. ♪ >>> rhoni reuter, more than six months pregnant was shot to death in her own home.was especially shocking in deerfield, a tranquil, affluent chicago suburb which had not seen a murder in more than 30 years. who could have committed such a crime. first on the list of people police wanted to talk to was shaun gayle. she didn't know rhoni was dead and sounded confused about what happened. >> i been getting calls from the media, this is shaun gayle and they are naming me as a suspect. is rhoni reuter okay? >> no, she's not. >> i'm driving to her house now. >> don't go to her house. come to the deerfield police department. don't go to her house, okay. shaun? come to the police department. do you know where it is? hey, shaun, do you want me to stay on the phone until you get here? >> police. >> reporter: shaun seemed shocked. police weren't buying it. you are listening to see if he's acting or if it's grief? >> it appeared to be sincere. >> reporter: you are not basing any conclusion on that tape? >> no. >> reporter: you want to talk to him? >> exactly. >> reporter: he ma

"reuters" says it happened at around 11:45 local time at a nuclear waste processing site in southern france. a news service cited the country's nuclear safety watchdog said 1% is dead, but that no radioactive waste has leaked into the environment. the blast injured four other people, one is reported to be in serious condition. around the time of the explosion, a fire reportedly occurred at the site, but was immediately extinguished. marcoule is a nuclear waste management site, it does not have any reactors. there are many nuclear-related facilities in the city. the asn said the explosion occurred near a furnace. france's electricity authority controls the marcoule nuclear energy waste management site. >>> this came in a short while ago, a field pipeline has exploded in kenya's capital, nairobi, more than 100 people are feared dead after the massive blast on monday in the east african nation. the pipeline runs through a densely-populated slum between the city center and an airport. the cause of the blast has not been confirmed but political police told reuters a fire started after a f

the explosion according to reuters last caused casualties and damage. the cause of the blast was not immediately clear. no further details were immediately available. as you can see there's been thick smoke arising from that area. we'll bring you more on this as we get it here on cnn just to reiterate, an explosion at the center of the turkish capital ankara from a vehicle. we'll try to bring you more on that. those are pictures from cnn turk. >>> more to come on this program. a bittersweet anniversary for the chocolate industry. there are thoshocking signs the problem still hasn't disappeared. treat you like a policy, not a person. instead of getting to know you they simply assign you a number. aviva is here to change all that. we're bringing humanity back to insurance and putting people before policies. aviva life insurance and annuities. we are building insurance around you. luck? i don't trade on luck. i trade on fundamentals. analysis. information. i trade on tradearchitect. this is web-based trading, re-visualized. streaming, real-time quotes. ear

well tom foley of reuters says that despite nigeria's bold move china's currency still has few of the qualities of a credible reserve currency and here are two of the qualities he says are necessary for a reserve currency one low inflation is usually a prerequisite yet china's runs at above six percent. i want to turn our attention to shadowstats inflation numbers and as you can see the red line is the official number so it's always well below six percent of course but the blue number out there is based on how the u.s. used to calculate consumer price inflation before in one nine hundred ninety when then president clinton came in and manipulated it but as you see right before the financial collapse inflation in the u.s. was almost fifteen percent right so inflation in the u.s. is well above six percent so that argument doesn't hold water that's exactly correct and then he says stable monetary policy is another typical condition yet china lacks an independent central bank so you know again referring to that chart on the left hand side of the inflation in the u.s. you saw that inflation

this big banker did he says we don't need no stinking dollars well let's turn to a clip here with reuters and where he explains why they've done that's strategically we think it's inevitable that the world to recognize our m.p.'s a reserve currency it's i don't know how long beach will take but china is the second largest economy in the world it's got. a very huge amount of reserves it's in a very strong financial position. it's the large economies and it's more in this in the same situation the united states was enough to the second world war when the large economies swear. by fiscal deficit position so we do think. it is a wise move at this point in time will be the reserve currency but we've known this now for a few years and china is just playing a cat and mouse game with the dollar they are secretly hoarding gold we know this from wiki leaks cable recently that just came out they have been secretly hoarding gold they have their minions all over the world sucking gold out of every little orifice of the global economy that they possibly can and they need another three or four or five t

