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kate? >> mike vicara at the white house. >>> in this busy hurricane season, we're up to "i" now, "i" for igor. which went from a category 1 this morning to a major category 4. it's moving west, 1,000 miles from land. no threat to the u.s. mainland. >>> when we come back, a weekend of reflection on the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. and the lingering debate that's touched a nerve. [ male announcer ] one look can turn the everyday into romantic. ♪ an accidental touch can turn ordinary into something more. moments can change anytime -- just like that. and when they do men with erectile dysfunction can be more confident in their ability to be ready with cialis for daily use. cialis for daily use is a clinically proven, low-dose tablet you take every day, so you can be ready anytime the moment is right. tell your doctor about your medical condition and all medications, and ask if you're healthy enough for sexual activity. don't take cialis if you take nitrates for chest pain, as this may cau

well, kate hudson is on the show tonight. kate, do you have a letter ot santa? >> hi! yeah, no, i do, i do, i do. [ cheers and applause ] it's just a couple of things, but i'm going to read it out. ♪ "dear santa claus. i'll get right to it. i want a playstation 3, an xbox 360, a nintendo wii, a nintendo ds, a nintendo 64 classic, five bottles of water, a digital camera, jewelry, "harry potter" stuff -- guitars, a sword, a piece of cheese -- like cheddar -- [ light laughter ] a robot that makes me breakfast and then a robot that cleans up after the other robot. and then --" >> jimmy: quite a list, katie. >> no, no -- it's okay. "i want a date with steven weber, from 'wings.' [ laughter ] a space -- a space pen, a bowflex, a furby, some jam, a flat-screen tv, a yellow blazer, a milkshake machine, a nerf blaster, a crossbow, a book about france, antibiotics, golf shoes, a segway, caramel corn, ninja suit, another space pen." and a dungeons & dragons monster manual, a box of cookie crisp, a bow tie that squirts water and an iguana. and --" >> jimmy: thank you kate. thank

as with kate middleton, it's the smile. it's the beautiful, beautiful wide smile and the teeth straightened and so those are things that people, if they're thinking about how can i make myself look better, that's one thing that does make a difference. to smile. >> she does it effortlessly, casually and very convincingly. >> when people come to you and, i mean, do you look at the overall person and say, well, first of all, stand up straight, as my mother would say. >> absolutely. people come to me and they're looking at ten mirrors and i look at the whole picture. i try to point that out to them. >> and one of the people that you have mentioned many times is beauty elizabeth taylor. >> sure, she was the reigning queen of hollywood. >> with all of the bone structure, as you pointed out with some of the others. many people have come to you asking to look like her. >> famous eyes, nose, neckline, she was a classic. >> and do people actually come with a picture and say, this is what i want to look like and has that changed over

. >> kate, my darling. >> good morning, ma'am. this is vanessa speaking. >> hello, i'm just after my granddaughter kate to see how she's doing. >> some would call that radio gold. the d.j.s themselves have said they were amazed they got through. >> no kidding. it went on to describe some of her condition in detail. it is unbelievable that they had that much access. anna bell, thanks so much. >>> here's nks meteorologist bill karins. he has your weather channel forecast. i can see you doing something like that. >> it's socially acceptable for the radio d.j.s to do that. >> let's not put that idea out there. >> we'd be in the unl employment line. good morning, everyone. here's what we're looking at this morning. the big weather story is the lack of winter. this snow cover across the country tells the story. right now in the lower 48 only 7% of the country is covered by snow. so record low for this day. of course, these records only go back a couple decades, but you notice where the snow is showed in blue in the rockies. this is a sn

kate? >> chuck todd in north carolina tonight. >>> president obama spent this holiday on the campaign trail with a stop in a key swing state today before moving on to see flood damage in louisiana. kristen welker is traveling with the president and joins us from new orleans. good evening, kristen. >> reporter: good evening, kate. we are in new orleans where president obama took a detour from the campaign trail to meet with those affected by hurricane isaac and to survey the most heavily impacted areas. louisiana is a republican stronghold. he has no chance of winning this state in november but if the lessons of katrina taught this administration anything it's that mishandling this type of crisis could be politically damaging especially two months before election day. now, earlier today president obama spoke at a labor day rally in the must win swing state of ohio. >> after the convention governor romney came here to ohio and he said he's going to be the coach that leads america to a winning

