they had to coax him. >> got a new puppy, got to keep your eye on that dog. can't go wandering off into a well. we'll be back with more news in 25 minutes. good morning. breaking news. one u.s. soldier killed, two wounded in what's described as an ambush attack by an afghan soldier. the latest live from the pentagon. murder? a white police officer in south carolina shoots and kills a an unarmed black suspect as he runs away. the officer under arrest in the wake of this shocking video. this morning we'll talk to the victim's family. >> >> rand's run. >> we've come to take our country back. >> senator rand paul throws his hat in the presidential ring and joins us live for an exclusive morning interview. what's in the box? we have something really cool to show you and it could change your life.

the big reveal just an hour away today wednesday, april 8, 2015. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with matt lauer and savannah guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. and good morning. welcome to "today." 7:00 a.m. on the west coast on this wednesday. >> we're following breaking news this morning. >> right. let's get to it. a deadly ambush shooting on u.s. soldiers and took place in afghanistan. jim miklaszewski is at the pentagon. what can you tell us? >> reporter: it's called a green on blue shooting, afghan soldier opens fire on the american allies and what happened today. one american soldier killed, two others wounded. when an afghan soldier without warning opened fire on u.s. security forces in jalalabad this morning. the americans returned fire

killing the afghan shooter instantly. the incident occurred this morning following a high level meeting between the u.s. and afghan government officials in jalalabad. again, without warning the security forces or the the afghan opened fire on american security forces, killing one and wounding the two others. the motive is unclear. that's under investigation. the condition of the two wounded americans is unknown at this time. but this incident today is a grim reminder that each as americans are withdrawing from afghanistan are not involved in direct combat, they are in harm's way every day on the ground in afghanistan. >> they certainly are. jim miklaszewski, thank you for that report. story at home outrage growing over yet another deadly police shooting, this one in south carolina and this time it was caught on camera. leading to murder charges against the officer. gabe gutierrez is live in north

charleston for us. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning. city leaders here are stunned, the fbi now investigating whether any civil rights were violated and right now at this hour peaceful protesters are gathering at city hall behind me. we should warn you, the video is disturbing. this morning the outrage over this video is growing, a white police officer drawing his gun as a black suspect runs away his back turned. the officer fires eight shots, the suspect walter scott is killed. >> shots fired. subject is down. he grabbed my taser. >> reporter: a bystander's video shows the officer michael slager handcuffing scott. his face down on the ground. moments later slager retrieves an object. it's not clear whether it's his taser and appears to drop the object on the ground next to scott. slager reportedly said he feared for his life after scott

allegedly grabbed his taserment but on tuesday, as the video surfaced the officer was charged with murder. >> when you're wrong you're wrong. and if you make a bad decision, don't care if you're behind the shield or just a sit senl on the street, you have to live by that decision. >> reporter: police say the confrontation started after the officer pulled scott over saturday for a broken taillight and the two fought over the officer's stun gun. scott's family is heartbroken. >> we can't get my brother back and my family's in deep mourning for that. >> overnight #walterscott trended worldwide. the death the latest in a string of officer involved incidents, in ferguson and elsewhere that sparked a national debate about lethal force by police. >> what if there was no video? what if there was no witness or hero as i call them to come forward?

then this wouldn't have happened. >> reporter: the city of north charleston has about 100,000 residents, about half are african-american but black officers make up just about 20% of the police force. as for the officer who is charged he is a coast guard veteran, if the convicted could face up to life in prison or even the death penalty. so far he has not commented and it's unclear whether he currently has an attorney. matt. >> gabe, thank you. walter scott's parents, judy and walter, are with us along with their attorney. good morning to all of you. >> good morning. >> and mr. and mrs. scott, please accept my condolences on the loss of your son. >> thank you. >> thank you. you know that the police officer michael slager says that your son grabbed for his taser and that is why he used deadly force. when you look at that videotape, do you see any reasonable for that deadly force?

>> i see no reason for that deadly force because i raised my children better than that. my son knew better. when i saw that i steed myself no, i know that's not true because walter would have, whatever he said to do walter would have done it. >> mrs. scott, why do you think walter was running away from the officer? >> i think he probably, he had some child support on him and i believe that he didn't want to go to jail again. he just ran away. >> can you imagine, and this is a question that was asked in the piece we just ran, what would this situation be if this videotape did not exist? if this tape wasn't made public, then this story and the circumstances of that shooting may have never come to light. >> it would have never come to light. they would have swept it under the rug like many others.

and i thank god that it did, that this young man whoever it was, had the video because i was telling some of my friends the other day that god has my back because when i saw it i fell to my feet and just my heart was broken, and i said no, it cannot be. and when i saw it, i just couldn't take it anymore. >> mrs. scott, let me ask you a straight question. do you think race played a role in this incident? >> i hate to say it. i don't really know whether it was or not. i can't really say how the young man felt but i mean, the way i saw it on the film, the way he was shooting that gun, looked like he was trying to kill a deer or something running through the woods. i don't know whether it was racial or something wrong with his head or what.

>> kr as you know, he has been arrested now charged with murder. are you confident that justice will be served in the name of your son? >> i'm pretty sure that justice will be served because god is in the plan. god is tired of all of this foolishness going on and i believe in my heart that god is going to finish this right now. this -- they started and i think god is going to finish it. i think he is tired with it. >> mr. scott, mrs. scott, mr. stewart, again my condolences and i thank you for talking to me this morning. >> thank you. now to the race to become the next president, republican senator rand paul launched on tuesday with a fiery speech in his home state of kentucky. three quick facts. he is an eye doctor, still practices medicine providing pro bono surgery, his father is former congressman ron paul.

you know him he ran for president three times and he was called randy but his wife shortened it. he is on the campaign trail and joining us from new hampshire. senator, good morning, good did to see you. >> good morning, thanks for having me. >> it's official, you're running for president but those who watched you closely have seen you laying the groundwork for this for years. you have been in office about four years, was higher office, the presidency always the master plan for you? >> you know, it's kind of funny. you meet people running for president and their friends say oh, in eighth grade he said he was going to run for president. i guess when i grew up i grew up a normal existence, concerned about playing football, running track, being on the swimming team, reading. but never really thought about it and even once i launched my career i spent the a lot of time, many years becoming an eye surgeon. and so i never really thought of it. in the back of my mind i thought

i might run for an office but never in my wildest dreams would i think there would be a constellation of events that would come forward to allow me to but i do think that the message i have to offer is a distinct one and i think it is resonating. >> here you are now officially a candidate. let me ask you about items in the news. the deal with iran, this framework deal, whether or not you support it. if the it were written in black and white exactly as president obama has described it, and the iranians agreed to it exactly as described is it a good deal, would you support it? >> you know, i think that's part of the problem. the iranian foreign minister immediately came out writing in english saying it meant something completely different than what the president -- than what president obama said. >> right but let's say -- take that issue off the table. >> let me answer the question. let me answer the question. the sinlty of the iranians does make a big difference. if they are immediately saying that the agreement doesn't say what president obama says that is a big problem. the other thing is so far we've

seen fact sheets. irannians put out 500 words, the american put out 1300, the europeans 200 words and they don't all seem to agree but it's very little information so far. i'm going to keep an open mind and look at the agreement. i do believe that negotiation is better than war, i've been a big proponent of negotiation but i also say that the law is very specific in this. i voted to put sanctions on iran, sanctions can only be relieved by congress voting to remove those. so that's why i signed on to the corker bill which could say that any kind of permanent reduck shunl or relief from sanctions has to be voted on in congress. >> you have had views in the past on foreign policy that are somewhat unorthodox but you seem to have changed. you once said iran was not a threat, now you say it is. am you once proposed ending foreign aid to israel, you now support it at least for the time being. and you once offered to drastically -- wait. >> before we get to -- before we get to --

>> you want to increase it 60%. i wonder if you mellowed out. >> why don't you let me explain instead of talking over me. okay. before we go through a litany of things you say i changed on why don't you ask me a question, have i changed my opinion. >> have you changed your opinion. >> a better way to approach. >> is it a threat. >> no. listen. you editorializeded. you say have your views changed instead of editorializing saying my views have changed. let's start with regard to foreign aid. my opinion has always been we shouldn't borrow from china to send it to any country. but i also realize that things will have to be done gradually and if we are going to try to eliminate or reduce foreign aid why don't we start with the countries that hate us that burn our flag. the one thing that is true is israel doesn't burn our flag and so i haven't proposed removing aid from israel but i still agree -- >> you once did.

>> which is -- let me answer the question. i still agree with my original statement from years ago that ultimately all nations should be free of foreig shouldn't borrow money to do it. but, my opinion is not any different than netanyahu's opinion. when he came before a joint session of congress in 1996 he said you know what, eventually israel also out to be independent of it and israel's defense may be stronger because then they wouldn't be forced to buy defense products from outside the country. >> do you still think iran is not a threat as you said in 2007? >> yeah. 2007 was a long time ago and events do change over long periods of time so we're talking about eight years ago. we're talking about a time when i wasn't running for office and i was helping someone else run for office. what i would say is that there's always been a threat of iran gaining nuclear weapons and i think that's greater now than it was many years ago. i think we should do everything we can to stop them. i voted for sanctions to try to stop them.

i'm somewhat skeptical of the president's agreement. however, i am in favor of negotiations over war and i think i've been one of the reasonable people in our party to w.h.o. has not been beating the drums for war. so i think my position on iran is one that reflects the events and reflects the current history with regards to iran. >> before i let you go, the question i was getting at in general is when you came to washington and you realize i'm going to run for president, have you mellowed or tempered your views a it all? >> i think what i understood is that washington's horribly broken and we have to try and fix it. i think the deficit goes on whether republicans or democrats are in charge and sometimes we point fingers too much and say it's the fault of one party or the other. i think there is enough blame to go around. what i have come to the conclusion is we need more turnover. i'm a fan of term limits. i think we will only improve when we have term limits and balanced budget amendment which force congress to do the job

they seem inthe capable of doing. >> senator rand paul, thank you for your time. appreciate it. >> thank you. so, on the republican side, two in, lots to go. a lot of issues to talk about. going to be interesting. >> speaking of the whouls. >> natalie is here with new information only an alarming computer hack. >> right. new tensions because of that this morning between the united states and russia as u.s. officials are blaming russia for a recent cyber attack at the white house. the breach allowed hackers access to unclassified but still sensitive information including the president's private unpublished schedule. nbc reported that the white house had been hacked last october at the time u.s. officials suggested that russia was likely the culprit. now they say an investigation proves that in fact the country was definitely behind the attack. history was made in ferguson, missouri tuesday night in the first election since michael brown was fatally shot

by a white police officer, voters elected two african-american candidates to the city council. up until now the council had just one black member. even though two thirds of ferguson's residents are african-american. rahm emanuel won the run-off election. getting re-elected wasn't easy. he failed to gain a majority over four candidates in february's election. he held off jesus "chuy" garcia taking about 56% of the vote. a larger political stage, talking about the 2016 presidential election and hillary clinton is expected to officially throw her hat in the ring in the next weeks. dr. natalie azar sat down with president obama on tuesday and asked him if he had any words of wisdom for his former secretary of state? >> if the you had one piece of advice to give to hillary clinton right now, what would it be? >> just if the she's her wonderful self i'm sure she's going to do great.

