they arrived in salt lake city the previous night and go up the canyon the next morning.o i think it is life and is at that point and brigham young responds and says he gets his speech, but they are no not quite sure what to make of it. does it mean for the rest of the night afterwards. so i did look at what other authors have said about that and looked at brigham young's office journal from the time and the historian's office journal and sources like that included that of his stage theatrics. so hopefully i got it right. >> next. >> just to go back to previous comments about isolation in young's attitude towards the united states. was there ever any serious thought or consideration given to establishing a sovereign state was the mormons got here or was that the idea of manifest destiny? was as inevitable already? >> there is a lot to that end things done those lines. on the latter day saints from from the trailways they become aware of the mexican-american war. they pretty much know this is going to become american territory. i think there's some uncertainty about how to

my other story is from four years later, the summer of 1851 in salt lake city, and it's a rare example of a church member willing to question the young's authority. president millard fillmore had recently appointed brigham young the first territory of the newly created utah territory. the first governor of the newly created utah territory. fillmore had chosen young as utah's governor, but he also appointed several non-mormon judges and officials in the territory. in july of 1851, those federal appointees again to read salt lake city, as did a man named almond babbitt who was a lawyer and church member that the mormons had sent to washington as their delegate to congress. brigham young was, to put it mildly, not very happy with either babbitt or the federal appointees. he did not want non-mormons to interfere with the church's control of utah's politics. also, he had heard all sorts of negative reports about babbitt's activities in washington. babbitt had drank too much and had cozied up to politicians, hoping to get a territorial appointment for himself, all sorts of things. shortly af

in july of 1851, those federal appointees began to reach salt lake city. as did a man named allman babbitt who was a lawyer and church member that the mormons had sent to washington as their delegate to congress. brigham young was, to put it mildly, not very happy with either babbitt or the federal appointees. he did not want nonmormons to interfere with the church's control of utah's politics. also he had heard all sorts of negative reports about babbitt's activities in washington. babbitt had drunk too much, he had cozied up to politicians hoping to get a territorial appointment for himself, all sorts of things. shortly after babbitt's return to utah, young summoned him to his office at 8:00 in the morning. young rarely started the day so early. he liked to go to bed late and get up late, and i think because of that he may have been in an especially cantankerous mood for the meeting. babbitt began by reporting that president fillmore hoped that you would not mingle your religion with your politics. the president worried that young would be as a prince of

by the time the olympics game, she ran the olympic torch into salt lake city.w much progress physically she had made. >> though up for the 2012 run, ann wasn't sure she was emotionally ready after that failed presidential campaign in 2008. >> i told mitt four years ago, i would never do this again. i said never again. never again. this is it. this is too hard. this is too difficult. it takes too much out of you. never again. however, i'm 100% committed. >> she was the one that said i had to do it. >> when he announces his candidacy in june, 2011, romney is crystal clear about his reason for running. >> barack obama has failed america. and in the campaign to come, the american ideals of economic freedom and opportunity need a clear and unapologetic defense and i intend to make it because i have lived. -- i have lived it. >> in 2012, clearly romney is running as a mr. fix it so it plays more to what he considered his strength. >> these are conservatives who looked at how to get the primary going. >> though he's picked as the early favorite, his front-runner statu

start halfway in terms of building the power of the positive image of our brand and you taught in salt lake city in a certain extent even america by virtue of the scandal that was associated with the winning at the bid in salt lake city we have some work to do there after nine eleven the way we looked at these events changed drastically more so than any games the world has really watching this when i was in the united states when i first came here and saw how bad the budget deficit was i was concerned that we might not be able to carry him off that we might just not have the funds to put on a real olympics and then following september eleventh i was absolute. committed that we would go forward the games meant more than ever i want to know however lest there be the doubt i mean the bumper stickers have been printed the website is going out tomorrow morning the campaign papers are filed today mitt romney. he would make a great couple. i think the old you know stand by definitions of who votes for which party have been blown away in this campaign i think people recognize that i'm not a partisan rep

