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and good morning. welcome to "today" on a friday morning. i'm matt lauer. >> i'm meredith vieira. lot of nervous eyes going to be watching wall street today following thursday's big decline, the dow closing down 376 points. >> that's right. that's even more than the overall loss during that so-called flash crash earlier this month when the dow dropped nearly 1,000 points in about 30 minutes before recouping some of those losses. so what is the turmoil mean? could we be headed for another significant downturn? we'll talk about that with cnbc's jim cramer. also ahead, important news for women. a new study is revealing a potential break-through in the battle against ovarian cancer. scientists have found a way to catch the deadly disease earlier than ever before. dr. nancy snyderman will be here with details. also, we've got some amazing video to show you, a man's touching reunion with a long, lost friend. this is a gorilla that he raised, then released into the wile five years earlier. it's really something to see. we're going to show it to you and talk to the man involved in this coming up a little later. >> reminds me of the reunion with the man and the lion. they are one of the hottest young bands around, matt loves them. the script has not one, but two songs burning up the charts. look at how many other people adore them. they'll play both of those songs live on the plaza. >> a lot of young ladies in the crowd there. they're very popular with the young ladies as well. but let's begin with the struggling stock market and new concerns over the health of the u.s. economy. cnbc's "mad money" host jim cramer is here. good morning. i want to take you back to may 6th, the day the dow plummeted 1,000 points in 30 minutes. they called it a flash crash. now we're down about 10% since the highs in the market in april. when you consider this, do you look back at may 6th and put it in a different context now? >> we are six points away from where we were that day and that was supposed to be a bogus crash. it looks like some of the levels were right. now i have to tell you we're not falling to pieces, to use the script's words. >> little pop culture reference. >> exactly. i'm advising no panic. i'm advising this is -- stay the course. a lot of it is just -- >> a guy known for sunlight and optimism says there are parts of the global economy that are now at the risk of a double-dip recession. those are words nobody wants to hear. from here ow i see things getting worse. now you can react. >> he's been negative all the way down, he was negative at 6,500. i was positive there. good point. but i will say this, he does make sense. europe has tremendous risk and until they get their act together, we're going to keep going down. >> is the reason we're going to keep going down here in this country over what happens in europe because american companies have significant exposure to the euro and european debt? >> yes, we do. our banks, our corporations, we are united far more than anyone thought. plus, i've got to tell you, they need to be a little more grown-up over there. france squabbling with germany, no real plan. no resolution means our stocks go down. >> i was watching some of the analysis after the decline on the dow yesterday. some were saying a lot of this is concern over this financial reform legislation. well, it passed in the senate yesterday, significant margin of victory there. are people worried about what the bill does or how it's going to work? >> i think people are worried that it is going to make the banks lose a lot of money. this is wall street. i think that main street does well off this. it will not be so bad. any resolution there will also be positive. we need resolutions. the united states is well ahead of europe in terms of this. >> let me end on unemployment. the labor department released some figures yesterday, jim, that showed that first-time claims for unemployment benefits rose. it was disappointing. but the unemployment situation is not a new problem. why do there seem to be more concerns about it now? >> well, because we're starting to think, if europe slows, china is slowing, we were coming back. maybe we're going to take a step back and things -- let's just say by the second half are not going to get to where we thought we might have 9% unemployment but go back over 10%. that's bad. >> jaime kramer who will be out singing "breakeven" with the script in the next half-hour. thank you. catch "mad money" on cnbc weeknights at 6:00 and 11:00 p.m. eastern time. now there is also troubling news this morning whether it comes to that oil spill in the gulf of mexico. bp now concedes that the leak is larger than it originally estimated and we now have a live picture of the spill showing exactly what is happening one mile under water. nbc's chief environmental affairs correspondent anne thompson is in venice, louisiana with more. anne, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, meredith. as bp prepares to try and stop the leak this weekend, the frustration level here in the gulf coast and in washington is growing as the oil moves in to the marshes and on to the beaches and we get our first realtime look at what's happening beneath the sea. these oily blotches stain phil and laura's daily stroll on the beach in grand isle. >> got this reddish tint. >> it's still incredibly sticky. then when the water recedes, you can see the oil's sheen. >> reporter: a sight so upsetting, grand isle's mayor struggled to control his anger. >> i'm asking the president of the united states to come and save our fisheries in louisiana because it's a crime. >> reporter: the oil is now thick in the marshes on the southeast louisiana coast and could be even bigger trouble in the coming months. this is the concern -- when the oil gets in the rosa cane, it doesn't move much, it is pretty stagnant. but imagine when a hurricane roars in, it is a completely different story. high winds and storm surge could push the oil further inland. but it was the live picture of the leak that got washington riled up. after demands from congress, bp provided the fee. the company said the insertion tube was now capturing up to 5,000 barrels a day, the same amount it claimed was leaking. but clearly, the picture showed oil still gushing. >> now we're beginning to understand that we cannot trust bp. >> reporter: that certainly was the message in a blistering letter from the obama administration to bp late thursday. the administration wants bp to make public all the information it has about the leak, writing, "those efforts to date have fallen short in both their scope and effectiveness." in new orleans, the most recent victim of the oil spill is recovering. a 1-year-old sea turtle. it was rescued this week from the oily water 35 miles from venice. now the environmental protection agency has directed bp to use a less toxic version of that chemical dispersant. this is after approving it last week. what brought about the change? well, the epa sites what it calls the unprecedented volume of the dispersant that's being used from the air and under the water to break up the so far unstoppable oil. >> anne thompson, thank you very much. it gets worse and worse. it does. ann curry has the day off. hoda kotb is at the news desk with a check of the morning's top stories. good morning, everybody. we begin here today with a major shakeup in washington. president obama is replacing his head of national intelligence, dennis blair. nbc's chief foreign affairs correspondent andrea mitchell is in washington. andrea, good morning, and why are they changing this critical post right now? >> hoda, the timing of course is terrible. you've got terror threats, a nuclear challenge from iran. two wars. but the president rejected blair's last-minute attempt to save his job. there were months of conflicts that he had with months of intelligence leaders. blair lost key backing on the hill this week after a devastating senate report came out about the christmas