good good morning. morning. chaos on both coasts. pounding rains on the northwest. >> never seen anything like this before. >> turning streets into rivers and triggering mud slides. in the northeast, snow and black ice and spinning off the road, in places like boston. prepare for a much as another two feet of snow. we have the full forecast. >> bruce jenner's deadly crash. the tv star caught in a chain reaction crash that killed one woman. did they play a role? new hope for a convicted killer. a maryland court ruling the man featured in the pod cast may be able to appeal a 16-year-old

conviction. could he be set free? on the road again? nearly 25 years after they hit theaters. >> let's keep going. >> gina davis and susan may be reuniting at a town near you. the announcement that has fans excited. today, sunday february 8th 2015. >> from nbc news this is "today." with lester holt and erica hill. >> welcome to "today." i'm erica hill. >> i'm lester holt. i've gone by the name dj lester this morning. i was going through some of the songs for the grammys and potential winners. you were trying to figure it out. >> the ariana grande, beyonce. >> sam smith is the one everyone is talking about.

>> he's 22 years old. some people feel he's come out of nowhere. he's exploded. a number of nominations. he's also said in one category he's up against beyonce. he said, if i win, i feel like i'll give it to her. >> i think he'd probably do it. it would make it. >> we'll talk more about that. we want to get to the top story. a crippling effect on the non-stop storms in the west. the rain not expected to let up soon. nbc's reporter is following it for us this morning. >> reporter: lester good morning. this small town 30 miles outside of seattle was battled by wild weather for three days. roads were washed away, rivers are rushing and more wet weather is on the way. first hammered by rain then swamped in three feet of water. the community is now caked in mud.

thereseeding, but the damage is not. >> i need to get this off my driveway or it ends up in my house. >> reporter: after flash flooding trapped ten people here, this waterlogged region is expecting more rain today. >> we're surrounded by it. >> reporter: small landslides pushed mud to road forcing some services to close. whipped by the pineapple express, dumping rain from washington to california. >> never seen it like this before. i walk every day and it's just crazy. >> reporter: overnight saturday sloppy sleet made roads rough along i-80 near lake tahoe. sheets of water and bolts of lightning in sacramento. trees impaled cars. for liz and her daughter vanessa vanessa, it doesn't get closer

than this. >> she said that she felt something go through her hair. now that i'm looking at it how lucky was that? >> reporter: believe it or not, many people they're lucky in this region. although this area is prone to slides the pineapple express could have delivered more wet weather here. another one is on the way later today. >> miguel thanks. we're tracking that weather in the pacific northwest and the big storm that a lot of people are bracing for in the northeast. your bag is packed and you're ready to go. >> i'm on my way out the door. first out in california yes, we do have almost a foot of rain in some areas where miguel is. 11.09 inches of washington. parts of california, over 12 inches of rain. as miguel said we're looking at more to develop later today. here's how it's shaping up. we have this moisture off of the pacific. we're in a low. there's not a whole lot of heavy

rain. it is going to stream in. even some lightning flashes right out through here. that's indicating that we are going to see torrential downpours and the possibility of more thunderstorms, especially across california. we could see another two to three inches with as much as five inches. that's why flooding and mud mudslides are a concern. on the east coast, we have this snow. in albany we've had over an inch of rain. you can see how quickly it coats the roads and makes them slippery. catches drivers off guard. we have cars off the side of the road in the ditch there. this is the situation we're going to see as we go into tonight and through monday and into tuesday as well. pockets of heavier snowfall. we could see as much as a foot to a foot and a half in boston. north of the city we could see as much as two feet of snow. it's crazy to think how relentless it is. >> we'll be ready. >> here we're okay. just a little ice.

