good morning. hot seat. good morning. hot seat. the ceo of general motors goes to the hill today under fire over those deadly ignition switch problems. this as internal memos obtained by nbc news suggests the company knew about the problems eight years ago and failed to act. and a massive new recall is issued. costly delay, a new report this morning that poor coordination set search teams back three full days in the hunt for malaysia air flight 370. officials are now changing their story about what the last words were in the cockpit. crash course. >> if you keep on going i'm going to get you. >> the dramatic conversation between two captains before

their ships collided and triggered a massive oil spill in the gulf of mexico of mexico. will those tapes prove who was at fault. man overboard, a sailor falls overboard in the ocean during a boat race and his remarkable rescue and story of survival, tuesday april 1st, 2014. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> good morning, happy tuesday, and welcome to "today." >> t good morning. happy tuesday. welcome to today. >> that's right. we've got a busy show today. want to show you who's in our studio right now. we have michael lewis with us this morning. this is a guy that writes books people talk about. "the big short," "moneyside."

>> he has a way of 0 explaining complicated issues the rest of us can understand. >> if you have money in the stock market, you want to hear this. we'll get to michael lewis in a little while. general motors related to the switch problems thought to be responsible for at least 12 deaths. today, the company's head comes face to face with lawmakers following an emotional meeting she had with the families of accident victims last night. let's get to tom costello in washington. good morning. >> reporter: the saturn was already on the list of recalled vehicles, now newer models being recalled. nbc has obtained an internal document showing eight years ago the company ordered a design change to fix the problem with its ignition switch and never told its exist iing customers about the problems and never told the government. general motors problems keep growing, along with its list of recalled cars.

the nation's second biggest automaker is now recalling another 1.3 million evacuation in the u.s. that may experience a sudden los of electric power steering resulting in a higher risk of a crash. the new list now includes 2004 malibus along with four other gm models. it comes as the ceo is apologizing to their customers. >> something went wrong with our process in this instance and terrible things happening. >> reporter: for failing to recall ignition switches and deaths including 18-year-old natasha and 15-year-old amy and died after their chevy lost power and crashed into a tree in 2006. >> these were our children and they just act like they don't matter.

they may not have mattered to gm but they mattered to us. >> reporter: now, tan internal memo showing a design engineer knew about the problem in 2006 and signed a document authorizing the redesign. the engineer was ray degirgio. under oath, he said he did not know about changes to the switch. if such changes were made, it was made but your knowledge and authorization? >> that is correct. >> reporter: this gm document authorizing changes to the switch was signed by degiorgio himself suggesting the company knew about the recall and changed the part and never told gm customers who never knew they were at risk. now, the witness table is set for today's hearing on capitol hill and ceo mary barra is sure to be grilled. >> gm accepted they didn't have this switch to meet their own specifications.

we need to ask why that was and what was the reason they went ahead and did it anyways. >> reporter: gm ceo mary barajas only been on the job a few months and in her prepared speech to lawmakers she says she does not know why it took so long and ordered and independent investigation and will apologize again to those family makers. >> the no just gm but also the federal regulators, the ones supposed to be watching these car companies under fire, right? >> reporter: yeah. the national highway transportation administration, democrats and republicans want to know why it didn't act when it had complaints and they said they didn't have sufficient evidence to order a recall but they will be on the hot seat also today. >> thank you. we have several major developments in this search for malaysia air flight 370 as 10 planes and nine ships comb the indian ocean. we're learning of problems early on that set crews back for three days.

katie is in kuala lumpur with more on this. good morning. >> reporter: that and a pretty startling admission as we reported yesterday during a particularly contentious press conference, the malaysian transport minister said he refused to confirm the last words out of the cockpit were all right. good night. that's because they were not the last words. we officially got the transcript from the cockpit today for the first time in three weeks. out for the first time today, the cockpit radio transcript show the last words were not "all right. good night" as reported but in fact good night malaysian, three seven zero." >> it's taken three weeks to correct this. unfortunately this gives the families of the victims more evidence that things have been hidden from them. >> reporter: the release comes amid a report from the "wall street journal" that lapses in coordination coordinations searching for the plane led rescuers astray wasting three days of the

operation. today is day 25 and the search zone is once again 1100 miles off the australian coast citing after citing but so far only garbage floating on the sea said this chinese captain. malaysian officials say they are confident this is the right area. the former malaysian ceo defended the government, the airline and the pilots. >> i know they are competent. i don't doubt their ability. >> reporter: amidst all the back and forth the families can only wait. these are the last words steve wang has from his mother, a voice mail before she took off asking to tell dad to bring her a coat at the airport. i might be cold, she says. >> she's my whole life. i can't imagine what kind of pain she has suffered. it's hard. >> reporter: as for the "wall malaysian official tells me the miscommunication is annoying because they gave them all the

pertinent information they had, the investigative teams right from the get goe. back to you. >> katie in kuala lumpur. thanks very much. >> . >> to natalie. the latest obama numbers. >> some big numbers. there was a late surge of customers who signed up for health care insurance as the obama administration hits its original goal before the midnight dead line. peter is at the white house. good morning. >> hi, tamron. the administration officials tell us the obama administration is on track to sign up 7 million people with last night's dead line thanks to the late surge. officials say nearly 5 million people went to the website last night alone four times more than the previous record. 7 million sign-ups was the administration's initial goal. after all the website problems a lot of 0 experts thought that was out of reach and some white

house officials feared the law might collapse and how many young people have signed up and how many people have actually paid. as one white house official told me this is a major comeback story and likely we will hear from president obama a little later today. >> thank you very much. the united states is in talks with israel about releasing convicted spy jonathan pollack early from his life sentence as an incentive in trouble middle east peace negotiations. people familiar with the talks say israel would have to undertake significant concessions. pollack was arrested in 1985 after passing secret documents to israel while working as a civilian analyst for the u.s. navy. the governor of washington is now asking president obama to declare a major disaster in his state, so victims of the deadly mudslide can get quick access to federal relief funds. the requests includes money for funeral and health care for surviving and first responders. financial loss from the mudslide

have topped $10 million. dozens of homes were destroyed. at least 24 piedmoeople lost th lives. much more later today. much more coming up on the houston ship channel that caused the massive oil spill almost two weeks ago. for the first time this morning, we're hearing dramatic audio recordings obtained by our houston affiliate kprc of conversations between the three captains. just three-quarters of a mile apart, the oil barge was being pushed directly into the path of the cargo ship. >> you keep on going, i'm going to get you. >> minutes before they hit, the captain of the cargo ship warned the captain of the barge of impending danger. >> how many loads you got? >> two loads. don't look good. >> it don't look good. you need to keep on backing it down as hard as you can. i will keep it going. >> a little later the two ships

collide the barge spilling 160,000 gallons of oil closing the busy houston ship channel and affecting thousands for days. it stranded cruise ships and endangered wildlife sanctuaries. the cost is still being tallied but officials say it will be in this millions. >> federal officials are working with those tapes a part of their investigation. no decision yet who migt have been at fault. rear view cameras will soon come standards in all new cars, suvs and even most trucks. new rules from the transportation department will require vehicles come with that feature by 2018. backup accidents involving light vehicles caused an average of 210 deaths and 15,000 injuries a year. most of the victims sadly are children and the elderly. a dramatic rescue in the pacific ocean was caught on camera ever 0 the weekend after a sailor fell overboard. take a look. it happened during an around the

world yacht race. 46-year-old andrew taylor was changing a sail when he fell over the side of the boat into rough seas. you see it there. he was in the water about an hour and a half before his teammates finally found him and pulled him to safety. thankfully he was wearing a life vest and dry suit. after it was determined it was okay, this guy joined the team in this race again. pretty tough to watch but everything is all right. it's unbelievable. >> wow. nice they stopped for him. it was a race but, hey, we'll get back to you, be back in a little while >> tread water. >> the show must go on. thank you. >> mr. roker. >> we have changes going on in our atmosphere. that's when we start to see the severe weather starting to develop. it is today. we have another 48 hours of strong storms that will start firing up in from texas all the way on up into oklahoma. we look at this stationary front working its way down to the south. it's bringing up a lot of moist air. we have cold air then starting

to clash with that. we look at that clash area. that's where we see the risk of strong storms from abilene to wichita and kansas city and damaging winds and hail likely. that area expands tomorrow from delays, oklahoma city, kansas city, st. louis, on into southern illinois, the risk of strong storms firing up tomorrow as well with isolated tornadoes. rainfall amounts generally anywhere from 2-3 inches from central missouri all the way into western ohio. the rest of the country today, we have snow back through the plains. that will be bringing a major system on into minnesota sometime wednesday into thursday and could be looking at another foot of snow and sunshine through the southeast with warmer temperatures. coming up in the next 30 seconds. but we rarely tap its true potential and just let it be itself. flowing freely into clean lakes -

clear streams - and along more fresh water coast line than any other state in the country. come realize water's true potential. dive in - to the waters of pure michigan. your trip begins at michigan.org. good tuesday morning to you. i'm meteorologist christina loren. we are tracking some pretty active weather across the bay area. you'll notice on your doppler radar the heaviest shower activity located between morgan hill and gilroy. we have had lightning strikes so far this morning, we're fair game for that throughout the afternoon. right now it's cold out $. grab a jacket, grab your umbrella. we'll talk about when we expect the thunderstorms in just a few moments. we'll have your seven-day forecast as well. and that's your latest weather. matt. >> al, thanks very much. best selling author, michael lewis has written a series of books taking wall street to task.

in his latest "flash boys" he says the financial markets are rigged and it all comes down to timing. say there's a girl you want to ask out and send her a text message. another guy sees what the you're doing and he decides to ask her out, too. only he has the most advanced phone around and his text gets there before yours does and he gets the girl. imagine instead of losing out on a date, you're losing out in billions of dollars in computerized trading. the whole thing is more complicated than that. michael lewis, good to see you. >> good morning. >> the girl analogy is not completely accurate. i'm trying to make the point you're being beaten to the punch according to you in computerized stock markets. >> absolutely. the market moves at two speeds. one for people who pay for access to the exchanges and put their trading machines right next to the black boxes actually now the exchanges and everybody else, where everybody else being the investors in the stock market.

>> there's a version of this called front running. the version you're talking about in this book you expose in this book is legal and in your opinion, infuriatingly legal. >> i think we will find out whether it's legal or not because the attorney general and the fbi have suddenly opened investigations into the practices. yes, i mean, it seems like the sec is fully aware of what's going on and it doesn't seem to boer this them that much. >> basically you have high volume traders out there investing in the fastest possible technology. in some ways they see your trade before it reaches its destination and go in before you get there. >> that is exactly what happens. you, the average investor, by that everybody from the guy sitting at his e-trade account to the biggest pension and head funds in the world are seeing essenti essentially old prices compared to high speed traders. the market more like real-time are trading against people who

don't know the market >> here's the way you write about it in this book. the u.s. stock market was now a class system rooted in speed of haves an have-nots. the haves paid for nanoseconds. the have-nots had no idea that nanoseconds had value. >> the problem is that the haves arer generating so much money sitting in the middle of the market this way they created a whole echo system around themselves on wall street. they pay the exchanges and pay as soon as this profitable bu business arose, it created its own logic >> why shouldn't i applaud these guys for using technology to their best advantage? isn't that what the system is all about? don't we want speed in trading? >> we do want speed in trading but we want every dollar to stand the same chance. it's an unfair playing field. it's crazy for investors to be playing with people who have knowledge of the prices before they do. >> you are shaking a stick and

knocking it into the hornet's nest. those hornets are fighting back and stinging. here's what people are saying in your book. you are misinformed. you're unfair and irresponsible. you have simplified your story. the advocacy organization for high frequency traders modern markets saying markets are not rigged. say otherwise is a broad generalization that lumps the vast amount of good market behavior in with a few bad actors. they say the system you're talking about actually provides liquidity in the markets. >> what else are they going to say. i don't know where to begin there. the story isn't my story. the story in this book is a story of people wall street insiders realize starting 2008 the market is behaving funny. the market on their screen is no longer a market they can act on. every time they trade the market seems to know what they're doing before they're doing. the story is their investigation of the market involving exchanges, people who work the a

high frequency trading firms and people that came out of the banks and appalled of what came out of the system >> these guys are actually whistle-blowers and they're starting to hear from other whistle-blowers from throughout the industry? >> yes. they have had calls from the whistle-blowers who want to know how to get onto the fbi to describe what's going on in the exchanges. this isn't michael lewis wandering in and making grand pronouncements. i'm following a story of wall street insiders trying to figure out how this market works and they don't understand >> this will prompt people to want to take their money out of the market. should they? >> no. i don't think that's the right answer. you're talking about scalping, it's pennies each trade. it shouldn't go on. it's unnecessary wall street in ter mediation. it's crazy to miss out on the investing in the stock market just to avoid being scalped. >> typical writer, that wasn't a

one word answer. >> sorry. >> that's okay. >> it was 362 words, michael. april fool's. >> who's counting. >> exactly. willie, i'm hoping you can explain. something online going around. cancel colbert? >> a #can sellcolbert. it comes from a report can sell colbert page. on its face, this tweet looks racially insensitive to the asian community, i should say. and in fact, it is unless you look at it in its own context. it was a tweet that came. we're not going to show it to you, directly from the @colbert report website making fun of a situation with dan snyder the redskins owner. colbert was doing satire and wasn't read that way from a lot of people.

s stephen addressing i agree with cancel colbert. i share your rage. who is that? i'm stephen@home. a lot of people were outraged by the tweet and colbert addressing it last night on his show and using the entire show to address it. >> who would have thought a means of communication limited to 140 characters would ever create misunderstandings. but, folks, i have never once used@colbertreport. as you heroes know, i' i'm @stephen@home although full disclosure sometimes tweet from@stephen@home in bathroom. >> they brought on one of the founders of twitter and used this new magical button to blow up the@colbert twitter account. they called it a kill switch. we checked, it is no longer there.

