shiloh laboeuf but only so-so with the younger crowd and it s their lukewarm favorite to take the number one spot. at first glance legend of the guardians may not seem like a contender but it s based on a popular book series and there haven t been many family options in theaters lately. pose see it finishing a close second but a few experts have gone out on a limb and chosen it as the upset winner with more than 20 million. bill, tgif. yes, very much so and i don t know, doesn t wall street we ll see how it goes. you have to be in the mood for that i m sure it s a film you ve got to think and use your brain a bit. yeah, it s stressful enough. we ve had such a bad economy for so long and have to watch a movie about it. i m arana sohn and this is
is just going to seem primitive. [ monkey cheeps ] maryland residents can save up to $780 while funds last. . welcome back. i m arana sohn. here s some top stories. for the first time in nearly a century the state of virginia carried out an execution on a woman. last night 41-year-old these have lewis was put to death for arranging the murders of her husband and stepson to collect a $250,000 insurance policy. a small plane crashed and burst into flames during an air show watched by hundreds of schoolchildren. the pilot was the only person aboard the aircraft and is in critical condition. a pakistani scientist known as lady al qaeda has been sentenced to 86 years in prison for trying to kill u.s. soldiers
after midterm elections in november. nbc s tracie potts joins us. good morning, tracie. reporter: what to do about taxes. the senate confirmed what the house already said, this is not going to happen before you go to the polls in november. senate democrats got together, but could not agree on how to move forward. the issue is whether or not to preserve the bush tax cuts for everyone or just for the middle class and let taxes go up on the wealthy. it is a political hot potato headed into november. not one that the democrats now say they want to touch before you go to the polls, however, what they did back, a small business bill, $30 billion, a new fund to help small businesses get loans. this was mainly a democratic issue. the idea here is that if businesses have more cash, they ll hire people, buy equipment, expand and help pull this economy out of a slump. the gop called it a bailout. their plan is their new pledge to america, a government that s too big, they say is somet
hoover and his love. was levi johnston glued to the tv watching dancing with the stars. tmz said he was too busy reading up on local politics for his run for mayor of wasilla. a youtube clip of a sesame street performance featuring katy perry with elmo left them to cancel it after they complained about her cleavage. do you think it would have bothered you? i haven t seen it yet but, you know, if you re going to get something kind of pure and innocent you d want it on sesame street. maybe she s just trying to stick with the theme california girls they re unforgettable. they just get voted the number one hottest celebrity so maybe she s just playing up her role. yeah, exactly. well, i m arana sohn and this is first look on msnbc. stay tuned way too early with
strengthen its global ties. the president s broad-based speech will urge the worldwide partnership to work toward common goals such as the global economic crisis and peace in the middle east. nbc s michelle franzen is outside the united nations in new york. good morning, michelle. reporter: good morning. this will be president obama s second speech before world leaders at the general assembly on the eve of the general assembly s speech, the president spoke about the u.n. goals to reduce poverty and disease by 2015. he said the u.s. had developed its own policy changing the way it does business to help the country as well as the world reach those goals. today he is expected to focus on continuing rebuilding international relations and also paying attention to much of what s going on in the middle east, many of the foreign policy issues left over from the bush administration that are still ongoing that include the situation in iraq, combat units, of course, left there at the