bomber got all the way to detroit before being caught blaming blair's agencies. officials tell me cia director leon panetta has told the white house he does not want blair's job. the leading candidate now is general james clapper, he heads the intelligence at the pentagon. the bigger problem is that the post-9/11 reorganization that reated this whole new intelligence apparatus just has not worked but no one has a plan on how to fix it. >> andrea mitchell in washington, thanks so much. the mothers of those american hikers jailed in iran received another encouraging sign today. nbc's ali eruzzi is tehran. is this going to be better than expected? >> reporter: this morning the three detained students get a chance to spend a little more time with their mothers in a tehran hotel room fueling hopes for a humanitarian release. the reunion was a dave long-awaited joy for the mothers of three u.s. students, shane bauer, jash fattal and sarah shourd, held in iran for over nine months. it is a moment to cherish for the families that have waited so long. >> it's just overwhelming joy. >> reporter: the three detainees have been accused of espionage after straining into iranian territory, but no charges have been filed yet. while some experts fear the three americans could be drawn deeper into iran's nuclear standoff with the west, the families are hoping the iranians will show clemency. >> what we're doing as families is appealing to iran as family, as people, as human beings, totally independent of the political situation. >> reporter: for now they have to live on hope. the families' iranian lawyers tells nbc news it is very unlikely they'll be allowed to leave with their mothers because their case has yet to go to court. back to you. >> thank you so much from tehran. firefighters in southern california say they have made progress overnight battling an 800-acre wildfire. however, dry, windy conditions led to red flag fire warnings in other parts of the region. a different kind crasher on thursday. president obama was making a rose garden remark when a rodent made a bee line for the bushes. could be a mole, a rat, we don't know. 11 minutes past 7:00. back to matt, meredith and -- >> it's not a rat because a rat has a long tail. >> >> good morning. the sun is out this morning and the temperature at the airport is 60% to 80% humidity. the wind is calm right now. plenty of sunshine, filtered by the high, thin clo >> and that's your latest weather. >> al, thank you. now to what could be a major break-through in women's health. the nation's top cancer researchers have released results of a new study that shows what could be a way to catch ovarian cancer earlier than ever before. nbc's chief medical editor dr. nancy snyderman has details. nancy, good morning. >> hi, meredith. >> let's talk about what this study is and is not. they did not find a gene or marker for ovarian cancer. they just found a better way to analyze information that's already out there. >> ca-125, this tumor marker that a lot of women know about which is a simple blood test. it is a protein. it's been out for a long time. it is very sensitive, not very specific and it's been used primarily for women who have late-stage ovarian cancer. you can see the ovaries are really sort of in the lower abdominal cavity but they don't bump up against anything so tumors can grow and give off very nebulous signs like bloating, cramping. in late stage, the ca-125 can pop up but for women in early-stage cancer there hasn't been a great screening test. what the doctors did what they took ca-125 and in women between the ages of 50 and 74 they watched for a trend upward. if there were a trend upward, women then got an ultrasound. and then those women who had abnormalities on the ultrasound went in for surgery. what they found was they could zero in on cancers and the few that they did find, they were all early cancers. so they basically took tools we already have, but put them together smarter. >> why is it that 70% of ovarian cancers are diagnosed when it is very late in the game. is that because of the reason -- >> because the ovaries are floating out there. if you have a tumor in your mouth or in your arm, you're going to see it or feel it. the problem is some of these organs, like the pancreas, ovaries, just don't have anything to bump up against so women brush them off. >> there is another larger study being done in great britain but the results won't come out -- >> 2015. the same kind of thing, showing, yes, these are the new way for guidelines. >> will doctors apply this science right now? >> i don't want women to, if you're below the age of 40, just go out and say i want the blood test because it seems to work. certainly you don't want an ultrasound every time you go in. but if women are between the ages of 50 and 74, if they've never had children, haven't been on birth control pills, if there is a tumor, ovarian or breast cancer in their families, they might say to a doctor, let's get this blood test, watch the trend and then i suspect doctors will apply this before the study comes out in london. but it's got to be part of a smart plan. we always talk about rationing is smart use of what we have. this is a really -- a sftep in the right direction. >> it is 7:15. here's matt. the search is on for missing masterpieces in the bandits who pulled off a daring heist at a paris modern art museum. five paintings valued at more than $100 million were stolen, including major works by picasso and matisse. nbc's stephanie gosk is in paris this morning. hi, stephanie, good morning to you. >> reporter: hi, matt, good morning. a special police brigade here in paris dedicated to art is poring over the five frames that the thieves left behind looking for forensic evidence, while interpol is contacting law enforcement around the world. the hunt for these paintings is on. five modern art masterpieces, estimated to be worth more than $100 million, stolen in the dead of night from one of the world's most prestigious museums, including pablo picasso's "do have with green peas" honoring matisse's "pastoral." the three overnight guards at the museum of art in paris say they didn't see or hear a thing. security cameras showed a lone masked intruder, breaking through a window, smashing a padlock and stealing paintings without ever tripping any alarms. motion activity sensors had been broken since march, something the thief probably knew. >> we always say it was 88% to 89% of museum thefts usually have some type of insider situation going on. it's not always a curator or maybe even an employee. sometimes it is just the experts who go in and do studies in the museum. >> reporter: an ingenious plan, perhaps a dapper thief, perhaps a hollywood movie in the making. in the thomas crown affair, pierce brosnan plays a millionaire who steals just for the thrill and gets away with it. in reality, experts suspect a crime ring may be behind this heist. >> the people who undertake this work are professional thieves. they're like businessmen. >> reporter: but unloading the paintings will be difficult. reputable dealers will quickly realize the artwork is stolen. >> you can't sell these paintings. it is funny thing, people say these paintings are worth $15 million. the truth is they're worth nothing. they're worth zero because there is no history, they don't have good title. on the open art market they're worth nothing. >> reporter: but expensive artwork has always tempted the clever criminal. the more famous the painting, the more the prestige. "the scream" was pinched from the national gallery in oslo in 2004 in broad daylight but gun wielding thieves. the painting was later recovered. more than 600 of picasso's paintings are currently missing including three taken from his granddaughter's apartment. the artwork only has a 25% of being recovered in 30 years. the chances get better the more well known the paintings. but right now the biggest fear is these thieves won't be able to sell the paintings and they might destroy them instead. matt? >> stephanie