we have great weather this weekend. we're going to see sunshine, temperatures headed for the low 60s. it will be cool early in the mornings. it's cool if you're going across the bay bridge. look at that. but there's a backup, it's slower across the span. >> the "today" show just ahead. we continue "today in the bay" on roku and other streaming platforms. watch our 7:00 a.m. newscast next. you can see it online at nbcbayarea.com or our smartphone app. >> thanks for joining us this morning for "today in the bay." and let's go, niners! good friday morning, president biden before the good friday morning. president biden before the cameras in prime time. >> over mounting questions about his age and his memory. it's february 9th. this is "today." on defense. the president blasting a special counsel report that cleared him

of criminal charges, but took devastating aim at his mental competence, labeling him an elderly man with a poor memory. >> my memory is fine. >> the president firing back in defiant form. at the special counsel allegation he couldn't remember when his own son died. what it means for the president's re-election campaign. supreme court arguments on whether donald trump could be on the ballot and when that closely watched decision could be revealed. >> one-on-one. tucker carlson releases his hours' long interview with vladimir putin, pushing falsehoods and propaganda on the war in ukraine. the latest. and why russian state media is celebrating the interview this morning. airport accident. two jetblue planes collide in boston, clipping wings on the

tarmac. both flights canceled. just ahead, the investigation now under way. all that plus spring fever. al will tell us where to expect record high temps. and what happens in vegas. super bowl excitement reaching a fever pitch. the teams ready. usher putting the final touches on his halftime show. >> definitely has been a challenge to squeeze 30 years into 15 minutes. >> even prince harry joining in on the fun. >> good evening, nfl. >> everything you need to know about the big game. and we're throwing a super pep rally today, friday, february 9th, 2024. from nbc news, this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> hi, everybody. good morning. welcome to "today," friday morning.

hoda got a jump on the weekend. super bowl fever. we're throwing a pep rally. >> yes, we are. >> in the bay area and kansas city. and usher showed a little leg about the super bowl halftime she. >> he did. also looking forward to spending time with those fans in kc and the bay area. >> we have a lot of news to get to this morning, including two big stories unfolding in washington that have the potential to shape the 2020 election. the supreme court taking on donald trump's ballot battle in colorado. and an investigation into president biden's handling of classified documents. >> trump with a win in nevada. it came hours after the supreme court appeared to lean toward keeping him on the ballot in colorado. >> president biden scored a legal victory. but he was forced to defend himself in prime time after the special counsel referred to the

president as a sympathetic, well meaning and elderly man with a poor memory. we'll start with peter alexander in the white house. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to both of you. president biden late thursday trying to blunt the stinging assessment by the special counsel, coming before the cameras in what was an extremely rare nighttime news conference here. the political peril may be harder to contain with the special counsel focussing heavily on what he called the president's hazy memory. president biden angry and defiant. >> my memory is fine. >> reporter: in a hastily called news conference. >> mr. president -- >> reporter: that include a blistering assessment of the 81-year-old's age and what the report called his diminished faculties in diminished age.

the president slamming the assessment that he did not member when he son beau died. >> how dare he raise that. i don't need anyone to remind me of when he passed away. >> reporter: the special counsel said our investigation uncovered evidence that president biden willfully retained classified materials after his vice presidency. but said no criminal charges are warranted in this matter. adding that a jury would likely see the president as a sympathetic, well-meaning and elderly man with a poor memory. >> i'm well-meaning and i'm an elderly man and i know what the hell i'm doing. >> reporter: moments later the president confusing mexico and egypt when talking about the crisis in gaza. >> the president in mexico did not want to open up the gate to allow humanitarian material in.

>> reporter: he kept documents about afghanistan and notebooks with handwritten entries implicating handwritten sources and methods. >> these are misleading and just plain wrong. >> reporter: these photos show classified documents improperly stored in a badly damaged box in a collapsed dog crate in the president's delaware garage. a separate special counsel is investigating former president trump's mishandling of information. mr. trump, who pled not guilty to 40 federal counts blasting the lack of charges against president biden, calling it a two-tiered system of justice but the report says there are clear differences saying mr. biden alerted authorities about the documents and cooperated with the investigation while mr. trump did the opposite, enlisting others to destroy evidence and then to lie about it so why speak out late last

night? white house official sources tell nbc news said the president needed to address the allegations head-on to show his anger. they found the attacks on his memory according to one source gratuitous and it was important for the president to call out what they see as purely political criticism for not charging president biden with a crime. savannah. >> peter, thank you. we want to get more on this. hallie jackson is with us. hallie, as you look at this and analyze this, i mean, it is a body blow to president biden in a place where he already was vulnerable how damaging do you think thiss for it, gut punch. that's the way that one source described it to me on the democratic side, savannah, to see these quotes specifically about memory, specifically about mental could be >> reporter: here is another phrase for it, gut punch that's the way one source described it to me to see these quotes about memory and president biden's mental state. that's partly because it

validates in many ways the preconceived notions, the preconceived concerns that voters already have about the president. three-quarters of voters believe they do have concerns about president biden, his age, his mental fitness for the job, essentially. what this is doing, it is going directly at that, savannah that is part of why you are seeing a level of concern among those in the democratic party about how this plays out, what the fall-out could potentially be there was often much said about democratic bed-wetting someone said some of these concerns could end up being overblown. there are those in that orbit believe this could be damaging down the road, partly because republicans are not going to let go on this. >> if you look no further than the white house calling for a prime time news conference to address these very issues, that shows the white house considers it to be very serious. >> so you look at the remarks overnight. very interesting

we don't see these news conferences from president biden. he's not doing a traditional super bowl interview we talked about that on sunday here part of this, right, is, depending on how you see it, gives a sense of how you take away the remarks democrats will look at this and say, listen, he was emotional. he really forcefully responded to what republicans seized on, which is the idea of he forgot when his own son died. you saw the president really respond there. at the same time, and this is something those on the other side of the aisle are confused about. he confused mexico and egypt that is something you are also look at it. >> a few seconds, i have to ask, neither one of these candidates are young men, let's be honest, okay, and both have had senior moments, donald trump rece seeing people talk about this morning. it depends on how you look at it. >> i just have to ask. i mean, neither one of these candidates are young men, let's be honest, okay. both have had senior moments donald trump confusing nikki haley and nancy pelosi on

