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america this summer, while back at home the future queen of england shocked the world as she s caught grocery shopping, today, may 6, 2011. captions paid for by nbc-universal television welcome to today on this friday morning. i m meredith vieira. i m david gregory in for matt lauer. president obama heads to fort comp be campbell, kentucky, today to meet with some of the members of s.e.a.l. team 6. ander more information about what the s.e.a.l.s recovered during the raid. there was talk of an attack on september 11 this year involving trains in the u.s. and what s the best way to reach kids about the dangers of obesity. a controversial new campaign is using brutally honest images and messages cliek chubby kids may not outlive their parents but some experts say it crosses the line. plus, do you want to own a piece of hollywood history? the house made in the christmas classic home alone is up for sale. [ screaming ] and it will cause you to scream. this is exciting. we ll unveil the star-studded summer concert series line up. we begin with serious news and the latest on the raid and killing of osama bin laden. ann curry is in abbottabad again this morning. good morning. reporter: good morning to you, meredith. a few hours ago, a u.s. drone attack with multiple missiles fired was reported. this is likely to further inflame the already tense situation here. also today, a major push-back from the army. roads cleared, reporters, every cleared from osama bin laden s compound as officials here want this embarrassment to end. this morning, new video emerged, shot by pakistani intelligence services inside osama bin laden s compound. this as u.s. officials release initial details of what special forces found there on laptops, papers and cell phones. no references to specific plots. but, they say, it appears al qaeda operatives weighed options as far back as february 2010 as to whether or not they should attack trains on the september 11 anniversary as they have in britain, spain and india. embarrassed about the way the u.s. took down osama bin laden on thursday the most powerful man in pakistan called sunday s raid a misadventure warming in a statement that any similar action violating the sovereignty of pakistan would jeopardize the level of military/intelligence cooperation with the united states. a respected pakistani journalist and bin laden expert says security is gathering intelligence from three of bin laden s wives taken into custody at the compound. i think they can provide information to the investigators which areas where he was hiding, what kind of people he was meeting, and especially from how long he was hiding in pakistan. reporter: u.s. analysts piecing together the life of one of those wives, amal asada was just 18 when she was married to osama bin laden then at 43 becoming his last and favorite wife. she was known to be devoted to him. she lunged forward seemingly to protect osama. she was shot in the leg. she was in the room when her husband died. she s from yemen, a country osama considered his homeland. she was like him simple, pious and not interested in luxury like his other four wives. it appears she lived her life on the run. she traveled with bin laden during one of the most difficult parts of his life when he was mostly on the run traveling across pakistan, afghanistan with few luxuries yet she stuck by him. reporter: there are reports that amal, now in custody, has told interrogators that osama bin laden and family members had been living in the compound for the past five years. she will know details about the life of the world s most wanted man and u.s. officials will want to speak with her. pakistan security is reportedly considering lettinging u.s. officials have access to osama bin laden s wives but not to hand them over. also there is a report in the washington post that the cia had a safehouse here used to monitor movements at the osama bin laden compound. if so, locals here still don t know where that safehouse was. david, back to you. all right, ann. thank you very much. reporting from pakistan this morning. president obama will meet today with the navy s.e.a.l. tale that carried out the raid on osama bin laden s compound. this after making his first visit to ground zero as president on thursday. savannah guthrie is here in new york with the details. good morning. good morning. the president will meet with some of the s.e.a.l.s. fort campbell is the training base for the helicopters that took part in the raid to kill osama bin laden. with the president s visit to ground zero and the trip today, he s trying to mark a moment in american history. one day after laying a wreath at 9/11 s hallowed grounds, the president will travel today to fort campbell, kentucky, and meet face to face for the first time behind closed doors with some of the navy s.e.a.l.s who raided osama bin laden s pakistan compound, killing america s most wanted terrorist. on thursday in new york, the president told 9/11 first responders what the s.e.a.l.s did last weekend was for them. when those guys took the extraordinary risks going into pakistan they were doing it, in part, because of the sacrifices that were made in this state. they were doing it in the name of your brothers that were lost. reporter: the president s visit to new york was low key. he mettle privately with 9/11 families, visited firefighters and a ground zero police precinct, trying to recreate the spirit of unity that reigned on 9/11. we did what we said we were going to do, and that america even in the midst of tragedy will come together across the years, across politics, across party, across administrations, to make sure justice is done. reporter: but the administration still faced questions over why early accounts of how bin laden was killed were wrong. the white house acknowledging in the rush to get information out some facts were inaccurate. i think it s an embarrassment to the white house and the optics of it. look, the big issue is an extremely daring, risky raid carried out nearly flawlessly hundreds of miles from the launch point and finally achieving an objective we tried to carry out for ten years. the white house says accounts changed as more s.e.a.l.s were interviewed and aides say there is no question that sometimes these things change over time and that the administration deserves credit for trying to correct the record as quickly as possible. david? security analyst peter bergen produced the first television interview with osama bin laden in 1997. his book is called the longest war, the enduring conflict between america and al qaeda. good morning. good morning. the details we are learning about a potential plot against america for the tenth anniversary of 9/11 or another major holiday against trains, against the rail system. what details have we learned about that? i think this was, like a lot of al qaeda plots, very much in the blue sky category. they had been thinking about a lot of things. still a focus on the spectacular attack. what was interesting was the cities they were targeting new york, los angeles, washington, chicago. you know, they are not going to attack sioux city or des moines or less of an american city. people of influence have never heard of des moines. it s the iconic cities that are targets. presumably we ll learn from evidence compiled from the scene but there was a picture of osama bin laden in more direct command and control. do you think that s what we can glean from this? that s unsurprising. when you join al qaeda you don t swear oath of allegiance to al qaeda. it s to osama bin laden. replacing him will be difficult. they pledge to osama bin laden personally. we hear about al qaeda being a franchise operation, more decentralized