@colbert report. @stephen@home, his personal account. his supporters say it was a joke pulled from the show sat tier rising something else and certainly wasn't meant to be insensitive to the asian community as construed by many folks. >> we still don't know who actually operated that twitter handle? >> it is the official show account. social who works on the show. don't know the show writer. >> i hope it wasn't on his computer when the thing blew up. that could have been messy. >> really bad. >> thank you. >> coming up. you teach young children about stranger danger. what about your college kids? would they get into a stranger's van? our eye opening hidden camera investigation, as tens of thousands head out for spring break? >> are you sniffling and sneezing already?

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injuries to report. a look at the weather forecast. >> good morning to you at home. yeah, it's getting a little more active but for the most part we're holding off on that heavy activity. until we head into the second half of the day. and your seven-day forecast shows you we've got thunderstorms on the way for most of the bay area as we head throughout tonight. we don't typically see this pattern but it's going to stick with us. a repeat from yesterday. as we head into this evening. that's when the heaviest downpours are expected between noon and 7:00 p.m. and will likely impact your evening commute. keep that in mind. we head through the overnight hours winds will relax but it's going to be very cold out there. and any residual showers we get tomorrow could produce snowfall on top of mt. hamilton, maybe even as low as mt. diablo. here's mike and the drive. >> the bay bridge toll plaza, you have the backup, the san mateo bridge. both show wet roadways. that is the situation, slick

conditions. we'll look at the map. on the peninsula side, 92 at sky line we have a crash there. blocking the roadway. sounds like a car is off of its wheels and they have a tow truck. also we had a report of ice there, i'm going to double-check on the details. just got that information. slow across the san mateo bridge. i showed you the volume. the south bay, the northbound route 880 and 237 a new crash up toward fremont. southbound 880 we still have a crash on the shoulder. a light pole was hit.

♪ 7:30 now on a tuesday morning, 1st of april, 2014. best behavior here as we show you the sunrise in nashville, tennessee. very, very nice. >> pretty. >> let's take a look at what's making headline. ceo of general motors testifies on capitol hill today about the company's response to a faulty ignition switch problem. it is day 25 in the hunt for malaysia air flight 370. and once again, search crews are being hampered by rough weather. so far, nothing related to that plane has been found. and the deadline for signup for health insurance under the affordable care act has come and gone. the obama administration says more than 7 million americans enrolled in this first session. >> okay. we all have suffered through

this really harsh winter. we were waiting for spring. but now that might not be such a great idea. the harsh winter could be triggering the worst allergy season in years. >> i like your tie. >> thank you. >> that's all you have is a compliment. plus, matt has more of his exclusive interview with elton john and his long time partner. >> that's right. this morning, their plans for a wedding. will it be a lavish affair? and the two boys that changed their lives in surprising and wonderful ways. >> i used to say to people, people sending pictures of their kids at christmas. what do we do now? pictures of our kids. we're the biggest hypocrites of life. >> we're going to have more of our conversation with them. they said they've become kid bores, like a lot of us. >> been there. >> i've become one of those people. i'm the person that shows the ultrasound picture. i always hated those people. what is that blurry -- >> oh, thought we were going to put it up there for a second.

>> no, i just don't want to make everyone have to look at that. anyhoo. >> okay. >> let's switch gears. we begin this half hour with a new rossen reports investigation. can you trust your teenagers when they are away at college or on spring break this month? "today's" national investigative correspondent jeff rossen went undercover. and what he found will disturb a lot of parents. >> look, i have three young kids at home, and i tell them over and over again, keep away from strangers and never get into a stranger's car. it's not little kids most at risk, it is teenagers, including college students abducted most by strangers. so what would happen if they were approached by a guy in a van? surely college kids would know better than to get right in, right? well, this morning, we're on campus with a big wake-up call. >> going to sit in my van really quick. >> this student just made a potentially dangerous situation. so did this one. >> have a seat. >> lured by a complete stranger.

>> the far seat. >> willingly climbing into this van. >> can i grab your cell phone real quick? >> even handing over their lifelines. >> yeah. >> thank you very much. >> what they don't know is really me undercover. >> here's my career and my producer. >> last week alone, were abducted by strangers. john walsh says they're easy targets. >> i think every college kid thinks they're bulletproof and immortal. >> think your teenager couldn't be lured in? we set up a test at hofstra university on long island. i'm posing as a reality show casting director, an easy ploy for a predator. >> hi, we're casting a reality show about college students, are you interested? >> i have a home video cam to film the auditions. right away, this student walks up. >> i'm anthony.

i got to hofstra, obviously. >> i get him to walk back to my van to fill out paiperwork. >> this girl wouldn't either. >> my mother taught me well. >> but watch this next student. >> i'm nicole. i go to hofstra. >> can you fill out this form? >> it's right there. have a seat. >> remember, i could be an attacker. she just met me, but she's in my van without a care in the world. >> why would you want to be on a reality show? >> i think it's cool. just kind of have fun. >> nicole fills out our fake form giving us all her personal information. name, address phone number, then i ask for something else. >> now, she'd be trapped with no way to call for help. >> once a kidnapper has you inside that van, what can

happen? >> now he can rape you, beat you, kill you, drop your body off. do whatever he wants. you're on his turf, his lair. >> lucky for nicole, it's just us. >> come on out. we're actually from nbc news. >> hi. >> my name is jeff. >> how are you? >> i was able to get you into that van. you didn't ask for my i.d., you handed your cell phone over to me. >> i know, crazy. >> and she's not alone. >> i like to get out there and have fun. >> this student also gets in and forks over his phone. >> i'll give it right back. >> promise? >> yeah, i'll give it right back. >> all for the chance to be famous. >> roommates. >> these two girls don't flinch. they even joke about being kidnapped. >> you can go to the far seat. >> don't drive off. i would cut you if you drove off, no offense. nothing personal. >> but they get in anyway. one of them even giving me her social security number. >> you got sophisticated young

people to do everything we tell them not to do. trust your gut. if it doesn't seem right, don't do it. >> in the end, of the eight students i asked to get inside my van, half did learning a valuable lesson. >> i would rather learn the hard way through this, than the hard way through the real hard way. >> teach me a lot about security and being more aware. >> this is such a concern, many colleges require safety training for students, but experts say as we see, that's just not enough. parents need to talk to their kids about stranger danger. not only when they're 5-year-olds or 7 years old. but 13, 16, 20 years old. as we saw today, they need the reminder. and by the way, we should mention, guys, we did shred up the personal information at the end. >> that was an eye opener. >> really disturbing. >> thank you. take a turn now, get a check of the weather from al. >> "today's weather" is brought

to you by advil, a pain reliever built to be as fast as it is strong. >> and the good news up in the puget sound area, the pacific northwest should stay dry. wet weather throughout oregon. we've got the low pressure system going to be developing and it's going to be funneling moisture into parts of southern california, as well. so we're looking for rain from eure eureka, washington, san francisco, monterey, during the day today. that moisture making it all the way down to san diego and they need it. granted, this won't bust the drought, but it will bring up 1/4 to 1/2 inch up to los angeles, heavy mountain snows, as well, as we make our way to the sierra. rest of the country, the risk of strong storms, texas on up into missouri. we've got blizzard like conditions making their way through the plains. also, gorgeous weather along the eastern seaboard. new york city, 57 degrees, 76 in new orleans, look for a high of 78 degrees in 7:37.

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back at 7:42. and we're going to give you a warning tied to the arrival of spring. allergy season is around the corner, and it could be one of the worst in years. janet shamlian down in louisville, kentucky, good morning to you. >> hi, matt, good morning. a park like this on a beautiful spring day could seem like heaven. especially after that endless winter we just had. but, in fact, it could be pure torture this year for allergy sufferers. we've got all this pollen coming down at once. while it's beautiful here in louisville, this city has the distinction as being the worst in america. for allergy sufferers. trees budding, sun shining, finally time to ditch the winter coats and enjoy the great outdoors. sounds good, right? believe it or not for a lot of people, the answer is no. >> runny nose or i'm sneezing. >> they run, they itch. i don't know what to do about it. >> i'm allergic to pretty much

everything. >> experts say this spring's allergy season will be nothing to sneeze at. with climate change playing a role in the reaction. >> certainly, there's evidence that because plants are now growing in places they haven't before, that the growing season is longer, which means there's a chance for a longer exposure to plants that might cause problems, and it could make that worse. >> the long, brutal winter in many parts of the country might also mean that late flowering trees could release enormous amounts of pollen all at once. >> how are you feeling today? >> here in louisville, this allergy clinic has seen a 20% increase in patients in the past three years. >> it traps allergen into the area, plus the temporate climate. >> a new survey ranks louisville as the worst city to live in for spring allergy sufferers, followed by memphis, baton rouge, oklahoma city and jackson, mississippi.

>> i have the whole post nasal drip. >> you can get relief. >> most people can treat their seasonal allergies by avoiding the problem, that means running an early morning while the dew still holds the pollen on the ground and avoiding outdoor activity when the pollen is stirred up in the air. >> one we all need to practice. so if you're really looking for relief, the best city in america is colorado springs, colorado, also denver is very good, daytona beach and san diego. and matt, new york ranks the 13th this year up from 46 last year, i don't know, a rough year. >> a little bit of a sufferer, something to look forward to. >> we don't grade on improvement. coming up on "trending," having trouble remembering? well, a delicious way to boost your memory. >> but up next, in honor of the date, the greatest april fool's

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this is one of those days when you see it on the calendar, you think this is one of those days you see it on the calendar and you think, maybe i should just look around every corner. you never know what's going on. i think it's a sign of our emotional maturity we have not done an april fool's joke this morning. >> or just that we're sleep deprived and didn't think of anything good. >> come on. willie has an ode to april fool's. >> we have hours left. april fool's public service announcement, don't allow yourself to be fooled. twitter went up with twitter helmet hd, $329.99, allows you to wear a helmet. instead of typing a tweet, peck your tweet. don't fall for it. google maps we all know about,

google apps has put our google naps. here in new york city a few park benches. we don't recommend you sleep on the benches. this comes from youtube. they are trying to start a phenomenon called clocking. you stand and make your arms into a clock. and post it to youtube, the best one will get millions of views, surely not real. and finally -- >> you also get in trouble when you do 6:30. >> unless you're just protecting yourself. >> that was well played. >> guarding against something. >> of course your mind goes there. >> yes, of course. and this last one is google plus. i actually love this one. it is real just for today for april fool's, it's in google plus, you take a photograph on your iphone or android phone, it will put hasslehoff into all of your photos. they drop him into your pictures. that one's real. if you want the hoff in your photograph, today's the day.

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good morning to you. 7:56. traffic near the site of apple's space age campus about to get worse. starting monday a section of prune ridge avenue between wolf road and hentle avenue will close to drivers. here's why. that part of prune ridge is needed to connect to the new campus and it's on the other side of the road. drivers are dodging cones and closures because of the project. add a street closure and congestion could get a lot worse. checking weather, meteorologist christina loren. >> 7:56 now. i'm trying to keep track of all of these lightning strikes, we're getting more. quite a few, we had one off of san mateo coastline. as we head throughout day we're going to see more of this. so we want to make sure you're ready. you can check with us online,

we're all over your local forecast. for today what you need to know is the showers are going to intensify. we're waiting on this band of moisture in the outer pacific. this is when it arrives, between 12:00 and 5:00, heavy rain moving in. we keep showers going for the evening commute. could be kind of rough drive, then between 5:00 and 7:00, best chance for thunderstorms. we'll keep you updated here on nbc bay area. here is mike. >> the roads are starting to get a break as the sun comes out but then you talk about the systems coming in so we'll have wet roads and slippery conditions. san mateo away from us, i did see a lot of slowing as low clouds drifted through and a dose of water on the roads so slick conditions across to the peninsula side. at 92 i checked, it's possible the person who called in the ice could have hit that. 92 at skyline causing them to slide and overturn. the toll plaza has a backup. stuck 18 big jam.

