good morning. rescue at sea. a family stranded on a sailboat in the middle of the ocean puts out a distress call, asking for immediate help for their very sick 1-year-old daughter. now the high-stakes military mission is on to get that baby girl some much-needed medical care. whoondering why. new details about what may have sparked the shooting spree by a ft. hood soldier, as investigators try to zero in on a motive. and this morning, we'll share the stories of the brave victims as an entire community tries to understand how this could happen to them again. could it be the plane? breaking news this morning. a chinese news agency reporting that a ship searching for malaysia flight 370 has detected

an underwater signal. and mad dating skills? an old video goes viral, showing "mad men" actor jon hamm trying to win over a woman on a television dating show. >> jon hamm is next. he's 25 years old. he's a waiter. jon hamm, ladies and gentlemen. >> don draper always gets the woman, but did a young jon hamm do the same? the surprising answer revealed today, saturday, april 5th, 2014. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with lester holt and erica hill, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> good morning. welcome to "today" on a saturday. i'm lester holt. >> and i'm erica hill alongside jenna wolfe and dylan dreyer. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> jon hamm looking very '90s in that video. >> so '90s. >> that hair is frightening. >> i love the hair. no! i love it. >> it is frightening. >> but he's still got that suave kind of look to him. >> he's giving it right now. >> i think he's got that

laid back kind of a look. >> wouldn't you like to say to him, hey, guy, in 10, 15 years, you're going to be making millions of dollars. >> then you could get a haircut. >> had to go on a tv show for a date back then. probably not now. >> probably not. want to get to the top story right now, a daring mission in the middle of the ocean all to get a sick baby and her family. jenna is here now with more on the story. jenna. >> hey, guys, good morning. yeah, this started back on thursday, when the family sent out a call saying that their little girl was sick and that they needed help. california's air national guard mobilized quickly, putting together a team that wound up parachuting on to the family's sailboat to provide medical care. now, the family's stuck on their sailboat about 900 miles off the coast of mexico. it took the helicopter carrying the rescue team five hours to make it to the boat. a team of four, known as guardian angel pararescuemen jumped out of the helicopter to get to them and check on the little girl.

she could be suffering from salmonella, but that is not confirmed yet. the family, a husband, wife and their two young daughters is in the middle of a round-the-world trip on their sailboat. the wife has been writing about the trip on her blog, but the blog hasn't been updated in a few days, that could be because the family is tending to their sick daughter. the crew is still on board with the family and says everybody is in good spirits. now a warship is on their way and everyone is said to be okay, but everyone is on standby in case more medical care is needed. >> terrifying. >> terrifying when you're home with a sick kid. can you imagine 900 miles off the coast. >> yeah. >> jenna, thanks. turning to the tragedy at ft. hood and a community still reeling, trying to understand just how this has happened to them once again. this morning we are learning more about the victims of that senseless massacre. our team is covering the story, both at ft. hood and also from puerto rico this morning. we begin with mark potter in ft. hood, texas. mark, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, erica.

about 150 investigators from the state, the fbi and army are trying to piece together this case at several crime scenes here on base. they have a long way to go, but preliminarily say they believe several things. one, that the alleged shooter, specialist ivan lopez, acted alone, that he was not linked to any terror or extremist group. they do not feel that this was a premeditated, long-planned shooting spree or that his mental condition alone sparked the attack. what they say they do believe is that the shooting followed a heated argument involving lopez and other soldiers in his unit here on base, some of whom would become his victims when it all spiraled out of control and he opened fire, ultimately killing himself. now, the three people who were shot dead by the gunman have now been formally identified by the army, and they are 38-year-old staff sergeant carlos lazaney rodriguez, who served 20 years and was about to retire, 37-year-old timothy owens, a sergeant, a ten-year army veteran who remarried last august. and finally, sergeant 1st class

daniel ferguson. he was 39 years old, had just returned from afghanistan only to be shot dead on a u.s. military base. his fiancee said he died trying to protect others. the army says there were several acts of heroism that day involving soldiers and a chaplain who risked their lives to save others. they also say of the 16 wounded, 10 have now been released to hospital and have returned to duty. the other six still in the hospital are expected to survive. erica? >> all right, mark potter this morning. mark, thank you. new information emerging today about the shooter from those who knew him best, his heartbroken friends and family back home in puerto rico. stephanie gosk is there for us. stephanie, good morning. >> reporter: hey, good morning, lester. the head of veterans affairs this morning here in puerto rico tells the local paper that he has concerns that ivan lopez did not get the kind of medical care that he needed, specifically, he's worried that psychiatrists didn't treat him in his native

spanish. the family has released a statement saying that they blame ivan's mental illness for the shooting. in the central square of guayanilla, a memorial recognizes the men and women from this small coastal town who fought in war. ivan lopez is among them, but now this town wants to know what happened to the young man they were once so proud of. in a statement, lopez's father offers a prayer for the victims and explains that his son was undergoing medical treatment. "he must not have been in his right mind," lopez's father says, "he wasn't like that." the home where ivan grew up has been mostly quiet since the news out of ft. hood broke. wilfredo ramirez lives next door. "i've lived here 14 years," he says. "they are good people. no one can say anything bad about them." ramirez fought in vietnam. his daughter died fighting in iraq. >> and the base camp where she was stationed, that is where she got killed.

