of the roman catholic church. we'll tell you exactly what will take place in there. and names of possible poeps, including a couple americans being mentioned here. those names floating around as well. meantime here at home, president obama and republicans still deadlocked over the budget. mr. obama did find time to poke fun at the situation on saturday night. plus, valerie harper talks about her battle with in curable brain cancer and how she is remaining hopeful. and bo, daisy and the gang. starts of one of the most popular shows of the '80s "dukes of hazard" back together with some of their fans. daylight saving is here, which is a perfect excuse to get in shape. jenna is answering your fitness questions a little later this morning. first, we head back over to lester at the vatican.

>> you mentioned daylight saving time, erica. they don't start that here for another two weeks. it was a six-hour time difference when i came here. now it's a five-hour difference. we're in st. peter's square. any given day you might see cardinals walking back and forth. you wouldn't know their names. they are among the 115 who will gather here tomorrow to select the new pope and think about it, once they make that vote as early as tuesday afternoon the balcony could open and the new pope could emerges. someone you have never heard of before chances are, but will become the most famous person in the world. the cardinals met and talked a lot about the state of the church, its finances, its scandals. but likely not much about each other. >> but i imagine it's very

difficult. but at the same time a lot of cardinals do know each other from other things they have worked on together. there are groups who know each other well. those groups can connect with other groups. >> but there's no vetting per se. what is your feeling about this? what is your feeling about that? >> i'm sure they talk about all the issues. >> on tuesday, after a special mass, they will file into the sistine chapel, cut off from the world and modern technology. michael angelo's last judgment. >> very associating. they realize they're part of a much bigger story than the latest headline. they're part of something that's going on 2,000 years. >> the cardinals will will cast their votes on handwritten ballots. two-thirds majority is required to elect a pope. >> they have a list of all the cardinals in front of them. then they write down on the ballot the one they're voting for. and then each cardinal

individually will walk up to the altar and place his ballot on top of a patent, a little plate, and then put it into a challis. as he does that he has to say a vow. he has to vow to god he's voting for the person he thinks will be the best pope. >> it's old-fashioned but it works. no hang chad. >> no hanging chad. >> they will be burned after every vote. the world will look to this chimney to look for a new pope to be elected. >> black smoke if they haven't decided and white smoke if they have one. >> what happens if we see white smoke. >> it will be pandemonium. >> many of them american tourists who never imagined their itinerary would include a daylight with history. >> i'm so privileged to be here at this time. >> we're catholic, so we're pretty up to date on what's happening in the church.

so when he decided that he would be resigning, we thought, oh, no. but then we thought, great, we'll be here. hopefully they will vote somebody in by the time we're here. >> so what can we expect the next couple of days? father robert barren is nbc news contributor. father, good morning. great to have you on. >> lester, thanks. >> it's so easy to look at this in political terms. so i hear the term front-runner. i pause for a moment. but are some some names talked about more than others? >> sure. listen to the vatican here and back home and 10 or 12 names begin to emerge. marc ouellett. and the march bishop of milan, one of the strong italian candidates. and timothy dolan of new york.

>> people are talking about it, meaning all of us out here. when the cardinals got in the room this past week in congregations, they know each other to some extent. were they vetting each other also? >> sure. they were talking about the state of the church, latin america, what's going on there, and someone from europe, asia. sure, they are vetting each other. it's an opportunity to button hole each other and find out what's going on. >> this is the first concave truly of the digital social media era. these are cardinals that come from all over the world. they are keenly aware of twitter. they know what's being said on 24-hour cable. do you think that has some effect on their thinking, knowing what's being said about them? >> i think so. sure. how couldn't it? at the same time, they're trying to be open as much as possible to the holyspirit. it works through secondary causes we say. works through ordinary human beings. through this process of the concave. i think they are attentive to

all of that. finally, they are trying very hard to hear that through the holy spirit. >> in every organization, it's not unusual from someone ste bottom to aspire their way to the top, thinking some day i might be. as a priest, do priests in general think some day i could be one of the cardinals walking into the concave? some day i could be pope. >> i don't think so. the job is so punishingly difficult. we're trained in the spiritual order not to aspire to something on our hones steam. if someone else notices oh, you would be good at that. and the will of god. >> those 115 cardinals not one is thinking i could be pope. >> sure. those gentlemen, one of them will be pope. generally speaking it's not a good idea spiritually. we're all flawed. we're all sinners. i'm sure that ambition goes through sometimes. >> thank you. appreciate it.

