the pele are saying,ell, i don'know, which side shoul i go to? is it the taliban in control is ithe u.s. forces who are going to help me. that's why thi is such a crital period that people are really loong at the s. and they're saying,re they gog help us? are they goingo commit enoug troops that is general says it will take to succeed in afghanistan. >> charlie: so, the president faces a decision in which the sponse on the part of the afghanpeople and oer influential players might th're not in it for the long run so therefore, i'm not going to take a risk and side with em. >> right. this is a hug risk, charlie. is doesn't go away. this is not like hlthcare you don't win the healtare debate are maybe it goes away. this war is goingo go on d after day aer day. so he t only riskss rift with the military, he is going have to watch wt happens in afghanistan every single day afterthis. d if it srts deteorating ev more, then they're i ouble. >> and equally there's other auence. the white use is correctly focused on e existenc of real al qaeda terrosts i

particularly, pele who are approaching retiment, like frans doppieter.ed with typtwo diabetesa condition that can lead to more sious health problemsand much greater expense, if not operly controlled contions like heart disease, failing eyesight, a the threatf lost limbs. to keep patients like frans healthy, insance companies now offer incente lifestyle programs, even pay gym memberships. roger van boxtell is c.e.ofor menzis insance. >> we makerograms for how to quit smoki, how to train our body, how toat healthy, and we semore and more interest withç our insured toeal with these programs. 's individual... many times you can use the ternet, and the docts behind that. 's confidential,eople areç willing to wk on their own healthcare a that's something weave to promote. >> reporr: in fact, frans is a del menzis patient. he droed a lot of weight after his diagnosis. he records his blood sug level at home ansends his data by internet to higeneral practitier, saving on costly clinicisits. his doctor is part of colltive of private doctors and therapistsho have

jay gray, nbc news, chicago. >>> barack obama goes over there, they send pele. >> every big name you can come up with. >> that's right. >>> stay with nbc 4, a the latest on the olympics announcement right here. >>> we're also going to be streaming it live on the website tomorrow morning. so sit at the edge of your seats and don't change thechannel. go to nbcwashington.com on your computer and search ymcs. >>> fingers crossed. >> yeah. >>> all aboard amtrak's new ride between washington and virginia. >> and a special boost for special education in the district. here's a look at some other stories making headlines in our area today. a search for gunman who killed a prince george teenager today. the victim a 16-year-old boy was shot and killed late last night on 56th avenue in riverdale heights. his friend was also shot. the friend has been treated and released from an area hospital. tonight at 5:00, we'll hear from the victims' families. >>> amtrak began its new daily service between washington and virginia today. every morning a train leaves lynchburg and makes five stops before arriv

so thiis one possible thin yo might findthese variou pele have common. >> charlie: what wld you addtohat? >> i think probably one of the common things amg is they do not believe in textbooks. >> charlie: do not believe in textbooks. >> yes. i tnk that's very important. when i was much younger, i teed to be in textbook that was my bgest failure. >> charlie: explathatmore to me. >> well, we tend to believe tha evything, which is written in textbook arerue, right. >>harlie: if it's in the textbook, it must be true. >> most of them, many of them. but some of them can be totally ong. and this is our jo to fi out what is wrong in the textbooks. sohat's the case fo dr. gurdon and many people. he did experiments in 1962 when i was bn. >> charlie: in 1962. >> yes. years ago. atthat time man people do think, do think, did think tt eggs and sn cells are differen totally differento many genes have been los in skins so we cannot convert our skin cells backto eggs. that, i do not believe in that textbook-type thg. that why he itiated his own projecand he succeeded. i stard my own proje, many people to

