good morning. harsh words. president obama slams the officers in massachusetts who arrested a prominent black scholar in his own home. the cambridge police acted stupidly in arresting somebody when there was already proof that they weren their own home. did he go too far and rewrite the headlines that should have been about health care reform? raid. dozens of police and federal agents descend on the houston clinic of michael jackson s personal doctor. are they getting closer to filing criminal charges in the singer s death? and dog s best friend. a pet owner grabs old of the jaws of a seven-foot alligator to rescue his family s cherished pet and loses parts of his fingers in the process. we ll talk to him today, fingers in the process. we ll talk to him today, thursday, july 23rd, 2009. captions paid for by nbc-universal television and welcome to today on this thursday morning, i m meredith vieira. and i m matt lauer. president obama s prime-time news conference l