in the bay." we'll be back with a live local news update. >> join us for nbc bay area news at 11:00 a.m. good morning. >> if there was anything down there, we will find it. >> search planes near the bottom of the earth desperately try si hay algo allá, lo vamos a again to locate possible debris from malaysia air flight 370. but as night has fallen there for a second straight day, nothing, and two weeks in, families wait in agony. cracking down, the president ratchets up the pressure on putin targeting his money mess. and the russian leader fires back with a brazen move of his own, banning u.s. lawmakers and top white house aides from his country. con, the government warning the largest tax scam of its kind ever, more than 20,000 victims across nearly every state taken for more than $1 million.

how did this happen? and going gaga, one of the most creative and controversial women in music. ♪ and lady gaga is live in studio. and she's got something you will only see right here on "today," friday, march 21st, 2014. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1-a in rockefeller plaza. >> good morning, welcome to "today" on a friday morning. nice to have you along. matt's got the morning off. we're waking up. it's nightfall off the coast of australia. and how frustrating, another day turning up nothing. >> especially for 239 families waiting for something. >> and it's once again our top story. this ongoing search for possible debris from flight 370. it has been 14 days since that plane disappeared. still, no solid answers, just questions.

nbc's tom costello has this morning's newest developments. tom, good morning. >> good morning, savannah. search teams have been looking in this area, and so far, nothing. even as they go deep into the indian ocean, they've spotted nothing. they're looking, of course, for the two objects spotted on satellite right here, about 1,500 miles or so off the coast of australia. the concern is that those issues, those items may have shifted dramatically with the ocean currents. and so now the australians say in this area right here, where they're focusing, they're going to be looking more at human spotting rather than using radar looking for any debris on the ocean surface. >> reporter: the question this morning, are the remains of flight 370 somewhere out there in one of the most remote corners of the earth? did the plane simply fly until it ran out of fuel then crash into the ocean? one day after australia released these satellite photos of what could be floating debris, the search zone was today targeted by aircraft from australia,

u.s., and new zealand, dropping buoy markers that transmit ocean current data. the australian prime minister this morning. >> that's the most inaccessible spot you can imagine on the face of the earth. but if there is anything down there, we will find it. we owe it to the families of those people to do no less. >> reporter: while the two pieces are thought to be 79 and 16 feet long, the ocean is a very big place with rolling waves. on the water itself, the australian naval ship "success" should be on site by sunday. but a norwegian cargo ship traveling through the region has already diverted with crew members ordered to keep watch. the ship's captain talked by phone to a norwegian newspaper late thursday. >> the visibility is poor at times in every mile or two. there are fog patches. >> speed is of the essence since there's now only 16 days of battery life left in those

underwater locator pingers attached to the black boxes. it'll be up to ships or submarines working the area to listen carefully with underwater microphones. >> they would set up a search grid and they would travel through that grid listening for this frequency to locate and localize the wreckage. >> reporter: while the pingers may die, the black boxes should survive. designed to withstand both the crash impact and the pressure of 20,000 feet of water. >> the data recorder will give us the objective parameters to look and see how the airplane was being flown, what data entry was made into the computers, when it was made. it won't tell us by who, but it will tell us when. and that may very well in all likelihood will explain this mystery. >> the black boxes from flight air france 447 were found in a similar depth of water two years after it crashed into the atlantic ocean. it was up to submersible vehicles to find the critical

evidence that helped solve that mystery. >> there was also this from the news conference in malaysia today. the plane was carrying a load of lithium ion batteries. small batteries for laptops in the cargo hold. these have been known to catch fire. but the ceo of malaysian airlines said today they were in approved packaging. still that announcement will likely fuel the theory that a fire could've occurred mid flight perhaps that is why it ended up down here at the bottom of the earth. guys, back to you. >> tom costello with us on the story for us for the 14th day. thank you very much. >> let's take a turn now to nbc's bill neely in perth, australia where more ships have left this morning to join that search. bill, good morning. >> reporter: yes, good morning, carson. from perth in western australia, the air base for a number of u.s. and australia yan scouring

the ocean 1,400 miles off this coast in the most intensive search ever mounted for a missing plane. we've had one australian air force plane return, another is due here any second. the crew of the first plane could see for six miles. they could not stay over the search area as long as they warrant wanted. they came back. also returning now is a more sophisticated u.s. poseiden surveillance plane. hoping to do what they did yesterday which is to spend about three hours searching in the area at 5,000 feet. if they see anything, they'll dip down to 1,000 feet. yesterday, visibility was very bad. they saw dolphins and tankers, but no debris. so high-tech planes, low-tech as you've heard with crew men with binoculars on the deck of a cargo ship. but this is incredibly difficult search. one australian aviation expert said you could hardly pick a more difficult area. the search will resume tomorrow.

back to you guys in new york. >> bill neely, thank you. with more, let's go over to savannah. >> carson, thanks. bob hager covered aviation for nbc news for 25 years, and greg feith is a former ntsb investigator. good morning to both of you. >> good morning, savannah. >> greg, let me start with you. it's hard to overstate how difficult this search is. if this satellite indeed captured images of wreckage, would you expect there to be other satellite images that perhaps captured more debris? this late date, 14 days in, would you still expect there to be a large debris field somewhere in that vicinity? >> i would, savannah because wreckage tends to cluster. and if it's moving in the same sea state, it shouldn't spread out too much. as far as the resolution on the satellite photo, you have to remember as we talked about over the past week or so, that area of the world isn't covered by the highest tech satellite. so this image while it looks better than the chinese image

may not be of the best quality because the satellite that took that picture wasn't necessary to have the highest definition, if you will. the chinese have said they're going to train a number of satellites that they have plus others are going to try to find some wreckage using some of the higher resolution satellites. we may end up getting better pictures from various sources over the next few days. >> we know, of course, that airline debris, a lot of it does, in fact, float. but one of the australians this morning raised the possibility that these pieces or some of these pieces could've sunk in the meantime. is that a real concern? >> absolutely, savannah. everything, i mean, when you look at clothing and suitcases, seat cushions and everything else as they get water logged, they get heavy. and, of course, they will submerge. now, there is debris that will float below the surface, but not necessarily sink to the bottom of the ocean. and, of course, because of the rough sea state, you can churn it back up, have it, you know,

appear on the surface occasionally and sink again. >> and on that point, i want to turn to bob hager. the oceanographer in "the wall street journal" said it well. said you couldn't have picked a worse place in the world for the plane to have gone down if it had gone down there. the conditions are terrible. >> yeah, i can't remember a place where it's so remote, so difficult to get out. i think it's important to tamp down public expectations here. even the news about these pieces and whether they came from this aircraft, that's going to take some days or even more. and that doesn't lead you very far even if you find the pieces were from the plane. >> i was wondering about that. let's say you find a piece of wreckage, what could it conceivably tell you about what led to this event if anything? >> well, i was trying to think, tom mentioned in his piece the lithium batteries were in the cargo, could there have been fire. if this is a piece of the wing, and it might be, that's about the right size. the wing would be charred if there'd been a big fire. that might tell you that. and could also say if it's in the location that it ran out of

fuel. but that still doesn't get it. you need those black boxes. >> and real quickly on that. the black boxes will ping for 30 days. that assumes their position correctly on the sea floor where you would actually hear that ping. >> oh, yeah. because wherever those boxes went down, they are heavy, it'd be a long way from where the wreckage on the surface is floating. it's going to be hard to find. >> bob hager and greg feith, thank you very much. appreciate it. >> you're welcome. >> carson, back to you. let's go over to al now and get more information on the weather in the search area, al. >> well, carson, the good news is, we're actually seeing better weather, high pressure is right on top of this. this big area of blue. and again, down in the southern hemisphere, the circulation around high is in a counterclockwise direction. and these arrows are winds. there aren't many winds around that area. and as we look at the satellite imagery, you'll actually see that we're going to have better weather moving into that area and it's going to stay that way for at least the next 24 hours and we'll continue to watch

that. again, you can see there, clear skies, lower winds and hopefully the seas are dying down during that time. because, obviously, that's very important as this -- it's nighttime now, but tomorrow morning when daylight happens, they'll have pretty good weather conditions. >> all right, al, thank you. such a challenging search for them. meantime, natalie's here with a big tax scam to tell us about. >> with tax season upon us, the government is warning taxpayers about a big tax scam. people claiming from the irs calling americans demanding money and a lot of folks have been falling for it. nbc's pete williams is in washington with more on this. pete, good morning. >> good morning. in fact, the treasury department inspector general says this is the largest telephone scam of its kind he's ever seen. and so far the government has received 20,000 complaints about it from people who have paid more than $1 million to whoever's behind it. people claiming to be irs agents call taxpayers and say they owe

taxes. and saying unless they pay immediately, and saying it could mean losing a driver's license, a business, or being deported. in some cases, a real-looking irs phone number shows up on the caller i.d. and the caller recites part of the taxpayer's actual social security number. here are some of the warning signs. the irs says it makes first contact with taxpayers by mail not by phone. that's a tip-off. and says it never asks for payments using a prepaid debit card or a wire transfer. now, this scam actually started showing up last fall, but now it has escalated with complaints from nearly every state. natalie? >> it is a very scary thing, indeed. pete williams. thank you. more fallout from russia's annexing ukraine's crimean peninsula. european leaders are expanding the sanctions and russia is answering with some of its own. nbc's chief foreign affairs correspondent andrea mitchell has more. andrea, good morning. >> good morning, natalie. the u.s. hopes to stop russia from going beyond crimea with these new sanctions.

vladimir putin says he won't advance farther into ukraine, his actions speak otherwise. pro-russian masked men with guns stormed this ukrainian ship in crimea's largest port. threw the crew to the deck and raised the russian flag. shots were fired, but no one was hurt. not quiet either on the western front. the russian army continued live fire exercises just over ukraine's eastern border. defended with sandbags and ditches, no match for putin's might. the russian president was lectured by the u.n. chief for grabbing crimea and president obama upped the ante with more sanctions. this time against vladimir putin's closest friends, russia's so-called cronies, the oligarchs. >> russia must know further escalation will only isolate it further from the international community. >> reporter: putin quickly retaliated banning nine american officials from travel to russia. including john boehner, harry reid and john mccain who tweeted, i guess this means my

spring break in siberia is off. gas pump stock is lost and secret bank account in moscow is frozen. and putin knows the u.s. is not prepared to use force to back him down. >> it's in the greatest interests of the united states and europe and russia, as well, to find a way to step down this ladder. >> the fear is that one side or the other will miscalculate setting off a confrontation that quickly spins out of control. natalie? >> andrea mitchell in washington, thank you, andrea. >> you bet. you can expect tough questions when the new general motors ceo testifies before congress next month. house panel investigating the delayed recall of 1.6 million small gm cars because of ignition switch problems that led to at least 12 deaths. gm says the ceo mary barra welcomes the opportunity to testify on april 1st. one day into the ncaa tournament and lots of busted brackets this morning. thursday saw a record four overtime games and a day full of upsets.

dayton knocked out ohio state, harvard beat cincinnati, north dakota state upset oklahoma. and this is only the beginning, folks. and with more on our bracketology, i guess we'll turn to the orange room right now. i think we like to root for the underdog, tamron, but we all want to be winners. >> in fact, these are the teams our viewers have picked. we'll take it all, but you mentioned that game between dayton and ohio state, a huge upset. look at this, #thankyoudayton tweeted 68,000 times following that game. pretty incredible there. and if you're wondering about the $1 billion bracket thing backed by warren buffett. 83% of the folks who entered that challenge have been eliminated following the game of dayton versus ohio state. and a full day of march madness, 95% of the people in the challenge eliminated. here's a picture to share with you. this is the aftermath.