chris: come back, we're going to talk about william and kate. they seem destined to be modern monarchs. will they cre-- cement england? be right back. chris: welcome back. buckingham pals is hoping that william and kate will be the revitalizingen toic that the windsors need. style, check, smarts, check. charisma, definitely check. and the kind of worldwide popularity that princess diana had. i guess that's the question. what are the hopes for the monarchy coming out of this great marriage? we hope it's a great marriage. >> the hopes are that the monarchy will carry on indefinitely. if there isn't that question of whether prince charles should do the honorable thing and stand aside for his son which people are discussing in open. but here's the point. although we love the fact that william does the washing up and makes fried eggs and he's trying to be normal and although this is going to be a normal couple, too much nor malt for the monarchy is a bad thing because then people ask, why are we paying these taxes to keep them in the lifetile? can ch

i'm kate snow in for brian tonight on. on this lay day holiday, millions of americans are copes with weather-related disaster. in the southeast it's floodwaters brought on by the pounding rain of tropical storm lee this weekend. that same storm system didn't drop any rain where they so badly need it, in texas. but winds from lee helped whip up wildfires in that bone-dry state. in the last 24 hours fire crews have been called to at least 63 new fires across texas. fires that have torched more than 30,000 acres. nbc's jay gray is just outside austin tonight, jay. >> reporter: good evening, kate. those fire crews are working dozens of wildfires across texas right now. one of the worst is here in bastrop, about 40 miles southeast of austin. look at this ominous plume of smoke behind me climbing into the sky. clear evidence that the blaze here is still burning out of control. the intense flames are relentless. ablaze pushed by the residual effects of tropical storm lee, winds gusting to 40 miles per hour, an amber glow swallowi

kate? >> out on the streets of new york tonight, lots of turkey being served up for our troops overseas tonight too. tens of thousands are serving another thanksgiving in afghanistan far from home, far from their families, for most of them it will likely be the last thanksgiving there before coming home. as the u.s. prepares to withdraw most troops by next summer. our chief foreign correspondent richard engel is in afghanistan tonight. >> reporter: good evening, kate. there are still about 45,000 u.s. troops here in afghanistan and today just feeding them was a military operation in itself. 70,000 pounds of turkey, 55,000 pounds of beef, 20,000 pies. but for the soldiers on outposts like this one it was a welcome break. at fire base, one of the last american out posts in the mountains of eastern afghanistan. >> happy thanksgiving. >> reporter: thanksgiving started with a turkey trot. at 5:45 a.m. 3.2-steep miles. they call it the climb to glory. hard, harder still carrying 80 pounds of mort

>> you belt, kate. both defense secretary gates and the chairman of the joint chiefs, admiral mullins, have both talked to their counterparts this weekend, urging the army to keep doing what it's doing, means don't crackdown on the protesters but go after the looters to preserve order. >> forgive me, andrea mitchell in washington tonight, thank you so much. >>> as we mentioned, leather holt is also in egypt tonight in sharm el-sheik on the peninsula and with communication extremely limited there, he was able to file this late report for us tonight. >> reporter: kate, thanks and good evening. sharm el-sheik has provided a reliable back door to this country after flights in and out of cairo were disrupted by the curfew. the airport here is working. the land route, however, from here to cairo is questionable. there are reports that native bedouins have formed ad hoc security teams and roadblocks along the way. we opted not to make that drive in the dark. the country continues to say this resort air is unaf

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kate. >>> thanks so much. let's take this all a step further with our political director, chuck todd. chuck, this news about rick perry is disturbing to a lot of americans, how big a deal is it politically does it raise doubts about his future as a candidate? >> it turned into a bigger deal than the campaign would have thought this morning. why? because this morning they thought they could just simply say, oh this is the liberal media trying to paint a southern politician as a racist. but then herman cain, lone african-american candidate in the race, made mention of it, took personal offense to it, and that took it to another level. it is a big problem for the campaign right now, kate. they know it. and they know that what hurts them more than anything is this idea that they're, unelectable in a general election, that's where a story like this, painting them as sort of a stereotypical, old south politician isn't helping him right now. >> chuck, all weekend we have been waiting for some kind of signal or sign f

kate? >> richard engel watching the region for us tonight. thank you. >>> a program note, senator john mccain who was in libya this week will be among david gregory's guests tomorrow on "meet the press." >>> the trouble in the arab world is being felt here at home, most visibly in gasoline prices. the unrest is spooking the markets and gas markets edged up yet again today. aaa says the average price of a gallon of regular is now $3.86. that's up a full dollar from one year ago. nbc's ron mott has more tonight on the growing pain at the pump. >> reporter: with the nation's average gas price now just 25 cents away from an all time high, many americans are bracing for changes in how they get around. >> that's $81.24 to fill my minivan. that's a lot of money to pay. >> going to fill it up. >> reporter: today in atlanta, smith grubbs paid $3.49 a gallon for premium, saying he might start downgrading future fillups. >> i'm concerned about it. i filled up and it was $62. and i used to fill up for

