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112th congress, and potentially a shift in the balance of power. let's look at some of the closings at 7:00 p.m. at six states now close -- georgia, indiana, kentucky, south carolina, vermont, virginia. two senate race is getting a lot of attention -- kentucky, where rand paul, the tea party candidate and republican nominee has 56% of the early voting. .com way -- jack conroy is not 44%. in indiana where senator dan was seeking to return, he is ahead of congressman brad ellsworth, 53%-42%. those are the actual raw numbers from the associated press. will continue to see results at the...

calling for their release. you remember two of the three hikers, joshua fatal and shane bauer have been in jail for more than a year. fellow american sarah shourd was released last month. an american man is expected to plead guilty today to supporting somali terrorists. he is the man who warned the southpark creators they risked death for mocking the prophet muhammad. he's charged with providing material support for terrorists and accused of trying to join up with the terror group. four days, five states. with the midterm elections less than two weeks away, president obama heads west...

two weeks from today voters head to the polls to decide the balance of power in congress. today brand-new polls from the battleground states, how key races are shaping up and the big issues that are driving them. jenna: also that deadly post office attack in tennessee, that story we watched unfold yesterday right here on the show. today the manhunt for two gunmen at large, plus disturbing new details about these murders. jon: call it a case of cellphone rage, a woman pulls a gun on a crowded bus because another passenger was talking too loudly on her cellphone. what happened next? we...

captions paid for by nbc-universal television welcome to "today" on this thursday morning. i'm meredith vieira. >> i'm matt lauer. we have a wedding today on the plaza, and it is raining cats and dogs as in many places up and down the east coast. you know what they say? >> it's good luck, the rain. >> exactly right. they will have lots of luck. >> not so lucky for a lot of people to our south. a state of emergency has been declared in parts of north carolina where some areas have already received well over a foot of rain this week. we'll go there live and get to al's forecast strai...

tony curtis was born bernard schwartz on june 3, 1925, in new york. his relationship with his parents was less than smooth. his dad was an immigrant tailor who forced his son to work for him. curtis' neurotic mother was hard to deal with at times. his younger brother was killed in a road accident at the age of 9. a few years later, another brother was born who would eventually be diagnosed as schizophrenic. tony grew tired of his family life and at 17 he joined the u.s. navy. his navy stint brought him around the world though he never saw combat. toward the end of the 1940's, he retu...