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usaa. we know what it means to serve. >>> we're about ten minutes till the top the hour. here are some of the stories making headlines cross country. we'll start in california where the international cannabis and hemp fair is being held. it includes music, hundreds of booth and a place where medical marijuana card holders can light up. those who support legalizing pot say things are changing and this fair is proof of it. >>> in california, a man is in jail for biting a snake? sacramento police say david sync took two bites out of the brown python. the snake is supposed to bite the man, right? not the man biting the snake. this 3 1/2-foot snake had to have emergency surgery. he's charged with animal cruelty. why in the world would the man bite the snake? he says he was drunk and doesn't remember a thing. also we'll turn to seattle, washington, now. people simply walking down the street in front of the four seasons hotel to duck for cover, again, broken glass falling 18 stories to the street below. second time this has happened at the hotel this year and nobody is really su

usaa. we know what it means to serve. >>> we are at 11 minutes past the hour now. labor day weekend. you know the barbecues and picnics and politics as well as part of labor day weekend. candidates will be out there all weekend. as paul steinhauser tells us more. >> reporter: sarah palin doesn't have a hard time drawing attenti attention. every time she falls out of the spotlight, she comes back stronger. palin's bus tour from here in washington to new england was a top story over the memorial day weekend. she played cat and mouse with the reporters. she reignited speculation she might run for the white house. she crashed mitt romney's party. on the day he was there to announce his run for president. >> i don't believe that former governor romney is upset that we are here. >> reporter: fast forward to august and palin shows up at the iowa state fair creating a media frenzy the day after the debate in iowa and the straw poll. >> i don't think i'm stealing any spotlight. >> reporter: today, palin is back in iowa. monday, sh

usaa. we know what it means to serve. >>> 22 minutes past the hour. we'll say good morning to nadia with this morning's passport. people think spain, they think bars loan athey think bullfighting. >> not fromm etoday. barcelona is the capital, they have banned bullfighting as of january 1. this is the last season. why? well, why because animal rights activist groups have finally said no mas, no more. this is just too cruel. what you're seeing there is the matador, of course, at the end of the fight. but what happens prior to what you're seeing right now is so cruel. >> yeah. >> they lance the bull in the neck where the biggest muscles of the bull are. and they debilitate him in that way. so this part of it is almost teasing because he's so weak anyway. look at the spears in the back of his neck. he has no chance. and then the idea, of course, is at that matador then kills him through the heart with one final blow. more often than not, it's never one blow, and it pierces the lungs instead. >> because of the rich history th

usaa. we know what it means to serve. >>> 11 points past the hour. there is a tense situation happening this hour in the town considered a stronghold for moammar gadhafi. rebel fighters believe key members of gadhafi's regime, including two of his sons, may be in bani walid. cnn senior national correspondent ben weederman is on the outskirts of the town. there was a deadline that came and went. now what? >> now there is an operation, attempted assault by the opposition fighters on the town of bani walid. it's been going on for about the last seven hours. they went in shortly after sunrise, but what we've seen is, actually if we can pan the camera over, the rebels are actually pulling back. we were told they ran into quite a lot of resistance in the town, one member of the transitional national council, the rebel authority, they said that there seemed to be some elite forces loyal to gadhafi inside the city. they have heavy weaponry, rockets, heavy machine guns. we came under fire, there were bullets flying just about eight feet over our head, just ab

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usaa. we know what it means to serve. >>> welcome back to "first look," i'm lynn berry in in sports, appropriately it was a see-saw bat until round two of the yankees/red sox series in boston. here's nbc's fred roggin. >> good morning. the yankees had a chance to move into first place but could not hold the lead at fenway. here's a two-run shot into the monster seats in left. boston rallies. 7-5 after six. varitek added insurance in the eighth, red sox increase their lead in the a.l. east with a 9-5 win. cliff lee, a great pitcher but not much of a hitter. lee didn't run to first then he gives the gesture to like, you can have it. he struck out seven over 8 2/3. the phils shut out the reds, 2-0. jack handahan, a single to righ. derek lowe has done a lot over his career, threw a no-hitter, won a world series, but he's never done this, first career home run. braves beat the nationals, 3-1. >>> tennis, venus williams says she is suffering a rare auto immune disease that causes fatigue and join

usaa. we know what it means to serve. welcome back to first look. i'm lynn berry. here are the top stories. it was a milestone in iraq. august marked the first month since the start of the u.s.-led invasion that no u.s. forces died. the federal election commission has agreed that gabrielle giffords, the congresswoman wounded in the shooting could use $2200 in campaign donation toss pay for security upgrades to her home. the panel made this exception due to violence and threats stemming from her work. >>> england's telegraph reports king arthur's legendary roundtable, the place he gathered his knights may have been found beneath king's knot. a geometric landmark at sterling castle. they have linked the scottish site to the king. >>> in el salvador, men hurled balls of fire at each other in a tradition marking a volcanic eruption in 1922. amazingly, over the years there have been very few serious injuries at at festival. >>> here's a first look at wall street. the dow opens at 11,439 after falling 119 points yesterday. the s&p lost 14 points, the nasdaq sank 33. taki