interesting week ahead. >> it will. >> a check of the morning's other headlines. and for that we'll say good morning to jenna wolf. >> hey, lester. hi, everyone. a tragic story to begin with this kentucky. five children among those killed after a fire tore through their home. it broke out start morning killing the children and do adults as well. fire investigators say it could be weeks before they know what sparked the blaze. but they do not suspect foul play. nell san mandela remains in a south african hospital this morning. the 94-year-old was admitted saturday for a routine checkup. a spokesman said this is done to manage existing existing in line with the president's age. no cause for alarm. dozens of college students spent a lot more time in the wilderness than they planned when they got lost two miles into the woods in kentucky. the students and three staff members from lasalle university were able to get a signal and call 911.

it took rescuers eight hours to find them. some had to be treated for hypothermia. everyone else checked out okay. mental note, next year cancun. in what turned out to be one of baseball's worst kept secrets, rivera said this season his 19th will indeed be his last. joined by his wife and sons, the 12-time all-star said he has given everything he's got to this team, the only team he ever played for. he said his tank is almost empty. but what is left he will use this season. and finally, do you remember the first time you saw yourself in the mirror? a little shock, a little awe, a little person just like you only over there. for one puppy the sight was overwhelming. she wanted to record fee owe that playing with her ball but captured something much better. she is like, whoa. who is that? when did she get there. what? why isn't she moving. i hate that dog.

she high-tails it out of there. oh, the life of a corgi. so adorable and so great they captured that on camera for the first time. that is the news. now back to erica hill. >> so cute. >> have you stuck your kids in front of a mirror yet to show them what they looked like. >> they figured it out by now. >> i don't know. i don't have kids. >> let us know how it goes. >> i will. >> dylan is here with a check of the weather. >> i like sitting here. this seat comes with a highlighter. >> it's fun. pens, mugs, everything. you know yesterday we showed thaw video of a home just teetering on the edge in massachusetts's plum island in the wake of the latest winter storm? well, unfortunately it is among several homes that had to be torn down after friday's big storm. the damage just too much for them to sustain. 12 homes in the area have been condemned. at least three of them may have to be demolished as well.

the massachusetts coastline just battered with that storm. you know, any storm that comes this summertime will be interesting there as well. we are looking at another huge storm. not a whole lot of snow with it. blizzard warnings in kansas and nebraska mostly for blowing snow. and heavy rain extending into texas and the gulf coast. winter storm warnings stretching through wisconsin. that's going to be the area where we will see most of the snowfall. the blizzard warnings for the blowing snow and reduced visibility is making a mess of the roadways. we are also looking for the potential of icing around chicago. mostly rain from the eastern great lakes and heavy thunderstorms stretching into eastern outside this morning, we've got 30s and low 40s outside. clear skies allowing the temperatures to drop off for the morning. our temperatures close to what we saw yesterday, inland

locations upper 60s to low 70s. low 60s closer to san francisco. tomorrow morning we'll see more low clouds to start off the day and in the middle part of the week, mid to upper 70s inland by wednesday. and that is your latest forecast. erica? >> dylan, thanks. the clocks may have changed overnight, but in washington it is status quo. president obama and congress still deadlocked over the budget which had plenty of fodder. the annual event where there is plenty of joking is and no cameras allowed which makes it safe in this twitter age. to poke a little fun the president took that moment opening his remarks with a little disclaimer and nod to everyone's favorite topic these days, the sequester. saying, "my joke writers have been place on furlough. no one will feel any immediate impact because of the sequester.

we're about to find out how wrong you are. david gregory moderator of "meet the press". >> good morning. i stayed up way too late. >> you're still here this morning and we appreciate it. obviously there was the sequester, the butt of many jokes last night. we should point out a little glimmer of hopes in washington. saying he's going to meet with both parties this coming week. is there some real potential for negotiation here now? >> i think there is. i mean, i think we have to be careful as much as we spend time as commentators and journalists looking at the dysfunction of washington. and we also have to acknowledge a real change in the president's tactic here. it is something he probably should have done sooner. but the view in the white house is they can't keep dealing with republican leadership. they have to try as they did. you see senator mccain after that dinner this week, speaking

