good morning. tracking a few showers across parts of the sierra. for us a brief passing shower. picking up a little green over towards the altyima pass. not too bad in the 40s, near 50 degrees. much cooler weather on tap for today. out of the 70s, back into the 60s. more cloud cover. again, the best chance of a brief passing shower across the east bay and south bay. >> that's your latest forecast. latest forecast.

>> dylan, thanks. in political news former new york city mayor's kmeptcomments that obama doesn't love america are making headlines. not everyone is quick to dismiss the idea. chuck todd joins us this morning. >> good morning. >> governors are meeting in washington this weekend. giuliani's comments seem to be dominating the conversation there. does this story, and do these comments have legs moving forward? what's the lasting impact, especially on the republican party? >> the republican party is split about this in this respect. some are like why, why is giuliani doing this? why is he forcing the party to get into a semantics debate looking like they're personally attacking the president, the issue of race popping in? another part of the republican is angry at the media.

views this as a media-created fire storm. it fires them up a little bit. to say, this is the media out to get republicans, looking for any way to get republicans and playing gotcha with them. that's why you've seen some of the candidates some are thinking about, what does this sound like to the vast middle of the country, and they want to denounce giuliani. some say, what does this sound like to the base of the party, who say, fight the media on this. don't take the bait. that's why you've seen the mixed reaction you've seen among republicans. >> chris christie is there. he's never one to really lay low, as we know. he's been keeping a low public profile this weekend. we're hearing more about jeb bush. it'd seem an odd time for chris christie to lay low. >> i think it's because it's giuliani. they're personally close. it's interesting, the leadership of the potential chris christie presidential campaign is similar

to the former leadership of the giuliani campaign. i think that explains it. he doesn't want to be involved in this publicly because he doesn't want to offend giuliani or come across as antagonistic toward the president. >> so much to think about before you utter a word. good to have you. >> thank you. >> we'll tune in later for "meet the press." homeland security secretary, jeh johnson as a guest. j 287the 87th academy awards. there's been a lot of talk about the snubs. we'll look at what might be one of the most controversial award shows in years. >> reporter: what is usually hollywood's golden night has a tarnish this year. controversy surrounded the actors and films. it started when nominations came out. here's a look at the 20

nominated actors and actresses. a lack of diversity sparking a twitter hashtag, oscars so white. >> i don't believe the membership of the academy is racist or there was any agenda at work here. but it was one of those things where there was a glaring omission and people called them on it. >> reporter: the issue hitting hard in a year that "selma," a film about the civil rights struggle is among the best picture nominees. >> unacceptable that they use the power and keep us voiceless. >> reporter: it's director and actors were shut out leading some to an outcry. for others it's marred by accusations as altering history, falsely portraying president johnson at odds with martin luther king jr. the "imitation game," "theory of everything" and "fox catcher" are being called out for telling skewed versions of real-life

events. then there is "american sniper." perhaps the most con tro -- con tro controversial of all. the director was accused of whitewashing the story. >> people are using it to support the position they want. >> reporter: even the entrance to the academy awards will be debated this year. outside of the theater, this life-sized oscar statue shows snorting cocaine, drawing attention to hollywood's drug culture. drama before the stars stroll down the red carpet. nbc news new york. >> we should note the statue has been removed. up next, drayma at daytona. another star is knocked out of the race after a big crash.

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domestic assault and now his brother, kyle is also out after an accident last night that's raising serious safety concerns. this morning nascar says it made a mistake and the track is promising immediate changes. it's the crown jewel of stock car races. but the suspension of kurt busch is a dark cloud looming over nascar's biggest day. the decision handed down after a family court judge ruled busch, more likely than not, choked a former girlfriend. >> i think what pushed nascar over the edge was the amount of detail that the commissioner in delaware released in his protective order. >> reporter: busch denies the allegations, is appealing the court order, and hasn't been charged with a crime. but it's his third suspension from racing and follows charges that another sport, the nfl, turned a blind eye to domestic violence. busch's younger brother, kyle is now also out of the 500 after crashing into a concrete wall saturday night. driver jimmy johnson on twitter