>> we'll have more from dr. natalie azar's interview coming up later on today. two people were rescued in los angeles tuesday night from a burning six-story building. the man and woman were trapped on the fifth floor of this commercial building, fire crews used a ladder to pull them to safety. they were uninjured. it took 170 firefighters to battle the flames and extinguish it. the cause is still under investigation. congratulations to the uconn women's basketball team won their tenth national championship tuesday night. beating notre dame in the title game. the final 63-53. all ten of uconn's changes have come under head coach geno. good job ladies. and we've all seen how excited dogs can get when it's time to go for a walk. take a look at this dog that takes that to a whole other level.

the moment caught by a dashboard camera. you see there, that dog, the saint bernard dragging that poor young boy across the road. fortunately, though, the boy wasn't injured. he got back up and all was well. and the dog got his walk clearly. >> did go across the road. dangerous. could ended worse. >> dylan's in for al. how is it looking out west? >> we got some much-needed snowfall back through tahoe a foot of snow. it's not going to fix the drought but any rain and snow at this point certainly will help. you can see we have a couple of thunderstorms, making their way through central california. this area of low pressure that is going to start to slide inland so the threat of rain and mountain snow is winding down. temperatures a little cool, reno 57, 57 in eugene, oregon. seattle looks for a nice day, partly cloudy, 62 degrees. we're going to see some of the rain and mountain snow push

inland in the rockies. we have a threat of stronger storms today especially through the middle of the country, texas all the way into western ohio, that's where we'll see some strong storms today. that goes for two-inch hail, a lot of lightning and it's in this orange area we could see some of our tornados, perhaps even a tornado outbreak this afternoon and evening. same goes for thursday afternoon and thursday evening as well. we have a couple of scattered showers and the northeast will even see snow through central and northern new england. there is a chance we could end up with 3 to 6 inches, in new york city a cool day in the 40s, in the southeast record highs a possibility.

7:20. good wednesday morning to you. i'm meteorologist christina loren. clear shot over the sunset district in san francisco. looking good to see a nice afternoon. few showers out there right now. really nothing heavy. not even worth showing you on the radar. but do count on a little patchy drizzle in the next couple hours. by lunchtime into the 50s. and then we will be in the mid 60s finish off the day. comfortable conditions will persist tomorrow. 64 in san francisco. >> and that's your latest forecast. >> all right, dylan, thank you very much. coming up a surprising twist in that sex scandal involving prince an i drew. prince andrew. a judge tossing out the accuser's explosive claims. this morning high profile

attorney alan dershowitz named in the case speaks out live. >> plus, will you still be driving at 100? the secret to living a long healthy life from the only so called blue zone in america. tamron in the orange zone. >> what's the problem with this stamp honoring dr. maya angelou? first this is "today" on nbc. will the post office be forced to change it. that's "today"

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that's the power of more rewarding connections. that's preferred rewards from bank of america. a developing story now in the south bay. police are saying the deadly shooting of a woman last night on a busy san jose street was not random. this happened around 10:00 on south bascom and stokes. witnesses say the woman was shot in a car and then died on the street. police say investigators later recovered that car. so far, they are saying nothing about possible suspects. happening today, state lawmakers will hold their first debate on the measure to ban california families from opting out of vaccinations for their children. berkley city council members held their own vote last night to support the ban, saying general health is more important than personal choice. and you might have missed it, but starting next year bart

riders will have to dig deeper at least into their pockets to get around. late yesterday bart quietly announced the 3.4% fare hike across the board. it's going to take effect on january 1st. that increase is part of a gradual hike rolling out every year through the year 2020. for the next three weeks bart is going to allow people to give their feedback on that plan. some remnants of rain on the radar this morning. let's check in with meteorologist christina loren. >> good morning to you, sam. i did want to start with a snow-covered sierra nevada. this is tahoe this morning. what a welcome sight for us. i don't even need to show you the radar. just some light activity. right now i want to show you san francisco. a little bit of cloud cover clearing out quickly. that's beginning to be the story of the day. a little bit of drizzle early, becoming sunny this afternoon, into the upper 50s today by noon, and then mid 60s by 4:00 p.m. as we head throughout the next couple days a warming trend coming your way. more on that in just six minutes. right now here's anthony slaughter and your morning

drive. >> yesterday we had numerous accidents. not the case today. you see we're looking at wide open roads. once you get towards the bay, things start to slow. lots of green there. a little bit of yellow denoted by some slowing. 880 southbound does slow at llewellyn because of an earlier accident. that has been cleared but continues to remain slow through newark and fremont. northbound, there was an accident just past 280. we're starting to see that slowing denoted by our camera there. back to you. >> thank you very much. we'll have another local news update for you in 25 minutes. for now, back to the "today" show.

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♪ 7:30 now on wednesday more april 8th 2015. the countdown is down to something big. we can't tell you what it is but we will tell you it's very, very cool. >> there's a little clock down there. >> a countdown to something we can't tell you about. >> a -- the big reveal coming up. a police officers in north charleston south carolina is being held on murder charges after a very alarming video surfaced. it shows the patrolman shooting 50-year-old walter scott in the back as he ran away from what started out as a traffic stop. the officer claims he feared for his life after scuffling with the suspect.

one u.s. soldier has been killed, two others wounded in an ambush chuting in afghanistan, and afghan soldier opened fired shortly after a meeting between local leaders and u.s. officials in jalalabad. and jurors are deliberating for a second day at the boston marathon bombing trial. they met for more than seven hours on tuesday, sending two questions to the judge that are being addressed this morning. and coming up will it be 2 for 1 on the campaign trail? what bill clinton is now saying about his role in his wife's expected run for the white house. let us begin this half hour with a case we've been following for a couple months now. a florida judge has not ordered that sex allegations made against prince andrew and several other prominent men be struck from court records. in a among we'll talk to alan dershowitz who's been named in the carry. keir simmons has more.

>> prince andrew has been informed of the decision. the american woman at the center of all this had claimed she was sexually trafficked to high-profile individuals, including prominent american politicians, even world leaders, claim struck out by the court following a three-month legal fight. the scandal surrounding prince andrew who appeared unshaken in public caused deep concern in the royal family. now the lurid details have been struck from the record by a florida judge. this american woman called jane doe number 3 in court alleged she had sex with andrew when she was 17 and that she is was paid $15,000 by a former friend of andrew registered sex offenders sex offender. the case is against the u.s. government over a plea deal reached in 2008. the factual details regarding with whom and where the jane doughs engaged in sexual activities are immaterial to the case. >> prince andrew will be hugely

relieved about this. there was crisis meeting after crisis meeting about it. they wanted to make sure he got his viewpoint out there. >> buckingham palace issued three denials and in january the prince made his own statement. >> i wish to reiterate and to reaffirm the statements which have already been made on my behalf by buckingham palace. >> he refused to answer questions. >> the woman at the center of it says -- >> but on "today," his former wife sara ferguson defended him. >> it's defamation of character. >> accusations against attorney alan dershowitz were also struck from the record. he spoke out earlier this year on "today." >> she's categorically lying and making it up. >> insisting the claims against him and prince andrew are a complete fabrication. >> alan dershowitz is vowing to keep fighting in court to prove

the allegations are not true. jane doe 3 is free to present relevant facts to the court and appear as a witness. so, matt, that may have the british royals worried all over again. >> kier simmons, thank you very much. you mentioned alan dershowitz. he's joining us now live. good to see you. >> likewise. >> let's talk about what this judge says and does not say. the judge says the claims made against you and prince andrew and others are not material to the case that they are trying to join against the u.s. government. what the judge does not say is whether the claims made by jane doe number 3 are true or untrue. having said that what's your reaction? >> well i feel completely legally vindicated. we filed a motion asking him to strike these claims as irrelevant and improperly put in the lawsuit. he can't determine whether it's true or not. he hasn't heard evidence or witnesses. i've submitted a sworn affidavit categorically denying it. there will be an opportunity for

us to cross-examine this woman because we've served her. she tried to evade service. we've served her and will cross-examine to prove that all of the allegations are false. >> you feel completely legally vindicated. personally vindicated not yet in. >> no. we have a way to go. i'm being sued by the lawyers for telling the truth on the "today" show. so there's another opportunity for me to prove that what i said is true. i also don't feel vind kapted in another way. the media splashed it on the papers. they've not printed that the judge vindicated us legally. >> do you have any sense that jane doe number 3 has changed her tune or her story in regards to you and inappropriate actions and contact on your part? >> i hope so. if she repeats what she has said under oath in a deposition she will be committing perjury. and she will be appropriately

charged and sentenced to prison. remember the real victims are rape victims, real rape victims. when you have a situation like this where a woman makes up a charge or the rolling stone magazine case or the duke case that hurts real rape victims. that's why there have to be consequences for these kinds of false charges. >> let me ask you again directly. do you categorically deny that you had any inappropriate contact with this woman who is now known as jane doe 3? >> i never met her, i don't know who she is. i can prove she made it up. i will prove it categorically. when given an opportunity to do so in court, i feel entirely vindicated legally because the judge's action puts me in a position i was in legally prior to any of these charges having been made. >> you are a legal scholar. you're used to dealing with legal situations. you're not used to being the center of a situation like this. what lessons have you learned as a result of this? >> you can lead your life absolutely perfectly.

i'm 76 years old. i've never been charged with anything. you wake up one morning and you're absolutely, your life changes when you're charged with something you just didn't do. i have been involved in every aspect of the legal system, never understood what it means to be falsely charged and now i understand. i will fight back. it's essential to fight back. not to allow them to go unanswered or the people that make them not to have consequences. alan dershowitz. nice to have you. >> likewise. let's get a check of the weather. thanks matt. we haven't talked about snow in a while. we might as well talk about more snow in central and northern new england. you can see near buffalo, it's still rain. heading north a little bit and it's more of a wintry mix. we have thunderstorms to the north of detroit. we are losing visibility in the buffalo area. it's a very cold rain and across central and northern new england, the wind off the ocean, we're going to see more or less

snow through vermont into new hampshire and up across maine. we'll see a wintry mix in the boston area. it will change over to rain. as far as snowfall accumulation in this darker shade of blue here, the ski 7:38. good morning to you. i'm meteorologist christina loren. this is it as far as the radar goes right now. just a little activity. most of this is over the san francisco bay. it's going to continue to clear as we head throughout the day today. temperatures will be on the mild side. 65 degrees in the north bay. 62 in san francisco. big changes coming your way. as we get into the end of the week we will see the 70s. 70 for thursday into friday. and then by the weekend, maybe a little bit of drizzle late sunday into early monday. hope you have a great day. and that's your latest forecast. >> dylan, thank you. >> just ahead, where do you go on a first date. might be surprised on the most popular sports tore courting

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. 7:43. we expect hillary clinton to announce her presidential run soon. bill clinton is opening up about about what his role will be in the campaign. here's nbc's andrea mitchell.