with, meeting with individual senators. the president will do it this coming week with members of the house as well and try to build coalitions where he can find them. particularly around the budget deal. they want to operate and negotiate in a cooler atmosph e atmosphere. the president hopes there's a deal in july. one, is there any ratio of spending cuts to tax increases that republicans will agree to. and that's dependent as well on how big an entitlement reform plan that his party will commit to. >> he will need to win over a democrats as well. it's years away but it's perfect time to start talking about 2016. there was a little bit of a speculation fueling this week when it comes to potential republican candidates. rand paul and jeb bush getting a lot of attention. >> yeah. rand paul i think did himself a lot of good frankly. he was stuck by the kaourpbl of his convictions making a plea

for civil liberties. critics of some of the substantive issues that he brought up. but a lot of people felt republicans and democrats, that this was pretty good use of the filibuster. because he got the spotlight. he highlighted this particular issue. and he's at least doing what a lot of others in congress are unwilling to do, to debate the very authority that congress gave the president after the 911 attacks. so i think he's building grassroots support for 2016. jeb bush a little bit more faltering. the former florida governor talking about immigration. we talked to chuck todd as well. the reality is that he contradicted himself on immigration. he seemed to be to the right. a little bit of a false start. but not something that he can't overcome as we move farther along in the process. >> david, thanks. check in with you in a little bit to find out what's coming up on "meet the press" this morning. up next, live from new york. justin timberlake. and the highlights of the

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>> announcer: you're watching "today in the bay." good morning. looking live at san jose. and it is a dark starts to this morning, as the planes line up to the airport. i'm kris sanchez along with meteorologist rob mayeda. we've sprung forward, so we're back in the dark. >> we'll see the skies give us a little extra sunlighted, sunset. 7:15 in the evening. 30s and 40s outside. so you don't want to be like me. you want to take a jacket as you go outside. mostly clear skies, except on the coast, patchy low fogs. inland, not too bad, upper 60s to low 70s tomorrow. middle part of the week, we're

talking upper 70s on wednesday. early taste of spring coming your way for the middle part of the week. >> is that why you're not wearing a jacket? >> something like that. >> thank you very much, rob. three people are dead, another seriously hurt this morning after a crash in daley city. it happened near the intersection of terrace view court and east moore avenue around 8:15 last night. firefighters managed to pull the victims from one of the mangled cars, but three died at the scene. the fourth person remains hospitalized this morning with life-threatening injuries. the driver of the other car involved stayed at the scene and was not hurt. daley city police are trying to figure out what caused the crash. an emotional weekend for the family and friends of a stabbing victim in the south bay. they remembered eric wright. the 27-year-old was found stabbed to death at that park wednesday evening. his family says they are

devastated, and still cannot understand why he was killed. >> this is really heartbreaking for me. he was one of my best cousins. and for him to be taken in such a tragic death, i'm very upset. >> he was no coward. he stayed strong through all the struggles he went through in life. he's going to be all right now. the guy that did this to him, like mom said, she wants you to sit there and realize what life you took from us. you know what i'm saying? he took a valuable life from us. >> 20-year-old man who first told police he found wright bleeding is now charged with the murder. police say the suspect did know the victim. they're still working on a motive but say this killing was not gang related. in vallejo, nearly 350 firearms were taken off the street, including one unusual weapon. someone turned in a military grade rocket launcher. who turned it in?

we'll never know, because it's no questions asked. coming up at 7:00 on "today in the bay," they were there when the bullets started flying. we're going to hear from the brave firefighters in santa cruz who risked their lives to protect others after that gun battle that left two santa cruz police officers dead. that, and all the day's news coming up at 7:00. right now, here's more of the "today" show.

march 10th, 2013. a live picture of the vatican where in two days cardinals will begin voting on a new pope. anticipation is building around the world as the catholic church prepares to choose its next leader. hello, everybody. i'm lester holt reporting from just outside the vatican. still to come this morning ho, intrigue at the vatican surrounding the church's bank. set up to be secrete but it has led to suspicions and rumors of illegal activities. we'll take a look at that and try to compare this upcoming concave to the one that followed the death of pope john paul ii eight years ago, erica.