>> reporter: good evening, kate. well there are emotional swings around here and aides tell me six proposals shuttled back and forth two from democrats, four from republicans and still working on those. one of the biggest sticking points is should new leff new from tax increases be used to pay down the country's deficit or used to cover the cost of preventing sweeping government spending cuts? no ordinary sunday. arriving at the capitol, congressional leaders' every move and every word under scrutiny, as the country waits, weighing in from the white house, the president, who appeared on "meet the press," pushed republicans to give on taxes. >> i think it's been very hard for speaker boehner and republican leader mcconnell to accept the fact that taxes on the wealthiest americans should go up a little bit as part of an overall deficit reduction package. >> reporter: inside closed door negotiations this weekend, aipds say there have been "constructive move." on key issues like taxes, including compromise on where to se

kate. >> pete williams in washington. thank you. >>> now to the controversy sparked to the when robert f. kennedy junior said president-elect trump asked him to lead a committee on vaccine safety. the trump team saying no decisions have been made and halie jackson has that story. >> reporter: a member of the kennedy political dynasty who favors fringe theories on vaccinations over mainstream medical practices said he would lead a new vaccination safety commission under donald trump. robert f. kennedy junior meeting with the president-elect today even as a spokesperson says he's exploring the possibility of forming a committee on autism but adds, no decisions have been made at this time. >> president-elect trump has some doubts about the current vaccine policies. he has questions about it. he says his opinion doesn't matter, but the science does matter. >> reporter: that science alre association in agreement. doctors debunking a study that falsely claimed a link between vaccines and autism. it was reiterated that vaccines

how will william and kate spend that one-year wedding anniversary? we'll find out right after this. [ baby crying ] my turn. ♪ [ dad ] what's that? you got mommy a mother's day present? from where? whoa. nice. oh, i totally agree... ...she is the best mommy... ever. ♪ it's beautiful. [ male announcer ] save up to 30% on these diamond fashions for mom at kay jewelers. just one more reason kay is the number-one jewelry store in america. what's that? give daddy a great big kiss? ♪ every kiss begins with kay ♪ >>> one year ago today, millions of people watched william and kate's famous wedding kiss. and as nbc's michelle kosinski tells us, the global excitement surrounding the royal couple has not settled down but only intensified. michelle, good morning. >> reporter: hi, jenna. yeah, william and katherine spent part of their anniversary weekend at a good friend's wedding. and lucky for them, one year ago, the weather was nearly perfect. their country waited in nervous anticipation, and what a year it's been. royal watchers say their enormous pop

kate celebrated a very chic st. patrick's day, played some tangerine jeans olympic field hockey, helped prince charles learn some chores, and here in a dress borrowed from her mother gave her first shy public speech. >> first of all, i'd like to say thank you. >> reporter: but couldn't help adding this. >> i'm really sorry that william can't be here today. he would love it here. >> reporter: when a tiny girl gave her a special flag she made decorated with photos of kate she told her -- >> i'll give it to william. >> reporter: i'll give it to william. this is the queen's year. her diamond jubilee. but william and katherine have done this enormous job of generating worldwide excitement surrounding the monarchy here. they'll play a central role in the queen's procession coming up in june and will even get to once again ride in a fancy carriage. back to you. >>> today piles of money flew through the air on interstate 270 in montgomery county. an armored car lost its load just south of route 109 around 9:00 this morning.

kate middleton isn't officially a member of the family yet. but an invitation from the queen to her annual christmas lunch is a sign she is already an important part of the royal inner circle. "people" magazine reports that both kate and william attended the annual gathering at buckingham palace on thursday. >> this is the first time she really met the entire royal family in one place together at the same time. and royal experts say hit to be an extremely daunting experience. >> reporter: kate has only met the queen once before. >> the whole notion that kate and the queen have had intimate lunches together or cups of tea by themselves is not true. really, kate has had very little interwax the queen because the queen is so busy. >> reporter: a photographer snapped these photos as they left the palace. kate is smiling from ear to ear. perhaps a sign that he go went well. perhaps a sign the future princess was relieved it was over. >> there's so much etiquette. so much decorum. so much that can go wrg. the fact that she emerged from this lunch be