>> never known to shy away from a campaign bill clinton vowing to step back when his wife runs in 2015. my role should primarily be a backstage adviser to her until we get much much closer to the election. still offering advice even before she's formally announced her campaign. i think it's important and hillary does too, that she go out there as if she's never run for anything before he said. the former president was hardly the perfect advocate in '08 sharply criticizing barack obama. >> this whole thing is the biggest fairytale i've ever seen. >> now the man who run the white house twice and won rave reviews for his convention speech in 2012 says he doesn't think he's good at campaigning anymore. explaining i'm not mad at anybody. i'm a grandfather. i got to see my granddaughter last night. i can't be mad.

instead, the former president tells town and country, he'll focus on the clinton global initiative. each at this volunteer event last month, clinton was a magnet for reporters. >> what's your opinion? >> that i shouldn't be making news. >> deflecting questions about whether his wife would enter the race? >> i have nothing to say. >> i think i know which way you would vote. >> no you don't. >> but now, even just saying he'll be a backstage adviser has landed bill clinton back on the front page. for "today," andrea mitchell nbc news washington. no question as a couple they will generate an awful lot of attention. >> they do whether they're running or not. >> exactly. still ahead, we're counting down to our big reveal. something exciting that could change your life. it's in that box right there. >> come on. wrapping paper too?

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word he instead of it as it appears on the stamp. that's the difference. the quote has been attributed to dr. angelou and even the president used it in the past. the postal service said had we known about it beforehand we would have used one of her many other quotes. the question is do you think they should replace the words on the stamp in what do you think? >> it's such a shame because there so many many wonderful quotes. >> can they preach the value of that stamp? >> that's a collector's woman now. you can fit a whole quote on a stamp. coming up a live performance from one of our favorite musical guests. flo rida is here. >> why scott eastwood always seems to be shirtless. no problems there right?

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you're watching "today in the bay." >> a good wednesday morning. it's 7:56. i'm sam brock. happening today, the santa clara county deputies will lay out how a recently escaped inmate ended up in mississippi. john l. carter escaped last month after investigators say he attacked a deputy while getting a check-up at santa clara valley medical center. at the time carter was in custody on suspicion of child molestation. deputies arrested his brother in the days after the escape and charged him with being an accessory. wanna get away to dallas for instance? fliers have a new option thanks to southwest. the airline launching nonstop service between san jose's airport and love field in dallas. love field is also southwest's major hub. to celebrate, southwest is hosting a texas themed kickoff celebration this afternoon at san jose's mineta airport. cowboy hats are, in fact welcome. we've got a good soaking

yesterday. things starting to clear up this morning. >> yeah, if you are beginning to wear that cowboy hat, it won't protect you from showers. purely for style. a good-lacking day shaping up. a little bit of cloud coffer out there, but clearing out nicely. temps in the mid 60s. today, 66 degrees in the tri-valley. 65 degrees on the peninsula. and right around 65 degrees for the south bay. getting into the next couple days temperatures are going to feel much more comfortable outside, warming you up into the 70s as we head throughout your thursday. saturday and sunday, clouds will increase, maybe a little precipitation. more on that in just about five minutes. right now, he's no stranger to a cowboy hat, anthony slaughter. >> you know, this morning, as funny as that is you want to turn your attention to something a little more serious. we have a zig alertsig alert issued. let's show you what i'm talking about. you can see the accident slow going in both directions. and off towards the bay bridge

things are slow moving there as well. >> a situation to keep an eye on. thank you very much. we'll see you in 25.

it's 8:00 on today. coming up our special series. moving to it's 8:00 on toy "today." living to 100, what's their secret? how one community in southern california unlocked the key to living a long and healthy life. plus, like father like son, he is higt the big screen, sad willing up for the new nicholas sparks romance, "the longest ride." he'll be here live. ♪ going down for real ♪ >> and it's going down for real. flo rida stops by to perform his latest chart topping hits. today is wednesday, april 8th,

2015. >> hello from augusta, georgia. >> hey, ann arbor, michigan. >> all the way from cali. >> we're on spring break. we louf, virginia. >> georgia peaches on the plaza! >> and welcome back. 8:00 on a wednesday morning. good to see you everybody. a moment that will live in infamy. we have been counting down to a big reveal. the time arrived and that's a hint. this is something we talked about before that we've never been able to see it, touch it, feel it, it's in that box. so what is it? >> come on in, katie. what do you have? >> how about this for a big gaej thet morning. >> well, it's not in here. >> what? >> no.

>> maybe it's right here. >> that was so not cool! >> you took ten years off her life. >> she's such a nice girl. >> you're dead, lawmatt lauer. you're dead! >> you took ten years off of my life. >> that was the big reveal. >> yeah. >> katie, what is that? >> tell us about it. >> tell us about that apple watch. >> so, yes, it is the apple watch. there are only a few of these out in the wild. for the first time, you get to see it. it's on preorder this friday. i think it's much a talking piece as it is a time piece. of course this is the closest we've come to a dick tracy smart watch on the market. i think apple nailed it in terms of being a fashionable piece and a functional piece. >> what are the coolest features? >> i think the obvious ones is

you can take and make calls from it and look at your e-mail, send text messages. there are also fun features inside here. it is called digital touch. you can send animated emojis and digital drawings. i can send somebody my heartbeat. now little things like that where it's very apple-esque and they paid attention to detail is what really excites me and the fact that it's actually here. >> great fitness features as well. >> i think what's done so well here is it's all for one device. i was always using a fitness device. now you are able to track calories, heart rate, distance. but for those that like to get at it, can you log your indoor runs an measure your heart rate in real time without a heart rate monitor. >> oh, my gosh, huge! >> for us slow runners out there, faster! >> all right. >> people are going to be shedding other devices because of this or it is going to be an

add on device? >> i think the cost is expensive. it starts at $349. in terms of being a statement piece, people will have it as a comprehensive unit. >> thank you very much. >> your watch is calling you. >> this is a heart rate monitor now. >> katie will be back in the next hour to show off more features and have a full wrap-up on today.com. >> now let's get a check of the top stories and breaking news. >> we have more on the military investigation underway right now. a deadly attack on americans in afghanistan. nbc's chief pentagon correspondent has all the details for us. what can you tell us? >> details still a little sketchy. but the news is grim this morning, natalie. u.s. officials tell nbc news that one american soldier was shot and killed two others wounded in a shooting incident involving an afghan soldier. the americans return fire and that afghan soldier was killed

instantly. the incident occurred in eastern afghanistan. following a meeting between u.s. government and afghan government officials when suddenly without warning this afghan soldier supposedly one of the friendly forces opened fire. now there were at least two others wounded. their condition is not known. none of the u.s. government officials who were at the scene initially were wounded in the attack. but even as the americans are beginning to withdraw from afghanistan, bringing that end to a war, and u.s. forces no longer directly involved in combat. this is a grim reminder that those soldiers there in afghanistan remain in harm's way. natalie? >> absolutely. jim, thank you with those develop developments. >> a white police officer in south carolina faces murder charges for shoogt and killing an unarmed african-american man. the charges were filed after shocking eyewitness video emerged apparently showing

officer michael flager shooting 50-year-old walter scott in the back as he tried to run away. scott had been pulled over for a broken tail light and earlier on "today" his father said he might have tried to run because he owed child support. >> i saw it. i fell to my feet. my heart was broken. and i said oh, no. it can't be. and when i saw it, i just couldn't take it anymore. >> officer claims he opened fire in self-defense. >> the associate basketball coach and deputy athletic director of illinois state university are among seven people killed in a small plane crash in illinois. they were aboard a twin engine cessna returning from the ncaa basketball tournament in indianapolis on tuesday when it crashed in a field near bloomington. what caused the plane to crash isn't known. there was heavy fog in the area at the time. >> president obama says climate change isn't just affecting the nation's weather, it's hazardous

to american's health. the president sat down with our medical contributor. good morning. >> good morning. how are you? >> good. >> whether we talk about climate change, we often think globally. a new government report lays out how the environmental changes affect each of our health right now. the percentage of americans with asthma has more than doubled in the past three decades. and now president obama is pushing doctors and nurses to help address the problem. i had the chance to sit down with him tuesday and i asked the president what impact he is seeing climate change vonn people's health. h them on tuesday. >> we know there's going to be more severe wildfires, which means particulates in the air. we know the allergy season gets extended. lower, hotter summers mean potential heatstroke. there's a whole range of impacts. what's exciting is you're seeing doctors, nurses medical schools trying to raise awareness. >> what do you say to the people who deny that climate change is

real and it's impacting our health? >> the good news is the number of climate deniers is shrinking rapidly, because the science is indisputable. i think people are starting to experience it. the good news is there's something we can do about it, and we save money in the long term. if you have one child with three, four five visits to the emergency room for asthma somebody is paying for that. >> interesting interview with the president. >> very interesting, and it was very clear from our meeting yesterday that he and his administration are incredibly passionate about this. they've had a coordinated mobile iced effort to do something about it. thanks so much. it's 8:08. another check of the weather for dylan, who is in for al. >> good morning, we have a nice long happy birthday to opa, your grandfather? he's in california? >> uh-huh. let's look at the weather across the country. it's the middle of the country we're focused on today, where we

do have a slight risk of strong storms from texas into ohio but it's in this orange zone where we could see some tornadoes break out later on this afternoon into this evening. tomorrow that threat is going to shift a little further to the east. it's still looking like the eastern half of the country will see the storms. in an area from eastern missouri, and most of illinois that's where we could see a line of damaging wind gusts and also more happy wednesday. i'm meteorologist christina loren. i want to get you out the door on a good note. 2 inches of rain came just about everywhere in the bay area. three quarters of an inch to an inch of rain. temps there are going to end up in the 60s. low 60s alt the coast. meanwhile low 60s for you inland. the next couple of kays we have a nice warming trend coming your

way the end of the week. some showers late sunday into very early monday. s forecast. dylan, thank you very much. up next fix it or forget it. what's going to be done about that lucille ball statue. it's caused a big stir. plus what's their secret? we'll tell you, to -- we're going to take you to the only -- zone in the country. there's somebody whistling over here. people are living long healthy lives, savannah. we're going to talk about nicholas sparks' new movie. we have scott eastwood and -- robertson. a great new movie. first, these messages. . first these messages.

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it's 8:14 and time for trending. natalie is dancing. time for flo rida. a nightmare will soon be over. >> we are not overstating this but the i love lucy statue that doesn't lock like lucy it looks more like elvis. it's scaring small children. it is going to be replaced. the artist apologized calling it a most unsettling sculpture. he even offered to redo it for free but the mayor said no thank you. he got someone else to create a whole new statue. >> i feel bad for the artist.

