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way to try to figure out exactly what went wrong. it is march 9th, and this is "today." >> deadly crash, two national guard troops and a border patrol agent killed friday when the helicopter they were riding in suddenly went down in texas near the mexico border. another soldier in critical condition. the latest in a live report. campaign kick joff. with the 2024 election race essentially set, both president biden and former president trump today are hosting competing rallies in the battleground state of georgia. will the two face off in debates this fall? this morning, what vice president harris says about a possible showdown. miracle drug. the fda approves marketing of the popular weight loss drug wegovy to help people at high risk of heart attacks and strokes. this morning, the dramatic results from the clinical trials and why this news could make wegovy more affordable for everyone.

courting controversy. a new jersey high school suing after a buzzer-beater in the state semifinals. it was wrongly overturned by the refs once the game was over. time is running out with the state final game set to be played later today. all that, plus ready for oscars. red carpet is rolled out for hollywood's biggest night. >> the world will remember this day. >> will "oppenheimer" clean up, can "barbie" bring home some gold, and will the best actress be emma stone or lilly gladstone? >> i didn't realize this was a race. >> get your popcorn ready. today, saturday, march 9th, 2024. from nbc news, this is "today" with peter alexander and laura jarrett, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza.

thank you for joining us on this saturday morning. this is the real barbenheimer battle. >> the best part, the oscars are starting earlier this year, which is helpful for morning people like us. >> that is a good thing for those waking up early the next morning. today is a good day to take your time getting up, spend your morning with us. stormy weather hitting the southeast overnight. it will be moving its way up the east coast throughout the day. we're going to get angie's full forecast coming up shortly. we are also going to check in on the unstoppable caitlin clark, who overnight added another record to her resumé. this time, guys, beating the great steph curry and making history once again, scoring the most threes in one season of college basketball. she's amazing. >> she is incredible. we want to get to our top headline, the breaking news, a deadly helicopter crash in texas that killed three during a border patrol mission. nbc's from sill la thompson was

the latest this morning. >> reporter: peter, good morning. two national guard soldiers aon u.s. border patrol agent were killed in the crash according to the department of defense, at least one other soldier was seriously injured. this accident occurred friday afternoon and involved a uh-72 lakota helicopter that was conducting aviation operations in texas, about 30 miles from mccallan. officials confirming it was part of a federal southwest border mission. the national guard bureau chief offering his heartfelt condolences, writing all of these people represent the selfless service and the best of america. texas senator john cornyn adding he'll be monitoring for more details on how the tragedy happened. friday's crash is the latest in a string of helicopter accidents we've seen over the past two

years, including three fatal black hawk crashes that occurred in alaska, alabama and kentucky. the cause of yesterday's accident is still under investigation, and we do expect to learn the names of the deceased in the coming hours, after the next of kin has been notified, peter. >> our prayers are with those families and our hope that the other soldier can recover from their injuries. thank you. election day is still eight months away, but the longest presidential general election campaign in history is getting under way this morning, whether you like it or not. president biden and former president trump are both making appearances in the battleground state of georgia later today. white house correspondent aaron gilchrist is in atlanta for us. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. president biden is set to receive major endorsements in atlanta today. meanwhile, former president trump will be just 70 miles away, rallying his base, trying to win over voters in a state he narrowly lost four years ago. this morning, the general

election effectively under way. president biden launching his post state of the union tour in the philadelphia suburbs on friday with the first lady, telling a crowd democracy is at stake. >> above all, i see a country for all americans, a future for all americans, a presidency for all americans, because i believe in america, i believe in you. >> reporter: the campaign kicked off after the president's fiery address to the nation. his report on the state of the union. >> the state of our union is strong and getting stronger. >> reporter: partly an energized feisty pitch for re-election. >> i will not bow down. >> reporter: voters in georgia reacting to the president's speech, saying he showed he's ready for the general election ahead. >> super energetic, stayed organized, delivering punch after punch. s >> he might be a little elderly, but he's sane and he's a kind man. the other one, he's old, too. but he's crazy and dangerous.

