in the wake of a phone hacking scandal that rocked rupert murdoch,. tony blair said murdoch wielded substantial power but denied cozying up to him. and investigators are looking into whether bp lied to congress how much i'm leaked in the 2010 disaster. and dewey and leboeuf filed for bankruptcy. and finally a chance for a lifetime for die-hard fans of king. elvis presley original crypt will go the highest bidder at auction next month. elvis was interred there for two months and reburied at his graceland home. the angels walk off. the cubs snap back. smooth sailing against the rays. a memorial day surprise for one family at a big league game in atlanta. your early morning sports headlines are straight ahead. >>> with memorial day in the books we'll take a look at your travel forecast for the middle of the week. you're watching "early today". >>> good morning. if you're just waking up this is "early today." in sports last night in the nba playoffs the miami heat went after the boston celtics. here's nbc bill seward with an early look at your sports head

. >>> news corp is calling report by a committee of english lawmakers that labelled rupert murdoch "unfit to run his global media empire" unjustified and highly partisan. walmart will pay $4 skbr 8 million to employees unfairly considered exempt from overtime wages. >>> on the heels of a high profile unveiling of the new organ donor feature, facebook selected may 18th for the wall street debut. >>> finally, why should you never throw away lottery tickets? even the losing ones? a judge in arkansas has ruled against a woman who picked a million dollar winner out of the trash and cashed it in. he said the jackpot belonged to the original owner who tossed it after a ticket scanner said sorry, not a winner. lesson learned. >>> the lakers sink the nuggets, difls down the flyers and jays rally past the rangers. >>> sixers take advantage of the bulls without injured mvp derrick rose, early morning sports headlines are straight ahead. >>> our wednesday forecast is about severe thunderstorms this afternoon and this evening. the forecast is coming up you're watching "early today." great. so, you're

. >>> news corp directors are standing by their man in a vote of confidence in rupert murdoch after an english committee found him unfit to run the company. >>> target confirmed it's phasing out amazon's kindle e-readers. >>> when is a discount airline no longer a good deal? this may be the start. beginning this fall, spirit airlines customers who decide to put a carry on in the overhead bin at the gate will pay a whopping $100 each way. yes, you did not mishear me. that is correct. >>> the angels no-hit the twins. the rangers win in triple overtime. and dark day for the nfl. plus the grizzlies slam the clippers in game two of the nba playoff match-up. your early morning sports headlines are straight ahead. >>> in weather, thunderstorms once again the story, this afternoon strong thunderstorms even in the great lakes. your forecast is coming up you're watching "early today." >>> good morning, if you're just waking up this is "early today." in sports after losing sleep over blowing a 27-point lead in the series opener, with the clippers, a win last night by memphis left them looking for

parliamentary committee has concluded that news corp chairman rupert murdoch is not a, quote, fit person to run a major international corporation. the committee found murdoch exhibited, quote, willful bli blindness towards wrongdoing. and the report also questioned the competence of murdoch's son, james. >>> may day protests are planned today by occupy wall street activists in cities across the country. they plan rush hour demonstrations in new york and san francisco to block bridges. >>> dna evidence has cleared two men in texas who were officially exonerated in a rape and shooting 10 years ago. they shook hands with the judge who declared them innocent after decades behind bars. >>> and in colorado robert dewey was released after a court hearing that exonerated him also based on dna evidence. he had been in prison for 16 years. >>> finally in canada a large container was found washed up on shore and inside was a harley davidson motorcycle. it had a japanese license plate and was very rusty indicating it was debris carried across the ocean after the tsunami in japan 13 months ago. >>> n

. >>> news corp directors are standing by their bhan a vote of confidence in rupert murdoch after an english committee found him unfit to run the country. >>> target confirmed it's phasing out amazon's kindle e-readers. >>> when is a discount airline no longer a good deal? this may be the start. beginning this fall, spirit airlines customers who decide to put a carry on in the overhead bin at the gate will pay a whopping $100 each way. yes, you did not mishear me. that is correct. >>> the angels no-hit the twins. the rangers win in triple overtime. and dark day for the nfl. plus the grizzlies slam the clippers in game two of the nba playoff match-up. your early morning sports headlines are straight ahead. >>> in weather, thunderstorms once again the story, this afternoon strong thunderstorms even in the great lakes. your forecast is coming up you're watching "early today." >>> good morning, if you're just waking up this is "early today." in sports after losing sleep over blowing a 27-point lead in the series opener, with the clippers, a win last night by memphis left them looking for