say saying man, i hope kyle busch is all right. it's beyond me why we don't have soft walls everywhere. toe in i stew stewart is racing at daytona for the first time since an accident that killed a fellow driver last august. but the most watched driver of the day is certain to be jeff gordon. at pole position it will be his 23rd time in the 500 and his last. >> i wanted to be able to go out on top or as close to the top as possible. >> reporter: as he kicks off his farewell season. gordon is the undisputed face of nascar with popularity that's transcended racing even hosting "saturday night live." >> every time i get in a car, there is a chance i could crash and burn in front of millions of people. so i guess i am prepared for this show. >> reporter: gordon has made three previous trips down daytona's victory lane. >> i've been racing for a very long time. people maybe don't realize i started very young. so for me i feel like i'm 65. >> reporter: he's a long way

from 65. as for the race today, the track says it's going to replace all of the concrete walls with kind of tire pads. but long-term, they're going to replace concrete walls with what is called a soft wall and that what exists at many other tracks. erica, back to you. >> janet schamlian this morning, thanks. still to come on "today" -- can you guess which oscar nominee worked as a doorman at one point, which one was a cab driver before hitting it big? we've got a fun little quiz for you. plus information you can us

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first question -- which best actor nominee worked as a new york city doorman before making it big? steve carell michael keaton bradley cooper -- >> i think benedict cumberpatch. he seems tall. >> here you go. bradley cooper. >> next one. here we go. which best supporting actress nominee tried to break in to the business by competing on a reality show? >> not meryl streep. give me emma stone. >> i'm going keira knightley. >> emma stone. can i give you a little tidbit? in 2004 emma stone won the roll of lori partridge. the series was canceled but obviously things worked out for her. here's the next one -- >> we don't have time things made with love are the best things.

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good morning. 6:26. we want to give you a live look outside at san jose. clear skies and our beautiful twinkling downtown lights. i'm vicky nguyen and anthony slaughter standing by. we have fired up the radar. showers out there. believe it or not, even from that clear picture, san jose. not the case there. snow falling down towards yosemite park. the rain and snow is going to continue to fall as we head through the day down across southern california. for us a fine line of who

actually sees the rain. here it is. south bay east bay. if you live there, that's the best chance of seeing more cloud cover today and a brief passing shower. if you live in the foothills, once it gets into the valley you get that rain shadow effect. we are going to see more cloud cover today. temperatures will be cooler. if you are traveling down 5 over towards monterrey, down towards sacramento and southern california, be prepared to run into rain there. they are going to have the best chance to see showers. for us we are going to get the tail end. if you have outdoor plans, still go for it. we may still see a brief passing shower. they took their talents outside. it is being called a success all around. more than 69,000 people gathered at santa clara's levi stadium to gather. the new home of the 49ers was transformed from a football field into an outdoor ice rink. they say they enjoyed the room

to roam giving tailgaters a chance to stretch out. they saw fireworks and live performances from bay area nay natives. league officials say it was a successful night for the sharks organization. >> more than a dozen people are picking up the pieces after a three-alarm fire damaged three buildings in san francisco. it happened yesterday afternoon on the corner of 15th and church street. that's near the castro district. take a look at this video. you can see the smoke and flames engulfing the buildings. firefighters say it took about 20 minutes to knock down the flames. it took another hour for them to put out hotspots. many people had to evacuate and leave behind their belongings. a firefighter was treated for exhaustion and other than that no one was reported injured. they are helping residents during this difficult time. no word on what started that fire. >> after the attempted

kidnapping of a 14-year-old girl. police released this sketch of the suspect. he is described as a his stanic man in his 20th. he is about 5'9". 150 pounds with short, brown, wavy hair. the girl told police the suspect tried to pull her into his white sedan friday afternoon and she was able to get away and ran for help. many parishioners will be wearing black to mass to protect a con tro certification pamphlet. how they plan to use the collection plate to make their point. >> back to the "today" show.