>> reporter: the presumptive republican nominee, former president trump, on friday having a photo op with hungarian prime minister viktor orban, largely seen as one of europe's autocrats and embraced as a model for far right conservativesin the u.s. >> a non controversial figure because he said this is the way it's going to be and that's the end of it. >> reporter: at the same time, trump dealing with legal troubles, posting a $91 million bond and filing an appeal in the e. jean carroll defamation case where she won an $83 million verdict. trump returning to georgia for the first time since turning himself into the fulton county jail last august on charges related to the 2020 presidential election. trump and biden set to stump in the swing state biden narrowly won in 2020, holding duelling rallies, physically just miles apart, with president biden answering the challenge for a face off. >> will you commit to a debate

with former president trump? >> it depends on his behavior. >> reporter: tonight president biden will receive the endorsements of three commit cool action committees that represent asian, black and latino groups. with the endorsement comes $30 million in support and more visibility in the key groups that the president will need to win re-election. >> all right, aaron gilchrist, we will see you back in a little bit. vice president kamala harris is going to be president biden's top surrogate. i spoke with the vice president on friday and began by asking her if the president put to rest questions about his mental fitness for a second term with his animated performance at the state of the union. >> he was absolutely on fire, and he answered any question that anyone might have about how passionate he is, how prepared he is, how principled he is to take on a second term as president. andi thought that he did a

spectacular job. >> republicans have repeatedly mocked the president's age and they've cast you in an unflattering light as the person who would take power if anything were to happen to him. so how do you respond to that and how do you convince american voters that you would be ready? >> well, first of all, i think that if there's any question about the president, joe biden's ability to do the job and do it well and do it with vigor and passion, last night dispelled any notion of that. he is committed, he is passionate. as it relates to me, i'm ready, if necessary, but it's not going to be necessary. joe biden and i are running together, he is president, i'm running as vice president and in 2020 millions and millions of people voted for this ticket and i believe they will do so again. >> you said there's no daylight between you and president biden regarding the war in gaza. but a number of voters, progressives and young voters say they're displeased with just

calling for a temporary six-week cease-fire. what do you say to those democrats who are demanding a permanent cease-fire? >> we all want this conflict to end as soon as possible, and how it does so matters. far too many palestinians have been killed. we have been clear, humanitarian aid needs to get in, and we need a cease-fire for six weeks so that we can get the hostages out, get aid in. and i've been veryclear, as has the president, that ultimately not only do we all want this conflict to end, but we have got to be committed to a two-state solution. >> will president biden commit to debating donald trump? >> i haven't talked to the president about that, but i'll tell you something, if you want to just look at the split screen to understand what's at stake, on the one hand you've got joe biden, someone who is competent, principled. on the other side of the split screen, you've got the former president who glorifies di dictators and has said he'll be

a dictator on day one. that's a choice that will be decided upon soon. we'll keep you posted. >> part of my conversation with the vice president, kamala harris, after refusing to debate any republican rivals in the primary, former president trump this week challenged president biden to a debate, any time, anywhere, any place. meantime, the senate narrowly avoided a partial government shutdown friday, passing a $460 billion package of spending bills, just hours before a midnight deadline. the house had already approved the bills on wednesday. president biden is signing them into law today. lawmakers are still negotiating another big spending package, which includes defense spending. they they face a march 22nd deadline. this weekend, more humanitarian aid is expected to be dropped into gaza, but much more is needed. while there had been hope that another temporary cease-fire could be reached to get aid in and hostages out, it does not look like that's going to be happening any time soon. nbc's molly hunter has the very latest from london.

molly, good morning. >> reporter: peter, good morning to you. no signs of a cease-fire this morning, and president joe biden has said it is, quote, looking tough that an agreement is met by this weekend. this comes as the u.s. says they will build a floating pier to deliver aid into northern gaza. it could take as long as two months, according to the pentagon. this is not happening immediately, and it also won't address the near famine conditions right now in northern gaza. aid drops from planes continued yesterday, palestinian health officials said five civilians were killed on the ground by falling pallets. and you can see in this video how they are supposed to come down, slowly with those parachutes, and then we have a second video, how quickly these are dropping, making it far more dangerous on the ground. the u.s. has said it was not american aid that caused those casualties. take a listen. >> the press reports that u.s. air drops resulted in civilian casualties on the ground are false, as we've confirmed that