i'm kate snow. i'm in tonight for brian. if you're living in alaska or oregon you may be starting to wonder what all the fuss is about. but for about the past week much of the nation has been in the grips of dangerously high heat. it just won't let up. take a look at these high temperatures today. all or parts of 24 states and the nation's capital were either under heat advisories or excessive heat warnings today. it's been inconvenient for a lot of americans and for some growers who depend on the land for their livelihood there are real fears tonight that this year could be one of the worst harvests in decades. we begin once again tonight with nbc's john yang out in chicago. john, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, kate. for chicago it was another day for the record books. the official high 103. that set a new record for the day. and also this heat wave has turned deadly now as chicago officials confirm the first two heat-related deaths. with so much of the nation still in the clutches of the early summer heat wave, p

kate? >> kristen welker tonight, thanks. >>> as we head into the monday after britain's vote to leave the european union and the fallout that followed, all eyes are on the financial markets. keir simmons is following the next moves from london. keir? >> reporter: good evening, kate. there was a political earthquake and secretary john kerry visiting both brussels and britain tomorrow, urging the uk and european union to limit the damage from what will likely be a messy divorce, saying it's important to provide as much stability and certainty as possible. but uk lawmakers are main parties after david cameron announced he would deny and leaders of skolt land are threatening to block the uk from leaving the european union while online a petition calling for a new referendum has grown to more than 3 million signatures. against this backdrop, the secretary of state's visit is aimed at partly calming global markets, traders bracing themselves for more turbulence after friday's staggering losses. k

. >>> the jon and kate divorce battle is heating up. kate goslin is accusing their husband of raiding their bank account and leaving her broke. kate made the allegations on the "today" show this morning. >> he took $230,000, of the $231,000, that are liquid. i have a stack that bills i cannot drop in the mail. >> tlc renamedhe job, kate plus eigh >>> the redskins eek out a much needed victory this weekend. players and coaches know the first part was down right ugly. >> at half-time the redskins left fedex field drowning in boos, and then at the end of the game they left to a hero's reception. nobody felt that reception more deeply than the football, campbell. he came the miserable first half into a game-changing rally. the first half, jason campbell was sacked three times and turned the ball over just as many. here the skins' first drive, they were sacked and fumbled. and buccaneers second and eight at the washington 8. and then it's passed to bryant who is there to make the catch, and puts the points first on the board for tampa way. a

but first kate a movie star. we were there. took the first step towards hollywood. >> i wake up every day. i get out of bed and i do what i do because of my kids. >>reporter: but she got out of the bed over 2000 miles away from him in long beach, from him in long beach california. >> please welcome kate. [applause]. >>reporter: with wedding ring off kate joined former actress hollywood anchor here at the women conference. now it was made clear that they are talking points will remain strictly on kate's latest book. >> deserve a break and you will be over there signing your book and wish you the very, very best. >>reporter: kate camped out signing auto graphs it was jon's turn with the kids. hit the nail on the head flaunting black chic t-shirt. member of the family who is considered undesirable. what would you like to set the record straight on about the show we aired last episodes which they have completed filming featured only interview of kate and despite jon claiming otherwise she says the show is healthy for the kid. >> it

william and kate congratulating harry and meghan saying they can't wait to see the little boy. >> very pleased and glad to welcome my brother to the sleep deprivation party of partying. >> reporter: michelle o hma offered congratulations. this little boy is royal but alsoat internnal. he's automatically entitled to american citizenship. today i think prince harry is having thatuiet day t he said he would. the queen is here at windsor castle, and then my predictioni that tomorrow maybe we will see the first pictures of this royal boy and mayb hear a name. gir simmons, abc news, windsor. >> we know it's nng to. >> exactly right, pat. >> you had nothing, right? >> i knew exactly where i wasi goingth that. you finished it for me. that's so the case. you're walking outside today. it's actually gorgeous. 80 degrees. >> yes. >> beautiful weather andÑq+kÑ p of sunshine. tomorrow many areas may not make it out of 60s. cloud covers and showers and drizzle. kind of apl tough coue of days. it really is going to be quite nice and not so good tomorrow a and into thursday. temperatures right now, a

kate? >> jim miklaszewski at the pentagon tonight. thank you, jim. >>> let's bring chuck todd back at the white house. it won't be lost on people that we are just one year ahead of a presidential election right now. >> reporter: that's right. the president himself brought up the campaign promise on this. you've got to remember the history of the obama candidacy began with his opposition to the iraq war. it's a central promise and something the white house today continues to emphasize. at the same time they believe they, overall, have a good story to tell about their national security record. they lump this in with the promise to start drawing down troops in afghanistan while at the same time as an adviser said today he's not bound by ideology and he'll go after security threats. that's why they have gotten bin laden. that's why they were able to participate in the coalition that eventually got gadhafi and of course they got al-awlaki in yemen. so they believe the story they have to tell goi

