peninsula. we're on heading over toward 101. >> we're back at 7:25 with a local news update for you. >> have a great day. good morning. germanwings plane in france. investigators revealing he set instruments for a controlled descent five times on his previous flight. we're live with the latest. terror connection? law enforcement officials combing deeper into the backgrounds of the two gunmen who attacked that prophet muhammad cartoon contest. were they really involved with isis or just inspired by the terror group? nbc news exclusive. the new york city police officer attacked by a man with an ax speaks out about his ordeal and remarkable recovery. >> i didn't think i was going to live. >> why he says he's committed to

returning to the force. and playground scare. without warning, a huge tree falls down on top of a group of children. two of them injured. that park shut down today, wednesday, may 6th, 2015. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with matt lauer and savannah guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. and good morning, everyone. welcome to "today." 7:00 on a wednesday morning out on the west coast. and as we welcome savannah back from australia, we welcome you back with some really disturbing overnight news. >> yeah, and it's just come out this morning. it's our top story, chilling new information about that deadly plane crash in the alps. according to a report just released this morning, the co-pilot, andreas lubitz,

practiced descending to 100 feet, on another flight just before the crash. we have more with tom costello and katy tur. katy, what are we learning? >> new disturbing evidence that andreas lubitz planned the crash, practicing what you could call a dress rehearsal on the inbound flight from dusseldorf to barcelona, repeatedly changing the settings during a 4:30-minute stretch while the captain was out of the cockpit. this morning, french investigators revealed that andreas lubitz practiced his deadly plan on the outbound flight from dusseldorf to barcelona. changing the autopilot settings five times during a 4 1/2-minute stretch while the captain was out of the cockpit. the preliminary report claims lubitz repeatedly adjusted the altitude to as low as 100 feet and as high as a maximum 49,000 feet as shown in this graph. >> would anybody have noticed? >> no, they wouldn't, because the aircraft was already in a descent.

so if you do select a lower selected altitude, in this case 100 feet, the aircraft would have still continued in its normal descent. >> reporter: this flight landed safely in barcelona. but on the return leg back to dusseldorf, lubitz would fulfill his plan and crash the plane into the alps. 30 minutes into that now-infamous march 24th flight when the captain left the cockpit, this time investigators say lubitz locked him out, then manually changed the autopilot from 48,000 feet to 100 feet. what followed was an eight-minute controlled descent with the captain furiously banging on the door and passengers screaming. before it slammed into the french alps, killing all 150 people on board and leaving the plane in thousands of nearly unrecognizable pieces. in the days and weeks after the crash, lubitz's medical issues emerged, including severe depression and potential loss of eyesight. inside lubitz's german home,

investigators found torn-up doctors' notes and internet searches for medical treatment, ways to commit suicide, and cockpit door security measures. even with this morning's revelations, no answers on why he did it and that why is still the biggest question for families. guys, the more we learn about this story, the more disturbing it seems to get. you can only imagine what the people on that inbound flight must be thinking right now. >> another unsettling piece of the puzzle, though, katy, thank you very much. >> nbc's tom costello covers aviation. he's been poring through the report all morning. tom, we already knew that andrea andreas lubitz had researched ways to commit suicide. now we are finding that he actually tested his final idea on a previous flight. what jumps out at you? >> well, i think the fact that these settings seem to be so erratic and so irregular. you know, down to 100 feet, up to 49,000 feet, and over the course of just a few seconds, it appears. it also appears that the settings were so fleeting that

they may have gone undetected by the pilot and by the people on board that plane. but it's not clear that he ever hit engage when he set these settings on the autopilot, but he was literally just turning the dial and practicing. >> yeah, and when you talk about practicing, we want to draw a distinction between practicing or perhaps starting to carry out his plan and then changing his mind. there's no indication on that first flight, the previous flight, that he attempted to override the manual code system on the door and permanently lock out the pilot. >> yeah, and we presume that the pilot had left to go to the lav, which is exactly what happened on the flight going back to dusseldorf. but when that pilot came back into the cockpit on the first flight, apparently lubitz let him back in. so if this was a trial run, he was literally just playing with the dials, it would appear, and not doing anything beyond that. >> but again, for people who are hearing this news this morning saying wait a minute, if this happened on the previous flight, how did the airline not know and