this is what happens when texas beat arizona state. feel the pain, guys? >> oh, my goodness. >> don't get too excited, it is called march madness. and we have our own bracket going on. are you curious where you stand? >> yes. >> i'm out. i knew it. >> it is called march madness. don't tamp it down too much. here we go. boom, carson you're in last place. savannah, natalie tied. al roker at 11. carson, you and matt are tied for last place. i am the second seed, just saying. and big willie because of his sports background winning this so far. but i have to be selfish and note, i just circled randomly. willie put in great thought. i'll contrast with him when he gets back from spring break. please work on your march madness. work on the madness. >> that just demonstrates, there's not that much difference between really studying the team and taking the mascot you like. >> right. >> the cuteness of the uniforms,

you're still in it. >> mascot. mascot. >> mascot. >> i was retweeted. a lot of love. the whoo shot. >> you're big. mr. roker, what's shaking? >> take a look. we've got really cool video for you to look at. this is the river raisin in monroe, michigan. and it has backed up, and it is causing flooding all throughout that area. they're bringing in coast guard ice breaker to break up the ice before it causes any more problems. and we're going to be seeing this a lot more around the country as temperatures start to warm up. we've got a little precipitation making its way into minneapolis as a clipper comes across. look for rain and snow showers. cloudy skies, temperatures about 43 degrees. this clipper moves through pretty quickly. secondary one develops around chicago. that will bring rain and snow. then colder air comes in behind that. and that will bring a short-lived amount of spring.

look at the snowfall. talking 1 to 3 inches across northern minnesota, into michigan, some areas picking up as much as 3 to 6 inches. we're going to get to your local forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds. when you retire? then we gave each person a ribbon to show how many years that amount might last. i was trying to, like, pull it a little further. [ woman ] got me to 70 years old. i'm going to have to rethink this thing. it's hard to imagine how much we'll need for a retirement that could last 30 years or more. so maybe we need to approach things differently, if we want to be ready for a longer retirement. ♪ we're seeing the return of low clouds around the east bay to san francisco this morning with some mist out along the coast. some of the low clouds, 40s and 50s right now. as you jump through the afternoon we'll see not only the low clouds on the coast but high clouds passing by moving to the

afternoon, and our temperatures today running cooler thanks to the sea breeze. low 70s san jose. low 60s san francisco. low 70s inland toward the tri-valley with partly cloudy skies. thank you so much. and now to michelle obama's week long tour of china. focusing a lot of time on education there. she visited a high school in beijing just this morning. but is there a bigger diplomatic message behind her trip? nbc's white house correspondent peter alexander has more on that part of the story. good morning. savannah, good morning. president obama and china's president are going to meet in europe early next week. the first lady is going to leave the heavy lifting on divisive issues to them. this trip is focused on building good will. white house aides are confident that the first lady's personal story will also resinate with the chinese people. >> reporter: they make an impressive pair. first lady michelle obama and her charismatic host today,

china's first lady, madame pang. a celebrated folk singer and fashion icon at home. it's a highly anticipated visit to a country whose relationship with the u.s. is complicated at best. >> the message of this trip is really that the relationship between the united states and china isn't just between leaders, it's also between people. >> reporter: accompanying the first lady, the first daughters and their grandmother. three generations. the subtle gesture to the importance of family in traditional chinese culture. the obama girls who have traveled to the uk, botswana and south africa may take particular interest in this trip. especially 12-year-old sasha who took mandarin classes and even tried out a few words on china's past president during a state visit. on tap, three stops, first, beijing touring the great wall in the forbidden city, then a trip to xian, finally chengdu and the famed pandas. the white house insists this week long visit is designed to emphasize cultural ties and education, intentionally steering clear of controversial topics that past first ladies including hillary clinton

addressed head on. >> it is no longer acceptable to discuss women's rights as separate from human rights. >> reporter: laura bush accused china enough to pressure burma's brutal regime. bush's former chief of staff, anita mcbride says mrs. obama has chosen to leave politics to the president. >> and i think people may have had an expectation that she would engage in other issues, even before this trip to china. but she's doing exactly what she wants to do. >> president obama's top ambassadors embracing diplomacy with the first lady's touch. >> reporter: and aides here say during talk at beijing university tomorrow, michelle obama will raise one topic controversial in china, that's the issue of internet freedom. critics have complained this is an expensive taxpayer funded family vacation. the white house insists that's not the case. >> peter alexander at the white house for us. thank you. and coming up -- house for

sale. the toll that oscar pistorius' murder trial is having on his personal finances. and how did a teenager manage to sneak past security to reach the top of one world trade center? first this is "today" on nbc. ♪

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rotator tow truck to pull a van out of the berkeley marina. the 75-year-old driver slammed over the rocks into the water after trying to back out of a parking space. he says his gas pedal got stuck. rob sin for christina. >> a nice forecast around. sunshine breaking out over san jose. lots of low clouds near san francisco and the low clouds the story of the morning, visibilities less than a half mile in santa rosa and patchy low clouds and even misty skies west of san francisco down the coast, that's going to continue throughout the afternoon, high clouds pass by right around 2:00 and then you see as we hit the evening clearing skies, low clouds staying out on the coast. highs today low 70s around san jose, 60s closer to san francisco, here's 70 in napa. low 70s inland for the tri-valley, same trend for the weekend, now mike's got a look at traffic troubles in the south. >> very serious dramatic scene here, this is southbound 280 you

can make it out it's on the right. the backup from the bottom up around the bend. the north bound side looks light. look at the map. a crash there in the center. a car rolled over several times at meridian southbound 280. that's a distraction. crews on scene. the car is smoking and there is someone in the car. we're tracking that the effect on the commute is very slow at the scene. a lighter friday keeps other things moving. >> thank you. thank you for joining us. i'll be back with another update in a half hour.

♪ 7:30 now on this friday morning, the 21st of march, 2014. take us away in your gondola. also in italy, it's beautiful. we actually have something to tell you about venice, you might find surprising. more on that in a moment. morning, everyone. nice to have you along on a friday morning. doesn't friday just feel so darn good? >> yeah. first weekend of spring. >> i know, we might get a little springy weather. >> better enjoy it while it lasts. >> meantime, what's making headlines this morning, today's search for possible debris from malaysia air flight 370 has turned up nothing of significance today. officials, though, say they will try again on saturday. >> also, new findings suggest

physical activity can help prevent breast cancer in women of any age. researchers reviewed dozens of studies involving 4 million women. those who exercise more than an hour each day were 12% less likely to develop the disease than the least active women. and the annual clinton global initiative kicks off tonight at arizona state university with a discussion on how to get young people involved to solve the world's challenges. former president bill clinton will moderate and hillary clinton is scheduled to speak. also coming up as we were showing you venice, one of the most beautiful cities in the world, a beacon for tourists, of course. so why are its residents now voting to secede from italy? we are there live. >> all right. and we've got not one, but two music superstars. lady gaga will be here live. she's got something really special to share with her fans. plus, we're going to head to dollywood for a big announcement from country legend dolly parton. and worlds collide. >> they do. we begin this half hour with

an alarming breach. the new one world trade center in the final stages of construction, it's expected to be one of the safest places to visit. so that raises the question, how on earth did a teenager make it to the top of the building over the weekend? anne thompson's got more on this story. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, savannah. it's unbelievable. but heads are already rolling over this incident. and now authorities are going through that 16-year-old's camera trying to determine why he wanted to climb up the skyscraper that's still under construction. one world trade center is the tallest building with a spectacular view that's expected to draw millions when it opens. but this new jersey teenager couldn't wait. 16-year-old justin got to the top early sunday morning doing what many thought was impossible. >> especially after 9/11, this area's been like a fortress. i don't know how he got up there, but i don't know. >> reporter: port authority

police say the teenager snuck into the construction site around 4:00 a.m. going through a one-foot wide hole in the fence. he climbed up a scaffold to the sixth floor, rode the elevator to the 88th, then walked up a scare case to the 104th. he moved past the security guard described by the port authority as inattentive. the teen was arrested. at the former site of terror, the news unnerving new yorkers even the new mayor. >> obviously it's shocking and troubling and i don't know how it possibly could've happened. >> matt showed us the breathtaking vista last may. >> if you don't like ladders, you can't come here. >> as workers put the spire on top bringing it to its height of 1,776 feet. he appears to have no fear. his twitter feed shows him up on a crane and hanging from a beam. friends say he's a fan of a

training regimen of leaps and flips that can turn any location into an obstacle course. patrick flores says he believes his intent was simply to get to the top. >> he likes the adrenaline. who doesn't like adrenaline? now he's in trouble facing a criminal misdemeanor charge that could land him in jail for 90 days. after an escapade that stunned security experts. how big a security breach is this? >> i think this is very serious. this is a 16-year-old child can penetrate a supposedly secure facility. it's a real big breach. >> now, there are also consequences for the security operations that inattentive security guard on the 104th floor has been fired. and the security firm and the port authority are both taking a thorough look at how they protect that site. now, we've reached out to the attorney to get their accounts of what happened. but they declined to comment. it is a bizarre story. savannah and carson?

>> all right. disturbing. >> someone's going to lose their job over that. >> i think they'd better look real closely at security there. >> thank goodness he was just a dumb kid -- but not with any malicious intent. >> yeah. real wake-up call. let us turn to mr. roker and get a check of the weather. >> reporter: today's weather is brought to you by white house black market, wear what works. >> hey, good news, we are going to get a bit of a warm-up for spring, albeit, it'll be rather short. jet stream has moved up to the north. banking the arctic air from canada up over there. so for today, we're looking pretty good, 61 in chicago, that's 13 degrees above normal, cincinnati, 67, 71 in memphis. but uh-oh, look at billings, 22 degrees below normal at 31, pierre, 17 degrees below normal. big problem, the jet stream this weekend is going to be taking that dip. so while we see the temperatures along the east coast tomorrow,

69 in washington, boston, 55, atlanta, 75, look at sunday. look at all the blue. d.c., 51, atlanta, 60. new orleans is warm, dallas, 60 degrees, 45 in kansas city. and that cold air was going to stay banked in here into early next week. coming up in the next half hour, we are going to show you what we're looking at for early to mid next week along the eastern seaboard. blizzard -- no. >> no! >> what? >> how dare you. >> that's what's going on around calmer pattern in the bay area. we've had changes. the ocean air conditioning is turned on. brought in low clouds this morning. as we go hour by hour we're going to hang on to low clouds on the coast, high clouds passing on by blocking out the sun at times for the afternoon. clearing skies inland and the low clouds staying out on the coast into the weekend. 70s today around the south bay.

60s around the peninsula toward san francisco, low 70s toward napa and santa rosa. mid 70s in the tri-valley. a slight warm-up for the weekend. ather. >> all right, al. thank you very much. now to new developments tied to the murder trial of oscar pistorius. the case now costing the olympic sprinter so much, he needs to sell his home. jeff rossen in pretoria. >> reporter: before the shooting, oscar pistorius made millions and live add life of luxury inside this gated complex behind me. but now with the trial dragging on, his legal bills are skyrocketing. look at this morning's newspaper, oscar is broke. he's selling his house and trying to unload it within weeks. >> oscar pistorius now says he needs cash quick. in a surprising new statement, announcing he'll urgently dispose his single biggest asset. his home, the very home where he shot and killed reeva steenkamp.

oscar says it was an accident. he'll use the money to pay his high-priced lawyer. >> reportedly costing $5,000 a day. >> so this is a man who we know before the shooting was looking at cars like aston martins, he had an order in. he had a racehorse which he had to sell last year just to cover his legal costs. >> and now the house. >> and now the house. >> reporter: and pistorius' home is lavish, from oversized sofas to the fancy dining room. and it's huge, too. 8,000 square feet. inside, four bedrooms with en-suite bathrooms. a veranda, lounge, tv rooms, jaquzzi room. not to mention a three-car garage and this gorgeous pool. >> cheers. >> cheers. >> bottoms up. >> before the shooting, nbc's mary carillo spent time with pistorius inside his kitchen, here making a smoothie. pistorius coming down the stairs

and playing with his dogs in this sprawling backyard. >> the average price of a home in that development is probably between $400,000 and $700,000. >> i talked to a real estate agent who said we're going to start bids at $500,000. what do you think? >> well, why would anyone want to pay a premium for a home where someone was violently killed? >> you think it'll go for less? >> yeah, i would assess less than market value. >> after all, these are the photos the world has seen. blood on the staircase, blood spatter in the bedroom and, of course, inside the bathroom where pistorius fired. not exactly ideal in real estate. >> make no mistake, the mi pistorius family has money, lots of it. his uncle's massive estate here in pretoria. those are jet skis back there. no now some pr experts wonder if this is a show for sympathy. >> it's a pr play for sympathy

and pull thoughts in his favor. oh, this poor man. >> next week, prosecutors say they'll rest their case. then it's the defense taking center stage, which may mean pistorius himself on the stand. >> if he does take the stand, he has to be called first by the defense. that's part of south african law. he could testify as early as the middle of next week. >> just to give you an idea of how anxious he is to sell the house, listen to this time line. they're taking bids through march 31st, then they're hoping to decide which bid to accept through april 14th. that's three weeks from now. the trial could still be going on. back to you guys. >> all right. jeff rossen, thank you very much. coming up on "trending," a blind audition from "the voice" italy you've got to see and hear. meet the nun who left coaches speechless. >> wow. and speaking of italy, is it