>> i do too. >> not good. >> we all have a teacher that made a difference in our lives. for a business man that person was his home economics teacher, mrs. meachem. 37 years after graduating high school, he never forgot her and he spent years trying to track her down. when he did, he wrote her to letter. i enjoyed your class so much. you gave your students latitude and respect. he ended with this. you were the best teacher ever. he closed with the letter a check for $10,000. he encouraged her to spend the money all on herself. >> that's so nice. are this could be your lucky day. >> what's the perfect place for

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>> six years. >> and that is what's trending today. >> more of the special series living to 100. where we try to unlock the secrets to a long healthy life. cynthia took us to the mediterranean on tuesday. what's our stop today? >> you don't have to go to japan to find the five blue zones where people live longer than anywhere else on earth. one is in the u.s. an hour outside l.a. the blue zone solution reveals their secret and we headed west to find out what they are doing right. >> he may be 100, but he is not ready to give up the keys yet. >> when was the last time your license was renewed? >> it's good for another three or four years. >> we ride shotgun trying to unlock the secrets of his long

life. >> i don't appear any different than at 30. >> the doctor didn't even retire as one of the top open heart surgeons until he was 95. he traveled the globe in search of the world's longest lived people. they survive a decade longer than the rest of us. he dubbed them the blue zones. we went with him to the italian islands where men live longer than anywhere else on the globe. this blue zone where the doctor lives, the only one in the united states is just an hour outside los angeles in loma linda, california. home to one of the largest concentrations of seventh day adventists and loaded with healthy older people. >> genesis chapter 1, verse 28 lays out the answer. the answers tend to follow it.

>> while there is a mcdonald's here it's loma linda's grocery store that holds their secret. >> a real sour doe bread with lakto ba sill us instead of yeast. you can eat this and actually the suge ars burn more slowly than if you didn't eat bread at all. >> they have stacks of beans and lots of birthday candles. he decoed that in the blue zone solution. >> one of the things you like about the book you are not scolding us. lots of us have made bad life choices. >> you are 99 years old and you start moving tomorrow you will add that. it's never too late. >> he is improving that across the country, helping 22 communities become more like the blue zone. >> after two or three years, we will see a drop and there 1900

when they started. you see them drop boy as much as 30%. healthier eating and more physical activity. >> ft. worth, the best place with high obesity rates and stressed the out commuters and a well being index below the national average. he will work with the blue zone over the next five years. >> people wonder why this happened. >> he said he is living proof of that. >> now tuesday we shared with you that the longevity wine bad news for me. in loma linda, they don't drink at all. >> what you have in common is the plant-based diet and a sense of community. what's interesting is they interviewed over 200 centenarians around the world

and only five said they didn't have a strong religious belief. >> interesting. >> great information. >> dr. oz will be here with his take on living to 100 tomorrow morning. savannah? >> thank you so much. it is time to saddle up for the newest movie based on a best selling book called the longest ride starring scott eastwood and brit robertson. take a look. >> look. can i get you a drink? >> i should be the one buying you a beer. >> doesn't work like that where i'm from. >> okay. you're buying. >> you said that's a weird clip.

why? >> there is no contact. just go for it. the first meet and greet. >> it's the way it works. i think from the get go sparks fly and you guys have chemistry. did you know brit this is going to work? >> that i ask this question a lot. do we know? i don't think we do. >> we have no idea. we try to do the best we could and work good with each other and hope there is chemistry or it would work. >> you are not novices. what is it like to be a leading man and woman in a major film. exciting? >> yeah really exciting. what an honor to be part of this film. >> scott is handling it well. it feels surreal in a weird way. it doesn't feel any different for my life yet it is different. >> have you come up with a celebrity divas yet?

maybe lavender lilies? >> a nap. >> i would love for them to schedule a lunch break. that would be awesome. the bull riding is the context to the film. great bull riding scenes where you can go get -- i heard you were bummed out and you didn't get to do the bull riding interview. >> they pushed back. ultimately i did it after the fact. >> you really did see that. oh boy. they won't let you. how long did you stay on the bull? >> 2 1/2 seconds. >> longer than you or i. the mechanical bull like a half a second. >> this was a nicholas sparks novel. one of them was indidn't cry at the notebook. >> matt and al cried at the

notebook. you have a famous last name and a famous father clint eastwood. >> i have heard of him. >> you never wanted to play that part. even in your first audition you used your mother's maiden name. >> i started auditioning in the business and i used my mom's last name to see if i could do it for me. >> why was that important? did you wonder if people would think he's a star's son. >> we said that anyway. you sort of realize that you have to audition like everyone. >> have you auditioned for your dad? >> oh, yeah. some i haven't gotten roles in. >> son, i like you, but -- >> you just don't get a phone call back. >> no call. nothing? >> a call for sunday dinner but not the part.

>> brit you must have the coolest grandma in the world. you grew up in the carolinas and you left when you were 12 or 13? >> super young, yeah. >> your grandma wanted you to be a star. >> yeah. my mom, i have six younger brothers and sisters and both of my families were keeping them in check and my grandmother moved out to l.a. with me to pursue the dream. >> you came here with a whole shirt on and i checked out your instagram feed and a shirt is not something you see much. there is your dad on the left. >> we are california guys both my dad and i. there is a beach. >> he's a free spirit. it's good to have you both here. >> thank you. >> open this is friday called the longest ride. by the way, alan alda will be here in the next hour. over to you. good to see you. >> thank you very much.

what's wrong with this picture? we are going down for real with one of our favorite good wednesday morning. it's 8:26. i'm sam brock. happening today a legal hearing that may well determine the very future of affordable housing all across california. the state supreme court will hear a challenge to the san jose ordinance called the inclusionary housing law. legal appeals so far have kept it on hold for years. that ordinance requires developers to include below market constructions in the developments. other cities across the state have similar policies. the housing industry calls the rules strong arm tactics that do not impact soaring housing costs. right now it's 8:26. if you're getting ready to fight traffic, let's look. >> unfortunately coming through the castro valley, we have a slew of accidents.

this is 580 eastbound. also we're looking at another one at castro valley and one happening a few minutes ago. this is one area you want to stay away from if you kchlt also the done bartin' bridge had an doesn't five minutes ago and things are starting to move nicely but coming across the western span things are starting to slow. that's going to be the trend. even san jose is going to slow through the mountains. back to you. >> a bit of a grind this morning, anthony. we'll see you back in 20 minutes for another news update. for now we return you to the "today" show.

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we will get a great performance from flo rida in a few moments. >> if you are worried, we have a healthier version of pasta that you can make today. we are making spaghetti with turkey meatballs. >> also we check out a new car from brilliant young designer that goes a long way on a small amount of fuel. >> really smart kids on the plaza. first a check of the weather. >> in the northeast another chilly day, but elsewhere they are going to see a good threat of strong storms especially through oklahoma kansas and missouri. tornados are possible with wind gusts near 70. hail at least two inches in diameter with a very busy afternoon and evening.

we will see the threat spread to the east from the great lakes in texas, but it's in that zone in orange including eastern missouri and most of illinois where we can see the strongest storms again. as w 8:32. good wednesday morning to you. i'm meteorologist christina loren loren. that is the outer sunset district of san francisco where temperatures are going to end up in the 60s today. we've got a few lingering clouds out there. we're going to warm up considerably in the next couple of days into the 70s in san jose. mid 60s in san francisco. finishing off the week through sunday clouds increase. we might get a few showers. we'll have full details for you in just moments. >> that's your latest forecast.

>> thank you very much. she is at it again with her new movie called desert dancer. it's a true story of an iranian who risked his to form an underdog dance company. the only one with any real importance. >> don't worry about your technique. you don't have to think about it. >> of course i do. you told me that. >> you can spend your whole life trying to perfect your technique, but you only make a difference when you find your own secret language. that's when you start communicating. >> welcome back. it's nice to see you. >> thank you so much. >> happy to have you. we had a chance to see you last night and my immediate reaction is this is not one of the roles you do for the money. this speaks to you.

>> you do it because it's taken years off my life. it's a whole year of training. >> it's the story of artistic repression. a repressive iranian regime and the main character is a young man who fell in love with dance at an early age. >> you look at the global scenario it's not just iran. that's one of the reasons why i love taking on films like this. >> the teacher in the movie said basically in iran there two pair bell worlds where there rules and regulations and the other takes place behind closed doors.

>> what i knew about iran was a news channels give us or the media. i really didn't know about it. i come from india. we love dancing. it was alien to me. >> have you danced on camera like this before. i watched you dancing with flo rida. i did see that. this has to be intimidating. this is. i think one year is daunting. when we started off, we had three months. you never get it on time and you keep getting pushed further and further. >> what do you want people to think about after they see this movie? >> i think we should really question the subject of expression itself. freedom of expression. i will be free to express what we want to express or i will be

forced to do things because of a threatened regime or group of people want us to put it out that way. >> it's a beautiful movie. beautifully shot and acted. always good to have you here. >> thank you. >> desert dancer will be in select theater this is friday and open nationwide on april 17th. talented kids reshaping the future of the cars we drive. first, this is "today" on nbc.

. >> we are focusing on young innovators with concerns over energy and pollution. we start with a unique competition. the shell ecomarathon that urges

them to go further with less energy. we caught up with a group of students in north carolina who are rising to the challenge. speed is not necessarily the name of the game in this marathon. it's not a race to the finish line. it's a race to efficiency. 100 teams, roughly 1,000 competitors from high schools and universities will gather in detroit this weekend for the ecomarathon, a truly unique challenge to design build, and drive the ultimate energy efficient vehicle. >> this has been one of the best experiences of my life. you learn so much doing this. >> in greensboro north carolina students are putting the finishing touches on their entries. >> for the last five years, ricky lewis, an automotive instructor has been coaching teams in his free time. >> i feel like we win every time we go. part of the challenge is getting

there. when they show up for the competition, everybody's car looks different. >> everyone has the same rules, but not everyone has the same funding. many of his students come from modest means. there is no school funding for this after school club. limited sponsorship don't cover the $20,000 cost of the trip. >> the money part is the big challenge. >> he fronted some of his own money to make it happen. >> i get the phone calls about the credit card being up to the limit. >> ingenuity is the greatest resource. >> this is what we picked up on the side of the road. >> nearly everything is recycled. auto bodies make from lead crutches and walkers, transformed into vehicles that will be committed into two categories. prototype for maximum efficiency or urban concept, practical designs for the roads. >> did you put them on before.