keep him out of the cockpit on the doomed flight, they probably wouldn't have known based on what we're learning now. >> the pilot would have returned to the cockpit, as the settings are as they were when he left, he would have seen nothing irregular. and it's empirely lyentirely probable that air traffic control would not have known especially if he caused it to descend or climb dramatically, air traffic control may not have ever known what he was doing up there when he was alone. >> tom costello in washington. again, tom covers aviation for us. tom, thank you very much. another big story we're following this morning out of texas. what investigators are learning about the two suspects who opened fire at that controversial event in texas that featured cartoons of the prophet muhammad. well, there's one unanswered question, were these two directly working for isis? nbc's national correspondent, miguel almaguer, has traveled to phoenix where the men lived. miguel, good morning to you. >> reporter: savannah, good morning. folks that live here say the

shooting suspects were quiet and unassuming. those who knew them well say they had no idea they were capable of planning such a violent attack. this morning, authorities are digging into the digital trails of both suspects, looking for any possible ties between isis and the gunmen. neighbors say elton simpson and the other man raised no red flags while living in their phoenix apartment, applying to run a carpet-cleaning company from home before investigators say they shot a security guard outside a dallas-area cartoon contest featuring the prophet muhammad. born in the u.s., simpson attended high school in phoenix, played competitive basketball, later converting to islam, attending this local mosque for nearly a decade. u.s. officials say he actively supported isis on social media. tweeting about the texas event before the shooting. four years ago he was convicted of lying to the fbi in connection with a terror investigation.

>> i never would have imagined him being involved in anything like this. he just seemed very calm and quiet. >> reporter: the father to a young son, nadir sufi spent time as a child in pakistan. friends say he came from a privileged family, was a popular heartthrob in high school, never showing signs of becoming radical. with isis taking credit for the attack online, u.s. officials say there's no proof the terror group planned or directed the plot. >> i don't believe it's an isis attack. i believe it's an isis-influenced attack. >> reporter: those backing isis have planned attacks in the u.s. before. coney island, even the capitol said to be among the potential targets. at least 39 people from 12 states arrested for wanting to wage jihad here at home or overseas. releasing a statement and speaking briefly to the media, both of the suspects' families say they were shocked and saddened by the news of the attack.

again, they say they had no idea this was coming. as for those assault rifles used in sunday's shooting, law enforcement sources tell nbc news that they were purchased legally. investigators now in multiple states continue to comb over evidence including inside the apartment complex behind me looking for the very latest on the motive and what may have been behind this attack. savannah, back to you. >> miguel almaguer in phoenix for us, thank you very much. let's turn to politics and things are getting interesting in a hurry in the 2016 presidential race. hillary clinton returned to nevada, the site of one of her most bruising battles with barack o seven years ago. to rekindle her relationship with hispanic voters. at an event with high school students, she declared her unequivocal support for a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants, drawing a hard line between herself and her republican rivals on that issue. >> make no mistake, today not a single republican candidate announced or potential is

clearly and consistently supporting a path to citizenship. not one. >> meantime, the clintons still under fire over the clinton foundation. and it was daughter, chelsea's, turn to defend it while traveling in morocco. she suggested that criticism is politically motivated, saying, quote, my family is no stranger to scrutiny, and neither is the foundation foundation. when you mix together the higher level of scrutiny around the foundation and then the political dimension, i'm not surprised. another arkansas native, former governor mike huckabee is now the sixth republican to enter the race. and he's wasting no time taking thinly veiled shots at both hillary clinton and jeb bush. >> i don't have a global foundation. or a taxpayer-funded paycheck to live off of. i don't come from a family dynasty but a working family. i grew up blue collar, not blue blood. >> mike huckabee will hit the campaign trail in iowa today where he scored an upset victory

in the 2008 caucuses. >> political season definitely heating up. speaking of weather conditions, we've got al here. you're watching storms today. >> that's right, storms today plus things are heating up in the tropics as well. look at what's going on right now out in the southwest. this is roswell, new mexico. and you can see this rope tornado, luckily no major damage, although some garages were damaged. there were some problems there. but again, they continue to watch this. we also had some pretty good tornadoes touching down throughout parts of texas. we're watching this one live. this was yesterday afternoon. out in big springs, texas, just north of there. again, about nine reports of tornadoes yesterday. we expect more today. in fact, as we go to the radar, things already firing up from omaha all the way down to houston. strong storms. so we do have a slight risk of severe weather today stretching from central texas all the way on up into parts of nebraska. 3 million people at risk. damaging hail and wind gusts of

