natalie? >> this morning, do the eyes have it? the first telltale signs of a serious condition may be in your eyes. dr. keri peterson is a contributor to women's health and internist. good to have you here. >> good morning. >> eyes can show us an important window into our health. >> the eyes are amazing. when the eye doctor looks in the back of the eye they are gaining direct access to visualizing your blood vessels. this is the only area in the body where you can see blood vessels from the outside world. the health of these vessels are reflective of the health of all small vessels in your body and the diseases we are talking about are seen in the eye, not in the mirror. >> the first one you say they are looking for are silver or copper colored arteries which could be a sign of high blood pressure. >> changes in the eyes are some of the earliest signs of high blood pressure in people who have no symptoms. 20% of people walking around with high blood pressure who don't know it. normally when the eye doctor looks in the back of your

and we're joined by natalie jackson, co-counsel for the martin family.hat you just heard, do you think that joe oliver should be questioned by the investigators in this case about the substance of his conversation with george zimmerman on saturday? >> i definitely think he needs to be questioned. that's called an admission by party. whatever information that george zimmerman gave him will be valuable information for this investigation. >> charles, today you tweeted, i think while watching joe oliver on tv this morning with maybe soledad o'brien on cnn, "please someone put me on tv with joe oliver." i saw that knowing that we had joe oliver booked yesterday. we had him booked. >> you set me up. >> i didn't set you up. i said, okay, we're getting charles. i know it's frustrating. a strange experience. >> yes. i mean -- well, you quickly come away with the idea -- and he admitted it tonight -- he is not a close friend of george zimmerman. he could not even contact george zimmerman. george zimmerman has not contacted him. he admits himself that he had not se

ticket for joining us, natalie jackson. can you respond to these latest stories been presented by george zimmerman's father and brother? >> clearly, they are trying to protect their family member. i guess they have a right to do that, but the problem is, they do not have a right to destroy trayvon's memory in the process. trayvon was an innocent child. there's nothing he was doing wrong. he was not involved in any criminal activity. he had a right to be where he was. my response to them is that, you can tell us what ever you want to, but we have the call george zimmerman made where he said, "these a-holes always get away." he was told to not get out of his car and he did. he also said trayvon was running away from him. we have telephone calls that trayvon made, records that prove he was on the foreign -- phone george and sermon approached and attacked. now we have video that shows george zimmerman did not have the injuries that he and his family claimed. there is the explanation for people who were not there such as meat an

back outside to maria with a check of your weather. >> good morning, natalie. we are so honored and really privileged to be breaking some news here. you said yes. >> i did. >> and you're engaged. what are your names? >> andy. >> vicky. from columbus, ohio. >> friends and family they're going to get hitched. these are your hotel guests. this may or may not be one of your towels. congratulations. >> thank you. >> taking a look at the weather across the country. we are expecting a chance for some stronger thunderstorms into parts of the northern plains, the dakotas included a slight risk of hail, maybe some tornadoes as well. plus the rest of the country, a cool breeze moving into the northeast bringing some chilly temperatures to the northeast, especially tomorrow morning. meanwhile the midsection still quite warm and stormy across the pacific northwest. >> good morning. we are waking up to sunshine. the wind will be coming in from the north. it will feel colder than the >> natalie, back to you. >> "today's health" is brought to you by lenscrafters. >> thanks, ma

natalie? >> al, thank you. now to "today's money 911" where we tackle your financial prob m problems. jean chatzky, "today's" financial editor and author of "the money blues" david bach, author of "debt free for life" and sharon epperson is cnbc's personal finance correspondent. good morning to all of you. >> good morning. >> a lot of great questions to get to so let's get right to it. first one is an e-mail question comes from christine in pennsylvania and she writes, my now 72-year-old mother took a reverse mortgage loan out of her home, which was paid off, for frivolous reasons, without cutting family or learning more about the consequences. she now realizes that she will be losing her home after she either can't live there anymore or passes away leaving her children without an inheritance. is there any way out of this situation? okay, jean, tough one. a lot of seniors are taking reverse mortgages. is it a good thing? >> it can be a good thing. and here's the deal, christine. when your mother took out this r

