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Good morning. Aim lynn berry. Right now Hurricane Sandy looks to become a menace for folks all along the u. S. East koempts its expected to bring high winds and heavy rain, even some snow to areas. Early this morning sandy slammed into cuba as a strong category 2 hurricane packing winds of 110 miles per hour. The storm is being blamed for two deaths so far, one in jamaica and one in haiti. Nbc meteorologist bill karins has been tracking this powerful hurricane for us. Bill, what can you tell us ...

neck. a new "wall street journal" poll finds president obama locked neck in neck with mitt romney. nbcs tracie potts joins us with details from washington. good morning. >> hey, lynn, good morning. a lot of new foinn ie poll. lets get to the numbers because they really do tell the story here in terms of registered voters, support for president obama, hes ahead by about 4 percentage points but thats within the margin of error of this poll, 47 to 43. the president is down two points from...

this morning with the afghan shootings. the u.s. soldier accused of killing 16 people has hired a high profile attorney to handle his defense. john henry brown, the lawyer for the unnamed soldier, says his client was not happy about going to afghanistan after suffering severe injuries during three tours in iraq. brown says the decorated soldiers family was totally shocked by his actions and denied reports there were any marital problems. the attorney previously represented serial kille...

the unnamed soldier, says his client was not happy about going to afghanistan after suffering severe injuries during three tours in iraq. brown says the decorated soldiers family was totally shocked by his actions and denied reports there were any marital problems. the attorney previously represented serial killer ted bundy and the barefoot bandit. meanwhile, a senior american official told "the new york times" due to stress, alcohol, and domestic issues the soldier, quote, just snappe...

republican presidential hopeful rick santorum is looking to build on momentum from a string of stunning victories last night. the former pennsylvania senator won missouris nonbinding primary as well as the gop minnesota caucuses. he was also the apparent winner of the colorado caucuses which mitt romney won four years ago and was expected to take without much effort this year. nbcs brian mohr joins us from washington with the details. brian, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, lyn...

republican presidential hopeful rick santorum is looking to build on momentum from a string of stunning victories last night. the former pennsylvania senator won missouris nonbinding primary as well as the gop minnesota caucuses. he was also the apparent winner of the colorado caucuses which mitt romney won four years ago and was expected to take without much effort this year. nbcs brian mohr joins us from washington with the details. brian, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, lyn...

this is "first look" on msnbc. we begin this morning with a credible threat days before we mark the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks, theres been a credible terror threat. tracie potts has more from ground zero. >> this information developed over the last 24 hours. authorities say its not confirmed and at this hour, they have not yet decided to activate the new threat warning system. homeland security says theres a specific credible threat, but its not confirmed. authoritie...

about the economy. as the president prepares to make the final stop on his economic bus tour today, his republican rivals are on the road and on the attack over the nations economic slump. nbcs steve handelsman has our report. >> reporter: on his campaign style swing through the midwest president obama was in iowa, the state that put him on the path to the white house in 2008. the path rick perry hopes hes on for 2012. the texas governor was in iowa targeting barack obama. >> mr. presi...

we begin this morning with pat-down pressure. the transportation security administration is speaking out amid growing concerns over the new screening procedures in airports. comments from the head of the tsa point to a possible easing of new policies, but will that mean changes for fed-up passengers any time soon? nbcs tracie potts joins us from washington with the latest. tracie, good morning. >> reporter: lynn good morning. expect an aggressive, invasive and perhaps embarrassing pat-...

we begin this morning with back to work. lawmakers will tack al long list of to-dos during a lame duck session of congress that gets under way on capitol hill today. expectations are low that well see much post-election progress. nbcs tracie potts joins us from washington with all the details. tracie, good morning. >> lynn, good morning. the old congress is coming back. the new congress is coming in. dozens of new members of the house of representatives and new senators hoping to make ...