all of our air bundles landed safely on the ground. >> reporter: this morning our team on the ground reports a major israeli air strike has hit rafah, and this comes just a day before the muslim holy month of ramadan is expected to start. >> molly hunter with the latest this morning, thank you. here at home now, the fda has approved an important new use of the popular weight loss drug wegovy. doctors can now prescribe it to patients that might be overweight and at risk for heart attacks and strokes. clinical trials found the drug reduced risk of serious cardiovascular problems by 20%. the label change here could mean more employers and insurers will pay for the drug, bringing the prices down. it typically costs around $1,300. heart disease is the leading cause of death in the u.s. the pentagon is out with a report about ufos just months after a public hearing had a lot of americans looking in their back yards for the possibility of aliens. are they real? here is nbc's gadi schwartz.

>> reporter: eight months after that out of this world testimony on capitol hill -- >> were they, i guess, human or non human biologics? >> non human. >> reporter: the official word, no dead alien bodies, no crashed craft or cover-up. the uap office saying they've interviewed more than 30 people, including heads of aerospace companies, cia and defense officials, and found no credible firsthand information supporting the claims. >> claims are largely the result of reporting by a small group. >> reporter: also detailed the government's long history with ufos going back to the '40s, even talking about bill clinton's interest in rosswell. they said that was confusion over high-altitude test dummies and a program to detect n nukes. when it comes to surveillance video, the report was short on specifics. >> we have a serious issue that

pilots are dealing with. they still don't know if these are potentially adversaries. >> reporter: response to the hype, a long list of earthly explanations, saying there was no evidence of extraterrestrials, but some cases will concerning characteristics. there are still a number of cases that are under investigation at this moment with the dod saying they're now developing special sensor kits that they call gremlins to send out whenever new ufo hot spots are reported. so hopefully new data comes in. guys, back to you. >> thank you so much. i feel like we need david duchovny in here to get to the bottom of this one. it's time for a first check of the weather, and angie is here. it's going to be another wet one because it's a weekend. >> i knew you were going to say that. i'm so far, yes, the eastern seaboard dealing with rain today. we're going to have better conditions tomorrow, so we'll just have to wait for sunday plans outdoors. 27 million people under flood

alerts, mainly focused across places like the southeast, the northeast, atlanta included after all the heavy rain we received in the past couple of days. you can see it's on the move, the system bringing the heavy rain, strong storms. we'll have a potential for snow, even on the back side of it. right now our main focus is going to be strong storms. we have a tornado watch that has been extended to 2:00 p.m., so it goes for early afternoon for parts of georgia into florida. we'll watch that into early afternoon. you can see the bull's-eye, wilmington to tallahassee, we've got savannah, charleston included, augusta, charlotte, raleigh have a potential to see stronger storms, tornadoes, as well as strong winds, and we can't rule out hail as well. this is the system that's causing this mess for your saturday plans. it's eventually going to lift some of that moisture into parts of the mid-atlantic and the northeast. notice, the southeast looks a little better as the day goes on, later into the day, maybe the evening hours will be dryer. places like new york, boston, you're going to be soggy as we get into those later parts of

the day. tomorrow the system exits, but we're left with cold, blustery winds, and that's going to leave us with a potential for some lake effect snow we'll have to deal with sunday downwind of the lakes. the rainfall totals, 1 inch to 2 inches, we could see isolated spots higher than that. overall i think the flooding concern is going to be mainly confined through today and we'll see improvements. the one thing to note, heavy and wet snow is what we'll have to contend with, places like eery, buffalo, burlington and parts of interior new england we'll see th good saturday morning. time is 5:46. we are starting our day in novato at 46. 50 in san jose 42 in scotts valley. stick with clouds seeing this morning in san jose throughout the rest of the day and there are some rain chances that will be headed our way this weekend, and we'll stick with them mostly in the north bay this afternoon.

i'll guide you through the timeline and what is ahead the rest of the weekend and finally feeling like spr and that's a look at your busy forecast across the east. the rest of the country, honestly, looks quite nice. >> good for them. >> angie, thank you. still to come, steven romo is here with a different kind of legal battle, an unusual court fight over a high school basketball game. >> yeah, laura and peter, coming up, i'll tell you why one of the teams took their result of the semifinal to a judge and why it's probably too late to do anything about it. "saturday today" will be right back. i would never show my teeth. never. i'd never smile. and it forces you into this submission of silence because you don't think that anybody is going to take what you have to say seriously. invisalign has changed my life forever.

