once again here's tamron. >> thank you.ld sex abuse scandal at penn state, the school faces mounting legal issues and an uncertain future in the ncaa. >> reporter: with former fbi director louis freeh's stinging indictment of penn state leaders, calling joe paterno, calls for the ncaa to act have been mounting. >> you've got the very significant possibility that the ncaa will step in and deliver its own version of the death penalty, which is to suspend penn state's football program for a year or possibly more. >> reporter: the ncaa says it now expects answers to tough questions it posed to penn state last november after jerry sandusky's arrest. among them, did the individuals come play with all ncaa bylaws, including one requiring coaches and administrators to have moral values so certain and positive that those younger and more pliable will be influenced by a fine example. a penn state spokesman told nbc news the school is now preparing a formal response and is hiring a special counsel to deal with the ncaa. but the school

tamron's family is on the plaza. tamron, i walked up to this beautiful woman and said is that your sister? >> no, i'm her mother. >> her mother and nieces and nephews. >> there's another one, four of them. let's have a look at the forecast. if you're taking a family road trip, how long do you think you could end up in a car with tamron and these kids. >> an hour. >> a look at the forecast, especially with this heat. look at it, right through the center of the country into the 1-teens as we head into the afternoon hours. a threat for storms throughout the great lakes and >> good morning. it will be another hot day today. humidity will be a lull higher than yesterday. 30% chance for a thunderstorm. >> all right. tamron, i'm passing the mic here. go for it. >> tamron, back to you. >> thank you. >> thank you, family, and stephanie. now to joy's diet israeli o.s. "today's" nutritionist joy bauer, grilled veges, frozen treats and marinades as we head to the fourth of july. >> is that your mom? she's gorgeous. >> she's a go

tamron.bout the technical difficults. we're on a bus ride headed to parma, ohio, two hours east of maumee, which is, of course, where the president first spoke to voters here in ohio. the fact is president obama is really hammering mitt romney about use sourcing jobs. that's, of course, the popular line for the obama campaign, something they thing is gaining traction. the romney camp has pushed back against those allegations. in addition president obama has touted what he sees as one of his signature accomplishments, namely the auto bailout. that's something that really resonates with voters here in ohio, in the rust belt. one in eight ohio residents, in fact, works in the auto industry. so that's something that they care about. and if you look at it, tamron, if grow back to 2009, the unemployment rate here in ohio was above 10%. if you take a look at it now, it's at 7.3%. so president obama touting some of those statistics as well today. so that's really the theme of this trip, vetting on th

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tamron hall with the top stories. hey, tamron. >> hey, willie, everyone.for electricity to be restored after weekend storms that swept from ohio to washington, d.c. high winds damage power lines, uprooted trees and killed at least 22 people. meantime blistering heat will stretch from the midwest to the mid-atlantic states today. british drugmaker glaxcosmithkline agreed to pay $3 billion in fines to settle cases involving different drugs. that's the largest settlement for health care fraud in u.s. history. the justice department says glaxcosmithkline promoted the popular paxil and wellbutrin for useses. also failed to disclose avandia could cause heart problems. >>> the 45-year-old swim erika up short last night in her final bid to make the record sixth olympic team. >>> tarmoh with drew from the tiebreaking runoff for the spot in the 100 meter. she conceded to training partner allyson felix saying her heart wasn't in it. >>> grabbed the torch on the relay through england. now for a look what's trending today. a quick roundup of what has you talking online

tamron, thanks. let's get a first check on the weather with stephanie abrams in for al. >> good to see you again. the heat is going to leave a mark across the country. we have that threat for excessive heat, anywhere from the plains and midwest all the way down into the south. here's a look at our highs, still triple digit readings st. louis to chicago, 99, cincinnati at 96. and the look at where we could see severe weather throughout portions of the great lakes and here's a hack at what's happening outside your door. >> good morning to you. i wanted to show you a couple of live shots starting with the golden gate bridge which is completely clear at this hour. we were socked in with fog yesterday. until about 10:00 so we're going to have a nice day shaping up. temperatures are running nice and mild in the 50s here in san jose where it's clear. warmer day on tap, temperatures will end up in mid-80s as of 4:00 p.m. 74 degrees bay side and 67 degrees at the coast. your seven-day outlook tells the story

