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0 he says hell spend more time studying physics this summer now that he won his final spelling bee. at 7:22 eastern he will be live on "fox & friends." we will challenge him. can he spell kinnish? >>brian: thats what makes him different. a lot of people when they have an elective they choose auto mechanics. he chooses physics. >>steve: first boy who won since 2008. lets talk about the d.c. scandals. lets focus on the one where the department of justice cracking down trying to prosecute journalis...

crowned the nations newest spelling bee champ. he will tell us what a knaidel is when we talk to him live. friday may 31st, 2013.3 c1 good morning. welcome to "today" on a friday morning. im makt lawytt lauer. >> the question everyone is asking is what is a knaidel any way. >> i have a history with knaidel. some call them another name but we are proud of the new york man that won the national spelling bee and we will tell you more about that. and you are in london and we will hear mo...

and -- ♪ i just want to feel this moment ♪ >> -- perfect pitch. the two men from this iconic photo snapped just seconds after the boston marathon bombing now in an unforgettable moment at fenway, the runner and his rescuer throw it right down the middle. can you say boston strong? ♪ what a moment there in boston last night. can we go back because, you know, bostonians have been through so much tragedy and the entire crowd was cheering them on last night. >> so great to see that...

"today" with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live, from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. good morning, everyone. welcome to "today" on a tuesday morning, im savannah guthrie. >> and im matt lauer. we were down on the jersey shore on friday. we got to see firsthand how far that area has come since hurricane sandy seven months ago. still a lot to be done. and were going to be talking about the presidents visit there in just a little while. but lets start, though, on that severe weather...

0 >> how did such a culture come about? how vast was it? who was involved? this does call for special counsel. we need to review that. my belief about the i.r.s. scandal is this culture of going after tea party groups that were on the presidents case about obamacare did not accidentally happen. i think it comes from the top in terms of tone. >>anna: when you hear attorney general eric holder is going to be investigating eric holder, somehow that doesnt seem to add up there, does it? >> not reall...

nbcs jeff rossen is in boston with the story. jeff, good morning to you. >> reporter: hey, savannah, good morning to you. lots to tell you about this morning. we want to begin with a milestone in the city of boston. overnight, they rye opened boylston street. we want to show you the site of the first bomb. this is where the first bomb went off. and as we zoom in as the cameraman does here, you can see on the left, the orange cones marked off by the cope, its an eerie sight, watching pe...

fbi agents are seeking to interview all the family members and friends of the two brothers, including the wife of the older one, tamerlan. her lawyer says he is talking to federal authorities about how to proceed. matt? >> pete williams, thank you very much. edward davis, commissioner of the boston police department, joins us now. commissioner, nice to see you. good morning. >> good morning, matt. >> youve got a suspect in the hospital in critical, but stable, condition. unable to spea...

to be numerousshosion. ta a liste all right. now don dahler is in watertown right now. don, what can you tell us? >> reporter: good morning, anne-marie. it has been a violent night in boston. around 10:20 this evening reports are that a massachusetts institute of technology police officer was shot dead by two suspects who then fled that scene. there was a massive police search almost immediately. one report has it that these two individuals came upon someone with a car and used weapons...

dozens have been injure and an unknown number have been killed. a ten-block area has been evacuated due to toxic fumes. amateur video captured the moment of the explosion, which occurred while firefighters were battling flames inside the plant. >> are you okay? >> i cant hear. >> officials say up to 75 homes have been damaged and an entire apartment complex was completely destroyed. this morning the search continues for survivors. >> i walked through the blast area, i searched some hou...

those two bombs, last night the victims were remembered. susan mcginnis is in boston with the latest. susan, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, anne-marie. investigators working with thousands of tips say they believe both bombs were hidden in back packs inside pressure cookers and constructed in such al way as to cause maximum death and injury. fbi photos show remnants of what they believe is a pressure cooking used as a bomb casing in the boston marathon explosions. when used a...