for the big moment today, friday, june 18th, 2010. captions paid for by nbc-universal television and good morning. welcome to a special edition of "today" on a friday morning. i'm matt lauer in new york. ann curry and al roker have made their way to universal orlando resort. guys, anything big happening there this morning? you know what, matt, as you can tell, people are very excited. have we mentioned the wizarding world of harry potter actually opens today? >> i heard something about that. >> i know. we're surrounded by these classes we picked months ago. if they can even hear me we have the bill roberts school from de denver, colorado. we have the school out of it tulsa, oklahoma. we've got the centreville elementary school out of virginia. and we have the elementary school out of san antonio. they won because of their efforts to raise money for the children of haiti. we're here because harry potter is such a global phenomenon, earnings of more than $5 billion at the box office, the high ees grossing movies ever in history. >> that's right. >> we've got this magic we're launching today. >> in fact, it's taken five years, $265 million to transform 20 acres into the world of harry potter. we're going to take you throughout hogsmeade over the next few hours and really show you how you're going to get immersed into this magical world. >> and we're going to take you not only on a roller coaster ride but introduce you once again to the stars of the movies including daniel radcliff, matt. >> you and i learned some magic tricks. >> that's right. we're going to be made guinea pigs on that, i have a feeling. anyway, we look forward to hearing more from you in orlando. we'll check back with you in a little while and get a check of the weather as well, al. tony hayward, the ceo of bp, received his grilling on capitol hill on thursday. but it is the controversial apology that was made to him by a congressman from texas that has ignited a bit of a firestorm on capitol hill. we'll have the latest on that. and then a little later in the show two music legends on one stage. james taylor and carole king will put on a live concert out on our plaza in our 8:30 half hour. but we begin on a friday morning with those deadly tornadoes in minnesota. the weather channel's mike seidel is in the hard hit town in minnesota. mike, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, matt. we're with three hours north-northwest of minneapolis-st. paul. this was the school bus garage until a twister ravaged this part of the town. look at the steel beams twisted like match sticks thrown against this bus. back here more damage. a concrete block building completely destroyed. one of 60 twisters that skipped through five states yesterday killing two in minnesota and injuring dozens. this is near the iowa line. a huge wedge tornado fortunately out in an open field. the nearby town of albert lea was fine. more twister video. now this one thunderstorm super cell reportedly spun up a dozen tornadoes about an hour and a half to two hours south of minneapolis-st. paul. here in wadena widespread damage. the high school lost its roof. the town virtually destroyed. the mayor of wadena saying early warning, the sirens going off 36 minutes in advance helped to save lives. there were 20 injuries. only three remain in the hospital this morning. matt, the early report, 35 twisters in the state of minnesota. if that holds, that would mean yesterday was the most this state has seen -- the most tornadoes minnesota has seen in one day on record. back to you. >> all right, mike. our thoughts with the people out there. mike seidel from the weather channel, thank you very much. moving on the first execution by firing squad in the united states in 14 years was carried out overnight in utah. it's a method that was chosen by convicted killer ronnie lee gardner. george, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, matt. for decades condemned prisoners in utah could choose their method of execution until 2004 when the legislature mandated lethal injection. but gardner was convicted under the old law so he chose to die by firing squad. he did that, according to his brother, because he had gunned down his victims and figured death by firing squad was appropriate. it was shortly after midnight here when gardner was led into this execution chamber, strapped to this chair, and asked if he had any final words. to which mr. gardner replied, i do not. following the statement a hood was placed over mr. guard mer's head. >> reporter: five sharpshooters took aim at his heart and fired. >> mr. gardner was pronounced dead at 12:17 this morning. >> the lights. >> reporter: in the hours leading up to the execution, groups opposing the death penalty demonstrated outside the prison grounds and at the utah state capitol in salt lake city. gardner's death sentence was a result of a courthouse shooting spree 25 years ago. in a botched escape attempt, he killed a lawyer and seriously wounded the bailiff. he was in court because of a previous murder charge. as his execution date approached, gardner tried to get his sentence commuted to life, arguing to the parole board that his 25 years in prison had made him a changed man. >> i can do a lot of good. i really believe that i can -- first of all, i'm a good example. there's no better example in this state of what not to do. >> reporter: but the parole board didn't agree. >> the board denies gardner's petition for commutation. >> reporter: and, after gardner was executed, the relatives of some of his victims spoke to reporters. >> he's gone now. and we don't have to worry about him escaping and killing some other innocent person. >> we all, i think, felt the same. just kind of relief that it was over with now. >> reporter: gardner's family stood vigil outside the prison releasing balloons at the time of his execution. >> it's sad that he's gone but he's free now. >> you know, i just don't agree with with the death penalty. i think they committed a murder just like he did. two wrongs don't make a right. >> reporter: a violent end to a violent man. this may not put an end to firing squad executions in utah. there are others on death row who have the same choice that gardner had. matt? >> george lewis in utah for us this morning. george, thank you very much. now to the disaster in the gulf. tony hayward, bp's embattled chief executive, tried to distance himself from the crisis during his testimony before congress on thursday. it was a hearing filled with heated exchanges and one controversial apology from an unexpected source. nbc's kelly o'donnell is on capitol hill with details on that. kelly, good morning to you. >> reporter: morning, matt. the biggest surprise, the oddest thing, had nothing to do with tony hayward's comments himself. but hayward did draw a lot of frustration out of lawmakers because he runs bp. he has a ph.d. in geology, but he had really very few answers. he would not draw conclusions about what happened, saying it's still too early in the investigation. for