also here in new york, valerie harper sat down with savannah guthrie talking about her in curable brain cancer. she's opening up to savannah about dealing with her diagnosis. we have a preview of that interview coming up this morning. and we will take a journey to the bottom of the earth. antarctica to be exact. we are going to retrace the harrowing steps of two famous explorers with members of their family. if you have fitness questions, we have answers. what to eat before a workout, how to keep from bulking up. we asked you to accepted your questions in this week. >> you say "we." you mean jenna. >> collective here. >> we ask you questions too. we begin this half hour with a 1980s tv favorite. if you mention dukes of hazard

chances are someone will probably follow up with the general lee or daisy duke. the cast came together for a rare reunion. it is still pretty cool to be country. >> remember this song? almost 30 years after the final episode of the dukes of hazard, people are still singing that tune. >> just a good old boy. >> some better than others. >> in trouble with the law since the day they were born. >> hey, y'all. >> when the cast reunited in peach county, georgia, fans flocked by the thousands. >> do you still have men following all over you saying are you daisy duke? >> are you daisy duke? >> there's your answer. >> i went to rome, paris and people come up and go roscoe.

>> we've been together now 35 years. >> that's john snyder who played bo, along with luke, cousin days and the rest of the hazard gang. >> fast cars, beautiful girls, slapstick comedy, great music. what's not to like? >> a memorable run from 1979 to 1985. it has a lot of folks longing for the good old days of tv. >> we still go home every friday night religiously to watch the general lee -- or dukes of hazard. >> real clean cut. your whole family can love it. >> tina idolized her. >> she had sex appeal but not dirty. >> she was tough. >> she was the all american girl. >> if daisy was the all american girl the general lee has to be the all american car. worshipped by fans of all ages. okay. now i can scratch off number 63 on my bucket list and say that i have ridden, or at least honked

the general lee. and for the die hards of hazard, these moments are a country dream come true. nbc news, peach county, georgia. good stuff. oh, wow. >> the song gets me. i love the song. >> it was good stuff. you have a final check of the weather for us on this sunday morning? >> it is chilly right now. but that is all going to change. another nice mild afternoon. 50s will feel real nice. a lot of snow especially across portions of wisconsin where we could end up with 6 to 10 inches of snow. blizzard warnings posted across parts of nebraska and kansas mostly because of blowing snow. winds gust near 50 miles per hour. icing possible through chicago. all of that rain is moving eastward. you can see in the morning rain through the ohio and tennessee river valleys. by later in the evening it will start to spread eastward in new

york city. and right across that 95 corridor we will start to see just rain. there is no snow for this and a pretty nice start to the morning. san jose, clear skies. we've got some 30s and low 40s to start your morning off. mostly sunny skies except on the coach where patchy clouds and weak sea breeze will make things much colder. low 70s in the warmer places of the inland valleys today and tomorrow. warmest days of the week arriving on wednesday, as we watch the temperatures climb into the upper 70s inland. and one of the best parts about being an intern at the "today" show you have your parents here to embarrass you with balloons and signs. happy 21st birthday, emily. erica? >> that's great. thanks. actress valerie harper is speaking about her battle with

in curable brain cancer. at the same time she's fighting a nasty case of laryngitis. she opened up to savannah guthrie in her home. >> it is in curable. it is very rare. >> are you hopeful? >> more than hopeful i have an intention to live each moment fully. like right now all there is is savannah and val. >> when do you think the reality of it hit you? >> when i heard in curable. in curable is a tough word. >> a lot of folks calling, coming by the house, are you in a wheelchair? they hear it as a death sentence. it may be. but i'm not dying until i do will i promise i won't. >> one of the things people love about you is you are so joyous. are there moments when you feel sad? >> oh, some i god, yes. i don't mean this to be

pollyanna. i allow myself to grieve. >> what things are feeling and tasting sweeter? >> my husband. i always knew what was part of who he is. he's so wonderful. >> and i can see more of savannah's exclusive interview with valerie harper tomorrow on "today". up next, a look at the obscure and secret active world of the vatican's finances right after this. that i had no idea had so much acid in them. my dentist said that the acid in fruit, or fruit juice or fruit teas softens the enamel so that then it can potentially erode. once that enamel is gone, it's gone. my dentist recommended that i use pronamel to help harden that enamel so that it's not brushed away. pronamel protects your teeth from the effects of acid erosion. i don't have to cut out the things that i love in my diet. i can have the best of both worlds with pronamel.