. >>> news corp directors are standing by their bhan a vote of confidence in rupert murdoch after an english committee found him unfit to run the country. >>> target confirmed it's phasing out amazon's kindle e-readers. >>> when is a discount airline no longer a good deal? this may be the start. beginning this fall, spirit airlines customers who decide to put a carry on in the overhead bin at the gate will pay a whopping $100 each way. yes, you did not mishear me. that is correct. >>> the angels no-hit the twins. the rangers win in triple overtime. and dark day for the nfl. plus the grizzlies slam the clippers in game two of the nba playoff match-up. your early morning sports headlines are straight ahead. >>> in weather, thunderstorms once again the story, this afternoon strong thunderstorms even in the great lakes. your forecast is coming up you're watching "early today." ♪ ♪ pop goes the world ♪ it goes something like this ♪ everybody here is a friend of mine ♪ ♪ everybody, tell me, have you heard? ♪ ♪ pop goes the world ♪ pop goes the world [ female announcer ] p

. >>> news corp is calling report by a committee of english lawmakers that labelled rupert murdoch "unfit to run his global media empire" unjustified and highly partisan. walmart will pay $4 skbr 8 million to employees unfairly considered exempt from overtime wages. >>> on the heels of a high profile unveiling of the new organ donor feature, facebook selected may 18th for the wall street debut. >>> finally, why should you never throw away lottery tickets? even the losing ones? a judge in arkansas has ruled against a woman who picked a million dollar winner out of the trash and cashed it in. he said the jackpot belonged to the original owner who tossed it after a ticket scanner said sorry, not a winner. lesson learned. >>> the lakers sink the nuggets, difls down the flyers and jays rally past the rangers. >>> sixers take advantage of the bulls without injured mvp derrick rose, early morning sports headlines are straight ahead. >>> our wednesday forecast is about severe thunderstorms this afternoon and this evening. the forecast is coming up you're watching "early today." >>> good morning i

in the wake of a phone hacking scandal that rocked rupert murdoch's news corp. england's former prime minister tony blair told the inquiry mur doc, quote, wielded substantial power but denied cozying up to him in exchange for political support. >>> "the wall street journal" reports the u.s. justice department is investigating whether executives at bp lied to congress in how much oil leaked in the 2010 gulf oil disaster. dewey and he buff filed for chapter 11 protection marking the biggest collapse of a law firm in u.s. history. >>> a chance of a lifetime for die-hard fans of the king. elvis presley's original crypt at the forest hill cemetery in memphis will go to the highest bidder at auction next month. elvis was interred there two months and later reburied at his graceland home. >> the angels walk off, the cubs snap back, smooth sailing against the rays, and a memorial day surprise for one family at a big league game in atlanta. your early morning sports headlines are straight ahead. >> with memorial day in the books we'll take a look at your travel forecast

is calling a report by a committee of english lawmakers that labeled rupert murdoch, quote, unfit to run his global immediate empire, unjustified and highly partisan. >>> walmart will pay employees who were unfairly considered exempt from overtime wages. >>> on the heels of a high-profile unveiling of its new organ donor feature, there's news facebook has selected may 18th for its wall street debut. >>> finally, why should you never throw away lottery tickets, even the losing ones? a judge in arkansas ruled against a woman who picked a million dollar winner out of the trash and cashed it in. he said the ticket belongs to the original owner after a scanner said it was not a winner. >>> the lakers sink the nuggets, devils down the flyers and jays rally past the rangers. >>> sixers take advantage of the bulls without injured mvp derrick rose, early morning sports headlines are straight ahead. >>> our wednesday forecast is about severe thunderstorms this afternoon and this evening. your forecast is coming up. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning. if you're just waking up, this

prosecutors say former rupert murdoch aide and news of the world editor rebekah brooks will face criminal charges. her husband and four others also face charges. >>> at the perjury trial of legendary baseball pitcher roger clemens the star witness, brian mcnamee testified he injected clemens with steroids about eight times. -- eight to ten times in 1998. he contradicts clemens' claims before congress that he never took performance enhancing drugs. >>> a security supervisor at new jersey's newark airport for about 20 years has been arrested on charges evidence ti theft. the illegal immigrant from nigeria allegedly used the name of a murder victim and passed years of airport background security checks. >>> and a russian rocket lifted off today headed for low-earth orbit. an american astronaut and two cosmonauts are abody the soyuz spacecraft which are scheduled to dock with the international space station on thursday. >>> and now here's an early look at how wall street will kick off the day. the dow opens at 12,695 after dropping 125 points yesterday. the s&p fell 15. nasdaq tumbled 31. tak