and welcome to today on this thursday morning. i m meredith vieira. and i m matt lauer. new immigration laws are being enforced in arizona this morning. but, not the most controversial provision that sparked nationwide debate. and some angry protests. in a major victory for the obama administration, federal judge stepped in late on wednesday to block part of that law. arizona s governor says the state is immediately appealing. the latest straight ahead, including what vice president joe biden told ann curry in an exclusive interview. on a lighter note the countdown continues. we have exclusive new details on chelsea clinton s wedding. coming up, as you know, this weekend, including what kind of directions the couple s guests will be given. natalie will be live in rhinebeck, new york, the site of that wedding i think we can now safely say. plus the gals and guys of jersey shore. you either love them or love to hate them. as you learned on tuesday, for the governor
out in a live interview today, the mother of abby guerra speaks out in a live interview today, thursday, july 29th, 2010. captions paid for by nbc-universal television and welcome to today on this thursday morning. i m meredith vieira. and i m matt lauer. new immigration laws are being enforced in arizona this morning. but, not the most controversial provision that sparked nationwide debate. and some angry protests. in a major victory for the obama administration, federal judge stepped in late on wednesday to block part of that law. arizona s governor says the state is immediately appealing. the latest straight ahead, including what vice president joe biden told ann curry in an exclusive interview. on a lighter note the countdown continues. we have exclusive new details on chelsea clinton s wedding. coming up, as you know, this weekend, including what kind of directions the couple s guests will be given. natalie will be live in rhinebeck, new york, the site of that
as we learned here today on tuesday, for the governor of new jersey, it s the latter. there s enough problems here, $11 billion deficit, and now snooki and the situation? come on, matt, only so much a man can take. so how does the jersey shore cast feel about him? we re going to ask snooki and the gang coming up. i m sure they ll have an opinion. let s begin with serious news. a federal judge s decision to strike down the highly controversial parts of arizona s immigration law. nbc s justice correspondent pete williams has the very latest. good morning to you, pete. reporter: good morning, meredith. the judge did leave some parts of that law intact, but she said arizona could not go ahead with what police statewide were prepared to start doing this morning, stepping up checks for illegal immigrants. immigrant groups cheered the ruling, calling it a victory for civil rights. it blocks a state law due to go into effect this morning that required police making arrests f
police confuse a young survivor of an accident with another girl who died. this morning we ll hear from the father who spent a week at the bedside of a girl who turned out to be someone else s daughter. the tragic story today, monday, to be someone else s daughter. the tragic story today, monday, july 26, 2010. captions paid for by nbc-universal television and good morning. welcome to today on a monday morning. i m matt lauer. i m ann curry. those documents on the website called wikileaks could be the largest unauthorized disclosure in u.s. history. they are painting a blaeak picture. 92,000 documents. they span six years. the u.s. is saying the leak jeopardizes those serving in the region. who leaked the reports and why? what does it mean for our future there. the latest on that developing story ahead. and bp may be closer to showing ceo tony hayward the door but you will speak to another ceo doing things right. ford is on track to post one of its largest annual
this morning we ll hear from the father who spent a week at the bedside of a girl who turned out to be someone else s daughter. the tragic story today, monday, to be someone else s daughter. the tragic story today, monday, july 26, 2010. captions paid for by nbc-universal television and good morning. welcome to today on a monday morning. i m matt lauer. i m ann curry. those documents on the website called wikileaks could be the largest unauthorized disclosure in u.s. history. they are painting a blaeak picture. 92,000 documents. they span six years. the u.s. is saying the leak jeopardizes those serving in the region. who leaked the reports and why? what does it mean for our future there. the latest on that developing story ahead. and bp may be closer to showing ceo tony hayward the door but you will speak to another ceo doing things right. ford is on track to post one of its largest annual profits ever. just a few short years ago it was teetering on the brink of d