. >> could the scandal over salt lake's olympic bid shatter our city's quest to host the olympic games? >> the 2002 olympics were in trouble. salt lake city was embroiled in a bribery scandal that threatened to bring down the games. so the search was on for someone to repair the damage. >> romney knew finance, politics and was a mormon. and that made him the top choice. >> they called me instead of mitt because they knew mitt would turn them down flat. >> she called me at work and said, i want you to -- don't say no, mitt. i think you ought to go run the olympics. don't be ridiculous. that's absolutely crazy. i'd never do that. but over time she convinced me. >> so, despite ann's health issues, the romneys left bain and moved to utah in 1999. but when romney really left bain capital is now controversial. on paper, he remained chief executive officer, raising the question of his responsibility for companies that laid off workers when he was in utah. he says that he was gone from the company completely, that the olympics were all-consuming. >> when he got there, it was a disaster. and he

narrator: a bribery scandal threatened the salt lake winter olympics. >> growing scandal is turning into a gold-plated disaster... >> narrator: in salt lake city, the home of the mormon church, they needed help. >> the payoffs have become a part of the games, and salt lake got caught... >> the story here always was that we were looking for a "white knight" to come riding in and save the olympics. and a lot of people saw that in mitt romney. >> narrator: romney knew this might be a chance to serve his church... >> strongly urging the appointment of romney... >> narrator: and raise his profile nationally. >> question of whether to close the deal with mitt romney... >> narrator: but there was a problem: ann was sick, diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. >> she told me that over the holidays they had all been out at their house in utah, and that she was so... felt so powerless because she couldn't get out of bed. >> i knew there was something seriously wrong with me. i was very fatigued, and i was in bed a lot, really in bed most of the time. i just couldn't really take care of myself, even. >> he was worried about my mother's heath. and he wanted t

about to face a challenge of an entirely different sort. >> could the scandal over salt lake's olympic bid shatter our city's host the olympic games? >> the 2002 olympics were in trouble. salt lake city was embroiled in a bribery scandal that threatened to bring down the games. so the search was on for someone to repair the damage. romney knew finance, politics and was a mormon. and that made him the top choice. >> they called me instead of mitt because they knew mitt would turn them down flat. >> she called me at work and said, i want you to -- don't say no, mitt. i think you ought to go run the olympics. don't be ridiculous. that's absolutely crazy. i'd never do that. but over time she convinced me. >> so despite ann's health issues, the romneys left bain and moved to utah in 1999. but when romney really left bain capital is now controversial. on paper, he remained chief executive officer, raising the question of his responsibility for companies that laid off workers when he was in utah. he says that he was gone from the company completely, that the olympics were all-consuming. >> when he got there, it was

i think as you point out, it's really hard to figure out who is mitt romney, this is why the salt lake city gave their endorsement to president obama. so this is mitt romney talking about his moderate self, his self that got along with those democrats in massachusetts and there you get all that fire behind making sure that women don't have the ability to choose. >> i guess my question is, there's been talk about the gender gap. the huffington post says basically that bump among women was the residual effect of the first debate. when you look at the split among unmarried women, the president is womping, which i believe is an official term. but he's leading by 25% among single women. it's married women where romney is ahead by ten points. i don't understand how any women can be in favor of a candidate like this. >> the question should always be which women, because women have never operated as a bloc. >> it is rather shocking that when given a multiple choice test, they throw away the pencil. >> the greatest quote ant this is ted kennedy versus mitt romney in 1994 in the debate, when kennedy

a pint sized football player from salt lake city has statistics that prose drama about. 75 touchdowns. 65 tackles. this 9-year-old girl is having an amazing first season. adding to the praise, sam or for samantha, she is the only girl in the league. her dad up loaded a compilation of her highlights to youtube. >> i was not really sure what kind of response she would have. i thought it was impressive and it seems that other people enjoy watching her as well. >> she is unstoppable. her amazing skills and her domination of the game. she helped take her team to the playoffs. >> do you small reality show? 1.2 million hits on youtube. and black thursday as the new black friday. the retail giant kicking off on thanksgiving day. that is the earliest it has ever started. the deal start at 8:00 p.m. on thanksgiving at wal-mart. new offers coming in at 10:00 p.m. and a black friday at 8:00 a.m. >> i think people will go. check out this in the united kingdom. robbers drove motorcycles through a shopping mall and headed for a jewelry store. they knew exactly where they are going to read a couple w

cnn's gary tuchman traveled to salt lake city and asked a group of members and former members what it to be mormon and gay. >> thank you. >> reporter: mitt romney finds himself in a potentially tricky spot, regarding his views on same sex relationships in his mormon faith. he's against same sex marriage, but listen to what he says about the rights of same sex couples. >> if two people the same gender want to live together, want to have a loving relationship and want to adopt a child in my state, individuals of the same sex were able it adopt children. in my view, that's something which people have the right to do. >> reporter: romney's statement is notable because the typical gay-loving relationship goes against the beliefs of his religion. michael anderson is the managing director of public affairs for the church. >> for those who feel accountable to god, the only acceptable sexual relationships are between a man and a woman who are legally married. and so that's our position as a church. >> reporter: the church of jesus christ of latter day saints is based here in salt lake city. bu

