that and miley's surprising new look have a lot of people talking today, friday, look have a lot of people talking today, friday, september 7th 2012. captions paid for by nbc-universal television good morning. welcome to today, friday morning, i'm mauer. >> good morning. i'm savannah guthrie. >> you were up late. great job in charlotte. it lasted late last night. >> we lappeded about 2:30 a.m. i guess forgive me if i make no sense whatsoever today. >> got an a plane and got back to the show. >> a little foggy. >> speaking of no rest, president obama hitting the campaign trail right away today, new hampshire on the heels of his speech last night. the president made it pretty clear how the campaign sees this. the choice facing voters comes down to two different visions for the future. >> he acknowledged some failings during his first term while arguing he rescued the economy from disaster but the president says he still needs more time to turn things completely around. we're going to have more on his speech and talk to jim cramer this morning about how this morning's job report could impact the race for the presidency straight ahead. also a case we've been following for years, former police officer drew peterson facing up to 60 years behind bars after he was convicted of murdering his third wife. this morning her sister speaks out about that verdict in an exclusive interview. >> still questions about the disappearance of his fourth wife. imagine if everything you knew changed, your life turned completely upside down. two young women that grew up in amish communities and recently made the difficult decision to leave their simple lives for life in new york city. they are going to share their stories coming up. all right. we want to begin with the presidential race and president obama's acceptance speech to close out the democratic national convention. nbc's chuck todd our political director and white house correspondent is in charlotte this morning. chuck, good morning to you. >> good morning, savannah. they acknowledged it wasn't his most poetic speech, not on par with previous convention speeches and maybe not the best convention speech of the week, a distinction michelle obama or president clinton could make. because of realities, the president decided that had to trump soaring rhetoric. >> madam chairwoman, delegates, i accept your nomination for president of the united states. >> reporter: facing the political fight of his life, the 44th president of the united states made the case for his re-election, asking americans to stick with him for another four years despite tough economic times. >> our problems can be solved, our challenges can be met. the path we offer may be harder but it leads to a better place, and i'm asking you to choose that future. >> reporter: four years later the president felt he had to appeal to voters exhausted by the tone of american politics. >> i know campaigns may seem small, even sill sly sometimes. trivial things become big attractions. if you're sick of me approving this message, believe me, so am i. >> reporter: but obama pulled no punches when it came to his republican rival. his references to opponent turned him into a punch line. >> my opponent is new to foreign policy. you may not be ready if you can't visit the olympics without insulting our closest ally. if you can't afford to start a business or go to college, take my opponent's advice and borrow money from your parents. >> reporter: lacking rhetoric of 2004 and 2008 he used this speech to frame the word choice using the word choice or choose more than 20 times. >> the choice you face won't just be between two candidates or two parties, it will be a choice between two different paths for america, a choice between two fundamentally different advices for the future. >> for dissolution the president tried to define hope and change, hoping to redefine his base, particularly young voters. >> the election four years ago wasn't about me. it was about you. my fellow citizens, you were the change. you're the reason a young immigrant who grew up here and went to school here and pledged allegiance to our flag will no longer be deported from the only country she's ever called home. why selfless soldiers won't be kicked out of the military because of who they are or who they love. >> reporter: beyond the president's speech, the convention's most powerful mom came earlier thursday. >> i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america. >> reporter: there was not a dry eye in the house as former arizona congresswoman gabby giffords recited the pledge of allegiance. >> in divisible, liberty and justice for all. >> reporter: the obamas and bidening traveled together to new hampshire. they do a rally together there, then iowa, a rally together there. then split up, ohio for biden, florida for the president. by the way, mitt romney will also be in iowa and new hampshire. >> chuck todd, thank you very much. joe