gosk for us in paris this morning, thank you very much. now here's meredith. >> thank you. white house party crasher the salahis are back in the headlines after their limo was stopped near the white house on wednesday during the obama's second official state dinner. what were they doing there? nbc's savannah guthrie has more. >> reporter: good morning, meredith. i talk to the salahis yesterday at length about this. they say they were not trying to get into the white house or even near it for a publicity stunt. though they did have a camera crew with them at the time, they say this is all just a coincidence. just as the obamas were celebrating their second star-studded state dinner -- >> cheer. >> reporter: -- the controversial couple that made the first one so notorious was just blocks away in a limo. >> mr. and mr. salahi. >> reporter: accused party crashers, the salahis, were stopped by the secret service right by the white house wednesday night when their limo driver was pull over for running a red light. after signaling that he wanted to drive into a restricted park that borders the white house called the ellipse. in an exclusive interview with nbc, tareq called it an unbelievable coincidence. michaele said, you get a very sick feeling in your stomach." their limo ran a light, was spotted trying to turn into the ellipse, then was stopped near the restaurant. the salahis were accompanied by a crew from "inside edition" which had spent the day filming with the couple called a lifestyle piece about them. driver got a ticket and after checking out their story, the secret service sent the salahis on their way. the couple told nbc news it was not a publicity stunt and they were not trying to cash the state dinner. the restaurant's owner says the event had been planned for weeks. >> they were having a great time. they seem very, very happy. this is what was so great about them. >> reporter: the salahis grabbed worldwide headlines last year when they managed to get into the white house state dinner for india without an invitation. the secret service later acknowledged its officers were at fault for admitting two people not on the guest list. but the salahis still insist they did not crash and in an interview this week with rad radaronline said someone should tell them they were sorry. >> it would be nice if somebody apologized to us or if somebody -- just call it quits. >> reporter: at the white house thursday, press secretary robert gribz was not biting. >> it seems to me like their 15 minutes of fame were up almost six months ago. >> reporter: one government official said it appeared the salahis may have been trying to pose in front of the white house during the state dinner. the salahis deny that. as to whether they will be charged in connection with the state dinner party crash last year, no decision has been made yet but a decision may be made in the next few weeks. >> savannah guthrie, thanks very much. the salahis will be here for an exclusive live interview tuesday on "today." lawyers for lindsey lohan post bond after a warrant goes out for her arrest but her problems are far from over. just ahead, an incredible reunion between a man and a gorilla five years in the making. >> we'll talk to the man behind it right after your local news. wow! chevy traverse. a consumers digest best buy, with a 100,000 mile, powertrain warranty. it seats eight comfortably - not that it always has to. during spring event get 0% apr for 60 months on a 2010 traverse with an average finance savings of around fifty four hundred dollars. only at your chevy dealer. ♪ [ female announcer ] when is it okay to lose the cover-up? ♪ when you can. take the special k challenge... and lose an inch from your waist in two weeks. so lose your cover-up, and show off your confidence. design your plan at specialk.com. design your plan it's in your future now. 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"today" national correspondent amy robach has details on that. >> good morning. lohan is in france where she attended the cannes film festival. she claims she couldn't be at that hearing because her passport was stolen. her lawyers quickly posted bond to have the warrant recalled but her legal trouble is far from over. this week in the glitzy south of france, lindsey lohan posed for pictures and partied into the night. a world away from a california courtroom where a judge was left waiting to see the 23-year-old starlet. thursday low happen failed to show up at a mandatory probation hearing for a 2007 dui conviction, claiming her passport was stolen while attending the fame's cannes film festival. >> she went to the airport with every intention of making it and they would not let her on the plane. >> reporter: lohan knew about the court hearing and thought before leaving for france getting back for it would be no problem. >> my court date is coming up this week. i think it should go well. >> reporter: with lohan a no-show, it did not go well. >> she was ordered to be here as 8:30. she's not here. there is no valid excuse. >> reporter: a warrant was issued for her arrest and the judge ordered weekly drug tests. she's banned from booze and must wear an ankle monitoring bracelet. thursday lohan's lawyers posted bond avoiding arrest when she does make it back to the u.s. everyone's out to get me! >> reporter: once regarded as promising young actress, the star of "freaky friday," "parent trap" and "mean girls" is now better known for her  headline-grabbing behavior than for headlining movies. >> a lot of people are asking themselves today, what went wrong? how did this really promising talent young actress fall so far, so fast? if you believe her dad, it has to do with substance abuse and some of her emotional issues. but if you believe lindsey, there is no problem. >> reporter: last month her estranged father showed up at her l.a. home with police. lindsay tweeted "my ex-dad just walked into my apartment like the devil's advocate with officers." most recently reports indicate lohan was axed from an upcoming movie role because financial backers believe she was unbankable. >> the challenge she presents to movie studios is she's more known for her personal troubles and tabloid persona than she is for being an actress. >> reporter: lohan is hoping to get the passport issue cleared up so she can be back in los angeles for that rescheduled hearing on monday. matt? >> amy robach, thank you very much. let's get a check of the weather now from al. >> announcer: today's weather is brought to you by caltrate. replenish your body daily with tlc -- tender loving caltrate. >> good morning. we've got all these script fans from michigan, also from chicago. first-timers to new york city. it's your birthday! this concert's for your birthday. let's check your weather, see what's happening. today is bike to work today. too late for you folks. he bikes to work. it would be beautiful to bike in new york. 83. washington, 86. boston, 70 degrees. you head to the south, biking weather, not so good in atlanta, showe thundershowers, 86 degrees. ed in midwest, yikes, >> high-pressure providing great weather for us. our forecast for today is lots of >> check your weather any time of the day or night. go to weather channel on cable, weather.com online. now to a saddened to the search for 12-year-old kayleah wilson. a body found on wednesday has now been identified as the remains of the colorado girl who vanished on her way to a birthday party back in march. nbc's janet schamlian is in greeley, colorado with details. janet, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. it is the worst possible news for family and friends of the missing 12-year-old. the body found earlier this week just a half-mile from her home from where she disappeared has been positively identified as kayleah. now the search is on for exactly what happened to her and who's responsible. >> the well county coroner's office has now identified the body as that of kayleah wilson. >> reporter: it was the news greeley hoped it