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♪ it's 8:00 on "today." coming up, the gender gap at the grocery store. what is the number one most annoying thing your spouse does at the supermarket? consumer reports has the answer. from "rocket man" to family man. >> i look at the glow and i glance over here, same glow. >> it's one hell of a wonderful trip. and we've become baby bores. >> elton john tells matt about his marriage plans and how fatherhood changed him. ♪ >> and yo, broadway, he did it. more than three decades after "rocky" hit the big screen, sylvester stallone tells willie about his fight to bring that cult classic to broadway, today,

tuesday, april 1st, 2014. ♪ >> all the way from south carolina! >> we're the mustangs from dallas, texas. whoo! >> happy spring break, ohio, o.h. >> i.o.! >> i want to be the next savannah guthrie! ♪ >> no fooling, i'm 10 today. >> we made you all brownies, april fool's! >> and good morning, everyone. welcome back to "today," it is a tuesday morning, 1st of april. so watch out because the pranksters are out. and you know who you are. >> yeah. i've already been pranked by you, apparently. >> she told me that our p.a.'s name was something different than it was. >> yeah. i had her go up to him and

correct him. actually, that's not my name. >> did it rhyme with a female body part? >> no. >> that's from seinfeld. >> okay. >> i always get an interruption with you two. you too. >> i'm out of it. coming up, we're going to be talking to a father who's going to show us photos of his kids having meltdowns instead of just trying to coax them out of it, he takes pictures of it, which is going to work out really well later in life. >> wow. >> i've done that. i have to confess. >> really? >> it's a hilarious meltdown, you whip out the iphone. one quick shot. >> wait until they start taking pictures of you in a bad mood. >> exactly. let's go inside for a check of the top stories of the morning. natalie is on assignment today. tamron hall is in there with those. good morning. >> good morning, everyone. washington state is seeking federal help to deal with the mounting losses from the massive mudslide. officials have also released new casualty figures. joe fryer is in arlington, washington, with the latest. joe, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, tamron.

the official death toll has risen to 24, 22 people are still considered missing. and officials have now released a list with their names as the search continues. dry weather is offering much-needed relief this morning for a search that still has no clear end. >> that's the million dollar question. how long this operation could go on. you know, it's -- it's hard to say. >> among the searchers, relatives of 13-year-old jovan. >> i'm out there every day trying to find my son. that's my main goal. >> jose mangel says he wants his son to know this. >> that his daddy searched every day until he found him. that i love him, very, very much. >> kids in town got a morale boost when members of the super bowl winning seahawks visited a community center. >> i was pretty excited, and i got to throw the ball around. >> as the search continues, questions linger over the cause

of the slide. in addition to heavy amounts of rain, some have asked if logging played a role. an implication the state forrester called speculative. geology professor dave montgomery -- >> it's still an open question, but the question needs to be addressed. >> reporter: others question if this could have been predicted given the slope's history of slides, including a smaller one in 2006 and in 1999 draft report that warned of the potential for a catastrophic failure. >> but geologists shouldn't be the only people who have the privilege of geologic information. that needs to be shared widely. >> the governor is asking the president to declare the oso mudslide a major disaster. that would clear the way for housing and other assistance for those impacted by this slide. >> thank you very much. officials in malaysia released transcripts of communication between flight 370 and air traffic controllers before the plane vanished. the transcript does not appear to indicate anything abnormal

with the flight, but it does include one correction. the last words from the cockpit were the official "good night, malaysia 370," and not the more casual, all right, good night, that officials reported earlier. meantime, nine ships and ten aircraft resumed their hunt for the wreckage. the new head of general motors is testifying before congress today about gm's handling of faulty ignition switches thought to be responsible for at least 12 deaths on monday. ceo mary barra met with victims, families and apologized. and in a written statement, she said she still does not know why it took years for gm to publicly acknowledge the safety defects. testimony comes one day after gm issued a new recall over a sudden loss of power steering. two spanish historians say they have found the holy grail. a cup said to have been used by jesus during the last supper. they say it was hidden since the 11th century inside another

ancient cup housed in a basilica in spain. although there's no way to prove if jesus actually drank from it. researchers believe it is the cup that early christians used when they commemorated the last supper. it's 8:06. let's go to al. >> thank you, tamron. got a lot of birthdays. her birthday, your birthday, your birthday. your birthday! your birthday! your birthday! wow! all the birthdays! let's take a look and show you what's going on for all of these birthdays out there. as you can see on the satellite radar, we've got activity pushing now through detroit, on the way to cleveland. you've got showers ending. highs up near 60 degrees today in detroit. looking pretty darn good. afternoon temperatures climbing up into the 80s and 90s in central texas. 80s through the southeast, atlanta may get near 80 degrees today. chilly conditions back through the plains.

40s in northern new england. slight risk of strong storms in northern texas and also into central missouri, plenty of sunshine through the gulf coast into the mid-atlantic states. that's what's good morning to you. get ready for what could be another wild weather ride as you can see right now we're getting those realtime lightning strikes and the shower activity is starting to ramp up. count on a cold start to the day, a few showers as well. all of that rain will intensify. noon to 7:00 p.m. looking very active. overnight the showers will start to drop off with residual activity for wednesday morning. trending, do you have a fashion forward pet? the new clothing line, american beagle. is this real? and elton john marvels at the unexpected turns in his life recently as he balances wedding plans, raising two young boys

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that is really cool. so to him. social media also abuzz this morning. what's the subject? skin care. vice president joe biden's smooth complexion was long admired by rachael ray. so he revealed his beauty regimen to her. take a look. >> well, jill five years ago said i should use clinique. and there is a men's clinique has has an spf 20. she was worried about my face. so i do whatever jill tells me. >> okay. now we know. it's a men's clinique. not that dramatically different -- >> the yellow one i was thinking. >> and 17-year-old singing sensation laura took to twitter to show it's okay not to be perfect with your skin. she tweeted this photo with the caption, two photos from one day. one edited so my skin is perfect. remember that flaws are okay. she also instagramed the photo

of herself with acne cream on her face. again, 17, dealing with what a lot of 17-year-olds are dealing with. and she wanted people to know it's okay. >> she is awfully cool. >> yeah. >> encourage people. >> if you ever feel forgetful from time to time, this is for you. a new study, apparently researchers discovered a quick fix to improve short term memory. it is right inside your cupboard. a small serving of sweets can help in memorizing patterns. >> good deal. >> i know. let's give it a try. we've got letters on the screen. okay. look at them. did you all look? >> take a bite. >> take a bite of what? of the cookie? >> ready? go. >> what did the numbers say? >> bzqfpgt. >> you're reading it. >> they're still on the screen. >> how does the cookie taste. >> they're minty. like mouthwash. >> probably toothpaste.

>> oh! >> mine is fine. >> no, it isn't. >> yeah. >> maybe there is a mistake. >> you're the first one -- >> i have an idea -- normal. >> it's a normal oreo. >> mine is toothpaste, i can smell it. >> it's our producer's joke on all of you. >> mine was delicious. >> that's a mistake. >> this is about as lame as it gets. >> isn't there a law you can't mess with someone's oreo? >> as an april fool's joke you tried to get us to eat toothpaste? >> and i ate it? >> my bosses asked me to participate. >> your bosses asked you to jump off a bridge, would you? >> if theyyou? >> if they gave me real oreos, i would. >> can i go on record? i saw this coming from a mile away. i didn't touch my cookie. >> can i go on record and tell you, they came to me early this morning and said we're going to give you real oreos. >> really?

>> why? >> i hate april fool's day. >> i'm no longer a team player on this show. before we continue with our fact or fools, let me ask you, what is your favorite scent? peppermint? do you have a favorite? >> verbina. >> what is that? >> i don't know. >> i love -- >> there's a new fragrance on the market with the accent of sharp cheddar. it's called chee-to. is this fact or fool? >> well, i think it's probably -- >> you think it's fiction? >> you first, matt. >> do it on the wrist there. >> okay. >> smell that. >> oh, it's chee-tos. >> it's part april fool's joke, part real. part of an extensive chee-tos

marketing campaign. fans can get free samples of cheeteau. some will get ahold of the limited edition fragrance. >> who wants to smell like that? >> it'll match your breath after you eat the chee-tos. >> all right. and how about this? american eagle has announced their new american beagle collection. it's a clothing line that features matching human and canine clothes. take a look. >> we ended up coming up with about 10 to 15 looks of the dog

they are wearing classics such as the khaki pant and denim work wear. most wearing the brands matching acid wash flannel and leggings. or destroyed leggings. it will be a limited edition recommended for the holiday season. >> this will be huge. >> look at the selfie. he's leaning in. >> this will be huge. >> i love this stuff. >> oh, my gosh. >> i'm happy. >> it is available in stores and online. sign up for that right now. >> i'm getting my dog this. >> i'm ashamed to admit it. >> thank you, folks, we appreciate it. by the way, between the toothpaste and cheeto spray. that is what's trending today. sir elton john -- i can't

believe their gave real oreos. >> we're back now with more of ou we're back with our exclusive interview with elton jon and the classic, good-bye yellow brick road. we talked with him where he's performing for the next month or so. we began on the topic of weddings now that same-sex marriage is legal in england. >> i'm proud of my country and britain and the laws we have seen come into existence since

we have been together. for this legislation to come through is joyous. we should celebrate it. we shouldn't say we have a civil partnership. we will get married. >> do you think it's a duty to get married? >> yeah. >> why do you feel that way? >> it's taken so long to come into existence. >> elton john and david will marry in england in may. they were joined there in a civil ceremony in 2005 and threw a big party to celebrate. this occasion, they say, will be different. they have two special guests, their sons, 3-year-old zachary and 14-month-old alie ja. >> get on with we will do it and it will be a joyous occasion and we'll have our children. extraordinary. if you look at my life five years ago and tell me this is going to happen, i would say not in my dreams. >> or my dreams.

their new lives include spending part of the year in las vegas. elton will perform 30 shows at cesar's palace. it's there where they open fizz, the grand opening this past weekend was also a celebration of elton's 67th birthday. when this place is cooking, it already is cooking, right through the door is the casino, one of the busiest places in las vegas. how are y going to create an atmosphere of privacy in here? if you two come in, you want to be able to be secluded, not an extension of the casino. how are you going to do that? >> the entrance is small and discreet. inside, it's small and intimate. we bring the lights down to make it really, really chic and warm and welcoming. it's an extension of the way we would do things. >> how does vegas work for you

in your life? >> it fits well. i come here three weeks at a time. i can bring the children with me. we stay in a beautiful apartment, not a hotel. we have a garden. the children love it. >> this is the closest we get to 9:00 to 5:00. >> a life here? >> a routine. >> i brought my kids with me and i spent the entire trip closing their jaws. >> we don't go to the strip every day. they are not gambling and not going to strip shows. they are just having a family life with us. >> what we do is he goes on stage at 7:30. bath time for the boys is 6:30. we do the bedtime, bath time routine in the dressing room. >> i'm watching your face as you talk about these things and i look at the glow and i glance

over here, it's the same glow. you are kind rid spirits. >> it's a hell of a wonderful trip. i used to say to people, god, oh, people sending pictures of their kids at christmas. what do we do now? >> send the pictures. ♪ >> and each night elton takes the stage in las vegas, he shares another great love, performing songs that bring back personal memories for so many, including the man himself. his love of music thrills him each and every day. >> how was that? >> amazing. >> you have been coming to the states since 1970. all these years later, they stood up after every song. >> amazing. that's why i love it. >> doesn't get old? >> no, it doesn't. never.

>> got a chance to see that show in las vegas. he is such a good performer, he really is. >> amazing. >> congratulations to them and their upcoming wedding. >> now, mr. willard scott. hey, willie. >> south seas island resort in southwest florida. where it's absolutely beautiful. come see it. anyway, happy birthday to all of our friends out there today, but especially our smucker's buddies. take a look, this is hazel imhoff in the great state of wisconsin. and we wish her a happy 100th birthday today. and she loves spending time with her family. lucia iodice is 100 years old, the bronx, new york, one of the biggest farms in new york state at one time. she loves to keep her house absolutely spotless. take a look at howard, a handsome fellow. howard, we love you.

howard blount from portsmouth. he is 100 years old today and his secret to longevity is a positive attitude. james harrison from bartow, florida, 100 years old today. very handsome young man. his secrete to longevity is genetics. it's in the genes. this is robert prosser from conrad, iowa, 100 years old today. loves antiques. especially antique cars. this is carmella dellapietra 100 years old today, she says her secret to life is don't sweat the small stuff. that's it. that's all for right now in beautiful florida. these are just some of the people i owe money down here. hi, gang, how are ya? anyway, back to new york. >> check's in the mail. willard, thank you. coming up -- is it that good fit? sylvester stallone tells willie why "rocky" makes for the perfect musical.

but first, a check of your local news and weather. matt, that cheeteau perfume. good morning to you. it is 8:26. i'm peggy bunker. today a new kaltrain station is open in san bruno. it is elevated which they say will improve rider safety. there is also a passenger drop off zone if if you're commuting via car, we'll see what mike says about that. >> americay in some parts of the bay still. we have a slower drive southbound into palo alto. we did have a crash that moved quickly to the shoulder.

look at the south bay, gentle slowing in san jose to mountain view. looking pretty good as far as those speeds go. over all a smote drive always 880 south and north. skyline boulevard. the bay bridge toll plaza had some water, and you see a light back up. >> thank you, mic. another local news update for you in half an hour.