natalie morris is outside in new york city. the device is due to go on sale in just a few hours' time. natalie, how is it looking? >> it looks pretty good. it's raining, but people don't seem to care. the first guy in line has been here since monday. he's cocooned in a sleeping bag. in about two hours time, they're going to start letting people in. at around 4:00 a.m., there were 300 people. now the line goes clear around the block. you've got to think this is pent up demand from people who wanted the new device but wanted to wait through the christmas season because they knew apple was going to launch a brand new one. early reviews are very good. it's an incremental update to the ipad, too. but it's still really great. great texts, great display, good battery life. it's worth getting an ipad if you wanted. if you're a 2 user, the reviews are maybe not the biggest deal, but people still get nuts about apple lunches. they're clurnt they're currently cleaning the glass behind me. they con trotulate them and this will be no differ

thanks a lot, natalie.ontroversy over celebrity cookbooks, and who is actually writing them, nbc's mara schiavocampo has this story. >> reporter: good morning, ann. this one is a case of hot meals and hot tempers, all flaring up online after a story suggesting that some celebrity chefs with cookbooks are hands-off in the kitchen. now one famous star is boiling mad, and fighting back. it's a recipe for success. celebrity cookbooks are big business. and these days famous chefs are everywhere. from jamie oliver to martha stewart to mario batali. >> olive oil, salt and pepper. >> reporter: but are the big guns hiring writers for their cookbooks? that's the claim in a "new york times" piece, i was a cookbook ghostwriter. it set off a firestorm with food reporter julia moskin writing recipes are products, and today's successful cookbook authors are demons at providing it, usually with the assistance of an army of writer-cooks. >> most use ghost writers. they're not writers. they need someone to help them put thei

and my interview with natalie cole. one of whitney houston's great friends. tonight she talks about the toxicology report and her battles with addiction. i'll also talk about the arrest of bobby brown on a dui charge. plus the passion of ron paul. the only doctor in the race taking on obama care as the showdown begins at the supreme court. and only in america, a very rotten easter egg roll. how bad parents are ruining all the good fun. this ask "piers morgan tonight." >>> good evening. our big story tonight searching for the truth in the trayvon martin tragedy. civil rights leaders and thousands protest around the country. one of two new revelations that have outraged his grieving parents. [ no audio ] was he gunned down because he was black? chaka khan has something important to say about it. it's coming up soon. plus natalie cole. i'll talk to her about her own addictions and today's arrest of bobby brown. plus supreme court taking on obama care. a case that affects every single american. ron paul will give me his diagnosis. >> this bill has far reaching co

good morning. >> reporter: hey, natalie. prince harry is right up there with kate lately. he's a young royal with a modern focus on service and is exuberantly himself. he's the prince of personality in the steamy tropics. instant party. the house of windsor's finest dance moves. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: harry even managed to charm the jamaican prime minister who wants the queen out as head of state with a hug. >> it's been an emotional trip. i had no idea how much influence the queen has on all these countries which, to me, is humbling. i was quite choked up at times. >> reporter: harry was full of surprises, jokingly cheating the fastest man on earth. driving a carriage, sporting a mask of his brother. playing volleyball, cricket, polo and busting out some blue suede shoes. >> i had to wear them. >> reporter: in brazil he visited a slum where people could not have been happier to embrace him especially the kids. [ speaking in a foreign language ] >> translator: he's beautiful and i find him adorable. >> report