60 miles per hour. this goes into thursday and really right on into the weekend. dangerous lightning, icesolated tornadoes. plus, we now have all this rain, so flooding is a big problem. some areas may pick up to eight inches of rain in oklahoma. and then as you look at the tropics, are we looking at the development of subtropical storm ana? right now it's called an investigation area. investigation 90. 30-mile-per-hour winds. 40% chance over the next five days developing into a tropical storm. whether it becomes a storm or not, it's going to have big impacts along the southeastern atlantic coast. rip currents, high surf likely, very dangerous, beach erosion, coastal flooding. and look at some of these rainfall amounts, anywhere from three to five inches of rain from cape hatteras all the way to savannah, georgia. so we will continue to watch this situation and then around wyoming, we could be looking at about a foot of snow. so we could be looking at severe weather, a tropical storm, and winter blizzardlike conditions. >> that's a weather map that's got a little something for everybody. >> boom, baby! >> all right, thank you. natalie's here with new

fallout over those riots in baltimore. >> good morning once again. attorney general loretta lynch promising to improve baltimore's police department. lynch met tuesday with the family of freddie gray, the man who was fatally injured while in police custody. and she said in a meeting with community leaders, quote, we are here to hold your hand and provide support. six police officers involved in gray's arrest have been charged in his death. meantime, pop icon prince has announced plans to perform at a concert in baltimore this sunday called a rally for peace. it's meant to be a catalyst for pause and reflection after the recent protests and riots over gray's death. concert attendees are being asked to wear gray in freddie gray's honor. the u.s. senate passed a budget blueprint tuesday that calls for cutting safety net programs and increasing money for the pentagon. it would cut $5 trillion including cuts to programs like medicaid, food stamps, and student aid. the bill is expected to set up

another showdown with president obama on the affordable care act. well, this morning some frightening moments in a boston suburb when a day at a park goes terribly wrong. it was all caught by a surveillance camera. >> reporter: it was a beautiful 80-degree spring day, one of the first nice days after a long winter, bringing kids out in droves to a neighborhood park in chelsea, massachusetts. when, without any wind or any warning, a massive 35-foot tree suddenly collapses on top of several children, leaving them no time to get out of the way. >> a tree fell on us. and i hit my head. >> reporter: 8-year-old diego ruiz had stapled in his head and a scraped shoulder. a 3-year-old is being treated for a fractured skull. his father and three others in the park coming to the boy's rescue, lifting the trunk just enough to drag them to safety. >> what i'm looking at doesn't look like it uprooted because the roots still appear that it's

still there. >> reporter: the park remains closed as other trees are checked for safety. >> meanwhile, officials at the park, they say it was completely renovated a couple of years ago and that a full assessment of the tree was done at the time. and an inspiring story this morning of a soldier who refused to give up. take a look. this is video from a grueling 12-mile road march at fort dix in new jersey. you can see army captain sara cud fall to her knees there. she then uses her rifle to prop herself back up. the march is required to earn the army's expert s.e.a.l.s medical badge. a decoration awarded to those who pass a battery of tests. and less than a quarter of those attempt it actually pass. she completed that 12-mile journey. everybody cheering her on at the finish and she earned the badge. congrats to captain cud. >> that's what courage looks like. >> you think you can't go further -- >> keep going. >> -- you've always got something left in the tank and

it's nice of those other soldiers to cheer her on. mr. roker. >> all right. that's what's going on around the country. we're going to get to your local forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds. you're unpacking already? yeah. help me find some mugs? sure. ♪ ♪ [ beep ] hey. okay. -these'll do. -yeah. [ male announcer ] wake up to the mountain grown aroma of folgers. ♪ the best part of wakin' up ♪ so, where do you want to start? i think this is a pretty good place. ♪ is folgers in your cup ♪ wednesday morning. i'm meteorologist christina loren. temperatures are comfortable. it's a little cool. probably grab a jacket. nice mild finish to the day. we do have elevated pollen levels. 69 on the peninsula today. 70 degrees on the east shore. 77 for the north bay. 71 degrees in the south bay. staying steady temperaturewise

for the next few days. we are going to bring in some light showers by tomorrow. we will have more on that for you in just moments. >> and that's your latest weather. al, new controversy tied to the so-called fight of the century. on tuesday we told you that manny pacquiao was facing a suspension for not revealing a shoulder injury to the boxing commission before his fight against floyd mayweather. now fans not happy with that news are filing a $5 million class action lawsuit. it seeks damages for all persons who paid for tickets to the event, purchased pay-per-view showings, or made wagers on the event. the reason? the two people who filed it claimed they were victimized by pacquiao's failure to disclose that injury or cover up that injury. and there are reports of a second class action lawsuit filed in los angeles. >> they can't settle that one in the ring. >> no. this is really a big deal. a lot of money changed hands there. >> you better believe it.