january 6th. other gaffes about we will start world war ii do voters treat them equally >> reporter: no. fewer than half have the same concerns about donald trump's age and mental fitness for the job than they do about president biden. that is something that is a consternation to democrats here as they move forward in this campaign season. >> all right thank you very much. turning to another case that will have a major impact on the presidential race. the supreme court hearing arguments about donald trump's eligibility for office appealing the decision by colorado's top court that bans him from the state's primary ballot meanwhile, scoring another victory in the republican race overnight. laura jarett here with this one. >> good morning. we talk about the overlap between law and politics this year and what's happening at the u.s. supreme court is exhibit a. you have both the conservative and liberal justices bristling at the concept of kicking donald trump off the presidential

ballot, all as he inches closer to securing the republican domination donald trump notching another win overnight in nevada, winning support from the majority of the state's republican caucus goers, according to an nbc news projection, appearing likely on the road to a legal victory as well. >> our supreme court hopefully will be doing something in terms of helping our country and preserving democracy and i think they had a very, very interesting day and a very beautiful day. >> a divided supreme court coalescing in their skepticism in an issue that could affect the presidential race, an effor to kick mr. trump off the presidential ballot. >> the question that you have to confront is why a single state shou to kick president trump off the ballot. >> why should a single state get to decide who should be president of the united states that seems quite extraordinary, doesn't it >> pointed questions like that one for the lawyer representing

six voters in colorado who managed to get the republican front runner disqualified under section 3 of the 14th amendment, which bans those who engaged in insurrection or rebellion from holding office again. >> i have live add hell of a long time, and i have gone through a lot of presidents, and this is the first one that is trying to destroy the constitution. >> reporter: but thursday's oral arguments less focused on whether mr. trump's actions amounted to an insurrection. instead the justices appearing more troubled by the prospect of affirming a single state court's decision that could have massive political ramifications nationwide. >> what about the idea that we should think about democracy, think about the right of the people to elect candidates of their choice, of letting the people decide. because your position has the

effect of disenfranchising voters to a significant degree >> well, laura, i mean, the road is littered with people who guessed what the supreme court will do. but in this case, you have to say it was overwhelmingly apparent that the court appears that it will keep trump on the ballot. >> undoubtedly. >> we don't know why we'll see what the reasoning ends up being. when do you expect this decision to come? >> so the voters in colorado asked for them to rule this weekend. i think that's a stretch the justices know march 5th, voters in colorado and more than a dozen states are set to go tof all the other primaries that are coming right behind it. they want to get this done fast. we'll see in the next couple weeks. >> laura jarrett, thank you. also this the poles. so they want to make sure this issue is cleared up before the primary ballots are done and because of the other primaries coming right behind it we'll see you in the next couple weeks. >> laura jarett, thank you. also this morning reaction from washington and around the

world is pouring in to that rare and lengthy interview with vladimir putin the russian president opening up on the war in ukraine, russia's war with the united states, even artificial intelligence. keir simmons joins us with more. >> reporter: for more than two hours, president putin was allowed to focus on his favorite topics, history, the cia, ukraine, almost entirely unchallenged his interview in the past expressed sympathy for mr. putin that the first answer ran for around 30 minutes. with the war in ukraine on a knife edge, president putin says russia has always wanted to talk he has said that before. all the while, continuing to pummel the country with drones, missiles and other weapons. >> we have never refused negotiations >> reporter: the interview with conservative former fox news host tucker carlson echoing talking points from donald

trump's election campaign. >> don't you have anything better to do you have issues on the border. >> reporter: they are messages putin has repeated time and time again, including in our interview before attacking ukraine. >> will you commit now not to send any further russian troops into ukrainian sovereign territory? >> you, the u.s., crossed an ocean with military equipment, he told me and, yet, you believe somehow we are acting aggressively. but his invasion has killed and wounded hundreds of thousands of people in ukraine and russia he said, again, that he is looking to do a deal over jailed wall street journal reporter evan gershkovich, clearly signaling they want to exchange him for a russian jailed in germany. >> i don't rule out the person you are referring to may return

to his motherland. >> reporter: this morning "the wall street journal" saying in a statement evan is a journalist and journalism is not a crime. we're encouraged to see russia's desire for a deal that brings evan home, and we hope this will lead to his rapid release. last month, we traveled to a putin event as he stands for election with a small hand-picked audience i'll vote for putin, this woman told us later, comparing the ukraine war with the war on terrorism. this week a candidate we met in december, who opposes the ukraine war, was banned from the election and, craig, president putin's objectives for this interview will have been to influence washington congress still hasn't approved more funding for ukraine this interview is being celebrated by the russian media. the headline with the state news agency tasked, "putin is

trending on x". two jet blue planes collided yesterday at logan airport in boston you can see the cell phone video showing damage to one of the planes wings the two aircrafts were in the de-icing area when this happens. both were taken out of service immediately for repairs. this is the third plane collision at logan airport in the last year. >> nice! it is coming up on 7:17. time for the first check of the weather. for that, we say hello to mr. roker. >> good to see you guys. good to see you. if you are in the eastern half of the country, you will like to see this map got to give the devil his due. the groundhog, phil, seems to be right. widespread chill out to the west but 10 to 30 degrees above average east of the mississippi. chicago today 54 degrees that's 12 degrees above average. syracuse 59 degrees.

these are temperatures that should be mid-april, late march in washington, d.c late april in st. louis with a high of 73 degrees today boston, you are at 55 degrees, almost 20 degrees above average. charleston 65. that will be your temperature april 5th. spring-like days, a day from carolina to new england. april 18th is your temperature, 73 degrees then we get into next week temperatures, while cooler, still above average. temperatures into the mid-40s. atlanta, you will stay in the mid-60 tuesday with 53 degrees memphis 53 by tuesday. we will get to your local forecast in the next 30 seconds. and that is your latest ( ♪♪ )