but he was the figurehead. yeah. in the u.s. military there is a thing called commander of intent. general petraeus puts out a general order. that s what bin laden would do. attack westerners, attack jews. sometimes he would add something like, let s take revenge for the danish cartoon of the t prophet mohamed. we have seen a lot of activity trying tole kill the cartoonist responsible. you are talking about the cult of personality surrounding bin laden. so the number two who is still at large, ayman al zawahiri, can he take over? he ll run it into the ground. he s not well liked in his own group. he doesn t have the stature bin laden has. he s a divisive figure. i know friends, family, who have nice things to say humble, modest. no one describes feelings of love for ayman. love is a strong verb. what about the terrorist threat we face as a country? you wrote this week, between the arab spring and the death of bin laden it is hard to imagine greater blows to al qaeda s ideology and organization. it had nothing to do with the spring. people are not carrying pictures of osama bin laden, demanding a taliban theocracy. they want accountable government, everything we want. al qaeda the organization was founded by bin laden. he s the intellectual 9/11. he s irreplaceable. if we spent hours thinking about t what better way to end this thing and the arab spring and the death of bin laden are big. it s a major national security problem for the united states, this thing is receding. that s a significant statement. i think it s true. we are in new york, almost ten years later. most americans would have wanted it to have succeeded by now. as you look back and in the new book you talk about the mistakes bin laden made that led to his downfall. what are the top ones? first of all, attacking the united states was dumb. he got an 800-pound gorilla riled up. people within al qaeda understood this was a mistake. we have recovered things on the battlefield where they say, hey, that was dumb. bin laden bought into his idea that the united states was as weak as the former soviet union, that our activities would be explained by the pull-out of vietnam. we weren t going to pull out after being attacked there. it was a misanalysis of what the united states responses were. that was the big bad idea. he should have stuck with trying to overthrow the saudi regime which was his initial aim. thank you, peter. the killing of bin laden and how it shape it is war on terror and the world, we have a speciale hour of meet the press this sunday. among the guests, michael chertoff, michael hayden and white house national security adviser tom donilon. now we want a check of the top news stories with natalie at the news desk. more members of the mississippi delta are being forced to evacuate as the water is rising and the river rushes south. ron mott is in memphis, tennessee, with the latest. good morning. reporter: good morning. a lot of damage has been done in the north. here in memphis and points south, people are bracing for much of the same. for the second straight spring john and dora richards have watched as river water inched toward the their house. unlike last year when flooding seeped inside the home they are feeling lucky. the last two years you thought, well, in the morning am i going to put my feet in water. reporter: the worst appears to be behind residents and businesses here with the river cresting thursday, the situation upstream is more dire, especially for farmers who make their living along the mississippi. the army corps of engineers breached the river intentionally blowing up the levees at three points along the big muddy. first at cairo, then new madrid and then hickman, kentucky, sending water onto prime farmland. the levees were blasted to protect people and property, but farmers say it will cost them millions. it s amazing that one boom can put this much water through here and devastate this many lives. reporter: the richards are counting their good fortune, but they are concerned about flood victims and those to come down river. i feel for them. really, i do. i do. i feel for them. i know what they re going through. it s heart-breaking. reporter: the river is expected to crest in memphis on wednesday, very close to an all-time high. officials say 2,800 residences and businesses are in the flood zone perhaps threatening to flood. back to you. ron mott in memphis, tennessee. thank you. as the flooding threatens the mississippi delta, a major swath of texas is undergoing a severe drought. the drought-stricken area is larger than pennsylvania, maryland, new jersey and delaware combined. some schools received suspicious letters containing white powder prompting concern and several school evacuations. initial testing finds the powder to be nontoxic. investigators believe the letters are a hoax. the fbi will test the powder today. tensions are mounting again today in syria where demonstrators promise another day of defiance. lee cowan is on the syrian border with the latest. lee, good morning. reporter: good morning. it s shaping up to be another deadly day for those protesting in syria. word from across the border indicates at least 1,000 people have gathered in damascus but the military has tanks and troops to intimidate them or worse. since the uprising began six weeks ago, more than 500 demonstrators have been killed, thousands taken into custody and the most recent is an american reporter from seattle named dorothy parva. she was working for aljazeera english at the time. she arrived about a week ago. no one has seen or heard from her since. syrian authorities say they have her in custody. so far, calls for her release have gone unanswered. natalie? lee cowan, thanks so much. now to wall street. mandy drury is at the new york stock exchange. how will the week turn out, do you think? it s often billed as the mother of all data but the monthly jobs report is very much the focus of the markets, just as investors started to fret that economic news is starting to weaken. the good news here is, natalie, remember the plunge in crude oil prices i was talking about yesterday? we saw a $10 plunge which also brought wholesale gasoline prices down 20 cents a gallon. we hope that translates into a halt in the rise we have been seeing in retail prices that we pay at the pump. coodities like oil, gold and silver and copper really taking a hit this week as economic news is starting to weaken. they had risen too far and too fast. back to you. mandy, thank you. it took three years of planning to make one spectacular leap. chilean base jumper julio munoz revved his motor bike into the andes. he free falled about 3,000 feet before opening his parachute. the bike smashed to pieces but he landed safe and sound along with all of the cameras mounted to his body to capture the feat. that s stunning and unbelievable and frightening. crazy. all at once. i was training to do that. next where in the world is matt lauer. all the cameras. we want to see that. we get to push him off the cliff. oh, my gosh. amazing. that s on a list of things i don t want to do. exactly. one more thing we will not be doing. thank you. sure. mr. roker didn t make it this way but he made it to louisville for the kentucky derby. lots of sunshine. a little chilly. 