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download." >> joe is here with that. >> good morning. it was a busy week with the state of the union and huge week in politics and crucial week for families going through ivf treatments in alabama. alabama's governor signed a bill into law to shield ivf clinics from costly lawsuits. the state legislature passed the bill after the state supreme court declared frozen embryos are children. the new law does not go far enough. >> it is putting a band-aid on a hemorrhaging wound. >> a huge fire broke out at the michigan warehouse setting off explosions. the 19-year-old man a quarter mile from the warehouse was hit in the head and died. the warehouse contained nitrous

oxide canisters. >> it has the lithium batteries. >> guilty. >> a new mexico jury found hannah gutierrez-reed guilty for the death of haylana hutchins. >> new photoses of princess kate middleton surfaced this week. photos were taken at a distance and show her sitting in the front seat of the car driven by her mother. >> this all brings us here to

today. where i announce i'm retiring. >> eagle star jason kelce tearfully announced the end of his 13--year career in the nfl. >> thank you, philadelphia, from the bottom of my heart. thank you for letting me represent this city. >> kelce won a super bowl with the eagles and considered a likely hall of famer. he is looking forward to watching his brother, travis, play on sundays now. >> the vintage diner both on "the sopranos" was sold for $82,600 on e-bay. the booth was falling apart and the owner needed money for renovations. >> finally, justin timberlake tried to take on the sensation

blind karioke. ♪ in the shadow ♪ in the shadow ♪♪ i'm done. >> i think it is a hit. >> can you manage playing blind karaoke with justin timberlake? >> no. this is a good team building exercise. >> jimmy fallon. angie? still to come on "today," the guide to the oscars. the nominees to who is handing out the statues. speaking of team building. joe and angie and i got in on the fun at the circus. could we take our show on the road? >> first these messages.

good morning. thanks for joining us on this saturday march 9th. i'm kira klapper. a new message from a group of oakland business owners who are fed up with criminals

threatening their safety and driving customers away. the other than of this cuisine a calling on other businesses to boycott paying their city taxes until the city of oakland provides more police protection. the owner tells us his restaurant has been robbed twice in the past two years and rarely sees police patrols. >> we have seen that we're not going to pay you the taxes. we say we're going defer the taxes until you get the service that we deserve as businesses, as a citizen. we deserve much, much more and the city's not doing anything. >> a spokesperson for the mayor's office says the city is making progress, and that police officer numbers are on the rise. property crimes are dropping in the fruitvale district thanks to opd search patrol. happening today, the group hoping to recall mayor shang tao inviing to add names to the

petition. the group oakland united recalling mayor sheng thao wants people to share their perspectives. the location of the former restaurant on clay street in oakland. it starts at 4:00. how will the forecast be for this day? cinthia pimentel is here with a look. hey, cinthia. >> good morning, kira and good morning everyone. wouldn't be a bay area weekend with a little rain in the forecast. get to that in a second, but we're going to enjoy a little bit of clearing through the clouds in san jose going on and taking on a beautiful look over the dazzling bay bridge. seeing a touch more of that sunrise in through the tri-valley in dublin. temperatures out there now 49 in freemont. 52 oakland. chillier towards the north way. 43 napa. 51 in san mateo and 50 in san jose. keeping the cloud cover with us going throughout the day in san jose and those temperatures are actually going to be just a touch cooler than they were

yesterday. yesterday a beautiful day. clear skies. we have more cloud cover on the way and already seeing that blitz of the rain farther up into parts of northern california. that should trickle down into the bay area. walk you through this timeline and a closer look at 7:00. >> yesterday was beautiful. thanks. also at 7:00 on "today in the bay," close calls for united airline from one plane sliding off a runway to a tire falling off another midflight. talking to aviation experts about the suddy spike in problems. we'll have that, plus all your top stories coming up at 7:00 and hope to see you th. 7:00 and hope to see you th. right noenw, thousands of women with metastatic breast cancer are living in the moment and taking ibrance. ibrance with an aromatase inhibitor is for adults with hr positive, her2 negative metastatic breast cancer as the first hormonal based therapy. ibrance plus letrozole significantly delayed disease progression versus letrozole.