>> reporter: he wears the star the military gives every parent who loses a child in battle and a hat that recognizes his own service. the military is an integral part of life in puerto rico. for young people, there are few good career opportunities. enlisting is one of them. "being a soldier is an honor," ramirez told me. "we're u.s. citizens, and defending america is part of it." military officials assure the family that they will treat ivan as a soldier. his wife is in charge of funeral preparations, but friends of the family say that the family hopes she will decide to bring him back here to puerto rico to be buried. lester. >> all right, stephanie gosk this morning for us. stephanie, thanks. voting is under way in afghanistan for that country's next president. it is the first democratic transition of power in afghanistan's history. chief foreign correspondent richard engel is live in kabul this morning with the latest for us. richard, good morning.

>> reporter: good morning. despite all the threats from the taliban, this election is going forward. the afghan government says that voter turnout has been remarkably high. for the first time since 9/11, since the american involvement in this country, hamid karzai is not running. he cast his ballot today. many men are coming out to vote. many women are coming out to vote. there has been some violence. there have been reportedly at least four attacks on voting stations in addition to several bombings, but so far, only one afghan policeman has been reported killed. that in any other country would be considered an unsuccessful day, but considering the level of expectation of violence in this country and the amount of security forces, just four attacks so far is considered relatively peaceful in this country. the voting is going to continue for several more hours. it's probably going to take weeks before the results are clear, and it is very likely that there will be another

runoff election after this round of voting today. erica? >> all right, richard engel for us in kabul. thank you. we have breaking news in the search for the missing malaysian airplane. china's official news agency is reporting that a chinese ship searching for the plane in the south indian ocean has detected a single. ian williams is in perth, us a australia with more. >> reporter: good morning. precious few details at this point. this report has come from the chinese state news agency, xinhua, who has a reporter on board the ship, which is a patrol ship, one of eight ships the chinese have in the area. they reported a short while ago that that ship, its black box detector detected what they call a pulse, but it went on to say that at this point "we cannot establish that it has anything do with flight mh-370. we have not been able to independently confirm this.

the australian government, the australian agency overseeing the search has not commented. usually this is the agency through whom information is spread. they at this point have said nothing about the chinese claims. today saw a particularly intensive search across that area involving 11 ships. >> eight of them chinese. if, and it is a big if, if that chinese ship has detected the black box tsh, it would be a remarkable achievement because those ships carrying pulse detectors, pinger detectors are effectively working blind. it would be quite remarkable if it is established to be so, lesterment. >> ian williams in perth, australia, thanks. want to check the morning's other top stories.

jenna has that for us. >> with mideast peace talks on the verge of collapse, secretary of state john kerry's back in the u.s. this morning after 13 days on the road. his next step, consult with the president. white house correspondent kristen welker has more on that story. kristen, good morning. >> reporter: jenna, good morning to you. look, the white house won't say the mideast peace talks are dead. still, there's no doubt that this is a new low in negotiations. while traveling in morocco on friday, secretary kerry even said it's time for a "reality check." this apparent impasse came earlier this week after palestinian president mahmoud abbas violated the talks by announcing he would seek membership to 15 international agencies. the reaction, he said, after israel renegged on its promise to release more palestinian prisoners. kerry then canceled a planned meeting with abbas on wednesday. now, prior to this standoff, there had been a sense that the talks were actually moving in the right direction, that they were moving forward. the u.s. even considered releasing jonathan pollard.

he's the american convicted 26 years ago of spying for israel while working for the cia. now, this is being seen as a setback for president obama. he has made mideast peace a key second term priority, but also for secretary kerry, who has traveled to the region 12 times in an effort to make progress by the april 29th deadline. that's the date that negotiators had settled on. a source close to the talks says there will likely be a meeting between a top u.s. negotiator, the israelis and palestinians on sunday. still, at this point, it doesn't look that promising. jenna? >> all right, kristen welker for us at the white house. kristen, thank you. four private memorial services are scheduled this weekend for victims of that deadly washington mudslide. hundreds of people gathered in arlington friday night for a prayer service honoring the victims of the march 22nd slide. the audience gave standing ovations to first responders who were still scouring the debris for missing people. the death toll stands at 30, and 13 people remain missing.

four people are dead after the car they were riding in wound up in a creek. it happened in queens, new york. police say the driver was able to get out of the car, but two men and two women were trapped inside. they were pulled from the water and pronounced dead at local hospitals. investigators believe the car may have hit the curb and rolled into the creek. we're now learning what sparked the blaze in a boston brownstone last week, killing two firefighters. fire officials say welders working at a neighboring building caused the fire, and they were allegedly working without a city permit. a local lawmaker is calling for the welding company to be charged with criminally negligent homicide. we have two recalls to tell you about this morning. the first is from tyson. the company's recalling more than 75,000 pounds of chicken nuggets after customers complained about finding pieces of plastic in their food. the recall includes 5 pounds of the frozen white meat nuggets that were sold at sam's club stores across the country. and mazda is recalling more than

40,000 mazda 6 cars, model years 2010 through 2013 because of spiders. apparently, the yellow sack spider, which is attracted to hydrocarbons can weave a web in a vent hose and cause the fuel tank to crack. spiders. and have you ever wondered how they know where to put deer crossing signs and elk? check out this herd of elk crossing the road in montana all of them gracefully jumping across the fence. gracefully i'm jumping, i'm leaving. i'm moving. this one is like, uh, did you guy cease this fence? has anyone seen the dear crossing sign? with perseverance and peer pressure to be with his elk friends, there we go! moral of the story f you're an elk, there's a fence, you better get over it or else your friends will go off and play without you. >> can we go back to the spider

