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captions paid for by nbc-universal television good morning. welcome to "today" on a saturday morning. i'm lester holt. >> i'm amy robach. we've had a lot of extremes here in new york weather-wise. it was hot and now it's cool and rainy here. it's a far cry from what's happening in arizona. >> they would welcome rain right about now. that massive wildfire continues to burn out of control. let me show you these pictures. the fire has already consumed more than 600 square miles. crews are doing everything they can to battle the flames. this weekend's forecast may only add to their troubles. we're going to tell you more about what's happening there in just a moment. also, a new revelation in the anthony weiner scandal. the new york congressman now admitting that he had on-line contact with a 17-year-old girl in delaware. police investigated. reportedly found no wrong doing. weiner says their communications were "neither explicit nor indecent." he adds, once again, that he will not resign. we'll have much more on this story coming up. it's one of the most iconic images of marilynn monroe from the movie "the seven year itch." that's the legendary actress in the so-called subway dress. it continues to get plenty of attention. that dress along with a treasure-trove of hollywood memorabilia is now up for auction. they're being sold by debbie reynolds. we're going to talk to her and see more of the collection in just a minute. then a birthday celebration fit for a queen. queen elizabeth, that is. it's happening right now in london with what the monarchy calls trooping the color. prince william is making his first appearance at the ceremony as he honors his grandmother. we'll take you live to london for more of that in just a bit. >> i like the term, trooping the color. we want to begin this morning with sarah palin and the emails of her days as governor. friday alaska released 24,000 pages of emails. what do they reveal? nbc's national vechtive correspondent michael isikof has been pouring over them. good morning. >> good morning, lester. news organizations waited nearly three years to get access to these documents. palin and the state of alaska fought having them made public, but now that they are, palin's spokesman said yesterday that they show she was a completely engaged governor and everybody should read them. >> reporter: a media frenzy alaska hasn't seen since 2008. journalists jockeyed to get their hands on thousands of pages of emails sent by sarah palin to more than 50 top aides and officials in alaska. the 250 pounds of documents contain emails from palin's first two years as governor and continue through september 2008, including the chaotic first weeks when john mccain thrust her into the national spotlight as his running mate. as governor palin was a frenetic blackberry user firing off emails and using her personal yahoo account rather than government accounts to conduct state business. all in an effort to keep her communications private. news organizations like msnbc.com first requested the emails in 2008, but prying them loose from state archives hasn't been easy. >> there's a ten-day release of public records. we waited longer for these records than sarah palin was governor. almost 1,000 days. >> reporter: among the emails this exchange from palin to an aide written a few weeks before she was picked by mccain, praising them candidate obama's energy policy speech. he gave a great speech this morning in michigan. mentioned alaska. adding, "we need to take advantage of this and write a statement saying he is right on." then in a later e-mail telling anated, he did say yay to our gasline. pretty cool. wrong candidate. palin later became one of obama's fiercest critics on energy policy. palin says the emails won't be a distraction. >> i'm sure people will capitalize on this opportunity to go through 25,000 emails and perhaps take things out of context. they'll never truly know what the context of each one of the emails was or each one of the issues were that i was working on that day. >> reporter: you know, there are no bombshells in these documents and lots of redactions, but they do show that palin was pitching herself to mccain's people in the summer of 2008 long before she was picked as the vice presidential candidate, and they also had plenty of palisms or complaints about the lame-stream media and lots of lines like un-flippin believable. >> michael, thank you. for more on the palin emails and reaction to the weiner skanldz as well, we're joined by susan mullanary, a new york congresswoman and a republican strategist. let's start with the palin emails. a lot of build-up waiting for this release. there were no bombshells in any of those emails, and, in fact, her staff says it looks like when you look at these emails, sarah palin was very engaged in the political process. how do you think this plays out for her? >> un-flippin believable. you know what this does is it allows sarah palin to dominate the national media for another week. at a time when presidential candidates are trying whatever they can do to get some air time to have their ideas and concerns expressed. sarah palin continues to dominate the media. i mean, if there's no smoking gun, if there's nothing else there, i think this sort of shows the fascination of the american people and quite frankly, the american media with sarah palin. >> we're going to get back to the 2012 gop field in just a moment, but we want to take a quick look at the ever-growing scandal with congressman anthony weiner. he is back on the front pages of new york papers once again with this scandal growing apparently. police have interviewed a 17-year-old girl about her alleged contact with weiner. both sides have said, hey, there was nothing explicit, nothing sexual about these tweets, and it looks like police have concurred that, but the calls for him to step down are growing in washington. he says he is not going anywhere. why is this headed, susan? you have been in washington. you've seen plenty of these scandals. what do you think is the end game here? >> well, that's an interesting question because since this all came out, as you know, congress has been out of session. they go back this week. this will be the first time for congressman weiner to be together with his colleagues. i think this is going to be a difficult -- another difficult week for him. the speaker has said it's going to be up to him and his constituents to resign, but, in fact, she called for an ethics investigation. we know thooiz these things don't happen overnight, and as long as there's a pending ethics investigation where there's another shoe to drop, this will be very, very difficult for him. you add on top of that the fact that we are entering into a summer which allows for additional time for these kind of stories to air out and redistricting is coming up in new york, and