officials tell nbc news pakistani intelligence did provide the u.s. with information that ultimately led to bin laden, helping track down his trusted courier, but adding to tensions between the two countries, the alleged outing of the cia's top operative in pakistan last week, apparently intended to undermine america's covertactivities here. >> there's a al qaeda structure alive and well in pakistan. we need pakistan's cooperation to go after it. >> reporter: and brian, one report suggests the children who had been living at bin laden's compound were home schooled, they rarely ventured outside, and tonight, the prime minister announced that compound will be demolished. >> peter alexander in islamabad for us. thanks for that. >>> we're debuting a new nbc news poll on this broadcast tonight, and it shows an overwhelming majority of americans support the decision to kill, not capture, osama bin laden. there's also news about the president, jobs, the economy. with us from washington is our political director, chief white house correspondent chuck todd. go

"nightly news" begins now. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> good evening. i'm kate snow in tonight for brian. on this memorial day when america honors the fallen, it's worth remembering u.s. military men and women are currently in harm's way in three fronts. in afghanistan, america's longest war. in iraq, where the combat mission is over but nearly 50,000 american troops remain as advisers, and now in libya as part of a nato support mission. we'll hear from some of those serving far from home on the broadcast tonight. first here in this country today, president obama paid tribute to american war heroes as he laid a wreath at the tomb of unknowns at the lincoln national cemetery, and he got a little personal, too. >> to those of you who mourn the loss of a loved one today, my heart goes out to you. i love my daughters more than anything in the world, and i cannot imagine losing them. i can't imagine losing a sister, a brother, or a parent at war. the grief so many of you carry in your hearts is a grief i cannot fully know. this day is about you. and the fall

captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >> good evening. we begin with a developing story out of minnesota where severe storms and at least three tornadoes have swept through sections of minneapolis. early pictures from there show extensive damage in residential areas in north minneapolis and thousands are said to be without power. by late afternoon our colleagues at the weather channel had tallied at least 17 tornadoes across sections of minnesota, iowa and missouri. on what has been an especially dangerous and volatile weekend throughout the country's midsection. right now severe weather watches and warnings cover a 1,000-mile stretch from dallas north to the twin cities. nbc's janet shamlian leads off our coverage with this report. >> reporter: a first look at the devastation from above after at least four suspected tornado touchdowns in and around minneapolis. >> everybody okay? >> everybody okay? >> reporter: shocked neighbors getting their first look at the damage. >> then it go

news, new york. >>> and that's nbc "nightly news" for this saturday. you can find tonight's stories and much more on our new free app for the ipad. i'm lester holt reporting from new york. i'll see you tomorrow morning on "today," then right back here tomorrow evening. "today," then right back here tomorrow evening. good night. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> good evening. i'm diane dwyer. take a look at that rainbow outside right now. it is rainy, windy and gray out there with little

kevin tibbles, nbc news, new york. >>> and that's "nbc nightly news" for this sunday. you can follow us on twitter and facebook. we'd like to hear from you. brian williams will be here tomorrow. i'm lester holt. reporting from new york for all

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tonight nbc news has learned that u.s. intelligence officials expect pakistan to turn over osama bin laden's three widows for questioning. those women are presently being held in rawalpindi. that's just outside of islamabad. a pakistani military official tells us the u.s. must wait until pakistan has completed its own interrogations first. among the wives, bin laden's youngest, the 29-year-old amal, is said to be his favorite. she's strongly committed to his ideology. she's also still recovering after being shot by navy s.e.a.l.s during last week's raid. and this evening users on top al qaeda websites are threatening "serious consequences" if the pakistani government gives the u.s. access to the widows or if the u.s. tries to bring the women back to the united states. nbc news has also learned that the u.s. has already shared threat information from materials seized in the compound with several other countries. brian? >> all right. peter alexander, our coverage from islamabad tonight. peter, thanks. >>> now to the other fr

mark potter, nbc news, tennessee. >>> some other news when we come back. a romantic prom invitation backfires and now people are rallying to help a guy out. >>> and later, the difference our viewers made for friends of ours when a "making a difference" report aired on our broadcast. wait until you see the follow-up tonight. >>> if you're a guy, you know asking a girl to the prom is tough. always has been. this week, when a connecticut teenager decided to make a big splash with his invitation, it backfired big time. some found it romantic, the school did not. now the web is on fire with this story. he has supporters all over the globe, and the principal says rules is rules. our report now. >> reporter: it all started with the writing on the wall. late last week in the dead of night, shelton high school senior james tate and two friends dragged a ladder and 12-inch cardboard letters to campus, taping this message onto a school wall "sonali rodriguez will you go to prom with me?" >> i figured i would do something special, and it was a mistake. >> reporter: ro