. >> the principle is talking about 10-year-old natalie phyall. she was eating lunch with her friend, romani cuffe. >> she was eating chips and one of them slipped down her throat. >> they had made a pact just a few weeks ago about just this situation. >> i told her if on one of us was ever to choke, the signal was to do like this. i thought that she was playing, but then when she did the signal, i noticed she was not playing to >> i did it and then she came over there and did the heimlich and the chip bluecross the room. >> the guidance counselor watched it all unfold. >> it all happen probably in the course of a minute. >> i felt really good because i saved my best friend. >> thanks to her mother, natalie knew just what to do. >> i taught her about a year ago how to do the maneuver. since then i have taught her different techniques and cpr and first-aid. i was very proud when the time came that she was able to jump into action. >> i am very proud of her. i am just glad she was able to do what she did. >> natalie saved me. >> this fourth grade gi

roker, and natalie morales.ake you inside the celebrity homes that have just been put up for sale. including an apartment owned by alicia keys, an apartment owned by rosie o'donnell and a home that is owned by britney spears. should be fun to look around that and see the price tag. >> we're also going to go into the kitchen. mark bittman says it's time to learn how to do some basics, including vegetables. he's going to kick off three days of lessons. the best day to pare vegetables will be today. vegetables so good your children will ask for seconds. >> really? >> exactly. that would be a great day. >> considering my won't even ask for firsts that would be great. first let's bring in 16-year-old shannon mcgreen the most recent contested voted off "american idol." good morning to you. >> good morning. >> only 16 years old. had to be a little bit of a shock to you. the judges all loved your performance. >> yeah. >> everybody was raving about you. what do you think happened? >> i'm only 16 and it's really hard to f

natalie? >> all right. ron allen in sanford, florida. >>> lakers legend magic johnson is about to make a little more history in los angeles as a group including the basketball icon has agreed to purchase the l.a. dodgers for $2 billion. if finalized the price would be the highest ever paid for a sports franchise. the deal is subject to approval in medical bankruptcy court. >>> and mitt romney stopped by "the tonight show" where he gave jay leno a peek at his potential running mate. >> i could do you a favor with this. i'll choose david letterman. >> oh, there you go. there you go. >> but the republican frontrunner played it straight for most of the night. in a video one of his aides posted on twitter romney admitted that he's rarely funny on purpose. it is now 7:16. let's turn it back over to ann, matt and maria. >> thank you, natalie. we've got maria larosa in for al this morning. i hope by the colors you're wearing it's going to be a pretty day today. >> i'm telling everyone i'm willing it to feel like a

natalie? >> all right, craig melvin in san diego. thank you, craig. >>> 21 jump street debuted in the number one spot at the weekend box office with $35 million. dr. seuss "the lorax" fell to second with $22.8 million and "john carter" was third. the past confronts the present in haunting pictures created by an amateur russian photographer. he combined vintage photos of world war ii europe with recent shots taken at the same locations and the result is an unsettling world where ruins share space with modern postcard views, and red army troops storm the reichstag, as 21st century tourists line up for admission there. absolutely striking photos. >>> now let's go back to al with a check of your weather. >> all right, thanks so much, natalie. again we're talking about some warm air that's going to be causing some problems. record highs with these jet stream way up to the north. cooler than normal out west, where flagstaff got a bunch of snow over the weekend. but look at these temperatures. tying or breaking records from the northeast in

krystal, ari, natalie, thank you. the south by southwest 2012 get together, interactive, music, we have been spotlighting innovation and entrepreneurship in austin, texas. one of our favorite stops on the 30 million jobs tour. we had a chance to talk to dean came en, enven tore of the segue. here is his view of a new culture of ex-peerm tags. >> simple solution, create a culture in which kids are as passiona passionate about working hard as the others and create a culture where we celebrate science and technology. >> that's a snippet of that south by southwest coverage. check it out, including that full dean kamen video. >>> and why retailers are feeling better on saint pat riks day. a programming note with martin being on at bill maher. then we are back here on msnbc after this. americans believe they should be in charge of their own future. how they'll live tomorrow. for more than 116 years, ameriprise financial has worked for their clients' futures. helping millions of americans retire on their terms. when they wan