meantime, the facebook coo sheryl sandberg is speaking out for the first time since the death of her husband. david goldberg. tamron is here with more on that. such a sad story. >> it is so sad. sheryl sandberg and david goldberg have been together 11 years. he was laid to rest with an invitation-only memorial service at stanford university on tuesday. goldberg, the ceo of surveymonkey died unexpectedly at the age of 47 after reportedly slipping off a treadmill while on vacation. 1700 people came to pay their respects. some of the biggest names in silicon valley. the ceos of linkedin, yelp, cofounder of paypal also there. in addition, facebook ceo mark zuckerberg were george lucas, ben affleck also in attendance. after the service, sandberg turned to facebook posting two photos in a tribute to her husband. she wrote, we had 11 truly joyful years of the deepest love, happiest marriage, and

truest partnership that i could imagine. dave was my rock. she went on to say, as heartbroken as i am today, i am equally as grateful. 11 years of being dave goldberg's wife and 10 years being a parent with him is perhaps more luck and more happiness than i could have imagined. goldberg's death is shedding light on the alarming number of treadmill injuries and the growing concerns about treadmill safety. coming up, we're going to take an in-depth look at that much more in our half hour. a lot of people talking about a great loss of a parent, beloved husband. but also something that thousands of us do daily, get on the treadmill. and you may not be aware of safety concerns. >> raises a lot of questions. our heart goes out to sheryl and her family for sure. also ahead, you'll hear from the new york city police officer who was badly injured by an axe wielding man in an isis inspired attack. his chilling account of that

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caltrans test bay water may be seeping into the new tower of the bay bridge. it may further jeopardize the integrity of steel rods anchoring the structure. last year they determined the rods were exposed to rainwater for years due to a bat ceiling job. the damage from saltwater could potentially be far worse. it is wednesday morning. we are inching ever so close to your weekend. let's get a full forecast with christina loren. >> great looking day shaping up p good morning. live picture. you can see that shallow marine layer out there. it's going to burn off quickly by 9:00 a.m. mostly clear conditions for the entire bay area. we're in the 50s for,000 on our way to the 70s. just about everywhere with the ex exclusion of the immediate coast. mild today. pollen is going to be high however. keep that in mind. we will see the pollen drop off. few showers on your way for thursday. comfortable conditions with temps steady into your mother's day weekend. here's mike and your drive. >> we do have a motorcycle crash

to tell folks about northbound 680. bike and rider reported down in walnut creek. so we do have two lanes blocked. your left two lanes. right two are getting by. distraction for the commute direction south in toward 24 and the interchange itself. the rest of your bay looking mild as far as your approach to the bay bridge and toll plaza metering lights are on. send i ba back to you. >> that will do it for right now. meantime, back to the "today" show.

7:30 on this wednesday morning. it is may 6th 2015. and we are looking at a drone -- no that's a drone's eye view. no it isn't. i can see the drone. >> i think there might be two. no. >> all right. drone on drone. i guess. the faa is set to make a major announcement about drone usage today. what? did i say something? >> not at all. keep on moving. let's look at what's making headlines today. a disturbing new report out this morning on the crash of the germanwings plane in france. investigators saying the co-pilot andreas lubitz set the

instruments on his previous flight for a controlled descent. we'll have more in our next half hour. attorney general loretta lynch spent tuesday in baltimore. her first visit there since the riots over freddie gray. she met with his family and local leaders and vowed to help improve the city's police department. and california's water regulators have approved new rules to deal with that state's historic drought. cities will face mandatory water saving targets throughout the summer and homeowners are being asked to let their lawns die. >> big story out west. coming up tomorrow on "today," the legal battle between sophia vergara and her ex nick loeb over embryos created when they were together as a couple. now he's fighting to use them to become a parent but she wants to keep them frozen. tomorrow loeb will speak out in his first interview about this case. just aahead this morning, healthier or just hype?

big changes coming to some of your favorite restaurants. we start with growing concerns over so-called lone wolf attacks in the wake of this week's shootings. just last year members of the new york police department were attached by a man wielding a hatchet. he was a home grown terrorist inspired by isis. now the officers are speaking out in an exclusive interview for the first time. here's reporter jonathan deinst. >> reporter: it was a terrifying attack on four nypd officers. leaving one with a shattered skull and damage to part of his brain. yet he was still conscious. >> one second you're taking a picture and the next you know i'm staring at my skull on the floor and a puddle of blood. >> reporter: it was a rainy october day. the four cops were out on routine patrol. they were posing for this picture when police say the lone wolf terrorist printed at them swinging a hatchet.