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♪ back now at 7:45 with a question facing residents of one of the world's most romantic cities this week, should venice cut ties with italy? katy tur is there. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, carson. imagine traveling to italy only to find that one of its most famous cities is no longer italian. well, that's what they're trying to do. they're trying to secede from italy. saying arrivederci to rome. float along the canal, get lost in the twists and turns of the winding cobblestone streets. be awed by the beauty of st. marc's square. it might feel like italy to you, but don't tell the locals. fr

francesco is among the millions fighting for independence of what they say is the choking hands of the italian government. >> in a certain way, venice people feel abandoned by rome. >> abandoned and exploited. venice and the surrounding regions is the richest in the country and therein lies the problem. every year, venetta sends $100 billion in taxes to rome, $30 billion never comes back. now venetians want out voting to secede from italy. >> it's time to separate from italy and not to think we're the italian titanic. >> reporter: venice has a long history of independence as a flourishing maritime trading superpower for 11 centuries. it was only annexed into the kingdom of italy in 1866. and they've resented it ever since. >> on the political way, it's a

very strong message. >> i just came here to tour. and if that's what they want, i say more power to them. >> reporter: nearly 4 million venetians are eligible to vote, mostly online. supporters are hoping a majority would say when in venice, do as the venetians, vote "si." >> think about the family, the future. >> now, the week long vote ends tonight and although the referendum is not politically binding, supporters say they hope it sends a very strong message the central government in rome they need to get their act together. carson? >> all right, katy tur, thank you very much. >> you know, it seems like when you're there, you're in a different world. not like you're in italy. you're in this -- almost like magical kingdom. >> you know what i was thinking, i think i need to go there -- >> investigate this. >> i think you need to do the whole show for this. this is a pressing issue. >> it is. and the only thing we should do is get there immediately.

>> all right. coming up, lady gaga's here on a friday morning. she's going to join us live to talk music, monsters, maybe that meat dress if savannah gets to it. and much more. can anything top matt's question last week of, really, i missed that? what is that? >> we'll tell you during the commercial. >> all right. natalie tries to one up him with her app of the week. ♪

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back at 7:52. and natalie has stepped into the orange lair with tamron to tell us about her favorite app. >> yes, we're counting down our favorite app. and nat, you're up next, are you ready? >> well, mine's a little more useful. >> okay. take it away. >> i'm a little bit of a home design guru. i love the app house. and it gives you great inspiration for different interiors. and if you like something, say you want to buy that chair right there, well, it comes up and shows you that chair and where you can get it and how much. also, if you like something, you could save it to your idea book and write down what it is you like about it. let's say it's that chair. it'll spell check you, as well. which is a good thing.

and then we go back out and you can look at your past idea books and these are some of my inspirations. so that's one. >> i love that! >> app i love. you're all going to become addicted to that. the other, of course, shazaam. how often do we hear a song and say, oh, gosh, who sings that? play it, guys. ♪ we're going to shazaam that. i think we all know that song. we're listening. it's shazaaming. ♪ i'm on the edge of loving ♪ >> sing to it, it'll go faster. couldn't draw a match. "edge of glory." >> you were talking while -- >> it doesn't recognize my gorgeous voice as lady gaga. >> come on. >> anyway, also has a lyric function, you can sing along and do karaoke in my salon, i use products without parabens and dyes. [ female announcer ] new suave professionals natural infusion

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a very good friday morning to you. 7:56. i'm laura garcia-cannon. the recent 4.4 earthquake in southern california renewing old fears in the south bay. anderson dam is not seismically safe and would only take 6.6 quake to make it crumble f. that happens a wall of water from the reservoir would cover morgan hill and much of silicon valley. state and federal officials say the dam has to be repaired by 2018 but to do that the water district would have to drain the reservoir. they think they would be able to safe about half of the water in there. about 7 billion gallons would go to waste. crews would have to start work by the end of the year. a lot of people worried because of the drought agency well but some rain in the forecast, not this weekend. >> we're looking at low clouds outside. not really the type of clouds we

want to produce rain other than mist on the coast. you see some of that this morning. san jose a little less in the way of low clouds. sunshine currently but it's the north bay up toward santa rosa, visibility is down to a half mile or less and we continue to see the low clouds and fog out toward the coast. during the afternoon we'll see high clouds passing on by, but no signs of rain in the forecast. next best chance coming in by next tuesday of next week. you can see the temperatures low 70s in the south bay. 60s closer to san francisco. mike. >> rob, that low clouds and visibility in the north bay not presenting a problem for the chp reports. the flag ship here southbound 280 away from us, where the crash still blocks lanes. two lanes to be precise as far as the report goes. look at the traffic jammed up from the scene. we have another crash in the backup at 17 reported there is a tough tie-up northbound a new crash in the distraction. there is a tough drive through the south bay. 101 recovering and westbound 4 lanes blocked because of the

crash at 680. >> thank you for joining us this morning.

♪ it's 8:00 on "today." coming up, sweet dreams. have you been sleeping in the wrong position. and can the wrong way have a long-term impact. best guest ever. we'll take live to the wheel of fortune contestant behind this epic game show win. and she's a little bit country. and she's a little bit controversial. ♪ two musical giants, dolly parrton and lady gaga live each with big announcements of their own, friday, march 21st, 2014. ♪

>> we're gaga for "today." >> we're here for gaga! >> it's our 16th birthday, we're here from texas! >> hey, al, can i get a kiss for my birthday? >> from the small town to the big apple. >> good morning, maryland! >> tennessee loves "today." >> and good morning, everyone. welcome back to "today." we are so excited. we are anxiously awaiting lady gaga. she's supposed to be here any minute. >> i think she's supposed to be -- >> wait a minute. is that -- oh, there she is. >> she's right behind you. lady gaga is here, stopping in for a cup of hot chocolate. >> little tea or something. >> and how lucky is the kid next

to gaga. >> does anybody in the bakery know that's lady gaga? >> eating a bear claw. that's great. >> we are so excited to have her here. she's got something to show her fans never been seen before. that special announcement coming up. >> that is so cool. >> that is so cool, right? >> first, let's get a check of the top stories. good morning, everyone. two weeks after a jet liner vanished while flying from malaysia to china, what seems to be a promising new clue has led to more frustration. nbc's keir simmons is in kuala lumpur. good morning. >> reporter: hey, natalie, good morning. one small clue here today, authorities confirming lithium batteries being carried onboard the plane. they were being carried in regulation. perhaps that goes against speculation that they might have caused a gas or fire. again, today, the australians say it has turned up nothing leaving families desperate for news.

two weeks ago, flight 370 took off from this runway. since then, relatives have clung to hopes. now another agonizing wait fearing the worst. >> i want to know. one way or the other. i want to know. >> phillip wood from texas was on the flight. his mother says she has heard almost nothing since then. >> we're not going to believe anything until we get it from an official. and so we're hopeful. >> reporter: this week, another mom pleaded with reporters for information. then heartbreaking scene as she was carried away by security. now, there's a police guard on the media briefing room while relatives were taken to a two-hour meeting, but they left having been told nothing. he's decided not to leave kuala lumpur until they get some news.

families with so many questions while in the indian ocean, the search continues for answers. >> reporter: and natalie, we're told that at that meeting, relatives were asked whether they would fill in forms to be contacted if there was any urgent news to tell them. pretty stunning that two weeks in, they're only just being asked if they want to do that, natalie. >> that is unbelievable. keir simmons, thank you, keir. well, this morning, russian president vladimir putin signed laws officially making ukraine's crimean peninsula part of russia. and despite expanded sanctions, there are ominous signs that moscow's interference in ukraine may not be over. on thursday, masked militia men stormed a ukrainian ship in crimea's largest port and raised the russian flag. and the russian army is conducting live fire maneuvers near the ukrainian border. the u.s. army general who agreed to a plea bargain on sexual assault charges has avoided jail time and dismissal

from the military. reprimanded jeffrey sinclair and fined him $20,000. sinclair admitted having improper relationships with several junior female officers, including a three-year affair with a captain who accused him of sexual assault. critics say the sentence proves that the pentagon is not serious about combatting sexual misconduct. a young baseball fan who really, really wanted a souvenir wouldn't take no for an answer. take a look. a player tried to toss him a foul ball thursday when that ball bounced back, a security guard handed it to a different child. well, that triggered a tantrum. but the fan did get the ball after all because apparently another fan gave it to him and ended the meltdown there. all right. 8:05 right now. time for a check of the weather once again and al. >> "today's weather" is brought to you by "rio 2" april 11th only in theaters.

a lot of folks here, the rolling spring break. what's your name? >> rebecca. >> where are you from? >> tennessee. >> let's check it out. see what's happening. and look at chicago, not a bad t pleoday. of sunshine. getting up in the mid-50s. temperatures drop tomorrow going to be rough. and here's what you're looking at for next week's storms. by monday, this thing starts moving up the east coast bringing in cold air, moisture off the atlantic. depending on the track, we could be looking at heavy, wet snow. precipitation, gale force winds. further to the east, nothing, we're going to be watching this thing all weekend long. you see today, snow across the upper great lakes, breezy in texas. sunny and mild through the gulf coast. 66, sunshine today in l.a. and we're starting to see

clearing skies around the bay area but clouds hung up in the bay area. at times around a half mile around the coast. drizzle is possible here. we will see the low clouds on the coast through the day. passing high clouds moving inland and our temperatures with the sea breeze factors in. upper 60s and low 70s in the north bay. next chance of showers is tuesday afternoon. >> sometimes i've got to love on you, al. it comes on me. how did he do it? the man behind the remarkable guest on "wheel of fortune" is with us live. >> lady gaga is here talking about her music and most controversial performance ever and we'll have an exclusive look at her new video. it's tax season, if you have the questions, we've got the answers. just use the #todaymoney and we're going to get some of those questions answered for you.

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all right. we're back at 8:13. it's friday morning, time for "what's trending today." twitter is celebrating its 8th birthday today. happy birthday, twitter. a lot of people are going back and looking at their first tweets. if that exercise teaches us anything, it's boy, times have changed. case in point, vladimir putin. >> these days his relationship with president obama is frostier than ever, but apparently things weren't so bad less than two years ago. putin's first tweet in 2012 was, congratulations to the u.s. president-elect barack obama. >> and now we've sanctioned some of your top officials. >> yeah. if you constantly find yourself waking up on the wrong side of the bed, there may be a simple way to fix that. it all depends, apparently, on how you sleep. how do you sleep? side sleepers? >> stomach.

>> okay. well researchers in australia looked into this. they said if you're sleeping on your stomach, savannah, especially now being pregnant, you're doing it all wrong. it puts too much strain on the body. >> bad. >> bad. >> but that's good. if you're sleeping on your stomach or rather on your side or back, then you're in -- >> yeah. >> fetal position sleeper. >> that's a good one, right? that's a good one. carson, i know you're used to seeing incredible singers on "the voice," but you'll not believe this heavenly performance on the italian version of the show. take a look. ♪ ♪ no one no one >> she was killing it. and that is not a costume, by

the way, that is sister christina belting out the alicia keys hit "no one." the 25-year-old shocking the coaches and the crowd and her fellow sisters. sister christina says, now, she hopes to get a call from the pope. >> maybe a duet. >> not since mother superior have we seen such a talent. >> she needs to go on tour with whoopi goldberg. >> they've got to go to confession. now to a woman who is always trending, the legendary dolly parton joining us now live from where else, dollywood in tennessee. dolly, good morning. >> well, good morning to you, al. and all of you there. i watch you every day. and we're excited to be on the show. >> well, thanks. >> good morning, dolly. >> you've got a big announcement for us. >> well, we do, this is our 29th season, believe it or not, and

we have a new roller coaster called fire chaser express. you can see it behind me probably. and it's really kind of set in like the 1940s when all the firefighters, volunteer firefighters here in the smokey mountains, you know, were really active. it's got a lot of atmosphere. but it was a wonderful ride tailor made for families. little kids can ride along with their parents or sisters or brothers. it's got one element that's a little different than most coasters. goes forward and half way through, goes backwards. they're telling me, that's a real unique thing. anyway, everybody's enjoying it. you've got to come down and ride it with me some time. >> you bet. and we have to invite you, actually, dolly, you have a new record coming out on may 13th, blue smoke. and i cannot think of a better way to celebrate than to have you come here and sing live on our plaza. what do you think? >> i would love to do that. i've done that years ago. and i absolutely had a ball. and i watched you all the time when you have the guests on. i would be honored and thrilled to come be with all of you and

promote my new record. you know me, i'm always going to be promoting something. >> see you may 13th. you say it and it happens. >> we've got to ask you, as well, of course talking about netflix and possibly doing a 9:00 to 5:00 reunion. is there going to be a reunion with the three of you? are you joining them? >> well, i don't really know exactly what you're talking about. but whatever they're doing, i'm in. >> netflix, call her up. she's doing anything you ask today. >> the trailer to the new "9:00 to 5:00." >> whatever it is, all i can say is we've better get to it quick or it'll be "95" instead of "9:00 to 5:00." >> with the delivery. >> we adore you. we cannot wait to see you, may 13th. it's a date. >> thank you. you come see us. >> we will see you. sounds good.