scarborough, the host of morning joe on nbc. he's in charlotte. good morning to you. >> good morning. i'm in charlotte and i'm in a bar. >> so situation normal, nothing different for you, joe. let's talk about that speech last night. obviously obama landed on the political scene in 2004, four years ago saw him in denver going strong. yesterday we saw a different approach, not the soaring oratory, given the democrats' past-of- inspiring enthusiasm among voters. did he deliver? >> he certainly delivered in the convention hall, excited his base. did we see anything new from barack obama, any proposals with a mandate going forward? no. as we said before hand, as jeff greenfield said before on the set, they weren't swinging for the fences. michelle obama, bill clinton set this president up well. they believe they were going to believe mitt romney this fall, so they decided they didn't have to take a lot of chances. the president didn't take a lot of chances but he did what he needed to do. if this is going to be an election, much like 2004, where you had a president below 50%, george w. bush and they inspired their base. i think if you just look at it through that lens, the president did exactly what he needed to do last night. >> you obviously were in charlotte all week, tampa the week before. pound for pound, speech for speech, make a call, who had the better convention and who the most riding on it? >> good lord, pound for pound, round for round, this wasn't aly versus frasier it was muhammed ali versus wepner. you could tell from the first night when michelle obama came up there and gave a remarkable speech, one of the best speeches i've heard from a first lady that this was going to be a convention that was focused on explaining why barack obama made a difference. between michelle obama and bill clinton, joe widen gave a great speech last night. they all hit home runs, they all hit it out of the park where you had a republican convention that was trying to figure out how to love mitt romney. it really was problematic for a convention in tampa that just wasn't excited about their nominee. you felt that in tampa but here in charlotte you certainly from the first day felt the love for their nominee. >> joe scarborough in a bar in charlotte, i'm going to pretend i got that chuck wepner reference. >> look that up. thank you, savannah. >> mitt romney will be david gregory's exclusive guest sunday on "meet the press." 7:09. >> scott wepner, bayonne bleeder. that's a good reference. to the jobs report, impact the race, dow closed 1392 thursday. that's the highest closing mark since december 2007. jim cramer, the host of cnbc's mad money, good to see you. not only the dow up in record territory, the nasdaq hitting the highest mark since 2000, s&p 500, the highest since 2008, why the party atmosphere. >> we're seeing much better numbers from most of the companies we deal with, particularly companies based in america. it's really positive. the earnings are good. >> we're going to look at some jobs numbers this morning. we should mention the president had those numbers last night when he took to the podium, he knows what's coming. what are you expecting? >> he has a poker face. he didn't seem to tip the number will be that great. a little better than expected, not much more. >> better than expected, a lot of people predicting 135,000 jobs created, unemployment sticking at 8.3%. is that what you see? >> maybe 10,000 more than that. we got some encourages numbers. but nothing that moves the needle on unemployment. >> writes the strength in the job mark, where are the weaknesses. >> really only strength oil and gas, particularly oil. we're finding it places we didn't have it. >> these are going to be the august job numbers. we're going to get september and october and octobers just a couple days before voters head to the polls in november. do you remember a time where data like this has had such an amazing effect or will have such a big effect on the political situation. >> no. this is it. this is the highest jobless rate. we've got a terrible percentage. remember, 2007 period we had pretty good unemployment numbers. we don't have that kind of percentage now. >> some of the analysts i've been reading have said no matter who is president over the next four years, the economy will add about 12 million jobs just because of the cycle it's in. are you on board with that? >> i kind of am. i've got to tell you we haven't built much in this country in the last four or five years. no big buildings, not a lot of houses. we have a lot of pentup demand in autos and exports. it's not such a bad moment. >> jim cramer, jim, always good to have you here. thank you very much. can you watch mad money, 6:00 and 11:00 eastern time on cnbc. 11 after the hour, here is savannah. >> thanks, matt. another story we're following prince harry's did he loimt to afghanistan. a four-month stint there flying apache attack capitolers. in cable