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dian diana. the today, sunday, april 24, 2011. captions paid for by nbc-universal television and welcome to today on this sunday morning. i m jenna wolfe. and i m carl quintanilla in for lester. happy easter, everyone. this is the scene at the vatican where pope benedict is holding sunday mass. over 100,000 people were in the square this morning and we re going to have a lot more from the vatican in just a few minutes. traffic nightmare. also coming up, the cleanup begins in st. louis and the images from yesterday s storm are just incredible. especially from the main airport where security cameras recorded one tornado just absolutely tear right through the terminal. it caused extensive damage and shut down the facility. officials are hoping to have most operations at the airport up and running again today. we ll have much more on the cleanup. take a look at the next storm that s developing, the next system that s developing coming through there. that s right. and then we ll switch dwers. we re talking about guys. to be honest, some of us wouldn t know kate middleton from kate winslet. this morning willie geist is offering up what we re calling a guy s guide to the royal wedding and, believe me, you ll want to see what willie came up with. really? yes. you wouldn t know kate she was just here. why did he ignore her? i guess maybe he s telling the truth. plus, we have a youtube sensation joining thus morning. his name is keenan cahill and with a simple webcam he s turned lip-synching videos into must-see tv. he has millions, and i m talking millions and millions of fans including some of the biggest names in sports, music and movies. we re going to meet keenan in just a little bit. we were watching him this morning. a good story. so expressive with his lip sinki i lip-synch lip-synching. the storm slammed into the city of st. louis. mike seidel is live in bridgeton, missouri. mike, good morning. reporter: and good morning, jenna. before the twister hit the a airport it touched down here. it was on the ground for 22 miles. this is bridgeton and this is the worst of the damage. ef-4 damage, the house completely obliterated. another sad story. a woman had sold the house and was going to close on it tomorrow. looking down the street, more devastation, a flipped suv. some of these winds could have been 200 miles an hour with an ef-4. a record setting month in april. 345 tornadoes and counting. get out. reporter: the tornado tore through lambert airport friday evening sending passengers in the airport terminal scrambling for cover. pierce winds ripped off the roof on concourse c, blew out windows and crushed this jetway. some passengers on an airplane had to ride out the storm parked at the gate. we were completely pelted with wood and did debris and at this point i realized that i was concerned we would have debris come in through the window of the airplane. so i ducked for cover. reporter: the grounded plane became airborne. you could feel the plane moving under you. we could see we were lifted. we were parked at the gate. we had been lifted from the gate and moved, 15 to 20 feet from the fwgate. reporter: remarkably the tornado cause nod deaths. it s stunning. to see the damage here. and what s also stunning is that there weren t more people that were hurt. reporter: throughout st. louis county, the tornado damaged 750 homes and left 47,000 without power. in maryland heights, just west of the airport, some homes were destroyed. two, three to five minutes of pure hell. reporter: ron emerged to find his house gone. i m going to go upstairs and see how much damage. there was no upstairs. reporter: he and his neighbors gathered to check on each other and collect whatever belongings they could salvage from the mounds of debris. this was yet another tornado in a whirlwind spring of destruction, a string of more than 600 tornadoes that have killed at least 40, injured hundreds, and damaged thousands of homes. in this neighborhood, believe it or not, no one was killed and no one was injured. in this home here the second floor is gone and the residents were on the second floor of the house when the tornado hit. got out the without a scratch and good news this morning, the first plane took off from lambert airport. so things are getting back to normal. that is good news, mike seidel, thanks. the threat of even more dangerous weather continues this weekend. the weather channel s mike bettes is tracking the storm. good morning to you, jenna. we have that threat for strong storms exists in places like eastern oklahoma, it tulsa, and spreads over to evansville and indiana, including places like evansville and western kentucky. large threat for severe storms extends from new jersey all the way down to texas, where storms again could be a likelihood as well as large hail. millions of people could be in the line of fire today. and also a flood threat for many locations across the ohio