about to face a challenge of an entirely different sort. >> could the scandal over salt lake's olympic bid shatter our city's the olympic games? >> the 2002 olympics were in trouble. salt lake city was embroiled in a bribery scandal that threatened to bring down the games. so the search was on for someone to repair the damage. >> romney knew finance, politics and was a mormon. and that made him the top choice. >> they called me instead of mitt because they knew mitt would turn them down flat. >> she called me at work and said, i want you to -- don't say no, mitt. i think you ought to go run the olympics. don't be ridiculous. that's absolutely crazy. i'd never do that. but over time she convinced me. >> so, despite ann's health issues, the romneys left bain and moved to utah in 1999. but when romney really left bain capital is now controversial. on paper, he remained chief executive officer, raising the question of his responsibility for companies that laid off workers when he was in utah. he says that he was gone from the company completely, that the olympics were all-consuming. >> when he got there, it was

national lab in tennessee topped a list of 500 super computers unveiled yesterday at a conference in salt lake citytitan was retrofited by a santa clara company. engineers say graphics will allow titan to perform 70 called drill2)w beyond calculations per second. >>> new pepsi drink claims it can cut the fat in your body. pepsi special set to hit the market today in japan, soda infused with direction trinh found in many supplements -- -- dextrin found in many supplements sold here in the u.s.. >> new study suggests the old saying flattery will get you everywhere. team of japanese scientists say they've found a compliment encourages students to perform better a part of brain is stimulated when a person is rewarded with a compliment or cash. the study published online >>> just a week after voters approved prop entirety cal-state leaders face a few decision this morning. should students have to pay more once they've worn out what are you doing there? i making crescent bacon cheddar pinwheels. wow, i'm impressed! [ ding ] dad, the cable's out! you got that right? [ kiss ] thank you ♪ [ male announcer ]

i mean, this rocked the mormon community not just in france but all over the world and in salt lake city> it was a great time of challenge and soul searching for all of us. >> romney, anderson's assistant, was now left to lead a struggling mission. >> the person who had been leading our mission there, a wonderful man, was so injured that he had to return to the united states for surgeries. and during that time i and one other fellow took responsibility for overseeing the affairs of the 200 or so men and women -- or boys and girls -- that were serving there as missionaries. >> this was a critical moment. >> it was. >> morale must have been -- >> morale was low. by september, we were only halfway toward our yearly goals. >> romney kept the mission going and set an ambitious new goal, more than doubling the target for conversions. >> mitt said, we need to raise the bar, raise the expectation. if we want to really change behavior, we've got to have people do things different from how they've been doing them. >> so they did just that. >> we were dressed up in vaudeville outfits we had found i

she's one of the fastest kids the salt lake city pee-wee football league has ever seen. coaches started out just using her ii ddills, but they found thaa no one could actually stop her. so the coacces allowed her into the -3 league and she aa for 25- touchdowns in her first season. terrrl suggs acttally & posted about heron his facebook page saying, hees glad he will be retried by the tiie she makes t to the fl. 3 a daring heist in the - middle of a busy mall. hw the thieees grrbbed more than - three million worth of jewelry and drove right out the front door. 3 33 3 straighttout of aahollywood movie. movve. 3 the cameraa... captured the robbeer... of a london -3 store... where the suspects ...brought their 3 p iside the mall. -3 mall.. take... a look at thii surveillance apparently inspired... by the new bond movie.... , tear down the concourse ...on motorcyyles...//.. they reachh.. a... high-end jewelry storr ....nd... rush the &pentrance... witt axes and bats....//// they smash the display cases... and grab moree than hree million... worth of jewels,... rolex and cart

that is sam gore don, nine years old from salt lake city. she's an internet sensation after her pop put this stuff on the internet. she's nine. she plays with the boys. she's rushed for 2,000 yards and 35 touchdowns. >> she's fast. >> yeah! hey, anita, you know what, you can't touch her. 35 touchdowns. the and she leads the team in tackles, too. >> her dad said when she was little, they would play rough with her, and she would get right back up. >> cute girl. we'll be right back. >>> that's 9 news for tonight. it's friday, right? >> not yet. >>> letterman is next. good fight, everybody.