>> bye, dolly. >> and we're back with another great superstar in ♪ well, this is a really exciting day for lady gaga and for us. her legions of little monsters, as well. she's here live. and she brought along an exclusive first look behind the scenes of the music video of her latest single, "g.u.y."

♪ i wanna be that guy ♪ i wanna be that guy i wanna be that guy ♪ ♪ i wanna be that guy >> i live between two things. art and pop all the time. >> and artpop was, of course, the name of you you are in album. good morning. great to have you here. >> good morning. nice to see you. >> are you a morning person? do you like these hours? >> yeah, i do. i was up early to get ready for the show and we were watching the sunrise out in the window. and it was beautiful. >> we just saw you really behind the scenes of your new music video. and you can tell just by the few shots that you really take a firm hand. that you're part of the production of it as well as starring in it. do you crack the whip onset? >> well, you have to keep the pace going. and we had our work cut out for

us with this video. it was a very big production. we shot for six days. and it was just such a pleasure working with the whole team, you know. everyone from hair and make-up to the group to my first a.d. and we had a really, really great time. >> i read an article recently, it was an interview with you. and the interviewer asked, say one thing that's true about you. and you said that it's not an act. >> yeah. >> tell me more about that. what do you mean? the persona, the clothes, what's not an act? >> i think what i was saying is that we sometimes think there's a perception that what i'm doing is all a big show. and i really truly feel it's really just part of who i am. every moment of my life is devoted to my music and my fans and really truly me. >> what would you be doing if you weren't famous? would you still be wearing those shoes? >> yes, i'd just be doing it on the lower east side.

i'd do the same show, same act. >> recently, you were at south by southwest, and i know you know you grabbed headlines, we won't show the video on tv since it was the breakfast hour. but you had a performance artist with you who appeared to vomit some kind of paint on to you. she's a vomit artist. were you surprised by the controversy? and on the flip side of that, did you want the controversy? >> well, i guess we weren't completely surprised. knowing i know that not everybody's going to love that performance. >> she's the artist. >> yeah. but we both really believed in artistic expression and strong identities. and i support her and what she does. and artpop, my new album is about bringing art and music together in the spirit of creative. and that performance is art in its purist form. but we totally understand that some people won't be into it. and did we want the controversy? i suppose it doesn't matter.

either way, we don't make things for any intention in particular other than in the spirit of entertaining the crowd and creating something that is really for the moment. and it wasn't meant for the "today" show. it was meant for a club performance in austin. and we had a great time. >> you're someone who is so confident. who has always known exactly what she wanted to do. i love reading a quote of yours where you basically felt famous before you were ever famous. that got me wondering. do you have any regrets? anything you wish you could do over for your life so far? >> do i have any regrets? well, no, because i feel like everything happens for a reason. and i think you learn every time there's a challenge in your life. and i wouldn't want my fans to have any regrets in their own life. so i would say no. but there's, of course, i'm a musician and an artist. i'm always editing and changing things, but that's the beauty of life. your life is your own art piece. you can make it whatever you

want. >> do you see yourself performing like this forever? or could you ever imagine a time where you hang up your stilettoes and do something else? >> hang up my stilettos? i'm not sure. i would let the winds of life take me where they may. i love my fans and want to continue making music for them. i'm already writing new music. and i'm enjoying promoting "artpop," my album, and i'm going out on tour the artpop ball and i'm performing at roseland. and we're so excited it's been sold out and so much excitement around it. i've been rehearsing all week and pounding the pavement like i usually do. i'm a hard worker. >> you are, indeed. we love seeing you. i love your costumes. but what is the most normal kind of thing you like to do? just in your off time? >> you know, my favorite thing to do admittedly is i love to

stop at my dad's restaurant in new york and i hope behind the bar and start bar tending and i don't tell him. and he turns around and he's like, hey, what are you doing back there? >> a strong pour? >> well, i do. then he gets mad, don't waste the booze. >> lady gaga, it is great to see you. thank you for showing us the behind scenes of your video. and we want to mention, you can see more of that tonight on access hollywood. and if you want to catch the premiere of lady gaga's new video, watch "dateline" tomorrow night. >> thank you, savannah. >> good to see you. >> good to see you. >> let us know when you're bar tending next. >> tonight. i'll be there tonight. >> we'll swing by later. >> thank you, savannah. thursday on "trending," we showed you one of the greatest guesses in game show history. he solved the final puzzle on 'wheel of fortune" with two letters to go on. take a look.

>> new baby buggy. new baby buggy. oh my god! >> all right. good morning, emil. i know you shot the show in january. how hard is it to keep that secret? >> it was very hard. it was the longest two months of my life. >> i bet. the producers said you got a 16 out of 16 or perfect score of 16 when you auditioned for the show. is this just a natural talent you've always had? >> yeah. i've been watching "wheel of fortune" since i was a kid. actually my first letters i learned were the prominent letters in "wheel of fortune." >> and i was one of the conspiracy theorists who said there's something pufishy goingn here. what do you want to say to those who said that? >> the people that know me, they know my skills as a puzzle solver. i've been playing online on

twitter, on the video games, the apps, and i know that my skills prove that very good friday morning to you. i'm laura garcia-cannon. police hope dramatic surveillance video will help them track down suspects in two separate armed robberies. if you look closely you see a student walking and at least one man in a hoodie pointing a gun at them. police think the same suspect held up three other students just a few minutes later off camera. let's check that morning commute now with mike. >> much better, lawyer are. it is still very slow over my shoulder. it took just about 20 minutes

for traffic to flow nicely now. the map will show you it's still slow in both directions away from 880. that traffic that built up is now recovering. they're both slow because of a crash at ellis. took about 20 minutes and that was a big deal through mountain view. west of highway 4 recovers. the rest of the bay recovered nicely. >> thank you, another local news update in half an hour.

♪ 8:30 now on this friday morning. it is the 21st of march, 2014. we've got a great, loud, boisterous happy crowd out on the plaza and we're happy to say hello to them. and if you were to come back, let's say, oh, wednesday, your friend, superstar, someone i love, shakira is going to be here. going to give us a great concert wednesday morning on "today" here on our plaza. >> also has a great new album coming out. looking forward to having

shakira here. meantime, johnny weir opens up about the end of his marriage in an exclusive interview. what weir has to say about the sudden split. then we'll wrap up our "do it right" series. when it comes to eye liner, blush and shampooing your hair. >> i knew i did something wrong. >> too much lather. >> there you go. hey, besides shakira, we have something else really exciting next week on "today." if you love to cook, you are going to love this. it is an unprecedented interactive cooking series we're calling fresh cooks live. "today's" spring cookalong. you're going to be able to cook right along with our chefs both here on "today" and on today.com. so go to our website, this weekend, download the recipes and then get ready. >> love it. >> going to eat along. >> that's good. good thought. -- the boston marathon for

our shine a light series. i'll be doing it on behalf of the victims of the boston bombing. and already we've raised over $7,000. thanks to all your generosity. if you can help, please go on to the crowdrise.com/natalie. there are even prizes, including, perhaps, a chance to run with me in central park. and a backstage tour of our studio. >> if you win that prize, can i sta say, start working out now. >> we'll work at your pace, whatever your pace is. >> let's get a check of the weather. >> let's see how your weekend is looking. we'll show you for tomorrow. we've got mild, sunny conditions through the gulf, rain, texas, into arkansas, snow back through the rockies, sunny and warm in the southwest. then sunday, sunday -- we're looking at wet weather along the southeastern atlantic coast. sunny and cold in the northeast, frigid around the great lakes, short-lived spring temperature run. look for mild conditions along

we're seeing a mixture of clouds and sunshine over san francisco. more clouds right now. dropping visibility off in the north bay. drizzle on the coast that will continue into the afternoon and high clouds pass by later today. mostly clearing tonight except for on the coast. highs today in the low 70s and low 60s into san francisco and some 70s closer to the tri-valley. >> who wants to go to the prom? what are you trying to do? >> i'm asking hannah to the prom. >> all right. good luck. there you go. all right, al. thank you very much. johnny weir certainly upped his profile in sochi. served as a figure skating analyst for nbc olympics and turned heads with his colorful and creative outfits. but this week, people are talking about him for another

reason, the end of his marriage. billy bush talked to johnny about that in his only interview since the split. good morning. >> carson, good morning. look, it was a somber johnny i sat down with. in sochi, we were used to the guy who was colorful and fun. but we sat down yesterday, it was less than 24 hours after he made this announcement. >> johnny weir took center stage at this year's winter games as an announcer for nbc. but he says off camera, his two-year marriage was crumbling. >> sochi was one of the hardest times in my life. when i was on the broadcasting, i escaped my own personal hell that i was living in. my husband was behaving very erratically. the majority of the time off camera, i was in tears, i was on the phone, fighting, not in a good place. >> weir claims this was varnoff's first gay relationship. the two tied the knot on new

year's eve in 2011. but weir said they started having troubles this fall. >> i was losing myself by being married to my husband. i was losing my objectives in life. i was very isolated from the world, from my marriage. >> earlier this month, the couple appeared in a new jersey court where weir faced charges of biting him during a domestic dispute. >> what went on there? what can you tell me? >> i was defending myself on that night. we were fighting in such a terrible way. and it did get physical that night. and it was very unfortunate things went the way they did because domestic violence is never the way to go. domestic violence is never the answer. >> a judge dismissed the case at their request. >> the biting incident, was that the only physical altercation that ever took place? the only time you had to defend yourself physically? or was this kind of one in a chain? >> it was usually good humored

wrestling and stuff. but a few times, of course, it did get physical. you know, some of my closest friends have seen him hit me before. >> closed fist? open hand, slap or punch? >> i've been, you know, slapped, but slapping is enough for me. >> in a statement to access hollywood, a rep said, quote, there was a domestic violence incident, johnny was arrested. that case was dropped by victor at the urging of johnny. the person who bit someone was johnny. his rep added it is our extreme desire this divorce could have been handled amicably. >> victor and i have been having trouble for quite some time. he knows there was trouble. i filed for divorce, which is very unfortunate. but it wasn't a shock. >> and tonight, we'll take a look at possible extortion claims. victor needs money. he's in his words assumed the

traditional role in the relationship. and so johnny's got the money. and he also is willing to do an interview. i wouldn't be surprised if you see victor somewhere on tv. but tonight, we'll take a look at the possible extortion and whether or not is victor a con artist. if you google his name, a lot of things will come up. back to you guys. >> thank you, billy. up next, a better way to look beautiful. how you should be applying your make-up and shampooing your hair. but first, this is "today" on nbc.

