as he s questioned about some personal videos that have become the talk of the internet today, thursday, december 23rd, 2010. captions paid for by nbc-universal television and good morning, everyone. welcome to today at 7:00 a.m. on the west coast. i m amy robach. we re following this breaking news in rome. two separate bombings at two embassies. the first happened at the swiss embassy where a staffer was injured when a package exploded as it was opened. then three hours latary similar blast at the chilean embassy. italian police are conducting checks at all embassies in rome. let s get to martin fletcher. martin, what can you tell us? reporter: matt, rough beginning to christmas in italy. the first blast was at midday in the embassy of switzerland. it was a bomb inside a package, and the embassy staffer who opened it was seriously wounded in the hands. three hours later in the embassy of chile, another blast and the person there also opened the package and he was
reporter: what does $65 million buy you? stunning sets. jaw-dropping turns. blaring tunes from bono and the edge. also trouble. big trouble. the latest calamity to hit spider-man, a harrowing fall. you see actor christopher tierney at the end of the bridge. something happens to the cable holding him. he plummets into the pit below. a fall estimated at 30 feet. you could hear the screaming. i mean, the whole theater could hear it. reporter: tierney, who reportedly suffered broken ribs, the fourth actor injured in this show which is still in previews. the opening had already been pushed back one month to work out the kinks. it would be easy to think this show had been cursed from the start. including the sudden death of the first producer.
monday s spider-man musical on broadway. union officials met yesterday with the new york department of labor and members of the occupational safety and health administration. actor christopher tierney is listed still in stable condition at a new york hospital after falling 20 to 30 feet during that production. we wish him a speedy recovery. and former gop presidential candidate mike huckabee is siding against sarah palin in her political food fight, so to speak, with the first lady. in sunday s episode of her tlc show, the former alaska governor and vice presidential candidate took a jab at michelle obama s anti-obesity campaign, claiming to be making chocolatey s mores in her honor. huckabee, who shed more than 110 pounds in 2004, tells radio host, curtis sliwa, thinks that palin misunderstood mrs. obama s efforts. food fight. always good to have a little food fight.
uconn broke the record that was previously set by the ucla men. does someone have to die? that was the ominous tweet from tony award winning actress alice ripply one of famous theater stars suggesting that the most expensive musical ever spider-man should be shut down. 31-year-old stuntman christopher tierney is in serious condition after plunging 35 feet from the stage monday night. he suffered broken ribs and internal bleeding and the fourth performer to be hurt since september. this afternoon s performance has been canceled but so far the controversy certainly hasn t scared off theater goers. she promised me nobody would fall on my head or in my lap. people are thinking about it and talking about it, my guess is they can t buy press like
music to my ears. maybe it s just christmas, but i think you can see the beginnings of his presidential campaign here. this is a promland campaign. here s what i m going to take you, talked about immigration, the economy, jobs, and growth. i m going to take you over here. to a better place. follow me. and then you pull people behind you, okay, we re going to have to cut some spending, we re going to look at taxes and all those things. and that s what s tough for republicans to compete with the president about. they don t have that bully pulpit. the pain for this president is going to be the moment they start taking a pix action to all those of social programs that mean so much to him and to his base. that s going to be a hard situation. how does he handle it shall of gay marriage, looking towards his own re-election campaign? i think he needs to let the country lead on that. i thought, frankly, he was too slow on gays in the military, but today he signed it into law,