>> i'm sure you'd love a dinner invitation over there, wouldn't you? also ahead this morning, a question that we've been -- we've been batting around this morning. take a listen to this, let us know. does this song get you in the mood? ♪ let's get it on ahh, babe ♪ lester holt. some insight into lester holt this morning. zoo officials in scotland are hoping marvin gaye can do for two pandas what it does for lester holt. the pressure is on for a baby. they're pulling out all the stops. >> pull out all of the stops, i think you can write to barry white. stick with marvin gaye and barry white. >> yes. and a roundup of the top entertainment news kidding new kids on the block member jonathan knight walking offstage during a recent performance. we'll tell you what that's about. we begin with the deadly attacks in afghanistan. six people are dead including a young diplomat.

ron mott is live with more. ron, good morning. >> reporter: hey, erica, good morning to you. there's no such thing as routine movements in afghanistan, but the mission the young foreign service worker was on yesterday is pretty fundamental. she was on the way to a school in a convoy to deliver books to children when tragedy ensued. a suicide attacker detonated a bomb killing three american service members and two civilians, including the diplomat, anne smedinghoff. she'd been here in afghanistan since last summer doing a job her parents said she absolutely loved. in a statement to the "washington post," her parents called her a wonderful woman, strong, intelligent, independent, and loved what she was doing. they are consoled knowing she was serving her country by helping to make a positive difference in the world. today in turkey, an emotional secretary of state john kerry, who met with her a few weeks ago, called saturday's attacks on americans a grim reminder of the dangers foreign service workers can face abroad.

>> a young 25-year-old woman with all of the future ahead of her, believing in the possibility of diplomacy, of changing people's lives, of making a difference, having an impact, who was taking knowledge and books to deliver them to a school. the folks who want to kill people, and that's all they want to do, are scared of knowledge. >> reporter: now, this violence erupted on the day that general martin dempsey, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, arrived here in afghanistan. he is assessing how many troops need to be in the country when the troop ends in 2014. >> thank you, ron. one of america's most inflew e influential religious leaders is grieving this morning. diane has more for us. diana, good morning. >> reporter: lester, good

morning. sunday's services are set to start here at saddle back church in just a few hours, and there's certain to be very sad ones. many here yesterday tell us they feel like the church is more of a family. last night, that family came together in the show of support. saddleback church was packed with parishioners saturday night, but rick warren was not in the pulpit. instead, his brother-in-law called for prayers for the people's pastor and his wife. >> their son matthew died earlier this week, and they are facing that together, walking through that together. >> reporter: 27-year-old matthew warren shot himself friday. in a letter to saddleback member, rick and his wife kay wrote about their son. he was an incredibly kind, gentle, compassionate man, but only those closest knew that he struggled from birth with mental illness. dark holes of depression and even suicidal thoughts. in spite of america's best doctors, meds, counselors, and prayers for healing, the torture

of mental illness never subsided. >> pastor warren is using this opportunity to recognize, hey, we can do the best we can do and still fail. >> reporter: it's a trademark quality of warren's, delivering down-to-earth ministry. his "the new york times" bestseller, "the purpose-driven life," sold 30 million copies, turning the pastor into a household name. in 2009, president obama chose him to deliver the inaugural invocation. >> let us pray. >> reporter: warren's often been called upon to help heal the nation in times of tragedy. now in the face of his own loss, friends say faith will sustain him. >> are they going to miss him here? terribly. i mean, it's devastating for them. but do they know he's in a better place? yes, and there's comfort if that. >> reporter: having tackled complicated topics in the past, those who know warren say they expect him to preach about depression and suicide. >> i think we're going to see some of the best of rick warren that we've ever seen.

>> reporter: and those who know warren say they would not be surprised if the pastor and his family attended today's services. they say now more than ever, the family needs their love and support at this time of the loss. >> diana, thank you. the search is on this morning for two parents accused of kidnapping their young sons after they lost custody. police suspect the family may be on a sailboat in the gulf of mexi mexico. charles hadlock has the very latest. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, erica. a search by land, sea, and air continues along the gulf coast this morning for a father who police say kidnapped his own children and planned an elaborate getaway. the coast guard today is searching the gulf of mexico for a 25-foot blue sailboat named "salty." on board are sean and jessica hacken and their 2-year-old and 4-year-old.

