natalie certainly did. but she was stunned, even brought to tears when she put her son and his friends to the test using hidden cameras and an actor pretending to be an ice cream truck driver. she will show us what happened. >> i think it's important reporting for all parents to take a look at. and also, talking about this ad campaign that has a lot of people talking. lisa rinna, the sultry star of shows like "melrose place" and "days of our lives" in a commercial for form-fitting adult diapers. some people think it's hilarious. >> others are blasting her for it. sheer going to find out what she has to say when she joins us for an exclusive live interview. >> but we begin with that breaking news. five police officers shot, one killed during an investigation in greenland, new hampshire. nbc's michelle franzen is there. michelle, good morning. >> well, good morning, ann. the flag has been lowered to half-staff here in greenland, and this community just outside of portsmouth is devastated following the shootin

. >> before we go to natalie. can you pan over? these crazy people here, have just been jumping up and down the entire time we're talking here. i think it's down the straight on the right is what you want. anyway let's go inside, natalie's got the headlines of the morning. >> good morning once again. new details in the investigation into the disappearance of madeleine mccann, almost five years ago. and that new image of what she may look like today. nbc's taz even ahmed is in london. officials say she may still be alive? >> good morning, natalie. they're saying there's a chance she may still be alive. and what they're saying is they're going to investigate 195 new leads. gaps if you like, in the historic investigation. the investigation that's been taking place over the last five years. they're bringing together their own work, that of the portuguese police, as well as private investigators that the mccanns had hired. now they're going through 40,000 pieces, which includes 100,000 documents. they're a quarter of the way through. an

natalie williams is running against marion barry. and williams -- the family claims williams could have stopped their daughter from being harassed. >> belfort williams ran for office, she also had a public relations firm and another business that worked with young models. it is very 13-year-old girl went to work for her hoping she could jump-start forher modeling career. >> court documents show she was a partner of "kas." flanagan pled guilty to sexually assaulting the 13-year-old girl. they're seeking $1 million in damages alleging that williams may have prevented the assault that she had told the victim's family about flanagan's criminal past. >> she was aware of the previous conviction i think she should have made us aware. >> he pled guilty in 1995 and guilty to being an accessory after the fact to a murder in montgomery county. >> it so you think natalie has responsibility here but then at? >> of think we all do when you hear something that someone has done or possibly could be doing. >> natalie williams did not respond and was

michelle, good morning. >> hi, natalie. all this controversy and buzz surrounding an acquaintance of pippa's, who was pointing what clearly appeared to be a gun on the streets of paris, has brought a barrage of reporters, some of them conflicting. just this morning a french photographer was quoted as saying he felt sure that gun was plastic, this was all just a big joke. but others quote anonymous police sources saying they are reviewing the photos and expect more information to come in. threatening anyone with a gun, real or fake, is a crime, but at this point, police say there is no investigation. because no one has filed any formal complaint. natalie? >> all right, michelle kosinski in paris for us this morning. thank you, michelle. >>> a stolen penguin is back where he belongs at an australian theme park with his mate. 7-year-old dirk was swiped on saturday by a group of young men who abandoned him in shark infested waters. the culprits were busted. dirk was rescued and he's now a top story on today.com. he is a cutie.

natalie? >> all right. mark potter in cartagena, colombia. >>> the neighborhood watch volunteer who shot and killed unarmed teen trayvon martin appears in a florida courtroom today. this is a live picture of george zimmerman. he's charged with second degree murder in the shooting that he says was self-defense. his attorneys are asking that he be granted bail today. >>> president obama has a six-point lead over presumptive republican candidate mitt romney in the latest nbc news/"wall street journal" poll. but that poll also shows the president's biggest weakness, the economy, is ronaldny's strong point. >>> a tempting discover put an airport security screener to the test. tsa officer don williams found 95 $100 bills in an envelope at the dallas-ft. worth airport. he was able to contact the passenger who lost the money and returned it because he said, you can't live with yourself unless you do the right thing. >>> and we think this kangaroo has been hitting the gym a little bit too much. take a look. the wild