for a second. >> really? >> a beautiful story of perseverance. >> the spider being attract to the hydrocarbon. >> all i know, "a," i didn't know spiders drive. and, "b," if you look over and say, oh, look, there are 50 spiders, i'm driving off the road. >> can we go back to the elk? >> yes. >> now you know how i felt last week going over that wall. >> oh. >> you persevered. >> everybody else was jumping. >> dylan makes a good point, didn't the elk make it. >> ow. >> it did. >> we only have so much time on the show. >> lester is still trying to get over that wall this morning. didn't happen. >> dylan, save us with the forecast. >> i will. forecast looks fantastic. this area of low pressure, the one that brought the snow to minnesota and parts of the upper midwest, the severe storms down south that will take a break today. a stationary front will produce

more showers and tomorrow we could see more severe storms. three to four inches of rain in parts of the gulf coast, that's because of that front. elsewhere across the country, it looks nice. 5:46 the time. anthony slaughter. we're tracking a warmer day. yesterday in the low 60s but this area of hoigh pressure wil increase through the next seven days. temperatures in the 80s once we hit monday and tuesday. for today notice we're starting off chilly. a few clouds overhead. no fog to report of. temperatures today close to 70 as i mentioned. ahead tomorrow close to 80 into the 80s by monday and tuesday. and that's your latest forecast. eric. >> thanks. one week ago this morning southern california residents woke one rattled nerves.

now in the past week we're learning more about a knewly discovered faultline. one that could turn los angeles to rubble if a more now from miguel almaguer. >> reporter: for 25 miles in southern california, it snakes beneath densely populated urban centers, below bridges and right underneath downtown l.a. skyscrapers. this is where the puente hills fault line lies, what's been dubbed the most terrifying fault line in the nation. >> we have buildings that will kill people. we know which ones they are. we need to find a way to get them retrofitted. >> reporter: last week, a 5.1 here rattled shelves, splintered homes and even triggered a rockslide. but experts say this was just a warning. a 7.5 on this fault would be catastrophic. >> if a big one hits, we estimate that the damage to the economy and to our structures would be somewhere in the $200 to $300 billion range.

it would be the largest disaster in u.s. history. >> reporter: the problem is l.a.'s aging infrastructure. more than 1,000 buildings aren't up to modern earthquake codes. some of the most critical are built of vulnerable concrete. l.a.'s iconic general hospital had to be shut down in '94 after the north ridge earthquake. now it's just medical offices. but within five miles of here, six other major hospitals could face catastrophic damage in a big quake, including children's hospital los angeles. at the hall of justice, they've spent $234 million to retrofit one building alone, and it's taken three years to complete. the city is also scrambling to shore up 11 bridges. the cost, $400 million. >> i think we're as well prepared as any big city in america, which is to say we're woefully unprepared. there is no city that gets this right.

>> reporter: today, city leaders in los angeles say they're doing what they can to prepare for the big one, but it's impossible to predict when it will strike, though experts agree it's certain to hit. for "today," miguel almaguer, nbc news, los angeles. this week, the united nations released a sobering report about climate change and the impact it's having around the world, and some experts say we could be going from bad to worse. ann curry takes a look. >> reporter: for the last year and a half, it seems mother nature has thrown everything at us. >> look at the cold air that is surging into the upper midwest. >> reporter: a bone-chilling deep freeze, searing heat, drought and fire, floods gushing through the u.s., europe and asia. and superstorms devastating entire regions. what on earth is going on? for more than a year, we traveled the far corners of our planet searching for answers to what's causing these weather

extremes. >> this is the storm of the century. >> reporter: we met ordinary people who have seen changes up close and asked some of the world's brightest scientists, is the weird weather a coincidence or a sign that fundamental change is here? >> the planet is not just changing, it's changed. >> reporter: just this past week, an influential group of the world's climate scientists named the intergovernmental panel on climate change, issued a groundbreaking report, saying climate change is already sweeping all the continents and oceans of our planet. their position, there is no doubt the planet is getting warmer. over the years, you've probably heard debate about whether man or nature is to blame, but now, for most climate scientists, that debate is over. 97% of them agree, as humans burn fossil fuels like coal, oil and gas, pumping carbon dioxide or co2 into the atmosphere, the

planet warms. you're saying it's impossible for it not to have something to do with the warming of the planet, just because of simple physics. >> literally impossible. there is no argument that mankind's activities have caused the planet to warm. >> reporter: even so, we wondered, is there anything we can do to stop climate change altogether? >> in the next hundred years, it's really tough to deal with the changes that are coming. we probably can't affect a lot of those. on the longer time scales, though, we can have dramatic effects. >> reporter: for "today," ann curry, nbc news. >> you can see much more of ann's reporting in an nbc news special "our year of extremes" on sunday night at 7:00/6:00 central on nbc. still to come, before he was famous, he was just looking for love. how could anyone say no to "mad man" jon hamm? we'll find out, but first, this is "today" on nbc. [ mom ] hi, we're the pearsons, and we love chex cereal.

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hamm, especially his place in life now, the words unlucky in love probably don't come to mind, but the actor has many women swooning. >> me included. [ laughter ] >> apparently, though, that wasn't always the case. jenna's in the orange room with the "mad men" actor's appearance on a dating game show from the late '90s, which through the miraculousness of, i don't know what, has been found, and lucky us, it's gone viral. >> first of all, who looked awesome in the late '90s? the late '90s was tough for a lot of us. the year was 1996. he looked pretty awesome. the show was "the big date," and jon hamm was a 25-year-old waiter just looking for love. enjoy this. ♪ >> jon hamm is next. he's 25 years old. he's a waiter. jon hamm, ladies and gentlemen. hello, john. you're on a first date, mary's the girl. you want to really impress her. how do you make her feel special? >> well, start off with some fabulous food, a little fabulous conversation and -- >> what else fabulous, jon?