43 is the temperature, light westerly winds. winds primarily will be a southwesterly direction. pick up some cloud meredith, that horse over there is the one i was on last year. that s the one that gave me trouble. i m keeping distance from him. stay away from that one, al. thank you, honey. we may not know where prince william and princess catherine are going on their honeymoon but we know they are coming to america. michelle kosinski is here with details on that in our first kate spotting since the royal wedding. good morning. good morning. gob-smacked is the great british world people use. seeing the future queen at a grocery store in remote wales, she had two body guards but she had the cart doing her own shopping. it seems impossible to tell if they are trying to make a point that, hey, we re regular people or this is how they roll, but they added another surprise a visit to the u.s. in two months. to join together this man and this woman in holy matrimony. reporter: what do you do after your historic wedding of the century that approximately a third of the planet watched live? you take off for two whole days of peace and quiet at some secret location nearby. then right back home and back to work. and so life is back to kind of normal for these two, setting up house in their little coastal town. still no word on where they will head for the honeymoon or when. that s all private. what they are revealing is more of the public life together. their first official trip to canada in july now all of the sudden adding a visit to quite possibly their biggest fan base in the u.s. of a. california, here they come july 8 to 10th. i think the visit of william and catherine will be huge in america. something like 600,000 americans came over to britain just to see the royal wedding. it s no surprise to me that california has been picked. it s a place where the celebrities are based. i m sure there will be a gala reception. this is the first time the american couple can celebrate a new royal princess. reporter: california couldn t be more thrilled to welcome the future king and queen of england, whatever they choose to do and see here. the nice thing about california is there is something for everybody. they re interested in seeing the sun, surf, beaches. absolutely something you can enjoy. reporter: the last time we saw prince william in the united states he was 11. his little brother harry was 8 and their mother princess diana brought them to disneyworld. here he is, newly married about to begin the visible role for which he tried to prepare his bride. [ cheers and applause ] reporter: together, little by little, creating a balance of private normal home life and the world s stage. venturing out one step at a time. true to form the palace isn t saying why they added a u.s. trip to the agenda or you know, some people are speculating maybe they wanted to show how important the alliance is between the u.s. and britain or maybe they were pleased with the ratings their wedding got here in the united states. we hear they may go to universal out there. have you heard that? no, i haven t. putting it out there. michelle, thank you so much. thank you. still ahead, did a police officer use too much force to subdue a 15-year-old girl? the violent shove that could land that officer in hot water. first this is today on nbc. blueberry waffle with maple sausage. can t get better. unless we were kicking it on the couch in pjs, watching our soaps. it doesn t get better than the new blueberry waffle with maple sausage sandwich. try one today. just ahead, the new anti-obesity campaign aimed at kids that some critics say crosses the line. and want to live in the home alone house? it just hit the market. after your local news. ly went t. female announcer: celebrate life s unforgettable moments with pandora, at jared. girls: awww. - they are so cute at that age. live, local, latebreaking. this is wbal-tv 11 news today in baltimore. good morning. i am stan stovall. here is kim dacey and traffic pulse 11. looking nice for your friday morning commute. a crash at ellicott city, of frederick road and st. john s lane. flower mart-related closures around mount vernon place. otherwise, we re looking very nice. 95 south between the beltway at 100, six minutes there. no problems there. we will give you a look outside in the area of 175. southbound traffic going away from us, but everything is moving freely. topside of the beltway, that is what area we are seeing a delay. pretty typical for this time of morning. john, over to you. sunshine, blue sky, traffic cameras. a couple of wispy clouds. with the system off to the west this afternoon. we will see some of the clouds moved in during the day today. 43 at the airport. humidity the barometer has risen a little but. west winds at 3 miles an hour. we will see an increase in clouds. a dry most of the day. late afternoon or evening, we could pick up the scattered showers or two. south breeze at about 10 miles per hour. it will still rise during the day. check the bottom of your screen for updated news and traffic information. back at 7:55 for another live update. we have to write down everything about every flight. with so many new southwest flights, that s a lot of ink. i filled up three of these this month already. kinda like the little black book. of all the cities we ve dated. 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[ ding ] fantastic. was that good? can i do it with a british accent? you can try it. okay. crowds lined the mall today [ laughter ] brilliant. fantastic. if it s okay with you we ll stick with your native american tongue. seriously? yeah. we are back at 7:30 on friday morning, may 6, 2011. that s me on the set of the long-running british sci-fi show dr. who as part of a special series called anchors abroad where we make cameos on some of the biggest international tv shows. i ll get started on monday. that will be fun. you were brilliant. thank you so much. hello! hello! i m meredith vieira alongside david gregory in for matt. switching gears, a violent arrest caught on tape. the officer for a phoenix police department is being called into question. he was seen shoving a 15-year-old girl into a concrete wall. that looks so hard. details coming up. plus, you wouldn t think anybody would be against a campaign to end childhood obesity, but a campaign in georgia is facing criticism by some who say the ads go too far. we ll tell you why. on a different note it could be yours. the iconic house from the movie home alone was put on the market. we have an inside tour. i loved that house. well, there it is. i thought it was part of a set. no, it s the real thing. we ll begin this half hour with the startling video of the police take-down of a 15-year-old girl. miguel alma fwguer is in phoeni. reporter: this incident happened in january but video of the arresting officer was just discovered by a police department employee. now that the video has been forwarded to a supervisor it s that arresting officer that could face charges of his own. the youtube video under review by the phoenix police department is just over three minutes long, but the police takedown of the 15-year-old girl is over in seconds. the powerful impact of this quick hit prompted an internal investigation. at face value, what you see on the video is of great concern to the phoenix police department about how a member of this community was treated. reporter: police won t identify the 15-year-old girl but say the officer is a six-year member of the force defended by the police union. we should not crucify the officer without knowing all the facts. reporter: the incident happened at this small charter school, what s called the last chance campus for troubled youth. the home video begins in the school parking lot. the teenager pinned to the ground by her mother, the person who police say called officers to the scene. according to police, the teenager was kicked out of class because she was allegedly drunk, had served liquor to other students and assaulted a teacherer. as you can see, the 15-year-old physically assaults her mother with fist strikes to the face. reporter: as witnesses and police arrive the teen tries to walk away. the officer pursues from behind, picking up speed before slamming