authorities say he was inspired by watching isis terror videos. first he swung at officer joseph meeker. what happens as you see this shadow? >> as i saw it i just put my arms up. and i guess it hit off my foreman into the wall. i remember hearing that loud bang. and i look over and my partner is down that quick. >> reporter: the assailant hit 25-year-old officer kenneth healey in the back of the head. >> i didn't think i was going to live. i tried to get up i think, two or three times and i collapsed. >> reporter: as bystanders looked on in horror the two remaining officers went into action. >> i remember him standing over healey and then he started coming towards me. that's when just training kicked in. >> reporter: officers taylor kraft and peter rivera opened fire. police say it started and ended in just six seconds. a terrorist dead as officer

healey lay bleeding from a massive head wound. his colleagues rushed healey to the hospital in their patrol car. he underwent numerous surgeries and faced months of rehabilitations. you are a victim of a terror attack. >> i guess just this day and age, these are the threats that police and law enforcement have to look out for. it's sad, but it's the world we live in right now. >> reporter: a stark reality, but healey and his colleagues say it's the reason they want to continue their service. >> i'm not giving up. if i give up, that means that you know he won. and i'm not giving up. i'll be back. >> reporter: for "today," jonathan dienst nbc news new york. >> a dramatic reminder of the danger they face in cities and towns every day. >> and unfortunately wiere're seeing that a lot lately. and there was a touching tribute last night to another

nypd officer killed in the line of duty. brian mooarre died monday. he was an avid orioles fan and purchased tickets to attend last night's game with his father and girlfriend. his cousins took his place. one of officer moore's favorite players, chris davis autographed a ball for the family and in a nice gesture, jetblue is offering free airfare to any officer who wants to fly into new york and attend officer moore's funeral on friday. >> a lot of people are remembering him as quite a wonderful individual and devoted -- >> from a family of police officers. take a turn now, get a check of the weather from al. >> announcer: "today's" weather is brought to you by jared the galleria of jewelry. truly unique designs that you won't find just anywhere. that's why he went to jared.

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69 on the way to the peninsula. 66 in san francisco. getting into the next couple days showers for tomorrow. mostly in the evening. really comfortable and sunny mother's day weekend. >> and get your latest weather, go to weather channel on cable weather.com online. the nation's largest convention dedicated to drones is now underway and more companies than ever are showing off their high-tech gadgets and preparing for new rules for a growing industry. gabe gutierrez is at the convention hall in atlanta for us. gabe, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. a major question on the minds of many here at the convention. how soon before you open your front door and you see a drone like this one hovering right outside. the faa is expected to make an announcement today regarding the future of commercial drone use through 600 companies including amazon and google are here. they are watching this very closely. this morning drone manufacturers

have high hopes. >> it's actually pretty crazy, the growth we've seen in this industry. we can't hire people fast enough. >> reporter: that industry taking off like never before. not just here at this atlanta convention, but around the world. revealing the heart breaking scope of the nepal earthquake but also raising privacy and security concerns. a drone crashed into the white house lawn in january. >> and it was a lighted drone? >> reporter: and pilots like this one over dallas are reporting for close calls. >> it appeared to be just a hundred feet above us. >> reporter: also dangerously close to monuments in paris. earlier this month the faa proposed new rules to fly drones in the u.s. it's still illegal to fly them above 400 feet. has the faa moved quickly enough? >> i think they're trying to move faster now. >> reporter: the president of the main trade group wants to allow drone flights beyond the sight of the operator which

could open up more commercial uses like delivering packages. >> the more we have them flying in the air space and safely then we can move on to more complex like flying in urban areas. >> reporter: that may not happen for awhile but companies are now gaining more exemptions for the devices. just days ago they were able to fly over farmland. >> we envision that will be a common sight and something that's viewed as just everyday. >> reporter: and so far the faa has been tight lipped about the announcement today. but after conventions, we've seen many uses for drones. this one particular is a new prototype that would be used to inspect roads and bridges. i got to tell you, guys being right next to it it's quite a sight although i'm trying not to get too close. >> that's a big one. >> i'm just waiting for the silent drone.

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♪ ♪ 7:44. with concerns over your safety on exercise equipment. this morning in the wake of the untimely death of silicon valley executive dave goldberg, we're taking a hard look at some of the numbers. here's nbc's joe fryer. >> reporter: they're designed to keep you healthy by burning calories all without stepping foot outside. >> in my opinion it's one of the best pieces of equipment when it comes to cardio. >> reporter: but treadmills can be dangerous. the u.s. consumer product safety commission estimates there were 24,000 injuries on treadmills in

2014 and 30 reported deaths between 2003 and 2012. professor graves studied the issue focusing on emergency room visits surrounding the use of exercise machines in people's homes. >> i think more households now do have them. if it's greater exposure, we're going to see an uptick in injuries. >> reporter: her research found treadmills comprise 66% of injuries with home exercise equipment. graves was inspired to look into the issue after what happened to her friend and fellow researcher monica. >> i got on the treadmill and about 15 minutes into my jog i sneezed and this is going to sound really strange, but i lost my balance. >> reporter: she broke three little bones in her foot. >> i mean, you can seriously injure yourself if you fall off the back of these things. >> reporter: he's a personal trainer at crunch gym. >> reporter: as you're going, where should you try and be on the treadmill?