he lost the custody battle of the boys last week, took them from their maternal grandmother. >> he tied me up. i was able to remove myself, but they've been gone with half an hour. >> reporter: police aren't sure if the boys' mother had any role in the kidnapping, but security cameras at the marina show the family boarding the boat and sailing away on wednesday. by the time police made the connection, they say the boat could have sailed 100 miles away, or more. however, police say the search by land is not over. >> wouldn't put it past them to be able to pull into one of the cove, or one of the inlets, and then board a vehicle. so we're not going to eliminate our land search. we're still maintaining the amber alert. >> reporter: investigators say joshua hacken knows how to operate a boat, and they believe he planned the getaway. his pickup was found near the marina. it was searched, but police found no clues as to where the family is headed. experienced boaters say crossing the gulf of mexico in a 25-foot

sailboat is a daunting and dangerous task. >> it's like being in a washing machine. it's too small to be out there. >> if they were downstairs in life jackets, they should be -- they should be okay. maybe a little seasick. >> reporter: the boat was last seen heading out into the open water. hacken and believed to be armed and dangerous, but coast guard has broadcast a message to ships in the gulf of mexico to be on the lookout for the blue sailboat. erica? >> all right, thank you. now to new developments this morning in the standoff with north korea. south korea's top military officer is delaying a trip to washington and the u.s. has postponed a ballistic missile test that had been planned for next week, fearing that it might be seen by the north as a provocation. david gregory is moderator of "meet the press." david, good morning. good to see you. >> good morning, lester. >> what's the diplomatic solution? obviously, the u.s. trying to ratchet down some of the military tension. does secretary kerry have a

diplomatic option here that he's willing to play? >> i think that first one you said is important, which is to try to cool things off. secondly, secretary kerry, others in the administration, want to get china to play a bigger role here. china is the big actor here that can have real influence on north korea and get them to step down, step back into some negotiations over the future of their nuclear program. kim jong un has said it's not something he'll do now. somebody has to change that course. >> do you get a sense that the administration is worried about north korea? obviously, you know, anybody talking about nuclear weapons. but in the past, there's been a sense of, well, they talk a lot. they're boisterous, but they don't follow through. is there a tone different? >> there's several things different. first of all, kim jong un is a young leader, unknown, not a lot of intelligence there. we haven't seen these kinds of threats before, even though there have been similar threats coming from his father in the north's regime. the nuclear element is there. the risk of proliferation around the region out of fear is

another real threat for the administration. more than anything else, though, as i talked to administration figures, the fear of some kind of miscalculation. you just don't have open communication with the north. somebody could simply make a mistake in a standoff like this. >> i want to turn to domestic politics very quickly right now. the president a bit under fire from even the left of his own party over suggestions of making changes to social security. trying to come up with a compromise with republicans. how real is this offer from the president? >> i think it's real. i think the president knows that he's got to do something on entitlements that's meaningful to republicans to get them to agree to more tax revenue. without that, there's not going to be any deal. he knows he's also going to hear it from the left when you start talking about reducing benefits on social security. the republicans say this is not enough. this is now an attempt to get back to the idea of a grand compromise. the president committing to this in an actual budget, as opposed to back-room conversations with speaker boehner. so perhaps it's got a better

shot. >> david gregory, thanks very much. we'll get a preview of "meet the press" in just a bit later on. >> thanks, lester. we want to get a check of the other morning's top stories. good morning. >> good morning, everyone. as the world watches the latest outbreak of bird flu in china very closely, health officials in that country said today they are confident they can control it. the disease has infected at least 18 people, and it's killed 6 already. on saturday, tens of thousands of chickens were slaughtered in an attempt to stop the spread. family, friends, and fans will say good-bye to roger ebert tomorrow. the movie critic's funeral will be held on monday morning in chicago, and according to his website, it will be open to anyone who wants to attend. ebert died on thursday at the age of 70, after a battle with cancer. the newest ship to join the navy's fleet is officially in service. on saturday, the "uss arlington" was commissioned. it's named in honor of the victims, heroes of the september 11th attacks on the pentagon and was made with steel from that wreckage.