. >> reporter: good morning to you, tamron. the results are not yet official but it appears enrique pena nieto will be president as more people, including women, see him as the rock star president. the new elected president of mexico, energy a pena nieto reaping rewards of a near perfect candidacy. he's married to a famous soap opera star. their fairy tale wedding two years ago was a national social event. her home videos became stylishly

a mixture of sun and clouds. >>> tamron, back inside to you. >> thanks. this morning on "today's" travel, hotel room germs. a university of houston study reveal where the nastiest germs are hiding. author of "what the yuck?" good to see you. such an interesting study. they looked at three different states. what type of germs are typically found? >> not only germs that cause the common cold and flu, also nasty germs coliform, gi. >> things that keep you stuck in the hotel room and not outside enjoying your vacation. >> that's right. >> we don't want to freak people out, but you do want to arm yourself with information. start off, for example, using anti-bacterial soaps and wipes. >> we don't want to make everyone a germ aphobe. good old-fashioned soap and water. >> you don't have to worry about the three ounce rule. easy for the kids. first thing you see when you walk into the hotel room and the first place you flop is the bed. >> first place you flop or put your suitcase down on. >> a no no. >> other people have put their suitcase down. you want to take o

good morning, tamron. >> good morning.n a blistering new week without electricity, fans and refrigerators. deadly storms this weekend brought down power lines and trees from ohio to north carolina. officials say at least 17 people were killed and more than 40 injured. meantime heat warnings in effect from mid-atlantic region where temperatures could once again get triple digits. >>> mexico appears to have a new president this morning. nbc's mark potter is in mexico city with more. good morning, mark. >> reporter: good morning to you, tamron. the results are not yet official but it appears enrique pena nieto will be president as more people, including women, see him as the rock star president. the new elected president of mexico, energy a pena nieto reaping rewards of a near perfect candidacy. he's married to a famous soap opera star. their fairy tale wedding two years ago was a national social event. her home videos became stylishly produced videos. >> he has a connection with people, particularly with women in mexico who

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tamron hall at the news desk. tamron, good morning. >> hi, willie and fatly. good morning, everyone. the campaign trail heating up. president obama on day two of his bus tour to ohio and pennsylvania, two battleground states in the election. meantime challenger mitt romney is keeping cool on a family vacation in new hampshire. gop officials say the party raised more than $100 million in june, outpacing the obama campaign for the second straight month. >>> in florida, a judge has set a high bar for george zimmerman's release from bail, granted $1 million bail as he awaits second degree murder in the shooting of unarmed teenager trayvon martin. in a ruling june lester questioned zimmerman's credibility having revoked his earlier $150,000 bail for allegedly misleading the court about his finances. judge lester also suggested zimmerman may have planned to flee the country with money donated online for his defense when he was first release freddie jail. >>> the final report about what caused the 2009 crash of air france flight 447 shows the need for better flight t

turn it over to tamron hall. >> hey, natalie, willie, everyone. eyes on the jobs report this morning as the unemployment rate held steady unchanged at 8.2%. the economy added om only 80,000 jobs. >>> president obama is on day two of his bus tour of ohio and pennsylvania, two battle ground states in the upcoming election. meantime republican challenger mitt romney is keeping cool on a family vacation in new hampshire as gop officials say the party raised more than $100 million in june, outpacing obama's campaign for the second straight month. >>> officials may try today to raise the 34-foot yacht that capsized wednesday night in new york's long island sound. 27 people on board to watch fireworks. 24 survived. investigators looking for the cause. >>> more misery for the east where temperatures will be in the 90s. hundreds of thousands of people still have no power aftervillent storms a week ago. temperatures set records in many cities and caused as many as five deaths. at least two people, two more people killed when a violent storm hit the park. a

i'm tamron hall.ion" in 15 minutes, mitt romney is in trouble with some conservatives over his back-and-forth over whether he thinks the insurance mandate is a t or a penalty. romney now says it's a tax. that, by the way, is a direct contradiction of what his senior adviser said on msnbc monday. plus, ann romney on the attack. e's saying that president obama's strategy is to "kill and destroy" her husband. and they're demanding congressman joe walsh resign after he doubles down on his controversial comments, saying his opponent was an iraq war veteran, a double amputee. he says she talks too much about her military service for this >>> a day after independen day, a fresh reminder of just how young our country is and how recent our ugly past. this summer, 75-year-old dorothy flood rode in the dining car of a train for the first time. she had always dreamed of traveling this way, but she grew up riding on segregated trains. her wish to travel first class was granted by the wish of a lifetime foundation,

