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a birthday present and send jacki. jacki is not a gift to be passed around. >> she's not your steppingstone. [ laughter ] >> she's jacki schechner! >> do we still pop out of cakes? >> stephanie: who knows. >> pop out of what? >> stephanie: we have a lot to talk about especially magical bejay jays. maybe you'll join us at the top of the hour. >> sure. >> stephanie: news with jacki schechner. >> good morning. the deadline for congressman todd akin to drop out has come and gone but the wave of republicans telling him to get out keeps on growing. you know you've got problems when sarah p...

captions paid for by nbc-universal television good evening. tonight it is official, the federal government says the current outbreak of west nile virus is the largest in the u.s. right now there are four times the usual number of cases. what's worse is very few people are exempt from this because it's now been found in just about every state in this country. some numbers here, over 11 cases reported in 38 states in all. texas and the lower mississippi delta area have been hit the worst. unbelievably 41 people have died from it so far. that's part of the problem, it's early yet in t...