you do need to get permission. >> robert harrison, congratulations to you. a fascinating, fascinating breakthrough of sorts for all of us amateur space aficionados. good luck in the weeks and months ahead. we can't wait to hear what you do next. >> thank you. take care. >> you're welcome. >>> we're going to take a quick break. we're monitoring the white house briefing room again. a major breakthrough between the obama administration and russian government in terms of nuclear arms. an agreement to reduce the nuclear stockpiles. we're expecting secretary of state hillary clinton, defense secretary robert gates, and, we can now report president obama will speak at this white house briefing. we expect him to speak not only about the breakthrough with russia but these will be his first public comments since the house and senate both yesterday passed the improvements to the health care reform bill sending that to the president's desk. another major victory for president obama. a big briefing coming up in about the next 15 minutes. we will bring it to you live righ

. >>> for about $500 robert harrison bought a camera on ebay, a gps tracking device, a weather balloont he was able to do with those materials was priceless, hiss hobby is photo exploration and you're about to see the photos he was able to capture from the edge of space are just short of amazing. the photos you took from 22 miles up remind us of the things we have seen taken from satellites from nasa. you have got the materials with you, can you explain briefly how you're able to capture these pictures? >> basically the box consists of a box wrapped in duct table, we have a point and click camera from ebay for about $100, then there's a tracking device. this is a little microtrip there and a radio transmitter and this is how we can keep track of the camera and find it again and get the pictures and video at the end of the flight. >> you knew at about 22 miles the balloon would pop and this thing would parachute down, how were you able to retrieve it? >> i'm chasing it around in the car so i know where this thing is, normally about two or three minutes after it's landed, i go and pick u

for "today," mike taibbi, nbc news, new york. >> i say give that guy a job, robert harrison. right? >> all cool until the day we to you down a jumbo jet with a point-and-click camera. >> okay. happy thoughts from lester. >> it was so nice until that moment. >> that's the first thought i had. >> all right. >>> coming up, the brave baby-sitter who literally ran through fire barefoot to save the little boy in her care. >>> also this morning, they're live together for the first time in an exclusive interview. this is "today" on nbc.s >>> coming up, how do you get this if you just have the right idea? >> the warning for anyone who is a grandparent. a despicable scam after your locale news. 00 miles. which makes it pretty clear whose standing out front. a consumers digest "best buy" two years running. chevy malibu. compare it to anyone and may the best car win. now, qualified lessees get a low mileage lease on this 2010 malibu ls for around $199 a month. call for details. see your local chevy dealer. now i just follow the steps and i can get anywhere i want to go. turbotax lets me do my t

robert harrison from england rigged the contraption together. have the balloon go into the atmosphere and take pictures. he said he was amazed it even worked. >> i was astounded when i saw the pictures. they speak for themselves. to get images like that showing the earth and blackness of space, i wasn't expecting to see pictures like that. >> how's that for hot shots? a parachute brought it down and then he used gps to find it. >>> strange video from chattanooga, tennessee. a dog decided to eat a police car. the officer felt his car moving. turned out it was a bulldog ripping off the cruiser's front bumper. then the dog starts eating the tires. that dog would not let go. other dogs got in on the action. animal control officers finally showed up to capture the dogs. >>> today, a nanny in kentucky is being hailed a hero. she ran barefoot through 400-degree flames to save the boy she was watching. the house was on fire, ran over burning carpet and dodged flames to save the 5-year-old. >> was calling for him and he said, alley, i'm in here, in my ro

robert harrison had a helium balloon, launch it had up 20 miles in the air.aches it to a balloon with a parachute and took beautiful pictures of planet earth that you just saw. a mission like that cost nasa about $400 million. money well spent. when we come back, is "the washington post" eugene robinson and dylan ratigan is in the studio with me. keep it on "morning joe" brewed by starbucks. right now you can get a great deal on any volkswagen. well, the tiguan's great. mm. and the routan has everything we're looking for. plus, every volkswagen includes no-charge, scheduled, care-free maintenance. so, what's this punchdub days about? you know, where you punch someone in the arm every time you see a volkswagen. red one! [ baby crying ] test drive? [ male announcer ] with great deals on all 13 models, it's a whole new volkswagen. and a whole new game. ♪ no ordinary weed killer. because it does two jobs... at the same time. one: it kills the weeds you have - right down to the root. two: it forms a barrier, that prevents new weeds from growing for up to four mont