>> and end it with a fabulous foot massage for an evening of total fabulousity. >> ah. so, make a choice. which one of these guys do you want to get to know? >> i don't know, they're just so wonderful! >> you've got to pick one. >> okay. um, i'll pick mark. >> mark? >> yes, mark. >> mark, you're up, buddy! come on up. come over here. >> you guys, if it was the '90s, and all of a sudden, a guy came up to you and said, hey, i want to take you out for a night of total fabulousity, you can't blame her for going with the other guy! >> i would have totally gone with the other guy. creepy. the foot massage thing was terrible. >> the fatima saj was fabulous. just a cool night of fabulousity. here's my question to you, are you surprised jon hamm was rejected with all of that? >> no. >> we want to know. tell us on twitter, use #orangeroom. i'll throw the question right back to you guys, a night of fabulousity, hey. >> hey. >> she's kicking herself now, though. >> yes, she is. yes, she is. >> all right, jenna, thanks.

still to come, who said golf was boring? the "golf" magazine cover that's got a lot of female golfer good morning, i'm kris sanchez along with meteorologist anthony slaughter who has a look at your weekend forecast. >> it's so bright and it's so early. good morning to you, kris. we are waking up to some cool

readings but as we head to the weekend temperatures will soar. we're talking about temperatures 10 to 20 degrees above average after seeing temperatures yesterday climb into the lower 60s. today it won't be overly warm but close to 70 degrees the inland valleys and especially the east bay that's where we'll see the most warming and the north bay. close to 70 there. only 63 degrees in san francisco, but you'll notice in the south bay close to 69 for today. but as we head through the day tomorrow, close to 80. look at this, kris, monday and tuesday, temperatures in san jose could be topping that record heat. 84 monday and 87 by tuesday. believe it or not. no rain in that forecast but, again, very warm air headed our way. we'll see you in a bit at 7:00. >> all right, thank you, anthony. we begin with breaking news this morning we'll continue our coverage of the possible breakthrough in the search for the missing malaysian jetliner following the "today" show this morning we can tell you that china's state news is reporting that a chinese shim detected a pulse signal in the indian ocean

in that vast search area. the news agency reports that it is still not confirmed whether that signal is related to the missing jet but, again, we'll continue to follow it as will the "today" show. we'll pick it up at 7:00. back here at home a bizarre story that's now getting national attention. thousand of confused a's fans were sent home from the coliseum without a drop of rain in the sky. the infield was deemed unplayable after a soaking from the overnight storm. the grounds crew chose not to put the tarm over the field after thursday night's game because their weather consultant who they did not want to name advised there would be a break in the rain. but at the same time several other forecasts showed that rain was a possibility. it was the second postponement this week and no makeup date has been announced. coming up this morning, another lucky local is a lottery winner. someone in the bay area is nearly a quarter of a million

dollarsrismer this morning. we'll show you what the winning numbers are so you can check your ticket coming up at 7:00. that and all the rest of the day's news at 7:00. more local news in a half hour. here's the "today" show. good morning nelly! woah. hey! have you ever tried honey nut cheerios? love 'em. neat! now you on the other hand... you need some help. why? look atchya. what is that? you mean my honey wand? [ shouting ] [ splat ] come on. matter of fact. [ rustling ] shirt. shoes. shades. ah! wow! now that voice... my voice? [ auto-tuned ] what's wrong with my voice? yeah man, bee got swag! be happy! be healthy! that's gotta go too. ♪ hey! must be the honey!

[ sparkle ] sweet. morning, april 5th, 2014. by the way, it's april. that's kind of crazy. rowdy crowd out there on the plaza, which is just the way we like them. happy that they're here to spend part of their morning with us, and we're going to head out in just a little bit to say hello in person. meantime, still to come this half hour, we'll have more on that high-stakes rescue that we first told you about at the top of the hour. it's happening as we speak. efforts there in the middle of the ocean. all these efforts to help stabilize a 1-year-old little girl who became very ill on her family's stranded sailboat. we've got a little bit more on the dramatic play-by-play and just how the air national guard is helping them all. then, now that spring is here, you might be like a lot of people who are thinking of putting their homes on the market. should you go the traditional

route and use a real estate broker, or should you try to save some money by selling it yourself? we're going to look at the pluses and minuses of both approaches. plus, it is time for the speculation to begin. i think we could probably actually say it's well under way at this point. who could take over for david letterman now that he's announced he's retiring? we'll take a look at some of the top contenders. and speaking of television, we're a little over 24 hours away from the premiere of the new season of "game of thrones." it's an episode that fans have been clamoring for after an epic conclusion last season. it's got a lot of people wondering, can this show surprise us with something even bigger? >> i think that's a yes. >> and i can tell you, i watched the show. i can't remember what the cliffhanger was. >> the red wedding! >> no, the red wedding wasn't the last episode -- >> no. >> yeah, that's how it ended. >> there was one after that, wasn't there? >> are you sure? >> i think there jarks i feel like this is a conversation we should have off air. >> i know. give us a minute here. >> we'll be right back. >> all right, well, we'll find out. >> there you go. we begin this half hour, though, with the "golf digest"

cover that's causing an uproar. the cover doesn't have a golfer on it, and it turns out that's only part of the issue here. it's not your typical cover for a golf magazine, wearing skin-tight yoga pants and a revealing sports bra, paulina gretzky, daughter of hockey great wayne gretzky, strikes a very sexy pose for this month's "golf digest." the photo spread is drawing criticism, not just for the revealing images, but also because gretzky isn't a professional golfer. top-ranked american stacy lewis says the cover shows a lack of respect and other female players on the tour have also expressed their disappointment. >> it's caused a lot of controversy, and i think that players feel very strongly about this, that they're not being given enough coverage and that maybe somebody like paulina gretzky doesn't necessarily deserve to be on the cover of "golf digest." >> gretzky is dating a golfer, dustin johnson. she's also known for her somewhat revealing instagram account, with nearly 300,000 followers. "golf digest" defends its cover