valley. not all doom and gloom. we ll have a complete look at the forecast in just a little bit. carl? mike, thanks. now to the war in libya. for the first time since the military operation against the gadhafi regime began, the government confirms that predator drones were used to strike government targets. richard engel is in benghazi with the latest. reporter: good morning, carl. as we ve often seen in this conflict, the rebels claims of victory don t last very long. this morning renewed rocket attacks and small arms fire in the city of misrata just hours after rebels say they gadhafi forces from the center of the city. rebels claim the troops were driven out of misrata and liberated after washington deployed armed predator drones for the first time. misrata is libya s third largest city, just 125 miles from tripoli. tripoli is now the only major libyan city still fully controlled by gadhafi s government. still a new tactic from the colonel. some opposition leaders worry gadhafi s forces will simply slip back in in civilian clothing, making them more difficult to identify, even with predator drones. even if the gains in misrata are real, analysts say the nato mission remains confused and unclear. i don t think we ve made up our own minds as to what we re trying to achieve. we re trying to bring down the gadhafi regime, which is not difficult to do. we could do that in 90 days. the tough part is what do we do when gadhafi s gone? reporter: the conflict in libya is quickly overshad owed by an explosion of violence in syria, strategically more important to stability in the middle east. on friday the syrian government unleashed one of the deadliest crackdowns since the arab uprisings began. amateur video shows what happened when syrian security forces opened fire on tens of thousands of demonstrators, reportedly killing around 100. even now, the death toll remains unclear. saturday the security forces opened fire again, shooting into crowds of mourners, killing more than a dozen. al jazeera s rula amin is one of the few reporters still working in syria. every day the list of demands by the protesters is getting longer and the goals higher. at the beginning, they were asking for just regular reforms. now you get more people talking about toppling the regime. reporter: two members of syria s parliament have resigned in disgust. so far the government and its security forces appear united and clearly willing to kill their own citizens to remain in power. and, carl, there s also been a new development in yet another country in the region. according to a senior yemeni official, yemen s president, the u.s. ally ali abdullah would be willing to step down. he s been facing months of protests. in return for concessions, including freedom for himself and his family. thank you, richard. the white house is keeping a close eye on libya as well as the uprising in syria, where scores have been killed in the government s brutal crackdown on protesters of the for more, we re joined by david gregory, moderator of meet the press. david, good morning. good morning. let s start with libya. we just heard from richard engel there that libya could become a stalemate between gadhafi s forces and the rebel forces. what are the ramifications for the obama administration if that happens and we come to one big stalemate? it s going to renew questions about what the end game is, what the ultimate mission is. the president has been clear he would like gadhafi to go. awe by lot of people warning this is a civil war that could intensify and lead to a stalemate. and now top adviser admiral mullen testified that indeed appears to be the case. the administration is ramping up support, supplying rebels, also using drone attacks. are we laying the ground work for more support? there are certain those within nato, among europeans, saying it s odd the united states has not taken the lead here, but that has been the administration s position. the critics who say this is an arm s length mission are only going to increase. let s turn to issues back home and mainly the economy. a recent new york times /cbs poll show that 57% of americans disapprove of obama s handling of the economy, and the percentage that feels the economy is getting worse has actually jumped to 13% in the last month. is this all about raising gas prices at this point? it is. i talked to white house advisers who say that, as much as jobs is a focus, gas prices can be such a determinant of the president s approval rating. it s because what people feel every day. as people are driving more as you get to better weather throughout the country and the summer driving months, it s only going to intensify. you re right. there s just a dark mood about the economy. if you think about housing and plummeting values, you think about persistent unemployment and then gas prices, this sense that we re just headed in the wrong direction is a real political red flag for the president. well, that same poll also shows that