thank you so much, natalie.ou think is going to be in our concert series? who would you like to see? >> justin bieber. >> oh. well, you stick around. we may make you happy. let's see what we've got for you, as far as your forecast. las vegas, nevada. nbc news 3, sunny, hot, 89 degrees. as we look around the country, not quite as hot here in the northeast. 50s and 60s in new england. 70s along the east coast. 80s down through the gulf. 80s and 90s through the southwest, with 50s through the upper midwest. morning showers there. look for some rain in the interior sections of the pacific northwest. slight risk of strong storms down in southern texas. wet weather into the mississippi and upper ohio river valleys and lots of sunshine along the east coast with some hit or miss showers. >> it looks like we will close out the work week with some nice weather. it is a little chilly it right now. high temperatures will climb into the 70's with a mix >> all right. >> thank you, al, for the weather. of course, summer is jus

natalie.oday, north korea began what will be two weeks of official celebrations here. it's all designed to reinforce the transition of power from the late kim jong-il to his son kim jong-un. in one of pyongyang's main squares today, a sea of people expressed joy for their great leader, and eternal president. and praise for his descendants. one stirred their excitement was this, a giant mural unveiled today of the latest kim jong-il. and when the assembly was over, the thousands just walked away. orderly. no trash left behind. uniformed schoolchildren, families and workers, simply left. in a nearby park, accompanied by a government minder, kim wen-yong told us everyone supports the state. you think it's a good system for the people of north korea? >> they understand and they uphold the line of our path. >> this weekend journalists were taken by train to a military base to see this. north korea says it's an observation satellite it will soon launch into orbit. officials say it will circle the ea

natalie? >> all right. mark potter in cartagena, colombia, thank you. >>> as you heard, more controversy today for the city of sanford, florida, in the wake of the shooting death of unarmed teen trayvon martin. that city's police chief turned in his resignation after facing mounting pressure for not charging admitted gunman george zimmerman. but on monday, city leaders voted to reject police chief bill lee's resignation. we'll have much more coming up in a live report. >>> the prime suspect in the 2005 disappearance of natalee holloway could soon face criminal charges here in the u.s. for allegedly trying to extort $250,000 from the missing girl's mother. a federal grand jury in alabama indicted joran van der sloot for trying to exchange apparently bogus information on holloway's whereabouts for cash. he is currently serving a 28-year sentence in peru for the 2010 murder of stefanie flores. a judge there has reportedly approved a u.s. request in the first step of the extradition process. >>> raising energy

kristen, good morning. >> good morning to you, natalie. well these new allegations certainly raise the specter of concern that the misconduct which we saw in colombia could be a part of a larger pattern. but u.s. officials emphasize there's no proof of that yet. investigators are looking into new allegations of misconduct by secret service and u.s. military personnel. >> well, i know the allegations first broke about two days ago, and the secret service is on it immediately. >> reporter: according to a television station in seattle, the reported misconduct occurred just before the president's 2011 trip to el salvador. the reporter quotes an unnamed government subcontractor who claimed he joined secret service agents and a few u.s. military specialists at a san salvador strip club for a night of heavy drinking and partying with escorts. the secret service says it takes issue with some of the basic facts of the report. but will assess and follow up in an appropriate manner. >> there's no trace at all, no indication that anything occurred on

natalie? >> al, thank you. now to the story of sean goldman, abducted by his mom to brazil, and then finally handed over to his father david, after a five-year, international battle. at the time we could only guess what he was feeling. but now, in an exclusive interview with meredith vieira, the boy caught in the crosshairs of all the controversy opens up about his confusing ordeal, and all of its painful repercussions. he was at the center of a case that sparked such an international firestorm it reached the highest levels of both the u.s. and brazilian governments. at the age of 4, sean goldman was abducted to brazil by his mother and abruptly cut off from his father with no explanation of why. when he was 8, his mom died. but even then his brazilian family tried to keep him there. never telling him that his distraught dad had been fighting all along to bring him home. nobody told you? nbc chronicled his dad's five-year struggle. traveling with him to brazil on many of the 15 trips he made, trying to get his