>> you want to be fairly close. like in this area. you don't want to be right up against it because sometimes you can hit a button and turn it off or speed it up. >> reporter: he says reading or using your phone can be a distraction. >> if you're talking to someone or if you're on your iphone or something and you start to lose your focus, you'll start to drift back. it sounds like tires squealing. that's basically the last roller. right after that, you're hitting the floor. >> reporter: other treadmill tips, start slowly especially if you haven't used one in awhile. if it's going too fast, get your feet to the side rails. for in-home treadmills, know how to maintain them, keep your young children away from them. and monica says absolutely no distractions. >> let's say that, you know, my husband wants to ask me a question or i want to ask him something. it's sort of a no-no to go in and distract them from what they're doing. >> reporter: whatever it takes to stay on the right path.

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back at 7:50. let's go over to the orange room where wrangler is posing for us. hey, wrangler. hi tamron. >> wrangler will be trending after that look. we said he's ready for his close up. indeed. other topics ready for their closeup. in the news, the memphis grizzlies. we're keeping track of all of these things you're talking about here. the one that stands above them all, tiger woods. everyone talking about tiger woods' really revealing conversation. it's been a tough week for the golfer. sunday he and lindsey vonn announced they were ending their relationship. sunday was the ninth anniversary of his father earl's passing. and tiger's been opening up about the hardship he's enduring. he talked about lindsey, the death of his father pretty emotional.

take a listen. >> it is tough. there's no doubt. i'm not going to lie about that. it is tough. on top of that this time of year is really really hard on me. this three-day window is really hard. i haven't slept. it's been -- these three days may 3rd through the 5th today is brutal on me. and then with obviously with what happened on sunday it just adds to it. >> so lindsey vonn has mostly been quiet, guys about the breakup since sunday. but she is in south korea where she has been named the first international honorary ambassador of the olympics. she declined to answer questions about the relationship. but obviously hard times for both of them. coming up more topics that are trending including the vincent van gogh doppelganger that's turning heads in brooklyn and

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good morning. i'm laura garcia-cannon. we have breaking news in the east bay this morning. a series of small earthquakes have shaken up the same area hit by a swarm of recent shakers. the usgs reports three earthquakes of 3.2, 2.6, and magnitude 3.6 all within the last really about hour since near concord. no reports of any damage. but well more than a dozen ate quakes have hit the same area over the past two weeks. none have registered more than a 3.6. more details now, all of these quakes have been located in the very same area on the concord green valley fault line. the fault not very well known until now. it runs 11 miles from the carquinez strait. 3% chance of a magnitude 6.7 earthquake or higher within the

next 30 years on this fault. they say it's significantly more active than the fault line that caused the napa quake. the big issue is what is on top. it runs underneath several bay refineries. it's something we're keeping a close eye on this morning as we're getting reports of shaking. right now, check the forecast with meteorologist christina loren. >> good morning to you at home. beautiful day coming your way. 50s to start. 70s to finish. we do have high pollen levels. we do want to keep that in mind. drifting pollen as that breeze builds throughout the day. temperatures are good for tomorrow. showers moving through. notice on your sent-day forecast, temps stay steady through mother's day. >> a lot of activity in this area including the quakes in concord. walnut creek, earlier crash, northbound. southbound now as you crash in the same area moving to the shoulder. b.a.r.t. delays out of pleasant hill because of something going on the track. that will show you for the in towards san francisco. and now we just have a slower build for the upper east shore freeway after a crash there as well. the rest of your commute just

builds. holding steady though for the south bay northbound. back to the "today" show.

3 c3 doctor oz estará con nosotros it's 8:00 on today. dr. oz stops by to show the big changes coming from some of the nation's most popular restaurants. a beloved family photo. >> happy mother's day. >> it's going down for real. >> and sneak peek at the song of the summer.