>> a key adviser from the start. >> the biggest thing is the confidence. a lot of kids do not have opportunities that other families might have. >> they have seen students from around the world. they came to the united states from sudan two years ago. >> i want to be an energy. >> her goals are simple. joanna said on this team gender stereotypes are left at the door. >> ever since i was 3, i have been playing with cars. i love to go into mechanical engineering and i want to go to mit. >> they are learning so much more than how to build a car. >> teamwork you have to communicate with somebody else. >> they are involved with real world problem solving. >> and adventure and a unique race where getting to the starting line is considered a win. >> it does feel good when you see it take off.

>> we top the say good luck to our friends at dudley high school. we are joined by the winners of last year's ecomarathon. they are from sullivan indiana. nathan brandon and team adviser brandon small. best of luck to all of you. i will start with you. you have to put it in layman's terms. tell me what you are working on this year. >> we are competing and we brought two cars. the other is the urban concept that is a new car and the first year we will compete with them. >> we will see a live picture, but you started this out of your classroom eight years ago. what does it mean . well, you know we started this as just an educational tool so my students could apply

thinks they were learning in class, science, technology and math, to a real-world application, to a project. so you know the kids whenever you throw the word competition into it they get all excited. >> and you obviously get a trip to new york. that's not bad. has this been an exciting experience? >> yeah a great experience. i'm proud of everyone on the team. it's not just us four it's the entire team. >> and that is the point, brian and brandon, you make actually this work that's happening is the continuation of work that started eight years ago with this team right coach? >> this is an engineering competition. in the spirit of innovation we have started eight years ago, and every year we learn something more. that's how we become successful. >> you've been successful. we love seeing your creations there. good luck with the competition. by the way we're initiating our own contest to highlight

even more young inventors. we'll have more on that and introduce you to our special pan of judges. that's tomorrow on the show. coming up next a dieter's dream. we are cooking up healthy pasta, yes, joe bastianich says it exists. he's written a book but first this is "today" on nbc. you have rip awritten a book about it.

we are back with today's kitchen easy does it. joe bastianich is out to prove pasta can be healthy to eat. he's here with recipes from "healthy pasta." joe, good to see you. >> nice to see you, matt. >> what makes it healthy? >> how we feed or ingredients, and pasta is a super food all 500 calories or less. >> the reason you make them the ingredients used and the way you

cook it. >> we start with the holy trinity of italian food carrots, parsley, and onions and we're going to pulse that with -- so basically making a paste, a mire poix paste. >> and use it twice in this recipe? >> this is what it comes out looking like. to make the sauce, the first sauce. we cook it with olive oil, and add in the san mar sando tomatoes, once reduced, this is the water from the pasta. >> the pasta is cook already. al in oregano, some chili flakes. that's a lot. and then some salt. we let it cook and reduce. 20 minutes, a half hour under the right consistency. so now the mirepoix and -- p you guy the whole canned tomatoes

crush them with your hands. the second half of the goes into the meatballs, bread crumbs grande padano and one whole egg. >> you would do it with your hands? >> i am. >> but you don't want to make it dense. >> you don't want to overwork it. this is the finished product. >> that is ha been cooked? >> yes. you can't be a meatball denier. you have to have meatballs in your life. these are turkey meatballs, so they're good for you. 500 calories is not a lot. you think about it. one point of pasta, six servings even if you double it up you're under 1,000 calories and that's a huge portion of food. we're going to make meatballs, which is all about the love. you have to work it in there, and then you make the meatballs. i like them a bit smaller. you put them on a sheet pan.

we're not going to fry them. we're going to bake them. it doesn't take long. >> so therefore you're cutting down on calories. >> we're not frying anything. we're adding cheese at the very end. you could have these great ingredients, but it's a matter of when you put them in. >> you cooked the spaghetti ahead of time now you put that underneath -- you can use obviously other pastas. >> yeah. the meatball fin cooking in the sought themselves. >> how long? >> this is not science. as long as it takes. 5, 10 minutes? how many glasses of wine are you going to drink? it's all about drinking wine as you cook. you probably know that. >> you are a wine guy. >> we have some -- two super red wines, one from tuscany, and two red wines, this is the kind of foot that goes with a lighter red wine. perfect for this. perfect for drinking while cooking, drinking while serving and drinking while eaten. >> and perfect while eating a

00-calorie pasta spaghetti with turkey meatballs. thank you very much. coming up next going down for real. flo rida performing live. but first, this is "today" on nbc.

the hit flo rida cold 85 million singles and at it again a brand-new et called my house. >> always a place to be at my house. >> it is your house. it's a crowded house every time. we have people with a huge crowd in the studio. >> it's like wow. >> you have the new song and i think everybody has to know what it stands for. >> going down for real. >> i like the acoustic version. you have a knack for producing the hits. this one is no exception. >> this one is another fall to the ground. >> a hit record.

we'll let you play it with all the dancers. ♪ ♪ going down for real ♪ ♪ y'all know what it is ♪ ♪ it's going down for real ♪ ♪ >> you know who you came here to

see ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ i know what you came here to do. it's going down for real. it's going down for real. >> . >> put your hands up. no more make up. double entend re. i know what you came here to do ♪

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♪ it's going down for real ♪ ♪ this is the "today" show. ♪ ♪ it's going down for real ♪ >> flo rida thank you so much. my house. thank you. we will come back with kathie lee 8:56 right now. iechl kris sanchez. the release of a convicted sex offender will not happen after all. the residents held a meeting to voice their concerns about that plan. the judgment denied the placement of 51-year-old frazer smith into a home in fairfield because in part smith is a

convicted rapist whose victims were mostly teenage girls and it was too close to a college. drawing attention to other u.s. cities for this reason. a program that started to bring garden mobile toilets into the tenderloin four days a week. streets have been clooered ever since. now portland honolulu, new york they're launching similar particulars. we'll have more local news coming up.

>> the legendary alan alda stops by to talk about his new romantic role. a new look at the apple watch. adam levine gets a scare when a fan rushes him on stage. all that and more coming up now. >> this is today's take with al roker, natalie morales, willie geist and tamron hall live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> welcome to today, april 8th 2015. i'm willie geist with natalie morales and al is off today. al around alda is coming up and

flo rida just flied. going down for real. yesterday morning, we congratulate the blue devils. u-conn can do it twice as good. the women winning their tenth national title. he now tide john wooden, the great men's coach. he is 10-0 in title games and never lost. >> for the win. >> third in a row. we will say it again this morning, congratulations to u-conn, one of the great dynasties. >> such a good guy and they respect him so much. >> up in connecticut, congratulations. a big talk today. apple watch. >> the new watch. >> isn't that great? so fancy. >> there is a song about looking at my gucci, it's about that time.

looking at my apple. this is the new apple watch that is taking over the world. >> katie is here with a look. good morning. first of all, it looks cool. a lot of hype surrounding the watch. does it live up to the hype? >> it's fashion and function. they nailed it in the sense that it's a statement piece as much as a time piece. you can make calls with it and read e-mails and send texts with your voice. it's awesome, but again this is something that you want to wear. a number of different color band options and styles. it's all about personalization. they are not the first of the market, but they put that apple touch on it that makes you think they do a good job of creating

that. >> is it a one size thing? >> two sizes. this was recommended and the people who have risk. is this a 38. the 42 is too big for me so it's in terms of size options. it's what i call the ben and jerry's effect. from a leather to a sport that i am wearing. >> rose gold if you want to pay $17,000. >> that's the one you wanted. you are crazy. >> we look at the different versions. that's cute. click. of course i picked the $17,000 one. >> dylan is calling. i will go ahead and answer. >> i am embarrassed. >> how you actually answer, i will go ahead and get the incoming call. like the iphone and i talk into the watch. never answered more texts or phone calls while in the

bathroom. >> everybody can hear your conversation. >> it's actually a good quality. you sound like you are talking on a regular phone. not like your watch. >> everyone can hear your phone conversation. >> you pick up and answer on the watch. you have an opportunity to answer on the phone too. >> you have a call. >> you talk about the limitations. you have to have an iphone. >> that's correct. if you are adamant about tracking your sleep, there is no sleep tracking capability. it's not water proof. you don't go out on a rainy day. you want to make sure you don't get it water logged. it's water resistant, not water proof. after it's a big deal. a limited number that is not even on the market. that will be resolved. and it has a price point. it starts at 3:49 but apple

does a great job of making you feel like you have the latest gadget. >> i was with someone last night who has the watch. >> already? >> i said take me through why i need it? it's quick interaction. you are not composing e-mails on your watch, but his wife for example, texted him while she had to take the kids to the doctor and he spoke into his phone. i'm so sorry i will call you when i'm done. quick interface. >> i was at a business interview and i being looked down and i saw a message and i knew everything was okay and i didn't have to dig for the phone in my purse. >> i company allows you to rent them for sometime? >> if you are not ready to make the commitment, a lot of you rent it for a week and it starts at $45. the final percent.

>> speaking of fancy, we talk about who is fancy. this new artist had a song called goodbye. i don't know if we have that song. everybody was guessing, we played it for you. we had all these different versions of what seemed to be the music video. a lot of you at home chimed in and said you thought it sounded like mio coming back with a new look on the scene. none of those videos feature the artist and it remained a mystery until last night on the tonight show. look at how they reveal who fancy is.

>> it's not myo. >> it's jake. justin bieber and a lot of team in have a great voice. >> they are hosting their first ever bring your own cup day. what does that mean? on saturday, all of us together will head over to the mere 7-11. you can bring a jar, a beaker, a

bowl. anything. you can bring buckets. all you need is that and $1.49 and they will fill your drink with your bucket of hope. it must fill into a diameter of a slurpee. just making sure. participating locations. i can't believe i'm asking this of you. >> it's the opening. you can get the ten-inch opening and have a giant bag. it's as far as your imagination can take you. i remember the 7-11 commercial. remember that?

>> and the snickers. no germs there. >> this is saturday between 11:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. you cannot bring a garbage bag. i was told you can do a leave bag. >> they said the diameter. >> you can make a device. >> send us a picture of your biggest cup that you are bringing on saturday. >> that's the movie theater. >> that's my favorite. >> pretty cool. i will get emotional here. what you may not know about me because we tell everything on the show i have a nickname. what is it? >> the prom whisperer?

>> that's my nickname. i wander around finding young children to make their prom dreams come true. this is all made up. i went to the prom with my best friend, tyson in which i wore a scarlet o harrah ensemble. i want every kid to have a happy prom. this was me. i met young taylor anderson from twin fall idaho and he was outside on the plaza. what did you say? >> i want to ask my girlfriend to prom. mariah. >> is she watching? you sure she will say yes? >> yes. >> for how long? >> two years. >> we are waiting for mariah to call in. have you practiced? >> i have. i have. you nervous? >> yeah. >> let me see your hands. do you have advice for young taylor. >> his hands look pretty steady.