kate. >> happy birthday to her. kristen welker, thanks so much. >>> this is no holiday for the jury in the closely watched casey anthony murder trial. after 35 days, dozens of witnesses and what some have described as devastating closing arguments by the prosecution, jury deliberations started around noon and hanging in the balance is the fate of a young mother accused of killing her daughter. kerry sanders has been covering the trial from the start. he joins from orlando tonight. good evening. >> reporter: good evening, kate. on a very rainy and windy evening here, the jury has been taken to their hotel. they've been sequestered since the beginning of this trial working saturdays and most recently on sunday and again today, a holiday, july 4th. it's up to the jury to decide if they believe casey anthony murdered her daughter as the prosecution said, or did her daughter caylee accidentally drown in the backyard swimming pool as the defense claims? the lead prosecutor told the jury there's no other logical explanatio

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. >> kate: about what? >> sami: ej. >> kate: you know, i think we really have exhausted that subject... unless, of course, you came to your senses and kicked him out. oh, my god. you invited that bastard into your bed, didn't you? >> abigail: hi, mom. it's me. i-i just wanted to call you because i don't think i thanked you enough for making your chicken. it's gonna be great. i know you've been really busy, and i appreciate it.

our exclusive interview with kate edwards. tonight, the wedding her mother elizabeth helped plan and what she's doing in her memory while standing by her father john edwards. >>> and the cliffhanger that closes the book on 42 years of romance, drama and scandal. closes the book on 42 years of romance, drama and scandal. "nightly news" begins now. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> good evening. at some point the process will result in a republican nominee to challenge president barack obama. but from now until then, especially at this point in the process, it's all about those gop debates. the candidates running behind are all aiming at the front-runner. those toward the top are trying to stay there and along the way they are hoping for that memorable moment, the quote that lives on, the devastating quip that changes the direction of the race. also along the way, voters are watching and listening. their every word gets studied, torn apart, debated until at the end of the process there is one candidate standing.

well, kate middleton faces the scarier sign of royal life. your "early morning" entertainment headlines are straight ahead. plus, an unimaginable scene of panic on a beach in california leads to an eventual happy ending. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back on this thursday morning. the incredible heat continues from arkansas through oklahoma, texas. we are cooler today in missouri and also kansas, but showers and thunderstorms. also this morning pretty large thunderstorms rolling through alabama and mississippi. especially the northern half of those states. keep an eye on the sky and be prepared. otherwise, gorgeous weather. minneapolis to chicago. looks nice today through much of new england and the mid-atlantic. you're getting finally your cooldown you much deserve. tomorrow a few degrees cooler in areas in the deep south, but it's still going to be very hot. it looks like until this weekend we should be above normal temperatures in many areas. >>> well, if you are watching us on wagt nbc, augusta, in augusta, georgia, see local

i'm kate snow in for brian williams on this labor day. president obama spent the holiday in milwaukee talking to union members about the economy and topic number one for so many families right now -- creating more jobs. according to the august unemployment report which came out on friday, nearly 15 million people are without jobs on this labor day and another 9 million are working part time, not because they choose to, but because they cannot find a full-time job. the obama administration is unveiling new plans this week to try to boost job growth, but today's speech was as much about politics as it was about new programs with the midterm elections just eight weeks from tomorrow. joining me now from the white house, nbc's mike viqueira. mike, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, kate. the president told reporters today there is no silver bullet for what ails the economy, but in a speech that quickly became a political stemwinder, that didn't stop him from firing away at republican opponents. [ cheers and applause ] >> hello, milwaukee

. >>> and kate gosselin ready for love and a new tv show. your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, a week ago he was on the red carpet for the premiere of his latest film. yesterday christian bale had a whole new set of priorities. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back to "early today." your weather update, here's what you need to know as you head out the door this morning. heavy rain expected as we go throughout the morning hours through northern minnesota, eventually heading into northern wisconsin and the upper peninsula of upper michigan. temperatures south of that, chicago to kansas city to indianapolis, easily above 100. tomorrow some of the thunderstorms and that cold front will shift down and cool you off from kansas city to chicago. but areas from kansas southward, oklahoma, texas, no such luck for you. >>> well, if you're watching us on news channel 7 in boise i dough learn about the differences at hands-on museum at visual fx. and that's your "early today" event of the day, lynn. >> all ri