choice, saying "paulina ranks at the high end of the golf celebrity scene today and she has a compelling story to tell. she might also get some new people interested in the game." but in a strongly worded rebutt rebuttal, the lpga's commissioner stated, "if a magazine called golf digest is interested in showcasing females in the game, yet consistently steers away from the true superstars who have made history over the last few years, something is clearly wrong." >> i think the commissioner did echo the sentiment of a lot of players on the tour. >> a magazine cover that's teed up plenty of attention, just as the first major lpga tournament of the season gets under way. gretzky isn't just on the cover, she is also speaking out in an article in the magazine. she talks about her involvement within the golf world and also demonstrates some golf improvement exercises. let's get a check of the weather now from dylan. she's outside on the plaza. hey, dylan. >> good morning, guys. good morning, everyone. i just noticed in my periphery

here that there are a lot of pickles. what's going on with the pickles? >> it's national pickle week. >> all week. >> all week. >> and we have pickled tomatoes, too? >> yeah. >> fantastic. i will eat one of those, off camera. we are looking at a pretty chilly morning, but temperatures will warm up nicely across a good part of the country. we should top out in the 50s and 60s back through the plains, even 50s in the northeast, 70s in the southeast. and today we do have this stalled front. it's sitting right through the gulf states, so that is going to produce a few spotty showers, especially tomorrow, where we could see some stronger storms. that area in red in louisiana over into the panhandle of florida, that's where we could see some stronger storms by sunday afternoon and a little showery back through the plains and a little bit of mountain snow in the rockies, but it should start to dry out in good morning. 6:04 the time. waking up to foggy conditions across the san francisco bay and not finding any fog but cloud cover is hanging on tightly. temperatures chilly in the 40s and 50s. later on today it will be near

average. temperatures not overly warm but close to 70 degrees in our inland valleys. for tomorrow, though, we are tracking a major warm-up, an additional 10 degrees jump and for monday and tuesday temperatures in the 80s. have a good weekend. and let's head to florida for "today's top spot," shall we? this morning's top spot, the clearwater sugar and sand festival in clearwater beach, florida, and our affiliate wfla. during this ten-day festival, you can see 1,000 tons of clearwater beach's sugar white sands carved into iconic movie scenes. you can try your hand at sculpting in a friendly competition on the beach. and if i competed with that, mine would absolutely lose and look nothing like that. erica? >> come on, dylan, don't sell yourself short. just ahead this morning, the interview of a lifetime for one high school student. so, how do you prepare for your 20 minutes with first lady michelle obama? well, we'll ask the young lady who spoke with her, but first, these messages.

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♪ back now on a saturday morning with the young woman who was recently handed a very big assignment, a chance to interview first lady michelle obama. luckily, 18-year-old nana cy was up for the task. she is from the leadership of east harlem and her interview will be shown at the women of the world summit this morning in new york city. good morning. great to see you. >> great to see you, too. >> this opportunity was extended, because i understand the first lady wanted to talk or wanted to be interviewed by someone who, like her, was the first in their family to go to college. >> yes. >> how did -- i understand it was quite secretive, the selection process. how did you find out about this? >> well, it was the day of my birthday. my principal came up to me, and she was like, i need you in my office. and she told me, i cannot tell you what it's for, but you will have an interview today. so i had another interview with a young lady who was in the 11th grade.

and the next day, she called my house and said nene, you were called to interview michelle obama. and i couldn't believe it. >> and you had just a couple weeks to prepare. >> yeah. >> and any idea what you wanted to ask her about the start? >> yeah, i knew it was about education, so i watched a bunch of her videos, i got my questions from what i saw, and that was it. >> you had at one point a very personal question for her. i'd like to play it, if we could, and then we'll talk. here it is. >> first-generation college student, like i am. do you have any advice for me? >> i want you to push all the doubt out of your head, first and foremost, because it starts with how confident you feel about yourself. and i want you to know that you can't do this alone, nor should you. don't be afraid to ask questions, don't be afraid to ask for help, because everyone does it, okay? so, that's what i want you to do. >> very great advice. i mean, she was looking right at you. what was that like? >> it was great, because that was something i struggled with,

and she told me how you use your doubt to strengthen yourself and you use the doubt you get from others to build fuel and to push yourself forward. so, that's something that i will be taking with me to college. >> she also told you to accept failure, and that's a notion we don't like to talk about. >> yeah. >> we always like to say you can do whatever you want, but did you think about that after she said it? >> yeah, i feel like she meant that, when you fail, that's not the end. you should get up, pick your feet back up and do, try harder than you tried before. >> very cool. and you're going -- at the summit later on, i know they're going to show some of this interview and barbara walters is going to interview you. quite a big deal. congratulations. >> thank you. >> by the way, you're going to school, going to college -- >> at gettysburg. >> you buried the lead. you got a full ride, didn't you? proud of you. thank you for being here. >> thank you very much. let's send it over to dylan in the orange room with the plaza fan of the day. >> this is sarah robert, here with her husband. your first anniversary.

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♪ this morning in "today's real estate," should you try to sell your home yourself, or should you let a broker do the heavy lifting for you? spring, as you know, is a time of year that so many people start putting their homes on the market, but is for sale by owner really worth all the time and the effort? well, we decided to answer that with a professional, "today real estate" contributor barbara corcoran has answers for us. nice to have you here. >> thank you very much.