♪ we are back sunday february 22nd 2015. we're here in new york city. the cold weather hasn't stopped these folks from coming out. kalamazoo, good to see you. >> we've got to be careful. maybe we should put our boots on ladies. let's catch up on the headlines. 37 people are dead after this latest round of weather. the siberian express we've been covered for you. there have been countless car accidents and spinouts from the icy conditions on the roads. the majority of them in tennessee, which is under a state of emergency today. >> also this morning families of the three british girls who

are believed to be on their way to join forces with isis are begging for the teenagers to come home. the girls have not been heard from since tuesday. thousands of inmates at a texas prison will have to be moved after a riot there on friday. the prisoners started fires and broke into the prison yard. still to come, they stole our hearts 35 years ago with their victory in the miracle on ice. now 35 years after that on ice. now 35 years after that incredible day, the men of team usa are back together and reminiscing about their amazing win. we'll talk to them about it. >> i can't wait for that. then coming up the red carpet is ready for hollywood's biggest night from the front-runners expected to rirn. >> let's do one more of these. which best actor nominee worked as a cab and ice cream truck driver? you want to take a guess? >> i say steve carell. >> he would be great from an ice

cream truck. or as a cab driver. >> are you ready for the answer? the answer is -- michael keaton. how about that. he was also working on comedy at the time. >> he's going to have a big night tonight. >> all good stuff. >> how about a check of the weather? >> i also started as an ice cream salesman. >> you got fired. >> let's get into all of that. thank you very much. let's celebrate birthday. you're turning 10 today. >> yeah. >> where are you from? >> new york city. >> from right here. is this your sister up here? >> yeah. >> you have a brother. >> that's named tristin. >> i have two brothers. very cool. all right. we're figuring out everybody's relationship here on the plaza. let's take a look at the weather going on across the country where we have ice to worry about

down south. also some snow in denver. up north we are talking about more frigid cold temperatures working in. we could see 10 to 15 inches in the denver area. it will be a very icy commute in dallas tomorrow morning. tomorrow morning we are also looking at windchill warnings and subzero windchills down through chicago and also into the northeast as well. it is all behind this cold front that's trying to move through. icy conditions today from western texas into dallas. snow is very much needed out towards vail and telluride. we also look tomorrow for some of that ice to continue to expand across texas, moving into northern louisiana. it is going to be very icy through the morning. just keep that i good sunday morning to you. i'm meteorologist, anthony slaughter. we do have showers falling this morning, snow showers and rain showers. south of tahoe stretching down

towards yosemite. if you are doing any traveling down towards 5, over towards monterrey, running into a brief, passing shower. overall, most of us will stay dry. that brief shower across some of the foothills. you will notice the temperatures, chilly. you will need the jacket. this afternoon, temperatures come down about 5 degrees back into the mid-60s with more cloud cover today. >> that's your latest forecast. latest forecast. it is one of the greatest moments ever in the history of american sports. 35 years ago today, a group of college hockey players beat the russians at the olympics in lake placid the miracle on ice. nbc's ron mott caught up with the hometown here rose thisoes this weekend. ron, good morning. you are a lucky man to get this story. >> reporter: great assignment. it happened right back here 35 years ago today. some people actually called it divine intervention. if you ask some of these players, they say, well we had a little something to do with it. but nevertheless what happened at the 1980 games changed

america. they were mostly a bunch of college kids and amateurs facing the soviet union. but in shock being the world and their opponents, 4-3, these now middle-aged men, some grandfathers other business leaders, left their nation awe struck even still 35 years later. >> i'm surprised it's lasted this long. it's got a lot of legs. we touched the country, touched the world. >> reporter: the team was honored in the arena where they pulled off the improbable renamed for their late coach, herb brooks also paying tribute to a fallen teammate, bob sutter who died in december. when did you no he that you had the game or did you ever feel -- >> when the buzzer sounded. >> reporter: while the soviets were considered one of the best teams ever assembled, the captain who scored the game winner said the americans weren't intimidated. >> it wasn't a fluke. we were pretty good. we weren't like a bunch of guys that got together on a saturday

and said hey, let's play on an olympic team. >> reporter: goalie jim craig swatted away 36 of 39 shots gaining immediate hero status from coast to coast. >> we had a coach who had a plan. we had guys who believed in the plan. we trusted everybody. everybody did their job. >> reporter: the american victory was more than a sporting accomplishment. it boosted the nation's ego at a challenging time. >> seems like it is a book that doesn't want to have an ending to it. >> unbelievable. >> reporter: now a lot of people forget that the soviet game was not the gold medal game. two days later the u.s. squared off against finland and won 4-2. players last night talked about coach brooks coming in for his pre-game motivation speech. about 30 seconds. he simply said this -- lose this game and take it to your grave. >> oh! ouch! i guess that will get you going. ron mott thanks. proud boston university graduate member of bu guys on