kevin tibbles, nbc news, chicago. >>> now we have to turn to the midwest. we think this story is going to occupy a lot of our time and attention next week. it's already been an awful flooding season. if you live in memphis or the surrounding area, all eyes are on the mississippi river. they're looking for perhaps the second highest crest in u.s. history, perhaps in the next five days. nbc's ron mott is in memphis on some hallowed ground there in that city. ron, good evening. >> reporter: brian, good evening to you. we're standing at the low end of beale street tonight. as you can see behind me, it's taking on water, water that is starting to flow where it's simply not invited. >> maybe a boat for the lake, but not to your house. >> reporter: after 19 years in her community, tina picked the right time to befriend a neighbor with a boat. as both their mobile homes in memphis are filled with several feet of water tonight. >> i have a lot of my mom's stuff in there. i don't even know if i can get in. you can only do what you can. >> reporter: we paddled along w

nbc news has learned the president and top u.s. military officials were listed as potential targets. but the vice president was said to be less of a target. why the information onslaught? >> they're sending a message to members of al qaeda that the americans may have information about you, they may have information about your whereabouts, about your plans, about your intentions. and it causes them to question what they're going to do. >> reporter: also seized in the raid, personal correspondence between bin ladin and senior al qaeda leaders. with bin laden discussing the places he wanted to attack, the best times to attack. even which followers would be right for specific jobs. the navy s.e.a.l.s focused primarily on bin ladin's office and left behind detailed logs of his and al qaeda's activities and movements. logs now in the possession of pakistani authorities who have not yet agreed to share them. and tonight the associated press is reporting that bin ladin was actually a prolific e-mail writer, even though his compound had no

john yang, nbc news, dublin. >>> and that is our broadcast on a tuesday night. thank you for being here with us. i'm brian williams. and we hope to see you right back here tomorrow evening. and we hope to see you right back here tomorrow evening. good night. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> right now at 6:00, the lies and cheating and the secrets that arnold schwarzenegger has held for a decade. >>> this is not the only mess in this remol dead. i'm kris sanchez. the story coming up. >>> plus, another round of rain socking the bay area. how it could impact wildlife. the news at 6:00

what happened after one man's prediction the end is here. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening. free dpom from a new york city jail cell has come at a very high price for the disgraced former head of the imf, dominick strauss-kahn accused of sexually assaulting a hotel house keeper is spending his first full day und under house arrest. it's a deal well beyond the means of the average accused person. yet, the wealthy frenchman is finding his political prominence and stature can no longer seem to buy him a place to leavive h in new york. kristen. >> reporter: good evening, lester. the man who was once one of the world peace most powerful is holed up here. dominique strauss-kahn was released after posting the $1 million cash bail, a $5 million insurance bond and greeing to restrictions being called some of the most stringent in new york history. it is a world away from rikers island where dominique strauss-kahn spent part of the last week. instead of a small cell, he's now in a spacious apartment, a building that

reporting live in san jose, mary ann favro, nbc bay area news. >> stay with us here at nbc bay area for continuing coverage of the bin laden story. coming up at 6:30 we're going to rejoin brian williams. a special edition of "nightly news" with in depth coverage of the deadly mission and the dilemma now facing teachers and parents coming up at 6:30. >>> a warning for one bay area county. the possible record spike for whooping cough. >>> also ahead, look for the best summer travel destination? you won't have to go too far. the one bay area city topping the list and the off beat attractions that make the city so unique. >>> another online data breach. another reason for us to protect ourselves. we've got some tips, coming up. >>> plus, why an illinois man could be facing charges here in the bay area for using the internet for some payback. >>> all right. good evening. we cranked up the heat a little bit today. we did have a few 80s here. especially in the south bay. we're talking about even warmer weather for tomorrow. we'll let you know if we'll have any 90s coming up in my complete fore

nbc news, cordova, alabama. >>> that's "nbc nightly news" for this sunday. brian williams will be back tomorrow. i'm lester holt reporting from tuscaloosa, alabama. for all of us here at "nbc news," good night.