it will be used to transport troops to war zones all around the world. from four to two, and now one big ncaa game is left to play. two close games on saturday night in the final four. in the end, it was louisville edging wichita state, in which the shockers were leading most of the game, by the way. final score, 72-68. louisville's injured kevin ware actually watched -- there he is -- watching his team from the sidelines. oftentimes, he couldn't even watch. but they won. michigan proved to be too tough for syracuse. the wolverines beating the orange. so it will be louisville and michigan monday night for all the ncaa marvel. marvel is also how you pronounce that. finally, for a 7-year-old brain cancer patient who ease seen a lot of pain in his little life, saturday will likely be a day that he will never, ever forget. jack hoffman, you'll see him in a second, wearing the 22 jersey, coming out to the field during saturday's university of nebraska spring football game, starting them early now.

all right. you can stand right over there. and here we go. the team sort of unofficially adopted jack, who is currently undergoing chemo therapy treatment. he wanted to give him a moment he would keep forever. boy, did they. jack made quite the play, went 69 yards to score a touchdown. no pressure or anything. but he did it in front of nearly 60,000 cheering fans. a nice, big team horrah from both sides after. >> you see he fake left there and then went -- >> well, they weren't going to open a hole for him and let him go through! he had to have some kind of strategy going into the play. >> it was so great. you can't see that enough. it just gives you the chills every time you see it. really nice. dylan dreyer is here. >> hey, good morning. finally good news in the weather department for the eastern half of the country. a whole change in the weather pattern. this is what you want for warm air in the eastern half of the country. we'll see a nice warm-up starting today, lasting through at least the middle of next week. you see where that "l" is? that's where a big storm is developing back through the

rockies. look at all the winter weather watches. the blizzard watches. the winter weather advisories. we are looking at the chance of some spots in wyoming and south dakota to pick up perhaps nearly a foot of snow. casper, wyoming will pick up a foot. so a huge storm out that way. keep in mind, over the next 72 hours. with temperatures in the 50s and we will see drizzle at times off and on right around sunrise to around lunchtime with brief afternoon clearing, but then a better chance of seeing april showers drops in after sunset through early monday morning and the wins kick up as you get into the forecast. any chance of showers shuts down and those temperatures really climb. 70s and low 80s inland. and that is your latest

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lines. >> "mad men" is almost better than any other show on the air. >> reporter: matt is a tv critic for "new york magazine. "he's seen the first two episodes already, and although paparazzi pictures have given us hints, that they're vacationing in hawaii, they're not adding much. >> structurally, it's tricky. >> reporter: in the six years since "mad men" made its debut, it has burrowed its way into popular culture like few ever have had. there's the fashion, furniture, the cocktails. all of it lends to revive what can be described as cool. and any devoted fan will tell you that cool is intoxicating. >> five seasons of greatness, marketing expertise, craziness along the way. a lot of fun. >> reporter: and what better way to celebrate the premier than getting in on that fun yourself? retro bars are hosting viewing parties with specialty drinks. but in order to truly celebrate and embody that "mad men" spirit, you need to fit in.

do i look the part? now, there's only that lingering question -- >> i'm sorry, but my friend down there was wondering, are you here alone? >> reporter: dreaming a mad dream. for today, katie ture, nbc news, new york. >> big night. jenna has a party to go to for it. >> really? >> just sayin'. >> she's ready. >> going to get dressed up. going to eat some food. all good. >> i didn't wear my pocket square or narrow tie today. >> no. there's always next year. >> yeah. still ahead, how's this for awkward? a mother and son living in the same house running for mayor of the same town. first, these messages. jolly rancher bold hard candies...

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good morning, everyone. 6:26 is the time this sunday morning. looking out over the city of san francisco this morning. looks like there might be a few clouds in the forecast this morning, but rob mayeda is here to tell us what's coming.

>> we have some clouds and drizzle that started to pick up at sunrise and we have the low clouds keeping our temperatures up for the first half of the day and heavy mist or drizzle and a few spots especially for the peninsula. watch what happens heading into the evening and the strongest of these systems comes by so a chance of light to moderate rain briefly and shutting down by monday morning. highs today low to mid 60s, south of san jose today and once we see the opportunity for seeing showers out of the way, the big-time warm-up in the middle part of the week. >> nice choice in tie. >> we begin this morning with developing news out of san francisco where two people are in the hospital after being shot by police. it all happened early this morning at the intersection of 17th and valencia not far from the mission district police station. officers were inside the station when people ran over telling