wouldn't hear. the body of the missing 12-year-old was found in a flooded irrigation ditch this week. one that had been searched twice previously. the ditch was only flooded with water on tuesday, so kayleah's body may have been tucked away in an underground part of the ditch for two months, only to wash out when the ditch filled with water. her body was so badly decomposed, authorities couldn't even tell if it was a male or female at first. before an autopsy confirmed it was kayleah, friends and family gathered at the ditch for a vigil, offering prayers in hopes their fears would be proven wrong. >> it's just pretty intense. you don't even think it could happen to you. >> reporter: the sixth-grader was last seen walking to a friend's birthday party march 28th. while many initially thought she was a run-away kayleah's mom told nbc news she believed otherwise. >> do you think she ran away? do you think she was abducted? do you have any sense? >> if she ran away, she would have been home by now. i would have heard something from her by now. so i don't want to think that she was abducted. i don't want -- that's a bad thought because that means she's somewhere she doesn't want to be. >> reporter: the search for kayleah was extensive. more than 50 fbi agents were on the case at one point and authorities trenched through ponds and vacant fields. sheriff's posse canvassed the area on horseback. no sign of her, no clues. there was a plea for help. >> we still need the public's help. >> reporter: a $10,000 reward was upped to $20,000, hoping cash might open the door to clues. her heart-broken mother never gave up hope. >> i have to stay positive, i have to keep praying and know that she's coming home. >> do you believe that? >> yes, with all my heart, she's coming home. we will find her. >> reporter: police tell us the girl's parents are not suspects, nor is her former boyfriend. while they're not saying how she died, they do have that information and they say that, along with some physical evidence they found at the scene will eventually lead them to kayleah's killer. back to you. >> janet schamlian reporting for us this morning. just ahead, we'll lighten things up with a touching reunion. a man reconnects in the wild with a gorilla he raised and had not seen in five years. he'll share their amazing story right after this. to help reduce that risk. diet fortunately, there's caltrate. as we get older, our bodies steal calcium from our bones. caltrate helps replenish the calcium we lose. with 1200 mg of calcium, plus advanced levels of vitamin d to help reduce your risk of osteoporosis. it's never too early or too late for caltrate. and now big news -- the same caltrate comes in a new, smaller, easy to swallow pill. to get more of the fiber you need every day, try fiberchoice. with the natural fiber found in fruits and vegetables and 33% more fiber per serving than benefiber. go to fiberchoice.com to get savings and rewards. hmm...what's going on with dad? 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what were you saying? i don't mean to put you on the spot. >> well, you are. i have a call with the animals, come on. come on. they hear my call and they respond to that call. >> so you see kwibi, now 10. you hadn't seen him in five years. i think that first step out of the boat would have been the one that makes me nervous because you can't be 100% sure of what response you're going to get from a wild animal. >> i was not 100% sure. you never know, he is a wild animal now. but deep inside you believe that things will be okay. >> and you got close and it was clear, you say -- i liked when you say we got drunk on each other. you looked in his eyes. you could tell that this was -- there were incredible memories that he had of you. >> you know, the moment i heard the gurgle -- the gorillas have a very deep love gurgle. the moment i heard that, i knew i would be okay. right at that moment, everything stopped and the sounds of the leaves and the forest stopped and the sounds of the river stopped. i was just captivated in that moment. >> i don't know why this sticks in my mind, damian, but a gorilla -- after five years in the wild, what's the smell of that gorilla? that has been a pungent odor embracing that gorilla. >> i have to say, i love the smell of gorilla. >> never bothers you. >> not at all. >> were you at all worried, not that kwibi but that another wild gorilla might not think this reunion was quite so heart-warming and do something? >> that's actually correct. i was far more worried that one of the wives would be protective of kwibi. >> you grew up with these animals. i mean we mentioned, your father had this incredible place in england. from what i understand, as a baby, you were actually placed in the arms, in the hands, of a female gorilla. it was almost a right of passage in your family. >> i was brought up with gorillas. i was brought up with lots of animals. when i was a little boy, all the animals lived in the house with us and i think my bedroom door, tigers and gorillas and wolves would all jump on the bed. >> it's something you've carried on with your own family. >> i have. i take my young children, my little daughters, in with the gorillas. >> how hard was it to leave? after you have this reunion. nobody knows more about these animals than do you. so they are wild animals and the whole purpose is to return them to the wild. but still, it has to be hard not knowing when you'll get to see -- or if you'll get to see this particular gorilla again. >> well, i go there three or four times a year. i'm always hopeful i can see them. it is no different if you go see a friend of yours in another country, you meet and have a reunion, then you have to go on your separate lives again. i always feel i'll see him again. >> is it safe though for this gorilla to become so familiar with you again? are there threats to him and the other gorillas if he gets too comfortable around human beings? >> he's familiar with me but not familiar with other human beings, which is the way it should be. >> i mention you run this wildlife organization. what do you want people to know about kwibi and other gorillas? >> i hope that when people see this, they'll realize that animals deserve their chance and just shows how gentle gorillas can be. i think we have a responsibility to this earth and i think we can, as a species, do so much more for this planet. i believe that. >> you want people who see this perhaps on your show or youtube not to look at this as just a cute video. you would like it to be thought provoking as well. >> i would hope so. i would hope it would lead the way for people to really begin to make a change. >> damian aspinall, nice to meet you. for more information on the aspinall foundation, including how to adopt kwibi or another gorilla, head to todayshow.com. still to come, a young conductor helping kids re-invent the classic symphony sound. today contributing correspondent jenna bush hager shares her story. but first, these messages. gangs were prevalent. violence was all over. families were falling apart. you can't raise children in a community like that. people had been talking about things, but not doing anything. hi, mr. canada... how are you? 