all his wealth and power as chief of bp, tony hayward made clear what he's not. >> i'm not the drilling engineer so i'm not actually qualified to make those judgments. i'm not a cement engineer, i'm afraid. i simply was not involved in the decision making process. >> reporter: and that was not acceptable to frustrated and angry lawmakers. >> i think you're insulting our intelligence and i really resent it. >> we know you're not an engineer, and we know that you were not on the deepwater horizon, but your answer 65 times that you don't know to questions that were reasonably posed to you on both sides of the aisle erodes confidence. >> with all due respect, mr. hayward, i think you're copping o out. you're the captain of the ship. >> with respect, sir, we drill hundreds of wells a year all i know, that's what's scaring me right now. >> reporter: in the days ahead, a quieter question and answer may actually stand out even more about what bp cannot do to stop the gushing oil. >> have you abandoned any other efforts to kill this well? >> there are no other options to kill this well other than from a well at the base of the reservoir so we have to rely on the relief wells. >> reporter: the prediction is those relief wells won't be dug until august. >> we are continuing to contain as much of the oil as we can can. >> reporter: that is after nearly two months of fixes that failed with lives and livelihoods lost. >> do you expect to be ceo of bp much longer? >> at the moment, i'm focused on the response. >> has anyone in bp been fired because of this incident? anybody? yes or no? >> no so far. >> reporter: but in a very strange political subplot texas republican joe barden nearly lost his prime committee position. >> but i'm ashamed what happened in the white house, what i would characterize as a shakedown. >> reporter: barton who has received campaign money from big oil, apologized to hayward claiming it was illegal for the administration to demand $20 billion from bp while also investigating the company. >> what can i say? >> reporter: it was like a siren went off. stunned outrage from the administration. his own republican leaders demanded barton retract it or lose his committee spot. >> if anything i've said this morning has been misconstrued to opposite effect, i want to apologize for that misconstruction. >> reporter: that drama over, what mattered far more were hayward's regrets. >> i'm very, very sorry that this accident owe can kurd. very sorry. >> reporter: and new promises. >> and if there is any points evidenced to suggest people put costs ahead of safety, then i will take action. >> reporter: and hayward described himself as devastated and said that he understands what the people on the gulf coast are going through and hopes the $20 billion fund will show them that bp will keep its word about paying for costs and sticking with it. and he was asked about those comments from congressman joe barton and he said he does not believe the $20 billion fund was some kind of a shakedown. matt? >> kelly o'donnell on capitol hill this morning. kelly, thanks very much. david gregory is the moderator of "meet the press." hi, david. good morning to you. >> good morning, matt. >> we'll talk about mr. barton in just a second. did we learn anything yesterday? we see hearings like this in the senate and the house and a lot of venting, a lot of posturing for the constituents back home. did we learn anything? >> i don't think we learned a whole lot more beyond that except that tony hayward is still not in a position to say, as one congressman pointed out, yes, i am the captain of this ship. i am responsible. heads will roll at the appropriate time. i think the view is he still lacks a commanding presence, the kind of contrition that a lot of americans want to see, certainly members of congress want to see. having said that, probably nothing is enough at a point where both ends of pennsylvania avenue they want to really flog bp as much as they can. >> i guess the irony here is that after mr. hayward spends several hours on the stand, we're all talking about something that a congressman actually said and that is joe barton of texas. he's a republican. he called that $20 billion escrow account set up by bp some kind of a shakedown. how quickly did you hear from the republican leadership? >> very quickly. when you have the republican leader in the house saying this is wrong and this is not how we feel and he is sent back out in front of cameras to sheepishly apologize, you know this was a public relations disaster. for a republican congressman with ties to the oil industry to come out and say this was a shakedown is simply beyond the pale and even made joe biden, the vice president, speechless for a time. bp agreed to this fund. they are going to be sued six ways from sunday. they know that even beyond the $20 billion fund. they want to do business in america in the future. they know they have to pay out claims when they were clearly negligent on a lot of levels. that's why they agreed to do this and, yes, the administration applied a lot of pressure. i don't think anybody believes it was a shakedown. >> the latest polling numbers we have showed that about 52% of the american people disapprove of the way the president is handling this oil spill crisis. that's up from 33% from a month ago. but i want to point out this polling was done before the president's latest trip to the gulf which was a two-day trip, before his oval office address to the nation, before that $20 billion fund was set up. take me inside the white house. do they think they had a good week? >> well, they do. the feeling initially was that this was going to be some kind of turning point and i don't think they believe they've turned this thing around. the president likes to use the big ocean liner analogy at times saying it's very difficult to make a quick turn in that circumstance, and they don't necessarily think they've done that. but there's three important things -- establishing that command and control out of the white house that they feel the president did. two, talking about a deadline here, the end of june when they might be able to siphon off 90% of the oil and, most importantly, that deliverable, that $20 billion fund. ultimately, as you know and as the president told you in your interview recently. it's about really sticking it to bp at this point, being that consumer advocate, looking out for people on the gulf coast. i think the president went a long way in being able to do that by beginning to secure the money for those people who need it most. >> dave, what do you have lined up for sunday on "meet the press"? >> you can imagine we're going to talk more about the summer of oil. we'll devote it to the containment of the spill, containing and plugging the hole. also drilling in the gulf in the future, the future of energy policy. we'll have all sides of it covered. >> all right, david, thanks very much. good seng you. >> thanks, matt. let's get a check of the other top stories from natalie who