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>> good morning. this is a heartbreaker. the buzzer beater for the win or so the team thought. the reverse came from the refs and with the state championship coming up today, time is running out on whether anything can be done about it. >> reporter: it was a rebound just in the nick of time. the putback that sealed the high school basketball team's trip to the new jersey state championship game or so they thought. then the referees convened and waving the basket offhandinging the victory to the camden high school panthers. this video clearly showing the ball leading the warriors' player's hands before the clock hits zero. the reversal standing and sending camden to the finals scheduled for today. the board of education taking the issue to a different court.

asking the ocean county superior court judge to postpone the championship game until it can be resolved. >> some unknown reason after everyone was leaving the court and one of the referees changed the minds of the referee that made the initial decision. we need to make that wrong right. >> reporter: even after the ref wrote to the athletic association to admit his call was wrong, the association still refused to roll it back. the association saying the rules are clear. once game officials leave the confines of the court, the game is concluded and the score is official. the judge offering little additional help ruling that the dispute is outside the court's jurisdiction. >> this case never should have been brought to the division in superior court. >> this is high school basketball. there's a rules and regulations that you have to learn to live with the decision. that is all sports.

>> reporter: in the last attempt ditch for relief, asking the state commissioner to step in. that request was denied as well. now appealing the judge's decision. the clock is rapidly ticking as the championship game they say they deserve to play in is still scheduled for later today. >> the team's last chance to appeal is to get the judge to reverse the decision. the game is set for noon today. the outlook is not good for that. the team posted on instagram asking to support the girls' team which is set to play this afternoon. guys, a lot of nieces and nephews and i have seen a lot of bad calls, none made me want to go to court. this would do it. >> this is right to go straight to the u.s. supreme court. >> you will cover this one in no time. >> we have an expert. >> i was a basketball ref for a long time. the ref's call sticks.

no one took me to court. >> the instant replay would have helped. >> it is when the game ended. you feel they should say you got it wrong. go ahead. angie, we give it to you. save us. >> i need to see a picture of joe in his stripes. >> there is vhs video of it. >> we need that. guys, you mentioned that we have bad news for this weekend. our weekend is shorter. you know, instead of dwelling on the bad time, daylight saving time at 2:00 a.m., let's talk about the temperatures. indications of spring. we do have some milder conditions across the midwest in detroit with 55 degrees. running more than 10 degrees above normal for this time of year. washington, d.c. is average. we have cooler air back down to the southern plains. dallas and little rock making it to the upper 50s today. milder conditions on the way for the end of the

good saturday morning. time is 6:05. getting a look at our day planner brentwood. sticking with most of that cloud cover throughout the day. temperatures will top out at 63 degrees for today. places like eastern cocoa county might not see the rain on the way. going to have spotty showers today. clearing later on in the day, but tomorrow another rain chance and gustier winds. talk about the rest of the outlook at 7:00 a.m. when we have more 70s on the way coming. that's the look at your forecast. guys. >> angie, thank you. just ahead, the rising popularity of full body mri scans. scans. we will tell y whouen my doctor gave me breztri for my copd things changed for me. breztri gave me better breathing, symptom improvement, and reduced flare-ups. breztri won't replace a rescue inhaler for sudden breathing problems. it is not for asthma. tell your doctor if you have a heart condition

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stole the lunch last month. the canine will not make a came. then what about bond? james bond? we don't know who the next 007 could be, but cillian murphy could do a great job. murphy is 47 and telling reporters, i think i'm a bit old for that. no worries.

a new frontrunner has emerged. messi the dog. i can hear it now. bone, james bone. that's a cute dog. >> so sweet. >> he could perform the stunts. >> is 47 too old to be bond? >> i think peter wants to be the next bond. >> i don't want to be the next bond, but i'm 47. >> i think you can do it. >> you are our james bond. >> as you were. finally, josh brolin's "dune part 2" crossed the $100 million mark at the box office. he is hosting snl. >> i'm here hosting with ariana grande. >> i wrote a poem for timothee. >> i think she is talking about the sand worm.

