 Video: American kidnapped in Pakistan
 Pakistani police say as many as eight heavily armed men kidnapped an American contractor early Saturday morning from his home in Lahore, Pakistan. NBC's Richard Engel reports. (Nightly News)
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Video: Gov. Perry enters, shakes up 2012 race
 The conservative Texas governor announces he's running for president, making the case that his record in the Lone Star State qualifies him to lead. NBC's Kristin Welker reports. (Nightly News)
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Video: Straw Poll voters know their power
 Voters attending the carnival-like Straw Poll on Saturday in Ames, Iowa, were having fun, but they know their votes will help whittle down the GOP field. NBC's Kelly O'Donnell reports. (Nightly News)
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Video: Ames 101: How does the straw poll work?
 Jennifer Jacobs from the Des Moines Register explains how the Iowa Ames Straw Poll works and why it’s mostly for the state’s political activists. But how does the public vote? How does it all work? (msnbc tv)
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Video: Paddle boarder meets blue whale
 A paddle boarder training for an event in the Pacific Ocean got a chance, up-close meeting with the largest creature on earth, a blue whale â€" and it was all caught on tape. TODAY’s Lester Holt speaks with Adam Crawford and the tour boat captain who recorded the event. (TODAY)
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Video: Bachmann's bold statements create buzz in Iowa
 Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann's claims that she could turn fix a struggling U.S. economy in three months and repeal "Obamacare" have many in Iowa asking whether she can back up her bold statements. (msnbc tv)
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Video: FBI joins search for missing tourist
 At the request of police in Aruba, FBI agents searched the Maryland home of a man being held for questioning on the Caribbean island in connection with the suspicious disappearance of an American woman he met on a popular dating site. Criminal profiler Clint van Zandt discusses the investigation. (TODAY)
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Video: 12-year-old girl rescues boy at sea
 A Washington State girl who rushed to the aid of a 12-year-old boy while both were boogey boarding in rough waters says she doesn’t feel like a hero, but she tells TODAY she is glad that Charles Ostrander is recovering from the near-drowning that doctors did not think he would survive. (TODAY)
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Video: Charla Nash’s new face revealed
 A Connecticut woman who received horrific injuries when a neighbor’s pet chimp attacked her can now smell again, is eating solid food and can smile. As Brianna Nash tells TODAY, the pioneering face transplant Charla Nash received is giving her tremendous hope for the future. (TODAY)
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Video: What we’ve missed this week
 Don’t miss Brian’s take on the week that was: all the stories you may have missed as the week flew by. From baguettes in vending machines and hyper-sonic flying, to Bert and Ernie and Vladimir Putin â€" we’ve got it all. (Nightly News)
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Video: Is Bachmann ‘submissive’ to her husband?
 A frontrunner in Iowa, Michele Bachmann was hit with a personal question about her husband in a political debate on Thursday night. NBC’s Andrea Mitchell reports on how Bachmann handled the question. (Nightly News)
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Video: Dougherty sister: ‘I deserved to get shot’
 The three Dougherty siblings, captured after spending eight days on the run, appeared in court Thursday for the first time since their arrest. Lee Grace Dougherty, who was shot in the leg, told the court she “deserved to get shot,†because she pointed her gun at an officer. NBC‘s Miguel Almaguer reports. (TODAY)
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