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tamron?h olympic runner did not make any new friends this weekend after his steeple chase victory at the european athletic championship. he walked over -- look at him. shoved the mascot. inside that costume, a 14-year-old girl. it is not clear why he did it. this very same athlete reportedly roughed up another mascot in barcelona two years ago. >>> here's brian williams with what's coming up tonight on "nbc nightly news." >> coming up tonight, the mystery of amelia earhart has endured for years. has it finally been solved? we're going to go inside a new expedition that hopes to find out once and for all what happened to that aviator. that's tonight along with much more on "nightly news." cameron, for now, back to you. >>> for a look at what's trending today, a quick round-up of what has you talking online. last night's bbg awards topped google's search. the highlight was cissy houston's moving tribute to her daughter, whitney. ♪ >> and chris brown who won for best male r & b artist. he has th

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. >> have a great time, tamron. >> now to developing news.dent obama is welcoming the 2012 ncaa women's basketball champions, the baylor bears to the white house. we'll keep an eye on it there. you see the lovely ladies there. the champions. . we'll be right back. [ man ] ever year, sophia and i use the points we earn with our citi thankyou card for a relaxing vacation. ♪ sometimes, we go for a ride in the park. maybe do a little sightseeing. or, get some fresh air. but this summer, we used our thank youpoints to just hang out with a few friends in london. [ male announcer ] the citi thankyou visa card. redeem the points you've earned to travel with no restrictions. rewarding you, every step of the way. i won't see you till i return . up warranted. a little snack. on a wednesday. at 2 am. get that great taste anytime with kingsford match light charcoal. >>> welcome back. house republicans stepped up their efforts today to blame president obama for the looming $1.2 trillion in automatic cuts to the federal budget which are due 0 kick in in yrn

i'm tamron hall.g mitt romney as he makes his case before the naacp. >> if you want a president who will make things better in the african-american community, you are looking at him. >> romney received a standing ovation at the end of his remarks but addressing the face's largest civil rights organization proved to be as tough as expected especially when he chose to invoke the republican catch phrase "obama care" when promising to repeal the president's health care reform law. >> we have to stop spending over a trillion dollars more than we take in every year. and so -- and so to do that, i'm going to eliminate every nonessential expensive programmatic find. that includes obama care, and i'm going to work to reform and save -- >> and governor romney did, however, speak to the reality of high unemployment in the african-american community. now at 14.4% higher than any other racial group. joining us by phone is the reverend al sharpton host of msnbc's "politics nation." let me get your reaction to what

after that she'll go home to carry on with her therapy. >> thanks so much, tamron., tommy scott, is with us exclusively along with their baby girl adeline. good morning. >> good morning. >> she is a little angel. how is amber doing? it sounds like she was going a great mom, got to feed her baby and hold her for the first time over the weekend. she's going to see her again today? >> definitely, yeah. today is her birthday. she turns 30 today. after this we're going straight to the hospital to make our second visit. adli adeline is going to give her a present. she had a great day yesterday. she was able to -- >> i'm sorry, go ahead. >> she had a great day yesterday. she was able to write for the first time. she gives us thumbs up, thumbs down on yes or no commands so she's doing great. >> it sounds like she's making great progress and a happy birthday to her. what are doctors saying about her prognosis? she's writing and communicating with you now. how long before she's able to do all the things she she needs to do on her own? >> it's hard to say. we take it day by da