most americans are actually unenthusiastic about our list of 2012 republican candidates at this point. we asked you about this. week in and week out, one of the flashiest names on that list is donald trump. how serious are his intentions? rumor has it he s actually started hiring people towards his staff. jenna, i can tell you, from talking to people close to him, that he is full steam ahead. unless something were to come up, he is prepared to get in this race. he believes he s riding a wave here. he s unapologetic in his criticism of president obama. he knows how to get the attention. he ll do interviews. he ll answer a lot of questions. he s going to be scrutinized more and more, but at this point, he appears to be moving towards getting in. david gregory. david, thank you very much. thanks. jeff rossen is over at the news desk with more of today s top stories. good morning, everyone. happy easter. christians here at home and around the world are celebrating the holiest day on the christian calendar. pope benedict leading mass today at the vatican for tens of thousands who packed st. peter s square. in his homily, the pontiff called for an end to the fighting in libya. internet sensation antoine dodson has been arrested for drug possession. dodson s youtube rant about a break in at his sister s apartment went viral last year. i m sure you remember this. catapulted him to the billboard top 100. police say they pulled dodson over for speeding this weekend, and that s when they found marijuana. how s this for an easter treat? if you fly the newly merged continental-united airlines, no more discounts even if you prepay their baggage fees. the airline gave passengers a $2 to $3 break for paying online instead of at the counter, but the airline just got rid of it. now you ll pay $25 for the first bag regardless of when or where you pay. finally this morning, good news for congresswoman gabby giffords. the arizona republic is reporting she can walk a little and uses her left side. she has limited use of her right arm and leg. giffords says she plans to walk a mountain when she leaves rehab. for now, though, it s unclear if she ll be able to attend friday s launch of the space shuttle commanded by her husband mark kelly. that s the news at 14 minutes past the hour. now back to jenna, carl, and mike. good to see she s doing a little better. what an incredible recovery. how about a sidewalk? she wants to walk a mountain. that s incredible. good for her. i have a feeling, if she wants to do it, she could probably do it. no doubt at all. mike bettes is back with a check of the weather the a lot of you could see rain that could cause flooding from oklahoma city up towards cincinnati. there is sunshine to be found today and some warm temperatures. that includes much of the south. one of your warmest days of the year so far in atlanta with sunshine. looking good in miami as well. how about this? we even have sunshine from san francisco all the way up through the inner mountain west. that is a look at your forecast today. now here s a look at your local forecast. good sunday morning. happy easter. i m news 4 meteorologist chuck bell. we have sunshine for an early sunday morning in washington. temperatures in the upper 50s and low 60s. off to a mild start indeed. 61 downtown. 65 in prince george s county. still 59 in manassas, though. here s a look at ray are da. there are showers across central west virginia. they re marching mainly towards western maryland. we will have shower and thunderstorm chances by mid to late afternoon today. it will and that s a look at your weather. now here s jenna. thanks. coming up on today the royal wedding just five days left will prince william acknowledge his mother? we ll find out. trying to stay on track? 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[ female announcer ] join the dreamworks experience for the ultimate vacation, only on royal caribbean. it s 8:26 on this easter morning. taking a live look outside. a warm and touch humid day for you on this sunday, april 24th. good morning. i m skimberly suiters. topping your news, a man is in the hospital with life-threatening burns after a house fire in montgomery county. it happened at 4:30 in the morning on scarborough court in potomac. 