to bed. he would pick and chose which ever it would be. >> obviously we need to discuss this in the -- >> lightning roooouund. lightning round. >> anthony, this isn't true, is it? they did not break up because she wanted to have sex more than he did? >> it could very well have been. at his age two times a day was probably enough. i think they are misunderstanding. she meant 19 guys a day. he needed 18 other men to come with the sashable appetite. >> she is the one that left him, and i guess she was. good decision, bad decision? >> it is a publicity stunt. this is all a publicity stunt. he will be back on "two and a half men it is" in a --" two and a half men" in a couple weeks. this is probably the best stunt to be pulled in america. >> i thought he would need a bleep there. >> my mom is up late. >> he is not going to be back on two and a half men. >> yeah. >> i am ac

>>> meantime, natalie standing by at the news desk. hi, natalie. >> good morning, everyone.onal monetary fund chief dominique strauss-khan asked new york city prosecutors to drop all charges against their client. they argue the hotel maid that claimed strauss-khan sexually assaulted her isn't credible. she, in turn, is suing "the new york post" after it claimed she also works as a frosty tut. >>> and a french author filed a lawsuit during strauss-khan, claiming he tried to rape her during a 2003 book interview. >>> and a pakistani panel is trying to prevent relatives of osama bin laden from leading without permission. they are investigating the raid that killed the al qaeda leader and heightened tensions between pakistan and the united states. >>> jury selection begins today in federal court in washington, d.c. in the trial of pitching great roger clemens, accused of lying to congress in 2008, saying he never used performa e performance-enhancing drugs during his 23-season career. >>> a body found in a creek is not missing indiana university student lauren spiere referen s.

>> hey, natalie. good morning.he story of a man in minnesota giving the gift of hearing to less fortunate kids. half a world away. it is why we call the segment "making a difference." we'll have it for you tonight on "nightly news." back to you. >> thank you, brian. >>> for a look now at what's trending today, a quick look of what you're talking about online. facebook boss mark zuckerburg told reporters his company will "launch something awesome." speculation is it could be facebook's long-awaited ipad app. on yahoo! people are( lo botox treatment for severe asthma. it is injected directly into vocal chords to keep from tightening up during asthma attacks which further resists breathing. >>> popular on google as well, the royal newlyweds' trip to canada. duchess kathryn wore a knee-skimming beautiful navy and white dress. a much larger crowd than the one for queen elizabeth last year chanted "kate! kate! kate!" it's 8:04. al once again has a check of the weather. al! al! al! >> hey! hey! hey! all right. we wanted t

please help them because without them no one could even be vegetarian the sincerely, natalie. >> sometimesesperate for attention but not rebellious. i don't have bad influences and i try hard not to give in to peer pressure but somewhere along the road someone calms long with temptation close to their side and offers me whatever they got, but do i get the power to say no? always sitting blankly at the sky hoping for a miracle to happen, hoping someone will come around to understand. i don't want toys anymore and i don't want it show my baby pictures and if i'm crazy and loud then you're insane and rude and if today is not our day, so be it, there is always tomorrow. thank you. >> ok. the average american dream and dreamer built dreams on shatorde hopes and left off on their own spaceships of life. but the average american laws are in a state of corruption. man is allowed to work -- to go to war and kill other. at age 18 but a man can't buy a drink until age 21. i mean the government has money to pay for wars but not to feed the poor. politicians say more taxes will solve everything -- ever

natalie's standing by with a check of the headlines. natalie? >> good morning to you, matt and ann.d morning, everyone. frustration boiled over at wednesday's budget meeting between president obama and congressional leaders. the president reportedly left abruptly, declaring, quote, enough is enough. he wants the group to decide tomorrow if they will continue to work on a long-term deficit reduction package to prevent default. officials in india say they had no intelligence warnings before wednesday's coordinated bombings in mumbai. the country's financial capital. police said three separate explosions killed at least 18 people and wounded more than 130. >>> several u.s. senators are asking for a federal investigation of media tycoon rupert murdoch to see if his news corporation tried to hack the phones of 9/11 victims in this country. on wednesday outrage over the phone-hacking scandal in britain forced murdoch to abandon his bid to take over the uk's biggest pay television broadcaster. >>> police in new york are investigating whether the suspect in the murder of an 8-year-old boy i