( ♪♪ ) ( ♪♪ ) ( ♪♪ ) (crunchy bite) i'm meteorologist kari hall. we're starting out cold around the bay area with a lot of 30s here. and after our chilly start, we'll only make it into the mid to upper 50s this afternoon. mountain view, a high of 57 degrees, 55 in san francisco, and 57 in santa rosa. as we go through the forecast this weekend, it's still going to be cool, but sunny. and we'll keep the d and that is your latest weather. guys still ahead, a look at a plan to restore one of egypt's

ancient pyramids. nt to attract tourists? with two days to go, super bowl excitement reached a fever pitch. kaylee hartung taking it and then with just two days to do with super bowl, kaylee hartung is taking it all in live from las vegas. >> reporter: in football terms, i'd say we're in the red zone now. the surprises keep on coming coming up, we will tell you who left them star struck. >> all right but, first, this is "today" on nbc.

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our investigative unit recently discovered the fleet just sitting in a san jose parking lot where they've been since 2020. the agency says the cars were past their useful lives as far as mileage and reliability and got lost in the shuffle during the pandemic. the removal process is expected to last several weeks and the cars will eventually be auctioned off. san francisco muni is looking into a runaway bus that narrowly missed oncoming cars, the bus partially landing on the median at flourney street just south of outer mission. that's when passengers jumped out. two people were taken to the hospital with minor injuries. we are also working to find out, but the daly city police say they are continuing to investigate. let's get a look at the forecast. >> nice weekend ahead with sunshine, but we're starting out cold. temperatures in the 30s for a lot of our inland valleys and we'll see the high temperatures in the upper 50s for today.

back down into the 30s for tonight. sunshine tomorrow, with highs in the low 60s. really nice, quiet stretch of weather continuing into super bowl sunday, through valentine's day, and into the end of next week. as we take a look at san francisco's forecast, expect it to be in the mid to upper 50s for the weekend, with a mix of sun and clouds, but looking great for all of the celebrations going on around the bay area. our full forecast on the website nbcbayarea.com.

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>> absolutely. >> it is something like 4:30 in the morning in california. >> it will not stop from now until super bowl sunday. first let's focus on the game. two days away. >> we will break down the matchup with our guy nbc sport's mike tirico is standing by. first kaylee hartung has more on another big draw during the big game, the halftime show. as savannah said earlier, usher showing a little leg. >> was that inappropriate? >> no, it was not. >> am i canceled >> he did show a little leg yesterday. >> metaphorically. >> he absolutely did we're getting our pep rally started in vegas i brought some friends with me this morning i think as excited as we are for the big game, we're just as excited for the halftime show. am i right, girls? usher giving us more hints saying he's going to put on his

skates and give us a las vegas style spectacle for the millions watching around the world. with just 48 hours until kickoff, the 49ers and chiefs putting in their final hours of work. >> it is chaos, man. it is a lot of fun a lot of energy at practices >> reporter: and now r&b star usher enters the chat. >> it has been a challenge to squeeze 30 years into 30 minutes. >> reporter: teasing his career during the super bowl halftime show the eight-time grammy winner tight lipped about the details, but hinted on who could join him on stage to surprise the millions watching. >> i think i made et easy for myself when i decided to have features on songs that became

hit records. >> reporter: from alicia keys to lil john and justin bieber usher leaving fans guessing. in the pregame ceremony, tapping country legend reba mcentire to sing the national anthem. >> i'm prepared by being prepared i have been singing "the national anthem" in the shower. >> reporter: while rapper post malone will perform "america the beaut beautiful. then there is taylor swift the pop star will be at the big game to cheer on travis kelce. >> who would have thought we would see a year when taylor swift went to more playoff games than bill belichick. >> reporter: even a surprise appearance from prince harry, presenting an award. kidding ass do on a >> i really love how you stole rugby from us. and you made it your own all kidding aside, what you guys do on and off the field is truly remarkable. >> that's freakin' harry >> lamar jackson. >> reporter: and the ravens quarterback was named league mvp

for the second time. >> my team is the team thing for these awards. >> reporter: now the countdown is on in the pursuit of the nfl's biggest prize. guys, back to that halftime show because we can't talk enough about it, if you just can't wait to see usher take the stage in two days, he's done us all a favor to hold us over. he dropped his new album overnight. it's called "coming home." i think i will go stream it right now. you guys have work to do. >> that is part of your assignment, research you know who else is in vegas right there next to kaylee hartung, right next to the craps tables. >> the craps table come on. usher showing leg, the craps table. come on! >> this is a rematch four years in the making. how do you frame it out? who do you give the advantage to >> reporter: savannah, this is a great matchup because the 49ers have been great this whole time.

went to the super bowl last year, nfc championship game, the quarterback gets hurt, the eagles go. and the chiefs have just been a constant they planned for super bowl. this is a great matchup of two teams that will not have stage fright they will be comfortable on the big stage. when you look at the totality of the season, i think we have the two best teams other than baltimore here in the super bowl. >> mike, you covered so many of these. you know how important the quarterback is you have patrick mahomes beauty of it, right? we don't know. i know you know because your son love mr. irrelevant from a season ago, brock purdy, first time ever in the super bowl how much of a difference do you think that will make ultimately, mike, the super bowl matchup >> reporter: craig, that's the beauty of it, right? we don't know. i know you know because your son loves patrick mahomes. who doesn't love patrick mahomes? he said this week one of the

cool things, i'm just in my super bowl week routine. that means you have been here and done it before so he knows what to bring to the table. players, notably kurt exactly, perfect for brock purdy, it is a little different. but i love this story. i can't get enough of it the last pick of the draft we've had a couple undrafted players, notably kurt warner, star and super bowl quarterback. but this is the most unlikely of stories. i think it is one of those days that you celebrate the underdog, you appreciate it. and his way about him, he doesn't look for credit, always credits the team, just do my job, get the ball to my guys is a real likable way to watch the quarterback play. >> mike, i want to get your take on something else. there has been a lot of talk this season about the chiefs super fan, travis' girlfriend, taylor swift