65 firefighters responded to the scene. the house was totally engulfed in flame. crews say no one else was in the home at the time. prince william county police have identified a woman found dead in a dumpster as erica dawn maynor. she also went by kitty or kit. she was discovered in a dumpster behind bayview apartments in woodbridge. they re asking anyone to step forward who knows maynor or where she lived. the georgetown waterfront may be completely cleaned up by tomorrow. that s according to the management company that operates washington harbor. the management company that s being sued. last monday a flood gate was left open at high tide. several businesses and restaurants were damaged right before what s normally a very busy easter weekend. the property managers of washington harbor have been slapped with a $5 million lawsuit so far by the workers who are losing wages while the business is closed. moving on in here. crossover, score! and that did it. four wins down, 12 to go. the caps wrapped up their first round series against the rangers with a 3-1 victory, winning the series 4-1. they are the first eastern conference team to move on to the next round. it s still unknown who they ll it is a bright and sunny sunday morning here in the nation s capital. i m news 4 meteorologist chuck bell. temperatures in the upper 50s and low 60s. so we re definitely off to a mild start. sieve in washington, as well as in bowie, maryland. here s a look at the radar. still steady showers making their way through central and eastern virginia. they ll be arriving in the appalachians in the next three to four hours. could have showers in washington by later on this afternoon. partly cloudy and warm. one or two rumbles of thunder can t be ruled out. 80s today and tomorrow. kimberly? thank you, chuck. a full hour of news, weather, and sports coming up at 9:00. tore now, we return you to new york and the today show. and we re back on this sunday morning, april 24th, 2011. it is shaping up to be a nice easter sunday. new york city with temperatures expected in the 70s. we like that. yes? we like it a lot considering what kind of winter it s been and what kind of early spring it s been. look at these people over here. they are so excited for easter they can t stand it anymore. we do have a great crowd this morning. we thank them for spending part of this holiday weekend with us. outside on the plaza, i m carl quintanilla, filling in this morning. brandon marshall from the miami dolphins is recovering from a stab wound, they say from his wife who lun plunged a kitchen knife into his stomach. she is now under arrest. plus the boy who s become a bona fide internet sensation. we re talking about keenan cahill. he loves to lip sync. he loves sharing his music videos with folks around the worrell. he became a phenomenon attracting celebrities and superstars. you know why he s so adorab e adorable? because he s so cas. what s up, 50 cent. can you grab me tea from the kitchen because i m so thirsty? he s chilling, down with everything. then we have a new approach we re taking to the royal wedding which is now five days away. it s billed as the event of the decade. some guys aren t too interested and would rather watch the football draft than the ceremony. that s where willie geist comes in. he s got a guys guide to the royal wedding. there he is. everything men need to know about the wedding. also, a special easter performance by violinist maz swift coming up. we have all that coming up. first, another check of the weather with mike bettes. hey, mike. hey, good morning to you. we ve got the choir from st. lucious high school in west palm. they re singing at carnegie this morning. tell us about these colorful little guys. where are you? you re back there somewhere. i m going to be the one to talk. they donated $7 million to the japanese relief fund because everyone knows the tsunami and earthquake and all the other bad stuff that s happening. these are great. these are pillows and teddy bears at the same time. let s get you caught up on your weather today. we ve got active storms out there. that will include much of arkansas up through missouri. basically from the ohio valley all the way down through texas. we do have an opportunity for more storms as we go through the afternoon. right into the northeast. a lot of sunshine for you, by the way, to the south. that includes atlanta all the way down to miami and west palm beach. plenty of sunshine for you across the dakotas and much of the west as well. that s a look at your weather all across the country. now a look at your local forecast. good morning. i m news 4 meteorologist chuck bell. we re getting easter under under way. warm and dry and sunny. beautiful way to get the day going. temperatures now in the low to mid-60s. we re on our way into the upper 70s and low 80s by later on this afternoon. there are going to be shower and thunderstorm chances. first shower arriving in western maryland in the next 20 or 30 minutes. could be in the shenandoah valley by lunch time. here in washington, better rain and don t forget 24/7 you can check your forecast at weather.com. i like the rabbit ears, by the way it s the holiday spirit, isn t it, carl? it is. that s the easter bunny, thanks, mike. in florida authorities are investigating the stabbing of a star football player for the miami dolphins. police believe he was attacked about by his wife. nbc s ron mott reports. all the reports, all the allegations reporter: after bonding out after south florida jail saturday the wife of nfl star receiver brendan marshall of the miami dolphins said just two words as she weaved around news cameras. excuse me. michi