>> which is why you won't stick around. >> exactly. thanks. let's turn to a tragedy for olympic champion bruce jenner after he was caught in a car crash in a california highway that left one person dead. we have more on that. >> hi there. it happened along the pacific coast highway in malibu. jenner was injured. police are investigating to see what caused the chain reaction crash. >> reporter: pictures from the highway show a horrific scene. nearby inside. it happened just after noon on saturday. accordsing to the california highway patrol four cars were involved. including jenner's cat lad escalade towing a dune buggy at the time. police say traffic was moving slowly when a chain reaction

accident started. jenner's escalade rear-ended the white lexus which veered into oncoming traffic and was struck killing the driver of the lexus. the crash closed the iconic california highway for several hours. jenner can can be seen picking up pieces of his suv after the crash. >> he fully cooperated with the investigation. did not appear to be under the influence. and performed a field sobriety test without any problem. he also volunteered to provide a blood sample to prove or disprove whether there is any alcohol or intoxicants in his . >> reporter: police deny reports the paparazzi may have been to blame. it is the latest fodder for the former olympic, now the fixture on keeping up with the kardashians. >> the family is rallying around bruce. >> photographers have dogged jenner. he is transitioning to live as a woman, says reports. his long hair and fingernails

pictured in the tabloids. >> he's making headlinesnes every day. we're hearing that he is just devastate devastated. >> reporte there have been no charges. police say jenner passed the field sobriety test. be looking at the cell phone records of the drivers to see if anyone was on the phone or testing. a rep only said he was not injured. police are saying paparazzi wasn't to blame, but they were right there. they got pictures of the moment of impact. even pictures of the victims. didn't seem like they were rushing to help. just taking video. >> thanks. we have a couple violent shootings in two different states overnight. >> good morning. we begin in pennsylvania where police arrested a 17-year-old in connection with a crowded small shooting. shoppers were sent running after the gunman opened fire saturday night. three people were taken to the hospital with gunshot wounds. >> we believe that one of the three people shot was a targeted

individual. it was not a random. we have evidence that leads to that. >> reporter: and it was a violent scene in an atlanta suburb saturday after police say a man shot six people killing four including his ex-wife and several children. the gunman then apparently killed himself. police in georgia dropped an arrest warrant against bobbi brown. it extended from a traffic violation. this weekend, her grandmother was seen leaving the hospital where the family is keeping vigil, after she was found unresponsive in a bathtub last weekend. it's the three year anniversary of her mother, whitney houston's, death. >> wildfires destroyed many homes. it burned 11 square milesnd forced two towns to evacuate. a word about brian williams who has been under scrutiny under

stories he's covered. on saturday he issued a statement. it has become papfully apparent to me that i am presently too much a part of the news for my actions. i have decided to take myself off of my daily broadcast for the next several days. transasia is grounding more flights and training more pilots in wake of last week's crash. investigators are trying to see why the plane didn't produce any thrust. rescuers are still looking for the bodies of three missing people. one of the luxury car makers are issuing a recall. the announcement from jaguar land rover north america is 2013 and 2014 range rover sport and jaguar 2012 to 2014 for parking

lights. it starts next month. speaking of fancy cars there's hope. lottery officials say no one picked the winning numbers in last night's drawing. the next power ball drawing is wednesday with an estimated $450 million. i have to tell you, my 5-year-old is so intrigued with the lottery lately. we pass by the signs at the grocery store. he wants to understand how it works. why don't you put in a dollar? he don't understand why aren't you playing? >> i don't understand why we're not winning. maybe we can talk to him and he can give us a tip. >> he can get in our pool. >> i don't know the numbers. >> that's right. we don't. >> we'll bring him in. >> we'll go back to the weather. what about the rest of the country? >> the middle of the country looks great. especially near texas. we have 70s, 73 in oklahoma. we have a little icing across the northern plains and upper

midwest. rain on the west coast. in the northeast, we are looking for the snow. it's light in boston right now but it'll intensify, later tonight. we can see icing later today, in the new york city area. across the southeast, tomorrow we'll see good sunday morning. i'm meteorologist anthony slaughter. we are tracking heavy rain about to track into the coastline. you can see denoted by all the yellows and reds heavy rain. showery activity up towards the north bay. the heavy stuff, that's expected to arrive in the next hour or so. this is the first round of several storms we are going to move through throughout the day. the first round, heavy rain. later on this afternoon, lightning and thunder and the potential for gusty winds. >> that's your latest forecast.