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i'm tamron hall. "news nation" following big developing news.argument to date against governor romney's tax proposal. we have a live picture attachment a look at cincinnati, ohio, where the president is preparing to tell voters that governor romney's tax plan will do more to create job overseas, including china, which, of course, will hit a nerve today. this comes as pressure intensifies on romney to release more of his personal tax returns. in fact, just this morning governor romney bluntly laid out why he refuses to real more than two years of documents. >> john mccain ran for president and released two years of tax returns. john kerry ran for president, his wife who has hundreds of millions of dollars, she never released her tax returns. somehow this wasn't an issue. obama people keep wanting more and more, more to pick through, more for opposition research to make a mountain out of and distort and be dishonest about. >> let me bring in panel, former clinton spokesperson and strategist, also a.b. stoddard, associate editor and columnist, also

i'm not sure about you, tamron, i sure as hell would love to have a job where i never had to show up, i got to be president, ceo of the company, earn $100,000 a year and have another job i could pay attention to. that's the american dream. there's a major problem. it's a credibility issue. the romney campaign cannot squeeze out of this corner. they're going to have to explain what happened here. >> chip, politico quotes you as saying he needs to get way in front of this and explain with detail number one. and they go on to quote you in this article, it's interesting that in 2002 according to the hu huffington post in a hearing to determine governor romney's status to run for governor, he said he remained on board of staples corporation, marriott international and a number of social and business trips that brought him back and forth to massachusetts, board meetings and so on and so forth here. i don't want to get mired in the details because people don't know what to believe at this point. if you summize it to a problem. >> they neat to get out in front of it and explain it. >> it mean

>>> good thursday i'm craig melvin in for tamron hall. we're following vice president joe biden's fire gentlemen counter punch before the naacp today, speaking to the same crowd that mitt romney addressed yesterday. he pushed back against the governor's claim that he would do more for the black community than the first black president. >> i believe this election will come down to character, conviction and vision. and it will not surprise you, i don't think it's even a close call. >> vice president also took shots at republicans in congress accusing them of putting politics over getting americans back to work. >> mitch mcconnell just said it out loud when talking about lessons he learned from history he said quote the single most important thing we want to achieve is obama to be a one term president. not, not to get us out of this recession. not to promote jobs. not to do the things that needed to to be done. but make barack obama a one term president. >> let's go ahead and bring in our "news nation" politicalle panel. richard fowler with

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>>> good monday, i'm craig melvin in for tamron hall. the news nation is following developing news, the extreme weather that has paralyzed large swaths of this country. and as far west as indiana. hurricane-force winds left 17 people dead this weekend, most of them from fallen trees. in addition to the power outages, record temperatures forecast for today and the rest of the week are making for very dangerous conditions. we go now to the weather channel's mike seidel. he is in the nation's capital where tens of thousands are still without power. >> hey, craig, another blazing july afternoon here in washington. temperatures heading back into the mid 90s and these homes in northwest d.c. are heating up like ovens. the winds are up, but there's no air-conditioning. because the power's been out since friday night. that derecho swept in from the midwest hitting here friday evening, knocking out power because it knocked down hundreds of trees like this one down this street. the street is blocked, the jeep is damaged, it can't be driven and the

let's go to tamron hall. >> good morning, everyone.n's olympic park with british police using smoke grenades and stun guns. six people were arrested there. they say the raid was not linked to the olympics. and armed guards searched a bus after reports of a man on the bus exacting suspicious. they say that was not terror related. >> and temperatures above 100 expected from nebraska to virginia. the efforts to beat the heat and celebrate the 4th of july had tragic results wednesday, at least three children died after being electrocuted while swimming in lakes in missouri and tennessee. three others died when their yacht with 27 people on board capsized in new york's long island sound. and three more drown in a river in iowa. meantime power is still out for a sixth day for hundreds of thousands of homes affected by last week's storms in the east. and republicans presidential hopeful mitt romney is causing a stir after contradicting his own campaign's position on the health care individual mandate. he is now calling it a tax, just days aft