is in while ann is down in orlando. natalie, good morning to you. and good morning to you, matt. good morning, everyone. the suspect in the attempted bombing of times square is facing life in prison after being indicted thursday on ten terrorism and weapons charges. they include conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction. according to the indictment faisal shahzad received $12,000 in two separate payments from the pakistani taliban to carry out the attack. president obama heads to columbus, ohio, today to tout the jobs created by a $25 billion road project there that was launched under his economic recovery act. meantime, european markets edged higher this morning. cnbc's melissa lee is at the new york stock exchange. what are we focusing on today? >> reporter: part of what fueled the gains is an announcement from the european central bank that it will be releasing the results of european bank stress tests all by the end of july. this move is meant to increase transparency and ease investor concern over the balance sheet of the banks there. remember the u.s. did similar tests to banks here and releasing the results of those tests actually sparked a rally, a multimonth rally, in both bank stocks and the u.s. stock market. natalie. >> melissa lee at the new york stock exchange, thank you. a big recall. campbell's is recalling 15 million pounds of spaghettios because of under processing t. affects the "a" to "z" and fun shapes with meatballs. and an icelandic court has ruled bobby fisher's body can be exhumed to determine whether he is the father of a 9-year-old gi girl. fisher died and was buried in iceland in 2008. he left no will and there are ongoing disputes over his estate. and i'm sure if you were up late, the lakers have clinched their 16th nba championship defeating the boston celtics last night 83-79 in game seven of the finals. and police actually had to restrain some of the thousands of fans who poured into the streets, some arrests were made there. second win in a rope for the lakers. it is 7:17. back over to matt. >> five for kobe bryant. 11 for the coach, phil jackson. 11 championships. anyway, natalie, thank you very much. appreciate it. let us head back now to al and ann at the wizarding world of harry potter at universal orlando resort. al's got a first check >> lots of sunshine, 63 at the airport, at 75% humidity. the wind is calm. lots of sunshine toda and that's your latest weather. matt? al, thank you so much. a new court appearance and a new look for american college student amanda knox who is currently serving 26 years in jail for the murder of her roommate. nbc's dawna friesen is in london with the latest on this story. dawna, good morning to you. >> reporter: amanda knox is facing another summer in an italian prison. she is appealing her conviction but is now fighting new charges as well and she's changed her look. seven months after her conviction for murder, 22-year-old amanda knox is in an italian courtroom again. this time fighting charges she slandered italian police. her once long hair is now short. she cut it two days after her conviction when she was sev sentenced to 26 years for the brutal murder of her former roommate, british student meredith kercher. her stepfather said she is holding up well. >> she does what she has to do to just kind of keep going. it's difficult for her definitely. but she'll make it through this. she's strong. >> reporter: at her trial knox claimed italian police slapped and yelled at her during an all-night interrogation. knox and her parents say italian police violated her human rights. >> they should have provided her with a lawyer and all of her conversations with them were supposed to be taped. you know, none of that happened. >> reporter: now knox, in addition to appealing her murder conviction, is fighting slander charges. >> she may want to argue the fact they're going after her again shows you just how vindictive these prosecutors are. >> reporter: knox's image has evolved in the 2 1/2 years since she was charged. then she was seen kissing and cuddling her boyfriend and co-accused a day after kercher's murder. she sometimes arrived in court with a big smile. her new look and serious demeanor are a departure. fresh hope for knox's appeal may come from a potential new witness, a mafia member now in prison himself claims his brother, antonio, killed kercher after breaking into the apartment but prosecutors have deemed his evidence unreliable. >> the main concern that we have is the fact the court would not even hear him. they are compelled by law to hear every single person who has witness testimony. >> reporter: knox's lawyers are pushing to have that convicted mafia member admitted as a witness when her appeal gets under way later this year, and if that appeal fails, knox faces spending most of her adult life behind bars. mat senate. >> dawna friesen in london. dawna, thank you very much. coming up, we'll shift gears. ann and al will take us on a tour of the brand-new wizarding world of harry potter. still ahead, the excitement is building because we're taking you on a tour of the wizarding world of harry potter. plus, harry potter himself is standing by. daniel radcliff and almost the entire cast of harry potter. >> all right, and here from new york, james taylor and carole king teaming up for a live concert in our 8:30 half hour. i didn't even think he read them. how many times did he try to get us to go fishing? 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[ laughter ] [ male announcer ] a consumers digest best buy. with a 100,000 mile powertrain warranty. it takes you farther... and brings you closer. >> live, local, latebreaking. this is wbal-tv 11 news today in baltimore. >> good morning. i am stan stovall. here is sarah caldwell and traffic pulse 11. >> several accidents to get to. if you are going to travel in aberdeen, at route 7, there is an accident coming into us there. the school bus involved in a crash at the outer loop of dulaney valley. it is attracting some attention. down to 17 miles per hour there. pulaski highway at north point boulevard, you can see the other delays. really not all that bad. if you are going to travel on the west side, 33 on average from the outer loop to i-70. let's see what is going on in the area of the school bus accident. outer the traffic a bit slow in the area of dulaney valley. speaking of 95, here is your white marsh delay. overall, really not all that bad in terms of volume-related delays. john has a check on the forecast. >> law humidity, 60 degrees with the sunny skies. lo and dry with the early morning " temperatures. mostly sunny skies, warm and pleasant. 83 to 88. very comfortable weather. southeast winds at two to seven miles per hour. perhaps a bit cooler for the high today, because of the paper is. ocean city, only in the upper 70's. all in all, terrific weather. this weekend, the humidity goes up. >> we are back in 25 minutes with another live update. 