there's nothing that would make it easier for democrats, new york loses two seats, than to have one seat that can be divvied up, if you will, the survivors. i think this is going to be a very difficult week for anthony weiner. we'll get a better feel for how his colleagues feel about his ability to stay in congress. >> it's been a difficult week for newt gingrich. it's not unusual to have some changes when you are vying for president, but it's unusual to have a mass exodus like gingrich has faced. that in addition to him having money troubles. is the staff shake-up something that gingrich can survive along with some of the other issuesç surrounding his camp at this point? >> i think this is going to be very, very difficult for newt gingrich. mistakes are made all the time in campaigns, but when mistakes are made -- and every candidate and every campaign has weaknesses and strengths. when mistakes are made based on the per civiled weakness of an individual so that it only continues to increase some of the stereotype, then you have trouble, and that's what you have here with newt gingrich. there was always a concern with his lack of discipline. would he have the discipline to stay on message, to stay focused? that's always been newt's biggest problem. we remember newt as one of the smart guys who was able to help get the republican majority back in the house of representatives for the first time in a generation, and then shortly thereafter, you know, complained about sitting in the back of air force one, so it was sort of that dichotomy. what you have today is the continuation of that dichotomy. a man who declares for the president of the united states and goes away to the greek isles for two weeks. would not according to sources really pick up the phone and do what he needed do to raise money. we all know a lot of these people that quit, these are not unfamiliar names in the newt circle, if you will, so he lost some trusted advisors that have been with him for decades. this is going to send a very important signal no matter how he attempts to recreate his campaign team. it's hard to see where the money people are going to feel confident writing checks. not only to his campaign, but to whatever business he decides to do in the future. i think this is a very damaging blow to newt no matter what he decides to do professionally. >> all right, susan. thanks. we appreciate it. >> thank you for having me. and now here's lester. >> amy, thanks. on friday stocks plunged again setting below 10,000 and setting off new fears of a double dip recession. brian schachtman is here to tell you about the numbers. >> good morning. >> after the recession we saw the stock market outpeaace the rest of the economy. 401ks were flush again. >> it was the one thing we could feel good about, right? it doesn't feel like 2008 and 2009, but it's pretty ugly the last six weeks. there's a lot hanging. we have the debt fears in europe, especially greece. now there's concern over china and the u.s. housing, labor still a major issue. the government is probably going to roll back spending, and now the federal reserve is winding down that $600 billion bond purchasing program, which has elevated a lot of things, including stock prices, and there's a school of thought that basically when that winds down at the end of the month, that questions whether the u.s. economy can stand on its own two feet, and that's really where the fear is. >> maybe we've been conditioned to look at the glass half empty. when you look at steady decline in the stock market, unemployment, you know, is a double dip recession out of the question? >> i don't think anything is out of the question. i think the economists we speak to at cnbc seemed to think we'll get slow growth and not no growth. you know how it is with consumer sentiment, lester. when you have constrained household budget, maybe there's a job issue in the family, and you would start to be worried about gas prices moving forward, maybe you change your spending habits, and that can have a trickle down effect that can constrain the whole economy. right now it doesn't seem like it's going to go negative in gdp, but there is a fear that things are slowing down. >> people are going to be looking very carefully at their portfolios and is this going to dip farther and is it likely to continue to fall it. >> if i knew that, i wouldn't be sitting with you. i would be sitting next to richard branson on some remote island. the truth is if you are going to have a correction, we've been down about 7% the last six weeks. a correction is around 10%. that's when it goes down before going back up. if you want to talk about getting out of a bull market into a bear market, we're talking 15%, 20%. we have a long way to go before that. >> government intervention, any more into the future? >> ben bernanke said this week -- he intimated that maybe not. the stock market was the one thing we felt good about. if there's something to be done they probably will try to do it, but it has to be subtle. there's not a lot of political will in washington for more stimulus. it has to have a different name. that's for sure. we don't know if there's anything that they can do that doesn't make our fiscal situation worse. >> you get to work with branson. it's nice to have you stop become. thanks very much. now here's amy. >> lester, thank you. this morning in arizona fire crews are struggling to contain a massive wildfire that continues to spread. it's already destroyed dozens of buildings and forced thousands to evacuate. nbc's george lewis has the story. >> reporter: by night it's a monster inferno lighting up the arizona and new mexico skies. by day a dull gray path of destruction in its wake. 22 houses have burned in greer, arizona. sfoo this is really hard to watch. >> reporter: harder to watch if you see your destroyed home on tv. >> it was the first home that we saw that was burned. >> reporter: at a meeting for people forced out of the fire zone, connie tried to count her blessings. >> we're thankful that no lives were lost. you know, our prayers are for the firefighters. >> reporter: those firefighters face a difficult weekend ahead. if the wind picks up as expected, it could bring these flames into communities that have sure vooifd so far. they've been busy setting back furz and creating barriers to protect homes in the mountain villages. they know today will bring a real battle. >> it's going to have all the conditions necessary. >> reporter: as the fire grows, it isn't affecting just people. these elk are on the run from the heat and smoke. and then there are domesticated animals like this dog that was found wandering in the fire zone and got rescued by the arizona humane society. >> she had a real strong odor of smoke. she was a stray. for now she seems to be doing okay, so we'll just kind of see how she does. >> reporter: there is a psychological toll for humans who have