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"the man who can't be moved," also "breakeven." they also happen to be really nice young men. we've got a lot of females in the crowd. >> who can blame them. >> we'll be talking with them and listening to their music in just a little while. meanwhile, out on the plaza, i'm matt lauer along with meredith vieira and al roker. coming up, a medical story that's really bizarre. a busy father taking care of qu quadruplets, he trips walking down the street, next thing he knows he has flu-like symptoms, then he's in a flight for his life in what is commonly called a flesh-eating bacteria. luckily he's doing great right now but this is a real bizarre story. >> he's a great guy. >> he's a chef. >> he's going to cook for us actually later. coming up also, a remarkable young woman who is changing the sound of classical music and also getting kids excited in the process. jenna bush hager is here to share her inspiring story. plus, two big movies, two big stars. cameron diaz of "shrek forever after," and kristin davis from, of course, "sex and the city 2." >> tl >> a lot to get to. >> look how handsome this boy is. ann's off today, hoda cot sbee kotb is at the news desk. a possible double-dip recession this morning after the dow plunged 376 points on thursday. its biggest one-day loss in more than a year. overseas markets tumbled in early trading today. meantime, consumer advocates are praising the financial overhaul bill passed by the senate on thursday that calls for stricter regulations of both banks and borrowers. this morning, a videotaped confession from a florida teen telling police why he nearly killed another teen back in march over text messages. nbc's michelle kosinski is in ft. lauderdale with more on this. hey, michelle. >> reporter: good morning, hoda. wayne treacy is a small, well-liked, baby-faced 15-year-old, now in this jail accused of attempted murder of an eighth-grader he didn't know who sent him text messages he said set him off. referencing his brother who recently committed suicide. just hours after eighth-grader josie ratley was kicked and stomped nearly to death outside her school -- >> i remember it was just one thing that really angered me. usually when i get angry, it just goes away because i can just vent and stuff. but i don't know, couldn't get the feeling to subside. >> reporter: treacy was texting a girl using josie's phone but he ended up in a back-and-forth with josie. >> i just remember she said something about my dead brother and that really set me off. >> was it rude? >> kind of. >> do you remember what it was? >> no, sir. >> okay. is it you don't want to tell me or you don't remember? >> i don't remember. >> reporter: treacy's attorney says he was traumatized, snapped. still, 2 1/2 hours before the attack, he was texting other friends, "i'm going to jail for murder." "going to kill her. snap her next, then stomp her skull." one replies, "don't do it." today josie is a different girl. >> sneehe's recovering very slo. >> reporter: wayne treacy says he's sorry. >> it had to be pretty bad to get so angry. >> it wasn't that bad. it's my dead brother. >> reporter: a portion of that videotaped statement that police released, he seems to calm, almost matter of fact. but we know later on he breaks down crying. his attorney says this is a kid who had tried to be stoic, but who suffered a depth of trauma to the extent he knew right from wrong but at that moment he could not control himself. >> such a disturbing story, thanks, michelle. seven-time tour de france champion lance armstrong denied doping allegations made by former teammate floyd landis. during a break in the tour of california race on thursday, armstrong said landis, an admitted doper, lost credibility long ago. moments later armstrong had to quit the race when he cut his face during a pile-up. now here is brian williams with what's coming up tonight on "nbc nightly news." >> tonight on "nightly news," all week long we've been looking at celebrities who are making a difference. tonight we continue with an old friend, member of the nbc family, will ferrell. yes, he's doing something crazy. he always does. but this time, it's for a good cause. we'll show you the story tonight on "nightly news." hoda, for now back to you. have a good weekend. >> looking forward to it, brian. five minutes past the hour. let's go back to al for a check of the weather. >> thanks, hoda. the script is from ireland. these two ladies just got in -- when did you get in from dublin? >> yesterday. >> you came here to see the script? >> yeah. >> big fans of the script. >> huge. >> you got a great view right here. perfect. let's check your weather, she what's happening. our pick city of the day happens to be lubbock, texas. nbc 11. afternoon thunderstorms, temperature about 80 degrees. as we check out your forecast for today, we are looking for some wet weather working its way from the southeast, atlanta, some thunderstorms today, all the way up to chicago. rain in the pacific northwest with some windy conditions. sunshine up and down the eastern seaboard. 83 in new york. 88 in washington today -- washin >> hi, thin clouds overhead, but a fair weather situation, with all the rain falls staying out to the west through the day to day. to day. >> my gosh, what's your name? >> sara. >> where you from? >> rutherford. >> rutherford, new jersey. that happens to me all the time! i can't remember where i'm from either. i write it inside my jacket. okay, sara. now back to meredith. up next, a popular chef and father who nearly died from flesh-eating bacteria. he's going to share his cautionary tale right after this. have you tried honey bunches of oats with real strawberries? wow. it's seriously strawberry. they're everywhere. it's in the bunches, on the flakes, even real strawberries in the mix. can i have some more? honey bunches of oats with real strawberries. it's delicious. nobody does it quite like us. claritin-d helps me breathe in and out. nothing works stronger, faster, or longer to relieve all my symptoms... ...including congestion without drowsiness. get claritin-d at the pharmacy counter. live claritin clear. what are you really buying? a shiny coat of paint? a list of features? what about the strength of the steel? the integrity of its design... or how it responds... in extreme situations? the deeper you look, the more you see the real differences. and the more you understand what it means to own a mercedes-benz. the c-class. see your authorized mercedes-benz dealer for exceptional offers through mercedes-benz financial. ♪ what if they change the terms? what if the interest rate... ...is more than i thought? what if i missed something? what if we're not getting what i think we're getting? 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>> reporter: doctors put matt in a medically induced coma to make it easier for his body to heal itself. >> i talked to this doctor and i said, listen, that man means everything to me. we have four young children at home. i'm pregnant with his fifth child. i said, do everything you can. please, please, take really good care of that man. he is our life. >> reporter: over the next three months, doctors fought to get the infection eating away at matt murphy under control. 16 operations and three resuscitations later, matt's condition stabilized. the worst was behind him. >> the bacteria started attacking here, and for me, after the doctors explaining it, usually they amputate. when i woke up, i looked at my hand and said i'm not going to lose my hands. this is how i make a living. >> the doctor said, matt, we've had eight people in the last 25 years who have had this. you're the only one who's survived. it is a miracle. i have my wonderful husband who is healthy and here and we're a lucky, happy family. >> matt murphy is here with his wife and one of their daughters. dr. nancy snyderman is here as well. good morning, everybody. let me talk to you guys in a second. nancy, necrotizing fasciitis. it's very rare. 1,500 cases a year. was the bacteria already in his body and the injury triggered it? >> on his body. we're kcolonized with this bacter bacteria. it got into this wound, started to fester and the turning point was it produced this powerful toxin. that is what attacked the tissue, then attacked his organs and caused him to become so critically ill. >> you beat the odds, man. doctors told your wife 8 people in 25 years all died except you. >> yeah. >> what was the -- when this got its worst, what was the pain like? what were you feeling like? >> i'm a rugby player. broke my nose seven times, can deal with pain. i knew this was just going on and on. i thought it was like a sprained knee, said hey, it will go away. but it didn't. before we went in the e.r., the pain was just incredible. at that point i said