kate will be at her hotel with her family. both hooking remarkably relaxed and happy today, though i imagine they're feeling maybe just a twinge of nerves tonight with about 2 billion people expected to watch tomorrow. >> we know there will be large crowds outside the abbey. what are the plans for them? >> reporter: you know what, i expect this party to go well through the night. we've got the drums just kicked up again. also nearby trafalgar square would we've been the rest of the week, they have the jumbotrons set up, they're planning things like confetti cannons being fired into the crowd, will and kate look alike cop tests, so lots of activities in anticipation and build up for the wedding procession. and throughout the day, as well. >> we're loving tonight's fascinate that had you're sporting. kate put these on the map. have you seen a lot of these, do you buy them and how do you work? do you just clip them? what's the propercess? >> reporter: i'm ron of the rare few that's dressed up will it early. tomorrow we'll be seei

kate? >>> prince william and kate middleton continue their tour of southeast asia, but it is photos that were taken halfway around the world and published in a french magazine that have created an international scandal. nbc's duncan golestani is outside the palace. >> reporter: the duke and duchess of cambridge will take legal action against the french tabloid which posted topless pictures of the princess. there has been a furious response, a level of anger rarely seen. kate and william's tour of southeast asia has provided countless images of the royal couple. but now the most talked about pictures are the ones they can't control. printed across five pages of a french gossip magazine, intimate photos taken on vacation last week in which the duchess can be seen topless. >> for me, those pictures are not shocking. just beautiful couple and in love couple. >> kate and william disagree. first they were said to be saddened. later that changed to furious. the palace called publication grotesque

for now, william and kate will gather at the queen's estate. it will be her first christmas as a royal. after a year of firsts, the duchess has proven she fits right in. speculation is swirling over what william is going to get kate for christmas. the general consensus is the duchess of cambridge is getting a puppy. i hope i haven't ruined any surprises. >>> walmart recalled a popular infant formula following the death of a 10-day-old boy. it was pulled off the shelves nationwide. he was given the powder formula and got sick. he suffered from a rare bacterial infection. that batch tested negative for the bacteria. the formula is 12.5 ounce cans with the lot number skrks p1k 7g. >>> after $26 million in republican knnovations -- the s destroyed but no one was hurt since it was winter break. students and staff had to relocate to a former school. now tacoma education campus is better than ever with a new science lab, computer labs, art rooms and a library. >> a year ago -- a year ago, this place was literally on fire. now, we are here celebrating

have you heard anything since we told you about kate? nothing. you haven't paid attention to anything. >> what was her name? >> oh, my gosh. that's horrible, bill. that's horrible. i'm going to smack him right after we finish this next segment. >>> this comes to us from our friends at cnbc and u.s.a. network. the dogs have taken over the town. at the 136th annual westminster dog show, a peek could he niece won the second year in a row of top toy. he could grab best in show honors tonight. there are more than 2,000 entries. 185 breeds this year. martha stewart's entry g.k. won best of breed. the stars of the show are all being pampered backstage, hair styling and all. he didn't have any hair. i'm lynn berry. this is "early today." >>> our time is 4:28. we have 44 degrees here in the nation's capital. good morning to you, i'm joe krebs. >> i'm eun yang. it is tuesday, february 14, 2012. happy valentine's day to you. >>> today the vice president of china will meet with president obama to talk about economic and security issues. the vice president ar

edwards was heard asking kate. kate broke down in tears and hurried out of the courtroom. as her father called her name. >> it was very emotional, very touching, very real, very human when kate edwards left the courtroom crying. >> christina reynolds testified in the summer of 2007, elizabeth told me mr. edwards had an affair and she believed it still might be going on. she also accounted a dramatic confrontation between the edwards neararoly hangar a day after the national enquirer's first story about his affair. mrs. edwards was very upset and she was fairly vocal. she stormed off and collapsed into a ball on the ground. she testified that a few minutes later, elizabeth confronted her husband again, yelling to him, you don't see me anymore, and angrily tearing off her blouse and bra. >> there's no question that the jury has to be moved hearing about the pain to elizabeth edwards caused by her husband, john edwards. >> kate edwards returned to the courtroom only a few minutes later and shed a few more tears when the witness, under questioning by the defense, testified tha