and "reuters" report facebook which is private, doubled revenue in the first half of this year with a net profit of half a billion dollars. >>> well in health news this morning, in the first randomized controlled trial of its krind, weight watchers was found to be more than twice as effective than standard family doctor care. it was an independent study. 12 months, overweight patients told by their doctors to use the program lost twice as much as people receiving standard health care. you can check out the health page on msnbc.com. >>> hitting a homer for grandpa, a tiger tosser keeps winning and losing a no-hitter. >>> plus, sad news, a plane crash in russia stuns the world of professional sports. your "first look" at sports is straight ahead. >>> welcome back to "first look," i'm lynn berry. in sports, makeshift vigils were held by hockey fans throughout europe and russia last night after a tragic plane crash that virtually wiped out an entire russian professional hockey team. here's nbc's fred roggin. >> good morning, and off the top tragic news, people still talking about that pri

el índice de aprobación del presidente barack obama aumentó levemente, según indica un sondeo de reuterstra vez el representante republicano de texas, lamar smith presentará un proyecto de ley que nada favorece a los inmigrantes, promoviendo un programa de trabajadores agrícolas que excluye. >>> una medida que obligaría a los empleadores de la nación usar el sistema iverify irá a votación mañana en la cámara de representantes, se espera que sea aprobada, pero no están preparados para examinar documentos de trabajadores. >>> estamos educados para salir adelante en estos negocios y no tenemos ni tiempo ni dinero para ser trabajadores del gobierno . >>> crearía una crisis, asegura un sindicato . >>> creemos que programas como iverify, solamente le cuestan más dinero a los trabajadores, eliminar trabajos para quienes apoyan al crecimiento de la economía . >>> obligan a todos los estadounidenses, a básicamente registrarse para poder trabajar, es una idea errónea. >>> otros han luchado años por su adopción. >>> sí, porque nosotros creemos realmente que esto ayudaría muchísimo en controlar las

i am a washington columnist with reuters breaking news. we are the commentary wing at reuters. i am heading to cnbc. we are ending this thing on time. i look forward to having a great dialogue today with doug and andrew stern about jobs, the timing, and the political landscape. and with chris cillizza from the washington post. first, i would like to take a few quick minutes to give context about where i think we are and drive the compensation a little bit. as director sperling just said, the president has a $450 billion jobs bill. my theory of the case here is that we do not have the short- term problem. we have a long-term economic problem. i am a bit of a prop comic. i dug this out of my files yesterday. it is a 150 page report dated december 1999 looking forward to the next 10 years to 2010 about what the stock market might hold. it is from lehman brothers. there are many predictions. they did not predict their own demise. that is not the only bad prediction in this fantastic report. they predicted microsoft would become the world's first trillion dollar company. they predic

reuters is reporting that one person is dead.tion leak was reported and no quarantine was issued. an oven exploded and three people are hospitalized with light injuries. it's located near the mediterranean sea. we'll continue to follow the story and bring you updates as they become available. >> the family of nursing student michelle le will come face to face in the young woman accused of murdering her. giselle esteban is set to give her plea. >> the murder defendant is believed to be about 7 months pregnant and she missed her court appearance last week because she had to see a doctor regarding her condition. she is due in court this morning. there is a chance she could enter a plea. police believe giselle esteban killed michelle le based on cellphone phones, dna evidence and surveillance video. they say the two women went to high school together in san diego. esteban called "abc 7 news" shortly after le's disappearance and said she open openly hated le but did not have anything to do with her disappearance. there is a man at the

according to reuters.raders fear a downgrade announcement could be issued at any moment as a window for review comes to a close. >>> an update on those texas wildfires. evacuees in and around bastrop, texas will start going home today if they have a home to go home to. the wildfire has burned more than 1,500 homes. near austin two people were found out in a burned-out neighbor last week. six are unaccounted for but officials hope they are on vacation or possibly staying with friends. >>> the police chief at the center of a brutality controversial has extended his medical leave for another 30 days. fullerton, california police chief michael sellers move comes amid failure to file criminal charges against six officers involved in the brutal beating and death of kelly thomas. as we told you, thomas was a 37-year-old homeless schizophrenic. he died five days after his beating in july. two city council members have called on sellers to resign over what they say was a failure to provide full details to the publi

