Welcome to our viewers. We begin with stepping down o. Stunning allegations of sexual child abuse against the defensive coordinator of penn states Football Program has led to the resignation of two of the schools athletic officials accused of covering up the abuse. Reporter penn state football has always had a stellar reputation but now scandal is threatening to scar one of the nations most storied teams. We pride ourselves on being like a clean program. Reporter form oer lions Defense Coordinator was arraigned this weekend. He is charged with sexually abusing eight boys between 1994 and 2009. The state attorney general called him a sexual predator who used his position within the university and community to repeatedly prey on young boy os. Also the schools Athletic Director and Vice President were charged with lying about what they knew and expected to turn themselves into authorities on monday. Famed penn state head coach has not been implicated. When he heard about the allegations he did report what he knew. He was shocked by the charges brought, and deeply saddened by the allegations. Lawyers all deny the charges and promise to fight them in court. Elsewhere, herman cain appears to be losing his patience as he tries to get his campaign back on track. Tracie potts joins us with the latest. Reporter we have new evidence that shows cains support has been slipping since these allegations have been made public. Herman cane says he has raised 2 million since Sexual Assault harassment charges went public. Now he says he is done talking about it. Dont even go there. We are getting back on message. Reporter strategists question whether refusing to answer questions is really going to put this issue to rest. Some opponents say they are ready to move on. We are not able to talk about jobs or our position in the world, and that hurts. One who may have benefitted from all of this is ron paul who won this weekends illinois straw poll. When people learn what cain stands for, that helps me. They will not see that he is not really for any cuts and is for a National Sales tax. Reporter the 999 plan is the message. The truth as to whether he is back on message and whether he has the controversy is behind him could be how often it comes up in the debate scheduled for this weekend. Thank you. According to a troubling new report oin this mornings washington post, irans government is on the verge of being able to create a Nuclear Weapon thanks to hightech help. According to secret documents provided to the International Atomic energy agency, a former scientist and expert in pakistan and north korea supplied iran with training and technology to advance its nuclear capabilities. The report set to be released this week by the u. N. s Nuclear Watch dog agency reinforced fears that iran never really stopped its weapons related research. The controversy is called 100 political. Now heres a look at other stories making news early today in america. A rare 576 earthquake rocked oklahoma over the weekend, causing destruction and catching many residents off guard. The strongest quake since 1952 hit the state hours after a 4. 7 tremor shook things up saturday morning. More than 80 after shocks followed the quake leaving buckled roads and Severe Damage to some homes. An army of environmental activists marched to the white house to propose an oil pipeline which would run from canada through america and on to the gulf of mexico. Once they arrived, protesters surrounded the president s home chanting yes, we can stop the pipeline. Opponents fear america would be ripe for another oil disaster if the president does not kill the construction plan. Finally, the Worlds Largest snowmobilers provided that they they performed on a stage, even without snow. Thousands watched from a parking lot outside chicagos rigby field as the free style snowmobilers soared into the saturday night sky performing acrobatic stunts with ramps made of dirt and wood chips. Now for a look at your national and regional weather, here is nbc meteorologist bill karins with the Weather Channel forecast. Good morning to you. I decided i am going to move to the state of arizona. They dont do the clock change. I just enjoyed the extra hour of sleep like probably most of you did. I have young kids and now the whole routine is just a disaster. Switch me for a day. Good morning, everyone. Lets talk about your weekend. We saw chilly weather out there. Storm system moves through the desert southwest. We have heavy snow being reported in flag staff and arizona. We are actually kind of calm and tranqu tranquil. The cool air has moved in as the storm pattern has continued. The green is rain. There is a little bit of a storm system well to the north of the Pacific North owest but it will drag clouds in today so i cant rule out maybe a sprinkle or two. Area of rain here, prescott is getting a bit of rain. Thats the travel trouble spot today. As i mentioned, it could bring a little bit of damp weather up there to thell. Temperatures highs only in the 50s even