nogami-marshall was charged with aggravated battery with a deadly weapon for alle d allegedly stabbing her husband friday night at their home in the dwated community. reports say brandon morgues was wounded in the abdomen by a kitchen knife. on the field touchdown, brandon marshall. reporter: marshall is an elected t electrifying player, leading his team in catches last year, reaping a $50 million contract for his talents. away from the game he s been caught in troubling situations including reported domestic disputes with a previous girl friend though charges were either dropped or never filed n. 2007 while a member of the deny voluntary ver broncos he was with a teammate at a club when a disturbance unfolded. the teammate was killed in a drive-by shooting. a year later marshall was suspended by the nfl for violating its personal conduct policy. marshall was released from the hospital. his friend and fellow thankful envelope player mike sims-walker tweeted brandon will be okay and is in good spirits. adam schefter of espn adding, should make full recovery in two to three weeks. for today, ron mott, atlanta. and now here s jenna. carl, thanks. now to a very talented teenager whose lip-synching music videos has made him a youtube wonder. interest his bedroom in illinois, keenan cahill has been hosting what s become one of the most popular internet shows around. some of the biggest names in the music industry and hollywood have made cameos and keenan, who was born with a rare genetic disease, has millions of fans around the world. how lucky are we that keenan cahill will join us right now by skype. good morning. morning. so glad you re with us today. i have to tell you, i was up so late last night. i must have watched all of your videos in full. you have a really good knack for this. my question to you is how does someone go from goofing around on a webcam to having millions and millions of people start following you on youtube? how does this whole thing come about? you know, one day i put a lip-synching of me lip-synching katy perry teenage dream and all of a sudden it got really big and then katy perry actually tweeted it and facebook did and everything. keenan, you can t just say it like that. oh, and then katy perry tweeted that s really cool and she s just one of a bunch of celebrities that have been following you and reached out to you. can you give me a couple names of some other celebrities that have wanted to be a part of the keenan experience? i did a video with fifty cent. i ve done with jennifer aniston. a nice list. i understand the san francisco giants are big keenan cahill fans. they have a special night coming up, the ballpark on may 25th where they re going to call the night dynamite and help raise money for very expensive treatment for your condition. tell us how the giants have been involved. the manager said he wants to do a video of keenan and also do a game dedicated to him and have a fund-raiser. i want to mention you do have a rare genertic disorder called nps-6. can you tell us about what that condition is and how it affects you on a daily basis? sometimes kids get they re short, a lack of height, they don t grow as fast. they also have problems along the way like i ve already had ten surgeries so far. actual actually one i m having this summer which is a really big one. but right now i have a thr three-hour thing where i m sitting with a needle in my arm and it stings but it s supposed to stop me from going on the surgery cable and stop little problems and stuff like that. well, keenan, we re so happy that you got up and joined us this morning. we really appreciate it. i don t sing so you won t be lip-synching any of my songs but will you follow me on twitter and i ll follow you and we ll have a social media relationship, will that work with you. yes. we appreciate it. happy easter and good luck with all up future endeavors. thank you. keenan cahill, everyone. up next, william and kate. a guy s guide to the royal wedding courtesy of willie geist. 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not really. reporter: have you heard about any weddings coming up here soon? yeah, one of the princes in england. reporter: anything involving a royal family perhaps hosting a wedding? is it from the u.s. or britain? reporter: not from the u.s. royal family, no. who is getting married? what s her name? kate winslet? reporter: when it comes to the royal wedding it seems we guys have not been doing our homework. let me walk you through some photographs. maybe it will jog your memory. tell me who these people are. don t know who that is? i ll give you a hint, she is very important to the wedding. one of the bridesmaids? reporter: not the one who is getting married, do you know her name? sophia, i think it is. reporter: princess sophia. princess sophia. reporter: do you know his that i am? no. that s the father. reporter: do you know his name? who is this? prince. everybody knows prince. reporter: many of you