>> come and dance with me ♪ >> why the it hit of the season may be a song you already know and love. today is wednesday, may 6th, 2015. >> today is my day to be out! >> all the way from tampa, florida. >> celebrating the big 60 in the big apple. >> whoo! >> it's my birthday! >> and we're back now, 8:00 on a wednesday morning. it is the sixth day of may. that makes it wrangler

wednesday. >> i hope his hair doesn't get messed up. >> down. >> good boy. >> good boy. >> he's getting to be a real dog. >> it's like the puppy is gone. we just have all dog. coming up, by the way, happy life, jill is here. she's feeling and dealing. she has barringians. >> that smells really good. >> warning, i'm handling steals and deals. sorry. let's go inside. natalie has a look at the top stories. >> all right. hello once again. good morning, everyone. the german pilot suspected of purposely crashing a passenger jet into the french alps had apparently rehearsed the maneuver on an earlier flight on that same day. nbc's tom costello is in washington with the stunning details released just this morning. tom, good morning. >> hi, natalie. the french investigators released this preliminary report into the crash. they describe the flight into barcelona, the flight immediately prior to the fatal crash. a graph shows information from a flight data recorder which shows

the co-pilot actually programmed erratic altitudes into the flight computers while the captain was out of the cockpit, moves that would have taken the plane down to 100 feet, up to 149,000 feet, five moves over 4 1/2 minutes. the changes were probably never noticed by anybody onboard or controllers because the plane was already slowly descending into barcelona and landed normally. it was on the next flight when the co-pilot deliberately flew the plane into a mountain killing everybody onboard. investigators are looking into systemic failings that may have led to this descent oraccident or other events. >> thank you, tom. >> investigators are tracing u.s. and overseas associated of two men shot and killed while trying to attack a contest con in texas. isis claimed responsibility for the foiled attack sunday, u.s. officials say there is no proof that the terror group actually planned or directed the plot. meantime, the associated press reports that one of the accused

gunmen elton simpson of phoenix was the subject of an open investigation at the time of the shooting. a dramatic rescue caught on camera is drawing attention to a humanitarian crisis unfolding on the mediterranean sea. migrants fleeing war and other hardships in north africa are trying to reach europe in overcrowded boats. this inflatable began to sink and panic broke out as you see it's the migrants tried to reach life lines lowered by a passing cargo ship. the u.n. security council will hold a meeting next week to address the crisis. a florida woman and her three children are safe after she used a pizza ordering app to call for help. police say the woman's boyfriend was holding the victim and her kids at knife point in their home. the woman used a pizza hut cell phone app to order a pepperoni pie. she added the message, hostage, help, get 911. help. the restaurant called police who safely rescued the family and arrested the boyfriend. and a genuine angry bird

surprised even an even terrified shober at a mall parking area in west chester, new york. take a look here. you see a pigeon swooping down apparently defending what it felt was the territory. fortunately, nobody hurt there. one woman said she had to take the elevator back to her car because the bird would not let her step back on to that escalator. that is that bird's escalator. stay away! 8:05 now. let's send it back to matt. >> thank you very much. bandwagon. dr. mehmet oz is here to break down america's changing menus. >> good morning. >> you've been talking about healthy eating for a long time now. panera jumping on the bandwagon. is this about giving consumers healthier choices, or is this about marketing? >> no i think it's about making it easier for people to do the right thing. health is becoming the norm. you look at surveys of american

consumers, most women are saying you know what i don't need artificial flavoring or coloring or binders or preservatives. give me real food and that message has really sunk in. food is one of the most important things for our health and they know. >> the first national chain to publish a comprehensive list of artificial attitudes and preservatives that will be removed. by looking at this list is it going to make those dishes healthier? >> i'm not sure health is a big battle here. it's just making it easier for consumers to know they're getting something that's real. hydro liezed soy, titanium dioxide, propose lean glycol thesant dangerous they never put toxic stuff in the food. but why do you want to buy stuff that's only there to make the cheese look whiter. >> other chains jumping on the bandwagon, mcdonald's. that's a big issue. you take out of the antibiotics from the chickens, you change the food supply in america.

antibiotics, less resistance to antibiotics. better for all of our health. >> chipotle, removed most ingredients derived from genetically engineered crops. subway, cutting salt. >> that's a big health issue. salt is one of the number one driving agers in america with high artificial coloring out. >> they replaced it with blood pressure. >> also prepared foods, we're seeing this. kraft mac and cheese, artificial coloring out. >> they replaced it with paprika. they're uses spices, things we've used for human history to replace artificial items. >> other companies doing the same. nestle, hershey, all good in your opinion. >> all good. taking out the artificial flavoring. it's making it easier for moms to know what they're getting like what they made themselves. >> just to be clear, just because something is labeled artificial, does that necessarily make it bad? >> not at all. but in aggregate, you begin to throw more and more chemicals into what we eat, it's hard to tell how it works in our body. it's a purity issue.