afghanistan, good morning to you. >> good morning, savannah. he's known as captain harry wales by the army. he's here for a start of a four-month deployment. he's looking quite relaxed as he was inspecting apache helicopters where he'll be a gunner in charge of the arsenal as he fights the insurgency. a royal entrance into a a war zone as prince harry arrives in helmand province, afghanistan, for his second time in the country. >> a welcome to the squad ran and captain wales. >> reporter: his deployment may be a surprise to us but may explain why he let his hair down and took his clothes off in las vegas last month. >> i think he was in vegas because he knew he was going to be deployed, he was letting off steam, probably a little too much. >> reporter: harry will deal with a different time of steam in helmand, no longer king of the pool parties but flying apaeches in the province providing air cover for military missions. >> working with colleagues in the squadron, a difficult and demanding job. i ask he be left to get on with his duties and allow him to focus and deliver support to the coalition troops on the ground. >> reporter: stationed at one of the largest nato bases in the country he won't be far from his former base. his 2008 deployment was kept a secret by the army for fear he would become a taliban target but his mission was cut short when an australian gossip magazine leaked pictures of the prince in combat. harry has been itching to get back every since. will his vegas antics put him in the outs with his military mates. >> there's no question the army would be disappointed with the publicity surrounding prince harry's antics in las vegas. the truth is he's a dam good apache pilot, one of the best in his squad. >> reporter: as he returns to military fat eagles his charity work will be put on hold for now as he serves in the most important role in his life as a british soldier not a prince. those vegas pictures may have gotten him in trouble with the palace but he has dozens of fans waiting for him in helmand. in the past two weeks pictures surfacing on the web saluting the prince and stripping down. so there are a lot of people looking forward to seeing him, savannah. >> all right, in kabul this morning, thank you. >>. 7:14, here is matt. >> officials at yosemite national mark extending an alert on the virus after a number of confirmed cases grew to eight and a third death was reported. janet shamlian in yosemite, good morning to you. >> health alerts have gone out international internationally on this for the past couple of months yosemite had outbreak all over the world. cdc said originally thousands were exposed, could be higher. takes weeks to develop. the number of cases is certain to arrive. >> hi there. welcome to yosemite. >> california's yosemite national bark is known for its majestic peaks, waterfalls, this summer a deadly outbreak. along with a map of the park, park rangers are handing out information about rodents and their droppings. >> we've upped our education and outreach in the last few weeks. >> posted in the popular cap inside with 91 camping tents after finding deer mice inside the walls. >> there's a lot of outbreaks occurring now because we're at the end of summer. it's the time of year people are outside on vacation, coming in contact with infected rodents. >> reporter: hanta can mimic flu and take weeks to appear. >> chills and fever, nausea and that progressed eventually to a pulmonary infection that can be quite dangerous. >> reporter: because yosemite attracts people from around the world, the threat has spread quickly. health officials in france are now investigating two possible hanta virus cases linked to yosemite. the hanta virus isn't the only disease concerning health officials. this 7 yearly is recovering from a disease also spread by rodents, one that was supposed to be wifd ped out centuries ag bubonic plague. >> the war is far from over. >> reporter: elsewhere, cases of the deadly west nile virus have surfaced in more than 38 states. >> one in 18 cases confirmed, seven died. >> reporter: more than 1900 sickened, 87 have died this year so far from the west nile virus. experts say the best way to prevent the disease is to avoid mosquito bites. >> common sense. make sure when you're outside, especially at dusk and dawn, you wear insect repellant, you spray over clothes because mosquitoes bite through thin layers. >> reporter: and back here at yosemite, the 91 cabins where most of the cases originated have been closed indefinitely. park rangers handing out warning flyers to people coming to the park. a lot of people aren't coming. there were a number of cancellations over labor day. >> janet, sorry to interrupt you. thank you very much. let's get a check of the day's other top stories. natalie is off, tamron hall at the news desk. >> good morning, everyone. the fbi investigating the motive behind a plain location has forced a us airways flight to turn around