>> this is his third time hosting snl. fun fact. back in 2012, he was in the very first sketch with the californians. >> my favorite sketch. >> get on sepulveda. maybe we'll see a recap. >> a lot of youtubing. thank you, joe. still to come, the saturday morning boost. the doable moment this little girl learned she is good at mini

still to come here on "today," the future of tiktok and if the social media app will be banned in the u.s.

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good morning. thanks for joining us on this saturday, march 9th. i'm kira klapper. hundreds of people in san francisco are not giving up their fight for peace in the middle east. a large crowd gathered at san francisco city hall yesterday to voice their hope for a cease-fire in gaza. the crowd's so big that at one point it blocked traffic. participants tell es they want the reminder palestinians fighting for their lives especially women. happening today, another protest. this one on the golden gate bridge. the group code pink sf bay area putting on the event as an extension of international

women's day, which was yesterday. they, too, will be calling for a cease-fire in gaza. the march begins at noon. there is a rally at 1:30 at the golden gate bridge welcome center. fire crews in the east bay will spend this morning monitoring hot spots at the site of this massive brushfire. it broke out just after 3:00 yesterday afternoon along the san joaquin river in antioch and burned 19 acres and sent pitch, black smoke billowing into the skies. it happened near costco is. no structures threatened, no one hurt. it took firefighters about four hours to put out the flames. check in with cinthia pimentel as we welcome a new weekend, and say good-bye to sunshine? >> at least for a little bit and seeing a little of it out there towards dublin. morn sunrise, 45 degrees. a bit gloomier making your way into san francisco. 52. down here in san jose, also clouds near to the ground, but

up there, sunshine. 50 degrees to start the day. speaking of somebody and more daylight hours. remember to set your clocks forward tonight. actually going to start daylight-saving time. no s there. remember that. spring forward. we lose an hour of sleep but get later sunsets. for those that love it, like myself, in for a nice spring ahead. we have to talk about the weekend, though. spotty showers for today and also for tomorrow afternoon. we're going to get some clearing in between those times. not a complete washout and there is going to be a little bit more rain going into tomorrow night and early into next week where we have more rain chances through the first half. then look at that. much warmer ahead. temperatures that will finally start to feel like spring around here, kira. >> all right, cinthia, thanks. see you at 7:00. also coming up at 7:00 this morning on "today in the bay," schoolbooks and body armor. it's a story you'll see only on nbc bay area. we'll introduce you to the local students turning helds at the science fair with a bold

experiment to protect children in their classrooms. that, plus all your top stories coming up at 7:00 and hope youoin j good morning. breaking overnight. tragic accident. two national guard troops and border patrol agent killed when

their helicopter crashed in texas near the border with mexico. what we are learning over what went wrong. tiktok future. the house is set to take a vote over the popular social media app will be banned in the u.s. to the dismay of the users flooding lawmakers with calls. what is the future of tiktok in america? and getting in on the act. >> here we go. oh, my goodness. >> peter, joe and angie and i suit up to see what it takes at the ringling bros. and barnum & bailey. we are taking our show on the road. today, saturday, march 9th, 2024. >> that was us on the bikes. the bmx bike tricks? >> good morning. we rarely see what the final product of the piece looks like until they air it. >> i wanted to be surprised. we're here.

