trim her tree at home later today. but a lot to get to first. new reports on how close syria came to using chemical weapons this week. they actually loaded the deadly gas on to bombs, prepared for launch. and martha raddatz is going to have the latest on that. that s a frightening development, something president obama took very seriously. we have a warning this morning that all parents with infants need to here. federal authorities are taking an unprecedented move of suing the manufacturers of infant recliner, saying they are dangerous. i don t know about you guys. but i used these with both of my babies. pretty amazing. yeah. also ahead, a major announcement today we can t wait to share with you. it involves all of us and more gma every day. we re excited to tell you what we re talking about later on this morning. that s coming up. let s get to the news out of london. lama hasan is outside of the hospital where kate middleton checked out, roses in her hand.
and boy band bust. the biggest teen stars on the planet, one direction, the wanted, justin bieber, all passed over for grammy nominations in a stunning shutout. the guys everyone wants for their boyfriend, can t win this one thing. and elizabeth starts off the morning with a ding right there. i know. i think i deserve two or three. channeling lara spencer, just back from london. everyone back at the desk right now. we re going to be helping robin trim her tree at home later today. but a lot to get to first. new reports on how close syria came to using chemical weapons this week. they actually loaded the ddly gas on to bombs, prepared for launch. and martha raddatz is going to have the latest on that. that s a frightening development, something president obama took very seriously. we have a warning this morning that all parents with infants need to here. federal authorities are taking an unprecedented move of suing the manufacturers of infant recliner, saying they ar
the biggest teen stars on the planet, one direction, the wanted, justin bieber, all passed over for grammy nominations in a stunning shutout. the guys everyone wants for their boyfriend, can t win this one thing. and elizabeth starts off the morning with a ding right there. i know. i think i deserve two or three. channeling lara spencer, just back from london. everyone back at the desk right now. we re going to be helping robin trim her tree at home later today. but a lot to get to first. new reports on how close syria came to using chemical weapons this week. they actually loaded the deadly gas on to bombs, prepared for launch. and martha raddatz is going to have the latest on that. that s a frightening development, something president obama took very seriously. we have a warning this morning that all parents with infants need to here. federal authorities are taking an unprecedented move of suing the manufacturers of infant recliner, saying they are dangerous. i
agree with what the businessowners are saying. nbc bay area s damian trujillo joins us. how serious are the threats to leave downtown from the businessowners? reporter: things seem to be turning around. now, the good news is the efforts of these merchants, the city and police, are actually working. things are turning around. while some crime still exists, these merchants say it s not the same as it was six months ago. there was a time not long ago when downtown san jose almost lost this as part of its landscape. what was happening outside the app developer s headquarters on south 2nd street had them thinking about making a change. there were some dangerous crimes. there was a gang almost that was involved. reporter: in fact, because of the violence, pinger s ceo threatened to pull his business and his 60 employees out of the downtown area. we thought about not renewing the lease. i think a lot of people said, do we want to be here? and if it s not going to change, the
the king of pop taking us to a place with no name. twitter with a blockbuster new debut overnight,. a rare behind the scenes video of michael jackson now revealed. don t stop until you get enough. it is a good morning on this friday eve and the hits, they just keep coming. incredible thing about michael jackson, right. makes us a little sad we don t have him anymore but we have his music. yeah. this video created using rare footage from when he shot, remember, in the closet. so they took outtakes from that and put it all together and we ll talk about that more. we re going to get to so much this morning. beginning with that flash flooding. two months worth of rain fall overnight in some areas and i know you ve been tracking this, ginger. if you add july and august their average is up. in portland, maine, that s what fell in hours overnight so this is the scene there. look at this from rhode island. water rescues going on so many places in new england, receivi