eight-year-old sam gordon is a football phenom and plays on the boy's youth football team in salt lake city and she's good. lack at her go. game after game. and all of the way to the end zone. scored 35 touches. running more than 1,000 yards. and 65 tackles. making her qualify to play for the redskins. today. today. [ knocking ] oh, no, i got to go. oh, can you make that to go? these days, nobody has time to get sick. but minuteclinic makes it easy to get well. our nurse practitioners can diagnose and write prescriptions for everything from strep throat to sinus infections with no appointment necessary, so you can feel better in no time. you guys want to go to the park? yeah! yeah! minuteclinic, the medical clinic in cvs/pharmacy. accepts united healthcare benefit plans. find a clinic near you at minuteclinic.com. . >>> tonight's weather will be cold and clear for a change at red bulls arena in new jersey. no hurricane nor'easter to threaten that deciding second game of the mls semi final between united and the new york redo bulls and goes on to the eastern conference finals. this is the sa

i was just in salt lake city and i took a walk downtown and i saw a pillar that had been built in the last 4 years that a big block of sandstone that i recognized. it was probably wingate sandstone that had been hauled up there from about 200, 250 miles away, but i noticed in the pillar that was a gap at the bottom and i walked up and looked through the gap and i saw there were some posts in the distance and i looked around and there was a circle around the gap and there were signs around it and then each post a prism in it so that light going through the crack would hit the prism and that light would go to another prism and you would be able to tell the time of year by this object that was built in the last 4 years. and i saw this and i thought, what would archeologists think if they encountered this? they would look at this and say, what civilization was this? what religion drove them to do this? we keep doing the same things over and over again. many researchers believe these archeo-astronomical sites are very specifically designed where other researchers say it's all coincidence.

in salt lake city playing like a girl has one peewee football player turning into an internet sensation. he's my hero. only her first year playing little league football. 9-year-old samantha gordon is looking like a natural. when the youngster turns on her jets, the boys can't keep up with her. she's scored 35 touchdowns, run close to 1200 yards. pretty impressive stats for the kid that keeps the other team chasing her ponytail. you go, girl. for another look at the weather, here is nbc meteorologist bill karins. >> i would love how you would be eating my dust if i would be -- >> i would not want to tackle you. we could try. it may be entertaining, if you want to join me up here. we'll avoid that for today. >> we'll stick with thumb wars. >>> good morning everyone. the nor'easter is just about done with its snow production, and it was very impressive, especially at its peak during the rush hour yesterday. the white on here shows the snow currently. it's kind of ending. it's all done in new jersey. lower portions of the hudson valley all done. a little light snow from hartford to new hav

it's just awesome and in cleveland and right now we have 13,000 students across the basin in salt lake city are seeing it, and does have impact and the impact is largely i would say it creates a sense of agreement. the biggest thing that bully does or the big service the film has is gives everyone a unified collective science of agreement to which they roll up the sleeves and get busy creating change and has been really exciting. i building we already i believe kroshed the threshold of 140,000 students nationwide and we are working to get to the million and the idea is a million is a tipping point . a million kids in america. that's like one in ten basically in public schools. that gets embedded so over time every september schools are starting with that method to have that agreement, and along the way we're also trying to deliver youth action and educate ideas and teach the schools and districts about social emotional learning because after they see the film they want to know what do we do next? how do we impact that? and that's what i am up to and it's great to be here. >> thanks so much

watch the salt lake city temperatures go down. >> we can expect some sunshine afternoon, some breaks in clouds. 41 degrees. warming up this afternoon >> all that weather was brought to you by the u.s. postal service. let's go back inside to -- >> elizabeth. >> all right. okay. thanks. >>> coming up, the high-speed heist caught on camera. how jewelry robbers ripped off a mall in the middle of the day on two wheels. okay, now here's our holiday gift list. aww, not the mall. well, i'll do the shopping... if you do the shipping. shipping's a hassle. i'll go to the mall. hey. hi. you know, holiday shipping's easy with priority mail flat rate boxes from the postal service. if it fits, it ships anywhere in the country for a low flat rate. yea, i know. oh, you're good. good luck! priority mail flat rate boxes. online pricing starts at $5.15. only from the postal service. and eddy said the toys might not be ready! eddy? the elf! ♪ [ radio announcer ] today's forecast: it's snowing snowballs and snow bricks out there... seven more days and it's snowing snow bricks! oh, well, be careful! [ radi

. >>> and this comes to us from salt lake city, utah, where playing like a girl has turned one pee wee football player into an internet sensation. it is only her first year playing little league football but 9-year-old samantha gordon is already looking like a natural. she's my hero. when the youngster turns on her jets the boys can barely keep up with her. she's scored 35 touchdowns and run for close to 1200 yards. pretty impressive considering the team is chasing her ponytail and she's only 9 years old and they're like, what? where did she go. >> she's quick. >> watch out, nfl. >> you never know. >> has got like the longhorns calling her, longhorns sending out the troops. all right, well, i'm lynn berry. this is "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. >>> in california, the milestones just keep rolling in for one furry bundle. a baby panda at the san diego zoo celebrated his 100th day. the cub now weighs in at nearly ten pounds. he's gaining mobility and has even started sprouting teeth. the panda is set to be given a name on november 13th at a cerem