we kept our day jobs. >> we ran off with the circus and return home. >> we wanted to shoot peter out of a cannon. it is cool. we are getting to today's news. sad news. a deadly helicopter crash in texas near the border with mexico. two national guard troops and a border patrol agent were killed when the helicopter went down. we have priscilla thompson with more. >> reporter: laura, that is what officials on the ground are working to figure out. we know that two national guard soldiers were killed and one u.s. border patrol agent was killed according to the department of defense. at least one soldier was seriously injured. this accident occurred friday afternoon and it involved a uh-72 lakota helicopter that was conducting aviation operations in lageura, texas, which is 30

miles from mcallen. it was part of the border mission according to officials. the national guard bureau chief offering his heartfelt condolences. writing all of the people represent the selfless service. the texas senator will monitor for more details on how exactly this tragedy happened. friday's accident is the latest in a string of chopper crashes that have occurred in the last two years, including three fatal blackhawk crashes across alaska, alabama and kentucky. still no word on what caused friday's accident. that remains under investigation. we do expect to learn the names of those killed in the coming hours after their families have been notified. laura. >> priscilla thompson, thank you for that. to politics now where the 2024 campaign season kicks into another gear today with under eight months to go before the

general election, president biden and former president trump are going to be in georgia today. we have aaron gilchrist on the ground there already. aaron, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, peter. the general election is under way after the state of the union this week. president biden launching his post-speech tour on friday with the first lady telling the crowd that democracy is at stake. at the same time, former president trump on friday having a photo op with hungarian prime minister viktor orban. he is embraced as a model for conservatives in the u.s. mr. donald trump is saying there is no better leader than viktor orban. >> the first state he will hit is philadelphia in pennsylvania

yesterday. we will see both men coming up more? >> reporter: the campaigning will be these two men against each other as opposed to other primary candidates. both mr. trump and president biden set to stump here in georgia today about 70 miles apart. they will hold the duelling rallies. this is the first time that trump is back in georgia after turning himself in last august at the fulton county jail on the charges related to the 2020 election. the former president dealing with issues in new york posting a $91 million bond on friday and feeling an appeal in the e. jean carroll case where she won a 93million verdict. there is good news for trump. the republican national committee elected new leadership. it will be led by a trump ally michael watley with his

daughter-in-law, laura, leading the chair. >> aaron gilchrist with the latest. thank you. house lawmakers are set to vote next week on the bill that would basically ban tiktok here in the united states. it is a move that is angering fans of the social media platform. where does this battle go from here? we have savannah sellers with more. >> reporter: the battle to ban tiktok intensifying in washington with leaders confirming they will vote on the bill next week to ban unless it is sold by bytedance. >> we cannot have a foreign controlled social media app. >> reporter: tiktok urged users to call members of congress and demand they vote against it. sydney, who makes money as an influencer, did just that. >> what would it mean for you? >> that is my career.

my career would be gone. >> reporter: lawmakers say their phones rang off the hook. >> i went into mom mode. i know tiktok has weaponized our young people. i took it and got on the phone and tried to explain why we are doing what we are doing. >> reporter: the pressure campaign appears to have back fired in a rare show of bipartisanship, the committee voted in favor of the legislation. this isn't the first time the u.s. has tried to limit tiktok. former president trump in 2020 attempted to ban the app with the executive order. last year, the tiktok executive was grilled on the hill. >> i have seen no evidence that the chinese government has access to the data. they have never asked us. >> i find that preposterous. >> reporter: this will damage businesses and destroy the lives of the creators. mr. trump expressing concerns about the legislation saying it could make mark zuckerberg more

power. president biden said he supports it. >> if they pass it, i'll sign it. >> reporter: savannah sellers, nbc news. in college basketball, caitlin clark continues to break records. clark set a new single season record for three-pointers friday night. she surpassed steph curry with the 163rd three-pointer of the season and then shot another one. that milestone will keep growing as clark and her iowa hawkeyes move ahead in tournament play. she is unstoppable. >> she is a role model not just for girls, but boys. it is a family trip you need to make. >> absolutely. that's the news. "saturday morning boost." >> here is another one. adorable family moment as the

young girl plays mini golf for the first time. her dad is giving her pointers. stand up closer. hold the club farther down. then she takes her shot. >> perfect! >> you have your hand down here. >> oh! >> my first try. are you serious? >> give me some. >> i did that. >> a hole in one on her very first try. in case you didn't catch that, i get an ice cream with that. dad agrees. an ice cream is well deserved. it is all about the angles and bouncing it off the right place. she's a natural. >> great endorsement for listening to your dad's advice for sports. eva and emma, listen up. >> we'll talk about that when i get home. let's get more one check of