elsewhere, reuters reports united technologies is close to a multibillion dollar all cash purpose of aircraft component maker goodrich. today representatives from expedia, yelp and nextag will testify before a senate antitrust fund committee looking into anticompetitive charges against google. finally, one california city is becoming the first to shed sales of one luxury item. tuesday west hollywood city council approved a ban on any apparel made of fur. coming up, a classic pitcher's duel in a classic rivalry. the braves and cardinals stay wild. and how players amuse themselves when they're out of the pennant race. >>> back and forth battle between boston and baltimore ends with the red sox collapse. your early morning sports headlines are straight ahead. >>> many locations searching for some sunshine while dodging showers. a look at your regional weather forecast still to come. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning. if you're just waking up, this is "early today." in sports, there is no joy this morning in red sox nation as boston continues to find new ways of losing down

lady got is pushing for a new law in the name of the j b reuter meyer who was bullied and committed suicide. after learning of his death brought up with that bullying must be illegal. she said i am meeting with our president and i will not stop fighting. our generation has the power to ended. make lawford jamie has become a trendy topic on twittered. >> her can iran is long gone but the aftermath blinkers. tonight the latest efforts by fema to find housing for those people. >> a much cooler day for tonight, high temperatures in the '60s and '70s. livermore is down 25 degrees and one day. more cool temperatures continuing for tomorrow as well as the chance for rain. ( third why prop weapons whopper proper >> get it. >> it has been a nightmare. this is life on a discrete island after hurricane and cream. we can all look the house, the doors will not shut. >> it has been a hard month trying to rebuild. >> the fema trailer could not look better. >> 50 trailers are in a staging area until residents are approved. >> people in the northeast are cleaning up after a second round of flooding. >> a li

finally, reuters reports facebook, which is private and does not release results, doubled its revenue in the first half of this year, with a net profit of half a billion dollars. >>> coming up, hitting a homer for grandpa, a tiger tops whipping, and losing a no-hitter. >>> plus, a plane crash in russia stuns the world of professional sports. your early morning sports headlines are straight ahead. >>> we got three tropical systems, life-threatening flash flooding, and fires in texas and record heat in the west. what possibly could friday bring? your forecast is coming up. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning. if are you just waking up, this is "early today." in sports makeshift vigils were held by hockey fans throughout europe and russia last night after a tragic plane crash that virtually wiped out an entire russian professional hockey team. here's nbc's fred roggin with an early look at all your sports headlines. >>> good morning. off the top, tragic news. people still talking about that private jet carrying members of a russian hockey team that crashed yesterday. it kille

reuters is announcing the company wants to take bids until october 26th. 11,000 people lost their jobs earlier this month. >>> new survey shows a positive outlook for the wine industry over the next few months. 71% of professionals say they expect the industry to show economic improvement. wine executives also say they expect prices will remain low despite a great shortage. that's because consumers and retailers have gotten used to price cuts made during the economic slump. >>> 10 new cases of west nile virus are being found in dead birds. four birds were discovered in concord and one each in walnut creek and lafayette. according to the centers for disease control, 202 people have been infected with the disease this year, seven of whom ended up dying. >>> state officials say the west nile virus has now been confirmed in 29 counties, but here in the bay area only two counties have tracked the virus contra costa county as we just told you about and in santa clara county where 20 birds have been found with the virus and 14 mosquitoes. >>> san jose charter schools get a big boost from a si

provide some other answers to america's financial worries, please welcome global editor-at-large for reuters kristia freemen. thank you so much. all right. are the polish guys right that if europe crumbles we could see war in ten to 20 years? >> war is probably not my biggest fear. >> stephen: really? what frightens you more than war. you are very tough. >> my biggest fear about yiewch today, it's not the most likely thing, but i think this is a huge crisis. i think this is potentially bigger than lehman in 2008, because the danger isn't just the run on the banks, which is what you had in the u.s., it's a run on countries, and you could have the dominoes fall. it started in greece, and now it's moved to italy and spain, which are really big countries. >> stephen: if you have a run on a country, you can't foreclose on a country. >> you can't foreclose on a country, but if, for example, there is a disorderly default in greece and people... and the greek banks all fail, you could have people in italy and spain saying, oh, my god, we're going to be next, pull all their money out of the banks of