♪ we're back at 8:39. and we're wrapping up our special series "do it right today" with beauty tips. in a moment, jen, host of the selective iweb series is going to show us the right way to apply eyeliner and blush. we'll begin with salon owner ted gibson. ted's up in our make-up room. we p want to know what we're

doing wrong when it comes to shampooing and conditioning our hair and show us the right way to do it. >> most women are making the wrong choices when they're shampooing their hair. make sure you actually start at the scalp. apply 1/4 inch of shampoo as i've done in my hands. you want to apply it to the scalp starting at the temples working up to the top of the head, then to the nape, back down and repeat if you need to. ladies, make sure that you do not put shampoo on your hair. only shampoo your scalp if you have to shampoo every single day. and watch this. this is how it's done. you want to shampoo the scalp from the temples up to the top of the head, then all the way back to the nape, then back up and back down again. again, keep it off of the ends of your hair. because the ends of your hairdo not need the shampoo. what's really, really important is to make sure you concentrate the shampoo at the scalp. and if you decide you're going to condition your hair, do it

opposite. so condition from your ends of your hair and work your way up. most women tend to talk about if their hair gets oily and greasy, it's because their hair actually is -- their scalp is actually greasy. not their hair. always concentrate on shampooing the scalp and not the hair. >> shampoo -- shampoo the scalp, condition the hair. >> exactly. >> got it. don't do the big lather thing like the shampoo commercial. >> when you have it piled up on top of your head. but at the same time, what's happening is that shampoo is kind of detergent. it's going to dry out your hair. your hair does not need to be shampooed every single day. >> thank you so much. now, the right and wrong way to do blush and eyeliner, jen is here, alex is going to help us out. how are we putting eyeliner on wrong? >> the mistake most people make. first off, they try to do one line in one shot. and the other mistake is placement. either too high above the lashes or too low under the lashes. and that gives you that scarey look. >> can you show us on alex?

you've got a few kinds. >> there's so many different kinds. i like a liquid liner. i think it's easy. especially when it's a short, stubby liner. you'll see alex will demo with this one. you can hold it horizontally close to your face. you can rest your face. >> a thin end. >> a thin point. and you're going to start from the inner corner on the lower lash line. that's what helps you with placement for the top. kind of gives you a border. >> kind of putting it on the inside of her eye, almost. >> you almost want to put it on the root of your lashes. i feel like your lashes should move as you're applying. you know you're getting it on the root. start on the inner corner, go about half way, then give yourself a moment, then go to the outer corner of the bottom lash line. >> okay. >> then you see the top next and work your way in. >> say start on the inner corner for the top? >> and go half way to just right above your pupil. >> yeah. >> then she'll start from the outside and work in. and the reason you do it that way because the skin will start to pull. if you do one line, your skin is

going to start to wrinkle underneath the liner. that gives you that -- >> start with the inner eye, outer eye and finish in the middle. >> meet in the middle. and again, right on the lash root. use the lashes. >> 30 seconds for blush. >> so placement. people put blush in the wrong place. that's what makes you look crazy. the right way is to find the apple of your cheek. make a big smile so it sticks out. and this is a cream. i love cream blush. dab it on the apple and work your way up a little bit to get extra color to lift the face. the reason you start on the apple, it's going to give you the most color there and the leftover works up your cheek. >> would you do powder on top of it? or before? i get the order wrong. >> well, i sometimes like to put it on after to get a good lit from within glow. also if you put on too much, you can put moisturizer over it. your cheek tends to be a little

extra cheek after tapping on it. >> you look gorgeous. thank you so much. and coming up next, do you have a kid in college or maybe you're planning your retirement? how to use them to your advantage now that tax time has arrived. but first, this is "today" on nbc.

"today's money" is brought to you by ing u.s., becoming voya financial in 2014. all right. back now at 8:46 with "today's" money. this morning, saving on your taxes. the filing deadline is less than a month away. it's important to remember that major life events can affect how much you owe. sharon epperson is cnbc's personal finance correspondent. good morning. >> good morning. >> start with the year. give us the broad scope of what people need to know about taxes. >> well, a lot of people don't

like tax time, of course. but most people will not see significant changes from the tax laws in terms of taxes. it's the high-end earners that are going to get hit harder. >> let's break it down into categories and give tax advice. starting with recently married. do you file separately or jointly? >> well, you need to do it both ways to see what's the best savings for you. but generally, working couple, it's a greater savings if you filing married jointly. itemizing your deductions. a lot of single people take the standard deduction. you want to see if you can itemize. >> all right. let's keep it moving. parenting. parents are preoccupied, maybe new babies, give us idea and tax breaks they can do if you're new parents. >> you get a personal exemption, $3,900, and then there's credits you want to look at, as well, the child tax credit, $1,000 for your child 16 or under. there are some phaseouts depending on your income. but that's one to look at. dependent care credit, also something to look at if you paid for day care or for at home care or even summer day camp while you're working, you need someone

to care for your kids. think about that. >> good to know. what about longer term, thinking about your kid in college, what should you know about that? >> that's where the american opportunity credit comes in. you want to look at that as an opportunity credit of about $2,500 you could qualify for the first four years. there are other ones, lifetime learning credit, there's a division and fee deduction. but this is often the american opportunity credit, the one that a lot of parents want to go for first. >> good to know for new parents. and finally, retirement, walk us through retirement, tax breaks. just for people who are leading into their retirement. >> well, the first thing to remember is april 15th is the deadline. but there's still time to put money in a traditional i.r.a. use that catch-up contribution, put in $6,500. everyone else it's $5,500. you may want to roll over some of your money into a roth i.r.a. you take that money out in retirement tax free. and for seniors, very important to think about the health care expenses that you've

accumulated. you still get to use that lower threshold of 7.5% of your adjusted gross income in terms of deducting the medical expenses. everyone else, it's gone up 10%. >> we asked our viewers to write in. tamron, what do you got for us? >> couple of questions. the first one from jodi. she says my husband is laid off, so we took an i.r.a. withdrawal. can we claim it as a hardship withdrawal? >> well, actually, in terms of the ira tax rules, there's no such thing as a hardship withdrawal. and any money you take out of a traditional i.r.a., unfortunately, you've got to pay taxes on that money. that's taxable income. so you're going to have to pay a penalty if you took it out early, probably. there are just a few exceptions to that. and then you're going to have to pay taxes on that money that you've taken out of that traditional i.r.a. >> good stuff. one more from tamron in the o.r. >> this one from carey. my husband has w-2s from 17 different states.

do we have to file in each one? >> probably you do have to file in every state. you want to check with the different states to make sure. but you definitely have to put all of those on your federal return. they'll have a lot of work come tax time. get cracking. >> sharon epperson, thank you very much. sharon's going to head over to the orange room to continue to answer your tax questions. tweet away, use #todaymoney. up next, new hope on a story tied to adoption that generated a massive response from our viewers. but first, this is "today" on nbc.

we're back now at 8:52. last fall, we partnered with reiters for a series of stories where parents go on the internet and search for strangers to take their unwanted adoptive children. many from overseas. >> this story disturbed a lot of people. there's little government regulation of it. our reports received so much reaction, we kept digging. and kate snow is back with an update. and i'm happy to say good news, too. >> good news, carson and savannah. so many people wondered how to stop this underground online world. so in a moment, we're going to talk about a program working to support parents. but first, a reminder of what we're talking about. reiters cataloged 5,000 posts on message boards and went looking for the one girl who was advertised more than any other.

>> she's too much for us. >> reporter: last fall, reiters reporter megan tooey showed online messages, people agreeing to hand over children at truck stops or diners. >> this is a family that sent their adoptive daughter to three other families and they're back here at the group seeking out a fourth. >> this is the face behind those messages. nita was adopted from haiti by a idaho family, but after a tough first year, her parents went looking online for someone to take nita in. >> they could have been murderers or like killers, you don't know those people. and i could have been dead. >> reporter: she was shipped between four different families over two years. she says in this home, she was physically and verbally abused and that other children told her they were being sexually abused by the father. and when she confided in an adult, she was put on a plane again. that father is awaiting trial and has pled not guilty.

each time she was passed on, the pain grew deeper. >> i just felt alone and unworthy, unloved. like i hated myself. >> no one in the adoption world wants a child to feel that way. many told us the real issue was a lack of support for parents who bring a child home from overseas and then struggle. >> i don't want them to be feeling there's no one out there that can help them. >> reporter: dr. mary stat says it doesn't have to be that way. she founded cincinnati children's international adoption center to give adoptive parents like shelly and john a safety net. braeden and kyle were adopted from guatemala and russia. >> what do you think -- >> reporter: therapists work with parents before, during and after an adoption when behavioral issues may surface unexpectedly. >> they may not be really loving that child at that point. and we really want them to understand that is pretty normal. >> you're telling them it's okay

to feel that way. >> it is okay. >> the family comes to see therapists twice a month. >> it's fabulous. >> dr. stat says internationally adopted kids have often suffered trauma or been neglected which can lead to anxiety, anger, or acting out. tisha is watching through a two-way mirror and giving mom tips through an ear piece. >> look how eager he is to help. >> they are teaching the kids skills they need to get through things. but they're also coaching us as parents. >> a mother of three adopted children herself, dr. stat wants her program to be a model. >> we really spent, you know, the past 15 years building a program that really is there to help families throughout their life. >> braeden celebrated his eighth birthday last week. >> it is the longest ride you'll ever take and also the most satisfying and loving ride

you'll ever take and i'm so glad we did it. >> great. >> that's nice. that's a great program. are there more? >> there are more, but they say not enough. they wish there were more programs like that. >> and how is nita? >> doing much better. there's a lot more to her story. we've linked to the report on our website. she's doing better, with a family now, and importantly, the mother who re-homed her has apologized and she has good morning to you. 8:56, i'm peggy bunker. we now know who bought that lottery ticket worth nearly $2 million. he matched five of the six numbers. he plans to use the money for medical treatments and loans. looking in on the forecast on this friday.

>> a cooler start to the day. for the south bay we should still see low 70s out there but mid 60s closer to the peninsula. highs near 71 in na pa. temperatures holding steady. more local news in just have an hour.

from nbc news, this is "today's take" with al roker, natalie morales, willie geist and tamron hall. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> good morning, welcome to "today" on this friday morning, march 21st, 2014. i'm natalie morales along with al roker and tamron hall. willie will be back from spring break on monday. story i think we're all talking about a lot. a lot of us think how can this happen and how did he get away with it? the new jersey teenager highlighting a major security lapse at one world trade tower. he climbed, he was able to get up to the top. in fact, up to the top of the antenna. a port authority police say he snuck into the construction site around 4:00 a.m. sunday going through a 1-foot-wide hole in

the fence, climbed up the scaffold to the 6th floor. he was able to convince the elevator person to allow him to go up to the 88th floor. >> how is that possible? >> then he walked up the staircase to the 104th floor. he got past a security guard who -- it's been reported was sleeping, port authority says he was inattentive and climbed a ladder to the antenna all the way to the top he was arrested at 6:00 a.m. after being there for two hours. >> unencumbered, unaccompanied. that's crazy. >> apparently his friends reportedly said they had gone there and scouted it out a couple of times previously. >> these pictures of him. he's hanging on a crane hanging from a beam. i mean, this stuff -- >> so dangerous. >> yeah. >> so, so dangerous. >> yeah. >> it's apparently stuff his friends say he loves to do. he's an adrenaline junkie.

>> sounds like "catch me if you can," leonardo dicaprio. obviously he needs hobbies more productive. but are there proper security cameras there? you hear time and time again that new york city is the most secure place in america. there are cameras wherever you go. what's the situation there? >> and just being one world trade center. you would think probably the sa safest construction site going. >> they broke the story yesterday, they're reporting today that there, in fact, are no security surveillance cameras set up already. that is not going to be in place until a little bit later on. we haven't been able to confirm that story. but that's the case. >> thankfully, this kid was just doing this for an adrenaline rush. >> yeah. right. >> did not have evil intent. because this could've turned out far worse. and for him, as well. >> he could have been killed. >> could have been shot at. >> yeah. >> could've fallen. >> he is facing misdemeanor charges. could land him in jail for 90 days.

the guard who was quote, unquote, in attendance or asleep has been fired. and from the port authority, we did get this statement. we take security and these types of infractions extremely seriously and will prosecute violators. we continue to reassess our security posture and constantly working to make the site as secure as possible. >> maybe work a little harder. >> thinking about what the parents of this kid are thinking. >> thinking you'll never see the light of day. you'll never get -- >> you'll never get out of the house again. you are grounded. >> crazy. we did reach out to the attorney. but they wisely probably declined to comment. >> well, moving on to something -- >> this is madness. >> madness! >> one said today when you don't have anything else to say, march madness! after last night's games, it's been bananas. warren buffett pledged $1 billion to anyone who had the perfect match of brackets. well, after an entire full day of play, 95% of the people have been eliminated from this.