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people talk about scandal. we think about the sex abuse within the church. you're talking about another scandal too. >> this is what all the italian papers are talking about. for the last couple years in the united states we talked about the abuses by priests. but according to italian authors and journalists, the scandal with the most impact inside the vatican, inside its management is one of finances. it goes back to the vatican bank. and according to journalists what ultimately led to the pope's resignation goes back to the vatican bank and the attempt to reform it that went wrong. >> for a minute forget that the vatican is a church. it's also a state. a very rich one. its real estate alone is worth billions. and that's just the buildings, palaces and monasteries, not the art they contain. much of it priceless.

the vatican also runs a bank. >> if you follow this crisis to its basic core it's about the money, isn't it? >> i think that's right. i think money is power and power is money. >> phillip weyland is one of the experts on the vatican bank and said it was set up as an offshore bank, designed to be closed and discreet so it could send money to priests in countries where they faced persecution. but the bank's secrecy has also fueled the history of scandal, including allegations that it has laundered money for the mafia. >> today there is the suspicion that it has become an instrument for laundering money for corrupt italian politicians and businessmen, for members of the italian social elite. >> the vatican bank has denied allegations of corruption. but in 2009 the pope tasked an

archbishop to clean up the vatican's finances. and he started to ask some tough questions about possible kickbacks, favoritism, and how the vatican's money was being spent. >> that is a real problem for the vatican. because if you open the books on the past, all thoughts of very unsavory things emerge. >> he was eventually transferred off the case to become the vatican's representative to washington. and a lot of this has to do with him. he was tasked by the pope to clean up the finances. he found he was being blocked. he started to write letters to the pope saying he was facing internal resistance. eventually he was transferred off the case. that's when the pope's butler, the person working right there with the blacked out windows. when he saw there was this effort under way to prevent a cleanup of the vatican's

finances, the pope's butler took the documents, handed them over to an italian investigative journalists, published them in what became a best-selling book. once those documents came out, more scandal started coming out. that snowballed and ultimately led, according to this theory, which is widespread in italian media, that led to the pope to step down. >> they will meet tuesday for the concave. they have heard all these press reports. what do they know? have they seen the documents? >> they may know about what is going on but it's unclear how much they know. because after these documents were leaked and there was this clearly big scandal in the country, the pope had three cardinals work for eight months toe produce a 300-page secret report. now, that report is supposedly locked in a safe in the pope's apartment. the cardinals don't have access to that safe. buff they do have access to the people who wrote the report.

and we've been told some of the cardinals have been asking to, if they can't see the report, to at least interview the people who did the report so they can have a better idea of the finances and the other management scandals within the vatican city. >> the elephant in the room. or the elephant in the chapel as it goes. >> if they're all sitting there, 115 they have to elect one among them. and there has been this eight-month investigation focusing on the people in that room. and they don't know exactly who knows what yet they're being asked to make this big decision if not blind but without all the information. >> good to see. >> you beautiful place. >> amazing place. i was just going to point out to erica. erica, i stood in this very spot eight years ago. certainly a case of deja vu. >> and yesterday as we saw them putting the chimney up there so

we can see the smoke when the decision has been made, i couldn't help but think about the stories you told me eight years ago when it was really kind of tough to tell whether or not they had in fact, chosen a pope. >> i have to tell you i'm losing a little sleep over it. one of my roles is to see here and watch the chimney. we will likely go on the air with a special report. i remember the first time i looked and it was like, white, black? it was kind of gray. we're hoping they will put something in the smoke that will give a clearer idea. ultimately, when they chose a pope we thought we were seeing the pope. the bells started ringing wildly and we knew we had a pope. we will wait for that. of all the things i have covered in 30 years of news, it is one of the most magical, awe-inspiring things to witness to see the new pope come out, to see the streets around rome, rivers of people who will flood into this square to greet the new leader of the catholic church.

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we do not have jessica. she wanted to know how can i thin my thut, the area between the thigh and the butt. she's been a runner for a long time. she's done four or five marathons. her thut is out of control. save us all from this. >> first thing i will say is there's no such thing as spot dieting. just because you go on a diet, do cardio, you're not going to lose weight in a specific area. you can tone or try to add muscle to that area. so i so i show you two exercises to tone the thut area. target the gluts and the hamstrings. squeeze the other glut, hold it and come down. squeeze and come down. you do enough of those. >> how much is enough? >> i would say if you can knock out 20 and hold each one for