>> a lot of people do this. the number of people selling themes by themselves has nearly doubled the last few years, mostly to save money on the commission. >> of course. >> let's go through the pros and cons of both. first, if you're thinking about doing this, what are the best reasons to sell your home without an agent? >> first of all, i should say that about 10% of the homes in america are sold by agents today, so that's a big number, but not compared to the general population. number one, saving that commission is a lure that people find irresistible. if i could put that 5% to 6% in my pocket, what do i need a broker for is how the logic goes. what i have found, however, is that the buyer has the same head. they want to save the same 5% to 6%, and that's where the problem comes in, so that's a disadvantage. also, selling to a relative is a reason people do it, and the third major reason why it's increasing today is there are more buyers in the street. if you're thinking, hey, i could get three buyers who want my house, bam, you're thinking what do i need a broker for? >> these are some of the reasons people do it, because they want to save the commission, there's the hot market and people want to be in charge. they also feel like they have plenty of time to play with.

>> some people do have time and some people are control freaks and want to be in charge of every little detail, so that's another incentive there. >> okay, so those are some of the reasons that people may want to do it. when it comes to selling your home with a professional, with a real estate agent or a realtor, they tend to sell faster and oftentimes for a little bit more money. >> not a little bit more, 19% more. >> that is a significant difference, especially if you're looking to only save 6%. what are the best reasons to sell with a broker? >> number one, the broker always brings you many, many more buyers, because the minute you list your house, you're tapping into the vast pool of buyers that are already shopping that market. a good negotiator, a good broker is going to negotiate for you. so, a negotiator who's not involved, no eagle involved, is always going to do a better job and they've done it hundreds of times. so, those are the two major reasons why you should be using a broker. >> okay, so we've looked at the pros and cons of both. if someone decides they still want to go ahead and list a house on their own, i know you

have some great steps. you say first, get a professional appraisal. >> the professional appraisal is key. any price, any home that's not well priced is not going to sell well. so, the thing you want to do is spend $300 to $400 going out for a professional appraisal so you price the home properly, or i don't care what you do, nothing's going to work with that house. >> so, once you get the appraisal, you also want to have pictures. pictures have got to look good. >> let me tell you, everybody today shops online and people think you can snap a few shots with your camera. you need the right lighting, you need a wide-angle lens, you need the rooms cleaned up, looking good, because everybody's shopping online. you typically need 12 to 14 pictures online that look stunning. that's the new curb appeal. people don't drive up, they decide if they want your house or not based on your photos online. >> just by looking at it. and also when you say online, you want to list it on multiple sites. >> definitely. and that is one thing that is very easy today. typically, if you list your house with a broker, you're immediately listed on probably 15 to 20 large u.s. sites. everybody knows your house is for sale. if you're going to do it on your own, you'd better have the list of those places and pay to put your house there, because the most important thing is to draw

buyers in. and the more buyers you draw in, the bigger price you get. >> you want them all fighting over your house. and you say have a lawyer ready to go. >> especially if you're doing something on your own. why put yourself in a risk position? you have nobody vetting your buyers, nobody watching your back, and the minute there's a lawsuit, typically if you don't have a broker, they sue you rather than the broker, so you have to have an attorney on your side. >> great advice, as always. nice to have you on a saturday. >> my pleasure. >> thanks for coming in, barbara. who's next now that david letterman is retiring from late-night tv? we'll look at some of the top contenders, but first, this is "today" on nbc. >> the network has been great, but i am retiring. >> this is really -- >> yep.

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good morning to you. looking live at a beautiful start to the day at the bay bridge catching the last of the light show there. thanks so much for joining us. i'm kris sanchez along with meteorologist anthony slaughter who has a look at a forecast that's going to have all your

friends across the country clamoring to visit. >> i know, right? this will be really an interesting forecast as we head through the next seven days. i want to show you what we're looking at right now. right now it's very chilly. we have a few clouds hanging out across most of the bay area from the cold front that moved through yesterday. we're still clearing out. a little bit of drizzle may be detected across the peninsula. temperatures not overly warm. right near average. yesterday we were a bit below where we should be in the lower 60s. today we're going up a little bit close to 70 degrees in the south bay valley and even for the east bay and north bay valleys. as we head through this upcoming week 70s return and 80s return. we're talking about temps near 90 monday and tuesday. we'll detail that morning at 7:00. this morning china's state news is reporting that a chinese ship detected a pulse signal in the indian ocean in the search area for the missing malaysia jet. the news agency reports that it

has still not determined whether that signal is related to the missing jet. but they say that the frequency and the timing of those sounds is consistent with the ping of a black box. we will continue our coverage of the possible breakthrough in the search for that missing malaysia jetliner following the "today" show at 7:00. back here at home a bizarre story that's getting national attention. thousands of confused a's fans were sent home from the coliseum without a drop of rain in the sky. major league baseball postponed last night's game because the infield was deemed unplayable. after a soaking from an overnight storm. the a's say that the grounds crew chose not to put the tarp over the infield after thursday night's game because their weather consultant who they did not want to name advised there would be a break in the rain. at the same time several other forecasts showed that rain was a possibility. it was the second postponement this week and no makeup date has been announced. coming up this morning on "today in the bay" another lucky local is a lottery winner.