charles hadlock, nbc news, joplin, missouri. >> and after all that tonight we are following yet more severe weather on this long holiday weekend, heavy thunderstorms hit northern illinois this afternoon, leading to the cancellation of 450 flights at chicago's o'hare airport. the weather channel's kelly cass joins us with more. kelly, good evening. >> hi, lester. that same complex that affected chicago by the way, is still on the go this evening. we're watching it race across portions of michigan as well as ohio. a tornado watch goes until 8:00. a new severe thunderstorm watch back towards kansas and oklahoma wsere things are starting to pop as well. the immediate concern right now just to the east of detroit, moving across north central ohio and on its way to cleveland. there could be some serious winds with this. any trees reports of being toppled with these winds in excess of 70 miles an hour so there's your threat for tonight, watching minneapolis, back towards sioux falls, wichita for the overnight hours as well but unfortunately, lester, we think it's only going to get worse tom

maria menounos, nbc news, nairobi, kenya. >>> a great story. more of it on our website, nightly.msnbc.com and in the june issue of "self" magazine. >>> and for ourselves, that's our broadcast for this thursday night. thank you for being here with us. i'm brian williams reporting tonight from the nbc news los angeles bureau. as always, we hope you can join us tomorrow night. good night. can join us tomorrow night. good night. >>> right now at 6:00, for the first time the transportation secretary of the united states tours the devastation in san bruno. the changes that could be in store to protect your home. >> reporter: i'm scott budman where a red-hot ipo leaves silicon valley investors and companies wanting even more. >>> also, why our recent rain could make your trip to the supermarket more expensive. the news at 6:00 starts right now.

news, washington. >>> and not surprisingly, our new nbc news poll shows overwhelming support for the president's decision to take out bin laden. 80% of americans say it was the right decision to kill the al qaeda mastermind. and that strong approval could be running off on the president. overall approval rating now stands at 52%, a three point increase. however, when it comes to the economy, the president isn't faring so well, just 37% approve of his handling. that's an all-time low. the reason? analysts point to skyrocketing gas prices. >>> and now here's a look at other stories making news early today in america. spectators at a skateboard race in colorado ran for cover when a helicopter suddenly came crashing down. witnesses hid behind a nearby guardrail to shield themselves from mountain size debris scattered by the propellers. no one in the aircraft or on the ground was injured. >>> a new jersey store clerk is nursing injuries after a brutal confrontation with a thief. a camera was rolling when the 24-year-old attempted to fight back when a suspect tried to exit after cleaning o

jean elle, nbc news. >> did he confess to double murder? both murders? oh, my god. . >>> a stunning admission. a man walks into a bay area police department and confesses to a double murder that happened 16 years ago. >> and battling skin cancer, a new break through. the drug that could lead to a cure and why patients are fighting to get it. >> and good evenenin i'm chief meneorologist jeff ranieri. . s in t-- temperaturesn the low s thke weebi ces.tieke, mendbingg-ha sierra know and thunderstorms. i'll time line it for you coming up.es >>> well, it's a stunning admission. a man walks into a bay area police station and confesses to a double murder dating back 16 years. nbc broke the news to the victim's family. >> did he confess to both murders? both mirds? oh, my god. >> reporter: 16 years after ruben solis and vincent betancourt were gunned down, their alleged killer said he did it. >> he walked into a police station and turned himself in. that's what our understanding is in this particular instance is, in this unusual circumstance, we don't have that

"nightly news" begins now. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> good evening. with so many americans already on the move for the holiday weekend and so many others with outdoor plans we have wild weather on the move tonight as we near the end of the week where tornadoes have already killed over 130 people in this country and injured over 1,000. just today, we had a tornado in california, a tornado warning in mobile, alabama, and tonight into tomorrow, rough weather or the risk of it covering the entire eastern third of the united states. from the deep south all the way up through upstate new york into new england. all of this setting up the weekend most of us define as the start of the summer season. tonight, if you live in joplin, missouri, you're focused on survival, focused on the list of miz missing persons after the tornado there. that's where we want to begin tonight with nbc's ron allen in joplin. good evening. >> reporter: there's been so much confusion about the number of people missing here that the governor himself appointed someone to figure it out,

cheers and applause ) >> jon: first of all nbc news can now confirm? nbc news can now confirm what we originally thought to be pictures of naked people wrestling. in fact, there was some talk in our morning editorial meeting as to whether or not it should be classified as erotica and then we saw a picture of a woman (beep) a horse. so we believe that at 1:12 p.m. eastern standard time this be straight-up porn. what a story! even before navy seals shot out his eyes, osama bin laden was probably going blind anyway. ( cheers and applause ) you like that, right? we came up with a bunch of them. this one is one of my favorites. come on! that's classy. anyway obviously we're extremely excited, all set to do this story. got all the materials we need to do this story just the way we like to do a story like this. we're very particular when we're going to take the time to do this kind of story. i got the paper to my right. the way i like it so i can flip it with my right hand. you know what i mean? my left hand is free. i got the video of the story queued up to