had to flee. deputy sheriff brandon eager's ancestors founded the town of eager, arizona. >> it hurts me to see all these people that i know and all these people that i love displaced from their homes, put under this hardship. i can feel their anxiety. >> reporter: it isn't about to end any time soon. when it's all over, this will probably go down as the largest wildfire in arizona history. for today, george lewis, nbc news, arizona. from the wildfires out west, to the drought, heat wave, tornados. this has been a season of extremes. is there an end in sight? bill karins joins us with the spring weather. >> feast or famine has been the rule this spring. the northern half of the country weave had record snow pack, record rain levels. the southern half of the country, they would love some of the rain. you would love to get rid of the sun and get clouds to give you some shade. record heat is going to continue possibly as we go throughout this upcoming week. the exceptional drought, it's going to become the story of the summer from texas down through the southeast. it's getting worse as we speak in southern georgia. the fires will get worse too. as the drought gets workings, as the temperatures continue to heat up, we'll see the fire season probably exploding here in the weeks ahead. no good news in sight as far as our extreme spring. back to you, amy. >> all right, bill. thank you. >> we'll be along with our national forecast again in a moment, but richard lui is at the news desk. he has the top headlines. >> good morning to you. we begin in syria where tension reez main high after more anti-government protests on friday. this internet video right here reportedly shows some of the violent demonstrations, but has not been independently verified by nbc news. activists say syrian forces are preparing an all-out assault on a town near the turkey border where the government claims more than 100 officers were killed. meanwhile, the united nations says a secretary general has tried to reach out to president assad several times, but he would not come to the phone. outgoing defense secretary robert gates has parting shots for naturo. in his phenyl speech as defense secretary gates slammed the european alliance saying they are not pulling their weight in afghanistan and libya. he also said americans would get fed up with covering three-quarters of nato's budget and may begin to wonder if the investment is worth the cost. the fate of former illinois governor rob blagojevich is once again in the hands of a jury. jurors in his corruption retrial got the case friday and deliberated for a few hours before going home for the weekend. blagojevich is charged with trying to sell president obama's former illinois senate seats. deliberations resume on tuesday. u.s. airways is working on restoring computer systems after a power outage friday near one of its data centers in phoenix. numerous flights were grounded and the airline's website was affected as a result of the airport computer systems being down. no word yet on what caused that outage. sfwlirchlgts and the u.s. airways jet made famous after landing on the hudson river has finally arrived at its original destination. the miracle on the hudson airbus arrived in charlotte, north carolina, friday after 600 miles trip on a flat bed truck. flight 1549 was bound for charlotte back in january 2009 when it ran into birds shortly after takeoff. that aircraft then famously made an emergency landing on the river. everyone survived. the pilot became a national hero, and today they will all view the plane at the national aviation museum where the plane will call home. this little chick stuck in a water. feet away, content or action newsing tang. when he notices the red-headed chick, grabbing a leaf, and helps to guide it to the side, and the zoo goers cheering on the side. he plucked it out of the water by the nape. perhaps weighing in at 200 pounds or so. he then npz the little chick eye to eye, curiously checking out the newfound friend. then gently using his clumsy hands as you say there, looking even to be cleaning and grooming his four-ounce pal. how about that, guys? like it? >> i have to tell you, i thought to story was going to take a bad twist when i saw him hold him here. >> i thought he was going to eat it. >> he just loved it so much. richard, thank you. >> you bet. >> bill karins is back as promised. he has the national forecast. >> it's all the extremely we've been talking about, but at least we've taken a break from our tornado outbreaks we dealt with all spring long, and june is a big tornado month. we'll appreciate this little break in the severe weather season. it doesn't mean we're not going to have strong thunderstorms with hail and damaging winds. the tornado threat is low today. southern half of the country baking in the 90s. unfortunately, where the fire is still burning out of control, windy and hot conditions are going to spread right through this weekend. there is some gorgeous weather out there, so in chicago to minneapolis and areas of iowa you're faebl going to get a break today trying to get outside and enjoy what should be a gorgeous closer to home, the satellite view shows you've got a system that will toss rain far up the west coast. a stronger sea breeze will pump in some clouds around lunchtime with highs inland still hitting the low 60s. low 60s san francisco, we will likely have patchy low clouds and breezy conditions throughout the day. tomorrow, more morning clouds, temperatures will start to climb as high pressure builds back into the 70s and 80s inland. >> bill, thanks. later today 12 of the fastest horses in the world will race for glory at the belmont stakes here in new york. it's a third leg of the triple crown. nbc horseracing analyst kenny rice is here to tell us what we can expect. good to see you, first of all. >> good to see you. finally, good to see you. >> kentucky derby winner, animal kingdom is being favored to win. it's been a long time, though, since a derby winner over 15 years, has won at belmont. why is it a tall order? >> i think,ç lester, because horses have to do this as 3-year-olds, and it's unique in sports. never before do they have to put together three grueling races in five weeks, and then it culminates with a mile and a half test which they hardly ever will race in again, which is the belmont, and i think that's one of the things that separate the triple crown of horseracing from most other sports events. zoog animal kingdom, in your view still favored in the number nine position. does that help, hurt? >> i think with the distance it doesn't hurt as much. they have a lot of room to jockey for position. literally. i think that he comes into this. his trainer has said even before the kentucky derby, if there's one race he can win, it's the belmont. he is bred to go a mile and a half, and i think he has the endurance. i think he is a deserving favorite. that