there'bipartisan agreement that hh unemployment tends to make voters very unhappy wh pele in office. darren gersh, ightly business report," washington. >> susie: and vestors are very unhappy with bank america. the stock ll 4% today on concns about who will head b. of a. now thatenneth lewis is stepping dow that leadership vacuum is st one of many hurdles coronting the bankingiant. erika mill explains. >> reporter: no matterho sits in the corr office of bank of america, the chaenges loom large. y.u. professor karen bnner says the biggestne is restoring trust with emploes, customs, investors, regulatorsbasically everyone. >> that will clearly bthe key objective of anybody comg on board. and given the distrust tt suounded these events of the past year, i tnk that's going to be clearly paramount. without it, it is going toe hardo maximize the value of the firm. >> rorter: having a new c.e.o., and sevel new board members may also me is more difficult fothe bank to execute its siness strategy. add to that, internal tuoil stemming from the ongoing integration merrill lynch and countrywidfin

that could mean seve food shortage and these 250 pele have been killed and millions displaced. these re the wot floods in decas. >> living in desperation onthe edge of at ws once their home this community is one of an estimated 2.5 million people who arnow homeless. and rced to find elter just about anywre. drinking wateand food is in short supply. aidgencies he joinedhe government providing relief. it is not reaching eryone. now there is a frenchoncern. the floods of dage millions of dollarsorth of farm land. >> 80 hectar of crops are maged. the total losso far about 1250. >> for most of the summer,ndia was hit by drought, the worst in nearly four decades. many are warning that th country could experience major fo shortages. the focuss getting relief as qukly as possible to the victims. eventuay, the gornment will ha toind a way of helpg them rebuild their life. >>he united nations has appealedor $74 million to help about a million people affected by flooding from two major storms inhe philippines. food, satation facilities and health care are desrately needed. a poweul tphoon

the presint made a speech in the ry spot where chairman mao declaredhe founding of the pele's republic. then ca folk dancing and fireworks. our world news editor wathere. >> it all felt distinctly retro. president hu for his jacket. china couldave emphasized how capitast it now is. shows north rea and stead. "we haveorked hard," she shouts, "and we serve e people." the iron rose,rmy volunteers not really maoist but defitely think. the ouds have been chas away china's whether changing technology -- weather-changing technology. the latest miiles are wheeled out. these coul hit washingt or london, but none of thiis really intend to scare the outside world. is to make china el good about itself at difficult time. the learship waall lined up, past, present, d future. the latest political bz word is harmony. ly socialism can save china, says thepresident, and only reform can ensure the development ofhina. another cmmunist tradition -- rading the leadership portraits. theres the last presidt, who established capitalism in the party oppose the cstitution. he thehanded oveto hu jintao, who seem

north of tokyo what local pele describe as tornado-like winds twisted electrical poles and battered homes. >> there was a huge sound. it was like an earthquake. >> as well as the damage, there was disruption. hundreds of flights were canceled. train services were suspended. but after scourings a path across japan the typhoon began to blow itself out as it moved toward the northeast. >> we are goingo have a full business report in about 25 minutes. but you can give us an idea what is in your section. first up, u.s. deficit figures. >> $1.40 trillion. slightly below the forecast but very worrying because we are talking about a figure about 10% of u.s. gdp. in terms of why the deficit has ballooned, we only have to look back to last year, the amount of money pumped into organizations like fannie mae, freddie mac, aig, and the stimulus program and the troubled assets release program. non-farm payroll, the number of jobs lost in the u.s. economy, the actual unemployment rate set to hit around 10%. the possibility of paying out unemployment benefits to many americans swelling the deficit. >> th

nine days o in that west african country,oldiers opened fire on pele protesting the militaryovernment of captain ussa camara. a human rights group sa that 157 kied during the demp strags in a stadm, though the government puts the number at 56. some m have been trampled to death as they raaway from the shting. tnesses say soldiers raped women in the streets of th capital. yesterday, secretary ostate hillary clinton called the crkdown by t government crinality of the greatest degree and said the gornment cannotemain in power. >>> in east africa, 've told you ten about the chaos and violce of somalia, where a weaku.s.-backed government struggles to hold on tpower as inrgents linked to al qaeda trto overtake it. but in the middle of all thi somethg remarkable is going on. we want to show u what jeffrey gettleman of "thnew york times" h found in one corner of somalia. in the city of ada in the centl part of that country. there, peace andtability have broken out, thanks to the vision of one man who came home fm erica. >> repter: 37-year-old mohammedaden is aman on a mission. >> what i do da

