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"today," father's day, june 20th, 2010. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >> good morning, everyone. welcome to "today" on this sunday morning. i'm lester holt. >> and i'm jenna wolfe. happy father's day to you lester and all of the dads out there. when my dad says you forgot to call, whoa, wait i have national television to wish you a happy father's day bennett so the complaining has to go. >> wish me a happy father's day, wish it to my father, lester sr. >> lester sr., happy father's day to you and bennett today absolutely. >> there's a lot of news to cover this morning including another pr faux pax for bp ceo tony hayward. he was caught on camera enjoying a yacht race in england this weekend. you can imagine that's generating a little bit of resentment for those on the front lines of disaster. crude oil is flowing at a rate between 35,000 and 60,000 barrels a day from the damaged well by some estimates. we'll have a series of reports on the fallouts in a moment. we're also following the latest developments in peru involving joran van der sloot. he's accused of murdering 21-year-old stephany flores. and is a suspect in the days pierce of natalee holloway. tomorrow a judge is scheduled to begin questioning van der sloot. we'll have a live report from peru. we'll switch into high gear, when i take unside the world of a nascar racing team, driver jimmie johnson and the 48 team gave our cameras a front row seat where tenths of a second can make all the difference in the world. jenna anybody says these guys aren't athletic doesn't know what they're talking about, athletic for the team and behind the wheel as well. >> once again my favorite part of this, how you chose to get in and out of the car. >> apparently the doors don't open, there's no handle. >> the funny part is that you got in legs first. who gets in legs first in and out of a car? that's my favorite part. fans are going wild for harry potter. i was fortunate enough to get a sneak peek. it's been almost a decade since the first harry potter movie premiered. the series grossed, get this, more than $5 billion, that's billion with a "b." fans of all ages can feel like they're part of the wizard's world. a new theme park the wizarding world of harry potter is open for business in florida. we'll take you there. first the latest on the oil spill crisis and the pr gaffe surrounding bp's ceo tony hayward. nbc's anne thompson joins us with details. >> reporter: good morning, lester. when you thought it couldn't get any worse for bp there are no controversies this morning involving ceo tony hayward. what was supposed to be a private moment becomes a public relations nightmare. photographers captured this man in a baseball hat and sunglasses on tony hayward's yacht. bp officials would not confirm it is their embattled ceo but they did admit that hayward attended a yacht race around england's isle of wight, describing it as private time with his son. hayward's yacht finished fourth. at the highest levels of the world's third largest oil company there seems to be confusion over just who is in charge of the spill. a kay after bp's chairman said this about hayward. >> he's now handing over the operations, the operations to bob dudley. >> reporter: "ceo tony hayward will continue to oversee the operation," says the company in a statement, managing director bob dudley will head a "separate, standalone organization to manage the ongoing and long-term business response." all this as the spill extended its oily impact east, tar balls washed up on panama city, florida, beaches, more than 250 miles from the out of control well. >> this is a perfect place, and to have it destroyed is just, it's not acceptable. >> reporter: at the leak site more problems or bp as the discoverer enterprise had to stop collecting oil this weekend for ten hours. it is up and running this morning. this new video shows the enterprise flaring off natural gas and the q4000 burning both oil and natural gas. work continues on the two relief wells. wendell gitry is helping to drill the second well. >> the only thing we can do is focus on what our job is here, get this well stopped from flowing and question move on from there. >> reporter: and even before the new claims administrator gets to work bp says it has paid so far $104 million in claims to affected gulf coast residents. lester? >> nbc's anne thompson in venice thank you. here's jenna. >> lester thanks. it's anne thompson just reported we've been seeing the devastating effects of the oil spill on the surface. what about the impact it's having underwater? nbc's wildlife and science expert jeff corwin joins us from venice, louisiana. >> reporter: good morning. >> we've come to know wildlife being affected by the oil spill. you spent the week working with sharks, is that right? >> reporter: yes, i did, jenna. it was really an incredible experience. yesterday we traveled out with dr. eric hoffmeyer, with university of mississippi's gulf coast marine laboratories. we out into the open ocean he's conducting a cutting edge research project, capturing sharks, gathering the data. we think of the impact of this oil spill on birds and other creatures but the truth is sharks are keystone species, incredibly important to the balance of the ecosystem. they're vulnerable, highly targeted by overfishing. they're often persecuted and these animals are incredibly sensitive to something like an oil spill. these waters you see behind me are home to more than ten unique species of sharks. this is the only place on the planet where they breed so if they are impacted this