>> he has been going out with her for two years. what do you think he should say. what is the line that wins you over? >> honey, baby, will you go to prom with me. >> dark natalie. real natalie. >> i think just being here. obviously he has been dating her for a long time. >> take it up a notch. >> you know what you want to wear? >> i got my stuff picked out. >> sounds nice. we hope to have mariah. stick around and we hope to have her on the phone. it's going down. >> it's going down for real. >> for real. >> dylan, over to you. >> you can't forget the fr. for real. >> we have a severe thunderstorm watch and we have this front especially this afternoon and evening across oklahoma, kansas and most of missouri. we will see the strongest storms

and could produce wind gusts in excess of 70 miles per hour from abilene, texas. we could see the storms that could produce torrential downpours. it's in this orange area into st. louis where we could see tornados develop. tomorrow the same threat. i 9:12. good wednesday morning to you. i'm meteorologist christina loren showing you the radar. dry as a bone at this point, but we still have a few light showers expected as we head throughout the next couple of hours. by the end of the day, mostly sunny. 65 on peninsula. 46 on the east shore and 65 in the try valley today. getting into tomorrow we'll trade the 60s for 70s especially in san jose and then by the weekend the clouds increase. more on that in just moments.

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>> alan alda is here with us. good to see you. >> you started to cry. you should see later in the movie. you really will cry. if you can't make them laugh, you can make them cry. i'm in. >> romantic. you have been married how long? >> 58 years. you the romantic love letter type? >> i probably wrote arlene a love letter once or twice, but i can't remember. you know what i love, arlene gives me a birthday card every year. she changes the date and puts today's date on it. it's last year's card.

. i love your love story. almost six decades with arlene. you talk about the first time you knew she was the one. i believe it was the first time you met, maybe? there was a rum cake? >> yeah the hostess of the evening had made a rum cake she put it on the refrigerator to cool, and the refrigerator shook, it is cake fell off and hit the floor. arlene and i were the only two people who went in with spoons and ate it off the floor. >> you knee she was the one? >> that's how you know. two people who eat a cake off the floor, that's it. all the this matchmaking on the internet, they ask a lot of questions -- just toss a cake on the floor, see who goes for it. >> that puts it all in perspective. you play ira a 90-plus years old man. >> yeah. >> you're not even close -- >> no i'm not close to that. >> it was a challenge for you. >> it kind of was. what's fun is acting is to try to see if you can do something

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good morning. it's 9:26. i'm kris sanchez. a developing story in the south bay where police are now saying the deadly shooting of a woman last night on a busy san jose street was not random. it happened around 10:00 last night. witnesses say the woman was shot while she was in a car, but then died on the street. police say investigators later recovered the car. so far, though, they're not saying anything about possible expects. >> happening today, state lawmakers will hold their first debate on the measure to ban california families from opting out of vaccinations for their children. berkeley city council members held their own vote supporting the ban saying general health is more important than personal choice. you might have missed it but

start thissing this year b.a.r.t. riders will have to dig deeper to start getting aaround. quietly questioned they impose add 3% hike across the board. that's a gradual hike rolling out every other year through 2020. starting next week b.a.r.t. will allow people to give their feedback on that plan. we have a look at weather and traffic coming up for your right after the break. it's back! xfinity watchathon week. the biggest week in television history. it's your all-access binge-watching pass to tv's hottest shows free with xfinity on demand. xfinity watchathon week. now through april 12th. perfect for people who really love tv.

welcome back. meteorologist christina loren. your temperatures today feeling warmer than yesterday by a good 5 to 10 degrees. in some cases getting into this afternoon you will notice the sun coming out. you will notice clouds and a little drizzle. 70s by tomorrow into the weekend. kind of an unsettled region just to our north. you'll find a little bit of drizzle each morning. overall a pleasant spring weekend coming your way. here's anthony with your morning drive. >> not so pleasant this morning. the fremont area you can see on

880 still very stop and go coming through here. there was an accident about ten minutes ago at thornton avenue. that's why you have a backup here. let's switch over to the minneapolis. there's the accident. al there's the dumbarton bridge. same with san mateo bridge. starting toive prove. 101 still slow but it does i prove. back to you. >> all right. we have more local news coming up for you in just a half houfrmt hope your day is off to a good start.

. taking a look at the headlines a chemical that may be in popular weight loss and work out supplements. canadian officials say it's almost identical to the still land a.m. fed mean and they call it a serious health risk. they said their own review of supplements containing the chemical known as bmtea finds now specific safety concern at this time, some want the fda to take another look. researchers are suggesting physical therapy may be as effective as surgery in treating spinal ste noesz in the lower back. patient who is had undergone spinal decompression surgery and those who had physical therapy

after ten weeks both groups had the same level of pain relief and physical function. if you are looking for discounts this month consumer reports has advice on where to look. sales have begun on spring clothing with retailers wanting to make more room for summer merchandise. it's a good time to shop for a digital camera and they remind to you do your research first. they say you can find sales on computers and both desk tops and laptops. april is a good time to find deals on lawn mowers. let's get another check of the weather once again. >> thanks, natalie. we are looking at the chance of record breaking hate down across the southeast. we are looking for atlanta's old record was 85 degrees in the forecast. we continue down to the gulf coast state and 30s and 40s, that's it. only 40s and 50s. we have a chance of strong storms from texas to western

ohio and it's this area in orange from western illinois into parts of oklahoma where we could see a severe weather outbreak that includes large hail damaging wind and isolated tornados. tomorrow that is going to spread further to the east. widespread thunderstorms and missouri and illinois tomorrow will be under the 9:32. good wednesday morning to you. i'm meteorologist christina loren. starting to see the sky over clear moon bay. getting nice. temperatures are going to be comfortable into the mid-60s. in your inland valley spots just about 65 degrees for the entire bay area. 70 to 71 degrees for san jose getting into your thursday and friday. then by this weekend clouds will increase, a little bit of drizzle expected this morning but comfortable spring weather in the afternoon. >> that's your latest forecast.

>> thank you. time to raise your mug. it is wednesday. is it healthy or is that thursday? it is the wednesday edition. we start off with adam levine. maroon five front man in anaheim, california. a fan rushes the stage and tried to give the one-time kiss. security gets her out and he admitted he was terrified. he told the crowd that the fan cut his ear with her finger nail. frightening. >> he is performing and gently turned her towards security. >> scary there. get ready for star studded caddies. he said he will not only play in the master contest for the 50 time since 2004, but charlie

will be his caddy. the 6-year-old was at practice. girlfriend lindsay von was there with his dad who later passed away. he said he came full circle having his children there. as for rory mcillroy, he is going different. he selected 1 d number naill horan. he is looking forward to spending a lit of time with him up there tomorrow. you and other one direction fans will love this moment. if you can pick a dream caddy who would it be? >> harry styles. >> duh. >> tiger woods. i will go with someone who knows the game. >> madonna returns to the cover of cosmopolitan after 25 years.

she is still as outspoken as she was then. the 56-year-old star made four different covers for the magazine's 50th anniversary and posed for the 25th anniversary issue back in the good old days of 1990. inside the mag, she said the world hasn't changed much since being called into society. i had people giving me a hard time because i didn't think you could be sexual or have sensuality in your work or be intelligent at the same time. the fight never ended. she dropped details about working with kanye west on the latest album, calling it a little bit of a bullfight. i would say. while they did not agree on everything and madonna and kanye.

>> the thoughts in my head right now. amazing. could it be that jennifer lopez and her ex-are back together again? the speculation about their reunion has been running rampant two weeks ago on the set of "american idol." the 28-year-old posted a video to an instapage with the caption look who i found on the beach. watch. >> what are you doing some. >> passing you. >> you can't pass me. >> j-lo said i'm single right now. they are in love. i think so. i think she hates the negative attention they received and people are just going to dive into your personal life. you don't go bike riding with

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it has a smoke to it but not too much. >> you said bacon al roker went -- >> we will render it down until it's crisp. i love the spiced ketchup. is that kid friendly? >> yes, but it has more ingredients to it. so we get to a great ketchup and the pan has spice to it. we take this vegetable and we will fold that into the meat. what we have is ground beef and pork. if you want just beef, it's fine. you mix the two together. >> why do you like that combo? >> it's a better texture and it's more balanced. i like the roundness of the flavors. we need to add this to help me out here. >> have you nod heard?

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senors. the performer passed away more than two years ago in a tragic plane crash at the age of 43, leaving her fans and family mourning her untimely death. her oldest father has tons of fans of her own and social media followers is with us and has a book called forgiveness and the spanish version is number on amazon and the spanish and english version on i books. good morning to you. a lot of people are waiting for this book. >> they are and it's doing really well. i'm so thankful and grateful. >> it had to be hard to write because it deals with forgiveness. a lot that you reveal in this book starting with your relationship with your mom. >> it was difficult, but very healing. i wanted more than anything to write this for myself and also for people out there that have lived the same experiences. it's so important and crucial.

it's central to forgive. it gives you the wings to fly and feel free of old baggage. >> such a great message. you have been through so much. tell me about your relationship with your mother, jenny. what was she like? >> she was my husband, i was the wife. we were business partners. so much. we were like so close. to me she is still here. we did have a falling out and a lot of things were said. i wanted to set record straight in this book. i was accused of sleeping with her husband. after losing your mom, it's something like you have to kind of -- i feel like as a woman and for me, i needed to set the story straight and tell exactly what happened. the tabloids can really destroy a lot of things and didn't want them to destroy the beautiful relationship my mom and i still

have. >> you write about in the book i know my mother is not here to respond to my comments and i love her and this is in no way an attack on her. >> i love my mother so much and i want everyone to see that. it's so important that the world knows we went through so much together, it's not fair that outside people are going to come in and try to destroy that. with that, i obviously touched on that subject. it's so much more. it's my journey to forgive. >> forgiveness as well for your father who sexually abused you when you were all of 8 years old. he is now in prison for that. you have come to forgive him? >> absolutely. he never asked for forgiveness, but i have forgiven him because it's taboo in our community and it needs to be spoken about to stop happening. >> it's a fascinating read. this is "today" on nbc.

>> going to the prom you have this cute sign for your date. it says -- >> i'm in the city that never sleeps, but i still dream us at prom. will you go? >> this is to mariah, your girlfriend. we built this mariah will you go to the prom with me. it is around 6:00 a.m. in the morning. she was asleep and we were trying to reach her. have we awakened her? >> good morning, sunshine? you awake sunshine? are you kidding? we are working on the

connection. the word on the street is that she is nearby, at least we are working on it. >> okay. >> this is killing me. i'm about to pass out. willie?