natalie is at the newsdesk this morning. good morning, natalie. >>> good morning, ann, david.ryone. a florida judge sentences casey anthony for lying to police. on tuesday, a jury found anthony not guilty of murdering her 2-year-old daughter, caylee. anthony faces four years in prison, but the attorney wants her sentence to time already served and released. >>> president obama is meeting with congressional leaders at the white house today hoping to break a budget stalemate. the republicans refused to raise the nation's borrowing limit, unless democrats agreed to deep spending cuts. treasury secretary geithner has warned that the u.s. will start to default on debt payments next month unless there's an agreement. >>> u.s. homeland security is now investigating a possible new terrorism technique being developed by al qaeda. nbc's justice correspondent pete williams joins us now from washington. pete, good morning. >>> nothing here to indicate a plot in the works. officials picked up intelligence indicating terrorists overseas are talking about trying this as a way to smuggle a bo

natalie is standing by at the news desk.ard with his own bill that would cut $2.5 trillion from the deficit. moments ago, president obama weighed in on the negotiations. >> the time for putting party first is over. the time for compromise on behalf of the american people is now. and i am confident that we can solve this problem. i'm confident that we will solve this problem. for all the intrigue and all the drama that is taking place on capitol hill right now, i'm confident that common sense and cooler heads will prevail. >> johnson & johnson is lowering the maximum daily dose of its extra strength tylenol pain reliever from eight pills to six to reduce the risk of acetaminophen overdose. >>> to an alarming case of a child that has been missing since monday. michelle franzen franzen is at e search command center in new hampshire. michelle, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, natalie. investigators here both from at the fbi as well as local from several different agencies have been meeting here this past hour and already

leaving nazareth, he came and dealt in capernaum by the sea in the regions of zebulan and natali. >> this is a new project every christian should experience. we are trying to give this spiritual special experience to the christian people. >> this is mount precipice and behind me is the jez yal valley. angry crowds walked through this midst and walked their way. >> first part of the trail carved into the trail. >> it is not for professional hikers. it is for young people and old people. >> hikers can tackle the entire 37-mile trail or trail or a shorter stretch. trail project manager amere says the symbol of an anchor of a stone pillar marks the route. >> we see on the rock, there as you see we can see from a long distance, this is exactly the way people 1,000 years ago signed the ways. >> it wounds up mount a bell and mount of the attitudes where it is believed jesus preached his sermon on the mount. >> this is the same landscape as it was 2,000 years ago. we choosed the root which is not developed, almost all the way, looked exactly like in that ancien times. >> in capernaum, jesus

good morning to you, natalie. >> good morning, steve.ell. you know, the monthly minutes of your meetings shows everything that happens and you had put, it had been put in the minutes that they had a pledge and they had a prayer. you, however, went away to a meeting and you came back and discovered what had happened? >> the judge had physically crossed through and xed out the prayer and the pledge in the minutes that i created and i asked him about it. i asked him for the physical document that he wrote on and he said these are no longer there. and that's not gonna happen on my watch. i'm sorry. >> we've got a quote from the judge, bowie county judge sterling lacy said purposefully do not place items such as the pledge and/or invocation on the agenda and purposely perform them prior to calling the meeting to order for fear of being "sued by an organization such as the aclu" and do not want to give the impression that it is the court's official stance. so it sounds like he was just trying to cover their bases. let's take that out. we don't

natalie portman and her husband benjamin have named their son alef. i don't know. >> that's hard -- >> it's the first letter of the hebrew alphabet and means the number one. >> justin timberlake and jennifer beal have been rekindling their romance. they decided to give love another try. all right. >>> and this one sort of makes charlie sheen's new tv show will be based on the movie "anger management" and charlie will be playing the jack nicholson character. >>> finally, talk about walking into one. although she means that she always feels she's on display, the jokes are already flying over kim kardashian's quote from her upcoming cosmopolitan cover story. she says, "sometimes i feel like a zoo animal." she did. which one do you think she means? >> probably not kirby the bear. she is probably hoping for something like a peacock or -- >> you know, between all the kardashian sisters, i think they make $65 million a year, so, you know, you live your life in a fishbowl. that's what she was talking about. >> she probably feels like she lives in a cage becau

this year, "no strings attached" an extremely similar romantic comedy starring ashton kutcher and natalie portman debuted with just under $20 million. i think i'm a terrible consumer. i have not seen a movie, i have to admit, in about a year in the theaters. >> that's a long time. >> quite a long time. >> are you a reader? >> i'm a book worm, yes. >> are you a kindle type person or a real book? >> i do not believe in kindles. i like books. i like the smell of the book. >>> this comes to us from kxan news. some are using paddle board yoga. they execute challenging moves, balancing the board on water all while working your core isn't an easy task but once mastered, participants say they are able to calm, cool down and be at peace. >>> i'm amara sohn. this is "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. >>> throwing a dinner party can be hard enough, let alone a world record dinner party. 550 people gathered in singapore at a 525-foot dinner table. what organizers hope guinness will recognize as the world's longest. to break the record, the structure had to be on