to g after the people ngaged in the terror, and week debate that, what's wrong with going after the pele that authoriz it in the first place? >> i tnk obviously as an attorney b professn you can just like several wiesses at the scene ofn automobile accident, hey may view diffences of opinion in what they saw. rellections are different. the reason u end upetting cases to the supre court of the united states is that lawyers have opposg views. it doesn't mean they led or anything. i just don't think that ven holding, peronally holdi attorneys with regrd to their interpretion of the law post-9/11 word obviouly conflicts with president obama's, it doest need to be a crimin act. attorns differ all the time. tavis: i hear you point of view on it. to the book here. one of the things you argue here, i'm paraphrasing yor argument, is that whether or not we are safe on- or no depends in large part on the economy. explain that. >> i thinkhat america's fute -- future in the wold and ts security in e world are ted to ourrelationships around the rld. econy and -- well, prosperity d security ar intertwi

. >> reporter: brazil's president lula da silva brought soccer star pele to woo the voters.ut chicago does have glamour of its own. >> hi, everybody. it really is a campaign. not even of sorts, it is. i don't think people are as mean and ugly. >> reporter: most of the campaigning is happening behind the scenes. the first lady is meeting one-on-one in this hotel with ioc members. there are more than 100 members. and she's reaching out to every single one. there's nothing like making the pitch in person. >> it will be an athlete's paradise. >> reporter: this contest is going down to the wire. many of the ioc members are power players themselves. even the prospect of meeting president obama on friday leaves some of them unfazed. so, you're not impressed by the president? >> never. never. >> reporter: this is a crowd accustomed by being schmoozed by european royalty, and dream team royalty alike. in the shadow of all this glitz, there's another lobbying effort, albeit with a much lower profile. >> it feels quite intimidating. >> reporter: tom tresser runs no games chicago. >> we

arguably, the most famous athlete ever, pele, is in denmark trying to provide a strong kick for his country to host the games. >> we have never had it in south america. >> as chicago prepares for friday's decision on the host city. >> we are just hoping for the right answer and that chicago concelebrate. >> an answer that is now less than 24 hours away. >> the final presentation from each city, including the address from president obama, will take place overnight, and the ultimate decision will be formally announced tomorrow around lunchtime. >> breaking news right now, let's head out to captain roy taylor. >> we ourselves bound we -- we are southbound, an accident with personal injury. had vehicle crashed into a guard rail, knocking down a light pole, and then spinning around several times. all lanes are blocked while paramedics deal with the injured. >> it was a frightening situation for a baltimore bus driver who was taking students to school. up next, what she saw that now has police investigating. >> she is all grown up now and has a dramatic story to tell. elizabeth r. talks about wha

nigh there was a huge celebration here, and we saw pictures of president da silva and soccer star pele celebrating, hugging and even tears were coming from the president's eyes. such a tremendous win for rio last night. and so much celebration in this city. and of course for this entire continent celebrating its first olympic games here in south america. they are thrilled to literally be on the olympic map, and they say this is really their time, amy. >> all right. miguel almaguer, thanks so much. we appreciate it. here's lester. >>> going to switch gears now, amy. thanks. a newborn bay just 4 days old who was kidnapped from his home in tennessee this week has been found in alabama. a woman is under arrest, accused of taking him. nbc's ron mott has details. ron, good morning. >> reporter: hey, lester. good morning to you. this is an extraordinary conclusion to this case. officials in tennessee were essentially scratching their heads over the past 24 hours, trying to figure out what would motivate someone to attack a mother this way and steal her newborn. nevertheless, they are relieved

