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in syria, at least 35 people killed in the last 24 hours by the syrian army. in the province of homs, nine people today alone were killed according to opposition activists. meantime, the syrian national council has elected a kurdish di disside dissident as its new leader and spain has agreed to take a $125 billion bailout. the deterioration of its banks was threatening to bankrupt spains government. the top story of the morning. a blatt tent disregard for civil liberties, happening i...

million phone calls according to the wisconsin republican party. along with romneys fund raising, wisconsin has democrats re-examining obamas electoral strategy. should they try to compete with republican notice costly ad wars or focus on mobilizing likely democratic voters on the ground in key swing states? obama campaign senior adviser david axelrod talked about the daunting fund-raising gap on thursday after walkers victory in wisconsin. >> be the first president to be outspent, not...

dissipations >> just after 6:00 a.m. he sat quietly next to his new teddy bear as the hospital staff carefully put him into the ambulance for a short but historic 3 mi. ride. the five month old is being treated for a muscle deficiency and needs a ventilator to breathe. he is the first of about 130 patients to move from childrens memorial hospital in lincoln park to a new state of the art facility the ann and robert h. lurie childrens hospital. for the patients and staff the move was a ...

since 2002. the first year of michael bloombergs tenure as mayor of new york city. during his ten-year tenure in office, the number is 10.4 million. what was the number one reason? furtive movements which accounted for more than 50% of the stops. furtive, fly, shifty, sort of how trayvon martin was acting on the night he was shot and killed? make no mistake there, is a definite racial component of those stops, 52.9% were black. 33.7% were latino, 9.3% were white. the numbers flip when ...

>> welcome to eight special repora special report... i am standing here at the new the ann and robert h. lurie childrens hospital. now filled with patience after eight herculean effort. one under 28 tiny patients were all moved in one day and a massive undertaking that closed down lakeshore drive required intense technical coordination as well as physical work. this is a combination of not just a days of labor but years of planning >> the attitude of the job is pretty much all someawes...

captions paid for by nbc-universal television good morning, everyone. welcome to "today" on a sunday morning. im lester holt. >> and im jenna wolfe. were talking about this weather again this morning. weve been dealing with extreme weather for months. its showing no signs of letting up now. >> in the west, wildfires are raging, but in the southeast along the gulf of mexico, they have had nothing but rain. record amounts of rainfall, lots of flooding. were going to go there live in ju...

captions paid for by nbc-universal television good morning, everyone. welcome to "today" on a sunday morning. im lester holt. >> and im jenna wolfe. were talking about this weather again this morning. weve been dealing with extreme weather for months. its showing no signs of letting up now. >> in the west, wildfires are raging, but in the southeast along the gulf of mexico, they have had nothing but rain. record amounts of rainfall, lots of flooding. were going to go there live in ju...

Before the race, and mario gutierrez, the jockey, will be on board. >> he is a beautiful horse. well miss seeing him run. hes pretty spectacular. okay, jay gray. thank you so much. and live coverage of the race begins at 4:30 eastern today on nbc. [ male announcer ] if paula ebert had her way, she would help her child. no. no no no no no. mommys here [ male announcer ] with everything. but instead she gives him capri sun super-v. with one combined serving of fruits and vegetables. new capri sun ...

they take rank-and-file money and give it to the politicians. what do the unions get? >> the exciting thing is that it was reported that 38% of union households in wisconsin supported scott walker, so the tide is turning. while i love that everything that jennifer stands for in the tea party movement, i think it begins and ends with scott walker. he is the ronald reagan of our time against pacco. this is an epic victory that he had the courage to achieve. he emerges as a huge player in...

the americans defined as the enemy are seen as justifiable targets of violence, even as assassination. here is one story of how that works in america today. 911. >> somebody just came in somebody at our church. dr. george tiller was shot snp. >> the lives of those children were in iminnocent danger. >> mr. tiller set himself as the abortion provider for all late term abortions. >> some people despised him. some thought-a great humanitari humanitarian. >> the anti-abortion movement ha...