some folks say i'm over it, it is a distraction from the game others like myself say my daughter is into football now because she loves taylor swift what say you, mike tirico. >> reporter: no bigger entertainment star in america, the world. she's over in tokyo. so the nfl is this big entertainment monster, really drawing ratings on television unlike we see for anything else. put these two together, why not. if it brings more fans to the game, why not? an average of 35 seconds a game in three and a half hours that taylor has been on screen. you know what? that's a half minute we can all live with. >> that was a really good response. >> it was. >> if you want to root for the underdog, root for mike tirico on the blackjack table. >> reporter: that's me, just gambling at 3:30 in the morning. >> that's right, mike. thanks for getting up so early. >> thank you so much for getting up early with us. >> testing my love for you guys. thank you so much. have a great super bowl sunday. >> we love you thank you so much. by the way, we have much, much more on the game, including our big pep rally and football food.

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facelift last month, announcing a plan to restore the pyramid, the smallest of the three world famous structures. the project uses laser technology to recase the pyramid with granite blocks found on site gathered at its base. after swift backlash, work has been paused. unesco says they were unaware of the project and an international scientific committee will now review the plan. they argue it is unscientific and tantamount to tampering with egyptian antiquities. >> the bottom half of the pyramid is faced with a it is and tantamount to tampering with different stone, a granite stone. are you putting those blocks in the right place or in the wrong

place? >> reporter: archaeologists excavate sites all the time to uncover our history. but there is a difference between conservation and restoration. >> when you restore something, you're actually removing the antiquity. you are beautifying something beyond the ruin, beyond the antiquity it is. you are perfecting it. and you are making something that didn't exist. >> reporter: heading up a new committee is this doctor back in 202, he granted us exclusive access to a lost city, buried for thousands of cities near luxor and it was just under sand >> under sand. the amazing thing is what we found in the city. >> reporter: the second most important discovery after king tut's tomb in 2022 but when does the modern hand go too far in the name of preserving ancient history critics argue this may be a stunt to boost tourism the country is looking to double its annual visitor count to 30 million people by 2028 later this spring, we are

finally expecting the opening of the grand egyptian museum delayed for years. i'll send it back to you guys. >> all right >> it is an interesting debate. >> molly, thank you so much for that. it has been a bit of a snow drought in the northeast cleveland about two feet below where it should be for this time of year. part of the problem is a lot of the places are having the rainiest winter on history albany 15 inches below where it should be. burlington, vermont, two feet below where it should be and now we've got this next risk we will see what happens. showers and storms, we will see what happens showers and storms, though, tomorrow firing up through the southeast. we have a risk of flooding from texas to tennessee sunday new rounds of rain soaking the gulf coast and a risk of severe weather all the way to jackson, mississippi. monday the storm accelerates

into the east, intensifies as we move into tuesday and colder air moves in, snow may be changing, rain may be changing over to snow the impacts remain uncertain we have to watch this track. we do know we're looking at anywhere from 3 to 4 inches of snow from columbia and then heavier snow back through the rockies. in fact, they've got winter storm watches up for denver now into the weekend and moderate snow possible interior sections of new york and new england, we will have to watch that carefully good friday morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. it is a cold start, take a look at our current temperatures. we're in the mid-30s right now in dublin. we're seeing upper 30s across much of the rest of the bay area and we're headed for the upper 50s for today, from hayward to

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on nbcbayarea.com. let's get a look at that forecast with meteorologist kari hall: looking good. >> looking good but chilly, temperatures in the upper 30s. we are enjoying some sunshine that will continue for today. a frost advisory in effect until 9:00, also a coastal flood advisory in effect this morning, and, again, until tomorrow morning at 1:00 p.m. the weekend staying dry, but we'll have rain coming in late next week. and our temperatures will reach into the upper 50s across much of the bay area. looking at our weekend forecast, great for all of the activities going on, the celebrations around the bay area. and we'll see temperatures in the low 60s inland. our mornings will start out in the upper 30s through at least next tuesday. valentines days, we're looking at a high of 63. >> thank you and thank you for joining us as well. another local news update is coming up in half an hour. join us for midday news at 11:00 join us for midday news at 11:00 a.m.

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2024. >> from jacksonville, florida. >> celebrating michelle's 50th. >> on a mother-daughter trip to new york city. >> shout-out! >> happy friday from toledo. >> centennial, colorado. >> and state college, pennsylvania. >> hi to my students at jacksonville country day school. >> go sharks! >> mom's turning 60. >> st. louis, missouri. >> girls' trip from milwaukee. >> to "the today show". welcome back. nice to have you with us. it is a friday morning. we have a great crowd out there. it is really warming up out there. >> i know. we have sheinelle in for hoda,

who got a jump on the weekend. we're getting ready to party. >> kaylee hartung has been there all week. she's found some cheerleaders. she's found some mascots. and we found a slew of fans. we've got fans in the bay area up at 5:00 a.m. we got fans in kansas city up early. actually, some of those folks probably never went to sleep last night. >> possible, yeah. >> meanwhile, next week here on "today," we're bringing in major star power. check this out. tyler perry will be here. jennifer lopez will be here. kelly rowland will be here, along with a host of others all on "today". and a defiant president biden appeared in prime time last night to denounce a special counsel's report of his handling on classified documents. although that report did not recommend special charges against the president, it put a glaring spotlight on his age and mental fitness. peter alexander joins us with the latest. peter, good morning. >> reporter: the special

counsel's report said no criminal charges against president biden were warranted. but notably, it delivered a political indictment, focussing heavily on his age and what it called his significantly limited and poor memory. the president responding in that rare nighttime news conference here he was, as you say, angry. he was defiant, particularly furious as special counsel's assumption that president biden could not remember when his beloved son beau died. >> there is even reference that i don't remember when my son died how in the hell dare he raise that i don't need anyone. i don't need anyone to remind me when he passed away. >> reporter: the president adding, my memory is fine. but later he confused mexico and egypt when he was talking about the war in gaza. these remarks came hours after the special counsel said its investigation uncovered evidence that president biden willfully retained disclosed classified

materials after his vice presidency the president slammed those comments calling it misleading and wrong. the resort highlighted the differences between president biden's classified documents case and former president trump. mr. trump pleaded not guilty, as you know, to 40 federal criminal counts, saying mr. biden alerted authorities and cooperate, while mr. trump allegedly did the office, enlisting others to destroy everything and then to lie about it savannah >> thank you, peter. meanwhile, donald trump won the nevada republican caucuses last night, just hours after th yesterday, the justices appeared to lean towards siding with mr. trump. there was little focus on whether he had engaged in insurrection o supreme court heard arguments over his removal from the colorado primary ballot. during the questions of attorneys for both sides yesterday, the justices appeared to lean towards siding with mr. trump. there was little focus on whether he had engaged in insurrection on the day of the january 6th riots.