arguably the most famous athlete ever, pele is in denmark trying to provide a strong kick for his country's effort to host the games. >> there's chicago. but we never have it in south america. >> reporter: as chicago prepares for friday's decision on the host city. >> we're just hoping for the right answer. and that chicago can celebrate. >> reporter: an answer that is now less than 24 hours away. the final presentations from each city including the address from president obama will take place overnight. a decision on the host city will be formally announced tomorrow around lunchtime. jay gray, nbc news, chicago. >>> today the chinese gth threw itself a massive party to celebrate the 60th anniversary of communist rule there. a dazzling spectacle of fireworks, lasers, lights and thousands of dancers lit up tiananmen square. it was reminiscent of last year's opening ceremonies for the olympic games and choreographed by the same chinese film director. most people who live in beijing watched it on television. there was tight security that prevented them from getting close to tiananmen square. a

they don't have responsible ofcials in officeeady to share the loa and pele who have bee vetted. buthat's a... it's... up and down the le inivil service it just doesn't have the attraction that it wasn'thad d the government doesn make 's easy. it's hard too to work for government you think at's an easy thing to do and you're attracting a t of peopleho can't compete, at's not right. a lot of ople compe very well and havean interest in thisot and haven interest in the couny, want to work for the government a they findit so hard to get thugh the recruitmenprocess, or the non-existi recruitment process. >> rose: the vetting they get discraged and off they go. it's not... i mean, the lackf kind of basiclement of trust... it's good to be skeptical about goverent. we ought to be skeptical. but the bottom, you know, we need somtrust thathese officials are there, they're sponsible, they're doing the best they can inhe interest of the country. a lot of that's been lost, this feeling that the lobbyists ar controlling everythi and the amount o money volved is enormous, which it is. i mean, i

"would you give up the use of all of your limbs and the ability to urinate sthe pele of chad could eatk for the answer. guess what, there are no answers. this is just a book of unanswerable questions. give me the book of answers. that's something i can use. "the chicken came first." [ laughter ] "the glass is half empty." [ laughter ] "of course it makes noise, it's a tree." all right. [ laughter ] "the wood chuck would chuck one-and-a-half cords of wood per hour." [ laughter and applause ] and that's it for me. thank you very much. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> jimmy: wayne federman. you can twitter him at federman dot -- yeah, at federman. twitter.comfederman. >> i'm shutting it down tonight. [ laughter ] i don't want it. >> wayne federman, everybody. catch him in kansas city, missouri this saturday. i'll be with him! and my thanks to amy poehler, dan fogler! the one and only wayne federman, everybody.

. >> reporter: brazil's president brought soccer star pelee to wu voters but chicago does have glamoury! >> it really is a cam pan, not even of sorts. it is. i don't think people are as man -- mean and ugly. >> reporter: most of the campaigning is happening behind the scenes. the first lady is meeting one-on-one with ioc members. there are more than a hundred members and she's reaching out to every single one. there's nothing like making the pitch in person. >> it will be an athlete's paradise. >> reporter: this contest is going down to the wire. many of the ioc members are power players themselves. even the prospect of meeting president obama on friday leaves some of them unfazed. >> so you're not impressed by the president? >> never, never. >> reporter: this is a crowd accustomed to be schmoozed by european royalty. >> it feels quite intimidating. >> reporter: tom tresser runs no game chicago. >> we think the bills will go through the roof and taxpayers will be soaked. >> reporter: but for michelle obama's team chicago right now, it's not about money, it's about votes. she has 48 hou

soccer star pele is there to boost rio's chances. minister and king juan carlos of spain also expected to attend tomorrow's vote. >>> it's no secret tiger woods has been making history ever since he picked up a golf club. the 33-year-old has hit the jackpot. thanks to a $10 million bonus at the fedex cup, tiger has become the first african-american athlete ever to earn over $1 billion in earnings. he had earned a cumulative $850 million going into this year, but because of golf course design and endorsements he's up to ten figures. >>> mansfield down two with just under two seconds to play. a 46-yard field goal was short. casey babcock grabbed it. the game was over, right? he spiked the ball. he was thrilled they'd won. the ball was live. the game wasn't over. jeff sutherland picked up the loose ball and ran it in for the game-winning touchdown. an improbable victory for a game they should have lost, 21-16. >> fred's got it all. local high school sports in vermont. you name it, he's doing it. coming up next, "news you can't use." hil