them about a fight that was about to happen outside. the officers ran out and spotted the man who was holding what looked like a real gun and the officers started shooting and hitting the man and one other person. those two people are in the hospital recovering from their injuries. the two officers who fired the shots were not hurt. during the investigation, they discovered the gun they saw was a fake. >> four lost hikers are now safe after being rescued. crews on the plane spotted the teen boys on the mountain's western side around 5:30 last night. a helicopter hoisted all four to a landing zone near the top of the mountain. the entire rescue effort took less than 18 minutes and they're tired and not hurt. they were taken home by their parents to santa clara deputies. the women's basketball team will be playing in the final four of the ncaa tournament. the golden bears will play

against university of louisville in new orleans. ti tip-off is at 3:30. if they win they chanced to championship game. the giants will receive their rings at at&t park today. before the first pitch of today's game the giants will hold a ceremony honoring the players of the 2012 team. this is the team's second world series ring ceremony in three years. the first 40,000 fans to enter the park will get replica version of the ring. the first pitch will be thrown at 1:05 and matt cane lost, and buster posey and the giants catcher was honored for being the most valuable player of 2012. willie mays were on hand and posey was presented with the trophy. we'll have much more news for you in half an hour. now back to the "today" show.

we're back on a sunday morning. we're back on a sunday morning. it's april 7th, 2013. i think it's going to be a spring day in new york. >> i'm voting for a spring day. no pressure, dylan. >> we've got a great spring

break crowd. that's what's been going on for weeks, the spring break. >> which is fine with me. i like the spring break crowd on the plaza. >> nice to have you here. nice for you at home. we'll get dylan's forecast in just a moment. outside on the plaza, i'm lester along with jenna wolf. coming up, a mother and son square off against each other running for the same office. wendy and randall casey live in the same house. that has not stopped them from competing against each other politically. the competition is having some effect on their relationship. tell you about that coming up. >> got to be interesting living under the same roof. speaking of relationship, there's a relationship not happening in scotland, and that has zoo officials worried. they're trying some unusual methods, including playlists invented by lester holt, to encourage a couple of pandas to get it on. they need a baby. >> maybe brushing their teeth might help. >> it might.

if your breath wasn't so bad, maybe. also, melissa mccarthy returned to host "saturday night live" last night. how did she do? we'll take a look at that. and "saturday night live" alum jimmy fallon is preparing to take over "the tonight show." all that in weekend buzz. and we have an interesting story to tell you. it has to do with sign language. it's a different kind of sign language that brings live concert music to life. these interpreters we see, they don't just translate a song, they get into it. they use their entire bodies to convey the message and the theme and the mood so people who can't hear get the experience. >> it's hard to explain, but when you see, you'll understand. these women are amazing. >> it's a fun story, yeah. in the meantime, i failed miserably as a forecaster a moment ago. we'll let dylan get us on the nice track. >> last night i have to admit i was up very late making a sign for the plaza with my niece. you would think i'd have pull

around here, could get her a better spot on the plaza, but she's way over here. hey, rose. you want to say hi to your family. >> yeah. mom, dad, grandma, grandpa, and my little sister cassie. >> i was hoping you wouldn't forget cassie. we're having a good time in new york, right? right? i promise we're having a good time in new york, mike. i promise. as for the waert, it's looking a little stormy in parts of the kansas city area and the plain states today, across oklahoma too. biggest threat for hail. we are looking for the chance of severe thunderstorms but only isolated tornadoes expected. you can see this whole storm system, though, is stretching all the way into the northwest. we do have mountain snow. more or less mountain snow showers today. that is going to develop into a much bigger storm for the denver area into wyoming and south dakota as we go into especially early next week. there are going to be a couple of spotty showers across southern illinois moving into kentucky, and also some light showers in the interior

and an hour-by-hour forecast includes seeing drizzle. we'll get partly cloudy skies perhaps around the early afternoon and the earliest after sundown and now we have a chance of getting tliet briefly moderate rain and that will be gone quickly by the time you wake up tomorrow morning with windy conditions heading into monday. high today, low to mid-60s across the bay area and wind becomes the story for monday and it's the warm-up for the middle part of the week with 70s and 80s inland. and that is your latest forecast. >> that is your latest forecast. back over to you, lester. >> dylan, thanks very much. the kennedys, the bushes, the clintons, the rockefellers, they've all made politics the family business. things are ditch for a mother and son outside of chicago. they're running against each other, and the election is just two days away. here's nbc's michelle franzen. >> reporter: just when you think you've heard it all in the world of politics, an illinois mom and her son are running against each

other for the mayor of dixmoor, a twist that's put this south chicago town on the map. >> i believe my son will be very supportive if i win. >> reporter: spoken like a true mom or true opponent. surrounded by framed family photos, wendy doesn't hold back why she thinks her son shouldn't be elected. >> he is not mature mentally to take on a responsibility of running a community. >> reporter: ouch. randall declined an interview, but in a statement to nbc, the 27-year-old said he isn't running against his mom but for the people of dixmoor. "i don't want to embarrass the people of dixmoor," he said. "the people of dixmoor have had enough embarrassment." like all families, they don't agree on all things political. they debated their differences.

