nbc's stephanie gosk reports from athens for us tonight. >> a rare bright spot in athens. the olympic torch handed off to the organizers of london 2012. but on the other side of town, evidence of the now daily struggle just to get by. many of these women lining up for free milk, frozen chicken, and detergent, aren't used to being poor. >> you're scared. me and my all my country are scared. >> to avoid bankruptcy and remain part of the eurozone. greece agreed to make drastic budget cuts. protesters hit the streets over slashed pensions, jobs, and the minimum wage. when greeks went to the polls this month, they gave a drubbing to the political parties that agreed to the bailout plan. the election left the parliament split, unable to form a government. with the bailout plan now in jeopardy, they have to vote again. the new elections are scheduled for june 17th, but until a government is formed in this country, there is uncertainty, and uncertainty breeds fear. this week, they felt it at the banks. on monday alone, greeks withdrew 700 million euros from their banks. american j

>> stephanie gosk in italy for us tonight. thanks. >>> now to the weather here at home. tropical storm alberto churning off the south carolina coast. still a couple of weeks now until the official start of hurricane season, things are already beginning to pick up. weather channel meteorologist jim cantore is in charleston tonight with the forecast. jim, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, lester. we're here on the east battery where the wind from alberto has whipped up quite a chop out here in the bay. again, the good news is, the storm will continue to weaken and pull offshore, we think, tonight as it heads on off to the northeast. last night ts time we had a strong tropical storm with winds 60 miles per hour. something early obviously that's begun. 130 miles south of charleston, a few rain bands drifting in. rip currents will be the biggest threat. but notice the track taking and keeping it offshore for the memorial day weekend. there aren't going to be any problems with this storm. lester, never before in any year have we seen both the pacific and atlantic have a

stephanie gosk, nbc news, london. >>> when we come back here tonight, what does it say about parents of athletes worried about concussions when the parent of one of the most prominent athletes says he's not sure he would let his own son play ball? [ alarm beeping, motor revving ] [ motors revving ] ♪ [ motor turns over ] [ liquid pouring ] [ chain saw buzzing ] [ male announcer ] what if everything ran on gas? then again, what if everything didn't? the 100% electric, zero-gas nissan leaf. innovation for the planet. innovation for all. ♪ >>> the privately owned rocket that launched from cape canaveral this week known as spacex is now right on track according to nasa. it will dock with the international space station tomorrow morning. after today's successful practice fly-by. after the docking the astronauts will open the hatch, unload more than 1,000 pounds of food, clothing, and lab equipment. a delivery that will make history -- that's a simulation there -- if all goes well. >> ted kaczynski, also known as the unabomber has somewhat unbelievably updated his facebook page. his harvar

nbc's stephanie gosk has the story tonight. >> reporter: hms ocean, the largest warship in the british fleet squeezing up the thames river to london for the olympic games. the british military flexing its muscle for the world to see. fighter jets, surface-to-air missiles, high-speed boats. there are no known plots targeting the games, say commanders, but they need to be ready. >> there's a range of threats. we're looking at the extreme threats, the highest impact, but the most unlikely. >> reporter: the military is needed to stop worst-case scenarios, like a 9/11 style air attack on the olympic park. there are eight of these attack helicopters on hms ocean. each one will have a sniper. if there's a threat from a low-flying aircraft, they could be flown in to shoot it down. but it isn't just helicopters. surface-to-air missiles will provide another layer of defense this summer. earlier this week the british military shocked some london residents with leaflets, warning that missile systems might be placed on their rooftops. >> i assume they have security in hand. and i would never expect

stephanie gosk, nbc news, london. >> that's our broadcast on this monday night. thank you for being here with us as we start a new week. i'm brian williams. we of course hope to see you right back here tomorrow evening. good night. >>> gepg good evening. i'm jessica aguirre. >> and i'm raj mathai. pg&e paid out big bucks to top executives even after the san bruno disaster that leveled a neighborhood. tonight an action plan demanding pg&e be more accountable with the money we pay them. kimberly tere joins us in san bruno tonight. this is a big evening politically and emotionally, correct? >> reporter: absolutely. in about a half

in london, our story from nbc's stephanie gosk. >> prince charles will likely be king some day, but should that job fall through, he may have stumbled on a fallback. >> this afternoon, it will be cold, wet, and windy across most of scotland. >> filling in as a weatherman on british tv. >> the rain will be heaviest over the borders and around edinburgh, which could lee to difficult conditions on the road. >> relaxed and regal, even while tracking isobars off the coast. >> in the west, rain will be lighter and perhaps here, there will be maybe a few drier interludes. >> the duchess of cornwall would not be outdone. >> cloud outbreaks of rain. surprise. >> to be honest, just about anyone can be a meteorologist in britain this spring, cold, wind, rain, on and on. the much trickier job is getting the fickle british public to like you, and the royal family has been getting that right for a while. the highest popularity in a generation is being driven by william and kate. their marriage. and charity work. her fashion, his military service. >> just the newfound affection for members of the royal f