"nightly news" begins now. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> good evening. we're in the midst of some awful flooding along the mississippi river right now. the worst part is ahead, according to a lot of the experts. surging, unpredictable water flowing toward the mississippi delta now. the river is taking aim at one of the most poverty stricken parts of our country, after laying waste to a big chunk of the gambling industry up river, hundreds of homes, and just about touching a record on its way through memphis, tennessee, and it's not too early to say this, new orleans and the surrounding region could be in flood trouble as this flows south, on top of all the troubles they've had. we want to start off our coverage tonight with nbc's anne thompson in butte larose, louisiana. good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. louisianians are busy tonight, preparing for this historic flood which has already done so much damage upriver. as the mississippi river barrels south, satellite images reveal its relentless and destructive impact. this was memphis on april

and nbc news has learned the itr officials were listed as potential targets. but the vice president was said to be less of a target. so why the information onslaught? they're sending a message to members of al qaeda that the americans may have information about you, they may have information about your plans, about your intentions and it causes them to question what they're going to do. >> also seized in the raid, personal correspondence between bin laden and senior al qaeda leaders with bin laden discussing the places he wanted to attack, the best times to attack, which of his followers would be right for specific jobs. u.s. officials say the navy s.e.a.l.s focused primarily on bin laden's messages and left behind detailed logs of his and al qaeda's movements, logs now in the hands of pakistani authorities who have not yet agreed to share them. >> that was nbc's peter alexander reporting. >>> back here in the u.s., residents near the mississippi are battling historic flooding hoping the waters will spare their homes and businesses. as the water levels continu

kevin tibbles, nbc news, nashville. >> terrific news. that's our broadcast for this wednesday night. thank you for being here with us. i'm brian williams. as always, we hope to see you tomorrow evening. >>> right now at 6:00, caught on top, a man goes undercover to expose a restaurant's illegal practices. a story you'll see only on nbc bay area. >>> also ahead, what san francisco police officers will soon be wearing in the wake of several allegations of police misconduct. >>> and it's considered a private family matter, but one bay area city is putting the issue of circumcision before voters. the news at 6:00 starts

intelligence officials tell nbc news bin laden was fully engaged in al qaeda operations a s at t time of his death. coordinated protested that announced the raid against the killing of osama bin laden in multiple cities today as al qaeda reacted for the first time. quote, soon, with god's help, we shall flip their celebrations into sorrow and their blood shall mix with tears. >> soon could mean anything from the next three days the next three years. it's difficult to know and it's important to emphasize al qaeda uses its language whether or not it has an attack in score. >> these images are the newest from inside the compound where they tell nbc news bin laden was far from retired and was al qaeda's operational leader. u.s. intelligence also tells nbc news, a lot of video as well as details of plots around the world and associates were found. osama bin laden's compound is just beyond these buildings, but today, the pakistani soldiers have told us all the media has to be pushed back and if they even see our cameras, they threaten to take them. local officials in abbottabad said the com

jay gray, nbc news, joplin, missouri. >> well, joplin school officials have canceled classes for the rest of the year after several buildings were completely destroyed by sunday's tornado. the joplin senior class of 2011 held their graduation ceremony on sunday just hours before the storm hit. nbc's kevin tibbles has their story. >> reporter: when the sky went black and came crashing down, it tore the joplin high school apart. >> office is right here. >> reporter: today the principal came to see if anything could be salvaged. >> it was just utter devastation. the gymnasium's down completely. >> reporter: the school's auditorium is wrecked, its music rooms collapsed. sunday was supposed to be a happy day. sarah and the other seniors had just celebrated graduation across town from their school in a larger space that could accommodate parents and friends. >> and i knew it would kind of be like the last time i walked through those doors as a high school student, but i didn't literally think it would be the last time i'd walk through these doors. >> reporter: today evan says he's lucky to