>> not everyone is going to agree with you. >> no, but when you protest a boycott, you protest something is wrong. >> reporter: these two still live together. neither of them talk much now to prevent argue, but mom is charging him rent. >> of course. he can't live here rent free. >> this is the perfect reality show. this is better than honey boo boo. >> reporter: whoever wins will have a tough road ahead. the community is in financial turmoil, including missing payroll for city employees twice and abandoned buildings dotted throughout town. >> leadership. >> bossiness. >> reporter: both mom and son will offer support if the other wins, but until then, the gloves are off, and political analysts will be watching. >> i think it's going to be interesting to find out if the mom says, would you ever elect a man who lives with his mother? >> reporter: for "today," michelle franzen, nbc news. >> we'll tell you how all that comes out. right now, here's erica. >> lester, thanks. there's only about 1,600

pandas left in the wild. there's incredible pressure to get them to mate. one pair of pandas in scotland apparently not getting the message. zoo employees there are trying new methods to bring these two together. >> reporter: they might be the cutest babies on earth, panda babies. just looking at them makes your heart melt. but the stork doesn't deliver these panda cubs. for that, you need a male and a female panda to, well, let's just say the bears need to meet the birds and the bees. for some reason, getting pandas to get it on isn't that simple. meet two giant pandas living at eddinborough in scotland. their names mean sweetheart and sunshine. somehow they don't seem sweetheart material. how do you get pandas in the mood? how about a little marvin gay? that's right they listen to the

radio, and the zoo keepers switch the station to try to help him relax. perhaps barry white will do the trick. ♪ can't get enough of your love baby ♪ >> reporter: it's not easy to make a baby panda. females off late just once a year, and the only window of opportunity is a nerve-racking 36 hours. last year sweetie and sunshine got friendly but not friendly enough. >> his interest was very keen, but unfortunately, they didn't quite get together to actually mate. >> reporter: perhaps the pressure to perform was too much. from their big arrival in scotland a few months earlier to the record crowds coming to visit. while artificial insemination is an option, scientists say nature may be about to take its course. xan xan has been grumpy these past few days. that, believe it or not, is a good sign. who knows? we could soon hear the pitter

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buzz." this week's moments in pop culture, from new kids on the block to passenger 57 getting sprung from prison. >> let's start with a look at melissa mccarthy's second turn as host on last night's "snl." >> i'm going to need to you step off, because i have a ham to present. >> hey! ♪ ♪ ♪ ham ♪ ham ♪ ham, ham, ham >> "today" show contributor lola and chuck are both here this morning. good morning. >> good morning. >> would you say there are some guest hosts that get it on that show, and she's one of them?

>> absolutely. she knocks it out of the park. i mean, ham and push it? come on. >> "ham." >> she's so good. she's so good and she throws herself into it. she's a great physical comedian. >> yeah, at some point, she'll come out of herschel and really blend in. she'll nail this whole comedy sketch thing. you know. i think the great thing about melissa is that she sells whatever it is in her acting, and then the physical comedy is actually secondary. >> yeah. >> and that's what you're seeing. that's why it's so great. because she -- you're thinking, oh, okay, well, she's being very physical. but what you don't realize is she sold you that character. >> mm-hmm. >> she absolutely has. >> people believe her. >> i look forward to more melissa mccarthy on "snl." and also, new kids on the block, of course, on the "today" show, and then a concert, and jonathan

knight walks off stage. a lot of concern. what really happened? >> well, he has severe anxiety, a disorder. he has been the subject of panic attacks. you know, the great thing is that everybody is very supportive of him. people know about this, even his fans, because he was on "oprah," and he told oprah about it. what i don't understand is after you go on "oprah" and you talk to oprah, you still have this problem? oprah failed him! i blame oprah for this! >> oh! >> oprah failed him! >> oh, snap! >> please. you talk to oprah about anything, that problem should be solved! >> oprah failed him. >> maybe she could give him a car, maybe that would help. >> exactly. >> only you can make anxiety funny. >> hey, we noted a moment ago wesley snipes -- >> yes. >> -- has been released. three years in prison for not willfully paying his taxes for several years, and he's now under house arrest. what are the chances he'll come