said, there's still four or five other horses out there that are interesting. >> along with animal cunning dom shackleford, macho macho man. >> i think that some people would think so because the last 11 belmont races, nine have been won by horses that have come into this race fresh. either they skipped the preakness or they did not race in any triple crown until the belmont. however, macho macho man is a young horse that seems to be getting better with each race, and that's one of the things that they consider a plus for him. he needed that kind of experience. >> new shoes and new jockey? >> new shoes and a new jockey all at once. he has lost his shoes twice in races, and he has these new contoured shoes that fit, supposedly, perfect on him. >> is it going to help him? >> it has to help some because he keeps losing his shoe during the race. they think this will turn things around. his trainer is very positive about that. >> the distance, we can't emphasize enough the distance. it's easy for us to want to compare all thee of these triple crown races as the same race. different race. >> yeah, very. they go from a mile and a quarter. the three and three-sixteenths at the preakness and now a mile and a half. over the course of the year throughout the united states, this is an uncommon distance. there's probably only a half a dozen major races, if that many, track to track that has a mile and a half. >> jockeys really got to -- they really have to time their move. if you start too quickly, you're out of gas. >> that's the toughest thing. not only are the horses doing this for the first time. for the jockeys they haven't probably ridden in a mile and a half race since last year at belmont. they have to realize that do i make the move too soon, do i make it a little later, but then they'll say i should have made it sooner. it's a real challenge for the jockeys in this race as well. >> listen, it's a lot of fun to watch. always nice to have you here. >> good to see you, lester. >> you can watch the belmont stakes today at 5:00 p.m. eastern time here on nbc. still to come here on "today" where is she? 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>> no, i don't think so. a car hit and killed a man as he tried to cross saratoga avenue near graves avenue around san jose yesterday afternoon. that man was taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead. the driver who hit him was a 26-year-old camel woman and she did cooperate with investigators. police say drugs and alcohol do not appear to be factors, but they are still investigating the identity of the man who died has not been released. a man stabbed another man to death during a cinco de mayo celebration. police arrested him at his home earlier this week. beltran and the man who died were in an argument shortly before the stabbing. beltran is now at the santa clara county jail. smoke in an airplane cabin force an emergency landing at sfo. the problem was reported shortly after a united airlines plane took off from las vegas yesterday evening, the pilot turned the plane around and flight 479 landed safely around 7:00. the plane was carrying 179 passengers, no one was hurt, but no one knows what caused the smoke in the cabin. 75-year-old julia huber was flying in thick fog when she crashed into a hill last year. she and her husband both were killed in that crash. now a new report reveals that julia huber was not certified to fly in bad weather. the agency says that huber continued to rely on sight after the weather became too anything for her to fly. coming up this morning on "today in the bay," a tribute to two area heroes and a quake off the california coastline and more of our beautiful june weather. we'll be back in 30 minutes. we are back on this saturday morning, june 11th, 2011. you're looking at a live picture of buckingham palace and the royal family, they're celebrating the official celebration of the queern's birthday. prince william took part in the ceremony honoring his zbrm. we'll head live to london for a bit more on the trooping of the color. >> it's rainy and cool there. after all the heat i don't think any of us are complaining. coming this up half hour, we'll have more high drama from the casey anthony murder trial. >> the accused killer shed a lot of tears in the courtroom friday as the medical examiner testified to how she believed the child died. we'll head to orlando for the latest. and sarah ferguson on scandal and her struggles after decades of life in the spotlight. she attempts to rebuild her life. coming up, sarah bares her sole, confronts her past and talks about life after her own royal wedding. remember dorothy's dress from the wizard of oz or elizabeth taylor's head dress from cleopatra? they're not only iconic but they're on the auction block. debby reynolds has over 5,000 pieces of hollywood memorabilia and they're all up for sale. we'll talk to the actress as she gives us a personal look at her personal collection. >> who knew. i saw the list of stuff she has. it's a virtual museum. we want to begin this half hour for the desperate search of a missing college student. it's been just over a week since the 20-year-old vanished near indiana university. her family obviously hoping for her safe return. kevin tibbles has more. >> reporter: police in bloomington, indiana are stepping up their efforts, setting up road blocks, asking drivers if they noticed anything out of the ordinary. >> we wanted to set that up to see if anybody is anybody who comes through there regularly and may have seen something. >> reporter: lauren spear vanished a week ago after spending the night partying with friends. >> lauren left this apartment around 4:30 in the morning and a friend said he watched her walk down to the corner. she hasn't been seen since. >> reporter: police say a surveillance video they confiscated from earlier in the evening shows an altercation outside lauren's apartment. and while she was not involved, the person she was with, cory rossman was. rossman's lawyer tells nbc news that his client was hit in the face, so hard apparently that he cannot remember anything that happened that night. >> injury to his head significantly affected his memory. >> reporter: friday afternoon rossman provided to the police station to provide them with a dna sample. police say some ten people are considered persons of interest in the case, many of them have also been asked for dna. police add that they recovered lauren's set of keys and a small change purse from a nearby alleyway. >> we want to find her alive and we hope that's the case. >> reporter: meanwhile, daily searches continue as friends, family and volunteers help to try to locate the missing girl. >> we know a lot of people are busy this weekend doing other things but if you can find some time to help us out with any of the searches, we would greatly appreciate it. >> reporter: that is also the hope of one of the