miguel almaguer, nbc news, los angeles. >>> on wall street, stocks fell. in the final minutes of trading, the dow finished down just over 93 points. >>> coming up next, is the world as we know it about to come to an end? the guy who says that it is, and what he wants the rest of us to know. >>> big plans this weekend? if so, you may never get to them if you believe a christian broadcaster and all the people around the world who seem to buy his predictions that we're just hours away from the end of the world. nbc's kerry sanders has more on what the believers say is the beginning of the end. >> reporter: from northern california -- >> day 21 will be the day of judgment. >> reporter: to central florida -- >> you will see the glory of god. >> reporter: and everywhere in between. >> there's going to be an end to the world. >> reporter: the word is tomorrow our world ends at suppertime. that calculation from this 89-year-old, harold camping. >> it will begin with a huge earthquake. >> reporter: who, since his predictions, has gone underground. >> harry, could y

nbc news. >> libyan officials are once again claiming that nato was trying to assassinate gaddafi. he was in a building that was bombed by nato. members of his family are reportedly dead. the deaths have not been confirmed, but nato officials insist they are trying to kill the libyan leader. brian mooar has the story from washington. andone of the gaddafi's sons three grandchildren were killed when missiles came down on this residence. they claim the libyan leader was the target. >> this was a direct operation to assassinate the leader of this country. this is not permitted by international law. >> nato officials us -- insist they were not try to kill gaddafi. they were just trying to eliminate his war machine. >> if he was killed or injured because of that line, that is fine. >> senator mccain is not ok with the decision to let nato do the fighting. >> we should be leading. we should not be following. we should not be behind. >> the narrative we want you to send is that the libyan people overthrew dictator now that we came in and toppled the despot. >> a despot who said he suffere

thank you. >>> thanks for joining us for this special edition of nbc bay area news. coming up next, we've got the san francisco giants taking on the colorado rockies. we'll see you tonight at 11:00. and until then, have a good

jay grey, nbc news, memphis. >>> ahead of the 2012 presidential election, the incumbent, president obama, is revisiting an old theme, immigration reform. yesterday he addressed the hot button campaign issue in el paso, texas, calling on washington to fix the nation's broken immigration system. nbc's brian moore reports. >> reporter: along the border in el paso, texas, president obama renewed his calls for comprehensive immigration reform. >> everybody recognizes the system is broken. the question is will we finally summon the political will to do something about it? >> reporter: it's a message aimed at hispanic voters who helped him win the white house in 2008 and are back into play in 2012. >> the republicans stepped forward and unveiled auto plan to get this done in a fair and comprehensive information. >> supporters say the president is doing what he can. >> the president can't single handedly pen an immigration bill and sign it. >> critics say too little, too late. >> he promised that he would make immigration reform a top priority in his first year and he did not. >> reporter: and i

kirk gregory, nbc news. >>> now here's a look at other stories making news early today in america. the dramatic rescue of a 93-year-old woman who made the mistake of trying to cross a flooded highway was recorded by a sheriff assisting from the shore. using a safety line and cable, two missouri national guardsmen battled raging water to pull the woman from her car and ultimately to safety. no injuries were reported. >>> chicago's lake front harbors have a new hangout for raccoons. the spike in population has been a problem since last summer, leading to the capture of approximately 120 of the scavengers. officials say classified -- and they've classified that situation as an infestation. they've cautioned residents not to leave trash around, a steady source of food for the animals. would be that trash. >>> finally, america has its own polar bear survival story to tell. a female cub was rescued from an alaskan oil field. it was spotted weeks ago. with it's mother but may have been orphaned. zoo officials are caring for the cub and they hope to find it a new home soon. >>> now for a l

jay gray, nbc news, kennedy space center. >> all right. we're going to check in on the weather around here, and it's just been a little bit crazy. >> it has been. >> and today was a good indication. we had widespread rain just before sunrise and hail and thunder at times during the afternoon and look at these totals. ham half an inch came down overnight in los gatos. most of the bay area from san francisco southward saw about a quarter inch or less but quarter than a half inch to san rafael and a third of an inch up towards santa rosa and very impressive totals by may standards. windy and dry around san francisco. we did have a light rain shower pass on by downtown and most of the action now heading off to the east and as the sun sets the atmosphere will stabilize. it's the combination of cold air aloft and the daytime meeting which really started to fire off the showers. one more shower here which went right over downtown oakland and berkeley weakening as it heads off to the north of st. mary's and north bay, things are coming down and ac

tom costello, nbc news, cape canaveral. >>> a veteran driver hits e. and the come from behind thriller in the lone star state. plus, do you remember racing the toy metal cars on the orange track? you don't want to miss this. your early morning sports headlines are straight ahead. >>> heat and humidity for the east. then we're looking for dry and cool out west. storms in the middle. your regional forecast is coming up. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning. if you're just waking up, this is "early today," and in sports, it's known as the greatest spectacle in racing. and this year, the indianapolis 500 certainly lived up to its legendary status. here's nbc's mario solis with an early look at all of your sports headlines. >>> hi there, good morning. two big races on memorial day weekend and both ending in surprising fashion. first off, indianapolis, 100th anniversary of the indy 500. five laps to go, rookie j.r. hildebrand takes the lead. imagine the 23-year-old's excitement coming to the final turn. a four-second edge. uh-oh, hildebrand loses