instead, the justices seemed to concentrate on whether states can enforce the part of the constitution and advance former officials who took part in insurrection from holding public office again kristin welker will have much more on the presidential race, including an exclusive conversation with former republican hopeful chris cristie. that's sunday morning on "meet the press". all right. switching over to the weather. millions of americans will be able to ditch their winter coats this weekend what could be a record warm-up al >> that's right. in the west, a little chillier on the side. chicago 54 degrees nashville 17 degrees above the average at 66. washington, d.c. could see temperatures more like the end of march and, in fact, highs today, a lot of them will be like late march into april tomorrow that warmth shifts to the east boston 55. philadelphia 62. louisville 19 degrees above average at 63 degrees. again, more spring-like conditions with temperatures that feel more like early to

mid-april. and then as we get into early next week, temperatures cool off a bit. but still are anywhere from 5 to 10 degrees above normal. guys >> all right, al thank you. the las vegas lakers have unveiled a tribute in bronze to one of the greatest who has ever played the game, kobe bryant the nearly 20 foot tall statue depicts bryant leaving the court after he scored 81 points in a game in 2006 they were killed four years ago in a helicopter crash. this is the first of three lakers statues that will honor him. a quote reads leave the game better than you found it when it comes time for you to leave, leave a legend.absolutel all right. just ahead, new music to get excited about on >> he certainly did. >> absolutely. all right. just ahead, new music to get excited about on "popstart." carson will have all the details on casey musgrave's new album. a baby boy left at a fire house in kentucky. now that little boy is a happy

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>> i like him squeaky because when he gets really excited, he started squeaking. >> hammy sammy, hamuel we heard that there was a newborn surrender at a local fire station. >> samuel tyler was born may 10th, 2022 when he was two days old, his birth mother dropped him off at a fire station in louisville, kentucky the state's safe infant act allows parents to leave babies at a designated safe place like a fire station. >> she put a note that said, please help me basically, that mom couldn't take care of him at the time and then at the bottom said, i love you. >> brittney and christopher tyler heard about baby samuel's story and knew they wanted to be his forever family. >> how great that we would be called to take him in and our prayers were answered. >> the couple had faced years of infertility struggles and then created their own family by taking in over a dozen foster kids over the years. they adopted two boys, judah and

calvin. >> we wanted to adopt again and add to our family. and he's pretty darn cute, so we're glad that we adopted him >> the tylers say samuel is happy and healthy, but spent time in the nicu. >> he's doing amazing. >> three and a half pounds when he was surrendered then he was in the nicu for two to three weeks before he was able to come home. >> samuel's adoption was finalized last december. each day with his joyful new family, he was showered with bl love and affection that special blanket he was found in now a keepsake. >> i actually turned the blanket into this little teddy bear for him. >> samuel is the apple of our eye. every day we're so grateful and thankful that he's here and that we're able to be his parents. >> and we are so thankful to

have the tyler family with us this morning brittney and chris along with his brothers good morning it is great to see everybody. >> good morning. >> we can see that samuel is thriving how has this been? how are you guys doing >> doing good. it's been great to watch him grow and his little personality come out he loves his big brothers. >> yeah. >> he likes to eat, too. >> and he's a toddler, so he wants to move. he's on the move, yeah. >> looks like a perfect little boy. what is the story on the two bears here i understand there is some significance here. >> this one right here, he was brought to the fire station with this particular blanket that brittney made into this bear then we also have a tradition that we did with calvin and judah both when we adopted them. we went to build-a-bear and we left this one here since he was left at the fire station, we got him a firefighter bear. >> and fire fighting, this has a

special significance in your family, doesn't it can you explain? >> absolutely. brittney's older brother, he was a volunteer firefighter as well. he passed away a few years ago but him being a firefighter, you know, we have given samuel her older brother's middle name as his middle name. so, yeah, the firefighters have absolutely been very influential for us. >> brittney, i understand that he's got a nickname. you guys call him -- is it hammy sammy? >> yes. >> what's the story behind hammy sammy? >> he loves to eat he's always asking for snacks. if you are eating something and not sharing, he throws a fit so i call him hammy sammy. >> does your brother eat a lot yes.all him hammy sammy. >> does your brother eat a lot? what does he like to eat what's his favorite food >> goldfish. >> oh, yeah. that's always a big one. >> you guys have such a heart

for this you fostered kids over the years. you responded and you really knew, it sounded like, that this was your baby. tell me about what this means to you. >> here you go, baby. >> we tried, you know, for several years to get pregnant. it just wasn't working out we just felt called to become foster parents and to be able to help kids that needed a place to go we have had so many kids come and go and it is hard to watch them leave. so when we got called for him, we were so excited because we were knew we were going to be able to adopt him and add him to our family it is special to be able to adopt and keep some of our kids. >> yeah. chris, you have called samuel's birth mother a hero. >> yes. >> i know that she wrote a letter that you are going to give to him one day. but what would you -- what are you going to tell him about his birth mom? >> really, she just did something absolutely selfless for him. she was thinking of him and she clearly loved him. that's what she wrote in the