the girl into the concrete wall. police call this, quote, an impact push. but critics including this retired law enforcement officer call the video and use of force disturbing. i didn t see the girl resisting the officer. i didn t see where the officer gave the opportunity for her to comply with any orders. it s troubling. reporter: after the teen was thrust into the wall, for a moment she lies motionless on the ground while being hand cuffed. police say she wasn t hurt but the video appears to show a bloody wound on her head. the 15-year-old was bookd on three charges including assault. now that the video has surfaced it s the arresting officer who could also face criminal charges. if this is a case in which an unlawful amount of force was used by the officer and what we are looking at is evidence of an aggravated assault or not. reporter: the police department says the officer has no criminal history or no problems. they have advised him not to talk. meantime, that 15-year-old girl and her mother er have not file charge or so complaints. her case is still pending. meredith? miguel, thank you very much. now let s get another check of the weather from al at churchill downs this morning. he s getting set for tomorrow s kentucky derby. announcer: today s weather is brought to you by kay jewelers. every kiss begins with kay. and one of the best parts of being here at churchill downs is getting into interview donna brothers, one of the all-time female money-leading jockeys. one of her great feats is she s best known for saddling up to jockeys for interviews on horseback during nbc s coverage of the kentucky derby. this morning she s taking a chance to ride next to me after a less than popular incident that hapned last year here on the backside. whoa, cowboy. whoa, whoa. okay. whoa! oh, oh! okay. wow. i just decided that i m not getting on another horse after that. well, actually i did, but this one s a little safer. donna brothers is joining me now. donna? this is much better. i feel much better on these. i thought you would like these better. what are these called? these are equicizers, which the jockeys practice skills on. after my fall from grace i thought it would be better for both of us. what are jockeys doing to get ready for the race tomorrow? at this point they are getting on horses, trying to do what they can to distract themselves. i see john court riding by an arch, arch, arch, the horse that will ride in the derby. one thing i wanted to talk about last year and as soon as i went to show you, you pushed me off my horse. the horse pushed you. i had nothing to do with it. in any case, right before the race, the jockeys drop the reins like this, they pull all these goggles down. you have four four pair of goggles. they can have six to seven if it s a sloppy track. they put those down and put a cross is what you call it when you do both reins in one hand. they hold the main hold here and here. right. when the gates spring open they pop up into riding position. what happens when the mud s hitting you. as the mud s hitting them they re riding along, grab a goggles and pull it down. the other thing is they start to ride and gather up more rein and turn over their stick. yeah. and switch hands if your horse needs a left all right, al. you can do it. all a little chilly and there is a weather system to the west. rain chance later in the day. the bulk of the day would just and coverage of the 137th run for the roses, the kentucky derby, starts tomorrow morning, 11:00 a.m. on versus on cable and 4:00 p.m. on nbc. back to you. al, thanks. we re looking forward to it. switching gears here, more teens accused of bullying phoebe prince so that she took her own life have taken plea deals but not before her mother had her say. jeff rossen has the latest this morning. good morning. reporter: good morning. after all of the pain, all of the suffering and it has been intense and long. about a year and a half since phoebe s death, prosecutors are putting the wraps on the criminal case that s officially over. five of the bullies reached plea deals. no jail time for them and the d.a. dropped charges against the sixth and final student involved. they did not get away scot-free here. decision to probation and community service, the victim s mother confronted the bullies in court, face to face, crying and some of them couldn t take it. is there anything you want to say to phoebe or her family? absolutely not. reporter: sharon velasquez was stoic but tears. turns out phoebe prince s mother had plenty to say. moments of outrage. sharon s anger and aggression would have scared me, an adult. i can only imagine the terror in phoebe. reporter: and moments of pure pain. i will not be spending the summer teaching her to drive. no. this summer i will be negotiating with stone cutters who will design and cut the celtic cross for her head stone. reporter: she lived in fear of bullies. three of the so-called mean girls appeared in court. all of them admitting to misdemeanor criminal harassment. are you admitting to those facts freely, willingly and voluntarily? yes, sir. yes. yes, your honor. reporter: for the bullies sentenced to probation and 50 to 100 hours of community service, it is the end of a horrible chapter, but for phoebe s family, it is forever. they want the kids involved to know it. phoebe drew a sketch on one of the folders. it was a candle with a flame and underneath she d written, there is always a light. phoebe tried to be strong, but sometimes people want nothing more than to break you. she gave me some of the happiest moments of my life. my baby. reporter: this week five of the accused bullies struck plea deals keeping them out of jail. late thursday, the d.a. dropped the charges against the sixth student. the criminal case is over. the era of turning a blind eye to bullying and harassment is over. reporter: but before the day was done, a surprise twist in court. phoebe s mother found the strength to compliment one of her daughter s tormenters, ashley, who asked for a private meeting before the hearing. it was not easy for her to sit across from me not knowing what i might say to her, but i am very satisfied that the accountability and genuine remorse we have been asking for has been offered to me by ashley. i think with the right support system in place to help her, ashley could go far. reporter: quite a day in court. around here, a lot of parents of the past year and a half ever since this happened blamed school officials inside south hadly high for what happened saying they knew the bullying was going on but turned a blind eye, did nothing to stop it. prosecutors are weighing in saying while school official behavior was troublesome, it was not criminal. there will be no criminal charges filed against school officials here. all right. jeff rossen, a tough story to hear. thank you very much. still ahead, are the messages used in a new anti-obesity used too cruel? 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[ grunts ] yes! reporter: whoever buys it will have a good place to come home to. reporter: for today, john yang, nbc news, winetka, illinois. i want that house so bad! apparently they had to kick john out of the house. he was having too much fun. he s a little obsessed. you can have that house. i would love that house. it s a thought. yeah. just ahead, the young jockey whole could become the first woman in history to win the kentucky derby. we are going to meet her. first, these messages. 