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stephanie gosk, nbc news, london. >>> next, doug is tracking fast moving storms in the area. charges after an attack at a popular college bar. we'll tell you how a young airman ended up in the hospital. >>> dozens displaced by a fast moving fire. investigators say this was no accident. it was arson. >>> big developments in the race for the white house. newt gingrich is now officially out as mitt romney shifts his focus to northern virginia. >>> and a new jersey mom in big trouble accused of taking her 5-year-old to a tanning salon. why she says the whole thing is a big misunderstanding. it's a busy day in the news. good evening everybody. i'm jim handly. >> i'm wendy rieger. the threat of severe storms moving into our region. >> let's get right to storm 4 chief meteorologist doug kammerer to break things down for us. doug? >> watching these storms right now back to our west, temperatures today really depend on where you live. we've seen clouds from washington up to the north and east. sunshine down to the south and west. temperatures have responded. only 69 degrees right now

stephanie gosk, nbc news news. >>> mary kennedy was found dead earlier this week of an apparent suicide at her home. mourners included glempb close, susan sarandon and chevy chase. mary kennedy's sister-in-law and life-long friend carrie kennedy described her as brilliant and beautiful. she said mary kennedy suffered from from depression for many years. still ahead on "nightly news" relaxing at the airport. private suites, offices, even yoga rooms? big changes taking flight. and six decades as the queen celebrates her royal salute at windsor castle. >>> liftoff. >> talk about waiting till the wlast possible moment. even the voice of mission control didn't realize launch was scrubbed for the first rocket attempting a delivery mission to the international space station. a last-second engine pressure problem caused the failed lunch. they'll try again early tuesday if they can get the problem fixed. airports across the country are working hard to make the flying experience here on earth less stressful. from the security lines to jam packed planes and delays are making flying more difficult.

stephanie gosk, nbc news, london. >>> an army soldier's shocking secret created some tense moments atis funeral in california. 29-year-old army specialist moses gonzalez was laid to rest yesterday. he was apparently living a double life. he was married to two women at the same time. gonzalez died in a vehicle rollover accident in afghanistan last month. he married ruth baona in las vegas two years ago. she only found out gonzalez was still married when the army contacted his first wife, darlene, to notify her about the death instead. both women saw each other face-to-face for the first time at his funeral. >> in my heart, that's not him. i feel like he's still in afghanistan. that's how i feel. >> translator: he was a very good boy. and he died giving his life for the country that he loved. >> gonzalez also leaves behind three children, his first wife will receive his benefits. >>> a father's graduation gift to his son may earn him a place in pennsylvania's record books. 22-year-old todd young is an avid fisherman. on sunday, his dad took him to lake erie to celebrate his upcoming gra

. >> nbc's stephanie gosk joins us live from london with more on this. re about that protester in a second, because that was really some jaw-dropping television there. but when we talk about what's happening from the testimony today, what more do we learn about this cozy relationship that's alleged between tony blair and rupert murdoch? >> well, right out of the gate, thomas, blair addresses that word you just used, cozy. he says he doesn't really like it that a better word can be unhealthy to describe what happens when the media has too much influence over the government. he did say, however, that it makes sense for senior politicians and members of the media to have a close relationship, just in essence, for what they do. but they said that in this country, newspapers, particularly, wield enormous amounts of power. and that when they support a policy or a person that they then are very aggressive about that. and if a politician falls out of favor with a newspaper, with it can be very painful for him, as it was with his relationship with the "daily mail.

. >> nbc's stephanie gosk joins us live from london with more on this. re about that protester in a second, because that was really some jaw-dropping television there. but when we talk about what's happening from the testimony today, what more do we learn about this cozy relationship that's alleged between tony blair and rupert murdoch? >> well, right out of the gate, thomas, blair addresses that word you just used, cozy. he says he doesn't really like it that a better word can be unhealthy to describe what happens when the media has too much influence over the government. he did say, however, that it makes sense for senior politicians and members of the media to have a close relationship, just in essence, for what they do. but they said that in this country, newspapers, particularly, wield enormous amounts of power. and that when they support a policy or a person that they then are very aggressive about that. and if a politician falls out of favor with a newspaper, with it can be very painful for him, as it was with his relationship with the "daily mail.