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from the makers of frontline® plus. good morning. it's saturday, april 5th, 2014. here's a look at today's top stories. rescue at sea. a military mission under way now to help get to a baby girl who's sick on a sailboat in the middle of the ocean. the 1-year-old fell ill a few days ago, and after her family put out the distress call, the air national guard and navy jumped into action to get her medical care. we'll tell you how she's doing and how that mission is going. why did he do it? investigators learning more about the motive behind the ft. hood shooter's rampage, saying it's possible that an argument that he got into in the moments before may have set him off. meantime, a memorial service is set for the victims, brave soldiers who proudly served their country. and who will it be? lots of speculation this morning

about who will become the next king or queen of late night, now that david letterman has announced his retirement. the hunt is on for his replacement. good morning, everybody. welcome back on a saturday morning. the whole gang is here. >> can i say something? >> sure. >> what makes you do something totally random, like make it kirk cameron, or just -- they should replace him with someone totally bizarre -- >> i think a girl could replace him. >> well -- >> i think that's the only thing missing in late night. >> i think joan rivers was the last female host, right? >> last. wouldn't someone like tina fey or amy poehler be absolutely fantastic? >> that would be great, but we want to keep them at nbc. >> i'm not sure they could compete with jimmy fallon, but that would be hilarious. >> i know my name will be mentioned in we continue this conversation, but. we want to begin with a race to get to a sick baby on a sailboat in the ocean. jenna has more. >> the little sick girl went under on thursday. that's when her family put out the distress call that she wasn't feeling well and the military started mobilizing.

a high-stakes rescue effort playing out through the night on the open seas, a family with two small children stranded 1,000 miles off the coast of mexico. it was the kaufmans' dream to sail around the world aboard their 36-foot boat, "rebel heart." and last month, eric, charlotte, 3-year-old cora and 1-year-old lyra set out from san diego headed for the south pacific, documenting their adventure on social media. but this week, a double whammy. their boat was crippled in rough seas, and worse, little lyra became gravely ill. she had recently been treated for salmonella poisoning. an emergency call sent the san diego air national guard rescue team into action. they air-lifted a trained crew, refueled their chopper in midair, dropping them in the water near the "rebel heart." >> this is what we train for. the rescue wing is specialized in this capability. >> they're on board the kaufmans' boat, treating the 1-year-old and are on course to

rendezvous with a navy ship later today. as of last word, lyra was holding her own. >> she's stable, but she's still critically ill. >> but if she had taken a turn for the worse, the rescuers were prepared to pluck her from the high seas and fly her back to safety. anxious family members are following every piece of information. >> i mean, i can only imagine that at this point she's like, let's get back on land. >> so, little lyra is stable at this hour. the navy is standing by if they are needed to give her more medical help. right now everyone is just working to get the family back to shore. guys? >> glad help arrived. >> yeah, absolutely. there is some new information this morning about just why a ft. hood soldier may have opened fire on base, killing three people. mark potter is in ft. hood this morning with those new details and also a look at the victims who proudly served their country. mark, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, erica. investigators say they know a lot more now about the moments leading up to the killing spree. they believe it sprang from an argument that escalated

tragically, as ft. hood now mourns. in killeen, texas, a patriotic tribute to those who lost their lives in the nearby ft. hood shootings. john stisuli says he organized the event to show victims' relatives they are not alone. > to show them, regardless of what happens to them, they still have soldiers, veterans and other family members that are still going to be there, still stand behind them. >> reporter: members of the community also brought flowers to one of the hospitals where the injured are being treated. military investigators say they believe the suspect, sergeant ivan lopez, acted alone and opened fire after a > opened fire after a confrontation, some of his victims. >> we believe the precipitating factor an argument in his area. >> lopez told friends he was angry about getting only a single day of leave for his mother's funeral last year. the three sole soldiers killed public identified, 38-year-old

staff sergeant carlos lazaney rodriguez after serving 20 years, he was planning to retire to puerto rico, at the end of the year. his aunts say his parents called with the tragic news their son was now in heaven. 37-year-old sergeant timothy owens, counselor and veteran, remarried last august. his mother said he loved serving his country. >> he was going to make a career of it. he only had so many more years to go. signed up for six more, just recently. >> reporter: sergeant first class daniel ferguson, 38-year-old returned from afghanistan to lose his life at home. he died trying to keep the shooter from entering a room filled with people. army officials say there were several other acts of heroism that day as soldiers and a chaplain risked their lives to

protect others, about 150 investigators poring over the case and ft. hood announced wednesday there will be a memorial here on post. >> thank you. >> let's take a look at rest of the top stories from overnight. jenna wolfe is back. >> breaking news. developments in the search for the missing malaysia airlines plane. china's agency reporting that a ship has detected a pulse signal. the chip is using a black box detector. nbc news has not been able to confirm this information and it's unclear whether or not this signal could have come from the missing plane. in other news, memorial services are being held this weekend for four of the victims of the deadly washington mudslide. hundreds gathered in arlington friday for a prayer service honoring the lives of those lost in the march 22nd slide. death toll stands at 30 with 13 people still remaining missing. bomb blasts rocked parts of kabul today as voters head to

the polls in afghanistan's election. president karzai cast his ballot today. karzai will be required to step down when his term runs out and the next president has been determined. the taliban launched a series of violent attacks aimed at stopping the voting. if successful, it will be the first democratic transfer of presidential power in afghan stap's history. the train operate who are admitted to dozing off at controls and plowing into a platform at chicago's o'hare international airport has been fired. officials say it was operator's second serious safety violation. raft month's derailment injured 30 people. the news came the same day policy changes were mentioned. the same chain announcing the kronut shut down for a