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[ ship horn blows ] live, local, latebreaking. this is still edl tv 11 news today in baltimore. this is wbal-tv 11 news today in baltimore. good morning. i am stan stovall. here is kim dacey. we have an accident at wabash avenue, another one at sinclair and belair road. we have closures near the monument on madison and mount vernon place. westbound 70 between security boulevard and the beltway, and another crash and ellicott city at st. john s lane and frederick wrote. we are seeing delays on the outer loop from security boulevard back to baltimore national pike. a bit of a slowdown back there. the bigger delays on the topside. out of it is backing out all the way from harford road to providence road. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. john has a check on the forecast. a lot of sunshine right now, but there is a weather system, not a terribly strong one, but it will push clouds and eventually. we could see a thundershower later today. temperature-wise, we are off to a chilly start. right now the airport, after a low of 41, has come up to 32 degrees. humidity down, barometer is up. today s forecast, increasing clouds. most of the day find. towards the end of the afternoon and evening hours, rain chances pickup. of the northwest, maybe a rumble of thunder. check the bottom of your screen for updated news and traffic information. back in 25 minutes with another live update. we download about four free songs a month. i play online poker two nights a week. my fiancee shops online about an hour a day. we re exposing ourselves to web viruses that could obliterate our finances and leave our future together a bleak and tortured existence. [ laughs nervously ] i got it covered. we switched to kaspersky. no matter who you are, we ve got you covered. kaspersky, the most advanced internet security software. 8:00 now on this friday morning, the 6th of may, 2011. a very nice crowd out on the plaza this morning, but we are really going to pack them in and believe it or not our summer concert series kicks off and the line-up is just ahead. i m meredith vieira along with david gregory who s in for matt this morning. i almost got killed by that camera. i know. you know, your scarf matches i know. what is this about? it s the new color for the season. anyway, coming up this half hour, the controversy over a new anti-obesity campaign aimed at kids. it uses striking images of overweight boys and girls with messages like chubby kids may not outlive their parents. some say it could do more harm than good. we ll talk about it with the chair of the campaign and one of the kids used in the ads. she is a child actor. we ll hear more about it in a few minutes. plus, the kentucky derby is coming up. will history be made this year? we ll go to churchill downs to meet the young jockey who could be the first woman to win the legendary race. which would be great. this sunday on dateline an update on david goldman who fought a long battle to bring his son home from brazil. he ll speak about the struggle and what life is like for them now. i think people are very interested in knowing how sean is doing. shown is my special buddy. we are we are father and son again. you can see our exclusive interview on a special dateline on sunday. david will be here live on monday. he s written a book about the experience over the past five years of getting his son back. you covered so much of it. i m looking forward to it. they re doing really well. we want to go inside. natalie has a look at the top headlines of the day. good morning. today president obama travels to kentucky to meet with and thank some of the navy s.e.a.l.s who took down osama bin laden. this as we learn more from documents seized at the terror leader s hideout in pakistan. al qaeda considered attacking america s rail system on the upcoming 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. documents reveal the terrorists wanted to tip a train by tampering with the rails so it would fall off a track at either a valley or a bridge. the u.s. may release some of moammar gadhafi s frozen assets to fund opposition fighters. the rebels say they need up to $3 billion for military salaries, food, medicine and basic supplies. now there is a stalemate between the rebels and the government. the grim search for victims of last week s tornadoes is under way in the south with no firm number of how many people are missing. the mayor of tuscaloosa, alabama, says 25 people are unaccounted for in his city alone. five lesser known republican hopefuls took part in the first presidential debate of the t 2012 campaign season last night. they congratulated president obama for finding and killing osama bin laden but oppose the commander in chief on a variety of national security and domestic policy issues. almost all senate republicans say they will vote against any obama administration choice to head the new consumer financial protection bureau. they say no one should be confirmed unless changes are made in the agency to make it less powerful. carl lewis can run but he may not be able to serve. an appeals court says the olympic gold medalist can be on the ballot in new jersey for the senate but the court hasn t decided whether or not lewis meets the residency requirement. he owns homes in new jersey and california. spectators were shocked at a steeplechase in australia. one runaway horse that lost its je jockey jumped into the crowd injuringing a 2-year-old boy and 80-year-old woman. only two of the starters finished the race. what a scene. 8:04. now to al with a check of the weather with louisville, kentucky. announcer: today s weather is brought to you by advil. make the switch to advil now. good morning, everybody. we are here at churchill downs. joining me, michael paley of proof on main in louisville. good morning. and the main stay here is the mint julep. we are in the heart of bourbon country. the winning horse and the mint julep are the most wanted thing in town. you will muddle a little bit of mint. this is a muddler? we use a classic spearmint that s great. you just want to bruise the mint, release the oils and aroma. one ounce of simple syrup. okay. crushed ice. all right. it can be messy. an ounce of bourbon on each. that s it? we ll garnish with a little bit of mint. and it looks like this. something like that. we have fresh mint here. there we go. got one for meredith here. what s this? a snow cone? we thought it would be fun to do snow cones this year. we reduced bourbon and sugar for a simple syrup. this will be a fun thing for the guests. this is a fruit juice? for the nonbourbon drinkers. you can pour anything over a snow cone. and what s this? it s our version of the arnold palmer, the kentucky palmer. lemonade, iced tea spiked with bourbon. thank you very much. thank you. that s what a beautiful morning. temperature is a little on the chilly aside. we warm up and bring a slight chance for a shower in the chance for a shower in the forecast by david, bourbon snow cone. don t try this at home. you re having a good time this morning, al. coming up next, the controversy surrounding the new anti-obesity ads, part of a campaign. did they go too far? 