now nataly she is simply in a class of her own off to adding another gold medal to have historic hul in the well swimming championships in shanghai so the medal mushin adjoining her compound had for that child from the do it section two members of the top place lympics school in beijing reuniting to secure russia its second gold of the two an immense local favorites new once or shang falls to settle for a sofa and also finished runner up to the sole of program the day before while the bronze medalist in that section does claimed another third place finish bottom and with all that come born l. for spain it's still cool because they only so well time well champ and in synchronized swimming on the planets. and finally the messier basket as last in a couple of months away now and team russia got together in moscow to start the training camp qualification for london's whiting's while visiting significance to this as tournaments as among course have reports. russia's most recent euro basket triumph was a two thousand and seven right before the beijing olympics and that big three was the la

willie nelson was singing "blue skies," and natalie cole was singing "summertime," it was just magical. it was a huge production. you would never see somebody like that now. these songs are so fresh and brand new. -- you would never see songwriting like that now. he is with the best job, he is like the wizard of oz. a good song becomes your friend. when you are sad, you sing a song, when you are happy, you sing a song. to create a comfort for people is too good to pass up. tavis: so you were taken from that point? >> i was hooked. every time i tried to put it down, i had to put it back up. tavis: when you know at 5 that this is what you want to do and you are working with a litany of other people, you get to this point where you put your own project out. tell me again about the patients it requires on that journey to get to that place. i asked because there are many people watching who in a variety of fields and human endeavors are in the same space, trying to get to that point where they get their own moment and your message to them is -- >> patience is one thing but the other thing i

live in seattle, marla, back to you. >> thank you, natalie. 6:35. an update on a car that crashed into a home in oakland. we reported this a few minutes ago. we have -- we had our chopper over the scene. the chopper had shown us damage to the fence in the front yard of this home. police were chasing a car when it lost control on west street in the area of 36th and webster. we don't know yet why police were chasing the car. here is a look at the scene from our chopper. we do understand that the driver jumped out after the crash. that last report police were still looking for them. you can see the damaged fence. the car was towed away. we have a crew on the way. we'll have an update as soon as we get new information. >> budget cuts in contra costa county take a toll on the sheriff's department. the contra costa times reports that the sheriff's department fields as few as six deputies in the graveyard patrol to cover the entire county. by comparison, richmond staffs at least ten officers at night. other cities have at least six officers on parole for a

"people" magazine reports natalie portman and her husband benjamin have named their son alef. i don't know. it is like an olive but with a ph, oliph. >> it's the first letter of the hebrew alphabet and means the number one. oliph. >> justin timberlake and jennifer beal have been rekindling their romance. they decided to give love another try. >>> and this one sort of makes charlie sheen's new tv show will be based on the movie "anger management" and charlie will be playing the jack nicholson character. >>> finally, talk about walking into one. although she means that she always feels she's on display, the jokes are already flying over kim kardashian's quote from her upcoming cosmopolitan cover story. she says, "sometimes i feel like a zoo animal." >> what does she mean by that one? >> her quotes are not proper for tv, but i think she means taking pictures and the hysteria. >> when you make as much money as she does, you can't complain. the three sisters make more than $60 million. >> not bad for a caged animal. >>> from beverly hills in california where tinseltown is in a tizz

what did surprise her, then, she says, is finding another woman there, natalie kenly. a model who once graced the cover of a marijuana magazine. so, you moved in and you find out there's another woman living there, too? >> on the ride over there, his assistant rick says, did charlie th tell you about natty? i was like, who? and i got to the house, and there she is, standing in the kitchen. and she did not look too happy to see me there. >> reporter: was it a tense environment then in the home? >> at times. you could cut the air with a knife sometimes. i felt like i couldn't show charlie the affection and the love that i wanted to show him because of how she would react. >> it's unconvenenonal and seems crazy y everybody else, but for us, i mean, it works well. >> reporter: she said on television that everything was great. >> yeah. well -- i don't know what to tell you. i think she was trying to convince herself that it was great. but she was crying, like, every day. she was really upset about it. >> reporter: one week after olson moved in, the war between sheen and the