7:30 now on a friday morning. it is june 18th, 2010. that is hogsmeade village at the wizarding world of harry potter at universal orlando resort, part of our nbc universal family. ann and al are there for the big grand opening of the wizarding world of harry potter and they're going to take us on a tour in just a little while. we have a big crowd out on our plaza as well. in just about an hour from right now they'll be treated to a special live concert of carole king and james taylor. we're looking forward to that. inside studio 1a i'm matt lauer. meredith is back next week. as we mentioned al and ann are down in orlando. guys, give me a lay of the land. where are you now? well, matt, i'm in hogsmeade, which is a village next to hogs warts. if all the children have seen the movies. and basically over there, hello, is where the young wizards can get their caldrons. you don't choose the wand but the wand chooses you. i hear it's a lot of fun. this is the outpost. hello, good morning. anybody who has watched the movie knows the post, the mail is delivered by owls. and i'm going to point out something i rarely point out and that's the bathroom. the reason i point out the bathroom is because moaning myrtle apparently makes a special appearance in there so, ladies, beware. al, where are you. >> i'm just down the street from you, ann. we're in front of the three brook sticks, traditional witches fare. people come in here and you can get a fantastic english wizard's meal and butter beer. everybody loves the butter beer. got your butter beer here. butter beer. end up with a butter beer mustache and then of course honeydukes. you can get anything you want including chocolate frog. matt? >> all right, ann, thanks -- i mean, al, thanks very much. we'll check in with you in just a moment. now to serious news. those revealing new jailhouse tapes of the 15-year-old accused of beating josie nearly to death. peter alexander, to you. >> reporter: this is an awful story. there are more than 12 hours of revealing jailhouse phone conversations between wayne tracy and his mother and stepfather. 32 recordings in all that give us a rare glimpse into his mindset since the attack. he complains about jail food. he discusses his hopes for the future and he speaks about his feelings of guilt about that horrific attack. facing first-degree attempted murder charges, 15-year-old wayne tracy has had three months behind bars to reflect on his attack on josie rattly. >> i know i wasn't myself. it was so vicious, so severe, police say treacy stomped on her head with steel-toed beats and left her with brain damage. she recently returned home. >> that's it. >> reporter: and is now basically starting from scratch relearning the alphabet. even how to put on lip gloss. >> go like this. >> have you heard anything more? >> no, i haven't. last i heard she was home, going into rehabilitation. >> well, i'm still praying. >> reporter: treacy confessed to police on tape but has pled not guilty to the crime. he told detectives after a series of profanity laced text messages between him and josie he snapped when he got one text telling him to visit his late brother michael who committed suicide last fall. authorities say treacy didn't know his alleged victim, that he was texting josie's phone trying to reach 13-year-old kayla manson now charged as an accomplice for allegedly identifying josie to treacy before the attack. kayla recently told meredith she didn't think treacy would become violent. >> i thought he would just curse her out or yell at her. embarrass her. >> you just ruined your life, attempted murder. what were you thinking? >> i don't know. >> reporter: in one of the just released recordings treacy's st stepfather struggles with it. >> you know how i feel now, don't you? do i need to say it? she ain't giggling now, is she? well, i'm telling you, i have more hatred than you have the day you did what you did it. >> reporter: wayne treacy is haunted by the thought if convicted he could spend the rest of his life behind bars. >> i don't knees prison, i need counseling and a lot of it. >> reporter: wayne treacy's lawyer may argue he was temporarily insane, saying he was suffering from posttraumatic stress after finding his brother dead. >> all right, peter alexander in miami for us this morning. peter, thank you very much. let's get another check of the weather. al is in orlando this morning. good morning again. hey, good morning, matt. we have two of the schools here. which school is this and where are you from? >> colorado. >> they're from colorado. where are you from? we're having a great time here in hogwarts. we know it will be hot in orlando. let's show you that on saturday we're looking at a risk of strong storms, rain in the pacific northwest, slight risk in the ohio river valley. hot down through the southwest and gulf coast. sunday, sunday, we're lacking at sunny, mild conditions along the eastern seaboard. sizzling in the southeast. the gulf coast, a risk of strong storms, mid-mississippi river valley and into the central plains. mild in the pacific northwest >> all clear this morning, very comfortable. lots of sunshine. storms way off to the northwest. a lot of sunshine. relatively and don't forget anytime you want your weather for hogsmeade or any place around the country, you can go to the weather channel on cable or weather.com online. all right. thanks a lot, al. we'll show you all around the wizarding world of harry potter plus the cast of harry potter will be joining us. but also coming up next, the secret high-tech way that your banking information could be stolen when you use your atm card. announcer ] there's scientific news about centrum. in a recently published study, key nutrients reviewed were found to be absorbed by the body. these nutrients help support energy and immunity. science gives you more reason to trust centrum. 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>> every aspect of the development and design of the theme park, every word, every moment, every design she has seen, the whole look of the wizarding world of harry potter she was part of that whole process. >> the wizarding world j.k. rowling approved, every detail designed right down to the secret butter beer recipe. >> butter beer, i'm not going to tell you what's in it. it's really, really good stuff. >> cheers. >> we went to scotland and present it had to the author so that she could taste them and she loved it and it's been perfect since. >> harry's portland offers up three rides, the dragon challenge, the flight of the hippogriff which won't take off until you show proper respect. and the forbidden journey located inside hogwarts castle, a state-of-the-art brand-new roller coaster where along the way you'll encounter some familiar faces. this is dumbledore's office, the office of the beloved headmaster of hogwarts. actually it's not real. it's a 3d recreation. professor? >> welcome. >> the technology that will allow me to fly into the forbidden forest and face-to-face with a dragon and down into the chamber of secrets, and the entire body of fiction