jay gray, nbc news, joplin, missouri. >> and as jay just mentioned, oklahoma is also digging through tornado destruction. last night, weather channel meteorologist mike bettis was there getting a glimpse at some of the shocking images mother nature left behind. >> reporter: well, another round of violent storms and tornados, this time centering in oklahoma. and now, after sunset and on our night vision camera, we can observe some of the damage right here in el reno. we know a tornado crossed i-40 and then crossed highway 81. it did this damage. there's some utility lines down, we have trees that have been uprooted. this is on the property of tom and carla cronister. maybe more impressive is what's in the tree. it's actually carla cronister's convertible. it was tossed about 100 plus yards and right here into this tree. i thought one thing that was really, really telling about the power of the wind is look at that piece of wood that punctured right through the floorboard of the vehicle here. the tops of the trees are all taken off. they've been thrown back and off to the north where t

. >>> we're debuting a new nbc news poll on this broadcast tonight, and it shows an overwhelming majority of americans support the decision to kill, not capture, osama bin laden. there's also news about the president, jobs, the economy. with us from washington is our political director, chief white house correspondent chuck todd. good evening. >> reporter: good evening. in moments like last week, presidents do acquire political capital. it's no different for obama, but he didn't acquire a lot. here is his job approval. in our poll, 52%. that's a small bump, not a big one from the last time we tested he was at 49% last month. he got a big spike among americans with his approval rating on foreign policy, 57%, all-time high in the poll, but the reason he didn't get a bigger spike in the overall job rating, look at the numbers on the handling of the economy. just 37% approve of that. 58% disapprove. you talk to many analysts in both parties and they say there

nbc news pentagon correspondent jim miklaszewski reports that u.s. officials are providing a clearer picture of the kind of fire fight that took place here. it wasn't an intense back and forth but really more one-sided. mostly it was the navy s.e.a.l.s doing the shooting. it's what they call a precision-clearing operation. >> stephanie gosk, thank you. we wanted to let you know as well, ann curry has now tonight arrived in pakistan. her reporting will begin airing tomorrow morning on "today." >>> back here at home tonight, flooding in the midwest is at such crisis levels, it's led to some extreme measures. as we told you last night, government engineers are actually blowing up levees to direct water away from inundated areas and some areas of population, but that's causing more problems downstream, and there are big fears for places like memphis in the days ahead. nbc's ron mott is there for us tonight. good evening. >> reporter: brian, good evening to you. officials in arkansas today discovered the body of a man in floodwaters there. in memphis, the

. >>> tonight in an nbc news exclusive, sarah shourd speaks out about the country's unexplained moment of her fellow hikers. the men weren't even talken to court, which has families crushed. >> when something like this happens, we fear the worse. we are very concerned about their physical and mental health after nearly two years of extreme isolation. >> on and ra mitch l reports, she said she fears they have gone on hunger strikes out of desperation. >>> retaliation for the killing of osama bin laden.

peter alexander, nbc news, roxbury, massachusetts. >>> and that is our extended special one-hour broadcast for this tuesday night. thank you for being here with us. i'm brian williams. we hope to see you right back here tomorrow evening. we hope to see you right back here tomorrow evening. good night. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

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nbc news reports that two sources close to the couple have identified the staff person as 50-year-old mildred baena. news crews staked out her bakersfield home, however, neighbors say she hasn't been seen since a day before the story broke. according to celebrity websites, the child, a boy, is now around 13 years old. born around the same time at schwarzenegger and shriver's youngest son. as news of the betrayal hit, schwarzenegger's estranged wife, maria, was in chicago for a final taping of "the oprah winfrey show." >> clearly, she is determined to keep moving forward, putting her family first and trying to heal. >> reporter: and while news of the paternity has hurt schwarzenegger's family and reputation, film critics say it's not likely to terminate his movie career. >> i'll be back. >> if arnold wants to potentially make another "terminator" movie, people will be interested, and that will be a hot ticket. >> reporter: a hot ticket with a high price to a former governor and a family. stephanie stanton, nbc news, los angeles. >>> now here's a look at other stories making news early