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reporter: a heavy issue that many kids don t want to face alone. for today, nbc news, miami. ron prizen is the chair of the stop childhood obesity campaign. maya walters is the 14-year-old actor featured in the ads. they are here with clinical psychologist judith sills. maya, did you think the ads would be controversial or is that the idea? we knew there would be some discomfort when the ads would go up. keep in mind this is a three-part campaign. this is part one. this is part one. the first part is intended to raise the level of awareness. we tried to give voice to these kids in their words how they feel about being overweight. you re aiming it at parents, is that correct? we want the parents to be aware, but we want educators to be aware and we want other kids to see these kids who may relate to them. i want people to know that the kids in the commercials are acting. they are actors. but the words they speak are from kids you talked to. it s a direct dialogue. what were the kids saying? we did a focus group and asked the kids, how should we talk about being overweight, being obese? they told us, give it to us straight, tell us the facts so we can make decisions about how to live our lives. maya, your mom saw an ad on facebook and said, why don t we try this. didhesitation? at first i did. but once i got the part and i went there, i saw it was a great opportunity. were you worried though as some people have said that the ads might contribute to more bullying? have you faced bullying in your life because of weight issues? yes. every kid experiences bullying. this ad gave me way more self-confidence than i had before to know they liked me just how i was. not a lot of people at my school saw the ad. but i haven t gotten bullied because of it. you felt by doing it, you feel better about yourself? yes. why is that? because before i didn t feel pretty. i didn t feel i could do anything like this because of my weight and now i see somebody likes me just the way i am and because of how i look. i want to talk about the criticism, ron. the national association to advance fat acceptance said you are making children think there is something wrong with them. how do you respond to that? well, keep in mind when people are uncomfortable these charges come about. we ll say in a heartbeat, you are listening to the kids in terms of how they feel about this disease. we actually talked to some of the parents early on and the parents said that it was more important for kids to be happy than to focus on their weight. assuming that they will grow out of their weight issues. but the fact is, meredith, these kids are ten times as likely to become overweight adults than their normal-wigeight peers. we know they are already suffering from low self-esteem, depression and in addition to that, loads of clinical types of issues. do you think these ads are the way to go to address those issues? well, i think the straight talk and aggressiveness address the denial ron talked about. parents don t want to see my kid suffering. so you do have to put it in their face and say, take a look at this. at the same time, meredith, there is a price to be paid and the price is the stigma that fat is so awful we get 9-year-old girls dieting because they don t want to have that problem. we need a wellness approach that s says every kid needs to get up and move. every parent needs to get active. we don t want to separate out obesity, but we want to notice the problem. as we go forward with the campaign the ads that are to follow are directed at healthy eating and kids encouraging their parents to get involved. the second part of the campaign we call activate. you will see maya and the rest of her counterparts becoming more active, happy about the journey to become more healthy. third part of the campaign talks about the solutions. maya, i want to add that because of doing the ad you and your mom started trying to get healthy together. yes. which is a great thing. and you have lost a little bit of weight, i understand. yes. you re feeling even better about yourself? 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i m both but i wouldle rather be compared to jockeys as a who whole. reporter: these guys aren t playing around like, come race with us. they don t care if you re small, a girl, this or that. right? absolutely. they treat me as an exactly. we re all competitors. we give each other crap for this, that or joke around. reporter: at just 23 years old, rosie napravnik is on track to become the most successful female jockey of all time. the final furlong, it s pantsonfire for rosie napravnik! it s refreshing for me. i can remember jockeys boycotting the races because they didn t want to ride against a female. i always believed it s not about male/female. it s about who s good at what they do. she s really good. reporter: you ve got to love winning. do you relish beating the boys when you win? i don t really think about it like that. they re just competitors to me. i will tell you this. when i turn for home and i m next to a guy, i want to win so bad. if i head for home and i m head to head with a girl jockey it is like, how dare you? you are so not going to beat me. i do not like getting beat by girls. to her there are ten jockeys out there. she rides like a man. she doesn t run like a girl. she race runs like a guy. reporter: with with regards to the kentucky derby, will anything less than a win be a disappointment to you? no. first of all, getting to ride in the kentucky derby is cool. feeling that i have a horse underneath me that has a shot is extra icing on the cake. however well we do it s just going to be a thrill to be there. reporter: so rosie will be riding pantsonfire in the kentucky derby. should she finish in the top 10 she ll do something no female jockey has done before. david? thank you. the action begins on versus with the oaks today at 5:00 on versus. catch the derby tomorrow starting at 4:00 p.m. eastern here on nbc. especially coverage on versus at 11:00 a.m. i m doing mucho macho man. i like pantsonfire. but mucho macho man has a great story. they all do. you can bet on the ponies. time for the big reveal. our star-studded 2011 toyota concert series line-up. kicking off the series, the one, the only rihanna on may 27. in june the american idol winner and runner-up followed by boy band super groups new kids on the block and the backstreet boys. irish pop rock band the script. country music star kenny chesney. and singer/songwriting sensation bruno mars. in july, international pop superstar pitbull with t-pain and neyo. country music star blake shelton. the r & b grooves and moves of chris brown. singer/songwriter ce ere-lo gre and legendary rock band journey. august features pop band maroon 5. country music s the zack brown band. latin heartthrob enriqu enrique eglesias and 2000 grammy winners train. and on september 2nd, lenn lenny kravitz finishing out our hot summer season, only on today. don t stop believing awesome. i was so excited about journey until you did that. you get crazy. at least we re not on television. at least i didn t do it on air. we re live. you have done something ridiculous on air. need we remind you of mary k. blige. wow! why did they have that ready so fast? they have it running on a loop here. i come here and i just feel it. i m looking forward to t-pain and neyo. right. we ll be right back. live, local, latebreaking. this is wbal-tv 11 news today in baltimore. good morning. i am mindy basara birkhead final check on the money to meet with kim dacey and traffic pulse i am mindy basara. final check on the morning commute with kim dacey and traffic pulse 11. report of an accident at paxil at sudbrook lane. there will be closed as in mount vernon and monument and madison and not run in place. report of a crash that report of a crash at belair road and northern parkway. we would give you a live bullet on the west side of the beltway at baltimore national pike live view of the west side that beltway at baltimore national pike. at harford road, you can see the delays also appeared to be gone. it should be smooth sailing all the way around. john, over to you. sunny skies right now, a nice morning. there are clouds to the west. in ohio, kentucky and tennessee, there is some rain. will see changes today. temperatures have gone up after a morning low at the airport. barometer is rising in the pulpit. rising aarometer is little bit. small craft advisories out on the day today. increase in clouds, maybe a shot or rumble later in the afternoon to the evening. we will have another update at 8:55. 