. >> reporter: over a decade ago, armed with a law degree, surfing enthusiast natalie pepper took a differenturn in life. she decided to work with special needs kids full time. now her love of surfing and her passion of helping children with autism have come together at a unique camp in the marin county town of balinas. >> i know how i surf, how it affects them in a positive way. i'm hoping it will foster a love of surfing for them. >> reporter: so, she founded spectrum surf camps. as for the meaning behind the camp's name -- >> there's autism spectrum. i mean, you've got high functioning kids that they have more difficulty with social situations and some children, some individuals, who they're nonverbal. they're really in their own space. >> reporter: the experience for the campers and even the junior counselors is certainly invigorating. some of this includes -- >> feeling the spray of the ocean against your face, the smell of the saltwater. and exhilaration as you're traveling fast along that wave. >> reporter: for the instructors, it's not only about fostering confidence in the campers bu

the city college board of trustees, natalie burke. since assuming office in january, growing the economy has been a priority. and as we saw, he delivered. without further ado of like to mention -- i would like to introduce the mayor. >> if you notice i am smiling, there is such a combination of good will here, and good direction. i get the opportunity to be productive and destructive at the same time. i am here to bolster and brag about what we are doing in san francisco. we are still doing the right things. i have been here so many times and we're talking about how to sustain the economy and grow this. i have repeated, we are doing redevelopment's so well and i want to thank everyone, -- i want to thank the redevelopment commission, i have spoken out in the very beginning in january, when people suggested that redevelopment was a don entity and maybe this should not be done. we are continuing to do the right things in this city. and with this fantastic view that we have here, with this wonderful site, as it has been labeled or called

people's magazine is reporting that natalie port mann and husband have named their son aleph.letter of the hebrew alphabet and also means number one. "us weekly" reports that recently split jessica biel and timberlake have rekindled their roman romance. they've decided to give their relationship another shot. >>> this one makes sense. tmz reporting that charly sheen's new movie will be focused on "anger management." he'll be playing the jack nicholson character. >> always feeling like she's on display, the jokes are already flying over kim kardashian's lead quote of the cosmo toll on the lead story. sometimes feel like a zoo animal. >> which animal? i mean what does she mean by that? >> that's where your mind starts spinning a little into dangerous territory. >> aleph as a new baby name? >> good luck finding name on a souvenir key chain. i went straight to the billy key chains. >> we should start calling your billy karins. wouldn't have recommend it but you could. >> i'm veronica de la cruz. this is "first look" on msnbc. stay tuned because "way too early" starts right now. >>

creation we are making progress but the question is that the question is too small at the top is natalie i think copies so widely in the. complete years ago and have not been implemented and the deceased the real issue therefore for the object of the legal process from the number one is to move with new commitment in which it will come up with a set of the measures in order to implement what we whole idea committed. if you could talk a little bit about it's been you know twenty years the world of global economic output has increased by sixty percent in quality hasn't really increased what are some of the poverty issues that you're planning to tackle here at rio plus twenty you know the in terms of the purse to each of the people living and. i could that as being a reduced ok this is the progress but in terms of the absolute number of the people thanks to the increase of the entire population for the last three years and then living in india a poverty line a house priest so particularly in sub-saharan africa and in south asia so we still have your own point five or two million people livi

monday in the russian ladies claimed all seven goals in the synchronised swimming in shanghai with natalie is xanga making history by reaching the top of the podium six times and becoming a sixteen time world champion overall the record breaker revealing her formula of success of the words. where which in that we have the best coaches in the world we train very hard every day and of course the talent goes. we're very glad that we managed to clean all thousand gold madly we think our coach is old and that we should be part of a victory is very happy and those who think our fans and all those who believed in us. to cycling though i just ran as cade levens has become the first of the france winner from the southern hemisphere after the largely ceremonial final stage concluded. the two time runner up had all but secured his first trophy after taking the yellow jersey by winning the time trial the day before last again and he should have know had to settle for second best the mission as runner up for a third consecutive time with his elder brother frank schleck completing the podium brit mark c

let's begin with a look at our top stories this hour eleven time world champion nataly ition cup pairs up with sit down there on the russian up to claim her career as well and russia's second gold at the world final solution high. school returns back home following an exciting without the world finals in germany where they beat huge favorites the u.s. in the championship decider. and also russian basketball is like hearing out ahead of the european championships in over a month's time where a good showing with and on the spot at the london olympics. so it's been a difficult few months for japan got the country can at least take some joy from their women's football team who have become world champions in france first then you'll be crowned with as of now i arrived back. school blending in so. many just a day after securing the country's first ever women's world title in japan answer the global final as rank outsiders taking on two time champions team usa and held on to feed them on penalties after regulation and at one apiece the first victory over the u.s. in twenty five attempts photo