this is more than what it is. >> you turn the corner. what kind of rehabilitation -- we should mention, had you scars, but that's the worse thing you have basically. >> yeah. >> what was the rehabilitation like? >> first waking up even was tough just to deal with that and get psychologically through it to say, hey, wow, this happened to me, i had no power over it happening. but then it was the physical side of it, too, which is just learning how to eat, walkinging. it was tough. but alicia was pregnant at the time. i'd kind of given myself targets. dr. wilson was phenomenal. he was like you're going to walk out of this hospital. i'll walk out of this hospital with you. that sort of -- i said if he had that determination, i can pull from my side, too. >> alicia, you had four -- you had quadruplets who were 1 1/2 years old, about, whether this happened. pregnant with another child. you have to be thinking this can't be happening to our family. >> well, you know, we had quad ro quadruplets. more than once have i had that feeling, this can't be happening to my family. but i had the girls at home, i was pregnant with alana, i knew i had to be tough, i had to be strong. i also knew that matt is the toughest guy i've ever known and i knew that he'd make it out of it. i was scared. i'm not going to lie. >> i was thinking, tough rugby player. what if he had said, i don't need to go to the emergency room, i'm sure this is just a problem, i'll wake up tomorrow and i'll feel better and tried to tough it out. you probably wouldn't be here. >> that's it. yeah. >> yeah. it's true. we were close. >> it was like a flu-like symptoms. i'm like, i had just come back from a trip. i'm like maybe i got the flu and all that. but, okay, enough. i went there. >> you're very lucky. nancy, because he's had this once -- i hate to even say this in front of him -- >> don't worry, i've heard it before. >> because he's had this once, is he more likely to get it again? is there something dormant in his system? >> no. this is a group of strep that's just more toxic than your average strep. but it is a warning sign that if you start to see a wound -- i'm going to use the old-fashioned term -- festering beyond what you think is normal, get in. it is rare but it can happen to you. the loss of soft tissue and muscle in the rehab you saw that he had to go through, it's significant. but nonetheless can happen to anybody and he's no more at risk than anybody else. >> i want to mention, the ritz-carlton down in new orleans had a fund-raiser. were you in the hospital. 45 chefs came, raised a lot of money. that must have been nice to have that support, not only from a great family. >> it was like everybody in the city actually. just got around from dropping off food to my wife and helping mind the children, it was just an amazing community feeling and you're a guy, you don't want to ever, hey, i'm the breadwinner, i don't want any help. this is the way i am. but it was very emotional to see so many people doing so much good. >> we're happy you're doing so well. you're going to come back and cook for us later in the show. >> i'm cooking later. >> we're all lining up for that. alicia, nice to meet you. alana, you did great. dr. nancy? >> you're welcome, matt. much more ahead, including classical music cool for kids. we'll find out how one woman is doing that. jenna bush hager introduces us to a not-so-kip cal orchestra right after this. 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"today" contributing correspondent jenna bush hager is here with details. >> thanks, meredith. the philharmonic orchestra of the americas is teaching students in grade school how to compose and conduct their own music. as i learned, this hip, young orchestra does not boast your average symphony sound. this is not your grandmother's philharmonic. and the woman behind it all, not exactly your typical conductor. she's young, she's mexican, and she's a rising star. the 29-year-old founded the philharmonic orchestra of the americas six years ago. why are you so passionate about conducting? >> to me it is the closest thing to a party. this has nothing to do with where we came from, how old we are, what our political views are. nothing. it's just let's do something beautiful together. wow. >> reporter: its mission -- simple. to highlight young talent from north, central and south america. >> when i think of myself, 13, 14 years old in mexico playing the piano and all those dreams i had, it gives me chills. i grew up listening to "west side story," watching bernstein conduct in films and thinking of the lincoln center as kind of this really high goal. >> reporter: she invited me to one of her rehearsals at new york's lincoln center. >> good luck. >> thank you. >> some people would think orchestra seems stuffy. how do you break that stereotype? >> well, i think it is extremely easy. why can't they just do things differently and a little bit more relaxed and connect with the audience? >> you performed a tribute to gloria estefan. >> she was really impressed because the orchestra could do the -- she was like, wow, i never thought an orchestra could do that. >> reporter: now, alandra and the philharmonic orchestra of the americas are teaching the new generation of music. why should public schools keep music programs? >> there is just about every single important value for a child to learn in music. teamwork. respect for one another. imagination. discipline. i think music education is really key to anybody's education. it should be like drinking water. you have to do this. >> reporter: these music aficionados at ps-187 in new york city are learning how to compose their own music. it is a program allandr created called ninos. miss barrier is the teacher of this fourth grade case. she says allandra and her team have struck a chord with these students. >> at first we worried they'd think, classical music, how boring. >> the way they teach music through sounds and colors and tastes just makes it so relatable to any kind of kid. >> if they imagine something, they can get it out and make it become a reality and that is a perfect example of a tool that can help them for a lifetime. that's already a piece of music. >> reporter: it's clear, she is making an impact. 9-year-old rose got the chance of a lifetime conducting an orchestra. will you show me a little bit about the song you conducted? the beat pattern? >> it was like that. and i don't -- i think it was song number four. >> if you believe in something, build it. if you cannot find a door, make a door. if you cannot make a door, make a window. whatever. but you get in to wherever you need to go. >> reporter: breaking boundaries, crushing stereotypes, hitting high notes, all in perfect harmony. and after sold-out show last week, the philharmonic orchestra of the americas will be performing tonight at lincoln center. so meredith, there's still a chance for you to get a ticket and go check them out. >> i love it when she says it is the closest thing to being at a party. >> she's so much fun. we can buy tickets, go to our website. >> all right. jenna bush hager, thank you so much. just aid head, cameron diaz >> live, local, latebreaking. this is wbal-tv 11 news today in baltimore. >> good morning. i am mindy basara. let's get a final check on the morning commute with kim dacey. >> couple incidents to talk about. what is on route 40, east and westbound. fire activity to watch for there. in that joppa area, police activity between pulaski highway and joppa road. 24 miles per hour coming towards the beltway and the white marsh area. a big delay there. 25 miles on the topside, 28 on the west side. not looking too bad there. we will give you a live look at that delay at white marsh. clearing up just a little bit. you will still see some stop- and-go as you don't add to the 895 tunnel. -- as you go down to the 895 tunnel. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. john, have a great weekend. >> thank you. you come to but we are starting out the weekend all right. the rain is all west of us. it will state that way during the day. the storm system finally starts to push for the east. but look at this today, the situation is 67 degrees. humidity is 70 percent fat. we will not have a lot of humidity in the atmosphere. forecast for today is the high, thin clouds. unseasonably warm. typically we would be in the mid-70's. we will be in the 80's with a high today. statewide, similar picture. a little cooler in the beach areas. >> we will have another update at 8:55. ♪ 8:30 now on this friday morning, may 21st, 2010. we're have a big celebration this morning because one of the hottest bands around, the script, has brought their brand of fantastic pop to our plaza for a live concert. a big concert today, and another big one this week. >> one republic is here next week. then a special thursday concert, that on june 3rd with "american idol's" top two. then the following day -- >> look out. >> the 4th of june, it will be bieber fever out on the plaza with teen sensation justin bieber takes over rockefeller plaza. >> i got a fever. only cow bell can cure it. also this morning, we've got "sex and the city 2" fever here. kristin davis, aka charlotte is right now entertaining our crowd. she's going to be telling us about that. plus, we're going to chat a little bit later on. she's back as fiona. we've got cameron diaz. it is so good to see you. >> what a great place to come to work every day, guys. >> almost as nice as far, far away. >> well, that is the best place. >> i just saw you out in l.a. it was so great. you were talking about the mo e movie. >> when we sat with all the other guys, antonio and mike, we -- it was just one of those moments where we don't even get a lot of those moments. we really got to learn like what the experience was like for all of us and realized actually it was very similar. we all had the same experience. we're like, why didn't we do this? why have we only been talking about it for the last ten years? >> you like the fantasy, too. it means so much for young kids. you don't want kids to think fiona, cameron diaz. >> i know. it is like that shocking look on a kid's face when their parents are, do you know who this is? the kid's like, no? a random woman? no. it's princess fiona. the kids are like, no! just like this terror in their face. you want them to always think it's real. >> you've got a big summer coming out with tom cruise, "night and day." then another film you just wrapped with justin timberlake. >> "that teacher" coming out next year which is a lot of fun. that is a little bit harder to sell to this crowd because it is a more -- a rated-r comedy. >> it is good for this crowd. >> so you guys will like it. >> you're going to take the summer off and just relax? >> yes. >> what are you going to do? >> i'm going to sleep. >> let us know what that's like. >> you can't imagine how you guys do it. absolutely not. i've just been working since last august straight through. i just finished about 2 1/2 weeks ago. i literally am going to sleep. >> whenever we see you around here, i always think you have a really great sense of style. i was reading something you said recently, you said growing up, i was the plain one, i had no style, i was the tough kid with the comb in the back pocket and the feathered hair. >> yes. >> what happened? >> well, you know, this is the beauty of like accessibility. when you're in this position, you have more access to other things than just like that wide-toothed comb and the curling iron. >> you've come a long way, baby. >> cameron diaz, thank you so much. >> >> high-pressure providing great weather for us. our forecast for today is lots of >> don't forget, check your weather any time of the day or night, weather channel on cable and weather.com 8:37. as we countdown to next week's release of "sex and the city 2," kristin davis played charlotte who when we last saw her was the proud mother of a brand-new baby girl. that makes two. good morning, kristin. nice to see you. >> thank you for having me. >> i am one of the lucky ones who have had a chance to see this movie. all my friends say how is it different from the first one? how would you say it's different? >> i think it's a very different tone. we're all together for a lot of the movie as opposed to kind of being off in our own individual story lines. we start off in new york, in our own individual story lines to re-acquaint everyone. then we go on this crazy mad-cap road trip which was really fun. we were very much having that experience off camera as well as on camera which made it even more fun. we were together all the time, we were together in all the scenes. it was really magical. >> do you have any particular memories of off camera? >> many, many memories. i think for me -- and i think all of us -- the first couple days that we were in the sahara, it was so surreal that it was almost hard to take in. i mean you can see it on film, but like the dunes just go on forever and just knowing that lawrence of arabia shot there and to think about us, the four of us, on camels, in our outfits, in the sahara desert. we just kept turning and taking pictures of each other. do you know what i mean? >> we have a clip of you in the desert, you're all on the camels. you finally got a call through to your husband. let's take a look at the clip. >> hello, harry? what have you been doing? i woke you up? harry, wait! you're going in and out. can you hear me now? harry! >> miranda! >> now according to michael patrick king, writer, director, producer, had you to that over and over and over again. >> that's our job. i did have a stunt double. camels are very, very, very high. really higher than you expect. so we had a stunt double but i still had to do it because you need it to seem real. but i got to fall on to a mattress held by about eight men who didn't speak english. they spoke french or they spoke arabic. there was some fear involved. but they were amazing. like what if something went wrong and i had to talk to them? i don't know. it was just kind of a lot. i think it was our first or second day. but then we went well. then that man, we fell on that man over and over again, me and the stunt double. he was a trouper! >> i heard the camel caught on to the whole thing and was not particularly happy about it. >> he was brilliant. you hear him in the scene objects. his name is sidu. if i said, "sidu, i love you," he would turn and look at me. when the men would run up, they'd wait in the scene and sneak up, they would know they were coming and he would make that horrible growling noise at them. >> one of my favorite scenes in this movie is actually the very beginning. you all have flashbacks to when the characters first arrived in new york city in the '80s. >> that was fun. >> there you are. what i didn't realize, i read you really did move to new york in the '80s right after college. did that bring back for you -- >> totally. and i dressed very close to that. i'm southern, i wear from south carolina. we wear pink and green still. it every day in hot rollers. i probably had some kind of weird tennis shoe on and i was walking around going on my auditions. they were probably just like, who is this girl? what is she wearing? for me, it was not that different. i was kind of jealous of sarah and kim. but it was fun to do that and very real. i remember those days. i remember walking to my w waitressing jobs. i remember my first apartment. i slept in the living room. i had a roommate and for some reason she got the bedroom. >> i don't know where she is now but you've done pretty well for yourself. >> i've been very lucky. thank you. >> such a pleasure to have you here. the movie is wonderful. >> it's finally so good to slow it to people. we've had to keep it a secret for so long. >> thank you so much, kristin davis. kim cattrall and cynthia nixon will be here next week. up next, the script perform their chart-topping hits liveto new kenmore elite multi-motion washer. how does that work? hit it! see, other machines only go in circles. this kenmore