and stephanie d'alessandro, gary c. and francis comer curator of modern art at the art institute of chicago. and here is the conversation between the three of us. first of all, thank you and congratulations for what you have done here. this is a remarkable collaboration. the art institute of chicago here and the museum of modern art. how did it come about, john? >> well, it started five years ago when i visited chicago and found that stephanie working with her colleagues at chicago were doing work on their great matisse "bathers by a river." and the picture which had been begun in 1907, l/1909 and completed in 1917, the aim was to find out how that picture has developed over the years. and really it was an outcome of that that we moved to examination of other paintings by matisse done in the latter part of that period. and really from that the idea came of doing an exhibition. it wasn't first and foremost an exhibition project, it was kind of an investigation project. >> rose: why do you call it "radical invention"? >>

stephanie what do you make of this?st an attention-grabbing reporter or do you think that she really has an issue? >> you know, ed, i think it is going to be hard to tell through this investigation. i may not be the best woman to ask because as you know, i have been in this boys' club of radio for a long time and you can't be oversensitive f you have sat through a commercial break in my studio it is like a friar's roast meets a loading dock. i'm not a delicate flower. we will have to see if there is real harassment here or being sensitive. >> this is the reporter in question making a soundbite today on the situation. >> i must say that i don't hear anything that is in the way sexual word, because i am not the one who say the charge or who tried to involve all the team in this situation with. >> so what is it, heidi is she just a headline grabber or does she have a real issue? >> a headline grabber, to obviously. i have to agree with stephanie on this those of us in radio and other occupations are not big babies. if you

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stephanie dhue has more. >> reporter: today's report says the problem started with a bad cement job that caused dangerous gases to leak into the well undetected. crew members misread tests and thought the well was under control, and didn't act until it was too late. the blowout preventer, which should have sealed the well, failed. b.p. took responsibility for its decisions on the rig, but also blamed halliburton for the cement job and rig operator transocean, which maintained the blowout preventer. transocean called b.p.'s report a "self-serving attempt to conceal... b.p.'s fatally flawed well design." b.p. says the well design is sound and consistent with other wells in the area. halliburton says it completed the well under b.p.'s specifications. it also says it's confident its contract with b.p. protects it from lawsuits. the 50-person b.p. investigation team found no proof the company cut corners, but they suggested that b.p. look more broadly at what happened. this report won't be the last word. transocean is doing its own investigation. government agencies, including the coast guard

stephanie, great to have you with us tonight. i'll throw it at you here.st segment, christine o'donnell, mice with human brains, what do you make of it? >> fully functioning human brains, ed, um, here's what i think scientists need to work on next. i think that they need to see if we can find a tea party candidate that has a fully functioning brain. could that be a longer quest. here's the one issue that i can get excited about is her antimasturebation platform, ed. i'll be leading the million -- masturbation march. will you give me a hand, ed. >> no, i'm all tied up on that one. let's talk about, if we can, the gop, karl rove getting thrown under the bus and then being brought back in the family and i guess he's going to endorse this psycho talker eo'donnell. what do you make of all of the riff? >> isn't the best edichgz the republicans eating their own, ever? they throw karl rove under the bus, ed, for telling the truth one time in his whole life. it's getting to be like "lord of the flies" over there, like the fat kid with the glasses that they're going

the weather channel's stephanie abrams is filling in for al. stephanie, what's the story? >>> there's a huge plume of moisture associated with hermine hean tdretrt tinis schetgch anywhere from mexico, but guess what, the system is heading rate towards the texas coast. as we head over the next couple of days, it could make landfall near brownsville on tuesday. it could bring flooding to texas but also the good news is that we need the rain in texas. we certainly don't need it here in mexico. as you can see the moisture associated with hermine caused some significant flooding and a lot of evacuations here as well. hopefully we do not see scenes like that in texas. lester, back to you. >> stephanie, thanks. we'll go back to you shortly for the rest of the nation's forecast. right now it is 7:03 and here's natalie. >>> lester, today is no holiday for president obama as he hits the road trying to sell the administration's jobs plan. this with the jobs of a lot of congressional democrats in peril this fall. nbc's mike viqueira has more. good morning to you. >> reporter: it is al

stephanie abrams with the forecast. hi. >> hi, guys.e want to talk about igor still swirling in the atlantic, still a very powerful storm. it does look like it will stay offshore. a look at the track over the next several days. it does look like it will weaken as it makes its way towards bermuda. there is the risk for rip currents today through the weekend, anywhere from west palm >> we are expecting a mixed bag of weather today, a 30% chance of some showers or storms. ahead of that i >> matt, over to you. >> steph, thanks very much. just ahead, the chilling 911 call and surveillance video of one of the victims taken during a tragic home invasion in connecticut. we'll have the latest on that story. first, this is "today" on nbc. >>> just ahead, michael jackson's mother and children sue the promoters of his concert. are they partly to blame for his death. >>> if you're trying to lose weight, it is it better to snack all day instead of eating lunch? after these messages. whatcha doing little bite™? trying to be big like you, dad. you're s