last people to see her alive. >> i just hope that they find her. i'm praying for her and her family. >> reporter: for "today," kevin tibbles, nbc news, bloomington, indiana. >> clint vanzant is a former fbi profiler. talk about the first 24 to 48 hours before she went missing. how critical is that period for investigators? >> this is where investigators would hope to find some connection that would explain her disappearance, lester. they'll be looking at cell phone records, text messages, e-mails, any contact she had with anyone. it's that critical period just before and just after she disappeared that whoever she had contact with, whoever she was making contact with, we know she was in a bar drinking with friends. so we have the surveillance cameras from inside the bar, from on the street, all of this is going to help police electronically try to put together the footsteps that may lead to this missing student. >> ten people of interest we heard in kevin's report there. when you look at these kind of cases, what are the odds that whoever is responsible for her disappearance is someone she knew, not a stranger? >> i think it's very likely at this time, lester, the challenge for police, of course, is the time frame. they've got this period from about 3:00 a.m. in the morning till about 4:30 that they can account for her and shortly after that she's reported missing. so that's a critical period. she had a lot of contact with friends, associates, with friends of her boyfriend. there was a lot of interaction taking place. but lester, it's always a dangerous thing for a young woman to be out by herself at that time of morning. >> yes. i know your mantra, we've heard you talk about it before, bring your wingman. >> i can never get away. we go back to natalee holloway and come forward to lauren at this point. especially a woman, a man, too. any young college woman, never leave your wingman. somebody needs to take responsibility for your friend if she's out, if she has to walk home at 3:00 in the morning, somebody should raise their hand and say, hey, i'll walk you to your apartment or she should ask somebody to do that. and that goes for any college student, any young person in a situation like this. >> all right. we certainly hope for her safe return. thank you very much for your time. >> thank you, lester. we'll get a check of the weather. bill karins is standing by with that. >> wonderful crowd out here. the vfw, number 93 all made the trip. how many of you came? >> 38 of us. >> welcome. have a good time. we'll try to give you a bit of a dry forecast, can't promise you a lot, though. let's talk about the forecast. we mentioned the rain. it is coming in through areas of pennsylvania and jersey. we're worried about the belmont, just about where the "c" is in new york city. unlike the last races we had with the preakness and the derby, today it will be cloudy and cool. there's a chance of rain and it's humid. if it rains it could pour really at any time. that's let's look at "today's" highs around the bay area, mostly 60s through parts of the inner clara valley. further inland from the patchy low clouds that will hang out around the inner bay and the coastline. a stronger sea breeze will kick off the weekend. at least not the heavy rain that we had last weekend. as high pressure builds in, 70s and 80s inland as we head into the first part of next week. that's health in numbers. unitedhealthcare. challenge that with olay regenerist night elixir. its gentle glycolic formula resurfaces at night for the smooth skin of a light chemical peel. sleep tight. regenerist, from olay. took some crazy risks as a kid. but i was still over the edge with my cholesterol. anyone with high cholesterol may be at increased risk of heart attack. diet and exercise weren't enough for me. i stopped kidding myself. i've been eating healthier, exercising more, and now i'm also taking lipitor. if you've been kidding yourself about high cholesterol...stop. 80% of people who have had heart attacks have high cholesterol. lipitor is a cholesterol lowering medication, fda approved to reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke in patients who have heart disease or risk factors for heart disease. 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officers in the east bay city of pittsburgh say a 21-year-old woman left her nephew in a car seat as she shopped in a supermarket. she told investigators that the baby was sleeping and she did not want to wake the child and she was in the store only seven minutes. the toddler was taken to the hospital, but only as a precaution, he was unharmed. it is possible that his aunt may be charged with child endangerment. this morning police are investigating a deadly traffic crash in san jose, a car hit and killed a man as he tried to cross saratoga avenue around graves avenue yesterday afternoon. he was take on the the hospital where he was pronounced dead. the driver who hit him was a 26-year-old campbell woman. they are still working to pinpoint the cause of that crash. police say drugs and alcohol do not appear to be factors, the identity of that man who died has not been released. san jose police have arrested a man who stabbed another -- police arrested a 19-year-old at his home this week. the men were in an argument before the stabbing. they'll be in san fa clara county jail. today is the day that many students have been working for at least four years. the undergraduate -- planned for this morning. the speaker will be the man who wrote the best seller al qaekit runner. and the graduation ceremony at cal state east bay and there a couple of folks are receiving honorary doctorates. there are two ceremonies, one at 9:00 this morning for the college of letters, art and sciences, the other at 3:00 this afternoon for the college of business and economics. coming up this morning on "today in the bay," an overnight quake in california, more on that coming up at 7:00 and more local news in 30 minutes. there. we begin with sarah palin and now's of her emails now available for the world to see. nbc's mike isokopf is live in juneau, alaska. >> reporter: good morning, richard. so we're still pouring through these thousands of emails. a lot to go through. what you really see so far is a sort of transformation of sarah palin. she starts out as alaska's governor, and she's viewed as a reformer. she's dealing with guts and bolts issues and taking on the oil companies. then by 2008 she's clearly got national ambitions. she's angle for a meeting with senator mccain in february pitching herself to senator mccain, her staff is, talking about how she can become a vice presidential candidate, and thun once she's thrust into the national spotlight, her frustration with her national media coverage, what she calls the lame street media, and you can see her talking about how their mistakes are driving her crazy. >> just some of the revelations that are