in fact, according to a reuters poll friday, wall street sees an 80% chance the federal reserve will buy into bonds once again to boost the sagging economy. a third round of quantitative easing or qe-3. >>> asian markets opened with a thud this morning following friday's u.s. jobs report with virtually every major index in the region down early at least 2%. this week ahead stocks here could be impacted as europe faces a string of political and legal tests that could hamper efforts to resolve its debt crisis. of course, nothing this week tops president obama's address to a joint session of congress thursday to lay out his plan to create jobs, boost economic growth and lower the deficit. >>> and finally, according to 24/7 wall street, the jobs that will pay the best and be in the highest demand over the next decade will be management analysts, accountants and auditors, and number one, registered nurses. >>> well, a fan gets in the way. a top nfl quarterback looks to start the season on the sidelines. and drama off the court in u.s. open tennis. >>> plus a wild warm-up in the baltimore

. >>> condoleezza rice is disputing claims that former vice president dick cheney's memoir in a reuters interview. the former secretary of state rejects his statement that she tearfully admitted the bush administration should not have apologized for a claim of iraq's supposed search for uranium. she said, "it certainly doesn't sound like me, now does it?" >>> 140 elementary schools in acapulco, mexico, closed this week due to teacher fears over extortion threats and kidnapping by drug gangs. two teachers and at least four of their piers have been kidnapped outside acapulco recently. >>> a babysitter service would force those who hire domestic employees, such as nannies and housekeepers, to give them mandatory lunch breaks and time cards and provide workers compensation. >>> and the streets of spain were painted red for the annual tomatina festival. participants joined in for the hour-long street fight in which harvested surplus tomatoes are wildly tossed, leaving behind a sea of red mush. >>> and now here's an early look at how wall street will kick off the day. the dow opens at 11,613

it's not known if the convoy included gadhafi but reuters news agency voted a military source as saying that gadhafi might join the convoy in route. the country has offered him asylum. >>> japanese astronaut satoshi furukawa has taken part in an experiment to test a health checkup system being developed for the international space station. furukawa, who is a medical doctor, underwent a checkup using the system in the space station's japanese experimental module kibo. the new system collects data including brain waves, electrocard elecocard electrocardiograms and dingtgit images to create electronic health records. it was confirmed he has no health records. >> translator: it's not easy for people without basic medical knowledge to judge their health condition. >> at the moment doctors assess the health of people on the space station once a week through interviews via video phone, but if astronauts travel to the moon, mars and more distant planets in the future, they will have to check their health by themselves. >>> in cambodia, one of only a handful of witnesses to some of the worst atr

reuters reporting that saudi arabia's king abdullah announced just a short while ago that women will be given the right to vote. they'll also be able to run as candidates. saudi arabia is just one of handful of nations that has not allowed women to vote. they still can't legally drive. there had been calls from activists inside the country to boycott the elections coming up this week but the change won't take effect for this election cycle. saudi women will have to wait until the next election. >>> also coming up next, 40,000 pounds ground beef that was meant for school lunches will never reach the cafeteria. we'll tell you why the usda stepped in to stop that shipment. >>> and later, a story that has so many of you talking. a college campus bake sale where the prices are based on the customers' race. we'll have the event organizer here live with us. >>> at eight minutes past the hour, let's say good morning to reynolds wolf. >> good morning. we've got all kinds of things to talk about weatherwise. tropics very active in both the pacific and atlantic. at the same time we've got the t

we begin this hour with breaking news coming to us from the reuters news agency. we understand that a man claims to have strapped a bomb to himself outside a court building in sydney. it's understood the man is holding a young girl believed to be his 11-year-old daughter. i think we can get the very latest with our correspondent in sydney, duncan kennedy. what more can you tell us? >> we know that police, fire and ambulance crews are at the scene of this incident, the courthouse being about a 40-minute drive west of central sydney. a spokesman for the court has confirmed there is what he called a hostage situation at the courthouse. and local media are reporting that a man has strapped some kind of device to himself, possibly a bomb, and that he is holding his 11-year-old daughter. the police haven't confirmed these facts yet, so they're coming from various other sources. the police have set up a command center at the scene and closed surrounding roads so some kind of incident is going on there. whether it's actually connected to the courthouse or not, or just tak