in areas like bakersfield. It is going to warm up from here. Thanks so much. Also coming up, greece settles, but is italy next . And the Million Dollar mistake during a cleaning job. Your Early Morning business headlines are straight ahead. Plus, the latest shocking report in the ongoing legal saga that is Lindsay Lohan. Coming up, a thrilling finish in pittsburgh and a super bowl flashback. Youre watching early today. Good morning, and welcome back to early today. Im lynn berry. Here are some of your top headlines this morning. More than 500 people are now dead from thailands worst floods in half a century. Nearly half of bangkok has been evacuated as pools of polluted sewage water creep towards the citys subway. A report breaking finish at the new York City Marathon sunday at Geoffrey Mutai shattered the course report. Firehiwot dado won the womens race coming in in the home stretch. After missing several performs, singer andy william, most famous for moon river now hes hes battling cancer. And tomorrow evening, an asteroid the size of an Aircraft Carrier is expected to pass between the earth and moon some 220,000 miles away. It is the earths closest encounter in 35 years. Nasa Scientists Say they are 100 confident it is not a threat. And now heres an early look at how wall street will kick off the day. The dow opens at is 11,983 after falling 6 is points on friday. The s p dipped 7 points. The nasdaq lost 11. Taking a look at overseas trading this morning, in tokyo, the nikkei was down 34 points. While in hong kong, the hang seng stumbled 164. Wall street opens to some good news this morning. An end seems to be near in the political crisis that left greece facing catastrophic default and the end of its european membership. Embattled Prime MinisterGeorge Papandreou and greeces main Opposition Leader agreed to form an interim government that will endorse the countrys new european debt deal. Papandreou will not lead the interim government. Still, wall street will continue to watch europe. This week, italy to be exact. With italy now teetering on the brink of default, thoughts protested over the weekend to oust leader berlusconi. If italy defaults, there are worries it will take down the entire Financial System with it. Back here at home, thanks to a run of recent Economic Data and strong corporate earnings, investors feel on more solid grounds. That includes jobs. Fridays numbers were weaker than expected, but employers added 102,000 more jobs than estimated for august and september. That cut unemployment to 9 after three straight months stuck at 9. 1 . Earnings this week will include macys, gm and cisco wednesday. Thursday, media giants disney and viacom. Keep an eye on groupon which closed 31 above its ipo price friday. Many say this could encourage other cups to pursue their own ipos. Finally, a cleaner at a german art museum who thought she was removing a stain has permanently damaged an abstract sculpture called when it starts dripping from the ceiling, valued at over 1 million. Oops there. Coming up, which tebow showed up yesterday and David Beckham is poised to add an American Championship to his trophy case. Plus, big ben and the steelers came back, but could they hold it against the ravens . Your Early Morning sports headlines are straight ahead. Once again, were starting our workweek with active weather heading for the midwest. We have a lot of rain and maybe some snow. Your forecast is coming up. Youre watching early today. Good morning. If youre just waking up, this is early today. In sports, sunday was a day of thrilling finishes in the nfl, finishing up with the night game seen right here on nbc between the ravens and the steelers. Here is nbcs fred roggin with an early look at all your sports headlines. Good morning. Yesterdays game between the ravens and steelers could not have been closer. To pittsburgh we go after the steelers took the lead late in the fourth. The ravens marched 92 yards down the field. Flacco to smith, the rookie with the game winner with 20 seconds left. Ravens thrill the steelers with a thrilling 2320 win. Pats up, 2017. Usually that would be enough. But thanks to a pass interference call, giants had a shot from the one yard line and capitalized. Eli manning, super bowl season, giants rally to beat the pats again, 2120. Packers, philip rivers, chargers needed to run tackling drills after this. Charlie pepra shrugged off player after player on his way to the end zone. Packers won in a shootout, 4548. From hero to go to hero again. Tebow had the kind of performance that earned him a heisman while at florida. Threw for 127 yards. Broncos won it, 384. Cardinals beat the rams in dramatic fashion. Patrick peterson took the punt and went 99 yards the other way. The rookie won the game of the season with a Fourth Quarter run. He did it again yesterday. Arizona snapped the skid with a 1913 overtime win. Tony stewart trails carl edwards by three points in the chase for the cup. The galaxy punched their tickets to the mls final. Galaxy beat Real Salt