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>> natalie, it's not one bowl!hought we put it all in one bowl. >> that's okay. here. >> oh, my gosh. >> she's the one who can cook. >> all right. here we go. >> i warmed up the turkey. >> it's all going the same place, right? >> you put a stack of these in the oven. >> i'll hold it for you. >> i won't mess up anymore. >> some beef. >> can we still use this? >> yes, we can still use it. >> that's going to make some kind of highlight reel. >> and the sour cream. >> too bad savannah went here. she would have loved to dig at me. >> a little sour cream and there, delicious. would you like some? >> i'm not a fan of hot sauce. >> i'll do hot sauce. i'll dig in. i'll make mine here. >> this is a really, easy. it's three ingredients, whipped cream, dolce delecce sauce. >> thank you so much. >> they're talking about dessert. ali, thank you. coming up, hoda and kathie leigh. we believe keeping kids healthy can start with healthy hands. with the lysol no-touch hand soap system healthy hands can be automatic. for healthy tips

natalie? >> kerry sanders in sanford, florida. thanks so much, kerry. >>> after a mild winter the east coast is bearing the brunt of a spring nor'easter. more than a foot of snow is possible in the higher elevations of central and western pennsylvania and upstate new york. and from the new jersey shore to new england, up to four inches of rain and wild wind gusts are expected this morning. set to scrabbleble the first commute of the work week. >>> retail giant walmart is conducting a probe into allegations it engaged in widespread bribery in mexico. the new york times reports that an e-mail from a former executive of the company's mexican division described how that group had pate up to $24 million in bribes to speed the company's rapid expansion there. according to the "times," walmart investigated the claims but then shut down the probe without notifying authorities. walmart released a statement saturday saying it is deeply concerned about the allegations, and has been investigating its compliance with anti-bribery laws since la

as natalie just pointed out, only if it was a capital case would it go before a grand jury.ayvon martin, or for george zimmerman, are suggesting there was premeditation in this case. it wouldn't even make sense, actually, that he would call the cops, then stalk, wanting to kill right before the. cops arrived, and then, you know, try to get his way out of it. so that doesn't even make sense. no one is even suggesting that. that just takes that off the table. it could be the case that this, you know, the state's attorney wants to make an arrest. in fact, the local television station in that market, wftv has, you know, a story today saying that two sources have told them that there is likely to be an arrest this week. they're unnamed sources. you take that with a boulder soof salt, not just a grain of salt, but there may be an arrest. it's just as likely that there is some debate within that office as to whether or not they have enough evidence. do they, you know, do they have enough evidence to prove this case beyond a shadow of a doubt? or do they want to just compile as much

natalie? >> all right. perhaps some closure now 33 years later. katherine craig, thank you. >>> the neighborhood watch volunteer who shot and killed unarmed teen trayvon martin appears in a florida courtroom today. george zimmerman is charged with second degree murder inhe shooting that he says was self-defense. his attorneys will ask that he be granted bail today. >>> officials believe all four u.s. troops on board a military helicopter in afghanistan were killed when the chopper crashed on thursday in that country's helmand province. initial reports indicate that poor weather may have caused the crash. >>> a bird flying into a plane's right side engine shortly after takeoff forced a jetliner to make an emergency landing in new york. take a look at this cell phone video taken by passenger grant cordone. it shows birds flying into the engine. it rattled the flight. he filmed his version of this ordeal. >> plane shook, i felt we were coming down, i choked from the video, and closed it. and went to grab my ph

natalie joins us with more. natalie, good morning again. >> good morning, savannah.arning they not only cover flaws, they can also launch unexpected careers. >> reporter: when user munner83 posted this before and after makeup photo on the social news website, the reaction sparked a discussion about the importance of makeup in women's lives. >> here i am with no makeup. >> reporter: the photo inspired another user to post a link to this video which shows a woman's routine of applying makeup to cover her severe acne. >> you can have flawless skin, too 37. >> reporter: the video features cassandra bankson and has generated more than 6 million views. for cassandra, makeup changed her look and her life. she says she learned so much about cosmetics that she was able to become a model and made it her mission to help others who have acne and skin conditions with their makeup and with their confidence. >> i try to kind of dot it on. and i love using my fingers for foundation. >> makeup is so important to women because it's a part of their identity, and it's part of their pers