>> jordan authorize the use of force against the terror group. we're joined by chuck todd this morning. >> good morning. >> i know you're speaking with secretary of state kerry about this. we want to hear more about what he said. >> first of all, the coalition is strong more committed than ever particularly in the aftermath of the burning of the jordanian pilot. the resounding reaffirmations of commitment throughout the arab world have been heartening and strong. >> secretary kerry mentioned this committed coalition. the u.s. is shouldering a large part of that. in terms of support at home the white house is expected to seek congressional approval for military action in the coming days. how much support is there? >> i think there's quite a bit of support broadly. the question is when you write

this resolution and remember what we have here. the president has two ways to do what he's doing now legally without congress without asking for a new resolution. the war powers act itself or they believe they can justify this legally based on the initial war resolution after the 9/11 attacks, dealing with iraq and afghanistan. but the president wants this new resolution. i think when they start trying to write it can you write it broad enough that allows the president to go after isis in countries we haven't declared war on but narrow enough that it doesn't seem to give the executive too much power? that's where i think this is going to get caught up in a lot of heated back and forth. they may end up doing nothing. saying the president can just use the old resolution. >> ukraine is also a major focus. you addressed that with the secretary as well and the u.s. role there. things are heating up. there's some pressure for the u.s. to provide further support, beyond the aid that's already

been pledged. what about drumming up support for that? what are the changces of dealing with these both at the same time? >> there isn't a lot of disagreement between republicans and the obama administration on this one. you have the new secretary of defense. hasn't been confirmed yet, but he says he's in favor of more arms. john kerry in his interview with me he didn't get specific but said he was essentially in favor of helping ukraine deal with this problem with heavier artillery. the split is actually between our western european allies. it's germany and france. i think the aid is going to come but it depends on what happens at this peace conference that germany, france and russia and ukraine will hold on wednesday. >> before that we'll be joining you later this morning for "meet the press" for more of that interview. >> thanks. a major new turn in the murder case featured on a hit

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>> reporter: it could be a second chance for a man hon spent nearly half of his life in prison. his case captivating millions and brought to national attention with the wildly popular podcast "serial." >> but someone is lying. and i really wanted to figure out who. >> reporter: he was convicted of strangling his ex-girlfriend in 2000 when the two were were high school students outside baltimore. now a maryland court has overturned a lower court's ruling granting syed's request to appeal that murder conviction. >> mr. syed has languished in prison for 15 years with really no hope. now he has a glimmer of a chance. >> reporter: syed's lawyer argued his legal team during the trial was ineffective. now there is new evidence -- one of his former classmates is willing to testify she saw him in a library at the time of the murder providing an alibi. neither prosecutors nor lee's

family returned our request for comment. syed's current attorney says saturday it is the first step in a pretty long process but we are extremely happy. in the podcast," serial," "this american life" journalist retraced every aspect of the real life whodunit. >> as for physical evidence there was none. >> reporter: poking holes in the prosecution's case questioning the credibility of the state's key witness speaking to the defendant from his prison cell he consistently maintained his innocence. >> man, i will no reason to kill her. >> reporter: the ruling is syed's best chance at a new trial. >> the key issue in the case is whether this new library witness is credible or not. >> reporter: now, a 15-year-old case is getting a new look in court with the fate of a young man at stake. for "today," kristin welker nbc news washington. >> this is somewhat of a revolution in that this is i think the first podcast that's become part of the popular culture. i could be mistaken on that psh.