of harry potter coming to life in one experience. >> and what was the challenge there? >> well, getting people to fly is not an easy task. >> five years in the making, every ride, every shop, every n inch of the wizarding world hopes to deliver the magic and mystery of harry's world. and they've done a heck of a job here. >> they have really. you guys, it's a lot of fun here. >> it looks like it. by the way, we have here on the set a couple of wands. >> i hear they work some magic, right, guys? they're from mr. ollivander's wand shop. >> i did get to go to ollivander's and you don't choose your wand. >> what happens? >> the wand chooses you. it took about six tries for me to get my correct wand. >> you have two of them. >> because i got one -- i described to you -- i brought some of your hair. >> it's a dna sample. >> they gave me a wand. >> we're going to try this spell on you guys. >> wait, wait, wait. wait a minute. are we okay with that? >> three, two, one, stupefy! >> ribbit. ribbit. >> that's not funny. >> oh, come on. >> that is not funny at all. >> what is the reverse spell, al? 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what's going on there? >> well, they're actually practicing. they were inspired by our performance at the olympics in rhythmic gymnastics. >> they're using very much the same moves. actually, matt, these are students from the durham institute and the academy of music entertaining the park owners. you can see a lively and energetic routine and right now you're watching their part of the show. basically as you talk about part of this grand opening that we're seeing today. >> the dancers costumes are identical to the ones you see in the harry potter movies, choreography is inspired from "harry potter and the goblets of fire." >> you see on their faces they're just thrilled. and congratulations, well done. we want to clap for the performers. also we want to mention that a visit to the park of wizarding world of harry potter would not be complete without seeing harry potter, aka daniel radcliffe and his friends. we have rupert grint standing by to be interviewed by us. >> michael gambon, professor dumbledore. >> a couple big names on the plaza as well. getting ready for a great concert, courtesy of james taylor and carole king. that comes up in just about half an hour from right now. so a lot to get to in new york and orlando. right now we're heading inside studio 1a. natalie with a look at the headlines. good morning again. ra good morning again to you, matt, and good morning, everyone. there are reports today that as many as 35 tornadoes may have touched down across minnesota thursday which would be the most ever in one day for that state. the powerful twisters killed at least three people and injured dozens. farmhouses, homes and cars were destroyed. hundreds of trees uprooted and utility poles snapped in half. in all, more than 60 tornadoes were reported across five states. a new warning today about the gulf oil disaster, now in its 60th day. scientists are saying huge amounts of methane gas pouring from the broken well could potentially suffocate and kill marine life for some time. meanwhile, on capitol hill thursday, tony hayward told lawmakers he was not aware of alleged cost cutting before the drilling platform exploded. and republican congressman joe barton has now apologized for accusing the white house of shaking down, in his words, bp to set up a $20 billion compensation fund. this morning utah carried out the first execution in this country by firing squad in 14 years. ronnie lee gardner was convicted of murdering an attorney during a failed escape attempt. he chose to be executed by firing squad. the massachusetts man accused of killing his wife, two young children and mother-in-law makes a court appearance today. thomas mortimer was captured. the u.s. is now calling for an international investigation in kyrgyzstan where ethnic violence has claimed as many as 2,000 lives. the u.s. military uses an air base in the central asian country to supply the nato mission in afghanistan. and an fda panel meets today to decide whether to approve the first pill designed to boost a woman's sex drive. the so-called female viagra. an fda report wednesday found that flibanserin did not cause desire and caused some side effects in women. and a russian soyuz capsule docked bringing aboard three new residents including american physicist shannon walker. now for the first time there are two women living aboard the orbiting space lab. girl power there. it is now 8:04 and time for a check of the weather with al roker from orlando. >> announcer: today's weather is brought to you by advil. relief doesn't get any better than this. and we are back here in hogsmeade with some of the residents of hogsmeade. what is it like living here? what is the weather like? >> it's magical, to say the least, al. >> i notice there's snow on the roofs even though it's in the 90s. >> in this neck of the woods, snow is popular. >> you don't mind it? and i like the hats. do you have to worry about the wind taking those off? >> not at all. >> they're held on by magic. >> they're held on by magic. do you actually have to get dressed or do you magically -- >> magically. >> unbelievable. we wish you could come to new york and help us get dressed. all right. you never heard of new york? >> never heard of it. >> interesting. wow. all right. a magical place, also. let's check your weather and see what's going on. pick city of the day just happens to be orlando. afternoon thunderstorms, temperatures in the mid-90s but the humidity levels only at 90% so be awfully comfortable. some strong storms in the upper midwest. we have some clouds in the pacific northwest. those will clear out in time for the weekend but right now they're looking at cloudy skies. the riskri >> the sunshine is out this morning and by this evening it will still be out. area of high pressure keeps all the stormy weather out to the west. west. and that's your latest weather. ann? 