today s sunday september 18, 20 2011. good morning everyone. i saw the seal was in the rundown and got excited. sfl found on an island in russia. a happy story turning into a swan. look at those eyes. very cute. absolutely adorable. you can see why this captured the hearts of people. we ll tell you the great ending a bit later on. all right. we have news to get to from washington. president o bam pa faces opposition from both democrat and republican leaders on his proposed jobs plan as his approval ratings drop to a new low, we ll talk to david gregory about that. then we re going to talk about a big movement right now to stop an execution. troy davis was convicted of killing a police officer. he s scheduled to die this wednesday, but hundreds of thousands are convinced he s innocent. and several witnesses who testified against him have recanted their testimony. we ll get the latest from georgia coming up. and it s the beatles prefab and on the brink of star
abandoned by its family. the plight of this baby seal and why it s captured the hearts of people around the world. today is sunday, september 18, 2011. captions paid for by nbc-universal television good morning, everyone. welcome to today, on a sunday, i m lester holt. and i m jenna wolfe. an incredibly cute seal. found on an island in russia it s apparently turning into a swan is what i m hearing. very, very cute. absolutely adorable. you can see why this captured the hearts of people around the world. we ll tell you the great ending in a little bit. president obama faces opposition fromçó republican leaders as his approval ratings drop to a new low, we ll talk to david gregory about that. and the seal as well. cory davis is scheduled to die this wednesday. but hundreds of thousands are convinced he s innocent and seven witnesses who testified against him have recanted their testimony. the latest from georgia, coming up. how about this for a photo? the
good morning, everyone. welcome to today, on a sunday, i m lester holt. and i m jenna wolfe. an incredibly cute seal. found on an island in russia it s apparently turning into a swan is what i m hearing. very, very cute. absolutely adorable. you can see why this captured the hearts of people around the world. we ll tell you the great ending in a little bit. president obama faces opposition fromçó republican leaders as his approval ratings drop to a new low, we ll talk to david gregory about that. and the seal as well. cory davis is scheduled to die this wednesday. but hundreds of thousands are convinced he s innocent and seven witnesses who testified against him have recanted their testimony. the latest from georgia, coming up. how about this for a photo? the beatles prefab and on the brink of stardom. this is part of hundreds now up for auction, including rare and never before seen prints and we have some in studio 1a. we ll show them in a few minutes.