sitting just off the coast of honduras. it s just been elevated to a tropical depression. now, it s moving slowly towards the west at about 10 miles per hour. the map, though, will show multiple possibilities for where this storm can track: north, south, east and west. the scenarios, though, could take it over mexico and never make it into the gulf, it would break up over land. it could stay far to the south and not be a significant threat to the northern gulf but just cause high waves and winds. that would still be a threat to mexico and texas. but the worst-case scenario is that a strong storm develops, it works its way into the slick area and then, harry, all bets are off. smith: b.p. says it needs five days to evacuate so says thad allen, the admiral from the coast guard. you can predict weather pretty well a day out. how well can you predict five days out? they need that much time? reporter: you re fight. forecasters are very good at predicting weather in 24-hour inc
career, and the events surrounding his final days. where does the investigation stand? how are his children? we ll hear from his mother and we ll return live to neverland, the home he loved so much today, friday, june 25th, 2010. captions paid for by nbc-universal television and good morning. welcome to today on a friday morning. i m matt lauer. and i m meredith vieira. looking at those images of michael jackson and neverland, it s hard to believe it s been a full year since his passing. still so much we don t know about what happened in the days and hours prior to his death, but we re going to be live at neverland a little later in the show. meanwhile, a lot of other news. a lot of news including those small but powerful storms in the northeast yesterday afternoon. they were gone almost as quickly as they came but they left behind a lot of damage. they really did. this will give you a good sense of how strong the winds were in philadelphia. the grounds crew at th
the number one pick in the nba draft will be here and shoot some hoops with me because i m an extraordinary basketball player. i am not height challenged. he s a guard and i m going to be a guard today, too. the three actor guys, i saw that movie they re in that opens today. they re actually very good players. and particularly adam sandler is fantastic. they didn t have stand-ins? it appears unless it s video tricks and stuff like that, it appears they re making shots over their head. all crazy stuff. maybe they ll do it. we ll talk a little bit. first, tell us what s happening. let s talk about the president. he s heading to toronto where he ll be attending the g-8 financial summit. molini wilks joins us with an update. it s going to be both starting with the g-8. stimulus spending will be one of the central conflicts among the world leaders attending the two summits over the next two days. the g-8 summit opens at a la lakeside north of toronto. meeting leaders
katie couric. couric: smith: good evenine is off tonight. it s hard to think of a worst-case scenario. a storm with gail force winds blowing into the gulf of mexico. it could happen by next week which would throw the entire cleanup effort into chaos. this as b.p. said it is on target to finish one of two relief wells by mid-august. the relief wells offer the best hope of stopping the oil. today what s billed as the world s largest skimming ship set sail from virginia headed for the gulf. the taiwanese vessel can reportedly suck up a half million barrels of oil everyday. but it s still waiting for federal approval to join the fight. all those efforts the containment, the cleanup and the drilling of the relief wells could be put on hold because of the storm. b.p. says it needs five days to move its equipment out of harm s way. the early show weather anchor dave price has been studying the projections and he has the latest. good evening, dave. reporter: good evening, ha
announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york this is nightly news with brian williams. good evening. while the so-called containment cap is back on the well so the oil is no longer flowing out full bore, the gulf of mexico is so full of oil that each day it appears on another stretch of coastline. here s where it s come on shore. in a moment we ll have the latest, best tally of the toll so far on wildlife while the toll on the human psyche has been immeasurable. also, the first evening newscast interview with the new man at bp, bob dudley, overseeing 6,100 vessels, 31,000 37,000 people who are working throughout the region. they know how far this oil is going and that the oil is winning in this fight so far. we begin our coverage tonight with nbc s mark potter in pensacola, florida, the latest community to fall victim to the approaching oil. mark, good evening. reporter: good evening to you, brian. it s the height of tourist season, but very few people