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with the potential announcement that has fans listening. >> the year was 1991 when this movie exploded on to the scene. now before we get into the 25th anniversary, i'd like to point out a few things. see this still of susan and gina from the film? some are saying it could be the first selfie ever. '91? the movie is also responsible for introducing us to this guy, this is a very young, still-hot brad pitt. how will they celebrate 25? gina davis recently said that she and susan sarandon have talked about taking the show on the road so to speak. gina says there is still so much love for the movie, the pair may be doing another girl's trip and they may be stopping by your town. how would you like to see them mark their 25th? weigh in using the #orangeroom. maybe they'll take us up on some of our suggestions. >> be nice in they stopped right by here. there is a plaza, plenty of people here to greet them. studio 1a. >> apparently that cliff where they went off is still a bit of

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good morning. 6:26. micro climate weather alert. i'm vicky nguyen alongside anthony slaughter who has a check on that micro climate alert. >> it is going to start to be very active across the bay. heavy rain pushing into the bay. really brilliant colors. that denotes heavy rain. rainfall rates up to 1 inch an hour. that is about to move into san francisco, the peninsula. even towards santa cruz. within the next few minutes, that will start at the

coastline. the first round of heavy rain expected to move through the day. around 11:00 this morning, the atmosphere is going to become a little more unstable at least to support some thunderstorm activity. as we move through the afternoon, heating of the daytime, we see this weather in the central plains. we are talking about the potential for thunderstorms, even lightning and thunder as we head through the afternoon. this first round will move through in the next couple of hours. don't let your guard down. it is going to stay very active through the evening hours. >> we know you will be back at 7:00 with our hour by hour forecast. with this winter weather, pg&e crews say they have about 2000 personnel helping out with the storm response cleaning up some of the damage left behind. in berkeley, a 90-foot tree came crashing down in three back yards. mother nature also knocked down trees in san francisco like this one. pg&e said it opened an emergency

operation center on friday to help handle the response z we are prepared. we have the material and the people in the right place to deal with that storm. it looks like it may be not as severe. >> crews from oregon and washington are in town to help prepare for today's storm. pg&e is working to restore power for customers still in the dark. officials say. >> to be prepared and to have a backup plan for if your power goes out. the storm is to blame for this fire. gusts knocked down a live wire that caught this downed tree near the fire. to a follow-up on a story we first brought you yesterday. firefighters could not get to her in time. now, they are looking into what caused a deadly fire at a south bay mobile home park. 80-year-old jenny mess sa tied after the fire broke out at her

home. when firefighters got to the scene, flames were already shooting out of the home. it took them half an hour to knock down the fire and get inside when they found her body in a back bedroom. no other injuries reported coming up at 7:00 on "today in the bay," much month are on today's storm with anthony slaughter and we will sls your top news stories coming up at 7:00. for now, we'll stend back to the "today" show.

♪ i stay out too late ♪ ♪ got nothing in my brain ♪ taylor swift there on your sunday morning, february 8, 2015. "shake it off" is the song. it's one of the songs nominated for song of the year at the grammy's. she's also nominated for record of the year. the 57th annual grammys tonight. >> it's expected to be a big night with fun performers. we'll give you a preview. meanwhile, we have a great crowd. we want to thank them for coming out this morning. >> you can talk. it's okay. >> let's take a look at this morning's top headlines. a major storm has its sights on new england.

two feet of snow expected for some of the hardest hit areas. on the pacific northwest, the rain is expected to continue for at least another 24 hours. it's already brought flash floods and dangerous mudslides. one person is dead after a crash in california that involved bruce jenner. police have not yet said who is to blame for the pileup. the power ball jackpot is going again. no one won last night, so it's up to $450 million. the next drawing is on wednesday night. still to come, a smiling and happy toddler whose life got a little brighter thanks to dedicated ser jon edd surgeons. we'll talk to the boy's parents about a life-changing surgery. love is in the air as we heat things up in the kitchen. this husband and wife will join us for a great valentine's day