back? >> i think ease one hit movie away from a comeback. he's only 50 years old. they haven't made "blade iv" yet, and he was the original movie vampire. >> that's right. >> he should just -- he'll come back and he'll be good to go. >> i am so routing for wesley, because i don't think he should have been put away for three years. i can understand giving him a three-year sentence, let him out on probation. but i think they were tough on him. plus, i do not understand our government. putting away people for tax evasion when they can't make money to pay their taxes, and then my tax dollars go to feed and house a person who didn't pay their taxes. it doesn't make any sense to me. >> that, i think, is a whole other segment. >> yeah, a telestrator. >> yeah, right. what? what? >> we're going to think about that for a minute. >> he should have been a banker. he would have gotten away with it. >> hey, let's talk baby names. >> yes. >> who's up for baby names? >> let's do it. >> we know pop culture has influence.

top baby names of 2013 so far, fifty shades of gray and cartoon movies. christian, mavis, thor, and severine. >> who is naming their child thor? >> whoever does, their child will be bullied or a bully. >> unless they're 6'9". >> thor is the worst name, unless you are a norse god yourself. can you mannen? what job do you get when you apply with the name thor? what job will actually say -- >> security guard? >> no, i'm -- he would probably get at least an interview. when a guy's name is thor, you want to see what he looks like. >> yeah, i don't know. when you go into an office, somebody walks up, hello, i'm dr. thor. it's i'm outta here! >> before you go, we got the news of the big change at "the tonight show." how is nbc handling this transition? >> smoother than the last one, that's for sure.

>> all i know is that nbc and jay leno -- nbc and jay leno are the elizabeth taylor and richard burton of entertainment. don't worry. this is not over. i'm looking forward to them getting back together and breaking up many times. >> it's a lot to talk about. definitely a lot to talk about. jimmy fallon and jay leno have played very nice, so that's a great thing. they both clearly have a lot of respect for one another. >> very nice. >> yeah, really cool. that's really cool. you have the younger guy coming in and the older guy sitting back, and jay leno right now is kind of like a first wife and a second wife at the same time. >> we have a lot of analogy going this morning, right? lots to think about. >> trying to figure out the text -- >> yeah, right. >> whatever it meant, it was really good. >> nice to see you both. thanks. >> thank you. just ahead, musical performances brought to life through sign language. ]

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♪ it takes the ability to listen to music for granted, but for people who are hearing impaired, there are still ways to enjoy music, even live concerts. jenna has more. >> so hey, guys, on a trip to austin, texas, i got the chance to see what music looks like to those who cannot hear it. ♪ for 26-year-old adam membry, rosie and the ramblers sound like this. one loud noise. what does music mean to you? >> i feel like we all have things we do, whatever, good or

bad, and music has that way of just letting it out. ♪ >> reporter: without hearing aids, adam is deaf. with them, he can hear 70% of the sounds around him. for people that don't understand, what is it that you hear? >> with the hearing aids, it's not very clear. it's a lot of noise. >> reporter: lip reading a live concert only gives you a sliver of the experience. until now. while other concertgoers are cheering for the headliners on stage, adam is focused elsewhere. how much of the entire musical experience do you get at a signed concert? >> it's there, you can experience it. >> reporter: the rock stars to the deaf and hard of hearing, barbie parker, and her team of interpreters, at lotus sign.

if someone said to me sign language interpreter for live music, it sounds like an oxymoron. you would understand where i'm coming from, right? >> absolutely. everybody asks. everybody asks. and you kind of get the turn of the head, and people are confused for a minute. you go, i know, it doesn't sound like something you'd do. but it's like telling a blind person what a painting looks like. >> reporter: in the united states, there are roughly 600,000 deaf persons. lotus sign has brought music to close to 2,000 of them. at more than 1,300 shows across the country. what is the difference between signing a song on stage and interpreting it? >> interpreting means that you carry the content and spirit of the message to whoever's watching. so if someone's up there and they're pouring their heart out, you don't want it to look like a city council meeting. >> because one song is based off of hearing -- >> reporter: how much prep time goes into a set, a concert, even a song? >> we spend hours and hours. you're tracking down the lyrics, discussing the meaning, looking up the background to see what kind of pop culture references are in the song.