and that begs the question, what would a william and kate royal prenup look like and would kate stein it? here's michelle ku kosinski. >> who could forget? prince charles and 19-year-old diana walking down the aisle. the vision of fresh, young love. but 15 years and two princes later, the fairytale did end in divorce. the future king lost virtually his entire personal fortune. no doubt his oldest son knows all about such things. princess margaret, princess anne, prince andrew, also all divorced. it's no secret sarah ferguson has been in financial trouble since her divorce from andrew. none are believed to have had prenups. maybe because the british courts just started recognizing them as binding about six months ago. >> celebrity couples would certainly want a prenup because in addition to providing, you know, who gets what in the event of a divorce, prenups can provide for privacy, for confidentiality. >> reporter: paul mccartney's divorce here made him $30 million less of a rich man. the material girl's reportedly cost her more than $70 million. and many of the world's other royals

prince william and princess kate have found their permanent home. they have been staying in a two-bedroom apartment in kensington palace. upgrade is pretty nice. where are they off to? their digs, ahead. >>> a real jolt for the nation's heartland. a powerful earthquake rocked oklahoma on saturday. the largest in the state's history, and the fourth quake since friday. the most recent registers 5.6 and startled a lot of people as you might imagine. much more coming up. >> a lot of quakes in places we don't normally see them. >>> the grittier side of celebrity life. remember the tours that took people by celebrity homes. and tmz changes the fork us from stars to scan sdals. showcases nightclubs where stars have having fun and sometimes getting in trouble. that coming up. >>> check out who stopped by our studios. mr. cosby. dr. cosby. we had fun with him, especially at my expense. what did he say, how did he say it, how long did he stay? all of that coming up. if you spent time with him -- i'm sure you spent time with him over the year -- you can't have

we'll have more on that coming up right here at 4:45. >>> prince william and kate are now in malaysia. it's the second leg of their asia tour. today kate did something for the very first time. >> yeah, she spoke officially as a member of the royal family. as nbc sarah james reports, the topic is one close to kate's heart, children's hospice. >> reporter: belting out a rousing chorus of the malaysian national anthem these kindergartners couldn't wait to see the duchess. this hospital provides care for the terminally ill, mirrors her patronage of the hospice in the uk. but thursday she did much more than put in an appearance. >> i'm hugely excited to be in malaysia. this is my first ever visit and i'm absolutely delighted to have been invited to join you all here at hospice malaysia. >> reporter: that speech, her first on the international stage, spoke volumes about indicate's growing confidence. >> it's been wonderful meeting the patients, families, and all the staff here. you have given us the most wonderful welcome. >> reporter: earlier thursday, before leaving singapore, the duke an

kate said no to that. another example of her trying to keep a low profile. you may remember diana was on the cover of vogue before the wedding in 1981. >> thank you very much. stephanie gosk in london. has it gone too far now? >> people slipping their finger in the ring? >> you get to feel the experience. >> that's a little too far. >> you're not going to do it hopefully, but a lady might. >> okay. stephanie did. that's important. >> exactly. coming up, new details on the reunion between a woman abducted as a baby and her birth family. her biological mom speaks out in a live interview about the twist the story has taken since then. first, this is "today" on nbc. >>> still to come on a tuesday morning, one mother's warning to other parents about a dangerous thrill ride that is becoming popular among teenagers. this is it right here. it's known as car surfing. >> and then on a lighter note we'll meet the adorable new addition to the zoo. baby choo tas. ry purchase. so we earned a trip to vegas twice as fast!

kate? >> thanks so much. >>> firefighters in southern california have finally gained the upper hand, battling that 1200 acre wildfire sparked by a downed power line late christmas day. the blaze is now about 70% contained. evacuation orders have been lifted. more than 420 firefighters battled the inferno. two were injured. >>> in chicago tonight, police are yet again under scrutiny. this time, after police shot and killed two people early saturday morning. this latest shooting, as the department of justice is investigating the city's police force and there have been calls for the mayor to step down. in an emotional press conference today, one of the victims' childhood friends asked in her words, why police shoot first and ask questions later. nbc's kristen dahlgren has more. >> give comfort, lord god. >> reporter: a vigil to remember betty jones, the 55-year-old mother of five caught in the cross fire. >> my mama opened the door and they shot and killed my mama. >> reporter: jones was kille

kate? >> good news. mike taibbi in north hollywood this evening. >>> the hour big news this weekend of course the final push in iowa. just three days now before the caucuses that officially kick off the republican presidential race. and for most of the candidates there was no time to rest this holiday weekend. nbc's peter alexander is in iowa again tonight. peter, good evening. >> reporter: kate, good evening to you. the republican candidates are ringing out the old year the same way they will ring in the new year, stumping for every last vote ahead of tuesday's caucuses. most of the republican candidates wooed voters in iowa today. while jon huntsman continued to focus exclusively on new hampshire. >> so i'm asking for your vote. >> reporter: but frontrunner mitt romney campaigned in both states, looking to earn potentially insurmountable back-to-back wins. >> we're going to win iowa in the general election. thanks, you guys. >> reporter: meanwhile, ron paul went home to texas for the holiday weekend. h