the forecast with angie. >> happy saturday. we are dealing with unsettled conditions across the east. we have 27 million people under the flood alerts. specifically in the southeast and northeast and down through parts of the southeast with augusta included in. that we did see it drop for atlanta. some improvements will happen as we go through the day today. right now, notice all of the rain working in the mid-atlantic and in the northeast by later today. we also are watching for strong storms, including tornadoes. we have to watch that here which will last for florida and georgia this afternoon. you see the line of strong thunderstorms working to the east. as you look at the severe threat, we are dealing with the wind gusts and isolated tornadoes. we can't rule out hail. those two main impacts, tornadoes and winds, have the greatest chance to develop here as we go through the morning hours and early afternoon. by later tonight, most of that moisture works from the southeast and we are dealing

with the northeast and new england being unsettled. we will be looking at the potential for the stronger storms to develop for the afternoon hours. by the time this system moves out for sunday, we have snow good saturday morning. time is 6:40. beautiful skies across the bay area over the golden gate bridge. dublin and through parts of oakland. starting mainly in upper 40s to some low 50s, like in san jose. 50 degrees. 52 there in oakland and as we go and look at satellite and radar, the cloud cover will start to come in as there is a stoim our north that will bring us rain. expect spotty showers throughout the weekend. more so into the early part of next week and then 70s return that's the look at the forecast. laura, it will be nicer tomorrow. >> i'll take it. >> rain here. >> it is never personal. >> thank you so much. i'm not mother nature.

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we're back on saturday morning with the story we have been looking forward to all morning long. >> joe, peter and laura and i had a chance to meet the performers who make up the ringling bros. and barnum & bailey circus. >> no hugh jackman here. they let us give it a try. >> we all lived after it. this is the greatest show on earth. this is not your grandmother's circus. ringling bros. and barnum & bailey is back with a bang. the days of traditional ring leader red nose crown is over. >> here we go.

oh, my goodness. >> 75 performers from around the world flipping and soaring high bove the four of us. we had to get in on the action. >> all we are missing is hugh jackman. >> welcome to the greatest show on earth. are you ready to have fun? >> yes. >> let's get suited up. >> our show guide for the day is nick nak making sure we looked the part. >> let's dance. >> nick knack, this is where the magic happens? >> the show looks different. >> we try to reimagine the show for 2024. we want to integrate technology and video and lighting and music in the best to create a show. >> we don't have live animals here. we have special friends.

>> we have special non-human performers like bailey circuit. >> what a good girl. >> bailey the robo-dog is one of the newest additions to the team. >> there she goes. >> well trained. >> she is. she can do a few dance moves. show the routine. go to the right. >> to the right. >> to the left. to the left. to the left. now kick. now kick. >> does bailey know how to do the shuffle? >> she does. shake what your manufacturer gave you. there you go. >> bailey showed me her moves and peter set his sights on the high wire. >> truth is, i'm not a heights guy. i tested the cushion below. if i fall, i'm all right. >> this is a long way down. >> you can do it. >> keep it straight. >> ankles looking wobbly.

>> okay. last steps. i love my children. yes! yes! >> you were at least three inches off the ground. for peter, the pro marmaria was hand. >> you married the fourth generation of high-wire artarti? >> yes. i fell in love years ago and we traveled around the world and now working on the high wire. >> no fear of heights? >> not at all. it is more adrenaline. >> with peter back on solid ground, it was joe and angie's turn. >> wow. >> i think we he can do that. >> i would be on your head. >> that's not going to work. we should try something else. >> i think we need to try something different. >> maybe this is more our speed.

>> all right. >> hello. welcome. follow us. >> all right. >> yeah. i got somewhere to be. >> they should do this. see you later. >> they call it arjan dance. the troupe hailing from argentina. one of a dozen countries represented in the ring. >> that is insane. >> nice job. >> we should start the show like that every week. >> this is "today." >> for our final act, w could

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good morning. i'm kira klapper. coming up next on "today in the bay" -- a string of close calls for united airlines from one plane slighting off the runway to a tire falling off mid-takeoff. we're talking to aviation

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