>> wow. what the heck happened? >> people were wrong. a lot of upsets. dayton versus ohio state. that was a huge upset, 11th seed university of dayton beat ohio state after this game, 85% of the people, 83% were out of the winnings for the buffett billion. and then hours later, number 12 seed harvard beat number five seed cincinnati. 61-57, and as i mentioned, basically everyone's eliminated and warren buffett continues to be -- what is it, guys? billion dollar -- >> dr. evil. >> he's so nice. >> he could be evil. wouldn't it be great if he was an evil superhero. >> with a cat? >> on the down low. he's really an evil super villain. >> but you know -- >> actually got some of those right, the president. apparently picked north dakota state. >> and picked harvard. >> harvard, as well. i guess there was some cinderella upsets that people weren't expecting. >> he's the president.

probably got access to all of these people. we were winging it. willie so far is in first place at 14. >> he actually worked very hard at it. >> yeah. >> and he actually follows all the games. >> most of us went random. there's only like four places between number one and last place. >> i have sentimental favorites, which i usually find sentimental favorites tend to win it. i picked wichita state because their mascot. it's basically like a stack of wheat. he looks like a french fry and he's got crazy hair. >> and stock of hay in his mouth. >> looks a little like popeye. >> people are going to today.com to let us know who they think will take it all. bottom line, no new billionaire. >> we ought to start looking at all the mascots. >> whoever is the final two, we get the mascots together and let them hash it out. >> that's a plan.

>> who doesn't love justin timberlake? >> j.t. -- >> okay. you know people, i'm not that cool. but his new music video asked people to play detective. the video for the song "not a bad thing" debuted yesterday on the ellen degeneres show based on a true story of a guy who proposes to his girlfriend back on january 12th while on a manhattan bound long island railroad trip. the proposal was like a scene from a movie saying anything. man used justin's song "not a bad thing" while proposing. check it out. >> a young man proposed to his girlfriend playing a justin timberlake song. they were so in love. making a documentary about finding love. have you seen this couple? ♪

♪ is it too much to ask >> it's a terrific song. to find out who the people are, what their story is, calling for the search #havey search #haveyouseenthiscouple. >> i think it's real. >> i hope it's real. >> i don't know. i don't know. it seems that video's too perfect. on the subway? >> well, let me get this straight. the video itself that we actually see, that's not what really happened. >> that's a reenactment. >> then maybe it did happen. >> maybe it happened. >> if someone happened to catch it. >> well, i'm sure somebody did catch it. >> is that a reenactment? >> is that a reenactment? >> that's a reenactment. >> okay. >> so it's more, it's the story line that we know. >> they based the video on the story. okay. >> well, i love that. >> i like it. >> i hope somebody comes forward and says i know them. >> and if you know who those folks are, let us know, too.

#orangeroom. that's right. in fact, we'll bring you here and then we'll hold you hostage. >> and we'll plan a "today" wedding. >> justin timberlake comes here. >> and justin timberlake will officiate the wedding. >> we've got a plan. >> and you'll get $1 billion from warren buffett. >> different story. >> maybe not that far. all right. well, here's -- and it's an interesting story. you tell us what you think about this. call it a helping hand. i don't know. there's a woman's letter to a sleeping mother. now, this has gone viral. comes from vancouver mom and radio host, tara jean. she spotted an exhaustive mother who had fallen asleep at her local neighborhood play center. poor thing, she's so exhausted, tired, watching her kids. and she ended up watching the woman's daughter as her own two children were playing. now, the woman did eventually wake and tara jean told her she'd been keeping an eye on her child. when she got home, she then wrote a note, posted it to

facebook, it was titled dear, exhausted mother who fell asleep on a bench at fun for kids and the note went on to say. i got your little girl who was thirsty and gave her water. she hit her head coming down the big purple slide. i gave her a hug. it's been an hour since you fell asleep. i won't leave till you wake up hopefully rested and ready to face the weekend with warrior energy us mamas need. question is, was she being helpful? should she have woken up the mother and said, hey, your child just fell off the slide and bumped her head. >> yeah. >> was she doing her a favor? >> i think her heart was in the right place. but if it were me, i would have want to have been awakened. >> absolutely. if something happened while you were watching that child. >> i get where she's coming from, but i think she maybe might have -- hey, you know what, i've been keeping an eye on your kid, but you might want -- >> strange story. >> strange. >> i'm sorry.

>> what creeps me out a little bit about it. >> it's too long. it's a long note. it's ridiculous. you just wake up the lady and say i'm so sorry, your daughter fell. >> yeah. she bumped her head. >> she bumped her head. >> but this long note. >> and she's a radio host. >> and then she -- >> and then she proposed to her boyfriend. >> exactly. >> on a bench. >> here's the thing. in some ways, to me, that's like, i'm a super hero and i'm bragging a little bit. >> there a bragging thing, too. >> i'm just saying. >> are we a little too cynical? i don't know. >> sadly, we've all gotten very cynical. >> well, there's a safety issue, yet you understand what she did. >> no, i sympathize because as a parent -- i sympathize because you are exhausted. and i've fallen asleep sometimes and your kids are doing things. i understand that completely. >> i've fallen asleep on her letter. >> i know. >> at the same time, if my child fell, i would love if somebody would tap me and say, hey, take

care of your child. end of story. >> end of story. there you go. >> roker, what's going on weather wise? >> all right. so the good news is, we've got this little clipper coming across. there's snow around minneapolis. here's what we're watching, though. this storm system early next week making its way up the coast. tuesday into wednesday morning, the storm track will determine really how heavy or wet this snow is. so if the storm system stays on this track, we only get a little snow, boston, heavy winds. but, if it comes up a little bit closer to the coast, this whole area will be in for a lot of snow. we're talking heavy, wet snow, storm track will determine the track of this, the amount. we're going to have strong winds coming in from the east. we've got a lot of moisture, there's already cold air that's going to be banked up. we're going to be watching this thing. again, we don't know how much snow we're talking about. is it going to stay on the east track? we'll have to watch it, though. we want you to be ready for

sunshine, partly cloudy skies around the south bay. san francisco mostly cloudy skies and a sneak preview of our weekend forecast with the clouds spilling in for the morning. drizzle and clouds on the coast. hour by hour that should continue throughout the day with drizzle at times near the coast. clearing skies inland. 60s for the peninsula. low 60s san francisco. highs in the low 70s. >> and that's your latest weather. why is there a raincoat? >> well, this is where we need your help. >> this is hilarious. >> last night i was on twitter and somebody said, you know what i would love. you've been to the kids choice awards and people get slimed. i'd love to see you get slimed. and i said, oh, that sounds like a fun idea. it's so random. the kids choice awards next week. >> you're going. >> i'm going. >> so anyway, i was like oh, that sounds like a great time.

and then our producer out of nowhere says, are you really into this? would you be up for it? what do you think? so he calls nickelodeon and we've got a bucket of goo in the back. so question is coat or no coat when i get slimed at the end of the show? >> so the question -- we've passed whether you're going to do it. you're going to do it? >> so we want to poll in the orange room. >> oh, no, i can't. i can't. >> it's #yescoat, #nocoat. 71% of the audience -- >> some people are feeling my pain. >> what we do know is this -- this is gooey. >> do you know what it takes to get out of this? >> we know people will say no coat. and you're going to get slimed. >> we're going to check in a bit. but first, we want to ask you a question. do you know who this big-time celebrity is? we'll tell you why she's hiding her identity. >> this is a famous person we

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of roc retinol. new from roc. a reality star goes to great lengths to conceal her identity from fans. strikes a pose but has a lot of people talking. >> here with your ticket to hollywood is entertainment weekly correspondent nina. good morning. >> good morning, everyone. hi. >> hey. >> star power. big celebrity news certainly as people on thursday, beyonce posting jarring pictures on instagram of her visit to the anne frank museum. what's your reaction? >> yeah, these are actually -- i found them inspirational. beyonce, someone who puts a lot of pictures on instagram of herself. usually in concert looking glam and fierce, with jay-z a lot in pictures. but these show a different side. somebody who appreciates academia and the history the museum can inspire. and i think if she can show the

world anne frank is someone worth remembering is fantastic. i hope her fans were inspired after these pictures. >> you can't help but be somber when you're in there. >> right. right. >> next, tweet of the week because we're talking about twitter celebrating its 8th birthday. >> happy birthday, twitter. >> so we take a look at some of the famous tweets out there. >> some of my favorites, include oprah. hi twitters, thank you for a warm welcome. 21st century. >> these are the first tweets. >> very first tweet ever. doesn't that just sound like oprah? she wrote it in all caps, too. >> exactly. >> didn't get in too much trouble. >> alec baldwin, a great first tweet. my first tweet. maybe i needed a glass of wine beforehand. i feel -- dot, dot, dot -- so shy. >> that didn't last long. >> and this is fantastic.

tis my first twit-er, tweet or twit -- >> sounds like dory. >> exactly. and what's great. it's so funny and whimsical and a couple years later, she owns twitter. >> who is this celebrity? >> well, who do you think it is? >> this is kim kardashian. she went for a full make under for a new show on oxygen called "celebrity make under." she went completely incognito in this show, which kind of gives celebrities a way to test how loyal their fans really are. so she donned this get-up to go on a mock interview with a bunch of other fans to audition as her very own assistant. i love it. it shows she has a sense of humor. prosthetics, make-up, wig, glasses, teeth. this is such a good get-up, not even her sister courtnkourtney

recognized her. >> and making a big-screen debut in a fun way, in 3d. this is going to be "peanuts" the way we've never seen them before. charlie, snoopy, linus -- i think that's something fans will appreciate is that the movie's going to stay true to the original parts of the comic strip which will be celebrating the 65th anniversary in november. >> written by the grandson of charles schultz, as well. >> exactly. >> and charles schultz' son craig is producer on the movie. and he says, again, the movie will feel really true to the heart of the original comic. coming up next, all the news you need before you start your weekend. but first, these messages. so ally bank really has no hidden fees on savings accounts? that's right, no hidden fees. it's just that i'm worried about, you know, "hidden things." ok, why's that? well uhhh... surprise!!!

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debris may have sunk to the bottom of the indian ocean off of australia's west coast. an international team searched the remote area for a second day today without success. the government is warning taxpayers about a big tax scam. people claiming to be from the irs have been calling americans demanding money for unpaid taxes. those who refuse are threatened with arrest. taxpayers in almost every state about 20,000 of them have forked over a total of more than $1 million. a new study suggesting exercise can help prevent breast cancer in women of any age. researchers looked at records of over 4 million women and found those who exercise more than an hour a day were 12% less likely to get breast cancer than less active women regardless of age or body mass index. a texas couple has a big surprise for their 2-year-old son. he has five new siblings, michelle and steven welcomed quintuplets this week, four girls and a boy. michelle isn't sure if she'll go

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they needed a tow struck to pull a van out of the marina. a 75 year man slammed into the rocks and into the water while trying to back out of a parking space last night. he said the gas pedal on the van was stuck.

mostly sunny skies around the south bay but still waiting for the clouds to break up around san francisco. you have the onshore seabreeze bringing in cooler temperatures for today. you will see those clouds slowly break out. on the coast you have clouds all day long. it is heading into the afternoon, so the cooling effect of that marine air broping our temperatures down five or ten degrees today. low 70s. low 60s around san francisco. 70s by the tri-valley.

mike? >> that's good. napping weather. no sleeping on the job here. it has been a very tough commute for the south bay. the 101 late with a clear up here. 680 past san jose international airport, it was jammed up after a series of crashes. things have started to sort out for the regular flow of traffic. we're looking at the rest of your bay there. past high street into downtown. >> thank you, another local news update for you in half an hour.

welcome back to "today" on a friday morning, march 21st, 2014. i'm natalie morales along with al roker and tamron hall. willie will be back with us on monday. really cute video already going viral. >> going to put a smile on your face. came across this video. it's a baby named christian piper. and look at how he wakes up when he hears bruno mars "run away baby." ♪ ♪ i love it when you are already ♪ ♪ and a little bitty ♪ i love you >> got his booty going. >> look at this. >> shimmying and shaking. breaking it down. okay. >> yeah! >> oh, yeah!