whole ecosystem could pay the price. >> why is it so hard to determine whether sharks are affected by the oil spill here? >> reporter: jenna, good question. unlike a bird or marine mammal or sea turtle that gets poisoned by toxic crude, these creatures when they get poisoned float to the surface of the water. sharks are what we call negatively buoyant, when they die they actually sink. so we could have a whole population or a whole community of sharks actually being affected by this spill and we wouldn't even know about it. >> jeff, we've seen let's get back to wildlife for a second. we've seen the pictures of these birds that are just covered in oil and i know you've helped in observing how this whole cleanup process goes, you actually lent a hand with it. can an oiled bird be saved and completely cleaned? >> simple answer is yes, as long as they can get to those animals in time, they can stabilize them, hydrate them, give them medical attention, once they are cleaned, it is possible and likely for them to survive. >> what's it like even for you, just being in that oil? i know we've seen pictures of you walking around in it. can you give us an idea of what those conditions are like right now? >> it's a somewhat sickening overwhelming and stifling experience. you know, we were, jenna, knee-deep in this oil and the first thing that struck know was how hot it was. it was piping hot, and the other thing that really took us aback was we were expecting this sort of dense tar ball material. this stuff was fresh, like hot syrup and unfortunately when it touches the coast, and the wildlife, it has a devastating impact, and we felt that firsthand. >> some of the pictures are unimaginable. jeff corwin, i know you'll have much more on msnbc today and tomorrow. we thank you so much for joining us this morning. and now here's lester. >> jenna, thanks. the white house continues to closely monitor this ongoing oil crisis in the gulf. the obama scored a victory this past week a $20 billion fund to be paid by bp for the spill zone victims but the white house continues to face criticism. joining us with more on the political repercussions is david gregory, moderator of "meet the press." good morning and happy father's day to you. >> to you as well lester, thank you. >> tony hayward's latest pr faux pax this apparently shot of him at a yacht race doesn't help them from a pr perspective. does it help the white house in as much as bp and its execs continue to take most of the bullets here? >> yes, i guess to a point. the problem is, as i talked to david axelrod about on the program last week, the government is still in partnership with bp on the most important factor here, and that is the live picture from the ocean floor of that belching oil. it's bp that ultimately has to shut that off and to plug that hole, so yes, if bp looks worse, maybe the president looks better, but he's got to be worried about actually solving the problem and bp is a key partner. that part is not helping. alluding to what you said a moment ago the $20 billion fund is the use of federal power that i think a lot of people wanted to see. >> right, that was a big deal for the white house. now we're into a new week, more oil presumably washed up on the beaches. is this presumably a week where the public will say to the white house, what have you done for me lately? >> by the end of the month 90% of the oil will be siphoned off as they prepare for the relief well and ultimately plug that hole so that becomes important. i think there's something else and that is what's going on down in the gulf? how is the government actually working, working with the state officials, local officials, how much coordination is there? there are a lot of stories about lack of coordination, assets not being used properly, a lack of strategic communications. those kinds of things really matter when it comes to containment and cleanup. this is a problem that doesn't go away quickly. this will be an ongoing issue down there, where government -- it's kind of boring but the levels of power operating become hugely important. >> we expect our presidents to multitask. this past week he took a trip to ohio to trump the success of the economic stimulus bill, still high unemployment. does he walk a very difficult line here, trying to maintain this image of being focused on oil, but also really dealing in other things that are important to people? >> certainly so, and there's no question that, whether you think about the midterm elections or elections in 2012, people are still really focused on the economy. they're focussed on the economy in the gulf and after the financial meltdown to have what's going on in the gulf to the gulf economy be affected in this way is very, very important, so the president has to be focused on that, but you know if you think about the stimulus it's kind of like what we're talking about in the gulf, can government get things right, is government the answer to some of these problems and that's part of the debate right now i think in our politics. >> all right, david, thanks very much. >> thanks, lester. and now for a check of the rest of the day's top news stories we turn to be inning's jeff rossen at the news desk. jeff, happy father's day. >> happy father's day to you. lester i got you this tie, you can have it as soon as time' done. in baghdad twin car bombs exploded overnight near a major square killing at least 26 people. two suicide bombers drove to the main gate of the trade bank of iraq and blew up when they hit the barrier walls. the bombings come a week after suicide bombers atacked iraq's central bank. in california a man opened