infestation. after video posted by a customer at the backry, showed a mouse scurrying across the floor and in with the crow nuts. it's expected to reopen on monday. and finally, emotions ran high at boston's fenway park for the homeowner. the champions received a moving ceremony, family members of victims who died in the bombing last april and survivors presented players with their championship rings. the team also paid tribute to the two firefhters killed in last week's apartment blaze. at end of the day, the red sox lost to the milwaukee brewers but with 161 more games to go, all is good and everybody's happy with the way the rest of the evening turned out. >> thanks. >> very nice. >> dylan is out on the plaza with a check of your forecast for saturday. dylan. >> good morning, guys. we have a the of birthdays. raise your hand if you're having a birthday today. there are so many people having

birthdays on a beautiful april day. it's going to be gorgeous across most of the country. not a lot going on. satellite's showing us we have sunny skies across a good portion of the united states today. that changes tomorrow a little bit. we are going to see stormy skies. if we can show you some of the maps here, we are going to see some -- there we go, sunshine in the east and down into the gulf coast states. but that does change tomorrow. we are going to see lighter showers and then sunday we're going to see heavier rain with that stalled front. that is going to trigger some storms that could be severe. especially through louisiana, into the panhandle of florida. we'll have to keep an eye on that for tomorrow afternoon. could see hail. we could see gusty wins and isolated tornado possible as well. something we'll be good morning. 6:39 the time right now. watching an area of high pressure off the coast of california that will warm us up incredibly over the next couple of days.

today, though, not overly warm. still near average in the 60s. and you'll notice still some cloud cover hanging on tightly especially across the peninsula and south bay but as we head throughout the day the fog and clouds will burn off. we're expecting temperatures into the mid to upper 60s in the inland valleys and a major warm-up coming our way. 80s and 90s on tuesday. and that is your latest forecast. >> all right. thanks. now that david letterman announced his plans to retire next year, the search is on for his replacement. and appears there are a lot of options. ron allen has a look at some possibilities. >> quite a few options. a huge decision for cbs. the host of the "late night show" a prominent figure, one of most valuable pieces of television real estate. with letterman, the issue is how do you begin to try to replace television legend? >> reporter: outside david letter's "late show" everybody seems to know best who should be next. >> say cone eno'brian.

>> stevphen colbert. >> reporter: what person should be the host? >> somebody who is different, i think there's a lot of, you know, white guys. >> ellen degeneres. ellen degeneres. >> reporter: sure? >> yes. she should come to new york. >> reporter: the list is lighting up the press, and social media and stretching from new york to hollywood. craig ferguson follows letterman at 12:30. neil patrick harris getting buzz star of "how i met your mother" which wrapped after nine successful years on the network. a wild card to take on jimmy fallon. >> an entertainer along the fallon lines, sing, dancing, he's more in that vein. >> reporter: fallon who replaced leno has established himself as the guy to beat. especially among young viewer whose advertisers love. with fallon, 39, and jimmy kimmel 46 on abc, letterman's

successor must be prepared to battle beyond tv. >> viral videos an important part of the landscape for jimmy fallon and jimmy kimmel. that's all part of the game now. >> this point everybody who isn't named jimmy would like to be considered for contender for daves chair. >> reporter: back outside the show, a top ten list. >> ar sin know hall's great enterta entertainer. >> tina fey or amy poehler. >> jay leno. >> reporter: you saed said that several times. >> why? >> he's good. >> reporter: jon stewart. >> i think the ship has sailed. >> stewart will appreciate that. one thing that the tv critics agree on is that cbs will make a decision quickly so this didn't drag out too long. letterman said time in 2015. his contract expires that summer. guys, it's -- >> anybody's guess. >> there's the battle of which city to air in. l.a. wants the show back. >> new york.

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>> your grace. >> reporter: how will "game of thrones" march on in the aftermath of the red wedding, one of the most brutal twists in tv drama? >> i will forever remember that he lets out a blood-curdling scream. it was just everything and beyond. >> the hbo hit drama, based on a series of books by novelist george r.r. martin, portrays a kill or be killed fantasy world of kings, queens, dragons and magic. >> this season is going to be bigger than ever. the battles are going to be bigger. even the dragons are bigger. and you know, as always happens on the show, death is going to be around the corner. >> one thing the show, that's now entering its fourth season, has taught viewers is that no one in westeros is ever safe. >> one of the things that's compelling about the show is that the stakes are so high. there aren't many shows that are willing to kill off som of their most beloved or most

attractive characters, and the show does that, ruthlessly. >> reporter: it's complex. hundreds of actors, thousands of extras and dozens of plot lines, often set against stunning backdrops, filmed all over the world. it's no surprise that episodes cost millions to produce, and fans just can't get enough. >> it's kind of watching like an epic movie like week after week. >> it's just like a lot of action. it's really hard core. >> we've already been thrown in the plot so many times, so you know, you just never know what's going to happen next. >> a fanltsy thriller that has fans on the edge of their thrones. >> if you want justice, you've come to the wrong place. >> and the "game of thrones" premieres tomorrow night on hbo. lester, you're a huge fan. >> i like it, yeah. i got into it late last year. i binged up until the final episode. but like i said, i can't remember the final episode. >> so you're going to have to rebinge. >> i managed to watch all of last season not understanding at all what was happening, at all, but sort of loved every minute of it, and now i'm ready to

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good saturday morning to you folks. take a look at this sun rise over the bay bridge. beautiful way to start to the day. beautiful way to start the day, i should say. in the south bay a little bit of cloud cover. but that just makes the color pop, right? thanks so much for joining us this morning. i'm kris sanchez along with meteorologist anthony slaughter and a microclimate forecast that's illustrated by the two pictures. in san jose you are seeing the sun but in san francisco you are seeings clouds. we've got high pressure sitting off the coast this