stephanie dhue explains. >> reporter: taximagic is changing the way people call for cabs. with a smart phone, you can type in where you are and get a message back that the cab's on its way and track its arrival. >> we got a message the taxi's been dispatched. it's floyd norman, and he's 1.5 miles away, and i say, "cool." >> reporter: sanders partee helped start the company three years ago with one customer, red top cab in northern virginia. its c.o.o., george pakidis, says its a hit. already one out of ten of his customers book rides that way. >> the idea that a client can reach us through the web, they can call us from their smart phone, they can text us, it's just user friendly. >> reporter: taximagic software can help take the load off a cab company's dispatch system. >> if you can see on the phone where the cab is on it's way to pick you up, you're less likely to call the operator and say, "dude, where's my car?" >> reporter: taximagic began with a business plan to integrate taxi charges into expense account software. but when it launched the taximagic smart phone app,

thanks very much, stephanie is here for al. >> we have a rarity out there in the atlantic. this is the first time we have had three hurricanes in the >>> inns nbc's michelle kosinsky is in peru. >> we heard that tv interview from behind bars in which he talks about teaching the prison guards english lessons in his private cell, now denying he knows anything about what happened to natalee holloway. beth holloway hearing this has simply had enough. she went to peru, teamed up with the dutch tv crew, got inside that jail and let joran have it. >> i will proceed with every understand of energy i have and i'm not going to stop. >> reporter: that was beth holloway five years ago, her daughter had just disappeared in her high school graduation trip to aruba. today beth has kept her promise. has not stopped. this week headed down to the dusty hills outside lima, peru to castro castro prison, to confront joran face to face. beth with a dutch news crew got inside the lockup where joran is awaiting trial for murder. her attorney says for several minutes, beth holloway did all of the t

what can you tell us, stephanie, about these arrests?rking with an abundance of caution when it comes to the pope. this is a plot that surfaced late last night and they didn't waste any time. upon hearing the information, britain's counterterrorism command went in early this morning in westminster, which is a neighborhood in london, central london where the pope is going to be giving a speech later on today. they arrested five men at a shop there and brought them to a police station where they are currently questioning them. so far they have not been charged with anything. but, you know, this is, this is all part of the security operation surrounding the pope. he's been, everywhere he has been there have been streets blocked off. this morning we had difficulty getting to the university where he was speaking to, we showed up a bit too late. once he was on the grounds, they stopped all foot traffic and no one was allowed in or out. they're not taking any risks. chris? >> i assume the trip will go on as planned no changes other than the fac

stephanie elam, new york. >> all right, stephanie. >>> police feared a mass suicide might be in the worksut not to be the case, but it raises questions, i should say, about what exactly is cult-like behavior and when should we be alarmed about it. a cult expert joins me next. >>> plus, hurricane igor is bearing down on bermuda, but the u.s. coast isn't off the hook yet. ♪ [ female announcer ] good friends never run out of things to talk about... and during endless shrimp at red lobster, you can keep the conversation going over endless servings of your favorite shrimp. from classics like garlic shrimp scampi and decadent shrimp pasta... to new creations, like crunchy parmesan shrimp. our best value of the year, endless reasons to get together. during endless shrimp, right now at red lobster. >>> a group of salvadoran women and children were found safe and sound today in southern california after an overnight manhunt by police. authorities had feared that they were part of a cult and had planned to kill themselves. neither of those assumptions was correct. cult expert mark galanter is autho

. >> because she is a candidate, stephanie hodge is cannot be in the parade. she feels the real reason is because she is a republican and democratic territory. if you talk to parade organizers and some of her fellow republicans, that may not be the case. stephanie hodge is is a republican candidate for state delegates in the democratic heavy 37 district of anne arundel county. she was campaigning near the rock arunta mills mall, which she wishes it did she was campaigning near the urumqi mills mall. the potentiale resources, so i have to depend on the grass-roots campaign. >> hottest things the parade is playing politics. >> it does really seem that they are trying to keep republicans out. they are also sitting delegates for district 32 are democrats. >> that no candidate rule has been in place for years. >> a former republican state delegate from district 32 told us, my recollection is that i participated in the parade. another republican candidate, lane smith, says that the parade had the opportunity to set the grounds, and they have been consistent. >> holl