going to come from the thousands and thousands of pages that are being strewn through at the moment. michael, thank you so much. new revelations that embattled congressman anthony weiner had contact with a 17-year-old girl in delaware. weiner says their communication was neither explicit nor indecent. police have investigated and reportedly found no wrong doing. the new york democrat is under fire after admitting he sent graphic photos of himself to women on-line. weiner insists here he will not resign. one of the last positive signs in the economy, the dow, closing below the emotional level of 12,000 yesterday, falling 172 points. the dow this week suffered its worst losing streak since 2002 setting off new fears of a double dip recession. arizona's massive wildfire continues to roar consuming nearly 400,000 acres. it could threaten new mexico. high winds and low humidity today could hamper that fight against the fire, which is only 6% contained. health officials worry soot and smoke will cause health problems as well. the miracle on the hudson has finally arrived at its original destination. on a flat bed truck the airbus arrived in charlotte, north carolina, on friday. flight 1549, as you might remember, was bound for charlotte back in 2009 when it ran into birds after takingoff force it to land on the river. everyone survived, and today they will all reunite at the aviation museum where the plane will now call itself its home. that's the news. now back outside to amy on the plaza. >> all right, richard. thanks so much. bill karins is here with me with a check of the weather. good morning again. >> everyone keeps mentioning there's someone named tucker out here having a hard time finding where tucker is. have you guys seen tucker anywhere? is there someone named tucker? oh, there he is. are you tucker? where are you from? >> texas, houston. >> houston, texas. is it ever hot there? >> yes. >> very hot, right? dry too. it's one of the stories we've been dealing with all spring long. nice meeting you. let's talk about your forecast there. as we look at the severe weather threat, we're going to watch that today in areas of kansas, up through the dakotas and also large hail. winds are possible around pittsburgh and roanoke, back into buffalo and maybe even cleveland. we'll watch that this afternoon. hot conditions from houston down through the southeast. there's a little bit of gorgeous weather out there through minneapolis and chicago. we'll clear it out nicely during the day. also the west coas if you're heading up to the high country in weekend, look out on the snow melt. heading down towards yosemite by the end of the weekend. temperatures around the bay area this weekend, a bit cooler today as we got that sea breeze that's running pretty strong this morning. tomorrow, probably a little bit warmer, but real warming is going to hold off until monday, tuesday and wednesday, 80s coming back inland as high pressure strengthening earlier next week. courtroo rry s rs is live from orlando for us. good morning. >> reporter: well, lester, first there were the pictures of 2-year-old caylee. crime scene photographs, including her skull with duct tape across her mouth and nose. then there were the powerful words from the med examiner explaining how she concluded caylee was murdered by her own mother, casey. casey anthony, again in tears for much of friday, as prosecutors showed more gut-wrenching crime scene photos tak taken. one of the pictures jurors saw showed a senior investigator cupping caylee's skull, lift it from the swampy soil. others showed duct tape. in several pictures those in court could see that duct tape clearly wrapped over caylee's nose and mouth. while prosecutors promised in openings -- >> we have three pieces of overlapping duct tape. >> reporter: they would show how casey allegedly used that duct tape to murder her daughter. on friday the orange county medical examiner testified with only skeletal remains, she had to rely on everything, including that 31-day delay in telling anyone caylee was dead, to rule it a murder and to point the finger of blame at casey. >> besides the delay, besides the being found in a field decomposed would be the duct tape. somewhere located on the lower half of this face. there is no child that should have duct tape on its face when it dies. there is no reason to put duct tape on the face after they die. >> reporter: if the doctor looks familiar -- >> altered lives. >> reporter: i may be because she has a reality crime show on cable tv. notice dr. g, the veteran medical examiner, told jurors she officially listed caylee's death a homicide by undetermined means, but casey's defense team argues just because casey didn't report caylee's death for 31 days and because her body was found in a bag hidden in the woods and because of that duct tape, it doesn't add up to murder. >> so the bottom line is when you say and you place a label homicide by indeterminate means, you are saying that circumstantial evidence to you says that it probably was a homicide. >> not probably. i think that is the only logical conclusion based scientifically on some of the scientific information we have based on observational information we have about homicides and children dying. >> reporter: casey's defense team says caylee accidentally drowned in the backyard swimming pool, but dr. g says that just doesn't square statistically in drownings. 100% of all drownings have 911 calls from a family member or somebody hoping that the child who drowned can be revived. there was no call in this case. meantime, outside the courthouse, much more order this morning. a strong police presence as hundreds of people show up fighting for position, but today much more controlled. this follows the fight yesterday that landed one woman on a stretcher headed to the hospital and a lot of pushing and shoving. lester. >> kerry sanders in orlando, thanks. zimplgt the graphic descriptions about the condition of caylee's remains dominated the testimony. just how effective was this evidence and the state's witnesses. to answer that and more, joining me from orlando is beth karas, a correspondent for "in session" on true tv and a former prosecutor. beth, good morning. thanks for being back with us. >> good morning. >> these accounts were pretty graphic, and the pictures more so. were you able to see in the courtroom how the jury was reacting to all this? >> yes. the jury has monitors in front of them in the jury box, and they all sat transfixed as this superimposition was played before them for several minutes. a photo of caylee and then her skull over it and then the tape over it and it would dissolve to the skull, dissolve to the tape and then become a little more translucent. it was riveting. what was most critical, though, was that casey didn't look at it, but it was played out of the presence of the jury first so the judge could determine if the jury