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he escaped last month after he attacked a deputy while getting a medical chechlkt at the time he was in custody on suspicion of child molestation. deputies arrested hiborough in the days after the escape, charged him with helping out and they have indeed now caught mr. carter. well, want to get away to dallas? flyers in the south bay have a new option thanks to southwest. starting today, the airline launches nonstop service between southwestnd they have a heart on the side of their plane. to celebrate they're hosting a big party. let's check your weather this morning. >> thank you, scott. temperatures today in the mid-60s with clouds clearing. we'll see a few light showers at least up till lunchtime. a few showers and sunshine this afternoon. warming trend kicks in late this week. temperatures into the 70s. then as we head throughout the

weekend, unsettled weather. we have precipitation. i'll have the latest for you. right now we want to check your drive. here's anthony slaughter. >> things are still slow. this is the toll bridge. you can see. top and go. coming through emeryville things are moving there. you can see a little bit of yellow coming through berkeley and emeryville. not all that bad. we have a couple of accidents being cleared from the road. 880 from thornton and the dumbarton bridge, same with the toll plaza. not creating any problems. one creating problems in the south bay now, 237 stop and go approaching as the monday. back to you. >> thanks. we'll have another local news update for you in a half hour. we'll see you then.

from nbc news this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> hello, everybody. it's one of our favorite dys it's wines day wednesday, it's april 8th and look who we've got, hand delivering our wine today. >> this doesn't happen every day. >> look at the butler. >> i thought it would be nice. >> alan, thank you. >> the legend. >> we deliver. >> i was telling him earlier this morning how much i loved the new movie. >> thank you very much. i know, it made you cry. >> i cried my eyes out. so much reminds me of you and

your wife and the marriage that you all have had. >> thank you. >> people were interviewing us last week, everyone who came in said how they cried but one woman cried during the interview. yeah. >> that was strange. >> have you ever seen that before? >> oh my god. >> aftershock. >> it does. >> you go to buy a newspaper. congratulations on your wine. >> by the way, you haven't tasted the white. >> take a sip of the white, it's so worth it. this wine is the best stuff. how do you like that stuff? >> very good, so i'll have a case. >> i'm delivering it to you. >> thank you. >> alan, congratulations on the movie, baby, it's fantastic. >> love it so much, thank you. >> and, i really did love this movie. alan broke my heart. >> and i really did love the wine too.

you go to these things not knowing what to expect. i didn't know alan was in it. and there he was. >> one of the finest actors alive where he's a national treasure. >> he certainly is. we have a big show today. >> we do. >> young stars of that movie are going to be on with us tomorrow. >> look forward to seeing them. everybody is excited because flo rida is in the house. he's an instant joy, new cd and new song. >> he's going to do one for us. >> yes, he's going to spend the whole hour. >> he'll be on my radio show. we're busy with flo rida. >> does he know you're in love with him today? >> i walked downstairs, hair, soaking wet and he looked frightened i didn't care, because i was happy. >> he does make everybody happy. >> and the lovely and talented, we haven't seen this film, but look at that. she's in a new one called desert

dancer. >> it's amazing. >> oh gosh. >> i can't wait to talk to her about that. >> the power of dance. >> do you know what today is? first of all, it is lovely lilliana's luxe -- >> luxury -- >> yes -- >> luxe for less. >> and also birthdays. >> we didn't know that either. >> we didn't know, we got him a cake, delivered it. >> he wanted wine. the man wants wine. it's on its way to you. >> hello lilliana. >> every wednesday you play a game with us. >> we do, okay so today's game is guess the price. we've been asking you to guess the item. hoda, will you stand up and show us your lovely dress. >> okay. the trend we're talking about today geometric. super cute. guess the price on this dress on the facebook page, and kathie you're wearing a gorgeous bracelet. so cute. >> i didn't know which way to wear it. >> i like it up, you see the

bold detail. you can make it up. >> okay. >> go to the facebook page and guess. >> and how much they are. >> hints, under $50. >> under 50? >> yeah. >> frugal too. >> i want to know whose dress you're wearing. >> amazon fashion. how crazy is that? >> one shoulder. >> yeah i love the one shoulder. we have amazon fashion. eyelashes there and now my dresses there. >> wow. >> all right, thank you. >> would you like words of wisdom? >> yeah, here it goes. >> doesn't matter if the glass is half empty or half full, be thankful you have a glass and grateful that there's something in it. >> awesome. >> perfect. >> and it's my mother's favorite poet anon. >> she's the best. >> he or her? >> i think it's a he. >> okay. >> we have a shoutout at our hometown paper here, daily news, which was very nice of them. we have two big dots yesterday. >> we were awfully friendly.

>> anyway, celebrating our seventh anniversary. >> that was fun. >> and that was my yellow. apparently, lift it up, that's the color you wear on a seventh anniversary. ellen and matt has been going at it. they have started a prank war with matt. "today" show fans are getting in on the prank. >> yes. >> so this is a poster that a fan held out on the plaza. this is what it read. ellen sent me to spank matt lauer. >> okay. everybody thought it was very clever of ellen. >> hysterical, except ellen saw the sign and said she didn't realize assign that. >> maybe it was a person named ellen, but maybe not our ellen. she decided to challenge her viewers take a look. >> let me be clear, i did not send that woman. but she had a good idea. so if you want to go to the "today" show with a sign for matt, i came up with this one right here. it says ellen sent me to find matt lauer's tickle spot.

you can go on our website, print it out, and you have a copy of that. make it larger than what you're printing out probably, and go to the 30 rockefeller plaza new york new york. and hold it up, and the more people we see doing that then i'll have more things for you to go and hold that up as well. >> oh my gosh. >> he's mortified. >> he's going to die. >> he's not going to like that. >> he's a germaphobe. >> who knows where his tickle spot is. people will do what ellen. i have a good idea, who knows for sure. >> you do know? >> i think most of us have an idea. >> anybody who's been in the dressing room with him knows. all right. we did tell you about the lucille ball statue. we showed you on monday. >> beautiful woman. >> in her home state of new york, here's what the statue looked like. a little frightening. all right. >> that's the strangest

hairline, and everything is off. >> it's terrible. >> bottle of vegetables, that's how you know it's her. >> the mayor agreed there should be a new sculpture. >> i feel bad for the original sculpture. >> who gives a death threat because of a bad statue? >> i don't know, but somebody threatened the guy. >> they're going to fix this for less than ten grand. they started a kick starter fund, and it may just fix the head and leave the body who knows. >> i don't know. came in well either way. we're sorry. >> people do go crazy about ridiculous stuff in terms, statue does not look good, but to give a death threat to the person, not good. >> not good. julia, and you guys know her faults. >> she is funny. >> she cut her hair, she changed her hair dramatically for this

season. >> yeah. >> her character. >> he's not the president. she had to have a power hairdo. i still think that's a wig. maybe she cut it. anyway, she talked about -- >> it is a wig. >> she talked about how people were fascinated and judgmental they were about her hair. men don't get that stuff women, you cut your hair and it's a whole situation. >> i think it's cute. >> i think she looks adorable. >> wasn't he funny yesterday? >> so funny. i do think there is a deal with women and their hair. it's a double standard. it's always going to be a double standard. >> more than a change. much more scrutiny. >> first of all, men look like they look. >> trim it shave, it's the same. when i was in local news, they all wanted everyone to get the anchor haircut so that everybody looked alike, that doesn't make sense. >> take it seriously. long you're not taken seriously. there is hoda. >> yes. >> that is what they wanted?

what year was that? >> that could work. that took a lot of work. that looked like the old oprah hair. >> yeah. >> yes. >> uh-huh. >> and boy, that was a great hair day. i was like it's working. feels good. >> put it back up again please jimmy. look at the way your co-worker is looking at you. >> is that your hair? >> that was a big day. >> okay. all right. we want to tell you a story that'll really make you happy. this is about paying it forward. there's a gentleman named kevin purd. he loved one of his teachers and wanted to track her down. a couple years. he loved her. he was her co-ed food teacher. couldn't find her changed her name. he finally found her. she called her to say how much she appreciated her.

>> can you imagine how flattered she was? called me after all these years. that was enough, bye bye. >> two days later, goes hadder to mailbox, in it is a handwritten letter. >> in there also were $10,000 check. >> yes. >> she had to spend the money on herself. now this is this is not a rich man. he's 56 years old, father of four, works in construction distribution. >> oh my gosh. >> sending checks to former teachers since 1992. >> what a great thing. >> i think that is lovely. did you have a teacher that made a huge difference in your life? >> i love mrs. rosebrock. everyone loved her, one of the creative teachers who took you outside to do work, and one time showed up and didn't say a word. you watched her and weren't sure. everything was, she was way ahead of her time. and she didn't last long in the school because she wasn't a curriculum person. >> right. >> how about you?

>> many teachers that i loved and wonderful to me. one that changed my life was when i was a senior, early, and she's got married and i can't remember her last name anymore. i'm so sorry. she says that i should go into the america's junior miss pageant nobody did that. it was the most uncool thing you should do. she was my english teacher. if you don't do it, i'll flunk you. and i did it. >> did it, and it changed your life. >> it sure did. yep yep, yep it did. anyway, it is national couple appreciation month, what's that got to do with it? >> we're going to celebrate. with who knew. >> should be national teach every appreciation month too. >> it should be. >> who knew, you know who's here, one of the biggest rappers nicest guys around. >> he is a sweetheart. >> flo rida. today, i'm going to fight hunger. today, i don't want to be hungry.

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flo rida has sold 85 million singles worldwide. >> i thought it was 50 million. >> now they have upped it. the star is out with a brand new cd my house he's here with us in hour house. which is also your house because you're always here. >> one of the best smelling men in the world, isn't he? >> thank you. >> i want to tell you, when you show up at the "today" show. people have a reaction. like your assistant chrissy, right when you start singing, people run up because they want to feel that energy and that light. >> yeah. >> i mean and you cross all kinds of boundaries, don't you? >> yeah, definitely owe it to growing up in miami florida, different cultures. beautiful women, hot beaches. >> uh-huh. >> life is good for mr. floe. >> yes. >> it's so cool, when you drop an album you wonder how it'll

do. one of the singles went platinum. >> it's going crazy. >> gdfr which stands for -- >> going down for real. ♪ >> oh yeah, do you feel it? >> i can feel it. look at christie. >> that's what it is. do you know when gdfr you knew that was going to be a hit right away? >> immediately. definitely. actually saying going down for real. we were in debate about that. >> can i ask you something, what does it mean? >> for real? live right here? >> yeah. >> yeah, i'm authentic. >> okay. >> why did you write a song

called i'm authentic? >> i'm authentic. >> she doesn't like rap music, but i like you. i love you. >> don't you think? >> one sweet person. >> what am i doing over here? >> it's all love. >> it's all love. >> now, we were with you -- what'd you say? >> oh yeah, that would have been something. >> oh. anybody got a twizzler? anything? >> remember we were in l.a. -- we might have a little clip of this. let's see the hold days. ♪ >> singing. i sing well, all right. >> wow, hoda.

wow. >> bad in your mind's eye when you're up on stage with flo rida, it's the best moment ever. when you realize you're really singing, not so great. >> you did amazing. >> we did? >> yes. >> how's your social life? how's the other part of your life? >> for the most part i love different things, i'm at home, but most of the time i'm out on the road. that's far enough. you know start out with this. >> so you haven't found the right person yet so until you do -- >> patience is what got me here. i have to be patient. >> so many women in your family, right, six sisters you have? >> seven sisters. >> seven sisters. and a mother who bore all those children. >> all of us. >> everyone doing well? >> everyone's doing excellent, thank you, jesus. >> we love you, flo. >> he's going to sing a song in a little bit. >> yep yep. >> uh-oh. >> i'm going to trade places