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>> it's kind of amazing. we've all grown up on the set and obviously are very attached to them and they're wonderful, wonderful sets. you see that it is made of scaffold and wood rather than rock. and so, you know, what's wonderful about this place there is never a moment where the illusion is broken so everything is kind of real and true. it is kind of 700 foot of castle behind us. yeah, it's pretty awe inspiring. >> what was your reaction when you saw it? >> it's been an emotional few days because we wrapped on saturday in the film. >> this past saturday? >> come straight here and see the place is amazing. >> there were actually a lot of tears. i can see how emotional you are about it because it's been really half of your lives that you've been playing this and you as well. >> not cry again. >> keep it together. >> very much so. very much so. even yesterday we were up on the stage -- the night before that with john williams. it was a very touching moment. it was very moving. >> a tear jerker. >> it was very much so. >> and saying it was like feeling the death of a friend. >> that was taken very extremely. but, yes. it's a very sad moment for us all, i think. >> and, in fact, michael, when you -- your character albus dumbledore actually appears during the ride. >> i saw it for the first time yesterday and i was overwhelmed by it. it didn't look like me. it's supposed to. >> it better look like you. >> it's so real. i remember doing it a couple of years ago, it must be. i was killed off a year ago. >> but you look good for a dead guy. >> thanks very much. >> there's a real irony. >> also we should mention ear earlier talking about how this has had such a big impact on your lives. this has had an impact on you like no one else because of these movies you're now engaged, is this right, and it's not to harry potter. >> my personal stuff, yeah, i guess for all of us it's been a participate of all our lives. it's been lovely to sort of grow into -- grow up and grow into our characters and as people and to watch all of us grow into different kind of strong kas characters has been lovely. >> pretty much you were the youngest of us all when we started. >> i was 9. >> and now you're engaged to jamie bower, a fellow cast members. you guys must love that, right? that must be nice. the other thing -- >> i just watched the first harry potter with my younger kids and it really is amazing. you guys really have grown -- we have watched you grow up. james and oliver, you play the weasley twins, end up with the joke shop. when you watch those films back, do you -- are you amazed how young you were back then? >> we were 5'9" when we started and 6'3" now. we've grown literally in that sense. it's like a whole movie, i guess, when you see those things. was my voice that high? it's embarrassing when you look back. >> and matthew lewis, this could be true for you because you actually play in neville longbottom a guy struggling with the whole puberty thing. >> definitely. >> i mean it in the best way. >> it's very close to home. it was cool to play the character. he was very shy and very weak and vulnerable and then with the guidance of harry potter really evolves and that was nice to come back and add more to it each time and do something slightly different with it. it was kind of cool. >> we have the deathly hallows coming up. >> it's a tremendous experience. we talk about everybody growing up. i think i'm the only one who hasn't grown up. but amazing and i get to play two characters in there. a really wonderful experience and very sad to see it all come to a conclusion. we now have the wizarding world to live on as a legacy, i suppose. >> it's quite a legacy for all of you. tom, you're the guy everybody loves to hate. >> an mtv award, by the way. >> thank you very much. i had a youngster yesterday say straight out, i hate you. >> we love you. >> we love you. thank you so much. >> thank you. good luck ahead. >> thank you. >> now let's head back to new york and natalie. hey, al and ann, we have our own magic going on here on the plaza this morning, the magic of james taylor and carole king. they will be live in concert in just a few minutes. huge fan base here right here on the plaza. and a little trivia for all of you at home. in what year and what club in california did they first perform together? 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[ male announcer ] there's no finer way to travel. the new toyota avalon... comfort is back. ♪ bring me a dream all right, the fans are gearing up and we're back now with the trivia question i asked you right before the break. in what year and what california club did carole king and james taylor first perform together? was it the gig in 1969, the hollywood palace in 1971, 1970 at the troubadour or the whiskey a go go in 1972? who bettory ask than the pair themselves. carole king and james taylor standing by. so want to share the secret with us? what was the answer to the question? >> well, james said 1903 but there is a real answer. >> yeah, i would say 1970 at the troubadour in los angeles on santa monica boulevard. >> the world famous concert. they're going to come out in a couple of minutes. they're standing by. they're going to grace our audience with their performance in just a little bit. james taylor and carole king. we'll see them in a bit. meantime, let's go inside to matt. former nfl coach tony dungy works as an analyst for nbc's foot night in america. he donates a lot of time to a charity including one he launched in 1997 called all-pro dad structured around the game he loves that's designed to make men better fathers and role models. >> i think about my dad and what he did for me, just things that my dad told me when i was 8, 10 years old, i remembered my whole life. >> the colts are world chann champions, world champions for the first time since 1971. >> at the end of the day when you come home and your kids are doing something special, doing something well, better than winning us a super bowl, better than having a victory at a game. >> it's my pleasure to have tony dungy. >> hey, how is everybody? you're going to have a great time. you're going to learn a little bit about football, but also you're going to learn a life lesson. >> tony and i sat down in 1997 and started talking and he really gravitated to this issue of really connecting fathers with their kids and all of a sudden he looked at his watch and it was 3:00. he said, i've got to go. i've got to go pick up my sons at school. and right then and there i realized he was the kind of spokesman we needed to get the message out. >> at the end of the day we just want to make sure that dad, you and your kids have fun together for three hours. that's what this is all about. and that's what we want you to enjoy. men love football and there are so many kids that enjoy football. we've had days they would come out, run on the field where their heroes run. but at the end of the day it was more about, hey, you know what, i had a great time spending three hours with my dad. >> we want really lives transformed. we want each and every child to understand that their father's love for them is unconditional. >> one famous person you look up to, who do you like? >> you. >> i'm not famous. >> yeah. >> you don't have to be superman. just the fact you're there and your son or daughter knows they can come to you and ask a question, it's really important. do you listen and mind mommy, you're a good role modle? >> yes. >> all right. ten ways to be a better dad. number one, love your wife. that's the most important thing. number two, spend time with your kids. number five, show affection. number seven, eat together as a family. and, rule number ten and the most important one, realize that you're a father forever. and it's a good time to stop and think about that as we get ready to celebrate father's day this sunday. >> happy father's day. >> thanks. happy father's day to all the others. and to learn more about all pro dad head to our website