. >> reporter: now homeowner stephanie johnson digs gardening in her backyard. >> i like the chance tooutside and relax and not worry about anything. >> reporter: recently, she bought some dirt to build a raised vegetable garden. >> it would have taken forever without a wheelbarrow. >> reporter: so she doesn't own one but set out to borrow. from books to appliances and more, these days borrowing has gone high-tech on sites like share some sugar, neighbor borrow and neighborgoods.net. you can post and share items you own and borrow things that you need all from others right in your neighborhood. >> tools and air beds. some listed their car even. >> reporter: think of each site as a matchmaking service. temporary ownership is a hot trend. >> a lot of people are feeling the pinch of not having enough money right now so they are turning to borrowing for more expensive items. >> reporter: by borrowing just once, waller says you can save tens of hundreds, sometimes even thousands depending on the item. while sharing does pay off, there is also a psychological benefit. >> it brings you closer

he is in jail after being accused of killing another woman, stephany flores. he is the main inspect in natalee holloway's disappearance in aruba but was never charged in connection with that case. >>> a teenager is dead after being shot in a hyattsville park. 2600 block of nicholson street. good morning, tracy. >> reporter: good morning, jo yesterday when this happened at the neighborhood park it was actually light outside. this is a park that has a baseball field. also basketball courts. it's not isolated at all. a complex here sits on the edge of the park. police are trying to figure out what led to this shooting. around 8:00 p.m. last night police responded to the 2600 blockf nicholson street in hyatts vil. the 16-year-d boy who had been shot. they rushed him to the hospital where he was pronounced dead. they are investigating to see what ledo the shooting. at this point they have not release the name of the victim. >>> coming up, we will tell you why the plan to reduce the price smart trip cards may not work. >>> we'll take a look at the areas hardest hit.

-- hearing stephanie rawlings- blake giving us an update. >> taking a look at some of our top stories, as investigators continue to look for the cause of the deadly bus accident in bethesda, we are hearing from one of the children on that bus. those on the bus were headed home after a trip to the national zoo in washington when the driver suddenly lost control. >> we were driving on the highway and someone said, driver, watch out. the driver was slumped over the steering will and he starts swerving towards the bridge. >> the driver of the bus died at the scene. 12 others are being treated at hospitals, it gives them for life-threatening injuries. the baltimore police officer pleaded guilty to firing a service weapon after a bar fight was sentenced to 18 years in prison this afternoon. authorities say that he was off- duty at the time and he fired at the car in which the people he was fighting with drove off in. >> a complaint has been filed against the city. a woman was that a softball game and she was electrocuted when she touched a fence. the first case was rejected and the judge gr

stephanie dhue looks at whether the governor's plan to privatize liquor sales will be a budget win or a hangover in the making. >> reporter: in town hall meetings around the state, governor robert mcdonnell is making the case for getting virginia out of the liquor business. >> i don't necessarily think it's a core function of government to have to distribute gray goose or jack daniel's, i think there's other things that are probably more important. >> reporter: the governor proposes auctioning 1,000 liquor licenses to retailers, like costco, giant, and 7-11, which already sell beer and wine in virginia. the state would also auction wholesale licenses and get rid of its warehouse and state-owned stores. the proposal promises to bring in nearly $0.5 billion to help fund transportation projects. >> letting the free market work, we can generate a one-time windfall for transportation and keep an equivalent amount of money coming to the state, it's just smart business. i'm looking for ways not to dump more taxes on the citizens, but to find other creative ways to raise money for roads. >> r

stephanie dhue, "nightly business report," washington. >> tom: south florida is home to sunny skies, beautiful beaches... and it's also the epicenter of the nation's foreclosure crisis. the housing bust is putting the squeeze on south florida's taxpayers and the budgets of municipal governments. as we continue our "budget blues" series tonight, jeff yastine tells us how the lack of tax revenue means higher taxes and fewer services for people in the sunshine state. >> reporter: the human impact of the housing bust is well known-- unemployment, families uprooted, and a steep decline in home prices. now, the financial impact is coming home to roost. south florida is home to many examples, like the city of miami. >> this city has to function, and i don't think any of you want to see this city not function. >> reporter: last week, the city of miami called an emergency budget meeting to consider the unthinkable-- cuts in pay and pension benefits for police and fire-rescue crews. >> when considering voting on cuts in benefits, i would ask the commissioners the following question: how much w