♪ 8:30 on a tuesday morning. it's the first day of april, 2014. yes, it's april fool's day, but we have behaved beautifully here around the "today" show, except for a small prank by miss guthrie that went awry. coming up, little tears that will make you smile, actually. a man that has captured photos of his children crying and captions with it. called reasons my son is crying. it's catching on.

they're adorable. okay. speaking of funny or maybe not so funny pictures, check these out. these are awkward family photos that are so bad they're good. and now, the best of the worst are actually on display at a museum. we're going to check out that. >> that is outstanding. the kid with the vacuum cleaner. >> there's a story there. and proof that you never doubt sylvester stallone. he's going to open up about the fight he had to just get "rocky" made all those years ago and to play the lead in the film. and his fight now 40 years later to bring that script to broadway. >> and a lot of people love that show. but first, let's get a check of the weather from mr. roker. >> all right. show you what we've got going on for today. we are looking at, again, risk of strong storms, texas on into parts of missouri. we're also looking at wet weather along the eastern seaboard. sunshine along the southeastern atlantic coast. then for tomorrow, risk -- wide

risk of storms. into illinois, look for snow back into the plains. sunny and warm through the southeast. some showers along the california coast. plenty of sunshine here in the northeast, but still a little good morning, 8:32 the time right now. tracking very strong storms moving across the bay, even still seeing sunshine in the area there. we're going to keep an eye on that one. the one i'm most concerned about right now is seeing some instability. gusty winds and rotation coming out here. it will be making it's way in the next few minutes. we've got a giant egg here as we get closer to easter. this is, obviously, waldo. the nice folks are here. >> we are launching today here

in new york city the world's biggest ever egg hunt. it's the 21st century egg hunt. and you can find them and win treasures by using this really cool app they've developed. >> how do you go looking for the egg? >> well, you have to look pretty hard. you have to use your imagination. we've hidden them. there's 267, and when you find them, you check in on the app. and every time you find one, you have a great chance to win the amazing egg prizes. >> there are three -- you've got three right now. >> we've got one, two, and there's another one on someone else's neck. >> someone else's neck. oh, our stage manager kate. well, there you go. >> beautiful gemstone. >> very nice. >> and it's all raising money for nonprofits. 100% good. >> all right. congratulations. >> thank you. >> all right. now let's take it inside to savannah. >> all right, al. thank you. we all know that men and women do many things differently. that includes something as simple as shopping for groceries. a new survey from folks at

"consumer reports" looks at what ticks people off when it comes to their partner's grocery store habits. >> hi, savannah. >> the ladies, what are their top complaints about how their men shop. >> wellious you know, if they think that men kind of are impulse buyers. they don't make a list, you know. and they treat themselves. it's kind of the flip side of what people think. it's surprising. and to me, it suggests, boy, we don't really know the undercurrent that's existing here. for example, you know, we think that we're all alike. and when we survey people from time to time about their shopping habits. how do you save? what do you do to be a smarter shopper? well, men and women, clip coupons, read nutrition labels. but when it comes to asking about the perception of another person -- >> yeah. >> look at the differences. it's astounding. >> i love this advice. i assume because -- >> maybe you've got something there. >> what did men say about women? there's some overlap here.

>> yeah, that's kind of interesting. and maybe this is the old sitcom line. men always say women spend too much and they doddle. and again, make too many impulse buys. when i was looking at the results of this, i was trying to decide what to make of it. when it comes to supermarket shopping, kind of like the hatfields and mccoys. and they had to come from something like the cold war era, a detente. men should go in one direction and women should go in another and they should meet at one of the supermarket cafes sit down and have a snack and cup of coffee. >> divide and conquer, right? >> you got it. >> and it is true that supermarkets are designed to get you to spend more. >> the more time you spend in the store, the more time you spend from your pocket and an obstacle course. absolutely, average of 73 displays that gets you to slow down and notice the merchandise. >> yeah. >> and big carts, the bigger the

cart, the more you spend. >> take a basket. >> yeah. and this is really interesting. you see a sign, ten for $10. 99 times out of 100, you just have to buy one. scan a circular, not everything on the weekly flyers are on sale. people pay advertising pieces. and tv isn't the only one that uses lighting to make people look good. >> you mean the food doesn't look that good when it gets home? >> strawberries look redder. >> thank you so much. >> my pleasure. coming up next, one dad's proof that kids cry for the darndest reasons.

we are back at 8:38 with one of those stipulations of parenting, the meltdown. kids crying for any reason and

sometimes you've just got to laugh. >> that's what part-time stay at home dad ken discovered with his two toddler sons after doing everything he could to prevent meltdowns, he switched gears and embraced the moments snapping photos of his offspring mid-meltdown and posted the pictures online explaining the reason behind the tears and reasons my son is crying was born. the blog went viral overnight and submissions began pouring in from parents all around the world who could definitely relate. and it all led to greg's new book "reasons my kid is crying," good morning to you. >> good morning. >> this has really caught on. even for people who don't have kids. why do you think that is? >> well, i think that a lot of people relate to it just on a imal level. everyone loves that toddlers are able to express themselves in ways that, you know, society doesn't let us as adults. so i see a lot of people, i share pictures, people say this is me. he wasn't allowed another cookie, he couldn't have mommy's

wine. those are the type of times people think, you know, that's how i feel. and i wish i could react that way. >> the pictures are great. your captions are very funny. i love the simplicity of them. the first one is called "i broke this cheese in half." that prompted a meltdown. >> and i want it to be said. this is the first picture i ever took of my sons having meltdown. i had them agree in advance that i was going to split the cheese and have them share. >> we've got another one. the neighbor's dog isn't outside. that is devastating. >> well, the boys -- my boys are like the neighborhood watch but for dogs. they are glued to the windows. they're always looking to see when the neighborhood -- and, of course, the dog is hardly ever outside. >> and thus the reaction. here's one that is -- he took off his shoes and socks, his feet are now cold. >> could not have seen this one coming. >> a reason for tears. >> totally unpredicted. believe me, i told him, hey, maybe you shouldn't, it's pretty cold outside, it's like 30 degrees out here.

>> by the way, how do your kids feel about taking pictures. i told him they couldn't run until they said go. hate those rules. >> a whole race full of toddlers, and the only one thought he should start going when he felt like it. >> the kids don't mind you taking the pictures? >> no, they want to see the photo and like to see the pictures of themselves. >> there's a method to your madness. i like that. so as savannah mentioned, you started to get thousands of pictures from people all around the world. let's take a look at a couple of the ones people sent you. >> superman here is unhappy because his instant oatmeal was, in fact, not instant. >> well, food preparation is very important to toddlers. and they should have heated it up faster. >> here's another one. i told her i had to wash her face after dinner. i think mom should be crying to have to do that job. >> yeah. you'll see soon enough, i think. >> yeah, exactly. very cute. all right. we've got one. i thought we could take a cute big brother/little brother picture. >> this one isn't mine, but it could have been.

this is all the good plans gone awry. >> now that you're going to be -- you have been posting these pictures online, obviously, everything that's online lives there forever. are you ever worried these are going to come back and haunt your kids when they're getting married and things like that? key moments in their lives? >> i don't think they're going to lose out a job for crying when they were 2. and if they do, that's probably not a job they wanted to have. >> that's probably right. >> his sister blocked his kick, oh, the agony. there it is. >> this is like the olympics. this picture is from greece. >> well, the book is really fun. it's obviously caught on. thank you and congratulations. >> thank you so much. up next, sylvester stallone with his fight to get "rocky" on to the big screen now on to broadway.

it's 8:44 on a tuesday morning. we're back with more of willie's exclusive look at "rocky" the broadway musical. on monday, we met the actors, this morning, willie catches up with the man himself. good morning. >> good morning, matt. it's one of the great hollywood stories. nearly 40 years ago, sylvester stallone fought hollywood producers who didn't see him as rocky balboa. well, six rocky movies later, we know how that ended. and stallone had to lace up the gloves again, this time to convince broadway producers who said "rocky" the musical would never make it to the great white way. >> rocky balboa climbing into the ring now, the italian stallion. >> reporter: 38 years ago, a young actor by the name of sylvester stallone created one of the biggest movie franchises ever. to date, the six rocky films have earned over $1 billion at the box office and while the iconic boxing match between

rocky balboa and apolo creed is well known to generations of moviegoers, the real fight was finding hollywood producers who wanted to make the film with stallone in the lead role. >> get a job. >> back then, the names being mentioned to play rocky included burt reynolds, james caan and ryan o'neill. >> they wanted every celebrated actor, they wanted other people to play adrienne like bette midler and cher. and they found out i wanted to be involved, they scattered. >> stallone who wrote the rocky script turned down more than $300,000, the equivalent of $1 million today because he refused to sell the project and walk away. >> at that time, because i was -- >> but his decision to hang on to the script until he found producers who would let him play the lead paid off. in 1976, "rocky," starring

sylvester stallone won the oscar for best picture. >> literally, i was parking cars ten months earlier, and now here we are. i rented a tuxedo and on the way, tie broke. the driver goes, you want to borrow mine? no. i walk into the oscars looking like vinny bombat. and people go, what arrogance. how dare him going into an establishment. >> and he's still going against the establishment. at 67, stallone is climbing back into the ring with a new twist on the old story. he's taken "rocky" the musical to broadway. ♪ >> only took me 67 years to get here. rocky moves slowly. >> i was influenced by west side story. i always thought, you know,

rocky and adrienne was very similar as a love story. and there's so much silence in the movie "rocky." a lot of walking, a lot of talking, a lot of thinking, that gives room for song. >> this time, it was broadway producers who had their doubts. >> everyone said, that's a great idea for someone who is a fool because we will never -- >> nearly 40 years later, the result is still the same. sylvester stallone's rocky is the last man standing. >> i love you! >> i love you! >> and the show is already a hit on broadway. guys, when he went to bring this movie to hollywood, he said he had $106 in his bank account. he said i have to take control of my own destiny. i'm not going to do this movie unless i can be in it. he said he had a $40 car that blown up and turned down $100,000 because he wanted to be in it and boy has that paid off.

>> who has the vision at that moment? you know, to hold out for the big thing. it's amazing. >> six movies together have made more than $1.2 billion. >> that's incredible. >> i think he made the right call. >> or about as much as "frozen." >> right. >> willie, thank you. that was cool. up next, the new exhibit dedicated to the most cringe worthy awkward family photos in the world. but first, this is "today" on nbc.

♪ well, most of us enjoy looking back at old pictures, but some blasts from the past can be a little cringe worthy. the perfect subject, of course, then, for an unusual art exhibit. >> the photos are the best of the worst from the website called awkward family photos. some will make you laugh, others will make you cringe. and each captures a moment that can only happen when families get together for a picture. >> it's opening night for a new photo exhibit at the california heritage museum in santa monica. no famous photographer, no celebrity in the picture, just every day families captured in what can only be described as awkward moments. >> we look at these pictures as

pieces of art in their own way. >> doug and mike are co-founders of awkwardfamilyphotos.com, a website that started with this picture hanging on the wall of mike's parents' house and the realization that every family has at least one awkward photo in their past. >> there's something cathartic about this experience sending in your photo and saying, do you think your family's awkward? well, take a look at my family. >> when they launched the website in 2009, doug and mike were flooded with submissions from crying babies to painful plays and family fashion statements. >> this is the perfect awkward family photo. number one, matching outfits, number two, the outfits are denim, and number three, they are literally piled on top of each other. >> the website has already spawned three books, annual calendars, even an awkward family photos app so mike and doug jumped at a chance to exhibit their collection at a museum. >> anything that makes people

laugh, makes people think is art. >> one of the featured photos belongs to holly and screams 1976. the photographer took one photo of 5-year-old holly with her mother and brother, and a separate profile shot of holly's father and combined the picture in a uniquely '70s way. >> it does crack me up out of all the pictures taken that day, my parents sat down and looked at this one and said, that's the one. that's the one we're going to hang on the wall. >> every photo in the exhibit has its own back story. but the message is universal. >> ultimately, it's a celebration of family. it's a love letter to families. we all have uncomfortable moments with our family, but we love our family. this is a side of family that is very real and we wanted to expose that to shine a light on it. >> okay, guys. true confession, i've gone on to the website for hours looking at these pictures. because, you know, we all remember. i remember my dad in the too short shorts in the '70s driving up to kansas and my braces and

my brother's fro. i'm not going to show that. i'm not going to show you, but i do have a family photo i cherish tremendously. take a look. >> that is nice. >> jean suit there. >> it's hr worthy. >> wow. >> there are about 11 things wrong with that photo. >> savannah, i love your mom jeans, the high-waisted -- >> look how loose they are. those were earlier days. thank you, photoshop. >> nothing says family like this. >> wow. wow wow. >> better than your april fool's. >> i know. thanks for bringing it up. >> went out of the way for that one. >> it was horrible. >> wow. >> i hope your april fool's jokes go better than mine did. >> we asked, actually, our viewers who did something very cool to send us video of themselves opening college acceptance letters. we got a bunch of those reactions, we've gone through

the best and we're going to show some of them. >> and child leashes.