elite has multi-motions for a custom clean. it scrubs to help lift stains, rolls to wash gently, swings...steps... and tumbles. better than just circles. pbht! what?! sorry. [ male announcer ] get 15% off all appliances plus up to an additional $250 instantly with our appliance trade-in program. sears. life. well spent. i was 7 the first ti found my best friend at 13. in college, i got caught up in a love triangle. and then i discovered what true love really is. experience the only ebook reader from the bookstore you've grown up with - nook, by barnes & noble. browse and download over a million titles wirelessly, and take your story wherever you want it to go. find nook at your local barnes & noble or nook.com. also available at best buy. >> announcer: the "toyota concert series" on "today," brought to you by toyota. toyota. moving forward. you may have noticed that out on the plaza this morning, there's a sea of green in honor of these guys. they're taking our summer concert stage for the very first time with their number one single "breakeven." ladies and gentlemen, the script. >> come on, new york, let me see you with your hands in the air! ♪ i'm still alive but i'm barely breathing ♪ ♪ just prayin' to god that i don't believe in ♪ ♪ cause i got time while she got freedom ♪ ♪ cause when a heart break no it don't break even ♪ ♪ her best days will be some of my worst ♪ ♪ she finally met a man that's gonna put her first ♪ ♪ while i'm wide awake she's no trouble sleeping ♪ ♪ cause when a heart breaks no it don't break even even no ♪ ♪ what am i gonna do when the best part of my was always you ♪ ♪ and what am i supposed to say when i'm all choked up that you're okay ♪ ♪ i'm falling to pieces yeah ♪ i'm falling to pieces ♪ they say bad things happen for no reason ♪ ♪ but no wise words gonna stop the bleeding no ♪ ♪ cause she's moved on while i'm still grieving ♪ ♪ and when a heart breaks no it don't break even even no ♪ ♪ what am i gonna do when the best part of me was always you ♪ ♪ and what am i supposed to say when i'm all choked up that you're okay yeah ♪ ♪ i'm falling to pieces yeah ♪ i'm falling to pieces yeah ♪ i'm falling to pieces ♪ one still in love while the other one's leaving ♪ ♪ heart breaks no it don't break even ♪ ♪ oh you got his heart and my heart and none of the pain ♪ ♪ you took the suitcase and i took the blame ♪ ♪ now i'm trying to make sense of what little remains ooh ♪ ♪ cause you left me with no love and no love to my name ♪ ♪ >> come on, new york city be, let me hear you. all together, come on. ♪ cause when a heart breaks no it don't break even even no ♪ ♪ what am i gonna do when the best part of me was always you ♪ ♪ and what am i supposed to say when i'm all choked up that you're okay yeah ♪ ♪ i'm falling to pieces yeah ♪ i'm falling to pieces yeah i'm falling to pieces ♪ ♪ one's still in love while the other one's leaving ♪ ♪ a heart breaks but it don't break even ♪ ♪ oh it don't break even no ♪ >> the script. the guys will be back with more music on a friday morning. but first, this is "today" on nbc. ñoçpççç the script got their start in dublin, ireland. their self-titled debut album sold more than 2 million copies worldwide. the script is out on the plaza with us this morning. great to have you here. you made your american television debut on this show in march of 2009. 14 months later you guys have exploded. >> the "today" show is now fable for the script. >> we love it also. but it's happened so quickly for you guys. have you had a chance to stop and enjoy the ride? >> we haven't really had time to kind of take stock of what's happened in the past year. you know, from three guys from a really small shed in dublin as we said on the very first day we got here, to these dizzying heights we are here, this plaza, in new york. >> anything you miss about the anonymity that you used to enjoy? those days are over. >> no. >> we spent so long trying to do this and it never happened for us. it finally happened so we just appreciate it. >> real quickly when you play with the likes of mccartney and u-2, they've accomplished longevity. anything you've picked up from them, any advice they've given you? >> they have been so good to us. the bigger the star, the nicer you are. i don't think you become that big by being a terrible person. it is generally just working your way through it. >> if that's the right equation, you guys are going to be big stars. everybody here thinks you're really nice guys. you're gentlemen. what are you going to play now? >> we're going to play "the man who can't be moved." >> all right. ladies and gentlemen, the script. ♪ yeah oh ♪ going back to the corner where i first saw you gonna camp in my sleeping bag i'm not gonna move ♪ ♪ got some words on cardboard ♪ got your picture in my hand saying if you see this girl can you tell her where i am ♪ ♪ some try to hand me money they don't understand ♪ ♪ i'm not broke i'm just broken-hearted man ♪ ♪ i know it makes no sense but what can i do ♪ ♪ how can i move on whennive been in love with you ♪ ♪ cause if one day you wake up and find that you're missing me ♪ ♪ and your heart starts to wonder where on this earth i could be ♪ ♪ thinking maybe you'll come back here to the place that we'd meet ♪ ♪ and you'll see me waiting for you on the corner of the street ♪ ♪w3cíw not moving ♪ i'm not moving ♪ no ♪ policeman says son you can't stay here ♪ ♪ i said there's someone i'm waiting for if it's a day a month a year ♪ ♪ gotta stand my ground even if it rains or snows ♪ ♪ if she changes her mind this is the first place she will go ♪ ♪ cause if one day you wake up and find that you're missing me ♪ ♪ and your heart starts to wonder where on this earth i could be ♪ ♪ thinking maybe you'll come back here to the place that we'd meet ♪ ♪ and you'll see me waiting for you on the corner of the street ♪ ♪ so i'm not moving ♪ i'm not moving ♪ i'm not moving ♪ i'm not moving ♪ people talk about the guy who's waiting on a girl ♪ ♪ oh whoa ♪ there are no holes in his shoes but a big hole in his world ♪ ♪ maybe i'll get famous as the man who can't be moved ♪ ♪ and maybe you won't mean to but you'll see me on the news ♪ ♪ and you'll come running to the corner cause you'll know it's just for you ♪ ♪ you know it's just for you ♪ cause if one day you wake up and find that you're missing me ♪ ♪ and your heart starts to wonder where on this earth i could be ♪ ♪ thinking maybe you'll come back here to the place that we meet ♪ ♪ oh you see me waiting for you on the corner of the street ♪ ♪ so i'm not moving ♪ i'm not moving ♪ oh whoa ♪ i'm not moving ♪ i'm not moving ♪ going back to the corner where i first saw you ♪ ♪ gonna camp in my sleeping bag i'm not gonna move ♪ >> they are good. >> guys, thank you so much. more ahead on a friday morning. but first, your local news and weather. >> live, local, latebreaking. this is wbal-tv 11 news today in baltimore. >> good morning. i am mindy basara. police are looking for whoever shot and killed a man at a west baltimore sky team 11 was over the scene yesterday at 2:30. the victim was taken to shock trauma and died three hours later. all baltimore city mother cannot understand why police and not charge a man who says she says infected corn nine teen- month-old daughter with gonorrhea. -- affected her 19-month-old daughter with gonorrhea police said they don't have enough conclusive evidence to file charges. back in a minute with a check on >> now let's take a look at the forecast with john collins. >> big area of high pressure will hold a storm off to the west. it is not expected to get in. it may throw clouds our way. other than that, fairweather's situation. mostly sunny skies, unseasonably warm. 81 to 86 for the high. south, southeast winds at 10 ♪ ♪ i like your messy hair ♪ i like the clothes you wear ♪ i like the way you sing ♪ and when you dance with me ♪ you always make me smile ♪ don't know why i love you [ male announcer ] we believe you're at your best when you can truly be yourself. 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