that's how reuters described the jobs plan, as a stimulus plan. also there is changing of the guard in the central bank in europe and because of some of the questions about the bank and health of those banks there, that added to some unesiness in the markets overseas and that can be seen reflected in our markets as well. we're keeping an eye on the market, down 228 points on a friday. >>> in the meantime it was once called the future of clean energy by the president but now solar panel maker solnydra is a target of an investigation, the fbi raiding its offices days after it declared bankruptcy and people familiar with the investigation are saying authorities are looking into whether executives knowingly misled the government to procure $500 million in loan guarantees. that's taxpayer money. eric bolling is live with more on this. what strikes you about this story? >> >> reporter: good morning, jenna. the amount of money concerned, that's taxpayer dollars, $527 million that were loaned to solyndra and guaranteed by the u.s. taxpayer. that's an issu

reuters reports syrian forces killed at least 22 yesterday. meanwhile, russia is rejecting calls from the west for wider sanctions on syria over its crackdown. >>> along a river in china, surfers took advantage of a rare phenomenon, riding what's known as tidal bore. the walls of water appear every time this year, allowing surfers to cruise waves that can reach 29 feet. here's your first look at how wall street will kick off the day. the dow opens at 11,061 after gaining 68 points yesterday. s&p inched up 8 points. the nasdaq rose 27. taking a look at overseas trading n tokyo the nikkei was up 80 points. the hang seng was closed for a holiday. >>> a limber of hope for one of europe's ailing economies sparked a glimmer of hospitalmism on monday. the dow had been down by as many as 167 points, but stocks staged a major comeback, thanks in part to a report china is considering a significant purchase of italian government bonds. meanwhile, the possibility of a greek default dragged france's biggest banks down as much as 12%. treasury secretary tim

reuters reports the company is securing financing for what may be its biggest buyout in decades-- perhaps topping $20 billion. shares were a little weaker today on the rumors. but shares of possible buyout targets were rallying. rockwell collins and goodrich each popped more than 7%. textron added almost 7%. those companies refused to comment. finally, sugar prices saw a sharp drop today. this is the past 180 sessions. today, sugar had its biggest one-day slide in six months. some technical factors from future expirations, and more sugar exports from india, pushed prices lower to their lowest price in a month. and that's tonight's "market focus." >> susie: a new law signed today overhauls the nation's patent system. it's the first major change in more than two generations on the way inventors can bring their products to market. the "america invents act" is expected to reduce frivolous lawsuits and streamline the patent process. it will also give the u.s. patent office money to speed up application processing. president obama expects the changes to help entrepreneurs and spark job creation

. >> this word now, reuters is reporting that the supreme court has denied a stay of execution.justice correspondent. >> it's a brief order from the court. i will read it in its entirety, it says, "the application for stay of ex

in fact, according to a reuters poll friday, wall street sees an 80% chance the federal reserve willy into bonds once again to boost the sagging economy. a third round of quantitative easing. or qe-3. >>> asian markets opened with a thud with every major index in the region down early at least 2%. this week ahead stocks here could be impacted as europe faces a string of political and legal tests that could hamper efforts to resolve its debt crisis. of course, nothing this week tops president obama's address to a joint session of congress thursday to lay out his plan to create jobs, boost economic growth, and lower the deficit. >>> and finally, according to 24/7 wall street, the jobs that will pay the best and be in the highest demand over the next decade will be management analysts, accountants and auditors, and number one, registered nurses. >>> to health news. the government reports two cases of a new strain of swine flu related infection have been reported in young children. the infection involved two children under the age of five, one a boy from indiana, the other a girl from pe