three to five seconds you will feel it. >> next exercise is lie on your stomach, take your left leg and put your left foot over your right knee, and try to lift this knee off the ground. lift and lower. lift just a few inches and lower. >> that's harder than it looks, isn't it? >> it is. you want to try to give it a little bit of muscle and definition. >> i love the word thut. >> that's a good area. >> viewer e-mail from sally in louisville, kentucky. 61-year-old female and loves working out, including zumba three days a week. my arms are terribly flabby. what do you recommend for me to increase muscle tone in my arms? >> i good et this a lot. you don't have to run to a gym and grab a thousand weights. generally when people have problems with their arms it's

the triceps. stand straight up in the air, take your arms, bring them as high as you can. nice straight back. head straight up. give me a bunch of pulses. knock out 100 you will really feel it in here. the other thing, this is my best friend in the world. i don't go anywhere without a resistance band. do a couple of bicep curls. put one foot on it. do as many as you can in 60 seconds. knock out 100 reps until you feel it. you will get blood pumping and nice resistance and workout for your arms. >> okay. really quickly, this question comes to us from renee from iowa. she works out in the morning before she eats or drinks. halfway through her workout she's exhausted. how can she have more energy? >> get fuel in your system. nobody likes to eat a big meal.

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♪ ♪ how cute are those penguins. this morning a journey to the bottom of the earth. do you remember learning about shackle ton who adjourned to the south pole? some men have a rather unique connection to those adventurers. >> a voyage to the bottom of the world is a pam erred escape. a far penguin's cry from the voyages this grandfather made 100 years ago. falcon scott is the look-a-like grandson of the pioneer who joined the turn of the century race to reach that southern most spot on earth. but then died, along with all his men, on their bitter return.

>> the final blow is when they were marching into minus 40 degrees in a headwind of 30 knots, which is just a killer. >> the current scott and this man, cousin to another famed explorer, sir ernest shackleton, recently met in antarctica where the wooden hut still stands. >> since 1903. >> the original scott and shackleton first traveled to antarctica in 1901 but became rivals. they were trapped and crushed by sea ice. their food rations lasted but a few months. >> and when the supplies ran out the crew would use their bare hands to cash and eat penguins. >> it was sort of a disaster on

paper. but the rescue story just is far, far greater than if he had managed to cross the continent i think. >> the men would even eat their sled dogs to survive. but he managed to get all the 25 men home alive, a hellish ordeal that lasted two years. >> it will go down in centuries, caring for the people he was with. he was an optimist. that was the key thing. >> now, a century later the exploration continues not on sleds but inflatable zodiac boats thanks to the brave who came before. >> i think we have to remember that people are courageous. and let those people inspire us. >> just like your granddad. >> indeed. >> retracing the steps of ancestors who still captivate.

special reporting from the bottom of the earth continues tomorrow on "today" and on "nbc nightly news". we want to check in with david gregory for a look at what's coming up on "meet the press".. >> big again, can washington get along? new reasons to think the answer is yes on a budget deal. a special conversation this morning. also the debate that cheryl sandberg from facebook about women in leadership and at work. we'll talk about our political roundtable. joe scarborough among our guests. it's all coming up on the program. >> looking forward to that. david, thanks. that's going to do it for us on this sunday morning. thank you for being with us. lester will have a busy week ahead, aren't you, lester? >> tuesday, the concave begins. we will look for the chimney to see the color of smoke. i did the show from two countries today, vatican city and rome where i am now. i brought my passport just in

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at one point i said, you need to get out of here unless you want to get shot. how the brave firefighters risked their lives to protect others after a gun battle that left two santa cruz police officers dead. and it's been almost one year since she disappeared while on her way to school. why sierra lamar's parents are still holding out hope of finding their daughter alive. plus -- they get physical at the world series baseball classic. we'll show you what led to the bench-clearing brawl. >> announcer: from nbc bay area, this is "today in the bay." and we are looking live at the bay bridge toll plaza. we can see the sun is rising just about now, kissing the tops

of the mountains there in the distance. we have sprung forward. i'm kris sanchez along with meteorologist rob mayeda. i like to brag that we're consummate professionals, yet this spring forward has really caught us offguard. >> my jacket is hanging somewhere. >> i forgot my makeup. >> i need more coffee. t not the morning to leave the jacket behind. you saw the clear skies approaching the toll plaza. all the heat rapidly escapes back up into space. 30s and 40s for the morning. the coast is going to be the exception to the rule today. a slight sea breeze means the peninsula and coast will see some patches of low clouds. as long as the winds are slightly onshore into the bay area, we'll still see low 60s around san francisco. the valleys, upper 60s to low 70s around the tri valley and areas south of san jose.