their staffers are scrambling to recover what they can from their shortened season. although some who depend on tourism to make their living have lost everything, others are still hopeful. we re open. we re ready. we re clean. and we re there is no reason to not come. for my restaurant, i, myself, will have to go out of business because i didn t with the window of opportunity, the 100 days of high volume, did not happen. while locals along the gulf coast applaud the progress, most are concerned that bp and the government may eventually use focus on the cleanup. police in arizona want to know why a 2-year-old boy died after he apparently wandered away from home. emmett trapp had been missing since monday night. and his body was discovered yesterday morning about a mile away from his family s house. his mother told authorities when she woke up from a nap, he was gone. and she could not find him. what really surprises me with emmett, is the terrain that he hiked through to get
al shabab or go there and try to fight along with al shabab. just yesterday a chicago man was arrested as he tried to leave the country, the fbi said he had been under surveillance for a year and a half. so, we ll learn more about these new charges here in about an hour with a news conference with attorney general. folks from the fbi and attorney office in three states that have these new charges. pete, before we let you get out of here. 12 of the arrests or 12 of the charges are coming from the minneapolis-st. paul area. why so many charges coming from that part of minnesota, particularly? i think that number may have to do with a total of all the cases that have been brought recently. not necessarily those today. but there is a considerable sumaolly community in the twin city areas and the fbi has been working very aggressively trying to get the cooperation with some success of families in that area to try to urge their young people not to, not to abide by these calls t
and diamonds, not a girl s best friend. supermodel naomi campbell testifies at a war crimes trial overnight. why an anonymous gift she was given could hold the key to convicting a ruthless warlord today, thursday, august 5th, convicting a ruthless warlord today, thursday, august 5th, 2010. captions paid for by nbc-universal television and welcome to today on this thursday morning. i m meredith vieira. and i m matt lauer. this ruling that overturned california s ban on same-sex marriages is probably going to have major implications from coast to coast. it certainly seems that way. this is the first time that a federal judge has declared a ban on same-sex marriage unconstitutional. opponents are already working on appeals this morning and it all but sets up a supreme court showdown on the controversial issue. we re going to have the latest straight ahead. a little later in the show we re going to talk about a dangerous decision that more americans appear to be mak
launch attacks in the united states. jenna: it s nothing like starting off a show with breaking news, jon! jon: that s the way we like it. jenna: hi everybody, welcome to thursday s edition of happening now , i m jenna lee, along with jon scott. on same sex marriage, an appeal is expected to go into the ninth circuit court, this after a judge rules california s ban on gay marriage is unconstitutional. that decision, sparking huge reaction across the country. claudia cowen is live in san francisco with more on this. claudia, are people lining up to tie the knot quite yet? reporter: not yet, jen gentleman, because they can t, for all intents and purposes, proposition eight is in effect, pending that appeal as you mentioned to the ninth circuit court, so today lawyers on both sides are going to be delivering arguments to the judge either in favor of or opposed to allowing gay weddings to resume, and tomorrow we expect the judge to rule on this very critical question of if and
lf coast locals say they are cautiously optimistic. but they say the economic impact has taken a terrible toll. some believe they will never recover what they lost this summer. here s jeffrey kofman. reporter: that didn t take long. just days after much of the louisiana fishery was reopened, the crab nets are full. any sign of oil on these? no. reporter: none? you can taste them. reporter: there were no massive fish kills. test after test finding that gulf seafood is perfectly safe. the only incidents of oil we ve heard of are a few isolated oyster beds. that s why most of the fisheries that were closed have reopened or will soon. we met cindy and henry in june when they were delivering one of the last shrimp catches to the processor. shrimp season could resume as early as this week. they are ready. but they are worried. if the perception of the shrimp being tainted doesn t change, i don t know. reporter: if the people see it back on the shelves, will they buy i