good morning to you. 8:56 right now. elite eight action taking place on the farm tonight. tip off for the anticipated game is at 6:00 tonight. the winner will advance to the final four. so exciting news there as we check in with anthony slaughter

who is stepping in, will you will watching that game? >> i'll probably be just watching the radar all night. you see this cell here, that's what we're concerned about in the next two hours. really the court of the day is expected a mix of sun, showers, and strong stormed today as it moves through. ♪ ♪

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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. >> welcome to "today" on tuesday morning, and it is april, folks. april 1st, 2014. great crowd again out on the plaza this morng. willie geist along with al roker and tamron hall. natalie is out on assignment. >> were you tempted at all today to try an april fool prank? >> i'm not a big april fool's guy. >> i couldn't think of a good one. like savannah giving me the oreo cookie with the toothpaste. but, you know, if it's good. i can't come up with a good one. >> i feel like you knew it was an april fool's prank. >> i didn't. >> i was sitting right next to

you. >> we do have a thing and i do trust you and i trust al tremendously, whatever advice you offer up to me. but when you put oreo cookies in front of me -- >> right. it all goes -- >> it's like, i think it's -- i've got to eat this! so i did. >> it's a -- >> exactly. >> i know it's there. >> i know this is wrong and i'm going to get trapped. i'm going for it. >> you are helpless. i also have to point out one other thing, you did a very funny segment about awkward family photos. and you stunned all of us because we hadn't seen this one long lost photograph of the "today" show family. >> this is us on vacation. >> hawaii a couple years ago? >> yeah, i asked everyone to wear denim. >> it's weird we wear all denim to the beach in hawaii. >> that's what you do. an awkward family photo. >> you're supposed to be wearing hawaiian shirts. instead, we've got the denim. >> denim. >> nothing says i love you like denim. >> it was hard to breathe down there on the bottom. >> i know.

>> look at you, willie. you're so smiling and so composed. and i love your brown belt highlighting your waist. >> tamron's wearing mom jeans. >> we're all wearing mom jeans. >> i was rendered speechless for the first time in my life. >> the mere thought of it, sent you into a panic. >> al, question for you. >> yeah? >> where were you last wednesday? dallas ft. worth? >> i was at a restaurant. >> at the airport? >> i was. >> that's interesting, because a man ended up on the tarmac at dallas-ft. worth airport last wednesday for nearly 20 minutes after he exited a fire escape door in one of the airport restaurants by accident. apparently the fire alarm wasn't working, he found the tarmac. he was looking for the restroom. construction workers spotted him wandering around with two bags looking. he was arrested for public intoxication. an airport official said the man did not pose a risk to passengers since he'd gone through airport security, fully screened, just walked out the wrong door and kind of stayed

there for 20 minutes looking for his flight. >> but he was drunk? >> he was drunk, apparently, allegedly. >> allegedly. he was charged. hasn't been proven. >> right. >> i think if i were him, that's what i would go with. >> exactly. >> i would go with that one. >> yes, i had had margaritas. >> i was there at tgi and i had one too many. >> the other options put you in further trouble. >> let's go with that -- >> i love that he stayed out there, 20 minutes. got the bags. >> where's my plane? these gates look different from here. >> am i supposed to walk up to the thing? >> how do i get up there? >> it's pretty crazy you can walk out one door and get on the tarmac. >> and it's a great airport. very modern -- >> like that sky train. >> the sky train. it's a very modern airport. just surprises me you can walk from a restaurant on to the tarmac. it's just -- seems there should be one more layer of security. >> just such a huge airport. >> it is.

>> and you know how many doors there are in an airport. you know, there's one -- the one that probably leads to a portal to some parallel universe. >> you just slide down somewhere. >> and, boom. >> yeah. >> you're somewhere else. >> got to see that movie. >> let's find it. first we go to the restaurant -- >> get liquored up on margaritas. >> and start -- >> find the portal. i like it. we're finished. >> this is why i hang out with my girls. guy conversations go -- >> you calling us girls? >> no, always ends in star wars or some strange thing with boys. >> what's your point? >> nothing. here's my point. >> can i talk about -- he's in star wars. >> these are not the stories you're looking for. >> no, they're not. here's a story i'm looking for because i love this. a dramatic rescue in the pacific ocean caught on camera over the weekend. so this sailor was participating in this around the world yacht race from china to san francisco. >> yeah. >> sounds amazing. tough to participate in something like this.

well, 46-year-old andrew taylor from london apparently was changing a sail when he fell over the side of the boat into the sea, 2,500 miles from land. >> this must be them calling a may day. >> listen in. >> look at the seas. >> isn't that crazy? he was in the water for about an hour and a half before his mates were able to pull him to safety. he was wearing a life vest and a dry suit. i don't know what a dry suit is. >> it's like a scuba suit that keeps you dry. it allows you to stay in much colder waters for longer -- >> he was treated for shock and possibly hypothermia but determined he was okay. the best part of this, this is a trooper. after all of this, that looks pretty scary, right? he rejoined the raid. >> no. >> yes! i mean, talk about like get back up on the horse.

>> playing hurt. that's incredible. >> i guess he figures he's on the boat anyway. >> yeah, i could be on the boat with hot chocolate downstairs while the rest of them do their thing. >> very cool. we're glad -- >> all worked out. >> so here's an interesting -- yesterday marked the official beginning of baseball's expanded instant replay. yesterday, chicago cubs first to lose a replay challenge. happened during the sixth inning of the cubs game against the pittsburgh pirates. cubs' manager -- >> yeah. >> a double play. so after the short delay, umpires contact the home office in new york. >> i love that. >> they had to call new york? >> phone it in new york. >> which confirmed the ruling that what's his name was out. was out. >> wow. >> you've got to call to new york? this is one guy watching every game? >> they have it on dvr.

>> you've got to call to new york? >> there's a control room, a command center. >> any nfl game, at each game -- >> they have it right there. >> they have a set-up. >> i don't know if that's right. maybe it is right. if it is, there's a command center, they instantly talk. >> if this were not in place, then the call would've gone the other way. >> here's the thing, and listen, i'm all for technology and all that stuff. you know, i love technology. >> yeah. >> but the fact is, you know what, sometimes the calls go for you and sometimes -- we're trying to make life so perfect. >> perfect. i agree with you on that. >> you know, sometimes the calls -- they're going to get it wrong. it's a human game played be humans. >> i like that idea. i don't like the replay and i don't want the guy in the home office making the call. i like when you see the refs or umps make a mistake and it's left up to chance. >> i think if you have the technology and can do it quickly and get the call right, you ought to get the call right.

>> what happens the next day you're at the bar and arguing over it and it ends in star wars. >> if you average it out, the calls end up evening out. some days you win, some days you lose. as opposed to having -- look, eventually they're going to want to save money, they're going to outsource the calls to some call center somewhere else. >> i don't think we're getting to that. >> next thing, there's a crossed wire and they're telling you how to order parts. >> i was going to compliment you, but then you went down the road. i think it's genius of you to point out, it does speak to how we want everything so perfect. everything has to be right. >> yeah. >> and your problem with that is. >> and your problem with that. >> here's what i will say, you don't need a baseball game to be any longer than it is. if you have long replay delays, people aren't going to stand for it. but they're not going to use it so often. >> all right. >> waiting for that call to get through to new york. >> he's on a break.

so y'all remember a couple of weeks ago we chatted about how scrabble's adding new words to the dictionary, viewers can nominate and vote on their favorite word. well, this morning, we have the inside scoop on the top 16 words that fans will get to vote on. one of those words will get into merriam webster official scrabble player's dictionary. on the phone right now is jonathan berkowitz. good morning, what do you have? >> hi, guys, exciting news this morning. we're pleased to share some of the new words that made it into the top 16 words that fans are going to vote for on facebook. first word is hangry. the second word is ew, e-w. and really excited to announce the next word, it's digion. >> april fool's. >> this is an april fool's joke.

>> april fool's. your producers and i got you. >> jonathan, are you real? are you downstairs with the major league baseball guy? oh, you're a real person. >> i'm a real person. >> you do work for hasbro? >> i do. i definitely do. >> are you wearing pants? >> my favorite question in the history of journalism. are you a real person? >> is this a recording? >> very real. >> why is it so ridiculous that it would have -- >> we don't even use it anymore! >> i use it all the time. >> no, you don't. >> you're right. i don't. we have 16 new words, new candidates and people can vote. how do they do it, jonathan? >> contenders can go to today.com and to the hasbro game night facebook page to vote. >> all right. we'll check it out. thanks very much, jonathan. appreciate it. >> poor, jonathan. >> i'm sticking with digion. >> here's the problem, he went in too early. >> he should've made -- >> he should've -- >> it is three or four.

>> i don't think he would've believed it then. because no one uses it. >> i was trying to sell it. >> here's the truth. when i first started, can you believe it's been a month, by the way. >> don't say anything hateful right now. >> i said to you, willie, sell it, own it, believe in it, you didn't sell it until now when they'd made the list. >> i believe in it. it's our baby. >> i was going to say. >> your baby -- >> your baby and your awkward home photo. okay. your awkward family photos. not my baby. your baby. all right. let's show you what we've got going on today. we've got a risk of some severe weather that's going to be firing up basically in the mid-mississippi river valley on into the plains. so we're looking at a lot of moisture coming up out of the south. and that's going to be meeting that colder air coming down from the north behind that last storm and in between the two. we get a clash of systems. so we've got a risk of strong storms today from abilene to wichita falls with damaging

winds, hail, isolated tornadoes possible, also into kansas city. tomorrow, that area expands, kansas city, st. louis, into southern illinois. central missouri, all the way down to dallas. we're going to be watching this very closely next 48 hours. that's what's going o good morning, 9:12 the time right now. we still have showers and thunderstorms across the area right now. we'll see sunshine and another round of storms. this will be the trend. lots of hail reported and lots of tweets being sent out. this storm here, the other one i just told you about is producing some hail, that's moving through emoryville. park under a garage if you can today. tired this morning? it could be what you ate last night. the mistakes you could be making that are ruining your sleep. that's right after this. [ male announcer ] new gain flings! smell so amazing,

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♪ if you're already on that second cup of coffee because you couldn't sleep last night, there could be a surprising reason behind that tossing and turning. >> what you do during the day from exercising to eating can affect how you'll rest at night. >> here with the top five sleep mistakes to avoid is the director of sleep medicine at meridian health. dr. ash, good morning. >> good morning. >> we're going to have this countdown. and i didn't realize, number five, i thought it was a good idea to eat protein before you go to bed, but you say no. >> al, we all know about alcohol and the caffeine, but protein, too much, actually, protein can make it hard to digest and will keep you up at night and actually also block tryptophan into the brain which will help you be sleepy. what you want to do is shake it up. you want to move your dinner to breakfast. so have a larger breakfast with the protein, and that will also

help you stay awake during the day. >> wow. >> what should we have for dinner? >> well, keep it light. you want to make sure you have less protein and stay away from the calorie dense foods but a little bit of carbohydrates. whatever you have for dinner, you want to -- you can have protein. >> number four, taking a hot shower before bed, people think the shower's relaxing, but that's not the case. >> exactly right, tamron. you fall asleep on a temperature drop. and when you take a shower too close to bedtime, it heats you up. it silences the signal for sleep. you want to take that hot shower, but an hour or two before bedtime. >> does it apply to baths, as well? >> same thing. exact same thing. >> next mistake, number three is bad posture. and i believe i'm going to do a little demo here. almost certainly an elaborate april fool's joke. here we go. >> feet on the floor and lay with your back against this roller. meridian health. here you go. if you want to get your head on the end.

we partner with a community, we went in and asked people in the community, what do you do for sleep? and one of the physical therapists said this helps increase flexibility. something you never think about. posture during the day helps you sleep at night. >> okay. >> sleeping like a baby over here. >> is this what he's supposed to be doing? >> five minutes before he goes to bed. >> oh, you've got to try it again. >> no, thank you. >> it actually helps. believe it or not to increase flexibility and lay flat in the bed. >> so on the floor and do it on the bed. >> five minutes before bed. >> tossing and turning. >> al, most people when they can't sleep at night, they'll lay in bed tossing and turning. if you're tossing and turning, you're not getting good quality sleep and your brain is then associating the bedroom with a place of high alert. so you want to get out of bed, go do something relaxing, walk around, only return to bed when

you feel sleepy. >> i may have been distracted by willie on that thing there, but we talked about exercise before bed? >> exercise -- >> i thought he was exercising, too. >> exercise, we used to say don't exercise three hours before bed. a national sleep foundation poll found that if you exercise any time of day, it's great for sleep. and, in fact, if you do it before bed, it'll help you decompress. >> really? >> yeah. >> in fact, some people will find it actually helps them fall asleep. and it can be so hard to get exercise in. why come up with a reason not to exercise. >> keep your room cooler? >> absolutely. a cooler room. >> thanks so much. >> up next, all the news you need to know before you leave the house. >> then on hope to it. a wounded warrior riding high despite a devastating injury. how the inspirational journey is helping others right after this. come on. that's enough.

