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ringing in the new year. the world welcoming 2011 as nearly a million people filled times square. we'll look at the festivities just ahead. and a post card from hawaii. the latest on the president's vacation, just as he plans on returning to the white house with big business ahead for the year. assessing the damage, a day after apparent twisters hit the southwest, what early warning signs did the residents get there, if any. plus this -- ♪ shake it up ♪ wake up your happiness ♪ it's christmastime >> yeah, the holidays are over, but we're going to look at some of the best and...

sea. but along the slick waters of the gulf coast, this is one holiday they will never forget. we've got live reports straight ahead. also coming up, a mountain top mystery. the puzzling disappearance of a veteran climber on a group outing. why was his rope unclipped? plus, a new revelation about the suspect that's getting so much attention. and it's coming from her ex-husband. and talk about off-roading, cars that fly just around the corner. good morning, everyone, and welcome into "msnbc saturday," i'm alex whit, and it is 9:00 here on the east coast, 6:00 a.m. out west. ...

This reason, because they almost have to charge roethlisberger if they're going to charge the state trooper. if the state trooper did anything, it was that he didn't let the alleged victim's friends get into the bathroom area. that was his -- he didn't lock the alleged victim in the bathroom or act as a lookout necessarily. it was just that he prevented the friends from going forward. so there are theoretical criminal charges here and i think it's unlikely he would be charged criminally. this does create another issue, though. for off-duty police officers, whether it's a state trooper and the ...

Service. governor arnold schwarzenegger was among the 600 people paying their respects. the off-duty state trooper who acted as ben roethlisberger's bodyguard on the night he was accused of raping a college student is under investigation by his department. witnesses claim the pennsylvania trooper, ed joyner, blocked the entrance where roethlisberger and the alleged victim were. prosecutors have said there's not enough evidence to press charges against roethlisberger. here with me now former federal prosecutor jay fahey, good morning. we have the pennsylvania state police investigating ed joy...

Roethlisberger. jay fahey, good morning to you. actually, jay, can you hear me? we just were hearing a feed from the -- >> yes. i can hear you. >> great. here we go. this guy working for roethlisberger could be facing some criminal charges, yet big ben gets off with no charges. how does that work? >> theoretically, if, in fact, the state trooper is on duty all of the time. even if he wasn't working, law enforcement is on duty all the time. if he was aware that a crime was occurring, he could be criminally charged with obstruction of justice or something like that. that's in theory. in reality,...