natalie jackson, charles m. blow, and joy-ann reid, thank you all very much for joining me tonight. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you. >>> coming up, we're going to have more on the breaking news on the killing of trayvon martin with jonathan capehart and former federal prosecutor from florida, kendall coffey. >>> and later, rick santorum is dropping out of the presidential campaign before a possible humiliation in his home state of pennsylvania. that means the obama re-election campaign can no longer count on republicans to attack the now-inevitable nominee, mitt romney. that's coming up. ok! who gets occasional constipation, diarrhea, gas or bloating? get ahead of it! one phillips' colon health probiotic cap a day helps defend against digestive issues with three strains of good bacteria. hit me! [ female announcer ] live the regular life. phillips'. [ male announcer ] want your weeds to hit the road? hit 'em, with roundup extended control. one application kills weeds, and stops new ones for up to four m

natalie, good morning. >> good morning to you, lester.ents against destructive decisions, more teens admitted they had driven while high on pot than drunk, and more than 30% of teens in that study didn't think pot impaired their driving ability. we wanted to see if teens would agree to get in a car with a driver who said he was high. their parents secretly watched to see what they would do. >> seriously, are you legit? >> reporter: will these girls, sarah and sydney, get into a car with a driver who just told them he was smoking pot. >> you're high right now? >> yes, i just smoked about five minutes ago. >> reporter: the girls won't know he's just acting. their moms, watching on monitors, predicted they will not get in the car. they hold their breath, waiting to see. are they right? >> so, you're going to drive, so hunter has the keys. he's been instructed to do the driving. how are you feeling about this, lisa? a little uncomfortable now. >> reporter: the group gets up and leaves the cafeteria. there's still plenty of time for the girls

thanks very much, charles blow and natalie jackson for joining me tonight. >> thank you.

natalie jackson, charles m. blow, and joy-ann reid, thank you all very much for joining me tonight. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you. >>> coming up, we're going to have more on the breaking news on the killing of trayvon martin with jonathan capehart and former federal prosecutor from florida, kendall coffey. >>> and later, rick santorum is dropping out of the presidential campaign before a possible humiliation in his home state of pennsylvania. that means the obama re-election campaign can no longer count on republicans to attack the now-inevitable nominee, mitt romney. that's coming up. [ male announcer ] considering all your mouth goes through, do you really think brushing is enough to keep it clean? while brushing misses germs in 75% of your mouth, listerine cleans virtually your entire mouth. so take your oral health to a whole new level. listerine... power to your mouth. cubanso take your oral health to a whole new level. ca jun raw seafood pizza parlor french fondue tex-mex fro-yo tapas puck chine

natalie williams who is running too. at this town hall meeting voters were split on the incumbent council. >> absolutely great things in our community. >> they are taking a advantage of them, they don't have things the ward has. >> turnout is also expected to be low, one of the candidates show that six out of 10 voters are aware there was even an election tomorrow. -- unaware there was even alexian tomorrow. the >> one of the candidates running against very responding to a sexual abuse scandal. natalie williams denies having any involvement with a girl that claims that flanagan molested here and williams could have prevented the assault by telling the family about flanagan's criminal past. and we have a wrap up hot abc seven news at eleven o'clock. there is a new key clue in the trayvon martin case. find out what this in hansard video -- enhanced surveillance video uncovers. >> people are out of the job due to the spending scandal, and the biggest -- in a posh vegas hotel. >> how cold will it be in my dad was a union ele

natalie, i want to bring you in. why they're suing for libel an not for cyber bullying in this case? >> there's really nothing on the books for defamation in georgia. there are several states that have out of school conduct of this sofrmt georgia is not one of those. the police were not able to do anything like they would in a juvenile matter where there was a juvenile sanction on the books. >> so whatever protection there is would have to come from the school? >> the school's hands are tied also. that's one of the problems we have in georgia. the schools had no resource at all to discipline the students at all because this had happened at home while they were at home and even though it susaffected school mate and targeted a schoolmate, there was nothing thank could do. >> the photo was snapped at school and the student got a couple of days' suspension. >> there were two pictures and they got two days of ss because of that, of the pictures. >> do you thank's enough? >> no. >> i didn't think so. you can take a look at