>> freestyle. >> christian's parents play the song to their son every morning. >> good way to wake up. >> good way to wake up. when i first saw the video, it violates my cardinal rule, which is never wake a sleeping baby. >> it's true. >> let them get it out. >> he seems to like it that way. >> that's right. >> i'm going to have to wake up like that. >> shimmy shake shake. >> i'll take your word for it. >> al, how about a check of the weather? >> okay. let's show you what we've got going on for your weekend. we must be sx himmying like that. we've got a lot of wet weather along the florida coast, wet weather also from florida -- i should say the gulf coast into central mississippi river valley. clouds in the pacific northwest. sunday -- sunday! rain along the southeast coast with a little mix as you get into the mid appalachians. also looking for plenty of sunshine up and down the west

coast, sunny and warm through the southwest. rain along the gulf coast continuing. that's what's going on around and right now we're seeing hazy sunshine around san jose. still mostly cloudy skies around san francisco and the return of the seabreeze and coastal fog. it drops our temperatures down today. near 70 in san jose. low 7 os south of downtown shoes. mid 60s in the peninsula. some 70s around the tri-valley for today. and the getaway forecast includes drizzle for the weekend. that's your latest weather. by the way, the hashtag battle for you wearing the coat, 30% say, yes, you should have a coat, 70% say no. >> i will say i will do the no coat if you donate to the crowdrise.com/natalie. >> for boston.

all right. with the arrival of spring, many of you thinking about getting out of the house and back into shape. >> here to help you check out the apps is randi zuckerberg. good to see you again. >> hi. great to be back here. >> finally with spring. >> yes. we're ready. >> you've found 24 hour promise on health questions. >> this is called empower her. it's a community for women. >> okay. >> and what's great about it is they promise if you have a question, you submit it within 24 hours, you're going to get a response. >> get a healthy -- >> great -- >> is it free? >> free. totally free site. it's really targeted to women. any questions. so here we have all of our healthy eating. you can find fitness. and you can actually even upload your own story to help other people. >> i love that. >> it's a great story -- >> nice to motivate. >> exactly. >> well, here's one i need. a lot of us need our daily dose or a couple of cups of coffee a

day. here's one that's going to help you keep track of how much caffeine you're consuming. it's called up coffee. >> up coffee by jawbone. i don't know if you've had that moment at 2:00 or 3:00 p.m. where you're like, should i reach for that cup of coffee? is that going to keep me up all night long? so this app will actually help show you, is that coffee going to keep you up all night long. so you can go in, add some caffeine, log it, say, okay, cup of iced coffee, latte, green tea, and it'll show you, here's the level of how wired you are and here's what your optimal bedtime is going to be. yesterday, i logged this, said, okay, you have this coffee, you'll be ready for sleep at 10:28 p.m. >> you should also mention comcast ventures is a minority investor in jawbone, part of our parent company. >> great app. >> you might want to look at this coming up. >> i totally am downloading this. >> it's an app called rock my

run. >> matches the pace of your run. >> and did a lot of studies that show when a beat is more energetic, you match your run, you have a more intense workout. you can actually go in, you know, let's say i'm in -- doing "rock of ages" right now, i want to do '80s music. let's say i want my run to be over an hour. you're training for a marathon. here we go. we want clean, the "today" show. we can see the mixes. they have all of these deejay mixes directly for you. they all last about two minutes, and they increase in intensity as you're running. >> so they get faster as you go? >> yeah. it actually detects when you're fatigued and the beat increases. >> rock my run. i'm so doing that right now. got five minutes, apparently hot five gives you a list of exercises to be done in five minutes. >> we all have five minutes. you can actually download, you get a bunch of videos, watch them right from your iphone.

it tells you, you know, you need a mat for this one. you need dumbbells or you don't need anything. and they're really fun. amazing core and butt. you can -- >> that's what we need. >> you can do that in five minutes. they have fun ones, too. they have one like animal movements. really fun ones. >> well, you can track your heart rate. for post exercise. now, do you have to have like a heart rate monitor for this? >> you don't need a heart rate monitor. this is one of the most accurate heart rate monitors on your phone. it's called instant heart rate. i'm going to ask you to put your finger over the lens, hold it in. push hard. it takes a little while. detects your pulse. >> that's crazy. >> and eventually. >> i do have a heartbeat. >> i think you're not over the lens, more over the flash. >> takes a little while because i want to give an accurate reading. >> while we're doing that one. >> one of my favorites because it combines two things i love.

giving clean water to the people who don't need it, there's almost 1 billion people who don't have clean water access. and unplugging from technology every now and then. so i actually have a phone right here, spare one. and for every ten minutes you don't use your phone when you have to use it for tap project, clean water for a day is donated. it's tracking here as been off for eight minutes and two seconds. gives you motivational messages. >> can we go back to the other phone? >> it said 62 beats per minute. >> and you can tag -- here i am in my day. sitting, resting, just worked out. >> these are great apps. thank you so much. >> heartbeat app, that's amazing. really great. >> go to our today app and we'll give you all the apps. congratulations on your stint on "rock of ages."

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to tamron hall's heart. if you love a good dessert but you'd rather buy one than make one, we'll show you sweet tweres with a modern twist. >> three easy recipes to satisfy our sweet teeth. >> entertainment director -- at "ladies' home journal." >> my mouth is watering. >> how do we get to these? what is this called? >> this is cookie stuffed brownies. so we start with a layer of chocolate chip cookie dough. it's only going to get better. we layer on, you can press this in. >> and the trick is, again, you can do this at home. a lot of people are intimidated by baking. they're cooks but not good bakers. >> this is easy. you can make homemade cookie dough, store buy it. >> we've got our layer. >> got our layers. >> this is the peanut butter variation. you're going to layer yours with nutter butters.

yo ur going to do double stuff. >> you want these. >> you want cookies. >> oh. >> okay. >> you just -- >> and you do the whole layer. >> okay. >> you got it, al. you've got it. this is going to be the weekend snack. and then the brownie batter gets spread over the top. you can do this with the kids. >> you can use a box brownie mix, your own favorite mix. >> or you could make this and eat it. >> what inspired this? >> this is an internet sensation. it's -- >> someone said eat it raw. >> you're like, okay. so you've seen a variation of this on the internet and we took it to the next level. we did the variations. you can do one with milano cookies. i want you to taste it now. >> wow. >> you want to taste the actual brownie? there you go. that's the peanut butter

version. >> next up. >> okay. next is a chocolate chip cookie in a skillet. >> one pan. >> what we've done is melted sugar and butter, whisk in an egg. >> okay. >> and this is all on the stove top. you don't have to get out a cooking sheet. >> little flour. >> you may want a spoon for that. >> okay. >> is that dark chocolate or milk chocolate? >> dark chocolate chunks. chips, whatever you want. but basically all in the same pan. >> and you press it in. >> done. >> how long does it take to bake? >> 15, 20 minutes. >> this one, no bake. >> no bake cheesecake. a mixture of cream cheese and sugar and lemon juice. you can do it in glasses, jars, top it off with gram crackers. >> great to pass around for parties, too. >> it's awesome. >> and then this. >> yes, yes. >> one at a time. >> thank you so much.

chew with your mouth full. >> can i hug you? >> coat on or coat off? #yescoat, #nocoat. still time to weigh in. >> tell you what, guys, this coat will come off if you donate to crowdrise.com/natalie for the marathon victims, okay. that's the deal. >> you got your checkbook? >> come on, you guys. jump in there. we're doing it for charity. charity, al. >> okay. >> charity. >> okay. >> first, this is "today" on nbc.

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good morning to you, 9:56 on your friday morning. the recent 4.4 earthquake is renewing fearing. the anderson game in morgan hill

is not seismically safe. a wall of water could cover morgan hill and the silicon valley in a matter of minutes. the dam has to be repaired by 2018 but to do that they have to drain it. in order to meet that 2018 k deadline, they would need to start by the end of this year. unfortunately we're not seeing any signs we'll be adding to the reservoirs any time soon in the short term. we have patchy low clouds, not storm clouds. as we head through the afternoon we should see low 70s around the south bay today. lower 60s near san francisco. an all-day seabreeze keeping those clouds on the coast.

hazy sunshine, low to mid 70s through the tri-valley. finally a friday commute that we expect to see here at fremont southbound 880. we have a little slowing. not as far as the mission truck scales beut look at the map there. a little slowing to the bottom of your screen there. west 237. north 101, the crashes that we already had. it is also through mountain view. the rest of your day looks great. starting to clear, still metering lights at the toll plaza. >> more news in half an hour. we'll see you then. [ mom ] hi, we're the pearsons, and we love chex cereal.

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from nbc news, this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb, from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> how about that? >> hey, everybody. sometimes we're surprise we get on t air. it is try day friday, march 21st. we're so glad you're with us today. hope you're going to have an awesome weekend coming up. >> we have a very handsome gentleman on the show. >> people are -- twitter. >> we don't mean -- >> theo james is here, from the highly anticipated film called "divergent," in line with all the other kinds of films the kids are crazy about. >> based on a trilogy of books that the teens find and it is all over. >> you know what i found out

about this guy? do you watch "downton abbey". >> i remember him from that scene. >> lady mary was -- >> you can say. >> boinking that guy. he was the -- >> theo. >> it was so exciting. i'm, like, that's the guy. >> lady mary killed him. >> we can't wait to see him. >> good-bye. >> our real moms will give their real reviews of the big movie coming up this weekend. we'll speak with theo. and we have the season's very best bags for every occasion, but enough about us. >> today is national bubble week. it is a very important weekend. it is a whole national bubble weekend. >> this is what's wrong in a nut shell about our country. we should have started out with national bubble week. but we wait until the end when you can't get any bubbles anymore. >> try yours. try yours. okay. >> you keep doing it. >> don't get it in the wine. protect the wine. just hold it down. oh!

>> save the peanut butter. >> and the wine. >> oh, my god. see how much fun this could have been all week long, but no, we start it on a try day friday when it should have been on monday. how long are we supposed to do this? >> that's good. remember -- three, two, one. >> all right. >> remember when we used to do it old school, like that? >> i never was -- that's pretty darn good. >> you know they -- bubbles are not new. they were -- they're back -- there is -- the world's record is 181 people -- >> inside a bubble. >> they set the guinness world record. >> look at this. that is a real -- that is not an optical illusion. that is a real bubble. >> all the people were standing there. >> looks like there is room for more. >> have you been in the kids museums where they dunk the thing, the big ring around the kid and pull it up like a bubble all around them? that's fascinating.

>> well, we have a -- did you know they have bubbles go back to like the 1700s or something like that? we have a -- yeah, one of the earliest kids toys. we have a picture. where is the picture? >> we don't have a picture. it is from the 1700s. >> they had an image of it. >> where is it? i don't think there was a -- >> i don't care. i never cared about national bubble week to begin with. >> broken. okay, so, if you were wondering what the ideal day is for your man, you're about to -- >> don't drag me into it. >> don't make your plans for the weekend because unilever deodorant surveyed all these men. this is what they want to do in their perfect day. >> remember we have a child here. >> plug her ears. they would like to spend more than four hours having s-e-x. sex. >> yes. >> four hours. >> that's ridiculous. >> you show me one other than

sting with the tantric thing. then three and a half hours working because they have to save their energy. >> and three hours with friends and family. the rest they would spend eating, drinking and sleeping. there's not -- >> they revealed something else. almost three-quarters confessed to using their phones or tablets while they were perched on the toilet. >> and that's one of the reasons i don't want to have sex with them. among many others. okay. i just think -- i think that's really insulting to most men, except for a couple in the room. jerry, are you insulted by that? >> very. >> let's stop the male bashing. >> we're not bashing. we're saying what the survey said from unilever. okay. the deodorant guys. this is a great -- this is a social cues question. comes from the new york times. here is the question, is it okay

to point out to a good friend, a physical flaw and recommend plastic surgery? there was this woman, she says there is a man in her office and she thinks his only obstacle for meeting women is that he doesn't have a good nose. and she wanted to politely figure out if there was a way to say to him, hey, you would benefit from a nose job, why don't you go get one? >> that's just an incredible question to begin with. it is one thing if somebody says do you think i should have my nose done? if he they suggest it, and honestly, want your opinion. and then you could say, i don't know, why? does it bother you? get a little dialogue. i think it might keep me from getting chicks. let's go through a magazine and find the nose you want and let's go get it. >> make a way. >> he says minor surgery may change his life, and you're making such a forward observation may change your