natalie? >> miguel almaguer in conifer, colorado, thanks. >>> president obama's landmark health care reform comes under the microscope at the supreme court today. nbc's justice correspondent pete williams is there with the latest. pete, good morning. >> natalie, good morning. the constitution gives congress the power to regulate commerce. today's question is, does that mean it can require everyone to buy health insurance. 26 states and a business group say the answer is no. they say if you don't have insurance, you're not in commerce, you can't be forced to buy it. one judge who ruled against the health care law said if congress can do that, it could require everyone to buy broccoli to become healthier. but the obama administration says the law doesn't regulate the insurance industry, it regulates the entire health care system and everyone is involved in that. the government says people without insurance, when they show up at the emergency room, the cost of their care is transferred to people

natalie?ncan, thank you. >>> two american service members have been killed this morning in southern afghanistan. u.s. defense officials say. nato says a man in an afghan army uniform and another in civilian clothes opened fire on troops, killing the two american soldiers. meantime, in northern iraq, an american teacher was killed this morning in an apparent murder-suicide, by an 18-year-old iraqi student. >>> conservative blogger, author and publisher andrew bryce bart died unexpectedly overnight in los angeles. his website says he died of natural causes. breitbart was an outspoken critic of mainstream media and government corruption. he famously uncovered the sexting scandal that uncovered the anthony weiner scandal last year. now let's head to the new york stock exchange. >>> bad news for the housing market. it seems that foreclosures are accounting for the smallest percentage in overall says in three years for 2011. >>> federal reserve chairman, ben bernanke back on capitol hill for a secon

natalie? is. >> mike taibbi in los angeles for us. thank you. >>> police are investigating a deadly shooting at a pittsburgh psychiatric clinic. thursday, a man armed with two semiautomatic handguns burst into the lobby opening fire, killing one person and wounding at least six others. the gunman was shot dead apparently by police. officials say they had no motive for the shooting. it appears the gunman acted alone. >>> kansas voters add their voices to the republican presidential race with caucuses on saturday. the candidates are also looking ahead to next week's primaries in alabama and mississippi. mitt romney called himself an adopted son of the south thursday as he accepted the endorsement of the mississippi governor, but rick santorum and newt gingrich are counting on strong showings with support from southern conservatives and evangelical christian voters. after a long week of work and getting the kids off to school who doesn't need to let out a little frustration? now apparently there is an anger room. it's a business near dal

let's turn to natalie jackson, attorney for the family of trayvon martin. thank you for your time tonight. robert zimmerman says the call never happened. can you respond to that? >> mr. zimmerman is a father trying to protect his child. the call happened. there are records the call happened. this is not something the young girl made up and people just believe her. there are records that back up her story. everything his son has told him, there's nothing to back it up except for his son. in fact, all the different stories that have been reported by family and friends of george zimmerman, they're kind of proving to be not true. >> have trayvon's parents seen robert zimmerman's interview and have they given a reaction to it? >> yeah, they did give a reaction to it. they said, they understand. it's his child. that's what parents do, they protect their children. what he must understand, while he has that right, he does not have a right to try to tarnish trayvon in the process. they never had a chance to protect their child from his son, the killer. >> now, did t

then natalie will be put through her paces. darn good shape but she'll be put through the paces of a new workout that aims to strengthen the body and prevent dangerous sports injuries before they occur. look at all that body fat. unbelievable. >> looks like that hurts. she's good to do it for us. let's see what natalie has for us on a check of the top stories. >> good morning. in the news a roadside bomb killed at least 13 civilians including women and children in afghanistan. this as an american soldier accused of killing 16 civilians was flown out of the country last night into kuwait. u.s. officials haven't ruled out the possibility that a trial for the suspect could be held in afghanistan. >>> former illinois governor rod blagojevich left his chicago home this morning headed to a federal prison in colorado to begin his 14-year term. he was convicted of corruption including trying to sell president obama's former senate seat. a new test program will ease airport security for some travellers. beginning monday passengers 75 an