8:30 now on this friday morning, may 6, 2011. it s a little chilly out here, but otherwise a beautiful spring day here in midtown manhattan as we say hey to the fine folks starting their morning with us. i m meredith vieira alongside david gregory and natalie morales. matt has the morning off and ann is on assignment. coming up, mother s day gifts with a personal touch. happy mother s day to you both early. and to your lovely wife as well. my wife beth and my mother. we re going to work on the personalized gifts. it will be great because martha stewart will be here. she has fantastic ideas. not just breakfast in bed but great crafts the kids can get involved with. martha will tell us about it in a moment. fantastic. all right. coming up later on we ll take a look at some of the lessons we learned from our mother. al, ann and i talked about some of our most cherished memories and what they taught us about motherhood, being a good mom and life. my mother taught me to be a good mother. i didn t understand that until i was a mom myself. all the things she had given to me emotionally i wanted to give to my kids. what about you, david? perseverance is a big one. she was a great model for that. we love you, mom. we also love the kentucky derby. we also love the ponies. and the hats. wow. beautiful. we ll show you some of the stylish creations that will be on display. that s a hat. we ll get more on that. we re going to al who is in churchill downs. hey, al. with more on the weather. thank sos much. you never know who you will run into at churchill downs. mr. bobby flay. hey, al. horse owner, i didn t know that. it s one of the things i get to do in my off time. i like to come to the track early in the morning and watch the horses work. it gets me away from the crowds in the restaurants and everything. it s the thing i like to do on my time off. in fact, you have a horse running this afternoon in the oaks. in the kentucky oaks. it s been a dream of mine. i never thought it would happen. just hours away. they go into the gets. what do you think his shots are? her name is her smile. she s in the race. she s mid pack according to the handicapper handicappers, but like a proud dad i think she ll do terrific. who do you like tomorrow? i like soul daddy. now that uncle mo was scratched does that change the field? it does change the field. that horse was talented but wasn t fit to run so they took him out. by the way, bobby i m nowhere near as tall as bobby. if you pan down here, we are standing on boxes and bobby s box is shorter than mine. that s the way it works in hollywood. and at churchill downs. bobby flay, thank you very much. let s check your weather, show you what we can expect as far as the derby is concerned. for tomorrow, we re looking for a 50% chance of shower s and thunderstorms. nowhere near as bad as last year with possible rain amounts less than a quarter of an inch. highs in the 60s. rain in the pacific northwest, sunny and mild. hot through texas into the southwest showers around the western great lakes. sunday, more showers in northern new england. a risk of strong storms. texas into oklahoma and again more showers in the pacific northwest. a little chilly and there is a weather system to the west. rain chance later in the day. the bulk of the day would just by the way, versus coverage on cable of the oaks begins today at 5:00 p.m. meredith? al, thank you very much. up next, martha stewart s hand made treats for mom on mother s day. first, this is today on nbc. announcer: martha on today is brought to you by macy s. the martha stewart collection is now available at macy s and on macys.com. we re back at 8:37. this morning on martha an today a home made mother s day from breakfast in bed to mother s day crafts there is no better way to show your love. martha, good to see you. happy mother s day to you. thank you very much. you teamed up with the first d lady and dr. biden as well. on sunday at 8:00 p.m. on hallmark channel we have a wonderful special celebrating moms. we were at lamp le jeune with the military wives. it s a touching and beautiful story. we ll look forward to that. let s look forward to great recipes as well. your classic signature french toast. six eggs. you can add the milk there. one and a half cups of whole milk. if you want to guild the lily you can add some cream. don t forget the grand marnier. and this is a nice flavor. mix it all up. you can add the orange zest. you could use lemon zest if you like that. with some orange juice. a big pinch of salt. and don t forget the great bread. sugar, too. a little bit of sugar. try to find a good brioche loaf, a light loaf of bread. you could use heavier bread but i love the light bread to sop up the wonderful liquid. do you want the bread fresh, day old? fresh. i m all about making it right at the moment. all right. you can soak it in here. don t leave it in too long. this is light bread. but you can put in another one. over here i have a little bit of vegetable oil, canola or grapeseed oil. i saw you mixing in the butter. right. i love the taste of butter. you brown it on both sides. it s light and fluffy and delicious. right on there. i like some of the go ahead. let s finish up. let it cook on both sides. if you want to make them really fun, you know, your wife may not want all that stuff on it. my daughter ava loves the sweet stuff. what do you have here? nutella, banana, hazelnuts, strawberries, cream and brown sugar or maple, walnut and syrup. i like it with browned butter, s maple syrup and sanding sugar. these are all ingredients around the house. except for the bread because you have to really look for the bread. in new york there is balthazar and amy s bread. you can make your own brioche. what if it gets too brown? just pay attention. and ideas of what to make. crafts. are you making this for your wife? i have a day job on sunday morning. i may leave the kids on their own. you re doing the news on mother s day? i know. it s awful. i love the idea of the crafts. you can make flowers with tissue paper. accordion pleat and then fluff it up with your fingers. do you have a daughter? i have one daughter and two sons. the boys can do it, too. just pull it apart? takes a while. don t tear i heard that. she hears everything. in our magazine we have wonderful, wonderful hand-painted again, the kids can work on this as well. old canvas pillow. and for mother, a special violet. you can pick them in the lawn and put them in ice cubes with a little bit of orange zest. mother will have pretty, pretty things. fantastic. this is special. moms really appreciate it. i know they do. or my daughter may get works from outside and bring them in. whatever. it s great to see you. thank you. up next, a special salute to everyday moms. plus, al gets his hat on at the kentucky derby. first this is today on nbc. this morning on happy mother s day today, a salute to everyday moms. sunday is the day for kids young and old to honor the woman who played a key role in defining who they are. we found a group of harlem village academy high schoolers who were more than willing to reveal how much they treasure their moms. i m into basketball. my name is rodney. i m a sophomore. my name is candice. i like to talk to my mom, and text. my name s eric brown. i m in 9th grade. i m lorenzo. i m into fashion and music. my mom is pretty, very outgoing. she often speaks her mind. she s like the person that when i have a problem i can go to her and ask her anything. she helps me with my schoolwork and friends. she s a smart person. you always see her reading in her free time. she s not afraid to wear something that nobody elsele could wear. my mother, sometimes i feel like she s a sports agent. she doesn t take no for an answer. she put me in