seen here in this copenhagen sting, retrieving a rembrandt from iraqi thieves. he says most of his clients are not like "the thomas crowne affair" more often they're crimes of opportunity. but can thieves really turn art into hard cash? >> it's worldwide, it's famous, it's known all over the world. and because of the speed of communication? the world knows within hours that the painting is missing. >> this weekend's blunders left egyptian officials at a loss. claiming they had found the van gogh only to backtrack hours later. the hunt to recover it is on. nbc news, london. >> there's a new honor to report tonight for an american treasure, betty white was among the winners at this year's creative arts emmy awards ceremony last night in los angeles. she was honored for her acclaimed hosting job on "saturday night live" last may and also got blockbuster ratings, the prime emmy awards will be presented live on nbc next sunday night. >>> when we return, brian williams reflects on reporting from new orleans in the first terrible days immediately after hurricane katrin

i mean, it's not a rembrandt, but maybe one day, it may be. >>reporter: and in this particular industry that sense of satisfaction, is no small thing. >>this week thousands of people made the trek to the moors of scotland and northern england for the start of the grouse shooting season. we don't know how this season will shape up yet, but last year we took a trip north to find out the impact of this sport on the rural economy. >>reporter: the glorious twelfth. every year on the twelfth of august, grouse shooting season starts on the uplands of britain. >>and as game shooting goes, this sport is considered one of the best in the world. >>masham: obviously grouse shooting is considered the ultimate sporting activity for bird shooters.so it does attract the very best, it is right up there! 13 inches >>reporter: and so it should be with punters prepared to pay anything up to ten thousand dollars for a day on this historic moorland. >>masham: grouse shooting has been going on here since the mid eighteen hundreds. my family came tomasham area, to sw

art is like rembrandt and van gogh created with paint and a piece of canvas. create fountains for the new city center hotel and mall in las vegas, he did what any artist would do -- try something new, explore something different. up came huge plastic tubes with swirls of water. a place to stare and stroll. and look at these huge shafts of sculpted ice, a place to reach out and touch the fountain and its audience are interactive. >> each one of these -- the pumps that goes up and back. >> reporter: beneath the surface, a master control resembling missile silos and a nuclear submarine. >> the fun thing right above the ceiling here, we carve these as they come out of the ground so they don't come up in pure cylinders. i think that in itself would be pretty amazing. but we can make wild sculpture by eroding that ice as it emerges from that pool. >> reporter: which brings us to what may be the greatest challenge he ever faced -- a commission from dubai calling for nothing less than the grandest, most complex fountain ever built. >> the chairman who engaged us for t

seen here in this sting, a rembrandt from iraqi thieves. very difficult because it's famous, known all over the world. because of the speed of communication, the world knows within hours that the painting is missing. >> reporter: officials are at a lots claiming they found the van gogh only to back track. >>> and coming up next in "today's" kitchen, one meal, two nights, a pot roast that serves double duty. >>> this morning in "today's kitchen" double duty meals. healthy lifestyle expert chef lala is showing us how a pot roast can turn into tomorrow's chili and more to help save you time and money. chef lala, good morning. >>> good morning. how are you? >> good. >> are you ready to cook? >> oh, yay. >> come on. they told me about you in the kitchen and your wonderful cooking skills. >> i've never been in here before. >> how about your own kitchen at home? >> i've never been in there either. use it for storage. >> do you have a kitchen? >> yes. >> that's a good start. we're going to be doing some roasts today. only two of us at home and the