kate? >> and we looked it up, 470 days kristen until election day. thanks kristen. >>> late developments tonight from central florida where rescuers have been searching the ocean since friday after two teenage i bos on a small fishing boat disappeared. their worried parents pleading for help. we get the latest from nbc's gadi schwartz. >> reporter: somber news off the florida coast after two days of searching, a 19-foot fishing boat found capsized near cape canaveral, but the search continues for 14-year-olds austin stephanos and perry cohen. >> our focus right now is finding those boys and we've got an awful lot of resources out here and we're going to continue to saturate this area and hit this really hard. >> reporter: the boys were last seen friday in jupiter filling up with $110 worth of gas. this morning the families describe the boys as strong fishermen who regularly went out on the water together. >> they've been through rough water, thin water. it doesn't matter. >> reporter: their

kate was christened at st. andrews church and much of the talk is how she's ready to be the princess bride. >> it doesn't really get noticed and now kate middleton is from this small village and that's good. >> reporter: daniel nichols is especially proud. he taught kate and all the middleton kids piano. >> i don't think anybody thought she'd be a brilliant pianist but a fantastic princess, i'm sure, and one day a fantastic queen as well. >> reporter: he even composed a song in her honor which he just released on itunes. everyone here seems to be celebratin celebrating. even the local brewery has royal wedding ale just for the occasion. and there will be parties everywhere from the streets to the pubs to a sold out celebration for the village of 2,000 at bucklebury farm park. >> we have the main theme here. >> reporter: claire shepherd has been baking cakes for the occasion for two months. >> making a huge deal of it and having a brilliant party. there is a lot going on. >> reporter: all seemingly enjoying the

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our report tonight from nbc's kate snow. >> reporter: in liberia it's getting worse by the day. too few doctors and hospitals, too many patients. >> the numbers are going up rapidly. much faster than we thought. >> reporter: another worker with the aid group doctors without borders wrote this week the hardest part is not being able to hold and comfort a dying child while wearing so much protective gear. with more than 1,500 deaths, a new vaccine to prevent ebola can't come soon enough. >> next week we're going to be putting this vaccine for the first time in humans. >> reporter: 20 healthy adult volunteers in maryland will get an experimental vaccine. researchers hope it will trigger immunity to ebola. the vaccine will also be tested in britain and the african nations of mali and gambia. it's not to be course the way mumps and polio are, but it could protect people in hot spots. what's the hope? >> if in fact it is a vaccine that's going to be safe and effective, you'd want to give it to the people in the area who are at risk, but particularly those people who are the health car

william and kate get to see how 's done. good thing because they may be next. "nightly new begins now. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> good evening. we're down to eight days. somebody did the math and calculated ithat we're a little over 190 hours until the midterm elections, which the analysts tell us he the power to reshape our nation's politics. we won't know that for a little while yet, but tonight we are able to offer an assessment of where this election stands right now, tonight, including some big races across this country. one of which, of course, is being fought right underneath our feet here in california. our political team is in place tonight. we want to begin this evening in washington with our nbc news political director chuck todd. chuck, good evening. >> reporter: we're using our nbc news decision app to show you the most likely place we would see change in poweis the house of representatives. here's where things stand now. the democrats with a very large majority. the blue squares represent the 255 seats, the red sares are the

since announcing their engagement, kate middleton and prince william have been a king-sized sensation. >> we got to talk to kate. >> i got to shake her hand and see her ring. >> reporter: the couple last appeared in public april 11th when they step out on their wedding day, the world will be watching. so this week means a race to make sure everything is fit for a fairytale. kate will spend her last hours as a commoner in the royal suite of this london hotel before heading off to become a princess. she'll travel to westminster abbey by car, not carriage, just five minutes before thor is money begins and her prince will be waiting. william arrives first, 45 minutes before the wedding. only after kate arrives will we find out about the dress which has been shrouded in secrecy. >> i think everyone kind of wants to see the dress because that's the most exciting part n my opinion. >> reporter: after the ceremony, the newlyweds will travel to buckingham palace in the same horse drawn carriage used by charles and diana. after they reach the palace they'll observe another tradition from charle

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