could see it and casey stared at that monitor the entire time and frowned. she wasn't crying at all. a court in front of the jury, though, she cries. >> beth, i have been on a criminal jury before. you can't help but look at the defendant during testimony. is this jury watching how she is reacting? i mean, the tears, the fact that she wasn't watching the video screen during the depiction of those photos? >> well, you know, it's hard to believe they're not watching her because the defense table is not perpendicular to the jury box. it's directly across. they moved their table so they are facing the jurors. if jurors are simply looking at the lawyers as they're questioning a witness, the witness box is to the left, they can't help but see casey just beyond the lawyer doing the questioning. i am sure that they are well aware of what's going on with her at the table. >> as graphic as all this is i don't think anyone has heard any direct evidence as to who murdered this child, but this description of the duct tape and the medical examiners, how effective was that, even though she couldn't really say the cause of death? >> the doctor stole the show yesterday in the courtroom. when the defense tried to challenge her on the cause of death -- it was by the person who has legal responsibility for them. this is circumstantial evidence cause. without it, it can still be provening. scott peterson is on death row, and they never knew the cause of death. >> does the defense have an alternate explanation for the duct tape? >> well, no. we don't have their explanation yet for the duct tape, and they really immediate to connect that dot. they say it's an accidental drown, but they need to explain how this child ended up in a bag in the woods if last seen, according to them, she's in the arms of george anthony, and that he is complicity in covering up an accidental drowning. they need to explain that in order to help casey beat first degree murder. >> beth karas. we appreciate your coming on and helping us understand what's going on down there. thanks so much. we'll be back in a moment, but, first, these messages. 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everything on my own. >> it was a risky surgery that took 20 hours and more than a dozen of the country's top doctors. >> there should be excellent return of motor function, so she should control the face as well as she could eat, smell, and basic functions. express her emotions and feel the face. >> reporter: she isn't revealing her new face to the public just yet, so we're blurring the image. she's still healing. these new photos were taken as herb family saw her new face for the first time. by her bedside, her brother, steve, and her teenage daughter, brianna. two years ago she was visiting a friend who had a chimp. without warning the chimp went on attack. the chimp took off her lips, ears, nose, mouth, and hands. travis's owner called 911. >> he's killing my friend. >> who is killing your friend? >> my chimp. my chimpanzee. >> oh, your chimpanzee is killing your friend. >> yes. she's ripped her apart. hurry up. >> reporter: she's been in treatment ever since, and will never see again. permanently blind. there are endless obstacles. in fact, just days after this new surgery there were complications. doctors had to remove the transplanted hands, but her new face is a life changer. >> the functioning of the face is really going to add to the quality of her life. >> reporter: a survival story against all odds. for "today" jeff rossen, nbc news, new york. and charla nash's daughter joins us live for an exclusive interview this morning. good morning. >> good morning. >> i know you are with your mom there at the hospital, and you haven't been able to speak with her yet, but how are doctors saying she's doing right now in her recovery? >> well, actually i went to go see her this morning, and she was doing very, very well, and she's speaking and she sounds fantastic. >> that's incredible. when you first saw your mom, we saw those images of you and your other family members walking into that hospital room. what did you think when you saw her new face? >> i just -- i was wowed at just how science could reach that extreme and just allow a person to have a sense of normalcy again. >> right. i know it's a face transplant. her bone sfrushgt was basically there, but do you still see your mom? do you recognize her? i can't imagine how that would be to see that sort of transformation. >> i mean, it's still slightly swollen. the swelling has gone down, but her facial structure is definitely starting to come through, and i definitely know it's her by other things besides her face. >> you said your mom was speaking. can you tell us what she's saying, how she's feeling? has she been able to see her new face? >> it's still a little difficult to understand her, but she says things like she loves me and things like that. no, she will not be able to see her new face. >> can you imagine that moment, though, when that mirror is held up? what do you think her reaction will be? >> well, she can't see. >> yeah. well, and i know that your uncle steve, your mom's brother said this in a statement yesterday. we have been deeply touched by people in the country and around the world who have written to her and wished her well. what have those letters and those notes meant to you and your mom? >> they've been really important in the recovery process and they have allowed us to know that we're supported and that the world is wishing us well. >> i than the donor's family wishes to remain anonymous. the donor who gave your mom her new lease on life and this face transplant. what would you like to say to them right now? >> just thank you so much for everything they've done for us, what they've given up for us has just really allowed my mom to take another big step in the recovery process. >> what do you think is next for your mom when she finally gets to go home and she has her new face? how do you think her life will change? >> i think that she'll be able to acquire a sense of independence and will be able to provide very much for herself. >> we certainly wish your mom the best. we know she's been through so much. thank you very much for joining us. >> thank you. >> and we're back, but, first, this is "today" on nbc. it's simply remarkable what doctors are doing for charla. >> a few moments ago i spoke with charla's daughter, and i asked her how she thought of her mom's face and what her mom will see when she sees her face. clearly charla was blinded in that accident. i'm sorry if i sounded insensitive. i just got caught up in the amazing surgery that was. flexpen comes pre-filled with the insulin i take and i can dial the exact dose of insulin i need. i live my life on the go and need an on-the-go insulin. i don't need to carry a cooler with flexpen. novolog is a fast-acting, man-made insulin used to control high blood sugar in adults