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welcome back. 9:28 the time right now. we have more storms on the way. you'll notice a good mix of storms today. this is headed toward half moon bay throughout the day. just kept the umbrellas handy. not producing any lightning. this one moved through san francisco. we saw pea sized hail with that one moving through. this is what we'll be looking at, pockets of storms moving through the day. let's check that drive and see what it's looking like. >> even if it is not active there, look at the sunshine in palo alto. the water is kicking up and makes misty conditions.

the map will show us both directions in to the palo alto area. the earlier crashes have cleared as well. that is the case for much of the bay area. we had a lighter flow around the valley. and that will happen over the next couple weeks around the bay. however, the arrow points down in fremont. the truck scales and approaching mission boulevard, peggy. >> we'll have another local news update for you in a half an hour. have a great tuesday.

♪ welcome back to "today." tuesday morning, april 1st, 2014. april is starting off great this morning. i'm willie along with al and tamron. controversial topic here, guys. >> okay. >> child leashes. there's a mother who has written a blog, yes, i harness my kids prompting debate. she writes she uses child harnesses when she's out alone with her 14-month-old twins. and asks people who may judge her to walk a mile in her shoes. she told today's moms she loves letting her children explore. leashes allow her to do that with less stress. we put this up at today.com, are they helpful or humiliating? 73% said they're helpful.

i've used one on my child. only 27% said they're humiliating, i would never use one on my child. >> now, are they -- i've seen people with the physical leash. do they have the ones like they have for small dogs where it goes out, you can let them run. >> snap them back. >> do they have that? >> that, i don't know -- >> you know, i'd like to see that. >> no, you don't. >> sure you do. >> kind of like almost like a fishing pole. you want to get them out to the sand box. >> you're missing -- >> you don't want to get off the bench. >> that's humiliating. >> like a reel. >> come on, reel it in. i don't know. >> you've seen basically the kid wears a backpack. >> yeah. it's a backpack. >> we were talking about this. let's say you're walking around somewhere incredibly crowded like disney world or universal or something like that and you want to keep track of a young child. if that makes you feel better and safer, god bless you. >> everybody's got their own choice. >> absolutely.

>> i've got to say. i don't know about your mom. my mom, she never would've needed a leash. my mom had a look like the invisible fence. you started to make a move -- >> you're like -- >> and you could say -- even if you couldn't physically see her. >> you felt stinging. >> yeah. >> you felt the stinging on your back. >> kind of like dracula. >> bringing you back. >> i worked at toys r us. and listen, i've seen kids dart out in a split second and the poor parent -- the most attentive parent lose track of the kid. it's tough. i think it's fine. i mean, i don't like judging -- >> whatever gets you through the day. >> i don't like the judginess of it. and poor katy wrote this blog because she's harnessing. she's got twins! >> i don't use them, but god bless you, if it works -- >> your kids are older now. >> christina uses one on you. >> she does. al, i wish you hadn't brought that up.

>> it's personal. >> i saw that in savannah's wedding, and that was a little embarrassing. i have to tell you, you kept going to the nachos, and she reeled you back in. anyway, for today, we do have sunny skies up and down the east coast, lovely day, a risk of strong storms, though. as you make your way into the midsection of the country, right along this stationary front, we are going to be looking at a risk of strong storms from missouri all the way down into texas. so we're watching that. for tomorrow, that risk area really expands out. we're going to be talking about strong storms stretching from dallas all the way into central illinois. so we're going to be watching those, as well, as the day rolls on. that's what' 9:33 the time right now. we have very strong cells right now over the open waters. this particular cell was producing numerous lightning strikes moments ago and it expected to move into half moon

bay around 10:00. and at san francisco right around 10:53. would not be a surprise if we get more lightning strikes with this and potential for small hail as it moves through. >> that's your latest weather. may i take a moment and say kudos to our stage crew who can within 30 seconds change -- that desk we had that was about 800 pounds d, boom, this is here. >> amazing. >> i'm recruiting them for my move. love you guys. >> i hope you pay well. they're not doing any favors. let's move to our special series "hope to it." and a wounded marine who lives with incredible challenges. >> yes, rob jones suffered an injury while deployed but never gave up on life. >> that's right, tamron. and now he wants to pay it forward and help those organizations that never gave up on him. >> when i first came to, i wasn't coherent. it was kind of a separation of mind and body, so to speak.

>> marine combat engineer rob jones entered the corps right out of college deploying twice to the middle east. >> my job as combat engineer, to clear the area for everybody else so we can get through it safely. >> a dangerous job, it led to a devastating life changing event. an ied exploding right under rob resulting in above the knee amputations of both legs. >> and everybody thought i was going to die or anything, i don't know why, obviously it was likely i could have. it never really crossed my mind. >> rob wasn't about to give up on his life, though. >> i didn't spend a whole lot of time about being distraught. i decided to skip that being depressed stuff and get on with it. >> and get on with it, he did. rob joined the national rowing team. and not only competed but won a bronze medal in the 2012 london paralympic games. then it was time for a new challenge. >> rob had special legs made for him to be able to pedal a

standard bike so he could embark on an ambitious cross country ride. starting in maine and ending in san diego raising money for the charities that gave him the tools to go on living. >> i can't say enough great things about rob and what an inspiration he is. he's trying to soar above and do things that most people with two perfectly good legs wouldn't do. >> i believe in leading from the front and hope people can see what i'm doing and use it to make a difference in their own lives. >> with the help of his little brother, steve. driving a support truck behind him, he's spent the last few months traversing our country. in wind, snow and ice. >> there have been a lot of times where i've been tired of it and i want to stop, but i never actually want to quit. >> and the support rob's received along the way has helped keep his spirits up. >> i knew people would be supportive, but i never thought

i'd have people lining the streets. >> from people cheering him on to ride alongs, even police escorts. >> part of the reason i wanted to show that americans work together toward a goal, we can do anything. >> rob's story has inspired other fellow veteran amputees. >> you see these guys always smiling and, happy and making jokes. and it's inspiring others that there's a reason for us to stay alive and go forward. >> with just under 500 miles to go, the end is in sight and rob's already thinking about his next challenge. >> triathlon is entering the 2016 paralympics. i might try that. i might have a go at being a stand-up comedian or any number of things. but the first thing is to take a rest and think about it. >> wow. >> love that. >> team rob. >> triathlon or stand-up comedian. that is fantastic. here's something else really cool. rob's website, you can click on a link that shows you exactly

where he is at that moment. he's getting really close to finishing his ride along the beautiful pacific coast highway. he's raised just under $100,000 to this point. and if you want to find out how you can help, go to today.com, we'll link to you. >> what -- a love this series. i say it every week, it's a fantastic series. >> it's cool, too, you see wounded warriors, it's not the end of something, beginning of something new and they figure out what to do with their lives from there. >> so much inspiration. >> back after this. ready for action? take osteo bi-flex®. osteo bi-flex® nurtures and helps defend your joints° because it's specially formulated with joint shield (tm)... so now you can keep doing... and doing... and doing what you love. hi mom, dad... what'd you guys do today?

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and lucy in a clear backpack, as well. floral just kind of really adorable. >> i love the modern pop of all of this. it has this futuristic theme going on. >> that daisy raincoat on lucy is gorgeous. >> it's adorable. >> how about the boots? >> they're fantastic. they're actually really lightweight, which is great because one of the worst part about rain shoes, they're so heavy. you clomp around in them all day. just $90. and lucy's shoes, we love, love, love. >> i'm obsessed with those. >> those are like the jellies coming back. >> transparency's coming back in a big, big way. and also grunge. '90s grunge is back in a big way for teenagers. >> thank you so much. >> let's bring in eman and john. >> well, this is a really great date night look. you don't have to look dreary when you're on date night in the pouring rain. first of all, that umbrella, how

cute is that umbrella? >> i love that. >> that's one of the umbrellas you can't leave at a restaurant. >> it won't look like everybody else's. >> exactly. it'll stand out. she looks great. wearing a cute lands end lightweight jacket, great jewel tone, super pretty and it pops and she looks cute. i mean, it really stands out. we love -- >> the jacket has al's name on it for a special reason. >> it's waxed cotton, it's from l.l. bean and an american classic. i can actually demonstrate. >> sure. >> i was hoping to pour water all over him, but i'm not going to do that. >> okay. >> you can kind of see it repels water. you can kind of see, right? >> that's awesome. >> cool. >> i got water all over your set. but it's still dry. >> still dry. >> it's fantastic and it's also machine washable, which is fantastic. it's a great, great -- >> you've got overshoes on? >> he has overshoes on. basically, you're on date night, you don't want to wear your soggy sneakers, put some

overshoes on your nice shoes and you can take them off at the restaurant. $30. >> great date night. you don't have to cancel. >> exactly. >> next up, we have an entire family. samantha, mark, thomas, ellouise along with their dog. cutest dog ever. hi, sweetie. >> so she is in the cutest set ever. >> adorable. >> adorable. exactly what she is. the entire set is $75. and she is the cutest little lady bug ever. sam is in a bright yellow slicker. it's super cute. oops. >> she's like over it. she's sick of the rain. >> sam's slicker is bright yellow, impossible to miss, just adorable and it's classic. >> very nice. >> they're losing her. >> and mark's shoes are from rockport, they are completely waterproof. >> wow. >> and they are super comfortable.

>> they look like a dress shoe. his raincoat was in the pouch. that is awesome. >> it's great. if you think it's going to rain, you never know. keep it in the pouch, yo uh can take it out, and it's super lightweight. >> we've lost eddie. >> eddie, no, don't go bye-bye. >> come back, eddie. there you go. >> very good. >> tell us quickly about eddie's jacket. >> it's from amazon, and it's adorable. just $12. and the whole family is bright and stylish. >> you guys look fantastic. thanks so much. >> everybody come on out. >> thank you. it was great to meet you. up next, one of the most important pieces of mail a teen will ever get, college acceptance letter. >> that's right. some teenagers are going to share their joy of getting in. this one goes out to all you know who you are... you've become deaf to the sound of your own sniffling. your purse is starting to look more like a tissue box...

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>> you got in? >> she got in! >> i got in! >> ahhh! >> that is so great. so seven students got into the colleges of their choice, obviously. congratulations to all of them and all of you who sent us your videos. we've shown nine on the air over the past couple of weeks, and those students will receive a surface 2 tablet with a cover furnished by microsoft retail stores. >> and joining us this morning is the ceo of ivy wide. good morning. good to see you. >> good morning. >> it's exciting to see this roller coaster of emotion. finally, you're in, and you've got to look at the next steps ahead. >> exactly. and these students are lucky. and for many students, they're looking at multiple offers of admission. so they're trying to figure out, okay, where am i going to go to school? they've got to make this

decision in the next month. may 1st is the enrollment deadline. we tell students, first of all, you've got to research. go back to that research. figure out courses, professors, research opportunities going on at the school. you want to figure out if it's a good fit academically. >> revisit the school. >> exactly. this is the time to visit if you haven't visited and you're one of those lucky kids that's looking at multiple offers. but then we also tell kids, you might want to re-visit schools because if you're on the fence, this is a great time to do that gut check. >> i love what you said about financial aid. there is so much aid available these days, which makes opportunity for people who otherwise wouldn't have it. you say you can kind of pit schools against each other and negotiate a little bit. >> exactly. so this is now the ball's in your court, right? you've been admitted, they want you to come. this is when you have to use all -- everything in your control. if you love school x more than school y but school y gave you a better offer. you can call school x and say

can you match the offer from school y? create that bidding war. they want you to come. this is your time -- >> they're receptive to that? >> absolutely. >> is that part of the big money talk you say kids and their parents should have? >> yes. right now, this might be the first time that parents are talking to their kids about realistically about what their finances are. and they have to have that conversation about what they're going to contribute and what they expect their students to contribute. maybe the student needs to take an on campus job or sell their car from high school. but also, it's important for parents to create a budget. it's not just tuition, room and board. we advise parents to think 10% more than that. there's transportation, cell phone, off campus activities. and you want to stick your kids into that budget and don't just keep replenishing their bank accounts. >> a lot of kids on wait lists of their dream school. what can they be doing while on that waitlist? >> well, the first thing, writing a letter to the school. and if it's your first choice school, let the school know,

hey, i will definitely come if i'm admitted from the waitlist. but they still need to enroll somewhere by may 1st. they have to deposit somewhere. they're not going to find out about the waitlist until june or july. they might lose that deposit. it's very important for students to keep up their grades and do well on their final exams and a.p.s because they -- the colleges will look at your final transcript when they're making this waitlist decision. >> really good advice this time of year. thank you. >> thank you. >> we're back in a moment. this is "today" on nbc. [ mom ] hi, we're the pearsons, and we love chex cereal.