todayshow.com. meantime, al of course on the road this morning, back in orlando at universal. hey, ann and al. hey, guys. listen, we want to mention that emma watson was not here this morning because she is off shooting a movie. we really miss her. you have something else to tell us about coming up next week. every year we love doing this. it's lend a hand today. we've been doing it for nine years. this is our ninth year and we are so excited about it. over the years we have traveled across the country hitting 38 cities in all. starting on monday we're going to introduce you to five really deserving charities, nonprofit organizations. we'll start the week off in san francisco, then to montana, des moines, iowa, memphis, tennessee, and nashville, tennessee, before wrapping up the week in new hampshire and i am proud to say that this year more than any other year we are hitting the road with more than $4 million worth of donations. that's almost double what we have had from last season. >> they realize it's time to donate. >> and of course starting off in san francisco. we'll miss you around here but good luck on the trip. >> safe travels on the road. and coming up more from the wizarding world and carole king and james taylor in concert on the plaza. >> live, local, latebreaking. this is wbal-tv 11 news today in baltimore. >> good morning. i am mindy basara. let's get a final check on the morning commute with sarah caldwell. >> trying to wrap this rush hour up. still dealing with problems on aberdeen, westbound route 40. route 7, accident being cleared at their. when we look at the live shots, we are not seeing any delays, so it is off to the side. bill leonard -- the road and fitch ave, and on the outer loop of dulaney valley, one is still off to the right shoulder. looking a lot better on the west side. j.f.x. not seeing delays. not bad on the west side. only 12 minutes to get from 795 all the way to 95. 895 south, at 7 minutes. dulaney valley looks like the accident has been completely cleared. much better ride there. we will switch over to a live view at white marsh. we're not seeing any delays. perhaps the accident on white marsh is off to the shoulder. now we want to check in with john. >> terrific morning. low humidity to 69 is the temperature. light wind all day long we take a look at the radar-satellite, nation. -- radar-satellite combination. we are in great shape today. snowstorms, mostly sunny skies. -- no storms, mostly sunny skies. seven days worth of whether -- humidity and temperatures go up over the weekend, and it will feel like summer. >> we will have another update at 8:55. can you hold this for me? ♪ 8:30 now on a friday morning, the 18th day of june, 2010. we've got a special split edition of our program coming to you from new york and down there in universal orlando resort in orlando, florida, the wizarding world of harry potter and that is the frog choir at hogwarts showing off their vocal skills at the grand opening of that great attraction. fans of the movie will remember them from harry potter and "the prisoner of azkaban. another of the great harry potter films. outside on the plaza i'm matt lauer along with natalie mora s morales. guys, how is it going? it's going really well. we actually have a way home now. >> that's right. this is the nimbus 2001. i have to tell you this bad boy can do zero to 17 in about six seconds. >> wow. i have a place to put my feet. so do you. also coming up here from orlando, matt and natalie, we'll be catching up with those elementary school kids, those first graders who sold all of those hearts for haiti. they're the ones the viewers picked to come here and enjoy this day. we're going to catch up with them and show you how they're faring this morning. back to you. >> we look forward to hearing from you. how fast will the nimbus 2001 go? i have one just like that. >> it gets to about 250 miles per hour. >> matt gave me the broom. i wonder why. okay. we also have a lot of excitement of our own on the plaza. this crowd eagerly awaiting carole king and james taylor, the legendary pair. they're going to be gracing us with a concert coming up. >> all right. first out we'll throw it back down to you and how about a check of the weather? all right. thanks a lot, guys. let's check your weather and see what's happening. and we'll show you for today the weekend ahead. we are looking at plenty of sunshine along the eastern seaboard. we do have a risk of strong storms in the plains. also in terms of clouds in the pacific northwest, sizzling through the south and moving on into sunday -- sunday -- we're expecting more sunshine along the eastern seaboard. sunshine returns to the pacific north >> all clear this morning, very comfortable. lots of sunshine. storms way off to the northwest. a lot of sunshine. relatively and don't forget you can check out your weather anytime of the day or night go to weather on cable or weather.com. after this when you're finished, you can always clean up. >> thank you, al and ann. much more from universal orlando coming up in a little bit. and coming up from here in new york, a great summer concert courtesy of james taylor and carole king on that stage behind us. 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[sigh] ah... the efficient life is the good life. and we're back with the winners of the harry potter wizarding world contest, these wonderful students from this fantastic first grade class in san antonio, texas. >> that's right. they hopped aboard the hogwarts express to join us here in hogsmeade and, let me tell you, these kids will cast their spell on you. they may only be 7 years old but their hearts are as big as, well, hagrid's. >> we wanted to help haiti because they had a terrible earthquake. >> we decided to raise money to donate to the red cross. >> they need water and food and shelter and medicine and hospitals. >> we sold hearts for valentine's day. >> their fund-raiser is called hearts for haiti and so far their teacher's first graders have raised $9,472.17. >> i'm so proud of them. they're amazing kids. they want to do amazing things. >> all right. so, folks, if you're ready to find out which class is headed to orlando on june 18th, it is -- lindsey rashard's first grade class out of san antonio. i don't think they're very excited. >> and faster than harry potter could say expeliarmus, they headed to orlando in magical style, of course. >> ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, welcome to hogwarts. local time is 10:55. please remain seated with your seat belts fastened. >> okay, so they didn't get the seat belt memo but they did know they were in for a trip of a lifetime. >> a super time. >> i'm so excited to be here. >> but their journey to the wizarding world of harry potter wasn't the only flight they'd be taking. >> hippogriff. >> here we go. time to ride the flight of the hippogriff, if we dared. >> you do not want to insult the hippogriff. it may be the last thing you ever do. >> you have to bow to the hippog hippogriffs. yeah. >> bravo. >> butter