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nothing like the disappointed kathie lee's face. >> i waited, point me again -- >> i waited patiently. did i not? >> you look good. >> we all got the memo. >> we're all wearing monica dresses. >> we love with judy gold is here and if you are headed to new york any time soon, catch judy's new show, it's called clifton the musical. who do you play? >> eleanor roosevelt. >> of course you do. >> right there. >> eleanor come on. and what else? >> and i play linda tripp, the two most attractive women. >> you were flattered. >> i can't believe how fat i look. >> you know. >> such fun. >> it's is fun. it's a great story. it's hilarious. >> who plays clinton? >> tom -- >> memorize the name. >> galantic. there's two bill clintons, it's

the story how there's two of them. >> oh. >> william jefferson. >> and billy. >> it's such a great, you couldn't write a better story. >> couldn't make it up, right? >> exactly, and the characters are so rich. and it's unapologetically kathie. >> you you cannot overact. it's so funny the ensemble is great. >> do you sing? >> yes, i do. >> sing a little diddly for us. >> what would the script say? >> linda tripp, linda tripp owns a christmas store in virginia if her german -- yes. linda tripp would sing -- ♪ do you see what i see ♪ god, isn't that terrific? eleanor has a whole big number with terry butler. >> what does she sing? ♪ you can't foresee how strong you should be until you put them

in hot water ♪ >> but she was not -- she had that like affect. i'm madonna okay. i am the new madonna. if you listen to her speak, she is like that. >> judy in -- >> you will laugh your -- off. >> who's hotter news? >> you know what, in the next week it'll be like, who? >> you're on for a crowd this big your everyday dishes will only go so far. literally. you had to go deep into the cupboard. embarrassingly deep. can this mismatched mess be conquered... by a little bit of dish liquid? it can if it's dawn ultra. now even more concentrated... just one bottle has the grease cleaning power of two bottles of this other liquid. here's to the over extended family gathering.

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looking at this situation on bass cam avenue. where a woman was shot this morning. bob redell is checking out the latest. he'll have all the details in our 11:00 news. a woman shot and pushed out of the car. a lot of news coming up at 11:00. we'll take a look at the traffic as well. this is a ma about who escaped custody. a sheriff's department will be looking into how he was able to make his way to mississippi. lots of news coming up. in the meantime we'll have weather and traffic coming up after the break.

. welcome back. i'm meteorologist cy tina loren. a few showers will remain in the forecast at least until about noon today. getting into this afternoon, looking comfortable but not as warm as where we're headed. warming trend starts to kick in. we have an unsettled weather paper. i'm going to tell you all about that and what's happening across the bay area at 11:00. right now we want to check your drive. here's anthony slaughter. >> thank you, christina. we want to show you what's approaching at the bay bridge. you can see things are starting to improve just a little bit. we have some slowing there. coming toward the east bay, toward mission boulevard, there was an accident there. the dumbarton bridge and the san mateo bridge. as we show you there, stepping outside, things are a little bit slow from time to time. but, again, it's just slow approaching the toll plaza there. back to you.

>> anthony thanks. big changes ahead. the way we 'protect our children from disease. novak nation, no school. we'll have more. back at 11:00. we've had such an eventful show so far. we're back with more tips and we play the game who knew? since april is couple's appreciation month, we have questions lined up for our favorite couples real life and fictional. kathie lee is next door and ready to hand out of play $100 for those who get the questions right and for those who don't, they get the wonderful cd. here to help me out in studio is editor in the chief of "the knot." are you ready to play? >> yes. >> all right. we're ready for you. >> lovely lady visiting from north carolina. ben affleck and jennifer garner met on the set of which movie? >> i don't know.

b. >> buzzer. >> she gets a lovely -- everyone has a story. isn't that sweet? the correct answer is "daredevil." >> that's right. >> i didn't know that. >> the movie might not have been a major success but the marriage was. they're celebrating their ten-year anniversary in june. >> such a cute couple. over to you. >> talk about a cute couple. look at them. they're from tulsa. okay, which movie did president obama take the first lady to on their first date? "american president," "back to the future ii" or "do the right thing"? >> oh, my goodness. i'm going to say b. [ buzzer ] >> they wanted this! >> allegedly. all right. the correct answer "do the right thing." >> absolutely. that was their first date three years later they got married. >> all right. back across the street. >> i have to give them a different cd. they don't have little kids. >> we're from florida. >> okay. good. which of the following songs did

tim mcgraw and his faith hill perform together? >> c, "my best friend." [ buzzer ] >> yea! >> the correct answer is "i need you." >> exactly. really sweet. great first dance song for weddings, too. >> i like her new hair cut. it's not so new. short hair is cute on her. >> okay. i'm sorry, i'm a little busy here. who is next? where are you from sir? you? >> yeah. >> fredericksburg texas. >> which of the following on screen couples have only played a couple in one major film tom hanks and meg ryan matthew mcconaughey and kate hudson or ryan goss ling and rachael mcgowen? >> a. >> i like the way you said it. a. >> with a lot of confidence. all right. the correct answer in this one is ryan goss ling and rachael mcadam. >> yes. and the movie was "the

notebook." big iconic romantic movie. >> okay. over to you, kathie lee. >> where are you from? okay, here is yours. which of the following professional athletes married another professional athlete? andre agassi peyton manning, or carmelo anthony? >> c. >> no, it'skathy is running out of cds. the correct answer of course andre agassi. >> and stephanie mcgraph. they both tennis players. they've been married for a decade, have a couple kids. it is oftentimes you see the celebrity couple that's are also athletes and, like tiger woods with lindsey vonn. >> his tennis game turned around when he got with steffi graf. one more. >> beautiful california ladies the out of the eight times that he liz beth taylor was married, how many times did she marry richard burton? zero time two times or three times? >> two.

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the beautiful freida pinto, first burst on to the scene as one of the breakout stars of the oscar-winning star slum dog millionaire. now she's appearing in a new movie called desert dancer which follows the true story of an iranian dancer who risked the life to form an underground dance company. she's one of the members who at one point explains what dancing is truly all about. take a look. >> dance can be anything just waving good-bye or sitting down to pray, or raising your fist in the air because you believe in something. you taught me that. >> aw. >> this movie looks unbelievable. hoda and i just wanted pieces of it that they sent over to us,

and we wereson sobbing. >> they're making more movies these days. go fast blow it up or human interest stories. and this is based on a true story. >> this is based on a true story. a true story that i can did not know of. whatever you hear about iran or the regime or, you know, just freedom of expression is all through news channels and version of the actual story, but to actually hear what the story is all about from the circumstantial is phenomenal to be a part of a film like this. >> it's an illegal dance group basically. >> you're not allowed to dance at all in their society, right? >> at least not what they are trying to do as well. i mean, there's a -- >> that kind of excitement. >> you, i would imagine watching this, i didn't know freida is of a dancer. is freida a dancer? >> darn good actress. >> acted like she's a dancer.

>> i'm actually quite happy when i saw the final piece because i go, that's one year of training, if i had 30 years of training i feel like it would have been so much easier. >> how much training did you have to do? >> about four hours a day, six hours a day, for the last six months was eight hours a day. >> "dancing with the stars," you'll nail it next time. >> you're dancing in the desert which looks strenuous. >> it is because you don't realize how much more difficult this is not dancing on a flat surface. and they try to throw boards under the sand, so it made it worse. we were kind of bansing off planks, and it didn't feel natural right. >> and morocco. >> yeah. it was meant to be the better time of the year it still gets hot, it's the desert. >> what do you hope people will take from the movie? i think a lot of people probably don't know how oppressive it was at the time this was filmed. >> it's such a global subject

matter as well. you know, we talk about "charlie hebdo," things that happen in india film gets banned, and or things that happened here in america. and really the obsession of freedom of expression is a universal subject. and so i really hope that people watch a film like this, it starts a conversation. and i really also hope that we don't incriminate a certain country, oh that happens in iran, this doesn't happen in my part of the world. you need to take a look at what's happening in my own world. >> any time you try stop something natural. look at a baby we're supposed to dance. >> right. >> right expression and joyous to your creator. >> thank you. >> you're so beautiful by the way. >> isn't she? not allowed to come back, okay. >> get over it okay. zblb t-shirt or something. >> you would. >> don't ask.

no. no you don't want to do it. >> i love a challenge. bring it on. bring it on. what do i have to do? >> put it in your mouth. >> oh no. freida freida, this is a mistake. >> did you ever see lady in the tramp? i'm the tramp. >> select theaters this friday. nationally on april 17th. >> most of it. >> i just made you two. get ready to bust a move, special performance by flo rida. >> right after this. the tramp. oh, i love game night. ooh, it's a house and a car! so far, you're horrible at this, flo. yeah, no talent for drawing, flo. house! car! oh, raise the roof! no one? remember when we used to raise the roof, diane? oh, quiet, richard i'm trying to make sense of flo's terrible drawing. i'll draw the pants off that thing. oh, oh, hats on hamburgers! dancing! drive-in movie theater!

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we're back with lilliana and our weekly segment, luxe for less. we veal that lilliana had dressed hoda in a dress, that one, and me in a cuff, this one. we asked you to post on facebook and guess how much they were. we gave them a benchmark, everything's under 50 schz surprising to me.

what is the verdict? >> are we ready for the prices? hoda, on your dress it is $49.99 from marshalls. we love it. so cute. shocked. >> $49.99. >> one penny. >> and kathie, this fabulous bracelet is $19.99 from showdazzle.com. so cute. and we have the great finds here. this are $7 from walmart.com. >> wow. >> so cute. all under 50 bucks. >> terrific. >> quite the adventure today, we played the twizzler challenge a few times. >> oh yeah. >> i was waiting. >> he did give it to you. >> yeah, he did. >> then there's more, judy. >> oh my god. freida pinto. >> well, and we didn't to want leave lilliana out it wouldn't be fair. we're going to go for a two-fer

on this one. >> oh yeah, girls gone wild. >> uh-huh. >> anyway, tomorrow scott eastwood, robertson from the longest ride. >> you need lipstick. we'll be back everybody see you tomorrow. >> that's what you get lilliana.

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the breaking news is going on in boston. a live picture this morning of the courthouse. we're awaiting a verdict in the boston marathon bombing trial. you're looking at the courthouse in boston. dzhokhar tsarnaev faces 30 separate counts related to the bombing. this was the second day of deliberations. good morning, everyone. i'm scott mcgrew. >> good morning. i'm kris sanchez. we should tell you we're expecting an nc special report out of new york this morning. as we mentioned, the jury deliberating for two days however, a lot of analysts saying the true test is not whether or not he