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airport delays are possible in salt lake city and san francisco. >>> and back to the news this morningthe pentagon revealing that iran has made a provocative, new move against the u.s. >> defense department officials just confirmed that iranian war planes shot at an american predator drone that was flying over the persian gulf in international air space last week. the drone wasn't hit. but the pentagon disclosure only came after news organizations learned of the attack. talk about the last to know. >>> several members of s.e.a.l. team six, including one on the mission to kill osama bin laden have been punished for allegedly disclosing classified information. the s.e.a.l.s, apparently con cu consulted with the makers of a video game. >>> sources tell abc news that talks are under way for a possible plea deal for congressman jesse jackson jr., who is currently being treated for bipolar disorder. the fbi is investigating jackson for using campaign funds for personal purchases. but jackson coasted to victory on tuesday, retaining his congressional seat, despite his absence on the campaign

when i first came here, salt lake city was very dry.f the antithesis of the moist, rainy pacific where i lived for 20 years. and there was something in me that almost wanted to reconstruct what i feel is so important in my life. w >> reporter: why should people care what's up there, what's in the canopy? >> i think you should want to get acquaint with the organisms that live up there. there is much more thought on the practical aspects, for instance, medicinal drugs. ten years ago, i was involved in a program that was looking at anti-cancer, anti-aids compounds that could come from natural substances, plants, animals, marine life and so forth. so they sent me to the canopy to look for cancer aids with these anti-virus substances. to i climbed trees and brought these back. they're still in the process of refining them, extracting them and so forth, but about 25% of our prescription drugs actually come from plants. >> reporter: so this love of trees, again, i'm not exactly sure where it came from, i just know i have it. i think it started

mostly 70s across the south. 60s from salt lake city to albuquerque. >>> coming up, corporate profits. let's just say, lots of them were pretty good in the third quarter. >>> and we've got news about the hostess bankruptcy. that's coming up in your business news. >>> plus, uh-oh. a watery mess at a watering hole. the details on that bit of wet weirdness, still ahead. >>> welcome back, everybody. when the government released thursday's gdp report, there was a milestone number in there. u.s. corporate profits hit an all-time high between july and september, rising at an annual rate of 3.5%. the strength was driven by financial companies whose domestic profits rose by more than $71 billion during those three months. >>> potential buyers are lining up to try to acquire hostess brands, maker of twinkies, now that final moves to close the business has been approved in bankruptcy court. 18,000 workers are losing their jobs. but hostess did get court approval to give top executives bonuses, totalling almost $2 million. >>> it's back to the bargaining table today for negotiators trying to end

it's going to be gusty in reno and salt lake city. shroudy with sprinkles in san francisco. >> temps in florida are cooler than usual. miami breaks 70. that's frigid for them. in phoenix, the mid-80s. l.a. had been in the 90s. today, only 69. >> you said honolulu. >>> when we come back, another staggering impact of hurricane sandy. 250,000 cars. >>> and wall street jitters. will investors see a rebound from the worst sell-off in a year? >>> then, new video of a brazen getaway attempt in a plane. the caught-on-tape crime that came to a deadly end. >>> welcome back, everyone. wall street tries to bounce back today from its worst day of the year. the dow losing almost 313 points after the president's re-election because of concern about that looming fiscal cliff. automatic spending cuts and tax increases that will kick in january 1st, if there is no deal in congress. another reason for the stock slide is worry over europe's debt crisis, with rioting over new budget cuts in greece. >>> and another gauge of the magnitude of hurricane sandy

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. >> 60s from billings to salt lake city. just 38 in fargo. and 43 in the twin cities. 50s in the midwest and northeast. mostly 80s from miami to dallas. >>> when we come back this morning, a lab finds out what is lurking in that floodwater left in the wake of sandy. >>> from what's in the water to where is the gas? drivers waiting in long lines for whatever they can get. >>> also, the national guard getting food and water to thousands of people still stranded straight across the river from manhattan. >>> first, here's a look at how you can help the victims of this disaster. >>> gas lines are back in many of the areas where hurricane sandy struck. more than half of all gas stations around new york city and new jersey are closed because their tanks have been drained or they have no power. some drivers and homeowners are waiting more than an hour to fill up or to fill up the gas cans they need to power the generators back at home. >>> the human toll of hurricane sandy is impossible to measure. but we're starting to get a clearer picture of the f