letter she had given to him. and, so, we may never know her but at the end of the day, she -- she gave him -- gave him up, gave him an opportunity to come and live with a family and, well, that's just -- that's a strong character right there it is a strong woman. >> that says it all, i love you. she loves this little boy. we can see how much you love this little boy. by the way, so he has an appetite. >> yes we heard that he likes to eat. you told us that but we also heard that as a family you guys love buffalo wild wings. >> oh, we do. >> so the wild wings folks, they heard how much you love food. they heard how much you love food they love your story they sent that. >> that's wonderful. that's amazing. >> thank you so much, tyler family you are just lovely. blessings to you you can read more about their remarkable story on today.com. bye, samuel. we got a kitchen right around

the corner there go see what they're serving. >> there you go, yes. >> yes okay all right. al, over to you. >> earlier, sam was sharing those animal crackers with daddy. that was really sweet. we got some clouds in the pacific northwest with a few snow showers cold front pushing through we're looking at clouds here in the northeast. that's eventually going to blow on out of here temperature-wise, it is awfully chilly out west. 20s and 30s through the plains, the rockies. 50s along the west coast but you come east and look at these temperatures 70s, 60s, and we will see them warm up tomorrow some afternoon storms down through the mississippi river valley snowy through the rockies up into the cascades and parts of the western plains and plenty of sunshine through the southwest that's what's going on around good friday morning.

i'm meteorologist kari hall. today it's going to be a nice one, temperatures headed for the upper 50s. yes, it will be chilly, but we'll also have a lot more sunshine and more dry weather in the forecast going into at least the middle of next week. for some of our inland valleys in livermore, san jose, santa that's your latest weather now best time of the morning. >> well, i don't know about that that's debatable good morning, everybody. first up, u2, bono and the edge are about to hit the big screen on the upcoming documentary "kiss the future." it takes a deep dive into the creative community among the sc in "kiss the future." it is produced by ben affleck an 1990 siege of sarajevo here's an exclusive sneak peek. >> it was the heart of culture, a bright, shining light. and they needed to kill that light. during the war, you would play music.

that's what kept us sane. >> and inspired people to exist. >> okay. you've got five minutes. what would you do? you do what you love the most. courage is grace under pressure. that's a good definition of people in sarajevo. >> that's my kind of friday burn bing family, leave me alone i have to watch this told through the eyes of art, culture and bono. >> and inspiring. >> it hits amc theaters on february 23rd. then it is slated to be out on paramount plus later this year. next up, casey musgraves, the seven-time grammy winner dropped a new album. the title track arriving

yesterday with a brand-new video ♪ so i'm saying good-bye to the people that i feel are real good at wasting my time ♪ ♪ i just think that maybe you g your way, and i'll go mine ♪ ♪ it's been a real good time ♪ >> and that is savannah's friday night. >> a little rose. >> kick the kids out of the room. >> huge announcement to make regarding ms. musgraves. friday, march 15th she will be here performing as part of our citi concert series. go to today.com/concerts to register for a chance to win a fun pass. >> you should have seen savannah's face when she heard register for a chance to win a fun pass. >> you should have seen savannah's face. >> you know why? i'm off th that. >> i'm off that day because it is my 10th anniversary. >> so who are you going to pick, mike or casey. >> i'm going to pick my honey. >> what about mike >> maybe we could just go one

day later. >> there you go. awesome. gwen and blake are up next the music power couple dropped a brand-new duet called "purple irises." take a listen. ♪ ♪ >> what is that ♪ don't know what i'd do ♪ ♪ don't want to lose you ♪ t ♪ >> what is that? >> i like it i like it. >> i know that one. >> it fits both of their styles. >> singing another song. if you were a dj, what would the next song be >> what would you play because you actually are a dj. >> i would have to think about it. >> we'll talk about it over bourbon and rose. >> scheduled to perform this new track this weekend streaming online at the official tiktok tailgate so enjoy that. next up, mark ruffalo. the actor had a sweet "13 going on 30 reunion" at the hollywood

walk of fame his costar stepping in to give a last-minute speech after their friend laura dern called in sick. >> wait a minute i'm just going to cover the elephant in the room why wasn't i asked to do this in the first place? i kicked off the mark ruffalo rom-com era. i mean, it was bookended 20 years later with "the adam project," right? i mean, it writes itself thank you. >> and it turns out the "13 going on 30" was almost ruffaloless. he tried to drop out after the low-less. jennifer said he tried to drop out of the movie for thriller dance. >> because he didn't like the thriller dance >> i guess so. >> it's very intimidating. next up, colin jost. this one hot off the press just landed his next big gig hosting the white house correspondent's dinner

he has been writing for snl since 2005 it brings together politicians and members of the press that is scheduled for saturday, april 27th in d.c. i can't think of a better person. >> that's perfect. >> he's perfect. so funny, so smart a hard room to get to laugh.e t political lines. he is going to nail that. finally catherine o'hara sitting down wit you are tiptoeing through political signs. colin will nail that. finally, catherine o'hara sitting down with willie geist catherine teased her character in "argyle." but she's keeping most of those details pretty close to the vest. >> you mentioned it. we're not giving away too much, but there is some action for you. >> oh, yeah. >> your character in particular, right? >> i stir muffin mix, and i do many wonderful things. >> more than that.