stephanie gosk joins us from london to fill us in on this.noon, forgive me. >> reporter: it has. nothing compared to that pie-flowing incident with rupert murdoch in parliament last summer, but still a little bit of an interpretation. these hearings were triggered by allegations of phone hacking at the now-defunct "news of the world" newspaper, but their scope is much broader. in their final stages, it hopes to pull back the curtain on the media's influence over the government. tony blair had a close relationship with rupert murdoch while he was prime minister, but was it too close? >> it would be strange, frankly, if senior people in the media didn't have that close interaction. >> reporter: but he acknowledged the the relationship can grow into something he called unhealthy. >> those papers that take a particular view on a policy, a party, or a person, then that is driven with an aggression and frankly a prejudice that means you crossed the line. >> reporter: murdoch's newspaper, "the sun," endorsed blair in the late '90s. murdoch was asked

stephanie gosk, nbc news, athens. >>> back in this country, there have been a lot of warnings that this wildfire season is going to be very bad, perhaps even historic because of the lack of winter precip and snow back. so far it's bad in arizona where the big fires grew even larger. as you may know, western fires all get names based on their point of origin. the so-called gladeiator fire has moved toward the historic mining town of crown king. residents there have been evacuated, and colorado officials have evacuated dozens of homes as the hewlett fire has burned thousands of acres, and the first wave of debris from last year's tsunami washing up on american shores. there's more to come, and today on capitol hill at a senate hearing, we learned what is sure to be a strain when the debris comes ashore in bulk. the states and not the federal government are going to be forced to pay for the majority of cleanup costs. >>> still ahead as we continue along the way tonight. if you're one of the patients who asks the doctor for a z-pack by name, something serious you should know about. >>> and

stephanie gosk this morning. stephanie, thanks. it is now 7:19. once again here's savannah. >> ann, thank you. this morning we're getting an exclusive first look at the septuplets born last week to a young couple in texas. nbc's janet shamlian is in houston this morning where she talked to those proud parents of six. janet, good morning. >> hi, 56 savannah. the babies are here at texas children's civilian for women where the proud parents gave us a first and exclusive look at what's being called their new six-pack. the babies are tiny. but they are making big progress. >> the world's newest sextuplets belong to a remarkably calm young houston area couple, lauren and david perkins. after what lauren describes as an easy pregnancy, the couple became the proud parents of a six-pack. three boys and three girls, born in four minutes, by cesarean section. >> my heart was beating like crazy. and the first thing i noticed when i walked in and saw lauren was that she was shaking like crazy. i did not know that that was perfectly normal. >> reporter: some 3

stephanie gosk is also here in london with details on that. stephanie, good morning to you. >> good morning, matt. this case has transfixed the country and stumped investigators. 31-year-old gareth williams worked for mi-6, the spy agency of james bond fame. unlike the movies, the miystery of williams' death may never be solved. for nearly two years, investigators have been trying to determine what happened to the brilliant code-breaking spy whose body was found stuffed in a duffel bag, zipped, padlocked and placed inside his bathtub. the heat turned high in the middle of summer. his iphone wiped clean. hanging from a chair, a can did-colored wig. after a 21-month investigation, a british coroner announced this was probably a criminal act, but there are no clear signs of who was behind it. >> i urge anyone who knows gareth, who had contact with him, to search their conscience and come forward. >> reporter: failed attempts by experts who locked themselves up in a similar bag seem to prove that williams couldn't have acted alone. >> the door was

stephanie gosk, nbc news london. >>> an airport security supervisor used a dead man's identity and he pleaded not guilty in court. that airport worker is from nigeria. police arrested him. he worked as an airport security supervisor at newark airport for the past 20 years. authorities say he's been using the name jerry thomas, who was the victim of a homicide in new york city back in 1992. prosecutors say the man may have four or five other aliases. he's currently being held on $250,000 bail. >>> the miracle on the hudson pilot is at odds with new york city's mayor over garbage. the city wants to build a new garbage transfer facility near a runway at laguardia airport. pilot sullenberger said it will attract birds that can cripple airplanes like the one he was forced to land on the hudson three years ago. sullenberger appears in a new radio ad criticizing the plan. >> strongly opposed to the city's construction of a garbage transfer facility next to laguardia's runway. it will attract birds into the path of on coming flights. >> mayor bloomberg says another station was in that same lo