reuters and other news agencies say penn flew to venezuela months ago to discuss the case with president hugo chavez. chavez is a close ally of mahmoud ahmadinejad. penn's representative confirmed the report. >>> happening now, family and friends of cindy nguyen are holding a candlelight vigil at the spot where she was abducted. the 60ier old radio host wasca -- 60-year-old was car jacked last friday. she was found dead the following day. the friends are raising money for a fund for her three children. the vigil is starting and we'll have a full report for on you the 10:00 news. >>> federal investigators issued a preliminary report on last week's fatal plane crash at the renoair show and that focuses on reports saying the piece of the modified p-51 mustang came off during the high-speed mauve. the piece of the tale -- maneuver. the piece of the tail was find a mile from the crash scene. >> any part of the assembly coming a part, particularly in mid-flight is going to clearly impact the ability to control the aircraft, that access of the aircraft, nose up, nose down. >> investigators are

elsewhere, reuters reports united technologies is close to a multibillion dollar all cash purpose ofraft component maker goodrich. today representatives from expedia, yelp and nextag will testify before a senate antitrust subcommittee looking into anticompetitive charges against google. finally, one california city is becoming the first to shed sales of one luxury item. tuesday west hollywood city council approved a ban on any apparel made of fur. >>> coming up, a classic pitcher's duel in a classic rivalry. the braves and cardinals stay wild. and how players amuse themselves when they're out of the pennant race. >>> back and forth battle between boston and baltimore ends with the red sox collapse. your first look at sports is straight ahead. you're watching "first look" on msnbc. ♪ hush, little baby ♪ don't you cry ♪ soon the sun ♪ is going to shine ♪ [ male announcer ] toyota presents the prius family. ♪ walk if i want, talk if i want ♪ [ male announcer ] there's the original one... the bigger one... the smaller one... and the one that plugs in. they're all a little different, just

this word now, reuters is reporting that the supreme court has denied a stay of execution. let's go to pete williams, nbc news justice correspondent. you're looking at pictures right outside the jackson facility in jackson, georgia. pete, it's being reported by reuters that the supreme court has moved on this. what do we know? >> well, we're all reporting that, ed, and it's a very brief order from the court, as these are. i will read it to you in its entirety. it says, the application for stay of execution of sentence of death presented to justice thomas and by him referred to the court is denied. that's it, that's all it says. let me just explain what that means. the way these emergency applications work is they go first as a technical matter to the circuit justice, that's justice clarence thomas for that federal circuit, the normal practice is for the circuit justice to refer the matter to the full court, and the full court decides whether to deny it. we don't know what the vote is. we never know in these cases, and that's all we ever get, is a simple one-sentence order.

host: stella dawson of reuters, you have served as a global editor for economics with reuters.ou served in a central bank and also in an equities corresponded. some headlines from the reset newspapers, global economy pushed to the brain. talks aimed to boost rescue funds. from the "baltimore sun" a few days ago. and going on to reuters, looking at the message that timothy geithner it delivered. he bluntly told european governments on saturday to eliminate the threat of catastrophic crisis by teaming up with the european central bank. making sure that they have access to affordable financing. how were timothy died near -- geithner's words, where he says how blunt comment and it tends message, was this same as a reprimand? guest: europe does not like to be lectured to. the united states does not like it either. he had gone to poland and that they were saying, he has problems back home, thank you very much. it's an interesting option in a way to tackle the situation. their two elements to it. he is trying to separate the two. what he is suggesting by saying the european central ba

russia saying stepping into eternity the moscow times it was the hog that sealed the deal and then reuters which of course is an international news agency saying russia's finance chief rebels over the putin plan and that's were for in october hearing from the finance minister alexei kudrin that if the president has made it becomes the prime minister he won't want to stay on and work with him and of course social media and networks just went crazy there buzzing with saturday's news that putin will run for president in twenty twelve stateside as we've heard from a u.s. senator john mccain who's known for his anti the rhetoric he talked about he tweeted i should say surprise surprise shocking news putin is running for president again and then here in russia we heard treats from the president today to his very own eight hour carty to our coverage and what he tweeted was you have nothing to be cheerful about it's better to play ice hockey at the luzhniki stadium which of course is where this announcement was made it's better now to switch to a sports channel so our negative reaction both from a