meal. >> read before you read it on air. >> we'll take care of the breakfast with brunch. we want to begin this half hour with a trial that's beginning for the man accused of killing navy seal chris kyle. his story is "american sniper," and raising questions about how the movie could affect the jury. here's nbc's hallie jackson. >> reporter: "american snyder" tells the story of chris kyle. >> credited you with over 160 kills. >> reporter: what audiences don't see, the navy seal's death. he was killed in a texas shooting range. a fellow veteran accused of murdering him. disturbing 911 calls placed by the sister of eddie routh. now, his family will watch as the prosecution interviews

jurors. the movie is up for best picture at the grammy's. >> this is the worst timing for a criminal defense that i've ever seen. >> reporter: routh's attorney says the film will be an issue, adding, i think any case with publicity has an issue with picking a jury. he plans to enter a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity. his family says he suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder from his time in iraq. chris' widow says to find an excuse is disgusting. >> you were on a plane? >> reporter: in "american sniper," she's played here. and applauded bradley cooper's performance. >> i feel 100% confident that people see this movie, and they get the heart, the soul the character, the real chris. >> reporter: another legal analysts say it could affect

jurors if they connect with kyle nicknamed, legend. >> people could bond with him if they've seen the movie. great for the prosecutor and bad for the defense attorney. >> reporter: a story seen by millions may impact a trial decided by 12. this ending, yet to be written. nbc news, los angeles. let's get a check of your sunday weather now. >> you showed me this great sign. this is double sided time. you are celebrating birthdays. what's on the flip side? lester can you please save my parent's par raj?marriage. did he? >> absolutely. >> across the no, sirrtheast, we have light snow. natural naturally, there are winter storm warnings and advisories across new england. we'll see icing through new york city where it's a little warmer.

we're looking around 11:00 to midnight that's when the heavier snow will start in boston. we'll see icing for the monday morning commute in and around the tristate area and it'll taper off into tuesday morning with lingering snow. as far as snowfall is concerned, we're looking at 15 to 18 inches to the north of boston thanks to ocean enhancement elsewhere, picking up a foot across parts of new england. we could also see 1/10th of an inch or 1/4th of an inch of ice. that'll be for your monday commute. it'll be a good sunday morning to you. i'm meteorologist, aen on this any slaughter. we are tracking heavy storms. you can see that down the coastline towards santa cruz and eventually move inland. at times, we will sea lightninge lightning

and hear thunder. today is the day to be on guard for any damaging type of weather. temperatures cool. keep your jackets handy. >> that's your latest forecast. a group of plastic surgeons in new york is changing lives, thanks to the work being done to fix rare birth defects in children. we have more on how they've helped end the bullying for a little boy with a rare tumor on his face. >> reporter: colby is a typical 17 month old boy. >> look at the lights. >> reporter: until this week had a not so typical problem. a large benign tumor covering his right eyelid and blocking his eye. >> children were approaching him and looking at it and walking away. some were skiercared to come near him. >> reporter: his parents, 90 miles southwest of london said it was a birthmark and then

grew fueling questions about their parenting. >> it was difficult. going to doctor's appointments always debated whether we needed a social worker. >> did they think you abused colby? >> we'd gotten on busses before and the driver said he looks like he's been beaten a few times. >> reporter: frutsstrated by doctors who said to wait amy found a group of surgeons to fixed face defects for children in need. >> to preserve his vision it's critical. >> was he at risk of blindness? >> very much so. he definitely was at risk of blindness. in fact he may still have lost significant vision. we don't know. >> reporter: after this week's surgery to remove the tumor doctors know colby has some sight in his right eye. they'll learn more when his

stitches come out next week. >> he looks completely different. he looks amazing. the job that they've done is incredible. >> reporter: the cost of travel and care $50,000, all picked up by the little baby face foundation. today, his parents are close to realizing their dream for their son. >> to be treated like a normal child. >> to play with children and not have children be scared of him, he'll be able to socialize as a normal boy. >> reporter: a toddler ready to face the world. up next will sam smith be tonight's golden boy at the grammy's? ♪ won't you stay with me ♪ introducing preferred rewards from bank of america the new banking rewards program that rewards our customers, every day. you'll get things like rewards bonuses on credit cards... extra interest on a savings account...