is the her country in the world that is most li the united es in terms of si, i termofhearty of the pele in the population. e rth vers sth. the natural resrcesailable, and when youookt the trajectory of thetime, u.s. fard brazil for so, so long, and yet now absolutely the culmination of the change in the economy down there. it's really, really terrific. >> andy is with us. >> andy bush in chicago. this is like their debutante ball as they emerge here, right? >> that's right. i feel like i didn't get asked to the prom. i mean, this is really sad for the city, but i will say this -- >> sad for chicago you mean. >> for chicago. >> obviously, for chicago, yes. that's where i'm at. we're a little saddened. i was down at the daly plaza. a big hush came over after we were voted out in the first round. this is the second major olympics to go to an emerging market. certainly legitimizes the bric countries, and that's what they wanted from the imf. they have a larger voting role, 5%. and it really underscores the strength of these economies, the fact that as you mentioned the central bank said we

the president, inacio dasilva speaking a while ago, along with soccer star pele, making a passionate case for brazil and for rio. but earlier this morning, the spotlight, the focus, of course, was on the president of the united states, barack obama, along with the first lady, as they made a passionate and emotional appeal for chicago. down to the wire. the president swooping in on a whirlwind trip arrived just in time this morning, joining the first lady and chicago's 2016 delegation to deliver the final pitch before the crucial vote by the ioc just hours away. >> it's a bustling metropolis with the warmth of a small town, where the world already comes together every day to live and work and reach for a dream. that's not just the american dream. that is the olympic spirit. that's why we want them in chicago. >> reporter: the first lady appropriately shining in gold, emphasized chicago's diversity and love of other cultures. >> and i am dreaming of an olympic and paralympic games in chicago that will light up lives and neighborhoods all across america and all across the world. >> repo

geography plays in its favor, a point soccer star peele pele is here to make. >> we never had it in south america. >> reporter: madrid and tokyo are also bringing their top guns, spain and the newly elected prime minister of japan, hat hat. but that may still not be enough. what's their secret weapon to beat out the obamas? >> i can't tell you. >> the obama factor is very important in this race. chicago, are they guaranteed to win with obama there? no, definitely not, but the chances are much greater then. >> reporter: it will be a one, two, three punch -- michelle, oprah, with president obama hoping to seal the deal. and i can tell you, the first lady has already been very hard at work today meeting with the ioc president as well as voting members, trying to sway their votes, perhaps, but later tonight the glitz will be on once again in full, as she's expected to attend a reception -- a gala reception tonight at the opera house. matt? >> are you going to stick around, natalie? will we see you there tomorrow? >> reporter: absolutely. i'm hoping i get a red carpet ticket today, at least, f

an aide to nancy pelosi said the pele of washington should decide the issue. >>> have you watched "the joy behar show"? you must check out why she is talking about mel gibson's run in with the law three years ago. >>> today a jum in beverly hills granted mel gibson's request to expunge his dui conviction as he has completed his three-year probation. allow me to refresh. malibu police pulled mel over because his car was weaving all over malibu. he was drunk and raving about the jews, not in a good way. in fact, he said the jews are responsible for starting all the "f"ing wars cop if he was jew wish. why did he need to know that? mel gibson is what we used to call in if old neighborhood an anti-semite. now as far as the dui being expunged, you can run, but you can't hide. you're famous. not necessarily for being a movie star. more people saw your mug shot than your last three movies combined. look, i can understand you want a doover. who doesn't. i wish hadn' t eaten all the food. i wonder if that judge does liposuction. here's a career suggestion for you if you want to make peace with t