and children with diabetes. do not inject novolog if you do not plan to eat within 5 to 10 minutes after injection to avoid low blood sugar. tell your healthcare provider about all medicines you 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driver who hit him was a 26-year-old campbell woman and i should say it wasn't a hit and run, she did cooperate with investigators but the cause of the crash remains under investigation. drugs and alcohol do not appear to be factors. the identity of the man who died has not been released. san jose police arrested a man who stabbed another man during a cinco de mayo celebration. beltran and the man who died, 20-year-o2 a 20-year-old were in a fight before the stabbing. a yuan nighted -- the pilot turned the plane around and flight 479 landed safely once again at sfo right around 7:00. the plane was carrying 179 passengers, no one was hurt, but there's no information yet on the reason for that smoke in the cabin. a new report blames pilot error for a small plane crash in which a bell mochblt couple died last year. 75-year-old julia huber was flying in thick nothing when she crashed to a hill. huber and her husband were both killed in that crash. now a new report by the national 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we'll get some of the answers you need coming up. first, we have a little star power out on the plaza with us this morning. actress faith ward is here. sfloop are you starring in a new family drama "field of vision." it premiers tonight nbc, and the topic is a very sensitive one, and a very -- a good one for the moment. it's about bullying, and, of course, we've had the recent issues of bb prince and tyler clemente. >> i play a guidance counselor in the movie, and i have kids. i have a son who is a star quarterback and a new kid comes into school who i also know because i'm a guidance counselor, and is he an orphan child, and basically the kids decide to start picking on him. my son is face the with this tough decision of what he should do about it. he is an onlooker. >> this is -- this is all about peer pressure and moral courage. who -- what kid hasn't had that issue at some point? >> i have to come -- i have to come into play with both of them and how i sort of bridge the gap. i think they do a wonderful job in this movie, which is why i would encourage people to see it because it gives you solutions. it leaves you with hope. >> do you think this movie will give perhaps some students the empowerment that they need to stand up for other people, that being a bystander isn't okay? >> be a friend. be an advocate to someone. when you see someone being bullied, stand up for them. >> certainly it's a powerful mvr. we're all looking forward to it. faith ward, thank you for stopping by this morning. >> field of vision airs tonight 8:00 p.m. here on nbc. >> that's right. >> let's head to bill karins for a final check of the weather. good morning, bill. >> i didn't know i was taking home a baby cheetah. looking forward to that. we have ereka in middle school from high school. we have arnold middle school from houston here, and we have buford middle school that's here from south dakota. i think we pretty much covered a lot of our eighth and ninth graders. let's take a look at your forecast. we are watching severe storms possibly in areas of west virginia. also through kansas and oklahoma. as we go throughout areas around the middle of the country, we're continuing with strong storms in the middle of the nation. we're going to see strong storms, kansas city, tomorrow up through the dakotas. i don't think we'll see too many tornadoes this weekend. the big story really is just the heat that dominates the southern it's warm on the map there across california. we'll see a little bit more of that for tomorrow. today we have got low clouds for the morning, that will be clearing as we approach lunchtime. 60s to low 70s, but cool on the coast. we're in an all day long sea breeze. tomorrowwej ah 80s. monday really through thursday s back to the 1700s, the queen takes the salute and reviews her immaculate troops. another first. the duchess of cambridge will watch the spectacle along side other members of the royal family, including prince philip. the queen's husband turned 90 yesterday. a working birthday, he called it. the royal family will celebrate with a service and reception at windsor castle on sunday. the events come on the heels of a glitzy charity fundraiser this week marked will and kate's first foray into the london social scene. it was a high dollar event with more than 900 guilded guests. no one brighter than the dazzling duchess. >> she looked fantastic, didn't she? it's her first public event since the wedding, and she looked as good as she did on the day back in april when she wowed the world as a young bride. >> reporter: royal watchers may get another glimpse of william's new bride sunday at a charity polo match that william and prince harry will play. even though the wedding is over theshgs pretty much drop everything around here for a kate sighting. during the finale of the event which was a flyover of the great military aircraft, which lester would have loved, the queen came out on the balcony, and then kate came out on the balcony, and a round of applause went up, and as those aircraft were flying over, it was hard to tell who was getting more attention. kate on the balcony or the aircraft. that goes to show where minds are here in london today. amy, back to you. >> all right. thanks so much. we appreciate it. coming up next, best friends. the story of a very special puppy and its cheetah cub buddy. look at that. first, these messages. auto a dog is not merely a pet. a dog, well, a dog is family. and when it comes to your family's health, you want the best. now you can have it without paying the most. new petarmor plus flea and tick protection. it has the same active ingredients as frontline plus, so it's just as effective against fleas and ticks, but costs about half as much. sure our dogs may be called pets, but we all know they're family. new petarmor plus. same protection as frontline at about half the cost. only at walmart and sam's club. for two weeks only, get amazing savings as we make room for our 5 signature lifestyles. come to an ethan allen design center starting june 10th for the floor sample event of the season. hurry in! sale ends june 19th. to your kids' wet skin. new neutrogena® wet skin kids. ordinary sunblock drips and whitens. neutrogena® wet skin cuts through water. forms a broad spectrum barrier for full strength sun protection. wet skin. neutrogena®. for full strength sun protection. membership rewards points from american express. they're a social currency. with endless possibilities. aflac! oh, i've just got major medical... major medical. ...but it helps pay the doctors. pays the doctors, boyyy! 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