one key player has already made his move. paul the octopus mass haas predicted spain will take the final. the psychic octopus hasn t been wrong in two years some of with more on the world cup, the octopus and a rival, nbc correspondent is live for us in london. good morning to you. exciting times. indeed, alex. soccer has really captured the world s imagination like never before. with the finally today, tens of millions are expected to tune in to watch around the globe. this is the event in which view viuvuzelas back the insighting event. south africa put on the show of a lifetime. it s also the game in which the u.s. finally broke onto the
for storms along new orleans, jackson, mississippi as well. we eat keep following the frontal boundary. it looks like it that will bring storms to the chicagoland as we get into the morning hours. looks like things will be active as we get into the workweek. alex? thank you, alex. for more on where you are, you can head to the weather channel s website, weather.com. an air jet is forced to make an emergency landing after a bomb threat. it lapped in brazil last night. the flight was on its way to paris from rio de janiero. it taxied to a secluded part of the airport after landing. all were released safely. the plane has not been cleared to actually fly. deadly violence at a las vegas costco. police say a suspect with two guns refused to drop his weapons and when the cops arrived he pulled one gun out of his
huge success rather than the security nightmare that they had predicted. the world cup is now officially ours for the first time. that will be in our history books forever. reporter: today s closing ceremony will headline sha ceer ya, who s also been bitten by the bug. everything i want to talk about is about football and i really never in my life imagined i would go straight to the sports section. meanwhile the octopus has a rival. a psychic parakeet. with the octopus putting his money on spain, dutch fans are unimpressed. absolutely no. it s going to be calamari tonight. reporter: the fans turn out to watch these two world-class teams battle it out. whatever the outcome of today s big max, alex, the real champs are the south after friday can hosts. they ve raised the bar really high for brazil when they host
you. good morning, everyone. i m alex sweand welcome to msnb sunday. police have finally caught the crafty teenaged fugitive known as the barefoot bandit. they followed him in a boat, and they made the arrest. colton harris moore has been on the run since escaping from a washington state halfway house back in 2008, but the case heated up last week when the police say the 19-year-old crash landed a stolen plane near the bahamas. now the cops have finally cat up with him. msnbc confirms he was arrested at 3:00 this morning. let s bring in pat brown, author of the profiler, good morning to you. i m smiling. you are. it s been a tough week. a week ago he crashed his plane right near the bahamas. he was arrested in the bahamas. he s being taken to nassau right now.
in four years time. all right. nbc s tazeem ahmed. thank you very much. one city has been hit hard by the gulf of mexico oil spill. the hotels are booked. there s some long lines and restaurants and tourists seem to strolling about. let s get the details from michelle franzen who s live for us in gulf shore. what s going on today? there s a big event and a big draw. yeah, just some small concert. jimmy buffett and concert here. take a look at this venue back here, alex. it s a picturesque setting. jimmy buffett will be performing later on this evening to a crowd of 35,000. those were the number of tickets that were handed out here to draw gulf tourists in this area. four tickets handed out. they were free. and they re hoping it will draw even more people to this area, this hard-hit stretch of alabama