tuned out the wedding of the secentur. you have kate, a bride, a dress, the romance and a prince. really none of these things actually appeal to men. reporter: never fear, men, there s still time to learn the players and the game. and to help you we present the guy s guide to the royal wedding. starting at bride-to-be kate middleton out of the university of st. andrews, once a small time commoner, she caught his eye at a fashion show while wearing this prince william, the heir to the throne, known in the british press as will. he served as a rescue pilot with the royal air force. he proposed to kate while on safari in kenya. if you re like me, you probably did not. best man prince harry will line up in the backfield alongside pippa, kate s little sister. thunder and lightning duo saw their stock rise in the eyes of scouts by throwing impressive bachelor and bachelorette parties. and coming off the bench the next king of england, prince charles and the reigning monarch herself, queen elizabeth ii. the veterans of this offensive unit, prefer not to speak to them unless spoken to. destiny, now days away, but still time for you guys to impress your princess. if you want to score some brownie points, sit there looking interested and if at all possible get a just at the time she says i do. good advice. now time to load up on beer and buffalo wings for those rowdy royal wedding parties. do you think you ll be watching the big wedding on friday? oh, yeah. reporter: get some drinks and snacks for the family? a couple guys coming over. watching the prince get married. this will be an ever lasting love sthoet reporter: i want to go to that guy s royal wedding party. and it turns out fellows may need some help. there s a poll that showed only 6% of men are watching closely. i hope that guide helps. carl and jenna. willie, i m wondering if you did the guide out of necessity or out of i mean, did you need i mean, are you as ignorant as some of those guys were on the street? reporter: carl, i ve been doing my research at least for the last 24 hours so i m an expert as of yesterday. yes, i was ignorant when i shot the piece. if she answers to sophia, we have to do the whole thing. willie geist, thank you so much. reporter: he was very certain that the king and queen of spain were getting married. or at least prince the singer but one of all of them somebody getting married. let s put it that way. reporter: that s right. and we should remind you our live coverage begins this friday at 4:00 a.m. eastern right here on today. i was excited to hear that music. as if i were getting married. one day. just ahead the music of man swift. i m pretty serious about saving for retirement and all my investments, but it s not something that i want to do completely on my own i like to discuss my ideas with someone. that s what i like about fidelity. they talked with me one on one, so we could come up with a plan that s right for me, and they worked with me to help me stay on track or sometimes, help me get on an even better one. woman: there you go, brian. thanks, guys. man: see ya. fidelity investments. turn here. by giving me huge discounts on rooms hotels can t always fill. with unpublished rates. which means i get an even more rockin hotel, for less. where you book matters. expedia. hershey s bliss. one square inch of indulgence. joy. pleasure. one square inch of extra smooth, rich chocolate. hershey s bliss. this morning a treat for your ears. a name as one of the most versatile and talented violinists in the world is joining us today. thanks for being with us. good morning. you have a very interesting story. you wanted to do this from an early age. was it 10 years old? actually it was 6. it was 4 but i departmeidn t ha violin. were you playing at that early age? when i was 4 i wanted to be a violinist and i went around telling everyone i would. it took a while for my parents to get one for me. i actually started at 6. jazz music was a big part of your family growing up. it was that and a lot of classical as well. how would you describe your sound? it s an interesting sound. it s not your regular classic violin. no, it s not. i m really into folk music and into jazz and classical, so i call it kind of deep, dark soul. okay. and it s an interesting instrument because it s sort of attached to your body. it is. it s next to my head and sing and it looks really cool. it does look cool and you can have two seats next to a plane or subway because no one will want to sit next to you. is it the same sound? it s an electric violin and it doesn t sound so much like an acoustic violin but has similarities as well. okay. can we hear a little bit? i understand you re going to play something new? it s seminew, a little thing that i like to do. a little something-something she likes to do on her own. i m sure it will be great. masz swi mazz swift take it away. thank you very much. mazz swift. thank you very much. 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