>>> i'm craig melvin in for tamron hall on this tuesday. the news nation is following dangerous heat across this country as we head into the fourth of july. temperatures nearing triple digits are forecast from the plains to atlantic coast with more of the same tomorrow. this is more than 1 million people are still without power from indiana to virginia. more than 300,000 are blacked out in ohio alone. can you imagine sitting, sweltering in this heat without a.c. folks are frustrated. >> they told me seven days, who can wait seven days. >> for more on what to expect, we turn to the weather channel's heather tesch. >> well, it's going to be hot and my husband was one of those people suffering in the heat as he was on a business trip with a hotel and no air-conditioning. it's been difficult for people. and we've got more hot weather to come. you think of fourth of july and hot weather, but this is a little over the top. first of all, i want to show you where we do have some heat, watches and warnings out here, advisories. it's not just the tem

i'm tamron hall.g mitt romney as he makes his case before the naacp. >> if you want a president who will make things better in the african-american community, you are looking at him. >> romney received a standing ovation at the end of his remarks but addressing the face's largest

wow, there it is. >>> hey there, time tamron hall.n" is following several new developments in the race for the white house. live pictures from a mitt romney town hall in ohio where at any moment, governor romney is expected to keep up his sharp attacks against the president's economic policy. the campaign says he will say that the only job the president is interested in keeping is his own. there's

wow, there it is. >>> hey there, time tamron hall.ion" is following several new developments in the race for the white house. live pictures from a mitt romney town hall in ohio where at any moment, governor romney is expected to keep up his sharp attacks against the president's economic policy. the campaign says he will say that the only job the president is interested in keeping is his own. there's also big news concerning the republican national convention. nbc news reports new jersey governor chris christie will deliver the keynote address, news tt romney is bringing out one of the big guns of the party to deliver it speech comes as the campaign ramps up its anti obama rhetoric. on the trail in pennsylvania yesterday, governor romney basically called the president's economic policy un-american. >> in the past, people of both parties understood that are encouraging achievement, encouraging success, encouraging people to lift themselves as high as they can, encouraging entrepreneurs, celebrating success instead of attacking it and de

natalie. >> thanks so much, tamron.y scott, is with us exclusively along with their beautiful baby girl, adeline. tommy, good morning. >> good morning. >> she is absolutely precious. wa a little angel. but you have been through so much in these last couple of weeks. first of all, how is amber doing? i understand it sounds like she was being a great mom, got to feed her baby for the first time and hold her over the week yebd. and she's going to see her again today? >> definitely, yeah. today is her birthday. she turns 30 today. after this we're going straight to the hospital to make our second visit. adeline is going to give her a present. we have card for her. she's doing real good, though, amber. she had a great day yesterday. >> yeah, it sounds like -- >> she was able to -- >> i'm sorry. go ahead. >> okay. she had a great day yesterday. she was able to write for the first time. she gives us thumbs up, thumbs down on yes or no commands so she's doing great. >> it sounds like she's making great progress and a happy birt

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here's tamron hall. >> reporter: 29-year-old amber scott couldn't wait to become a new mom. she was 9 months pregnant when her husband tommy came home to find her seriously ill. >> i walked in the door, called her name, no answer. i went to the back bedroom. i found her. she was breathing, one eye open, one eye closed, a lot of moaning. she vomited. >> reporter: he called 911. his wife -- >> it was a trip further blood vessel, which caused a blood clot in her brain. number one was to save the baby. he did an emergency c-section. >> little adeline was born healthy, but amber had a long way to go. >> the doctor said the only -- our only way right now is to remove a portion of her skull, to let her brain keep swelling. >> reporter: for week she is was in and out of the consciousness, her husband and family by the side while caring for the baby girl. in late june amber finally woke up, but she wasn't well enough to hold other even see little addle line. since day 1 we were showing pictures. she always smiles down. >> reporter: amber has been making progress. last weekend, the mo

of course probably one of the biggest dynamics, tamron, about that was when she decided she was no longer going to be alaska governor. her being able to be on the political stage has lessened and lessened without having an actual office to hold. >> in addition to the fact when she did show up or has shown up people question whether she lacks the substance, that she's able to talk about policy and the list goes on and on. that should help or hurt one if that is true. thank you so much. greatly appreciate it. >>> a lot going on today. some things we thought you should know. arizona cardinals donated $5,000 to arizona republican governor brewer's super pac, the cards are the first nfl club to donate to a federal super pac. sports teams executives and players make donations. >>> meantime singer beyonce stars in an obama ad. she reads a letter she wrote to the first lady. >> i wrote the letter to the first lady because i want her to know i'm very grateful for everything she's going for our country and also for women around the world. michelle is the ultimate example of a truly strong african-a