this school because she wanted me to do better. i have been doing better. it s hard at first. eventually you get used to it. sometimes i feel like breaking down and not doing it. for some reason she s always there to push me. to her it s already written in stone that i m going to college. there is no option about it. you graduate high school and you re being shipped right off to college. as soon as she gets home i run to her and start talking to her. like every sunday she ll cook a big dinner. i ll be able to take her to school and it s something delicious. sometimes we slide down the slide like little kids. sometimes i m happy when i m sick because she comes home and makes me tea. she spends time with me. three christmass in a row she had to work. there was a christmas we got to spend together. that was one of my best christmases so far. having her give me a hug, you know, it made me happy. if i have the money, i would really like to take her to europe just to be with her in a different environment. i would like to say to my mom that i love her. i love her to death. i would do anything for her. thank you for being there for me and helping me out and being someone i can trust. i just want to say i love you so much. i can t even express the words. i don t even know how to put it. but i m sure you know. you know. so, yeah. we re all crying. it s unbelievable. we are joined now by the moms of the teenagers we just saw. marita, patriya, sylvia, aretha and marlene. ladies, good morning. good morning. why are we all crying? happy because it s your baby. right. exactly. to hear them say how they feel about mom because sometimes you don t hear it on a day to day basis. what did you think of the tape you saw? awesome. [ crying ] oh, my god. what does it mean to you to be a mom? it s hard to put it into words. it s an awesome feeling, the best feeling in the world. you get to see what you create. you get to see them grow and to see this is unbelievable. i know he has it in him, but to hear him say it is completely different. unbelievable. what is the best part of being a mom for you, sylvia? i just love spending time with the children and trying to teach them right from wrong. i just love it. it s not always easy, is it? no, it s not. letting go is the hard part. all these kids we have seen are getting ready to fly away soon. are you ready for that? no. no. [ laughter ] but they say about moms, i think, that you give your kids roots and wings. you do. it s a little bit easier for me with rodney. he has an older sister who s already in college. but for him i think it will be harder. that s my baby. always. well, he s funny about you. he says, you know, like a sports agent you don t take no for an answer. you re tough. it s true. i had to fight to get him in the school he s in. it s worked. he s an a student and he knows you have to get good grades. he knows he s going to college. it works. marlene, what do you hope to give to your daughter emily? what s your dream for your daughter? that she become a successful young lady. whatever her dream is, that she just is able to achieve that. be very successful. do you approach mothering looking back at the way your mom raised you? yes. absolutely. and what lessons did you learn from your moms? i will throw it out to any one of you? you can do anything you want to be. anything you put your mind to, you can achieve. that s the same thing i teach my daughter. what do you want on mother s day? i m looking for breakfast in bed myself. what are you hoping for? just a nice day. all of them around us. yes. just relax. yeah. do you tend to forget the bad things they do and focus on the good? yes. it s the only way to survive it. they re good kids. i know. any message you want to impart to your children besides you can do anything you want to do? when mother s day arrives on sunday what s the first thing you will say to your son? cook me breakfast. live your life to the fullest and enjoy it. i would like to just have a quiet day. peaceful day. i just want to spend more time with them. i would like to spend more time. i m not home a lot. i would like to spend more time. just spend time with my girl. just relax. i wish you all the happiest of mother s days. i really do. you have phenomenal children. thank you. they love you very much. we love them. and i love mine, too, as i go for more kleenex. up next, al and jenna check out the fabulous hats for tomorrow s kentucky derby. first, this is today on nbc. back at 8:52. this morning on today s style the kentucky derby s must have fashion accessory. why is this hat too small for my head? for that let s check back in with al and jenna. oh, my god. what s going on there? they re at churchill downs. hey, guys. something s gone wrong here. i know. you know, it s because it s so wrong it is so right. since the royal wedding the talk in the u.s. has been all about hats and fashion. joining us now is the milliner of the triple crown christine moore, one of the premier hat makers in this country. good morning. good morning. you look good. so do you. so does everyone else here. this fascination with hats came after the british wedding. we are getting into hats and fascinators. are we going to see more of the british look more here in the next couple of years? definitely. the fascinator gives millinery a broader range of styles to wear. including a smaller brim. right. everything is acceptable which is great for millinery and fashion. christine, is this a fascinator? it is. this is a very british style. very angular, clean lines. nice. how does it hook on? this is on a head band. there are a couple of ways to fasten a fascinator. next up we have elizabeth. right. the mad hatter. it is. this hat gives height because it has a tall crown. it has a great presence. and it gives width. i don t like width next up, katie is wearing jasmine. that s the very sculptural. actually katie is in another fascinator. i m sorry. the third is whitney wearing the claudette, very clean line with a manipulation of fabric which you are seeing a lot in fashion is fabric manipulation as opposed to applied flowers. there is no size limit? for example, miss kentucky 2 2011. we have hats that are smaller, really wide. what s the one at the end? oh, that s a classic. holly. that s holly in a classic american, derby look and pink for oaks. very nice. these are all hats. anything you want? i love the big yellow one. we were saying thank goodness she s a pretty girl. i think i might need something like this. i don t know. kentucky derby, 4:00 p.m. eastern. we re back after your local news. live, local, latebreaking. this is wbal-tv 11 news today in baltimore. good morning. i am mindy basara. baltimore city police have released this surveillance video of a grocery store robbery in the hopes of finding a pair of armed robbers. investigators say they ve got a store on april 13 of around 2:30 in the afternoon. this comes the same week two armed men went on a sunday morning crime spree. anyone with information on any of the cases is urged to call metro crime stoppers. back in a minute with a check on today now let s take a look at the forecast with john collins. we have had some sunshine this morning. we look at the satellite-radar combination to the west of us. scattered rain showers north of the ohio river and up acrylics. and out into the great lakes. it will front will increase the range chance this afternoon and evening. we will see an increase in clouds. maybe a rumble of thunder. temperatures right around 70 for the high. we will have another weather update at 9:25. update at 9:25. can t get better. unless we were kicking it on the couch in pjs, watching our soaps. it doesn t get better than the new blueberry waffle with maple sausage sandwich. try one today.