stephany gosk joins us from london.moment in the u.k. >> no, lots of excitement here between diamond jubilees and pie throwing and crazy people. these hearings were triggered by allegations of phone hacking, but their scope is much broader and they are now looking to pull back the curtain on the media's influence over government. the relationship with murdoch while he was prime minister, but was it too close? >> it would be strange, frankly, if senior people in the media didn't have that close interaction. >> but he acknowledge that had the relationship can grow into something he called unhealthy. >> so those papers that take into particular view on a paper, a policy, a person, that is driven with an aggression and prejudice which means you crossed the line. >> murdoch's newspaper endorsed blair in the late '90s after the paper has supported the conservative party for years. murdoch was asked about the endorsement when he was asked last month. >> you had extracted really as much you could from mr. blair, so you endorsed

stephany gosk joins us from london.moment in the u.k. >> no, lots of excitement here between diamond jubilees and pie throwing and crazy people. these hearings were triggered by allegations of phone hacking, but their scope is much broader and they are now looking to pull back the curtain on the media's influence over government. the relationship with murdoch while he was prime minister, but was it too close? >> it would be strange, frankly, if senior people in the media didn't have that close interaction. >> but he acknowledge that had the relationship can grow into something he called unhealthy. >> so those papers that take into particular view on a paper, a policy, a person, that is driven with an aggression and prejudice which means you crossed the line. >> murdoch's newspaper endorsed blair in the late '90s after the paper has supported the conservative party for years. murdoch was asked about the endorsement when he was asked last month. >> you had extracted really as much you could from mr. blair, so you endorsed

stephanie gosk joins us from london to fill us in on this.thing compared to that pie-flowing incident with rupert murdoch in parliament last summer, but still a little bit of an interpretation. these hearings were triggered by allegations of phone hacking at the now-defunct "news of the world" newspaper, but their scope is much broader. in their final stages, it hopes to pull back the curtain on the media's influence over the government. tony blair had a close relationship with rupert murdoch while he was prime minister, but was it too close? >> it would be strange, frankly, if senior people in the media didn't have that close interaction. >> reporter: but he acknowledged the the relationship can grow into something he called unhealthy. >> those papers that take a particular view on a policy, a party, or a person, then that is driven with an aggression and frankly a prejudice that means you crossed the line. >> reporter: murdoch's newspaper, "the sun," endorsed blair in the late '90s. murdoch was asked about the endorsement and his influence

stephanie gosk is in london covering the ethics inquiry. good morning, stephanie. >> good morning, tamron. these hearings were triggered by allegations of phone hacking at the now defunct "news of the world" nooup. but the scope is much broader. it hopes to pull back the curtain on the media's influence over government. tony blair had a close relationship with rupert murdoch while he was prime minister. but was it too close? >> it would be, frankly if people in the media and people in politicians didn't have that interaction. >> reporter: but he acknowledged that the relationship can grow into something he called unhealthy. >> so papers that take a particular view on a policy, a party or a person, then that is driven with an aggression and frankly a prejudice, that means you crossed the line. >> reporter: murdoch's newspaper "the sun" endorsed blair in the late '90s after the paper had supported the conservative party for years. murdoch was asked about the endorsement, and his influence over blair's policies when he was questioned last month

nbc's stephanie gosk is live with us from london with the very latest. ut also her husband charlie brooks. they've beenha equivalent to obstruction of justice, essentially concealing evidence from the police. documents, computers, other electronic devices. and they could now face a criminal trial. these are the first criminal charges in this scandal since it exploded last summer. there's been an ongoing criminal investigation since january. in response in the charges, rebekah brooks and her husband rl released a statement and called them not only unjust but weak. >> what is the impact of all of this, stephanie? what do observers in london think the impact of this will be on rupert murdoch and his mammoth media empire? >> well, we have to see what happens in the criminal trial and whether they are actually found guilty of these charges. one thing it really points out, joe, is the aftermath of this scandal continued to unfold in the country. you have several different prongs of inquiry and investigations. you have the levinson inquiry, the wider look into p

as nbc's stephanie gosk reports, london investigators are not confident the case will ever be solved.rs, investigators have been trying to determine what happened to the brilliant code breaking spy, whose body was found stuffed in a duffle bag zipped, and padlocked inside his bathtub. the heat turned high in the middle of summer. his iphone wiped clean. hanging from a chair a candy-colored wig. the coroner announced this was probably a criminal act, but there are no signs of who was behind it. >> i urge anyone who knows garreth who had contact with him to search their conscious and come forward. >> reporter: failed attempts by experts to lock themselves up in a similar bag seemed to prove that williams couldn't have acted alone. >> the door was closed to mask the decomposition smell and the heating was turned on full. so there was no visible marks or evidence that he could have done this. >> reporter: a day after this cc tv video was shot of williams, he stopped showing up for work. it took over a week for his mi6 co-workers to report his disappe disappearance. because of the delay, t