stephanie dhue reports. >> reporter: companies like google, apple, and intel often collaborate on new technology. now the justice department is looking at a different kind of collaboration, where these high tech companies pledge not to poach each others' workers. analyst scott cleland says those agreements limit competition and employee choice. >> when many of the best companies that somebody would want to work at, especially a high-value employee, it really limits your income and your choices. if that group gets together and colludes and says "we're not going to poach each other." >> reporter: and it's not just workers that see a downside. tech consultant rob enderle says the practice may hurt the companies involved. >> basically, they are assuring a steady bottom line and trading off the possibility for rapid growth by doing this, they are blocking each other from getting the resources they need to advance rapidly. >> reporter: the government has looked into other industries' hiring practices, including hospitals that colluded to cap nurses' pay. in the high tech case, the justice d

nbc's stephanie gosk joins us live from london with the latest. stephanie, what was this plot all about? >> reporter: hey, savannah. we're being told that the threat emerged overnight. obviously with the pope in town they're taking an abundance of caution with anything that they're learning. they moved in early this morning, just after 5:00, 5:30. they went into an area of town in london, westminster, where the pope is actually scheduled to speak later on today. they arrested these five men at a business and took them to a london police station where right now they're being questioned. so far they haven't been charged with anything and they haven't found any hazardous materials or anything at this business. but again, moving on an abundance of caution, they felt that it was necessary to arrest these men. the pope has been told about the threat and so far hasn't changed his busy schedule. we saw a bit of some of the intense security surrounding him this morning at the first location, a university that he went to just outside of london. we were tryi

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she would say, "stephanie, shut up and deal and roll with the punches." no matter where you come from or what you have experienced, it does not matter. you can overcome anything. that is what i take my students every day. no matter what's happening at home or what chaos you live in or what you experienced with your parents, you can overcome anything and become anything. >> kimberly? >> one thing i learned in life is that we are all born with natural intelligence. something that we are gifted in, we are geniuses in those specific skills. and with that natural intelligence comes a passion. that is what we should do as our career. i ask my students all the time, why are you here? what do you come to school for? they say to get a good job. i say, no, you were born with something. what do you love to do every day without thinking about it, it comes instinctively, you do it so well, no one ever taught you? they say that they draw or write music or poetry. that is your natural gift, that's what you're supposed to do. i'm going to give you some skills to help you

stephanie dhue, "nightly business report," washington. will name this week harvard law professor elizabeth warren to a special advisor position, overseeing the consumer financial protection bureau. she has long been considered the frontrunner to leave this position. reports say warren will not be nominated to that role, and that she'll report to both the president and the treasury secretary. >> so tom, the talk today was all about currencies and gold, but still stocks had a pretty good day. >> tom: they did have a good day, inching higher. let's look at tonight's "market focus". >> tom: the gains may have been small today, but they were enough to push the indices to five-week highs. the s&p 500 sits just below its high from the july rally. this is the third time the index has traded around these levels in the past six months. the past two times, it failed to move higher. one sector that has already eclipsed its highs from earlier this summer is healthcare. this healthcare exchange traded fund is above $30 per share for the first time sinc

stephanie dhue reports. >> reporter: president obama appeared, campaign-style, in a virginia family'sackyard to promote the new health care law. obama ticked off a list off its achievements, among them: there are no limits on lifetime benefits. kids can no longer be denied coverage for a pre-existing condition. and, dependents up to age 26 will be able to get insurance through their parent's plan. >> all of these things are designed not to have government more involved in health care. they're designed to make sure that you have basic protections in your interactions with your insurance company, that you're getting what you paid for. >> reporter: consumers can expect to pay more in premiums. the administration estimates those new benefits will add an average of 2% to 3% to premium costs. but, supporters say a focus on preventive care will help bring long-term costs down. heritage policy analyst ed haislmaier says whether that will be true is unclear. >> when you start saying things like, "the plan has to pay for dietary counseling for people with high cholesterol," but then doesn't def

stephanie sy has our report. >> reporter: provoking a 460-pound teenage lion is a very bad idea. >> be nice. be nice. >> reporter: lion trainer kevin richardson must carefully analyze the dynamic of this lion pride as he introduces two new member, younger cubs. having grown up orphans together, the two have a close bond. but it's vital they're part of a group of lions. mafumu is the braver one. >> guys to help. >> reporter: bandit appears to be the most aggressive of the lion possi which rightly owned the name "the terrible teen." >> if it doesn't work out i don't know what i'm going to do. >> reporter: eventually the others seem to accept mafumu and bietzi. kevin takes personal responsibility for all these cats. he helps develop this lion park in south africa five years ago for the filming of a movie stars thor, this moody male. since filming, kevin has worried about where funding to maintain the animals will come from. without revenue the park will have to close, the animals either sold or worse put to sleep. >> well, i would hate nothing more than to see this place go and the animal