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into the backgrounds of these women, they're interviewing them and also doing steextensive bac underchecks to see if they had any ties with drug cartels or porn intelligence, perhaps terrorist groups. we now know in addition to the 11 secret service agents involved, the military included 5 soldiers, 2 sailors, 2 marines and 1 airmen, a couple found with women in their rooms, turned out the embassy was called after one of the women complained she was not paid. here on capitol hill, lawmakers want to know has this happened before. some saying the number of agents involved, 11 to 12, ra...

we begin with controversial comments, republican presidential candidates are weighing in on front-runner mitt romney's mormon religion after a pastor who supports rick perry called it a cult. nbc's trace' potts joins us from washington with the latest. tracie, good morning to you. >> veronica, good morning. perry has rejected those comments, but some analysts say he needs to come out and say more. the dallas pastor who said mitt romney is part of a cult is defending his comments about mormons. >> they have their own human founder, their own set of doctrines and their own religious bo...

comments, republican presidential candidates are weighing in on front-runner mitt romney's mormon religion after a pastor who supports rick perry called it a cult. nbc's trace' potts joins us from washington with the latest. tracie, good morning to you. >> veronica, good morning. perry has rejected those comments, but some analysts say he needs to come out and say more. the dallas pastor who said mitt romney is part of a cult is defending his comments about mormons. >> they have their own human founder, their own set of doctrines and their own religious book outside of the bible. >> ...

forecasters are warning lee could stir up more damage for several days to come. nbc's frances coe has more. >> reporter: lee kicked up waves as the slow-moving system made landfall, and dumped as much as a foot of rain on the gulf coast. from alabama, and mississippi -- >> four to six inches in the house last time. we need to put it at the back doors and stuff. >> reporter: to the bayous of louisiana, swamping parts of the small shrimping community of la fitte. >> the levees, and all the water is coming to us. >> reporter: as the storm passed overhead in new orleans the city's pump a...

straight ahead. this is "first look" on msnbc. and today we begin with wet, miserable, holiday weather. after a drenching and in some areas a damaging landfall in the gulf coast this weekend, tropical storm lee has been downgraded to a tropical depression. however, as the still dangerous storm continues to crawl inland, forecasters are warning lee could stir up more damage for several days to come. frances coe has more. >> reporter: lee kicked up waves as the slow-moving system made landfall, and dumped as much as a foot of rain on the gulf coast. from alabama, and mississippi -- >> ...