natalie?ve brought in the second highest ratings of the season but lohan isn't receiving high marks for the performance. >> lindsay lohan! [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: lindsay lohan got an enthusiastic welcome back from the audience and cast and proved willing to poke fun at herself. >> the studio feels -- [ alarm ] >> the alarm goes off if i leave the stage. >> reporter: a skit imagining the real housewives of disney got big laughs but the reviews haven't been kind. >> the feedback to her performance was overwhelmingly negative. people magazine gave it a positive review. everybody else seemed to trash it. >> i'm lindsay lohan. >> reporter: critics say she flubbed lines and relied heavily on cue cards. >> first you're hanging with the mean girls and then accused of stealing a diamond necklace? >> reporter: this was her fourth time hosting snl. her first time in 2004 as a fresh-faced red head. in 2005 she poked fun at her increasingly bad girl image. >> who are you? >> i'm you. [ laught

we are talking to natalie with more. >> good morning.an sporting bellies this spring. now an oscar winner joined the list. hollywood is in the midst of a baby boom. beyonce and jay-z welcomed newborns into their homes. >> there are a ton of pregnant celebrities now. the list goes on. it sort of everywhere from your a-list actresses to reality stars. everyone in hollywood is pregnant. >> reporter: friends are confirming reese witherspoon is pregnant. it will be her third child and first with her new husband. >> they talk about everything on the social media and you have reese witherspoon who chooses not to release statements. >> some keep it quiet and others are an open book. jessica simpson flaunted her pregnancy since last halloween. she's kept little quiet. she posed nude for elle. >> i'm definitely feeling intimate. i'm unstoppable at the moment. the big "o" is the biggest "o" ever. i feel like i have a bowling ball sitting on my hoo ha. >> she does not take things seriously. it's a fun ride for fans. >> simpson is not the only one wh

natalie? >> all right, lilia luciano in san ford, florida, thank you. >>> voters in illinois head to the polls today, as mitt romney is looking to widen his lead over rick santorum in the republican presidential race. santorum has chosen to spend his day voting -- voting in gettysburg pennsylvania as he looks ahead to the primary there in the senate he represented as senator. >>> army staff sergeant robert bales remembers very little about the night he's accused of killing 16 afghan civilians. this is according to his lawyer. bales is expected to be formally charged this week. meantime, there's a new revelation bales owes $1.5 million from a 2003 court ruling that found him guilty of securities fraud back when he was a trader before joining the service. >>> we are learning more about the gunman who shot and killed three children and a rabbi monday at a jewish school in toulouse, france. france's interior minister says the suspect may have been wearing a video camera around his neck, possibly r

hi, natalie. >> hello again, matt, ann and savannah. the parents of slain unarmed teenager trayvon martin are slamming police for leaking information that their son had been suspended from school after traces of marijuana were found in his back pack. his parents called the leak a smear campaign aimed at demonizing their 17-year-old son who was shot and killed back in february. local police say they did not authorize the release of the new information but do acknowledge a possible leak. >>> president obama's landmark health care reform law is going under the microscope at the supreme court today. the justices are hearing arguments that k458 edge whether or not the government can force people to carry insurance or face a penalty. the law would extend health care coverage to nearly every american, providing insurance to nearly 30 million people. 26 states oppose the law and the issue has become subject to intense partisan debate. dangerous wildfires are sweeping through the mountains west of denver, colorado. at least one person has been f

natalie? >> all right, tom castillo. thanks so much, tom. >>> it is the final day of arguments before the supreme court on president obama's health care overhaul. today's arguments focus on whether the health care law can survive if the requirement that everyone buy health insurance is found to be unconstitutional. >>> a major shake-up for newt gingrich's presidential campaign. a spokesman says a third of the campaign staff has been laid off, and gingrich's campaign manager has been asked to resign. gingrich plans to spend less time and money in primary states, and will, instead, personally call delegates hoping to win their support at the convention. >>> congress has started work on a bill to help reunite parents with children abducted to other countries. the measure is named for sean and david goldman. david goldman is the father whose then 4-year-old sean was abducted to brazil in 2004 by the boy's mother who later died. it took david five years to get his son back home. >> because of the recognition that our case got