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roker. >> reporter: hey, how are you, natalie?eautiful morning here in the big easy in jackson square. let's show you what we've got for today. we do have a risk of some strong storms in the midsection of the country from wichita falls, texas, all the way up to des moines, iowa. a few isolated tornadoes. mostly we're looking at heavy thunderstorms with large hail, damaging winds. we're already seeing some activity firing up from minnesota down into kansas. north of minneapolis, we're looking actually at some snow anywhere from about one to four inches of wet show. but rainfall amounts about one to two inches from des moines on into central minnesota. that's what's going on around the country. >> good morning. the further we go into the day, the better the forecast will get. it will become mostly sunny and pleasant >> reporter: and that's your latest weather. savannah? ♪ and i be taking care of business ♪ ♪ every day >>> and now to "today's professionals" where our panel of power players weighs in on the day's topics. you know them

. >> joining me now, natalie johnson, co-counsel for trayvon martin's family. you know or does any of your family know mark o'mara or have you tried cases against mark o'mara? >> i've never tried a case against mark o'mara. but he has a reputation of being a very good lawyer in central florida. i'm here in orlando and i do know him and i appreciate his professionalism thus far. >> what does it mean to you as a lawyer, now a friend of family and just as a person to hear the very first thing he said tonight, about an hour ago to brian williams was, he wanted to express his condolences to trayvon martin's family. how do you think that would be received by the family and what did it make you feel as an attorney to hear the other attorney say that? >> as an attorney, it made me feel very proud. this case is going to be handled professionally and with humanity and i think for the family, i haven't talked to them about his comments, but i will tell you, there is something that goes to be said and i think it's something that we all have to learn. and expressing condole

. >> natalie is standing by with the headlines. >> good morning, everyone. officials in texas say a woman has been charged with capital murder after a mother was shot to death and her newborn son was kidnapped. the 3-day-old boy was found safe about six hours later. the shooting happened outside a pediatric center outside houston where the mother had taken the boy for a checkup. witnesses say she got into an altercation in the parking lot with a woman who opened fire, took the infant, and sped away. the suspect is being held without bond. >>> the "l.a. times" is publishing controversial photos showing u.s. troops posing with the bodies of afghan suicide bombers. defense secretary leon panetta says the photos are from two years ago and do not represent the values or professionalism of the vast majority of u.s. troops serving in afghanistan. an investigation is now under way. the pentagon had asked the paper not to publish the photos. >>> today, top military and diplomatic officials from the u.s. and nato are mapping their way out of afghanistan, meeting in br

natalie? >> katherine craig in downtown manhattan, thank you so much. >>> president obama has a six-point lead over presumptive republican candidate mitt romney in the latest nbc news/"wall street journal" poll. but the poll also shows that the president's biggest weakness, the economy, is romney's strong point. >>> officials believe all four u.s. troops on board a military helicopter in afghanistan were killed when the chopper crashed on thursday in that country's helmand province. initial reports indicate that poor weather may have caused the crash as the blackhawk raced to the site of a suicide bombing. >>> a bird flying into a plane's right side engine shortly after takeoff forced a jetliner to make an emergency landing in new york. this cell phone video taken by passenger grant cordone shows birds flying into the engine. the pilot managed to land the plane safely pat jfk airport. >>> a plane circling for hours crash into the gulf of mexico on thursday. the strange flight path caused conce