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good morning, everyone. 9:56, i'm scott mcgrew. traffic is about to get worse. starting next monday, a section of bruinridge avenue will close

to drivers permanently and here is why. that part of pruneridge is needed to connect apple with businesses it owns on the oh side of the road. drivers are already dodging orange cones and street closures. is the weather going to get worst? unfortunately we are tracking more storms. yes, intensity will increase with the daytime heat. you notice this cell right here had lots of lightning with it. making it's way to san francisco by about 10:25. to the east bay, oakland by about 10:24 and it will impact concord by about 11:00. this is what we're looking for all afternoon. you'll notice we have a mix of sun and showers. don't let your guard down. we'll be tracking it for you here on nbc.

>> yeah, across the bay, as is often the case, there is something taking out. the sign on the right that says high wind advisory for the san mateo bridge. watching for those winds and their affect on your drive. smooth drive over the bay bridge. we see a little late burst of traffic here. as we look at the map, we have a spring break for the tri-valley schools. we have a crash on the east valley shoreline. the green on the map here, we'll show you where things are wet, but as i said, tri-valley school sometimes makes things late for the whole bay. >> thanks, mike. another up date for you in half an hour. good morning nelly! woah.

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he was on some of bob dylan's original nashville recordings. he has a brand new cd all acoustical, all ten songs, which is fantastic. >> we have our guys tell all panel. we have td jakes' daughter here, sarah. >> beautiful. >> has a fascinating story to tell of being lost and then being found, yeah. we'll talk to her in a little bit. hey! >> okay. >> so just when we taught tori spelling was getting her life together, and happy with her husband and how many children does she have now? eight? >> they announced they were breaking up. that's a terrible and sad thing. not only are they -- they made that announcement, they made another announcement, they're going to do a docuseries about trying to repair their troubled marriage, called "true tori" airing on lifetime in late april and the press release, this is how they're selling it, calls it

a unique television event where they will allow the audience to witness the most difficult and unpredictable period in tori's life. >> which begs the question, why in the world would you open yourself up to that, if it is such an, indeed, terrible, trying time in your life, why make it worse, why complicate it with cameras everywhere. and i don't understand docuseries as opposed to reality -- how do they differentiate? >> it sounds more high brow, doesn't it? >> it is the same thing. >> same thing probably. >> i like tori. i've grown to see how hard she -- she is a hard working girl, and she loves this man, loves these kids, from all accounts she's a terrific mom. but it is almost like gwyneth paltrow and chris martin right now, what they want, you know, to document everything they're going through right now -- >> their life is documented. i find it weird, with more and more reality stars we meet and

tori is an actress, she's known more for her reality stuff, they seem to divide their life up in seasons. when we meet them, how are you doing? oh, my god, we're in season nine. they break up their lives like that. it is not even -- they're saying you're not going to know that i broke up with my boyfriend, that's in the third one coming up. >> so in a sense, ironically, they lose their very sense of reality. >> and i do think if you -- >> that's deep. write it down. >> if you really want to repair your relationship, i don't think a docuseries. lindsay is trying to do that now and other people are trying to fix, repair, mend themselves through television series. i can't imagine that really works in the long haul. may work right now because we want to see what it's like and there are people who are going through divorces who may watch t o ori and dean and say, oh, these are the tools they used, maybe

we can try that. >> having been through tough stuff in my own life, being well known when that happened already, the best thing i did was went away, shut it down, go home, lock your doors, turn off the tv, don't read anything, and work at what makes you happy, which is your family and your marriage and -- and i don't think i would be married if i hadn't done that. and i also -- i think i know for sure my kids would not be what they are today had they been forced to be exposed. i just think it is -- you pay a horrendously high price. and i love the scripture that says -- i'm not -- this is not a judgment on anybody, but just a reminder, what does it profit a man or a woman if they gain the whole world and use their very soul. and people have no idea how easy it is to become soulless. nobody sets out to say, i think i'll go lose my soul today. it is a process. and you know what the process is all about, hodawoman? >> tell me. >> choices. every day we have choices.

do i sound like i'm -- >> preaching? >> yeah. >> a little bit. >> just that sarah jakes is here and her daddy would like. >> praise jesus. all right, anyway, think of been married for seven years and they have four children. we reached out for comment because we are nbc news. and we have not received a response because they didn't call us back. good news -- >> we wish them all the best. we want everybody -- we don't want conscious uncoupling. we're over it. we want you to work at it. >> okay. >> that from two divorced people. sad. that's sad what we just -- sad and hypocritical. >> no, it isn't. i'll tell you why -- what you do when you're working at a marriage, you want it to last and someone divorces you and you really don't have any choice in it. are you then a hypocrite when you say -- >> that didn't happen to you. >> it certainly did. >> oh. i thought you did it. >> no.

>> oh, well, i did it. >> talking about you, hoda. >> i did mine. anyway, let's talk about the voice. >> if you ever read one of my books, you would know this. >> i read the back covers of both. >> there are ten. >> all of them. >> you came out for that signing of the stuff i'm not allowed it talk about. you came. it would have been lonely. >> big announcement on the voice. pharrell williams is -- >> who is pharrell? ♪ because i'm happy ♪ because i'm happy clap along if you know ♪ >> i know that song. >> he's the one with the hat. >> i know that. >> so pharrell is -- he was the one also with robin thicke in "blurred lines." he is going to be the new cee lo. he'll be coaching the voice. what do you think of that? so he was a mentor. >> i'm happy for him. want me to be happy for him?

>> yes. >> yes. >> okay. ♪ happy if you feel ♪ >> thank you. so anyway chris martin made his debut as a mentor and was in the show yesterday for -- he sprinkled in, we'll call it that. >> i heard there was very little. >> little of him. >> let's take a look and see if we can get who the coaches chose -- >> okay, hodi. let's do it. >> battle one, from team adam, christina versus sam. sam is the one wearing the dress. >> what? >> yes. ♪ life like a swinging vine swing my heart across the line ♪ ♪ seek it out and you shall find ♪ ♪ i don't think the world is so ♪ ♪ i feel something so right doing the wrong thing ♪ ♪ i feel something

so wrong doing the right thing ♪ >> okay. we both, i think, agree, the winner of the battle round is christina. the one in the pants. let's see if we're right. >> that's who adam chose. >> oh. >> i hope she has a -- battle number two, team blake. tess versus jake. ♪ i've been loving you for such a long time girl ♪ ♪ expecting nothing in return ♪ ♪ just for you to have a little faith in me ♪ ♪ time time is our friend ♪ ♪ because there is no end ♪ all you got to do is have a little faith in me ♪ ♪ i said i will hold you up ♪ ♪ i will hold

you up ♪ ♪ have a little faith in me ♪ >> church. >> i'm going with the one -- >> church. that was so good. >> going with the one in the dress. >> i think i'm going with the one in the dress too. >> let's see what happened. >> i got to cast my vote for loyalty and stick with jake. he's been with me all along. >> jake worthington moving on to the playoffs. congratulations, jake. >> all right. tess, and coaches, let me remind you, tess is available to steal. >> what would you like? >> everybody! >> everybody? >> everybody tried. >> i could barely get the words out of my mouth. >> i have to go with shakira. >> tess has a new coach. >> shakira, she might win the whole thing now. >> what is usher wearing on his

head? what is that? >> what was that? >> i don't know. somebody's mentoring. i don't know -- >> you know what, you know why, he's worried about pharrell and the hat. what's going on? >> that must be it. none of them get enough attention. >> the voice returns tonight at 8:00, 7:00 central here on nbc. >> all right. what else is going on? >> nothing, we got to go. >> we answer your -- has anybody learned one thing from our guys tell all panel? probably not. but they're fun. >> tj jakes' daughter sarah on hitting rock bottom, but she got back up again. >> thank the lord, she sure did. and also charlie daniels and i hear he's bringing his fiddle.

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>> but it wasn't just any dad, he's bishop t.d. jakes, one of the most influential pastors in the whole country. sarah was shunned at school, gossiped about at church, eventually she married and divorced, but she didn't let the pain dictate her future. >> she writes all about it in her new memoir called "lost and found:finding hope in the detours of life." >> hello. >> very, very nice to have you with us. we met your dad so many times. >> so glad to be here. >> to be 13 and to have to reveal to your parents that you are pregnant must have been one of the, i guess, scariest things you've ever had to do. >> it was so scary that i didn't want to do it. my sister actually wrote a letter and told them and left it in the mailbox and luckily she was smart and wise enough to finally include them in everything, but i was terrified. >> how did they react? what was your dad's initial reaction? >> both my parents were devastated. i don't think anyone dreams their child will have a baby at that age, but at the end of the day, they really rallied together and supported me.

>> if anybody understands grace, it is your dad and mom. they both -- they have been in ministry for the longest time. and it has to be for your own family as well. you were a little bit of a rebel. you grew up in this home that everybody thought should be perfect, but you knew you were different, you wanted to be your own, unique sarah. i'm reading your book right now. that was very -- i think she understood that you were completely unique human being, just didn't have some of the tools at the age of 13 to figure that out. >> exactly. >> you don't name the father out of respect. >> mm-hmm. >> and you have done all this time, right, all these years and tell us why you wanted to do that? >> he's still young and still processing and i didn't want to necessarily expose everything that happened. i wanted to share my story and my truth. >> and what are you hoping -- there are other kids who are going through trying situations like this, and i think the book -- you find it very relatable. what are you hoping people will take away from this? >> i think even bigger than

children, i think we're all carrying scars and wounds and we have these memories about ourselves that make us cringe sometimes. and so i'm hoping that by sharing my story and give someone else the courage to embrace who they are, and then begin to really dream again and decide where i do want to go from this after the hurt? >> how old are your kids? >> 11 and 4. >> and she's 25. >> you're a kid yourself. >> do you talk to your 11-year-old about the birds and bees and everything. >> we talk about everything. we try keep communication very open. so i can be along with his processing, see how he's thinking and processing at school. >> does he know anything about you and what happened to you in your younger life? >> i wouldn't share my story publicly without speaking to him first, it is his story as well. i said, malachi, do you care mom is sharing her story. he said, if it is helping other people, we should continue to tell our story. he's such a wise little kid. >> what does his name mean in hebrew? >> messenger.

he's such a blessing and helps us grow as a family. >> we appreciate you coming to see us. >> it is a terrific book. it really is. and it is worth the read, definitely. love to your family. >> thank you. >> your dad's movie "heaven's for real" is coming out. >> yes, excited about that. country legend charlie daniels gets out his fiddle for us. and our handsome men are here, the panel that answers all the questions, allegedly. you never learn anything. low prices,

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time now to find out what your man is really thinking when our "guys tell all," we gathered the panel and they're here to algser your relationship questions. first up, jay sagara from "sirens" which airs on usa. and comedian and actor rick younger, married with one son. >> love him. >> third in the lineup, comedian and married father of three, he says they're his, chuck nice, seen tonight on hgtv's "that's so house hunters." another one? >> and last but not least, divorced and still single bob guiney. >> all right. just epically sad. let's go across the street for our first question. >> my husband thinks he knows

everything about relationships, how can i get my husband to stop giving women advice about their relationships? >> i'm speechless. >> that happens to be rick's wife. april fool's. >> i was wondering why she was hanging out at the house so long. don't you have a job? your husband is blessed and highly favored. what's his name. >> but i still want you to answer the question. >> say the question again. >> how can i get my husband to stop giving women advice about their relationships? >> i would recommend a butt naked run through. he'll be so preoccupied, he'll keep his mouth shut. >> butt naked run through always

works. >> before we go any further, i want to say, if the next question my girlfriend shows up -- >> that would be problematic, wouldn't it? yes. >> here we go. viewer e-mail. from ashley. my boyfriend and i have been living together for almost a year. before we lived together we are couldn't keep our hands off of each other. and now i have to beg to be touched. he is more interested in his ipad and espn than me and it makes me feel unwanted. what should i do or say to not hurt his feelings but to get my point across. >> she has to instigate it. hear me out. i think at this point, it is one of those things you got to set the ipad down and make the moment to have some intimacy. i can't believe i'm saying something serious right now, but because at the end of the day, it is, like, she's as invested as he is, and you got to set down the ipad -- >> sounds like he's not invested. >> his eyes are going to the ipad. >> god only knows what's on that? >> we know. not only god knows what's on it, i know what's on it.

>> your fiancee is here. >> i just moved in with her last july. when you first move in with somebody, you have a roommate now and they're not just your girlfriend. now a roommate and you're learning how to live with each other and all the quirks. it is on both sides. the woman has got -- i think the man has to as well. you have to make her feel sexy, make her feel like she's the woman in the relationship. >> maybe it is what you say about the bust thing. >> that's what it is. no man loves for s runs for a bus once he's already on it. you got to get off the bus. there are people who are looking at your wife, your girlfriend with the same eyes you used to look at her with. you got to remember, if you're not doing the things you did to get her, somebody else will. >> if she gets another bus. >> yes. >> buses break down. what does the bus company do? they send out another bus.