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unexpected pairings to share the stage. jesse j with tom jones. sam smith with mary j blige. ♪ take me to church ♪ ♪ i'll worship like a dog at the shrine of your life ♪ >> there's beyonce, paul mccartny and kanye. >> the grammy's have historically brought in veteran acts to either play new material or to play older material but have younger acts joining me. >> reporter: one week after her superbowl halftime skeptical, katy perry takes the stage with a domestic abuse survivor. beyonce will show her softer side with a gospel song. a prelude to john legend and another from "selma." as for the awards many young up

and coming artists are up for the night's biggest prizes including iggy azalea meghan trainor and sam smith. the singer favored to have a huge night. >> can sam smith have the first sweep since christopher cross in the early 'l80s? ♪ take me away ♪ >> reporter: we'll see if smith will be sailing away with this year's grammy's. for "today," joe friar, nbc news. >> he's the editor at large of billboard magazine. thanks for being with us. good to see you. >> good to see you. which artist do viewers need to get familiar with if we're watching tonight? >> if you're not familiar with sam smith, tonight's grammy's will give you a chance to get to know him. he's performing. he's nominated for six awards. he's nominated in all four of the major categories. i think it's going to be a big night for sam smith. i like him to win at least two,

maybe three grammy's. who knows. he could win more. >> he's the headline this morning. do you think he will be tomorrow morning? >> i feel confident saying we'll be talking about sam smith tomorrow morning. i think this could be the big story coming out of the grammy's tonight. grammy's is full of surprises. they always keep us guessing. >> speaking of keeping us guessing explain this. i'm hearing talk about beyonce getting snubbed, but she's tied for most nominations. explain what this is all about. >> she has six nominations. she is tied with sam smith for the most no, ma'amminations. pharrell also has six. people were expecting beyonce to be nominated in the major categories. she has a album of the year nomination one of the major categories. the others are in smaller categories outside song or record of the year. people were thinking drunken

love would be nominated. it was a commercial success. you know who was caught by surprise? radio. they didn't turn the singles into hits that turn it into grammy nomination. >> who should versus the who will win. album of the year who should and who will? >> i think beyonce should win, and i think she will win album of the year. this is such a strong album. both artistic and commercially. this is what grammy's love. i talked to sam smith a few weeks ago and asked him who was going to win in this category. he said beyonce, of course. if anybody else wins they should give it to her immediately. if we have to hold him to it we will. >> best new artist? >> i think sam smith should and will win. he's a lock in this category. these are strong nominations all the way across the board.

brandy clark is nominated. it's good to get the attention. >> song of the year i think maybe sam smith should win this one, you think? >> i think. this is a song writing award. this tends to go to the song that feels like a class ig. will we still be singing and remembering it years from now? i think this will go to sam smith. taylor swift is up in this category and taylor is always hard to beat at the grammy's. >> finally, best rap album. >> this is an interesting category. iggy azalea is up in this category. it caused controversy last year. macklemore won last year and apologized. could another white rapper win? if it happens, we'll talk about cultural ownership and why is this happening. iggy is a great pop artist. grammy voters tend to recognize

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>> it makes it more elegant. >> i love the lemon. it is refreshing. >> fresh fruit. >> some berries. >> how do you know when to turn? when is your signal to flip them? >> the moment that you start seeing some bubbles to the edges or see the brown popping off to the bottom. usually it takes three, four minutes. you readily for these? these are the ones almost ready. >> i'm making a cafe espresso with sugar, ice, shake really well. it is very rich. you want to get this foam. that's not milk. that's just from shaking. you basically do breast exercise. shake shake shake. >> this is for my benefit. >> it lifts the girls and it makes a lovely cocktail.

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