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>> whoo! >> hey, wow! >> i see you. >> hello where is that arizona wildcat? i saw you. >> got that "footloose" playing there. >> it's iconic and who can forget guess what "footloose" is about to turn 40 years old. we will celebrate that milestone on "today". >> he knows it perfectly. >> he does but first, in this half hour, we are going big for the super bowl today, including a mention or two on taylor swift song writing is the focus of a new class at harvard of course, emilie ikeda had to throw it out. focus of a new class at harvard. of course, emilie ikeda had to throw it out. >> of course, we threw a huge pep rally. we brought back fans from kansas

city and the bay area to battle it out ahead of the year's biggest game. >> there is a goat involved. someone brought a goat literally. also, from dueling fans and competing chefs, we brought two of the most talented here for the championship cities for a super bowl smackdown. kansas city, barbecue 3rd hour as well steve kornacki will be here and help you break down the big game before you place your bets as well we will also spend some time talking to former nfl greats, who won a super bowl together. now they're about to watch their sons go head-to-head on sunday. >> that's a great story. let's get a check of the weather. it is down right warm here. >> that's right. we have a taylor-made super bowl forecast let's play a little taylor for you. all right. going to shake off whatever bad weather we've got. so let's show you what we've got as far as your weekend outlook out of the woods out west.

cold as you back through the rockies on saturday. and a lot of rain drops from texas all the way up into new england. and then sunday, sunday out west, sweeter than fiction with all that sunshine. some swift winds through texas midnight rainmaking its way from the gulf coast into the mid-atlantic states and beautiful weather everywhere else now as far as the super bowl itself, here is the forecast for you. las vegas kickoff 6:30 good friday morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. it is a chilly start as you get ready to head out the door. we're in the upper 30s to low

40s with a mix of sun and clouds. we are headed for more sunshine this afternoon. our temperatures today reach into the mid 50s for the tri-valley and inland east bay with mid 50s in san francisco as well. the rest of the weekend is >> and that is your latest weather. >> that was great. speaking of taylor swift, emilie ikeda has found her new place. a college course all about taylor swift is that right? >> yeah, that is right when you think of harvard, maybe you think of challenging courses in biology, econ, maybe the law. but how about a course on taylor swift? we had to check it out just ahead, come with me as we go back to school and take a look at why so many schools are putting taylor swift at the center of their syllabus but, first, this is "today" on nbc. welcome back

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welcome back well, look, we know that taylor swift is dominating the conversation around pop culture, the nfl, everything. but what about academia, craig what about that? >> we haven't hit that yet. >> we sent emilie ikeda back to college for this conversation. >> good morning. whether you are talking about 18th century writers, advanced social psychology or business, it is a question that's plagued professor for years. how can schools generate excitement from students it turns out the answer is taylor swift more than 200 students are taking courses on swift's song writing. taking courses on swift's song writing. and for an afternoon, i was one of them. ♪♪ >> reporter: this morning, taylor and for an afternoon, i was one of them. ♪ >> reporter: this morning, taylor swift continuing her smash hit tour in tokyo. >> welcome to the eras tour.

>> reporter: as she breaks records in the music industry, at the box office and pushing the nfl to new heights now she's breaking another barrier on the storied streets of america's oldest university. >> today we are going to talk about an earlier phase in taylor's career. >> reporter: the professor and devoted swifty stephanie burk is the mastermind between taylor swift and her world. have you ever taught such a popular class? >> no. this is the largest class that i have ever taught. >> reporter: so we decided to check it out time to go to class. and i come prepared. perhaps, unsurprisingly, the twice a week luxury kicked off with some impromptu singing. though a little off key, thanks to my help but class is far more than a dance party and series of clever puns look what you made me do it is a deep dive into taylor swift's sweeping catalog, examining themes and writing

mechanisms that parallel literary greats from decades before ♪ tell yourself what yo know now >> reporter: all on the reading list have you ever been so motivated to read late poets and play writes before? >> no. i think it is really awesome to look at them and see how they resonate. >> reporter: it is that energizing effect that made taylor swift academia's new favorite subject from a swift-inspired psychology class to an entrepreneurship course at uc berkeley.nyu, wher singer received her honorary doctorate in 2022. >> so let's one of the first aboard the swifty train was nyu, where the singer received her honorary doctorate in 2022. >> so let's just keep dancing like we're the class of '22. >> reporter: as the pop sensation continues touring abroad, harvard's taylor swift

class has become such a hit, he tweeted he need additional teaching assistants. how much responded >> hundreds. >> reporter: including matthew jordan. >> i have been posting videos of me playing taylor swift songs, and it's all paid off in the end. >> reporter: an opportunity both staff and students have been waiting for. >> my first thought was, it's about time. >> reporter: and the trip to harvard wouldn't be complete without the tradition of trading friendship bracelets and this impassioned plea from students. >> taylor, if you are watching us, come visit us. >> yes >> you have to shoot your shot, yeah it is almost as if the professor was in taylor swift's ear. safe to say it will be required listening for the class come april. guys, now i can say i went to harvard and i got an a. >> yeah. >> if you really went to harvard, you would be like, i went to school in boston.

>> so true. >> thank you, emily. >> by the way, she's a real prolific song writer that is worthy of a course it's not just fodder she wrote "better man". >> also looking at the poets and literature. >> from decades and centuries before. >> yeah. >> maybe worthy of a major, yes. all right. by the way, she wrote about her experience you can find it on our website at today.com. you turned in a paper for this class i love that. okay. >> you should grade it. >> yeah, right. when we come back, the game when we come back, the game before the game. before the game. we have line d this ad? typical. politicians... "he's bad. i'm good." blah, blah. let's shake things up. with katie porter. porter refuses corporate pac money. and leads the fight to ban congressional stock trading. katie porter. taking on big banks to make housing more affordable. and drug company ceos to stop their price gouging.

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we are back with more of our countdown to the big game. >> as you can imagine, sunday will be here before you know it. with just two days to go, we are throwing a massive, massive pep

rally with fans in kansas city and the bay area. >> okay. be she is surrounded. where are you, lindsey there is so many fans. good morning. >> reporter: hey, guys good morning chiefs kingdom here. it is such an amazing party. when they come out of that tunnel in las vegas, we will not be love because we make our own, baby we've got the goat, and we've got baby goats an amazing time in kansas city what is it like to be a chiefs fan living our super bowl era. >> it is incredible. the vibe in kansas city is incredible right now we're going to win another super bowl we're going to do it i believe we are. >> reporter: maybe you are a lifelong chiefs fan like molly,

like me, like the mayor. what do we have to do? >> you know what we'll just play well and our team will be great this weekend. and all these great fans, too. >> reporter: you guys, we had our doubters this season we are all in. going to vegas, baby live from the heart of chiefs kingdom. back to you. >> man >> that's pretty good. >> the baby goat is for mahomes, right? he's a goat in the making. greatest of all time, all right. >> lindsey, thank you. thanks to the goat as well and the mayor. now we have to go out west bob redell has gathered a huge hey, bob. >> good morning to you crowd of 49ers fans at the lot hey, bob. >> good morning to you guys. i appreciate what kansas city did, bringing out their fans we got fans, but we raised them with a pep band and a color guard. you can see we've had people out