russia's first medal in the swim discipline though local to gold while multiple olympic medalist natalie collins came in says even though the american was among the favorites to claim the world championship gold six. elsewhere sixteen time olympic medalist michael phelps failed to win gold in the man's two hundred meter freestyle another dick rated american ryan lochte to taking the victory that the twenty six year old powering to the finish will with thor it's the wild phelps just held all german polish beads and long for second place so phelps continues a string of bonds at the fold and says reeling in eight golds at the beijing games three years ago. moving stateside now where they had a file has successfully resolved its labor. she is putting more pressure on the n.b.a. to do the same basketball stars are continuing to spend their time outside the u.s. feeling speculation about their future should the lockout remain until the league's start date of november the first carmelo anthony encrease false winning clue through hong kong this week as part of a promotional tool the locals getti

to dominate the whole world championships in shanghai but has been a great day for russia as well natalie becoming the first ever eleven time world champion after winning her latest gold on sunday the twenty five year old also giving russia the first medal of the finals winning the third straight world championship events and impeccable performance in the soul of program alone he should get to see all local favorite machine and spain's andrea where in the final . a bit of plan is now on carlos ferrero has won them instead his couple his first title of the season former world number one beating compadre of problem. six four six loves in the finals to get the red always playing on his third to them until the end there are now two months with the first and many injuries. and finally brazil's allison and then i'll have one in moscow lag off the beach volleyball world two which took place over the weekend reports. once again that was the russian team insights the men's competition reached the middle rounds heavy rain been forming in moscow since the early morning the thing clear to you by earl

seemingly poor condition and the search for the truth by the tragedy begins at the highest level artie's nataly north of kabul reports. this news reaction to this has been media to visit was outrage at those behind the desk all those innocent people first of all of course he's expressed his condolences to the family members of those who never left. those he's also held up an emergency meeting during this tragedy the order to set up a special state investigative committee that's going to look into what could have caused this tragedy and he's appointed the heads of the ministry of transportation of russia to be the house of this investigation it's a huge i want the prosecutor general's office to check for compliance with the political transport regulations by the owners of that vessel the state officials that certified it as suitable for cruising and generally everyone related to the organization of this cruise especially considering the fact there were so many children on board the ship the results of that investigation should be summed up and not only in relation to this specific catastrophe bu

well natalie game is not a girly it's like a call and response to the simple subs improvement has been so quick he's already been named captain at a time and time just touch rugby team however the boys could have a peep treats in store for them in the autumn joan is trying to organize a tour of the rugby heartland of england to play some nights in gloucester no less the biggest these kids will gain as the interaction between distinctive communities which will hopefully lead to a stony and russian children playing peacefully together which i really don't see it so you see good looks and that is all the sport for a long time but with all that stuff. hungry for the full story we've got it. the biggest issues get a human voice ceased to face with the news makers. twenty years ago the largest country in the disintegrating to. look how did. you get a job. where did it take. wealthy british style sun. rises. hi guys.

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dominate the whole world championships in shanghai but there's been a great day for russia as well natalie becoming the first ever eleven time world champion after winning her latest gold on sunday it's twenty five year old also giving russia the first medal of finals winning the third straight world championship event and impeccable performance in the soul of program alone good to see all local favorite. and spain's andrea is in the final. a bit of tennis now juan carlos ferrero has won them is said to scupper his first title of the season the former world number one beating come patrick hard six four six love and quite nice to get her out always playing and already has the mental going that could be now with two months with grace and the injury. and finally brazil's allison and a month i'll have won the moscow lag of the beach volleyball world too which took place over the weekend reports. once again that was the russian team insights to the men's competition reached the middle round was heavy rain and unfolding in moscow since the early morning the thing fleet is cleared by early aftern

well natalie vance likely girlies his life this is simple you suppose improvement has been so quick he's already been named captain at a time when tigers touch rugby team however the boys could have to keep treating source of them in the autumn john is trying to organize a tours of the rugby heartland of england to play some nights in gloucester no less but biggest kids will gain is be interaction between groups picture of communities which will hopefully lead to stony and russian children playing peacefully together richard i'm told we don't he turned in. the worthwhile project that is that was full for the moment. all.