>> reporter: from kanye west to coldplay, and eminem to green day, barbie has lotus signed everything, translating music in a way that inspires performers to collaborate and sometimes even embrace. how much support do you get from the bands themselves? >> we have had so many accolades from the artists. we're putting our time and energy into it and they know that. >> reporter: the result? music fans, regardless of what they can or cannot hear, have access to the emotions and experiences of the concerts. >> translator: with lotus signs, there's a huge difference. if it wasn't for them, i probably wouldn't have the same passion and enjoy music. >> translator: everyone has the need to feed they are soul, so i'm definitely on the same playing field. here at the same place, having that equal access and enjoying life. >> reporter: giving music a new sound for those who may be hearing it for the very first time.

interpretation is mandated by americans with disabilities act, but lotus sign performers, they put their hearts, their souls, their body into leveling the playing field for the deaf and hard of hearing so everybody gets an equal chance to enjoy the show. >> and anyone who is deaf or hearing impaired are placed in the front so they can actually see it. >> reporter: yes, so they can see the lotus sign interpreter. >> the next time you're at a show, look for the lotus sign. >> we'll do. we'll be back. new jolly rancher and new twizzlers bites

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♪ what started out with 64 has dwindled down to two. louisville and michigan will play tomorrow night, to see who will walk away national champions. our own competition has been just as fierce. not as successful. let's check in with our brackets one last time to see who is leading in the poll. and as it has been the whole way, dylan. >> i don't know how this happened for me. yeah. winner of the week again. you know? i was kind of sad to hear the story about wichita losing. but for my bracket purposes, it was -- >> and you picked louisville down -- >> yes, all the way. >> so one more game. we'll see what happens. >> all right. let's check in now -- actually. i'm looking at my own. i picked louisville, too. i had georgetown winning it all.

they were knocked out, what, the first round? something crazy like that. and erica, how you doing? >> i have not been doing well for a while. really since this round here. but that's okay. that's okay. i still support a great game. and a couple yesterday. >> and ohio state/indiana thing worked out really well. >> yeah, it did. a great strategy. >> and then there's general n.a. -- jenna. >> and the whole nba experience, one word, disaster. that's okay. there's always next year. all "xs" here. >> we'll be watching for a good game on monday. we want to check in one more time with david gregory before we go to get a look at "meet the press." good morning. >> good morning, erica. i have louisville winning it all. the rest of my bracket was a disaster, however. coming up this morning, pbc's jim cramer on the disappointing job numbers and the war of wor s

s with north korea. it's coming up in a few minutes. >> david, thanks very much. that will do it for us on this sunday morning. thanks for being with us. >> i'll see you tonight for "nbc nightly news." until then, so long. enjoy your sunday. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

good morning. i'm garvin thomas in for kris sanchez. coming up, bullet, crime scene tape and flashing lights in san francisco. the confrontation over a fake gun that shut down a major street and prompted police to fire shot, injuring two people. plus hazmat on the tracks. hundreds of gallons of fuel

spill on to the cal train route. we'll see if the round the clock clean up was enough to keep the train on time. the cal women's team gets ready to suit up in new orleans. this is "today in the bay." good morning, everyone. 7:00 sunday morning. thank you so much for making us part of your sunday morning. look out live over the city of san francisco. thanks for joining us. i'm garvin thomas in for kris sanchez. wait five minutes and it was a completely different day. >> san francisco probably missed out on some of the warming we had inland and we had low 70s in san jose and they're waking up, and probably dropping drizzle, and you may see a little of that. 55 degrees in san francisco. notice the areas of green and that is mist or drizzle at times we'll catch a bit of a break

early afternoon and a better chance of getting more than drizzle and maybe showers there after sundown, ending before midnight and snow in the sierras as we head into the night. >> temperatures are cooler than yesterday and we'll finish the day with highs mainly in the low to mid-60s and the seven-day forecast will take those numbers and you can add 20. we'll have a full look at that coming up. >> we should let the people at home know that we did call each other. >> rock, paper, scissors, tie. we begin with developing news in san francisco where two people are in the hospital after being shot by police. it happened this morning at the intersection of 17th and valencia, not far from the mission district station. officers were inside the police station when people ran over telling them about a fight that was about to happen outside. the officers ran over and spotted a man who looked to