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2013. and good morning. welcome to "today" on a tuesday morning. i'm savannah guthrie. >> and i'm matt lauer along with natalie morales and we are following the breaking news out of washington, some serious allegations this morning facing the state department. >> according to internal state department memos the agency might have called off or intervened an investigation into possibly illegal and inappropriate behavior within its ranks allegedly to protect jobs and avoid scandals, this concerns the time that hillary clinton was secretary of state. we want to get right to nbc's chief...

cruise ship. an investigation under way thursday, may 9th, 2013. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> and good morning, welcome to "today" it's 7:00 a.m. on the west coast on a thursday. i'm savannah guthrie. >> and i'm matt lauer. we are getting a closer look at ariel castro, a judge setting bond at a total of $8 million for the kidnapping and rape charges against him. >> we're learning more about the treatment of the alleged victims for some ten years. it's even more disturbing than expecte...

and today we begin with health and taxes. the battle over medicare continued on the campaign trail yesterday with teams obama and romney trying to convince voters young and old that their plan is the most financially fit. meanwhile a mitt romney bombshell about his personal tax rate has sparked fresh controversy. nbc's claire leka joins us from washington with more on all of this. claire, good morning. >> good morning to you, lynn. yes, mitt romney called the interest in his personal tax returns, quote, small-minded, but it looks like it's been an issue that's dogged him all summer l...

yesterday with teams obama and romney trying to convince voters young and old that their plan is the most financially fit. meanwhile a mitt romney bombshell about his personal tax rate has sparked fresh controversy. nbc's claire leka joins us from washington with more on all of this. claire, good morning. >> good morning to you, lynn. yes, mitt romney called the interest in his personal tax returns, quote, small-minded, but it looks like it's been an issue that's dogged him all summer long, and if the obama campaign has its way, they want to keep his millions front and center. you co...

but first, as we do every morning, we begin with a look at today's "eye opener," your world in 90 seconds. >> no air conditioning. no electricity. and we can't get out. >> nearly two million americans face a fourth day without power in the midst of an historic heat wave. >> utility crews from as far away as quebec are pitching in to restore electricity. >> sizeable tree that has fallen has not been removed. typical of what we have been seeing. >> states of emergency have been declared. >> another scorcher today from the plains to the east coast. this action constitutes the largest ...