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usaa. we know what it means to serve. >>> welcome back to "first look" i'm lynn berry. in sports, michael vick had a bumpy right last night in his return to atlanta. >> reporter: good morning. michael vick's highly anticipated return to atlanta lasted just three quarters. the eagle's quarterback knocked out of the game after he hit his head. eagles had the lead, but the falcons had momentum. michael turner from three yards out. mault ryan threw a career high four touchdowns. falcons win a grudge match 35-31. tom blrady picked up where he left off last week. new england won easily 35-21. the carolina cam newton had another big game, but just like last week, not enough. despite throwing over 400 yards, the super bowl champs were just too good. redskins have been a pleasant surprise this season. clawed and scratched their way to a victory. redskins win it 22-21. in san francisco, tomny romo blind sided and left the game with two fractured ribs. bailey finished off the niners with a field goal in the extra period. dallas rallied from ten down to win it 27-24. finally, remem

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usaa. we know what it means to serve. >>> welcome back to "first look". in sports, with some big help from pitcher justin verlander, the detroit tigers are holding on tight to their longest winning streak in decades. here's nbc's fred roggin. >>> good morning. we have not seen a pitcher this dominant in nearly a decade. the tigers' justin verlander struck out six over seven scoreless against the white sox, earning his 23rd win of the year. first pitcher to do that since '02. tigers won 11 straight. >>> tim wakefield picked up his 200th career win and he did it one knuckleball at a time. kept the blue jays guessing. struck out seven. papelbon showered him with champagne. red sox with an 18-6 win. >>> mariano rivera needed one more save for 600 and he got a little help from russell martin. gunned down ichiro to end the game. rivera joins trevor hoffman as the only players to have 600 saves in their career. yanks beat the mariners 3-2. >>> florida, marlin and braves, and this certainly didn't help. saw a runner stealing second. look out! he threw the ball so

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usaa. we know what it means to serve. >>> welcome back to "first look." i'm vinita nair. here are some of the top stories making news this morning. the lawyer for a pair of hikers detained in iran tells nbc news he's making bail arrangements for their release, though it's unclear when that will happen. >>> at a house hearing republicans pressed obama officials on a $535 million loan given to solyndra. a eventually bankrupted solar panel manufacturer once championed by the president. e-mails suggest the administration was in a hurry to provide taxpayer money despite red flags about solyndra's viability. administration officials insist the deal was handled properly. >>> yesterday supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg safely slid down an emergency chute to evacuate a flight at dulles international airport. smoke in the engine forced passengers to abandon the plane just after it pulled away from the gate. >>> a new report shows s.a.t. reading scores for the class of 2011 were the lowest on record. combined reading and math scores also fell to their lowest level since 1995

usaa. we know what it means to serve. >>> back here in new york where tonight we can hear bagpipes in the distance, absent from this main ceremony here today were many of the 9/11 first responders. there just wasn't enough room for everyone here today. but as nbc's kevin tibbles found, they came anyway from around the nation and the world to mark this day and remember those who didn't make it out. >> reporter: it is a place of pill grammage of refuge and comradedy for first responders in new york and around the world. today here for one reason. o'hara's pub stands directly across from ground zero. on that awful day it suffered damage and lost beloved patrons. today is a day to tell stories and remember. >> you'll never forget. >> reporter: from chicago, from california, from london, england. firefighters and police officers stand together as one. >> we put fires out. we save lives. >> reporter: so it is family. >> it's a family job. >> i'm standing here so that their families know that we c

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usaa. we know what it means to serve. >>> all right. a heated debate about education. elsie granderson and steve perry back. steve, most americans say parents are not putting enough pressure on their kids to do well in school. take a look at this survey. you won't believe it. a majority of americans think parents are not putting enough pressure on their kids. in china, it's a mirror. 68% of parents think they're putting too much pressure on their kids. call it pressure, call it expectations, steve perry, do we need to get tougher out there? >> i think many of our parents are too easy on our children. in fact, one of the strangest things that i've seen is, we have had parents complain that we give too much homework. that i find to be peculiar because the expectation is that the children will, in fact, go home and practice that which they've learned in a school. >> all right. elsie, parents have leverage, pressure expectations, they have leverage here. they have the money and annual survey by fidelity investments say two-thirds of american parents say they're only going

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usaa. we know what it means to serve. >>> what if i told you that a student's academic achievement can be determined by say fifth grade? if that's true, why aren't we doing everything possible to build that foundation solid as a rock? bob weiss is the former governor of west virginia and now the president of the alliance for excellent education. and nancy karlsson page from leslie university and the author of the book "taking back childhood." governor, you first told me the statistic, fifth grade. that you can see a child going off the rails academically by fifth grade. what are the warning signs? >> they're pretty intuitive. the important thing is to do something about them. first of all, declining academic performance, second increased absences, tardiness starts to go up. and number three, disciplinary. i would add a fourth one. that's what researchers established in if you get a good data system, you capture it, you intervene and the ability to read and write at your grade level because

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