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morning. >> authorities are searching a wide area in california for those 13 people who vanishe this weekend. >> police say among themre eight children, all part of this group missing. they left behind cell phones, i.d.s and letters suggesting they were awaiting an end of the world event. more on this in a moment. >> meantime, an american woman held captive in iran for more than a year is set to arrive in new york this morning. whats next for sarah shourd and what about her fiance and ...

captions paid for by nbc-universal television good morning, everyone. welcome to "today" on a sunday morning. good morning, everyone. welcome to "today" on a sunday morning. >> authorities are searching a wide area in california for those missing children. >> they left behind cell phones, i.d.s and letters indicating they were waiting for a world-ending event. >> an american woman held captive in iran for more than a year is on her way home today. whats next for shaarah shourd? >> ...

good evening. coming off of a drama of some of this weeks state primary contests, believe it or not, not all the political focus these days is on the november midterm elections. the run-up to the 2012 presidential campaign is also slowly starting to build. tonight, those handicapping the potential republican challengers are trying to figure out what to make of sarah palins high profile appearance this weekend in a place where presidential runs usually get off the ground. nbcs mike viqu...

days is on the november midterm elections. the run-up to the 2012 presidential campaign is also slowly starting to build. tonight, those handicapping the potential republican challengers are trying to figure out wha to make of sarah palins high profile appearance this weekend in a place where presidential runs usually get off the grou. nbcs in washington to tell us more. >> reporter: sarah palin is becoming a party king-maker while at the same time defying the reblican establishment. n...

good evening. coming off of a drama of some of this weeks state primary contests, believe it or not, not all the political focus these days is on the november midterm elections. the run-up to the 2012 presidential campaign is also slowly starting to build. tonight, those handicapping the potential republican challengers are trying to figure out what to make of sarah palins high profile appearance this weekend in a place where presidential runs usually get off the ground. nbcs in washin...

meteorologist scott williams joins us now live in the studio. good morning to you, scott. another storm? >> absolutely, veronica. this is the eighth named storm of the 2010 season and its name is hermine. it could bring some problems along the texas coast. right now, as we take a look at the slaert perspective you can see the deep convection right now in the southern gulf of mexico. that will bring heavy rainfall, flash flooding as we move into the lone star state. not only for your la...

from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news." investigators get the first close-up look at critical piece of machinery that was supposed to have prevented the massive bp oil spill. the 300-ton blowout preventer that should have sealed off the flow of oil after the deep water horizon rig exploded is tonight an important piece of evidence. after being carefully lifted from the seafloor last even under the careful eyes of the fbi. the full explanation of the ...

crimes of opportunity. police say university of maryland students are being attacked, beaten and robbed in what they are calling crime time. i am in for craig melvin tonight. the crimes happen in the early morning hours when its dark outside and bars have just closed. darcy spencer is here with more on the disturbing trend. >> it certainly is disturbing and students are frightened. many students are walking home and catching buses back to campus, and thats when the robbers are striking...

>> worth the wait. >> we have the autumn con selgss in the sky and 63 in washington. a cool 60 in dulles and andrews air force base and montgomery county, many locations in thes now. only near 50 in the pan handle of west virginia. so quite a cool morning near the bay in the low 60s of the even they at the atlantic beaches only in the 50s and inland as well, only the low 50s in many locations. its in the low 40s in the mountains of western maryland on this labor day morning. so quite a...

Told us minutes ago that there is a 70% chance of this system developing into a tropical cyclone. its trying to churn they say getting better organized and could become tropical depression or tropical storm. that prompted the drilling of the relief well suspended today with just 30 feet to go. they have temporarily plugged that relief well but they are not pulling back the equipment or sending workers back to shore. other clean up operations have been suspended. when the storm passes, the drilli...