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now and bracing for the possibility of rain. now we head into tonight with a fairly good idea of who is going to win several key categories. so how do we know that? well this morning we want to give you a look inside the oscars horse race. sure eight films are technically nominated for best picture, but prognosticators will tell you this is really a two-movie race. >> i would say it is pretty much a 50%-50% tossup for best picture between "boyhood" and "birdman." >> reporter: "birdman" already won top honors from three important groups. >> when all three have agreed on a movie in the past, only once has that movie failed to win the best picture oscar. >> reporter: but "boyhood" also scored awards. it also won the golden globe for best drama, while "birdman"

failed to win the best comedy. but keep in mind the globes are voted on by about 90 journalists, the oscars by 6,000 people who actually work in hollywood. >> i think losing at the golden globes is the best thing that can happen to a movie. a lot of the movies that lose at the golden globes go on to win the oscar. >> and on my bad days i feel like i can't find myself. >> reporter: as for the acting categories julianne moore, j.k. simmons have swept this award season. the biggest question mark db best actor, to mike keaton who won the critic's award, or eddie redmane from the"the theory of everything." >> s.a.g. has predicted the best oscar winner in east of the last ten years. >> reporter: there is a big wild card this year and that's "american sniper." it didn't really do well in any

of those precursor awards because it caught fire so late in the season. but some say if there is a big surprise this year it could be "american sniper" winning best picture or bradley cooper winning best actor. >> joe fryar for us this morning, thank you. this definitely does seem to be one of those years where experts seem to be for the most part in agreement. we have an expert penlanel here as well. >> eric davis, alicia corals and andrew rosenthal. nice to have all of you with us this morning. no pressure that you these right, by the way. >> we got this! >> let's kick this off with best picture. let us see your picks. unanimous. why are you going "boyhood"? >> they could split the vote and "american sniper" steals. if "birdman" is the movie for the industry "boyhood" is the

movie for the soul. it is sweet, homey, ambitious, groundbreaking. it feels like you're drinking a warm cup of tea. >> that's so lovely. >> i think ten years from now when we look back at this year's best picture nominees "boyhood" is the movie we are talking about. >> shot over 12 years. >> let's look at best actor. seems like it will come down to eddie redmane and mike the keaton -- wow. >> i think it is a tight race. i think if "birdman" begins to win a lot of awards see michael keaton get swept up in that. but in a tight race you go with the inspirational biopic. he won the s.a.g. >> what was it about michael keaton's performance? >> hollywood loves him. he does not live in hollywood. he lives in the middle of

america. he chooses to do movies when he wants to. i've been interviewing him all season. he is cool as a cucumber. i don't think it will win a lot except for cinematography. >> what about best actress? got your cards ready for that one? >> this seems to be unanimous. >> is it a lock? >> yeah. i think it is a lock at this point. i think best actor is kind of a close race. this one you can kind of pull out the marker and just put julianne moore. she's won all the awards up to this point. she's beloved in hollywood and she's kind of overdue. she's been nominated five times. it is kind of her year. >> it's her turn. >> best actor of supporting role. we were talking about this before the segment started. i think we're in pretty much agreement. >> edward norton. >> ed norton. >> looks like we're not experts. >> we have no idea what we're doing. >> i didn't see "whiplash."

>> j.k. simmons is fantastic in this prelim. this is actually my favorite movie of the year. if you're a jazz man, you got to see it. he deserves it. this guy's had 148 film credits to his name. this is his first oscar nomination. just a fantastic actor. i'm so happy for him. >> people know the face not the name. >> good point. >> but you say this is it. >> it is his turn. >> hopefully it will be. >> supporting actress. supporting actress this year. >> unanimous once again. >> did you guys compare notes before this segment? >> it is a lot this year in the acting categories. what's fun is if they all win, they're all first-time winners. >> that's a nice thing to see. >> you can look forward to some emotional speeches from people who have never won an oscar before. 12 years committed to the same role. that's hard to do. they didn't even have a script. every year they'd get the script before they shot. just incredible performance. >> did they shoot -- was it two weeks, three weeks every year?