fire at a restaurant, shooting his own stepdaughter and her family as they ate. it happened at the del taco restaurant in san bernardino. two people were killed. a father and his 6-year-old son, the stepdaughter and the 5-year-old are critical. the gunman, 56-year-old jimmy schlater killed himself. his motive is still unclear but police say he had a long criminal record dating back nearly 40 years. fire crews in arizona spent the night battling a 600-acre wildfire. the flames as you can see are burning and they're burning badly near downtown flagstaff, fueled by heavy winds, they shot up as high as ten feet on saturd, promptg evacuations at a nearby hotel and dozens of homes. now to that wild weather in the midwest, we've been telling you about, minnesota's governor declaring a state of emergency this morning, in seven counties, still reeling from 39 tornadoes. three people were killed and dozens hurt when the twisters touched down. the cleanup may take weeks if not months as hundreds of homes were destroyed. power crews are also busy near chicago this morning, more than 100,000 customers are still without power there. finally, we have some royal news for you, two stories bubbling over the pond, first a meeting between some british hea heartthrobbing, prince william and harry joking with david beckham. england hasn't won a game in the world cup and beckham is out with an injury. also good to see prince harry laughing. news he and long time girlfriend chelsea davie just broke up again. >> oh >> that's a file photo obviously of them kissing. it's okay, they'll probably get back together in a week. that's what they do. >> we're glad you're back. you got stuck in chicago big storms. >> don't fly when it rains, that's my advice. >> you heard it here, folks. janice huff with our first check of the weather, a segue for you. >> good morning, happy father answer day to you but you cannot have my shoes. let's check on the weather this morning, we've got rain mainly in the plains today for all of you da >> good morning. the sun is out this morning. thunderstorm and isolated shower activity. warm on the humid side. up to 90 for the high. capital. mid-90s across the carolinas, too, into georgia and alabama, near 100 degrees in memphis, tennessee. now here's jen ma. . >> this weekend in sweden, crowned princess victoria and former personal trainer said "i do" in the biggest royal wedding in years. nbc's nina deroy has more on the lavish ceremony. >> reporter: it was a scene from a modern day fairytale. a proud king carl gustav of sweden walked his daughter, crowned princess victoria to the altar where she wed daniel wesley. nerves were on show and tears of joy were shed as the two took their vows. the bride and groom come from opposite ends o swedish society, the bond they shared was obvious to all. next, kisses on the steps, then a procession through the streets, where thousands turned out to wish the couple well. victoria and her prince charming boarded a barge for the short trip to the palace. the king presented them to their people. a banquet was laid out for a thousand royals and dignitaries from across the world. victoria's former gym coach often chided for his humble origins made his first toast. >> once upon a time a young man was perhaps not a frog in the beginning of the tafairytale bu he was search not the prince. the first kiss did not change that. >> reporter: the world cup will have a daunting task of cutting their massive cake or dancing the night away, nina deroy, nbc news, london. the mother of joran van der sloot gives her first interview since her son was arrested in peru. this week fans will mark the one-year anniversary of michael jackson's death paying tribute to the king of pop in jackson's hometown of gary, indiana. jackson's three children will reportedly attend and speak at a private memorial service on friday. just how are his children dealing with the loss of their father? tonight i take a closer look for a tlc documentary called "hidden lives." june 25th, 2009, at 2:26 p.m. pacific time, michael joseph jackson was declared dead. he was 50 years old. >> when michael died, it was like the world kind of stopped for a second. >> everybody remembers where they were when michael jackson died. it was an absolute shock. people were out in the streets crying and wailing and weeping. >> prince, harris and blanket had been taken to the hospital, jackson's long time manager and close friend, frank deleo helped break the terrible news to them. >> well we had to tell the children, it was as you would think. i can't even get the emotions that flowed out of those children. >> reporter: the outpouring of emotion was massive for those who had never met the man and so was the grief for the three children, who called him daddy. >> well, paris was very strong and put on a very brave face about the whole thing. obviously, michael was more than just a dad to them. he was the mother, the father, the companion. basically he was their whole world and their whole world just completely collapsed. prince really found it very difficult to even speak, and blanket became very withdrawn. >> it's hard to believe it will be a year this coming friday. >> a whole year, yep. >> that michael jackson died. >> and you think about the kids and how they're doing and apparently the relatives are heavily involved in how they're doing. paris apparently is the standout and doing very well and counsels the kids. >> we saw the memorial service at the staples center, everybody saw that in a very different way. >> a lot of poise, sure. >> you can watch more tonight on 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