beer. >> time for our first experience with a drink. >> cream soda. >> one, two, three. >> and even amid all this chaos, these extraordinary children knew why they were here. >> what are you moe excited about? >> and, you know, the kids from san antonio, texas, were nice enough to wake up early with us this morning. i know it's so early and you haven't had your butter beer yet this morning, right? you want butter beer, right? we all do. can can you talk to me a little bit about what made everybody so excited about helping the people of haiti? >> we want to help the people of haiti because we know they had a really bad earthquake and we just came together and worked like a class to help haiti. >> yeah, it's really terrific. one of the kids, her mother said when she told them, look, you might not win this competition, the little girl said, that's okay. the kids of haiti already did win. >> it feels good to do good for other people, doesn't it? is. >> yes. >> and how many little hearts for haiti did you guys sell? >> for $1. >> you raised more than $9,000. >> we're really proud of you. i know you got up really early -- >> that's right. can we do a little wolf call? >> ready? >> one, two, three. >> all right. are you guys excited about going on some rides today? >> yeah. >> and i heard that there's a candy shop over here. >> that got them woken up. >> we've gone from exhausted to excited and so coming up we have more of that as we continue our broadcast here from the grand opening of the wizarding world of harry potter. >> and more from new york. >> that's right. because we've got a live concert, if you haven't noticed, on our plaza from carole king and james taylor. that's all coming up. >> announcer: the toyota concert series on "today" brought to you by toyota. toyota, moving forward. i know it's impolite to point but carole king is a legend, james taylor is a legend and now these two music icons are getting together four decades after they first performed together. they have a brand-new tour and a brand-new album they are getting rave reviews. ladies and gentlemen, carole king and james taylor. ♪ when this whole world starts getting me down ♪ ♪ and people are just too much for me to face ♪ ♪ i climb way up to the top of the stand ♪ ♪ and all my cares just drift right into space ♪ ♪ because there's a world below can't follow me ♪ ♪ so when i saw you in tired and need ♪ ♪ i will follow you and know i've been ♪ ♪ that's the only place i nknow♪ ♪ where they can go on up on my roof ♪ ♪ at night the stars put on a show for free ♪ ♪ and, darling, you can share it all with me ♪ ♪ i keep on telling you right there in the middle of this town ♪ ♪ i found a paradise ♪ and this whole world look for you up on my roof ♪ ♪ up on the roof ♪ up on the roof ♪ oh, yeah ♪ up on my roof come on up ♪ ♪ yeah, yeah ♪ and the city lights up on my roof ♪ ♪ up on the roof >> carole king and james taylor back with more music on a friday morning. ♪ will you still love me tomorrow smoet ♪ >> carol kick and james taylor teamed up for a new album "live at the troubadour" to commemorate the great music club they first performed in 1970. they're also in the middle of a 60-day tour and we are thrilled to have them here on the plaza. carol and james, welcome back. good to see you. >> thank you. we're thrilled to be here. >> we were at the garden on tuesday night. you were nice enough to invite us and come let us join you there. what's it like after so many years performing to know you can still put like 18,000 fans in the seats of a place like madison square garden? >> it's good. it's a great validation. >> i watched you two together up there and i've seen a lot of dual concerts where, for example, carole would be singing a song and james goes off to the side. that doesn't happen here. you actively and energetically and enthusiastically participate in each other's songs and i think it says a lot about the depth of your relationship. >> that and also the fact that musically we both as songwriters we are players. we love playing music with each other. >> i'm not sure i had a better moment at the concert tuesday night than watching you belt out "make me feel like a natural woman" beand it didn't sound li the first time you sang that song. >> i'm getting in touch. >> when you look back at a lot of the music from tapestry and "sweet baby james" when the people listen to these songs, they take them back. do they take you guys back as well? >> yeah, sure. >> what kinds of memories come up from the days you first were singing those? >> for me, looking across the stage and see carole or russ on the drums or lee, rugged old lee back there on the bass, it's just like, you know, your life is right there in front of you. >> it collapses the timing in between. >> i think the best thing you've said to me is we are having so much fun on this tour and what more can you ask for in life, right? what are you going to sipping n? >> "your smiling face" if i'm not mistaken. >> i don't think you are. james taylor and carole king, ladies and gentlemen. ♪ whenever i see your smiling face ♪ ♪ i have to smile myself because i love you ♪ ♪ whenever you give me that pretty little pout ♪ ♪ it turns me inside out ♪ there's something about you, baby ♪ ♪ isn't it amazing a man like me can feel this way ♪ ♪ tell me how much longer it can grow strong er every day♪ ♪ i thought i was in love a couple of times with the girl next door ♪ ♪ but that was long before i met you ♪ ♪ now i'm sure that i won't forget you ♪ ♪ and i thank my lucky stars i know who you are ♪ ♪ isn't it amazing that a man like me can feel this way, yeah ♪ ♪ tell me how much longer it can grow stronger every day ♪ ♪ nobody can tell me that i'm doing wrong, girl ♪ ♪ whenever i see you smile, yeah ♪ ♪ no one can tell me that i'm doing wrong ♪ ♪ whenever you smile my way ♪ nobody, nobody, nobody ♪ no, no, no, no, no, no ♪ nobody going to turn me around ♪ ♪ nobody going to push me down, baby ♪ ♪ whenever i see you smile ♪ no one can tell me that you aren't right for me ♪ >> live, local, latebreaking. this is wbal-tv 11 news today in baltimore. >> good morning. i am mindy basara. the baltimore city council has failed to approve a tax on bottled beverages. officials say it would close a multimillion-dollar budget shortfall. the council voted 7-7 during the emergency meeting last night. the council president abstained and their stephanie rawlings-blake and supported the measure >> now let's take a look at the forecast with john collins. >> nice morning of this morning. we started the morning out in the 60's, rapidly climbing into the 70's during the morning hours. storms out to the west are running into this big area of high pressure. mostly sunny skies. warm and pleasant. by pleasant, we mean that the humidity stays down. southeast winds at two to seven miles per hour. right around the bay shoreline, temperatures may be a little bit cooler than ever wells. humidity goes up as we go into the weekend. first day of summer is very summer-like. summer-like.