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over 40 uniquely designed boots, including one signed by saints head coach sean payton, and another boot designed by nbc's own hoda kotb. those boots will be raffled off, and proceeds will go to the victims of the oil spill. >>> and now for a look at your national and regional weather, here's nbc meteorologist bill karins with the weather channel forecast. bill, good morning. >> good morning, lynn. a wonderful weekend? >> yeah. ready to get the week started with nice weather. >> depends where you are. especially the west coast. tracking igor all weekend long. a big category 4 hurricane headed for bermuda. it went right over the top of the island last night but the conditions weakened. the storm went down to a category 1 right before landfall. enough to knock out power, down trees and another couple days of cleanup. it wasn't a devastating blow for the island. that's igor. in the pacific northwest, stormy weather on and off all weekend long. we did get in some football games. nice weather for those, but overall, a cool, damp weather pattern in the northwest where we've seen record heat in

church unite but with the overriding message of this papal visit -- how to make christian values sean payton character of what the pope calls the public square. on this concern they are united and the archbishop of canterbury articulated his vision of the role faith should play in society. >> we do not have -- as churches seek political power or control or the dominance of christian faith in the public sphere. but the opportunity to testify, to argue, sometimes to protest, sometimes to affirm, to play our part in the bub -- public debates of our societies. ♪ >> it was a long day for the pontiff, are ending in another first, first visit by a pope to westminster abbey. catholic and anglican clergy symbolically joined together in worship. right hand in agreement with restoring belief to a place in public life. it's their shared purpose. >>> two americans have been charged where attempting to pass classified secrets to venezuela waila. the u.s. justice department hasn't accused venezuela of any wrong doing. the iranian leader maugeeds has said americans should free iranians after the release of

over 40 uniquely designed boots, including one signed by saints head coach sean payton, and a boot designed by nbc's own hoda kotb will be raffled off, and proceeds will go to the victims of the oil spill. they're actually really well done. for a look at your national weather, let's turn to nbc meteorologist bill karins with the weather channel forecast. good morning. >> good morning. did you have a great weekend? >> i did. i all of a sudden noticed the fall chill in the area. >> in some areas, i know. let me show you the big story of the weekend weather-wise that is hurrica hurricane igor. let me show you what it looked like when it came into bermuda yesterday. it was definitely windy for a long period of time. it wasn't that the storm was that intense, but the duration, the length of the storm was incredible. that was causing the power outages. the trees couldn't take the stress hour after hour of the gusty winds. the storm itself is now pulling away. some of those clouds and a bit of rain may effect our friends in canada. still descend-sized waves on the east coast. a lot of rip currents

someone like drew brees. >> kroft: the saints' brand new head coach, sean payton, had done his homework on brees, and liked what he saw. but convincing him to come to new orleans six months after hurricane katrina was not going to be easy. >> payton: the superdome at that time had, you know, half a roof. there was... there was uncertainty whether this team was... was going to be here for the long haul. there was a lot of uncertainty. >> kroft: do you think they were more desperate than anybody else? >> brees: well, i think that they were. ( laughter ) >> kroft: brees, who could barely who could barely lift his throwing arm at that point, decided to visit the city that was barely keeping its head above water. coach payton was assigned to show brees and his wife, brittany, that the city was livable; instead, payton got hopelessly lost amidst the rubble. >> brees: so here we are driving down roads, seeing homes literally moved off of their foundations, cars that are flipped upside down in people's living rooms, boats on top of roofs. i mean, it was the worst of the worst. >> payton: and i

williams elementary school in new orleans had some very exciting visitors, saints coach sean payton,trict. they surprised the kids with a $10,000 check from the nfl to improve the phys ed facility. all this looking pretty good. a lot of the students all decked out in black and gold to show their team spirit. let's check your weather, she what's going on as far as your weekend ahead is concerned. and for saturday, we've got a beautiful day in the southwest, with a lot of heat, mild conditions in new england. we do have wet weather, remnants of hermine in the great lakes all the way down to the gulf coast. then sunday, more rain along the eastern seaboard. the western two thirds of the country looking pretty good. showers through the gulf coast and some rain in the pacific northwest. >>> and here's a look at the bridge right now. sunshine, also patches of low clouds. temperatures this morning mainly in the 50s will climb to the 70s this afternoon with 73, san jose, 68, oakland. 64, san francisco. north bay, combination of 60s and 70s. tomorrow and the weekend, we should see 80s coming