relationship. keep your thoughts about his features to yourself or bye-bye friendship. >> i don't like when people criticize me, how i look and stuff. >> hardly anybody ever does. >> people think they can. they're, like, my god, turn around or -- i just get very self-conscious and i think usually i'll ask and i think all my life, like, my mom, no matter what i wore, how heavy i was or anything, she's, like, you look great, i love this shirt. it was like untucked and i looked unkept, but, you know, you don't think about it. when someone does, it is jarring. i can't ever imagine saying to someone -- even about an outfit someone is wearing. if they like it and they feel good in it, why am i saying, you know, something else. >> words hurt. i tried to tell you. all righty, you know the frozen thing has taken off. let it go. >> our facebook fan, erica weginka from texas, she's driving, she caught her daughters, 3-year-old amelia an

song that everyone likes "let it go." take a look. ♪ ♪ let it go let it go ♪ ♪ can't hold it back anymore ♪ ♪ let it go let it go ♪ ♪ turn away i don't care ♪ ♪. >> so cute. >> oh, my god. >> you know what i like about that movie so much, there is no prince charming at the end. i don't -- i don't like male bashing, but i also don't like, in all of media for the answer to every girl's dream be some guy that comes in on -- >> rescues them. you're right. >> then real life happens and you wake up and he might have bad breath and, you know,

athlete's feet but you learn to love the guy and stay with him anyway. okay. >> we're very happy today. we have a winner with us today. she won the jif peanut butter contest. miss leah toomey. >> congratulations. >> jerry is going to bring a chair for you. how old are you? >> i'm 12. >> you're 12 years old. do you know that song "let it go". >> yeah. >> do you love the movie? >> yeah. >> so many kids come up with their own concoction or special sandwich, tell us about yours. >> it is called the crunchy creamy dreamy finger sandwich. >> okay. what's in it? >> it has peanut butter -- >> jif, right? >> yes. melted chocolate, lady fingers, but soft lady fingers, right? our craft people today tried to make it, there is no such thing as finding a soft -- what do they call them -- >> lady finger here in new york. >> you had to bake it or buy it in the store. >> we bought it. >> where are you from?

>> allentown. >> you can get them there, but apparently not in the great -- how did you come up with this? is this the flavors you like? >> yes. we had to use jif so we found things that go well with peanut butter too. >> and extra peanuts on the top, right? >> they're pretzels. >> aren't you clever. so delicious. >> are we allowed to try it? >> yes. what else? >> cream. >> there's cream in there? oh, i'll lick off the top. >> you got a college scholarship, radio ischolarshi scholarship, right? >> yes. >> $25,000. >> congratulations. want to see our friday funny. we're ready. okay, laugh. watch the magic happen a young nerve ous lawyer was hired at an established and well known law firm. was getting settled when he noticed a man walking toward his door. wishing to appear busy and

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february 18th. mom says her 2-year-old took too her new baby brother right away. she loves to hug him and thinks he's her baby. >> yes. now to caitlin rogen hanson. when was she born? >> 15 years before they finally got -- >> no, she was born on february 12th, i think. where? in houston, texas. >> yes. >> her parents tried for 15 years before they finally got pregnant and offered this advice. if you're struggling with infertility, don't give up, god answers prayers and miracles still happen. they sure do. >> our next baby of the week is wesley james provencher born in utah on february 25th. his mom says her son is a big eater who is already growing strong and tall. >> and our final johnson's baby of the week is evan jared gibson, born at the darnell army hospital in texas on february 5th. this little guy's dad is a sergeant in the first cavalry division stationed at ft. hood. mom says her son loves to smile.

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already, won't forget him after this. theo james stars in the highly anticipated film "divergent" based on the best-selling novel. >> he played four, a leader in his community, assigned to train the new inmates including tryst played by shailene woodley. >> take a look. >> you all right? >> you cut me. >> i meant to. >> you meant to? >> you think he was going to let you off with a scratch? would still be standing there if i hadn't hit you. >> am i supposed to thank you? >> you're supposed to be smart. if i wanted to hurt you, i would have. >> oh. we like. >> he's like the guy on the unilever survey. how are you? >> how are you doing? >> welcome. >> it is a little surreal to meet you in person because we do remember you as the guy that was -- ended up with lady mary, dead. >> very briefly, yes, back in

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when you're comfortable with that true self, you can display it to the world and start attracting that great guy, right guy to you. >> a lot of people don't want to know the truth and face it themselves, ish. >> very true. >> absolutely true. we have this equation, we have a personal brand equation. and that is how you look, how you speak, how you act is your personal brand. if all those areas are consistent, you're going to do really well and be successful in business and in life. >> you can change. if you are -- if you are a certain way, we were talking about angelina jolie, she walked around with a vial of blood around her neck, sort of creepy and now she's -- but she has transformed into a -- she's unbelievable. everyone loves her. so it is possible to turn the beat around, isn't it? >> yeah. >> she's authentic. she's authentic. you start with how you look. i think the real thing there is you have to show up and dress for who you are, plus 10%. 10% is that little extra added

personal touch you give and in a job, a career you want to be dressing just for the position above you. >> what if you say, your authentic self is sort of bohemian. can you make that work for you too? >> you can. if it is real, you can make it work for you. the whole thing, you want to do the self-checks. always say, listen, is what i'm doing, what i'm saying, what i'm wearing right now, is this really, a, making me less stressed, or, b, causing me to have more happiness? that's how you know you're in tune with your true self. >> other than how you dress -- >> how you speak. how you talk to people. i say stop texting and start talking. >> so great. >> because really a lot of what we do is the delivery. text, you think you're doing okay. no tone. and all of a sudden, you're upset, people are upset with what you're texting, but i didn't mean that. there was nothing else there to help create -- >> some people, they're understated or always apologizing. >> women, right? >> yeah.

how does someone get out of that fold. >> sometimes you have to step outside that box. here is the good thing about it, is it scary? sure is. but guess what, either way, no pain, no gain. you're always going to learn something about yourself. you do it and it works for you -- >> exactly. step out and try it. >> i don't think a lot of people realize what they sound like. >> they don't. >> maybe record yourself and play it back and say, i didn't -- my voice was so high pitched or -- >> sharp. sometimes people are sharp. they don't mean to be. but that's so much that we can't listen to them. >> what is the third one? >> the third one is how we act. i always say be the party, and the crowd will come to you. >> that's hoda. >> there we go. >> absolutely. >> people want to be her. >> right, right. if you're comfortable with who you are and you put it out there, people that love that are going to come to you. and the rest don't matter really anyway. >> debbie or doug downer. always negative, nobody wants to be around them. >> thanks so much, we appreciate

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we're back and getting real with our reel moms who are here with their previews of the latest family films. >> mother of three, tara mcnamara is a fan dango film mom, part of the nbc universal family. >> suzanne ross has two children and is a lifestyle editor at family circle magazine. >> and liz stern, founder of viva moms.com, three kids. >> the muppet movie, by the way, we already -- look at kath's face, we had miss piggy on. and there was a throwdown.

we already know what kath thinks of the movie. what do you think? >> i hear the movie is adorable. >> the most wanted movie family film in theaters this weekend. and big reason why is the story line of an evil kermit look-alike who takes over his life and sends kermit to prison while he goes and runs the -- >> like a prince and the pauper thing but the other way around. >> yeah, yeah. >> how does it compare to the other muppet movies? >> they liked it more. more fun. tina fey is in it. all these wonderful cameos, usher, lady gaga. that's amusing for -- across the board. >> all the kids except for the baby -- >> my 6-year-old turned to me and said, mom, this is the best one yet. >> really? >> but he also likes -- everything involved with it, the puppets, the muppets, came to life, it was great. took us on a european tour throughout europe and it was -- the music and the cameos, ricky

gervais, great. >> three greats. >> it is a musical and the music, the tunes are catchy. you lean in when you hear that. >> all right, the next movie is "mr. peabody and sherman." a lot of people have been waiting for this one. >> it has been in the movies now for a couple of weeks. >> it is still a hot ticket seller on fan dango. like number three. and it is from the little cartoon. you don't have to have known that to appreciate this. it is sherman, the most brilliant creature the world has ever known and his adopted human son sherman. >> i love the relationship between the two of them. >> it is about time travel. for me, it is about kind of, you know, experiencing history in a fun way, which can get kids to get engaged with history, that's a winner. >> they're learning something too. >> yes. >> they are. they really do get a little broad scope, they go see leonardo da vinci and george

washington. gets kids curious. it is a nice family story because families can look like anything. my dog can adopt a boy. >> i love the theme of adoption between the two of them, that a dog can adopt a little boy, but a little boy can adopt a dog. it was just a really sweet movie -- >> anything goes today. >> the last one is called "the birder's guide to everything". >> a little more mature. >> for tweens, i guess. >> tell me about that. >> the coming of age story available on demand today. it is kind of wants to be "stand by me," a teen grieving the loss of his mother, who takes his friends on a journey to find a rare bird. and so it is really about dealing with emotions. a lot of cursing in it, though. >> there is? >> there is a character who is, like, 16, and has raging hormones. for me, that character made it -- i didn't -- >> it didn't bother me. i thought was a tender coming of age story and hit on the loss

and this child's father is remarrying and the emotions that go through that, are they addressing them. >> a very real scenario. >> 15 and up. >> i'm a little more conservative than you. >> i say 12 and up. >> i didn't watch with my 10-year-old. i thought it was to -- to watch the beginning, i thought it was too old for him, i would say anywhere from 14 and above. but i think -- i told my nephews they should go watch it. i think it is a film -- >> sad commentary on our culture. >> they said the characters were authent authentic. >> thank you so much. so real. >> you watch the family moves and texting your kids and you're ready for adult time. >> we have cocktails. >> so rare for us.

though it may not feel like it in all parts of the country, spring is officially here. time to switch out the cold weather cocktails for something more refreshing. >> l.a. tourism bureau teamed up to bring us dan vickrey, one of the hottest mixologists on the whole west coast. >> we're lucky. >> yeah. >> i'm lucky. >> thank you for being here bringing us a little spring cocktail. what you got? >> we're starting with the drink inspired by spring in l.a. the sun is coming out. we're happy, we're excited. >> you have the sun out all winter long. >> we had two days of rain. we're always celebrating. this is a champagne sangria, we're starting with some gin, we have got some litchi and elder flower liqueur and cognac and top it off with champagne. >> okay. >> get some fresh berries in there. >> okay. >> all right. >> okay. and what do you call this? >> this is spring sangria. >> okay. >> great one if you're having

brunch, you can have everything -- >> it is beautiful. visually very pretty. >> wow. has a kick. that gin really -- >> elder berry thing. >> you can sweeten it up if you would like. >> this one? >> this one is our bold rose. this is inspired by new york, rose is your state flower. >> it is? >> we didn't know. >> we'll have you two making one. we have your vodka and we're adding rose water. >> in here? >> yes. in here. >> rose water. >> we're adding some orange and vanilla liqueur. some lemon juice and white cranberry juice. >> white cranberry juice, okay. >> shake it up? >> shake it up, sister. >> this is the best part. >> i didn't wear the right bra for this. >> okay. >> i like the air guitar shake. little booty shake. all right, we'll pour it on.

>> okay. >> and top it off with an edible flower. >> which ones are edible? >> they're all edible. >> cheers. >> cheers, dan vickrey, that's your real name. nice. >> what's the last one? >> the last drink is -- you're both from washington, d.c., we always think of congressmen having a dark drink, the end of a five-hour shift. we already mixed together whiskey. we have an orange flavored cognac and we're going to add some bitters. a spoonful of syrup from brandy cherries. >> do you go to college to become a mixologist. >> i became a mixologist because i went to college. >> okay. >> some orange and cherry and -- >> wow. >> we have our brand-new old-fashioned -- >> a brand-new old-fashioned. >> thank you so much. >> cheers. >> happy spring.

>> thank you very much. next week, mary lou hen, boy george, joe manzanella. >> bill parsons, performance by jared neimen. >> oh, my god. >> have an awesome weekend, everybody. >> happy spring. >> thank you.

nbc bay area news starts now. good morning to you and thank you for joining us. i'm peggy bunker. we begin with a story that is new at 11:00. a major settlement has been announced between the oakland police department. >> good morning to you. scott olson says he doesn't remember much about the day or being hit on the head. he was on the ground and everyone was telling him he was hurt and he believed them when he could not say his name. he still suffers from that head injury. now the city of oakland agreed to settle