natalie? >> all right, craig melvin in beverly hills.hank you, craig. >>> florida's governor is appointing a new task force to investigate the shooting death of unarmed teen trayvon martin. nationwide outrage at martin's death has prompted thousands to rally, calling for the arrest of neighborhood watch captain george zimmerman, who says he shot martin in self-defense. meantime, the local police chief is standing by his agency's decision not to arrest zimmerman. but says he is temporarily stepping down a move martin's parents say is not enough. >>> army staff sergeant robert bales will be charged with 17 counts of murder for allegedly going on a shooting rampage in two afghan villages earlier this month. this according to a u.s. official. this as another assault case surfaces from bales' past. a washington state police report from 2008 describes the quote extremely intoxicated bales forcing a woman to grope him then punching and kicking the woman's boyfriend. charges were not filed at that time. >>> bank of america is testing a new progr

that is the question i put earlier to our province correspondent, natalie. >> they definitely welcome the deal. they understand it is one-third of their debt being written off, essentially. they're very fearful of what will be asked in exchange. they are pounded by two years of very harsh austerity. they have seen their wages plummeted and austerity grow. the biggest question for them is will the european leaders in the international community understand that austerity is no longer the wait to go. we cannot bounceback from this crisis because we're being asphyxiated from the crushing austerity. that is their main concern. elections are the next hurdle. whenever government will come will have to persuade the greeks to except the conditions that come attached to the psi and the 130 billion euro aid package that should come within this psi. >> we just spoke to one financial experts in frankfurt who seems to believe that greece has to leave the euro. this deal is barely a saving grace for the moment. how our financial experts they're predicting the future? >> of the would like opinion sha

joining me are natalie jackson, an attorney for trayvon martin's family and charles blow is back withs and -- "the orlando sentinel," they paper that reported the leak today. one of the reasons i wanted to ask the zimmerman's lawyer about zimmerman's resources is i want to know what his attachment to the community is. that goes to the issue of bail, his freedom, his inclination to free, does he have a mortgage? does he own anything there and possible civil liability that you would be interested in what assets does the person have if you were to proceed in civil procedure against him. what do you make of zimmerman's lawyer running out of here tonight and being afraid to come on the show? >> i can't make anything of that. i think he's been -- his story has changed for his client at least three times that we know of. what we know is he left the car being told not to. we know he had a nine millimeters gun when he left the car. we know he was told, he said by his own words that trayvon martin was running away. hence, trayvon was not the aggressor. >>. >> charles, don't we know if zimmerman

natalie? >> just horrific there. jim maceda in toulouse, france. thank you, jim. >>> now to wall street, and cnbc's courtney reagan's at the new york stock exchange. good morning to you, courtney. >> hi, good morning to you natalie. well investors are watching shares of apple today to see if the company can set more records after closing above $600 a share for the first time on monday. apple announced it will pay a dividend for the first time in 17 years. elsewhere, gas prices on the rise, up four cents a gallon, to a national average of $3.87. up 27 cents in a month to the highest levels recorded for march. natalie, back to you. >> courtney reagan at the new york stock exchange. thank you. >>> first lady michelle obama sat down with david letterman last night to share some laughs and she talked about one of her undercover shopping trips to target. take a listen. >> no one knew that was me, because a woman actually walked up to me, right, i was in the detergent aisle, and she said -- i kid you

natalie?ers on his star at the hollywood walk of fame. he died of a heart attack at his home in florida. he was 66. >>> and cats who can outsmart humans? they're nothing new. but check out the kitty playing the shell game in the viral video. she's not quite perfect. but apparently let's see if she gets it. she does get it right, we're told two out of every three times. pretty good odds. she should sign her act to new york city. now let's go to al with a check of your weather from harrisburg, illinois, al? >> the cat was banned from las vegas. all right, thanks so much. here in harrisburg, illinois, we've been seeing homes where people are going through the rubble of their homes, checking things out. and you can see the devastation really in a 360-degree arc all throughout here. it's widest point, the width of this tornado was two football fields wide. you can see why this has been registered an ef-4, 180-mile-per-hour winds. just unbelievable. and of course as lester mentioned, six people losi