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vehicular manslaughter, and hit-and-run. he was taking medication for a heroin addiction when he allegedly crashed his car into a motorcyclist last tuesday. that motorcyclist, a marine, just returned from afghanistan. the suspect also reportedly told police he finished five shots of whisky at a fremont bar before the crash. neighbors in berkeley say a lightning strike sounded like an explosion. the strike hit this 80 foot redwood street sending shards of wood raining down.

welcome back, 10:29 the time right now. showers and thunderstorms still moving through. intense bands still moving up the coastline. lightning and thunder about to move in and will affect san jose in the next hour. moving into half moon bay and the peninsula. and a cell moving through napa right now could produce small hail. let's check the drive here. >> that's my job, i know what you're saying. over here, wet roads are drying out. 880 moving smoothly past the coliseum. some folks still waiting in line at the bay bridge toll plaza. there is your drive in green

highlighted on the maps. not a major concern, scott. >> thank you, local news at 11:00. . we're back with more of "today" on this booze day tuesday with more of our "guys tell all" panel. >> we have josh segarra and chuck and rick and the still single radio host bob guiney. >> all right. >> we're working on it. >> out on the street. >> this is lisa from west virginia and my question is what is the most appealing attribute a man would look for in an older woman? >> someone who looks just like you, lisa. >> oh, yeah. >> did you like what i just -- >> good answer.

>> you like the way i sucked up to you? >> i did. >> wasn't that good? >> you did a good job. >> you look for personality characteristics, love, loyalty, honesty and to be able to down a bottle of vodka. >> somebody confident in who they are and confident in themselves. >> do you guys like older women? >> i do, yes. >> my fiancee is older than i am. i can't say it, she'll kill me. a few years older. just somebody that is confident, that it has to be on both sides. if she's going to walk around and be ensecure aboinsecure aboe time, it is a turnoff. i think it is sexy for -- i'm an old soul. i like -- if you look at my ipad and music it oates redding, marvin gay.

you're on there. >> that's old, baby. >> every once in a while, i listen to -- it is like kids got to do their swing thing. >> women have it figured out. they have dated those guys. they to get through the rich guys to get to -- >> they had to get through all those guys. >> and how to cook a whole chicken. they don't buy a chicken in parts. make a meatloaf, you know? >> youtube everything. know some stuff up here. >> she ran through butt naked holding a chicken. >> and a knife like this, exactly. what do you want? what do you want? >> let's go -- >> we told you wouldn't learn a thing. >> teach katie something. she says my husband never takes me out anymore.

his excuse is we don't have the money to do so. whenever i convince or drag him out of the house, i always pay. however, if he wants to go out with his friends or buy something for his car, there is always money in the budget. why doesn't he want to take me out? >> here's what you do. you tell him, start having sex with your friends and your car. that's what you need to do. seriously, you got money to go out with your buddies but not with your wife? >> there is a bigger problem. >> they go out, she needs to -- >> one of those marriages where they keep everything separate. >> more problems than what they're talking about. >> you pay for it because she pays for it. if she stops paying for it -- >> a lot of trouble right now. i have a 14-year-old daughter, but this is also how i was raised. if you are a woman, you should never pay for anything ever. and the reason is is because you got what we want.

as long as you got what we want, you should never pay. because you can rest assured, if the tables were turned, we would bleed you dry. >> wow. >> maybe we did learn something. >> maybe we did. one more from the crowd. one more from the crowd. >> hi, my name is anna from aanypla indianapolis, indiana. what is best way to get a woman's attention without being too forward. >> a man's attention. what is the best way. >> you got to let them know. i don't know if it is eyes or a smile, but you have to let us know because we're nervous. wants to talk to a girl -- girls have a lot of power, like, girls make men feel like insecure. >> for women, all you have to do is put yourself in the line of

fire. just hold the gaze a few seconds longer and nothing creepy and scary. >> sometimes women are too forward and they don't give you a door. you got to -- i think men should approach. >> you like to be the hunter. >> yes. >> a little mystery. >> that was excellent. >> you want to submit a question for our guys tell all, why would you want to? go to klgandhoda.com and hit the connect button. charlie daniels pays tribute to another legend, bob dylan. and spring chicken in the kitchen. giada is here! across america, people are taking charge of their type 2 diabetes... ...with non-insulin victoza. for a while, i took a pill to lower my blood sugar, but it didn't get me to my goal. so i asked my doctor about victoza.

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it is spring. april 1st. i decided to show up for work. awesome. so we have a pledge raff different spring vegetables. snap peas, different colored carrots, mushrooms. what i thought would be fun since your viewers wanted chi chick chicken, we're going to flavor the chicken. so thyme, parsley, a little garlic, pepper flakes. >> one other thing, but we probably -- >> fennel seed. you take the chicken. instead of making a whole chicknd wchic chicken the way the guys wanted, which makes it more difficult. >> they just want to watch you carve it up. >> what i like to do is put the herbs underneath the skin. and it makes it look really pretty and also flavors it. makes it a wonderful aroma. you take the chicken after you did all that, and put it in the pan. >> oil in the bottom there. >> little oil. and for about five minutes you

can brown it. okay? you get a nice sort of -- and this makes everything smell good. take the chicken, put it in there for me. do you cook at all? >> every time. >> not much. i like to cook once in a while, but -- >> thanksgiving is the only take she cooks. >> blah, blah, blah. >> that's the thing. >> we're getting somewhere here, ladies. we're getting somewhere. anyway, you finish the chicken in the oven for 15 minutes. and then you make the sauce. >> uh-huh. >> oh, lord. >> oh, no. i'm stuck in the middle of this now. you take the carrots and the mushrooms and snap peas and you -- >> could you use anything you like? >> you can use any vegetable you want. >> thank you, giada. >> anything. whatever you want. >> her mother's stuffing is the best ever. >> oh, my gosh.

>> you cook these down for a few minutes. >> that's when it happens. mark this day on your calendar, people who go, when is it going to happen? today's the day. >> and then what? >> and you cook the vegetables down for another five minutes. >> wow. >> turn that down so you don't burn yourself. >> like you care. >> okay. we cook it down for another five minutes and kathie lee -- i think it is on high. >> no, it is not. >> are you sure? >> it's off. >> okay. you cook the veggies. the chicken is out of the oven like that and you just go like that. and, yes, any vegetables will do, kathie lee. it doesn't really matter. >> people will wonder about that at home, giada. i care about the people at home. >> that's right. >> i know you do. >> let me cut a piece for you. not as good as your mom's stuffing, but i'm sure it's delicious. >> have a veggie. >> here, try this. >> no, thank you. >> here, try it! >> okay. >> only because of giada. >> because giada made it. anyhow, any veggies.

>> the spices -- >> delicious. >> all right, giada, you're the best. >> you are. >> you guys uncoupling or whatever that word is. >> we're consciously uncoupling. >> all right. >> grammy winner charlie daniels. >> all right. and from chicken to a little man meat -- >> that's an awful thing to say. >> a performance by the tenderloins. you'll see them here first live right after this. ice: go ninja go ninja go. (a little louder) go ninja go ninja go... go go go go... woman: go ninja go ninja go. ice: word to your mother. vo: kraft mac & cheese teenage mutant ninja turtles shapes.

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but we will. you heard them here first. >> they don't look like your typical boy band, but the tenderloins, man meat hoda calls them, are already youtube sensations and about to perform here on national television for the very first time. >> they're debuting their original single "let's get sexy" off their self-titled album

"let's get sexy." they are sal, joe, brian and james. >> they're in order. >> are you brothers? >> where did the name come from, the tenderloins? some people think of other things at times like this. >> meat. >> we first started singing in high school. someone called and said we don't have a name yet. and it stuck. >> hold your mike so we can hear you. what kind of music were you singing in high school? >> it is a lot of hip-hop, rap, r&b we do. >> all that stuff? >> it is good. sure. >> what is your favorite rap song? >> anything by the wu-tang clan. >> i love them. >> we grew up on staten island. >> thank you, all. >> did they write moon river? just kidding. you're phenomenons. why haven't you been on our show yet. >> we wanted to forever. this is a dream come true for us. >> what are you going to sing for us? >> youtube, actually, made it possible. >> what are you going to sing? >> "let's get sexy," our song.

>> all right. let's hear it. let's hear it. >> man meat, the tenderloins. ♪ ♪ >> that's when he goes. >> i was supposed to turn around. >> no, turn back. >> can we edit that out? >> we can cut that out. >> we'll cut that out. >> can we start from the top? >> no! >> sorry. just cut that out. ♪ >> just turn around when i turn around. ♪

♪ >> what are you doing? what are you doing? >> one shot. and this is what's happening. >> you said before that's when i turned around. >> i know. we're here for a reason -- >> why are you -- >> that's what i want to know. >> we should tell them, it's april fool's. >> oh! >> we got you. >> you had no clue. >> the minute you turned around, and -- >> come on. >> the sad part is i kind of like the song a little bit. >> thank you. thank you. >> thank you so much. >> are we -- is my mom on the line? >> no. >> yes. okay. >> i think my mother is on the line. she took umbrage of what you said to her. >> hello, mrs. -- mom?

okay. >> you heard my mother's dial tone. >> i didn't know who broke up with whom. okay. you were the one -- >> who cares about that? i'm talking about my mother's stuffing. >> i'm exhausted. anyway, these guys -- you can catch them on "impractical jokers" thursday on trutv. guess who is coming up? >> no joke. >> the amazing charlie daniels. >> yes. we'll be right back. >> but first this is "today" on nbc. >> we have the real deal. good morning, 10:50 the time. storms expected to slam the coast here in the next ten minutes it it will move into san

jose in the next hour. expect lightning, thunder and hail. we'll track it all day long.

♪ >> that music. >> who does not love this tune, "the devil went down to georgia," the signature song of the charlie daniels band which earned them a grammy. >> you can say charlie's career picked up ten years prior to that when the great bob dylan hired him as a session musician

down in nashville. >> now he's taking tribute to dylan's music "off the grid: doing it dylan". it's out today. >> look at the outlaw you look like in that picture. >> i look like an outkast. >> no. tell us a little bit. i spoke to you at length. i had no idea this was part of your past. >> you were a dylan fan. >> well, yeah. i've been a dylan fan for a long time. i was in nashville in 1969 and bob dylan was coming in to town to do a national skyline. >> i'm sure everybody was talking about it. >> yeah, everybody was talking about it. and they wanted to -- i wanted to play on a session. and, well, look at me. but i was only supposed to play in one session and had another guitar player coming in. when the session was over and i was packing up, bob dylan asked bob johnson, the producer, where is he going? he said, i have another guitar player coming in. he said i don't want another guitar player, i want him. >> wow. >> it was the greatest nine words that ever had been spoken over me at the time.

>> you ended up doing two albums with him. >> three albums, yeah. altogether. national skyline, self-portrait and new morning. it was just -- he was always kind of putting players names on the back of the albums. he's the kind of artist people wanted to know everything about. flip the album over and look and there was my name. so it legitimized me quite a bit. >> he also wanted players to play his music their way, total freedom. >> yeah. his songs, but your way to play it. go for it. >> and your fiddle is sitting there on the side table. you like to play that? >> oh, yeah, yeah. >> what i like about this cd, it is acoustic. >> first time you have done an acoustic album as well. >> that's why we called it off the grid, doing it dylan. >> can you play a little mr. tambourine man or something. >> let's go back a little farther than that. >> okay. ♪ >> oh, wow.

>> now, do you still go out and play? >> yes, i'm doing 100 dates this year and ten grand ole opry appearances. >> the crowds must be crazy for you. >> our crowds, we have got -- i have a special part of our fan club called century club. and when you come to 100 shows over the years, i give you a belt buckle. you would be surprised how many i passed out. >> you're kidding. >> you've been together a long time. >> 39 years now. and the youngest member, the newest member for three years. >> do they ever tease you about your mother's stuffing? >> they better not tease me about my mother's stuffing. i make stuffing. >> you do? >> corn bread. i'm a horrible cook -- >> you make good stuffing? >> yeah, ma'am. make your eyeballs come out. guaranteed. >> i went down to the dressing room to say hello to you and the first thing i notice, you tell someone what they're like right away. you're so kind to everybody who walks in. when we were taking a

picture you said, wait, do you want me in the picture. everybody was like, you are the picture. that's your personality. >> i'm just an old country boy that god's been very good to and i just -- i love people. i honestly do. i don't hate anybody. i hate some things people do sometimes, but i don't hate anybody. love everybody. >> and still loving what you're doing after all these years. >> still loving what i'm doing. >> and bob called him and said he was excited he's going to do the album. >> thank you so much for coming to see us. good luck with the album. we love you. >> thank you for coming to see us. >> tomorrow, rosalind kind. >> and performance by frankie ballard. >> and mary higgins clark, every week, a new book.

hail and lightning and thunder. we have seen it all this morning. the next round of rain hitting the bay area on the left. a live look at the radar. you can see plenty of activity on the right, the view from palo alto and san jose. good morning. thank you for joining us. >> we begin our team coverage this morning with anthony slaughter. i know that you are going to be busy, don't be fooled though if you see sunshine right now. >> the sun acts as fuel on days like this. and they have already been very strong this morning. that's a good sign of what's to come as we head through the