Lake 31. They play houston in three weeks for the mls cup. Thats your early look at sports on early today. Im fred roggin. Kim kardashian can keep the ring for a hefty price. Your Early Morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. Plus, the new York City Marathon is made up of thousands of runners with just as many stories. But weve got one story from yesterdays run thats hard to beat. Youre watching early today. Welcome back on this monday morning. We have cool air coming down. Only 59 for your high in vegas. Phoenix is 66. It will be that warm in the mid atlantic today. We are going to be watching showers today in the northwest. Tomorrow looks okay but still on the cool side. A little taste of winter continues in many areas. If you are watching us in los angel angeles, california, murals produced in the 70s at mural remix at the Los Angeles County museum of art. Now heres a look at this mornings headlines in entertainment. It was a weekend to remember at the Box Office Thanks to one films drawing power and another films lack of it. Puss in boots laughed up 33 million in its second weekend out with a 3 drop in its audience opening week. It was the smallest drop ever for a nonholiday film. On the other hand, the tower heist earned a stunning 10 million less than expected, finishing second with a disappointing 25 million. The rrated stoner comedy single a herald comedy christmas finished third with 13 million. Elsewhere, tmz reports Kim Kardashian loved chris Kris HumphreysEngagement Ring so much that she had a clause in the prenuptial that loud her to buy the ring for 2 million. Last night, Lindsay Lohan checked into jail to begin serving her 30day sentence for probation violation. Lohan was expected to be released within hours. But for now, shes still in custody. Lohan was released after just four and a half hours. Maybe enough time to sneak in a nap. I have to leave already . I was just getting comfort oable. And in new york city, a couple of runners transformed this years marathon into a one of a kind trip down the aisle. At mile 22, Marianne Raymond decided it was the perfect time to tie the knot. The couple kept their pace while saying their i dos in the bizarre and adorable ceremony. The couple, who met while jogging, crossed the finish line with plans to get a running start on their new life together with a honeymoon trip to italy. Congratulations to you guys. Im lynn berry, and this is early today, just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. In austria, artists were able to show off some unique ink skills. At this convention, masterpieces are all over bodies instead of walls. The convention allows people to pick their artists. From designs to family po portraits, side shows and musical performances keep the crowd going while most of them get tated up. During a race in beijing this weekend, competitors had to go to Great Lengths and heights to win. More than 300 athletes, as young as 8 years old, took part in the 17th annual race. Not only did they have to run over 3,000 pete to the tower, but they have to climb nearly 1600 stairs over 700 feet to the top. And finally, performers were walking a fine line in belgium. 30 daredevils attempted to set an unofficial record walking together on the same cable in an event organized by a local circus school. No need for safety ropes, since as you can see, they are too high up. Still, its a skill that requires a great deal of concentration and balance. Some couldnt resist showing off the for the cameras. That is a little wimpy. They were like seven feet off the ground. Seven feet that you and i both would fall. Do you have good balance . Not at all. Not even close. Time now for an early look at some of the stories well follow throughout the day here on nbc. Mark zuckerberg returns to Harvard University seven years after he dropped out to run facebook to promote jobs and intern championships within his social networking company. Hell visit m. I. T. And carnegie mellon. Retired nba star Magic Johnson will hold a News Conference on this, the 20th anniversary of his departure from the spot to launch point forward today, a national day of hiv and aids awareness. Msnbcs prime time host Lawrence Odonnell turns 60. All day long, you can stay on top of the very latest developments in those stories and others as they break on msnbc. And tonight be sure to watch Brian Williams with nbc nightly news. And, finally, heres a look at whats coming up later this morning on the today show. Matt lauer hits the road, the seas and the skies as he kicks off the 10th edition of his week long series, where in the world is matt lauer. And actress christina applegait is light in the studio to talk about up all night. Now keep it on this channel for continuing local news, weather, sports and more. Im lynn berry. Thanks for watching early today, just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. The day today on your nbc station. Have a good one. Captions by vitac www. 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