>> i read an interesting article in "hollywood reporter" saying she didn't change her face. a lot of people in hollywood get the fillers and botox. she just stuck with it naturally because of this film. >> great. oscar coverage just getting started. lots more next. who's going to come out on top when it comes to the best dressed category? we'll look at some of the grandpa bode, grandma said you used to be out of control. really... i guess i did take some risks. anncr: bode, bode miller!!! trained a little bit differently. a little too honest sometimes. the media is useless. you were out of control. but not always. ♪

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♪ you got that james dean ♪ let's be honest here, the oscars ss also about the fashion. it's as much fun as watching the awards themselves for some people. who will wear it best? >> we have the fashion director for people's style watch. good morning. >> thank you. >> what is it about the oscars that makes it so important for fashion? >> well it's really a moment for these actors and actresses to make a statement. if you knock it out of the park you become part of this legacy of mainly women, let's be honest who have had iconic gowns. you think of someone who is an amazing actress and beautiful woman. the fact that she stunned in the

prada meant theshe became the face of an ad campaign. it's not a bad gig. >> she stunned. everybody was thinking what's she going to wear? we're at that point again. who are the women that you're watching this year? >> we're foecused on rosamund pike. she was the -- the globe's look was not the best. we're thinking she's going to get her game on for the oscars. she's beautiful and new to the seen. she has fashion street creds. she knows designers. i think she'll wow us. >> she's nominated, of course. reese witherspoon, also nominated, and gets high marks. >> she does. she's making a comeback to a certain extent. i think she's stepping into it as sort of an actress who we know to be glamorous.

i think she'll do something elegant and classic but really beautiful. >> emma stone is also on your radar. >> she's the fashion industry darling. we love her. what we love the most, she dresses appropriately to her age, and she's a risk taker. it's fun to see what she does. she wore the pants at the globes. amazing look. >> jewelulianne moore. >> i think we're going to see something that is so on trend from her tonight. >> lastly you're looking at one more. >> it's her moment. part of sharing in her moment is looking forward to what she's going to wear. >> quickly here the fellas always get left out in fashion. are there any guys you're watching today? >> bradley cooper all eyes on him right now. >> yeah. >> he's a great looking guy. then also it's kind of fun to think about the guys that might

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at the annual toy fair here in new york city. >> three, two, one -- >> reporter: there is a new doll in town. forget the heels, she's got sneakers. instead of a purse, a tool belt. goldie is inspiring girls like stella to construct and create with goldie blocks. >> i just felt like we're just on a high-speed train. >> reporter: debbie sterling first brought the goldie blocks to the toy fair three years ago. >> they said engineering for girls would never go mainstream but i knew that girls were more than princesses and i knew that they deserved something like this. >> reporter: a hunch that's paid off. goldie blox can now be found in more than 6,000 stores. >> our very first booth was literally five feet by ten feet. >> now this is how big? >> 20x20. >> okay. >> reporter: a growing booth marking a growing trend. a new generation of toys meant to empower girls and young women. toys that mom jodi norguard

thought were missing as well. >> one particular doll collection they were dressed in short skirts cropped tops belly button ring high heeled shoes, big hair lots of makeup. >> reporter: jodi decided to create a better doll for her own daughter the go-go sports girl. >> soccer and gymnastics. >> cheerleading. they don't wear high heels. >> they have workout clothes on and their hair is messy and crazy because when you work out, your hair is messy and crazy. >> reporter: a that were consharp contrast to more traditional dolls like barbie. meantime sales of building sets toys that aren't just for boys anymore, are on the rise. alex started roominate with a fellow engineer. >> it was made accessible at home for us. i had a lot of legos and i had my saw.

that was fun for us. >> reporter: they create toys for girls designed to build roads, ferris wheels even bridges. >> it leads to greater retention in engineering and other s.t.e.m. subjects later on. >> reporter: joining our ground-breaking toys in making child's play not just fun but fulfilling. >> with a watch them figure something out and have the ah-ha moment words can't express how happy that makes me feel. >> one thing that all the women say, they want to be really clear, they obviously aren't just for girls. all these building toys are for boys as well but this is a way to make them more accessible and to get girls thinking about some of these different careers. >> engineering. >> i used to play with connects on the time. >> i always played with legos. it is sort of a natural progression. >> that's going to do it for

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good morning. i'm vicky nguyen. 70,000 turn out for a sharks game against the kings. >> a controversial pamphlet has some parishioners wearing black to a bay area catholic church this morning. cooler temperatures around the bay area today. some areas will even see showers. anthony slaughter has your forecast. you are watching "today in the bay." good morning to you. you are looking live outside a