natalie is standing by at the news desk. got a check of all the headlines. >> good morning once again. new york city officials are investigating what caused an out-of-control suv to go airborne and plunge 60 feet off an elevated highway. nbc's jeff rossen is in the bronx with more. jeff, good morning. >> natalie, good morning to you. this story is just horrific from top to bottom. police say this family was out in their van for a drive on what was a beautiful sunny day. the roads were dry yesterday here in new york. they were headed to a family reunion of all things. for some reason the van lost control, it flipped over a curb and over a guard rail on the bronx river parkway and plunged deep inside the bronx zoo behind me. this morning the entire family is gone. the final moments inside this family van are unimaginable. the driver maria gonzalez an her 10-year-old daughter jocelyn, both killed, along with jocelyn's cousins, just 3 and 7 years old. her aunt, and grandparents. police say they all died at the scene. relatives c

. >> natalie morales with "my kid would never do that." welcome to "dateline," everyone. i'm lester holt. we all want our kids to shine in school and on the playing field. and so do they. but how do we make sure they do well on their own? and not by cheating? natalie morales joins us with important information that could help as we continue our hidden camera look at the secret life your children. >> lester, everyone knows the key to success is hard work. unfortunately, as some kids discovered, cheating is easier. but there are things you that you can do to raise a kid who doesn't cheat. now you may think your kids would never take the easy way out. but watch and learn. >> every day, every class. >> just turn left and you look at the other kids' paper. >> everyone cheats at one time or another. >> it's an open secret in just about every american school. >> i'm up all night studying and they're cheating. >> experts, an epidemic. students say it's an art. >> they try to be a better cheater than to be a better student. >> i've seen girls right in the slits of their skirts. th

by the way, natalie williams at one time was a producer here at channel 9. you can learn more about the local races by going to our website, wusa9.com. click on campaign 2012 for your maryland and d.c. voters' guide. >>> well, wisconsin is the only other state with a primary today. with 42 delegates up for grabs, it is being considered the big prize for the republican presidential candidates. danielle nottingham has more. reporter: romney is expected to do well here in washington d.c. and maryland. santorum didn't campaign hard in either contest and his name isn't even on the ballot in d.c. the former senator is trailing in the delegate count and has less money in the bank. but he's brushing aside calls for him to drop out of the race. >> i think it would be an energizing thing for our party, a candidate emerged who, you know, isn't the blessed candidate of the republican establishment. reporter: he'll watch tonight's returns from his home state of pennsylvania. new poll numbers there have him six points ahead of romney. he'll need to hold on to that for thr

natalie morales also this morning. are a number of things that we always think of as forbidden that actually have some positives for us. we're going to find out how we can possibly lose weight and still eat them. >>> we're also going to meet some interesting preache ecreat waiting for us inside, not the stage crew. in this case, something called an ichidna. >> is that what that is? >> i think that's the horn bill if i'm mott mnot mistaken. it's going to be very interesting. >>> and a little later on, we've got "today's professionals" in the house. they'll be weighing in on everything from whether people are born nice to a new friend. this one was actually already done by donny deutsch. it's the he-max bikini waxes for men. >> so maybe donny's going to reveal all coming up. >> oh! i don't think so. >>> what else is coming up? let's move on. >> okay. on a more serious note, as parents, i think all of us have had that conversation with our kids, what to do when they're approached by a stranger. this is such an important c

natalie is over at the news desk with a check of the headlines. natalie? >> matt, thank you. okay. good morning to you guys once again. in the news this morning, new developments this morning after kate middleton's sister pippa was photographed with a friend who appeared to be aiming a gun at the paparazzi. nbc's michelle kosinski is in paris with more. michelle, good morning. >> hi, natalie. all this controversy and buzz surrounding an acquaintance of pippa middleton pointing what appears to be a gun on the streets of paris has opened up a barrage of reports, some of them conflicting. just this morning a french photographer was quoted as saying he felt sure that gun was plastic, this was all just a big joke. but others quote police sources as saying they are reviewing the photos and expect to receive more information. now, using a gun, real or fake, to threaten someone is a crime. but at this point, police say there is no investigation because no one has filed any formal complaint about it. natalie? >> all right. michelle kosinski. we're going to have more on this story coming up