midair and head back to the airport. pete williams is in washington this week. good morning, pete. >> reporter: tamron, good morning. a passenger aboard that us airways flight in pennsylvania to see a family in texas is at the center of all this. the fbi said he was a completely innocent victim unaware of what was in store. christopher shell of philadelphia intended thursday to be a celebration of his birthday. instead he was twice taken into custody by police at two different airports in handcuffs. he had just settled in for a morning us airways flight to dallas when he posted this on his facebook page, quote, we just spent a half hour in the air onto be notified the plane has technical difficulties and have to fly back. >> going back to texas for his birthday. the company he worked for was paying for him to go back. said he had broke up with his girlfriend. >> reporter: moments later a stunned christopher shell was escorted off the plane, investigation of explosives, a phoned in tip. nothing was found. he was the victim. >> all indications are this was a hoax and a pretty nasty trick was played on a passenger. >> reporter: investigators say anonymous airport caller told police shell was carrying liquid explosives on the way to texas. late yesterday the fbi questioned the former girlfriend and new boyfriend investigating whether the hoax call was an act of revenge for the dispute. federal officials said it was no joke causing tens of thousands in jet fuel, law enforcement response and passenger inconvenience. but christopher shell's day of adventure wasn't over. officials were waiting arresting him on offenses in texas. it had nothing to do with the hoax. they do know who called in the phony tip and whoever did it will face federal charges. they want to make clear such hoaxes won't be tolerated. >> thank you very much. women who possess genes that make them more susceptible to breast cancer have a higher risk of get the disease if they have mammograms at a young age. researchers found women exposed to chest radiation in their 20s had a 43% increased risk. now to disturbing dash-cam video of an officer in maryland pulling someone over on the highway and narrowly escaping with his life. a semi came rolling by at high speeds. the officer is alive. i've got to warn you the video is quite startling. >> westbound -- stay in the car. stay in the car. stay in your car. >> the officer was seriously injured. doctors say he may not be able to return to work nor move his right arm again. it's become a familiar sight in the eyes above arizona a cloud known as a haboob, the storm was 2500 feet tall and stretched from 30 miles. it is now 7:21 back to matt and savannah. i know that weather but i was thinking about that officer, your heart has to go out to him and his family. hopefully he can recover and have a good life. >> he had the presence of mind, gets on the radio, tells him to stay in the car, kept thinking clearly through the whole thing. that dust storm, a big haboob. >> i'm going to leave that alone. enjoy yourselves. that was. look at what we've got, jacksonville beach, this is gorgeous. we're going to start to see wave heights increase and riptide problems. why? hurricane leslie, 1500 miles south southeast of bermuda, 75-mile-an-hour wind. basically stationary. make its way north of bermuda, causing rip current risks from miami all the way to new england and strong storms in the midwest. we'll take a look >> good morning. we're expecting a lot of sunshine. it will be another warm day. weather. matt. >> still ahead drew peterson convicted of murdering his third wife and now facing up to 60 years behind bars. his former sister-in-law reacts to that verdict in an exclusive interview but first this is "today" on nbc. wççñçñ. coming up a fascinating look when young people leave the am issue world. fashion choices and antics from last night's mtv music awards after your local news. >> this is wbal-tv 11 news in baltimore. >> good morning. i am stan stovall. the man convicted of killing a police officer and a car accident will spend more time in prison. in 2004, albert antonelli slammed into a police cruiser in annapolis. he served three years in prison on that conviction and was released, but now he has been ordered back to prison for reportedly violating probation on drug charges. here is sarah caldwell and traffic pulse 11. . >> not exactly an ideal start out there. we have one westbound on 100 blocking the ramp to i-95. watch for delays developing there. this one is clearing an energy parkway. never crash creating big backups on the inner loop of the east side. the backups extend prior to pulaski highway. in rosedale, another accident we're tracking. we have some delays out of the northeast and on the north side towards providence. let's give you a live view of traffic. we will show you what it looks like out of the northeast. adding to these delays, the accident on the inner loop east side. chesaco a