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worse. >> theyre declared 1,000 counties in 26 states as natural disaster areas. the seasons corn crop especially hard hit and theres little rain in the forecast. if you dont think it matters to you or its not affecting you, youll be certain to pay more when you go grocery shopping. then yet another deadly shark attack this weekend, it happened near a quiet beach. and when a good samaritan tried to help, he, too, was attacked. were going to hear the latest from him and have the searc...

from this is nubs this is "today" with lester holt and jenna wolf live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. good morning, everyone. welcome to "today" on a sunday. im lester holt. and im jenna wolf. the whole town comes out. parties, like a parade, theyre going up into balloons. someone is like, you checked the weather? no, i checked the weather? >> they get up and, lo and behold, there were thunderstorms. helium balloons. i would have gone with a la-z-boy. >> or a 737. >> yeah. we...

from this is nubs this is "today" with lester holt and jenna wolf live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. good morning, everyone. welcome to "today" on a sunday. im lester holt. and im jenna wolf. the whole town comes out. parties, like a parade, theyre going up into balloons. someone is like, you checked the weather? no, i checked the weather? >> they get up and, lo and behold, there were thunderstorms. helium balloons. i would have gone with a la-z-boy. >> or a 737. >> yeah. we...

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Murdered several years later and theres some question as to whether it was linked to what he said or not. now, he had his own bar on the black side of town, his own restaurant, called bookers place, and one day a customer altercation and he was shot. the film makers have produced their own documentary about this, suggest it might have been as a result of what he said but he definitely paid a price. the film maker who did the original documentary said to him are you sure you want us to use this, ...

And i dream about what i had to go through. i dont want my children to have to go through. >> thats the first time i realized booker felt that way, after the show a lot of people were pretty upset. >> many whites in greenwood shunned booker after that. on the black side of the tracks, bookers monologue became the stuff of legend. >> people who i thought would have been too young to know him, knew him by reputation. it became almost folklor in greenwood. >> hes almost the accidental activist. not...

The latest controversy over mitt romneys bain tenure? whatever the case, the headline on the conservative blog drudge report certainly has tongues wagging. is condi a front-runner? plus, new information suggests jpmorgan may have covered up many billions of dollars that were reportedly lost from $2 billion to as much as $5 billion. a big initiative to get vets back to work, called hiring our heroes. they have hit a major milestone. check it out coming up in 15 minutes. welcome back. in 196...

$250,000, but he will also tell or some of his comments we are expecting to the military community here. there are about 800,000 veterans who live in virginia. they are a crucial part of winning virginia. the president in past speeches when he has been targeting the military community has talked about the fact that hes called on congress to provide tax breaks for companies who hire veterans, hes called on public/private partnership for companies to hire veterans. he may also tout the f...