there since 0 dark 30, since 3:00 and i don't know hey, guys, i don't know if you guys heard this. i don't know if you guys heard, but kansas city, kansas city thinks we're going to lose >> no way! >> yes we know as the hype man in the bay area, we are not going to lose to kansas city. we have the best fan base here in the entire world. 49ers faithful are here. we are live. this is the biggest moment and we have been so excited. and we have been waiting for this moment to win the super bowl and that quest for six begins right now what is your prediction for sunday i'm going throwback, 55-10 for you niner fans, if you remember how momentous that is. >> i'm going 10 for the chiefs 86 for niners. >> reporter: red and gold all day.

we're going to set the record. we will tear the roof off allegiant stadium. we're making some noise. let's go niner fans! >> okay. >> okay. >> wow got to go to the bay area. i mean, that's just unprecedented. >> could we get that split screen going one more time >> the bay area. by the way, whatever is in the ground -- >> go to one side. we have a super fan. >> googley eyes. >> we got predictions of a blow-out. >> 55-10, right? a big thanks to everyone at nbc bay area and qshb 41 these pep rallies are a huge success. >> they're the fans. but what about the food? that's right coming up, we have our super bowl smackdown we have all the recipes you will need you will love them we will eat them right after

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oh, what a spread we got today. back with our final edition of "today food loves football." we are wrapping it up with a super bowl smackdown who great chefs right here putting together the ultimate game day feast, representing the 49ers bay area chef. worked at michelin star restaurants. let's start over here with pit master megan day, who is repping her hometown of kansas city. chef, we'll start with you the barbecue capitol of the world, right >> it is welcome to pulled pork it's been waiting for you. >> i've been waiting for you so we started with an 8 or 9 pound pork butt. season it. if you don't have a smoker, put it in a slow cooker. start it that morning. not a big deal to just -- it's just so fast and easy.

not fast it is really slow. >> people have a green egg or something. you are doing a slow cooker. >> yes it is an easy way. >> kansas city likes molasses. brown sugar. we will do some all-purpose rub. if you can find a kansas city rub with a great paprika just right on top, right? the one thing i want to make sure is try to sere that pork butt first get some char on it. you will do a whole stick of unsalted butter, right, right on there. and a tiny bit of -- >> chef, no mixing it up leave it on the top right there. >> then we will take that apple juice and pour it down there down to beautiful -- it will melt. but give yourself 10 hours, 8 to 10 hours. start it that morning. so what we will do with that gorgeous pork is make a couple of things. you have to serve it with something. >> yes, you do.

>> yes, you do. a it will create its own juices get some jalapenos and blister them some caramelization on there some red onions. >> and you are putting on a little buffet. >> you will have sauces and mustard. you can do some barbecue sauce. >> it is great. >> if you are a swifty, you have to have your ranch on your charcuterie board. >> yeah. >> this is delicious when we were -- apparently she was at the game. loved her chicken, her ketchup and her ranch. >> man, we're really diving deep now. that is espionage at the finest. >> you will do nachos anyway. >> this is a great idea. put some cheese on that first layer. add some more chips to it. >> have you guys ever done this?

>> it's genius. >> you could do tater tots, whatever you want. eight minutes in the broiler then start adding your pulled pork on there, your barbecue sauce. try to go with a nice, sweet sauce. and all of your toppings ready to go. >> an individual tray right there. >> yes, right on top. >> we got to get to the bay area, though all right. chef joe, you are coming up. >> we're coming up to the bay area we all know crab rangoons right. it is time-consuming so make it into a dip. >> a dip. >> we're starting with cream cheese, sour cream, mayo canned crab. a great option. >> crab, whatever you can get. >> cook to your guests, however you want. green onions, hot sauce and siracha.

garlic, salt. sour cream and mayonnaise. then we have worcester sauce and a little soy sauce. >> i can't say that either. >> we will stir that altogether with our cheeses. i'm usi not everybody has the foresight to take cream cheese out in advance. use your microwave. >> so once you get this all mixed up, you are putting in a little thing here. >> i cover it with more cheese because we all like that beautiful cheese fold right at the top. i top it with sweet chili oil. and then i'm using fried wantons. if you don't want to set up a deep fryer, use chips. >> what do you think >> amazing works really well. >> so wings, right a staple on any game day you know what, i'm out with the

butter milk and in with the mayo mayo is having its main character moment right now taylor swift, mayo so we're going all those -- >> so mayo is the taylor swift of the kitchen >> that's good. >> we're going mayo, all those aromatic spices, garlic, paprika. i like to let it marinate overnight. >> what is it about the mayo >> it is a combination of eggs, vinegar. it will give you nice and crispiness it will marinate and tenderness. you have your flower rub rub. i'm going corn starch in there. that will help with extra crispy. you will toss, toss. then right into the fryer. you shake it off. i like all of that coating. right on to it and shake it

i'm going corn starch in there that will help with extra crispy you will toss, toss. then right into the fryer. you shake it off i like all of that coating right on to it and shake it off. i got you, al. i got you. >> it means you are enjoying it. >> based on the food alone, who wins the super bowl? >> it's a tie. >> we go into overtime. >> 49ers or chiefs >> that lag. >> she brought this. >> i'm going to give it to san francisco because i don't like wings, and i love those wings. >> there we go. >> 49ers, yes. >> there you go. joe, you have no idea what you have done here you have changed a person. >> that's what's going to happen. >> thank you so much. >> enjoy the super bowl. you can find these recipes at today.com/food we are back after a quick check of your local news and weather and these messages you guys know that >> yes

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this morning on the third hour of "today," game on. are you ready for super bowl weekend? ♪ yeah, yeah, yeah ♪ >> yeah. we're previewing usher's halftime show. our man in khakis, steve kornacki taking us inside the