why take a chance? >> have you ever seen a time, doc, when consumers had so many choices? >> no. here's the good news in my opinion. we're seeing a seismic shift in american industry. these companies are feeding america. and what food scientists at these companies are discovering is they can make real food that looks the way it came out of the ground without adding a lot of junk to it. that's a major improvement for us. >> speaking of milestones, big one for you. a thousand shows. a thousand? >> can you imagine that? >> no. it's unbelievable. and you're celebrating with hugh jackman who's on to talk about his cancer scare. >> we often talk to folks who are often accessible to them. hugh has had three cancer scares on his nose. he grew up in australia and he overdid it with the sun. most importantly it's going to help tell america the biggest thing to remember about the show, we're going to race each other with a netti pot. >> congrats on a thousand shows, doc. you can catch "the dr. oz show," just check out your local

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it's 8:13. time for "trending." if you're just sitting around waiting for the song of summer to be released, don't. why? because it probably has already been released. yes. the website 538 looked at the numbers and said since 2005 80% of the songs of summer came out in april or earlier. first of all, do we think there is already a song of summer this year? >> "sugar." that's probably one of them. >> what else? >> "uptown funk." but that's been three months now. >> how does something become the song of summer though? >> radio play. whatever is most popular on the charts. >> "shut up and dance." they that may be one of them. >> what about taylor swift? what about matt's favorite song. i really really really really really really like you.

>> but the thing we have to remember is record companies and artists make a great effort to make these songs the song of the summer. they want that label. >> i like "lunch money lewis." >> you've been on that. >> we're on the subject of music, what do you do when you see musicians playing on the street? a lot of people just keep walking by or maybe you stop long enough to drop an open dollar in the guitar case. but if you have a good ear and you were riding on monday, you probably would have stopped. ♪ >> the guy in the blue cowboy hat looks like bono and that's because it is bono. he and the guys from u2 staging a surprise concert on the subway. bono still on the mend after a

bike accident left him seriously injured, but u2 will perform friday on "the tonight show" and jimmy fam long was among those watching in the crowd. >> he must have known they were there. >> pure coincidence. >> all right. the guys from u2 are not the only stars spotted on the subway recently. anyone else see vincent van gogh? look at him. it's obviously not the real vincent van gogh. >> obviously. >> really? wow. >> you settle down there. >> because he looks pretty good. >> obviously it's not him, al. >> but don't you think it looks like him? >> it could be him. you never know. >> oh my gosh. >> you know i just flew for 20 hours to be here. >> you're a trooper. >> that's why we're being so

kind. >> that is robert. he's often mistaken for van gogh. after that photo went viral, he started to dress the part. he even covers his ear. >> wow. >> all right. few weeks ago we talked about a food trend called matcha. a tea leaf powder. we gave it a try. let's just say it wasn't a cup of tea. >> oh, my god. it's bitter. >> oh! >> you guys all think it's bitter. >> you're not going to like it. >> i just wanted to spit when it came back. >> we didn't like it. someone has a beef with us. their company supplied that. jessica is here now with some tea she made herself. she says she'll change our minds for good. hi, jessica. how are you? >> good. >> must have been fun watching that segment? >> i actually like matcha. i wasn't here that day. >> i'm bummed you weren't. but matcha is essentially a healthy coffee alternative. just like coffee, you have to figure out what works for you. >> you brought some samples here. >> today we have three different ways to incorporate the

superfood into your diet. >> i've already been sipping the smoothie. >> what's in the smoothie? >> avocado, banana, matcha. and coconut. >> not bad. >> what is this? >> matcha, almond milk and a little water and agave. a matcha latte. you can make it in your home. that's iced tea. arnold palmer, matcha. >> that is really good. >> that's delicious. >> really good. >> it has a lemony taste to it. >> it's refreshing. >> it's more about mixing it up with something else. >> make it your own. >> like vodka. >> savannah says you throw it into a chocolate milk shake. >> i have to say these are all really good. >> really good. >> much better. >> you redeemed matcha. >> jessica, thank you very much. for more recipes, go to today.com. and that's "what's trending" today. coming up, natalie celebrates her mom and why this picture is so important to her. she will tell us.

but first al has a check of the weather. >> you bet. let's see what's going on. got a lot going on today. heavier showers and thunderstorms mid-section of the country. kansas city under the gun today for showers and thunderstorms. going to be watching those. we've also got the risk of strong storms today stretching from texas all the way into nebraska with 3 million people at risk. high winds up to 60 miles per hour. that risk continues again tomorrow. isolated tornadoes possible. dangerous lightning. and this will continue right on into the weekend. rainfall amounts, some places in oklahoma on into kansas up to 8 inches of rain. and we've got this area of invest we are watching with 60% development possible into a tropical system over the next several days. and as we watch this system push up, it's going to bring high winds, surf, erosion, beach erosion, coastal flooding and heavy rain. that's what's going on around 8:19.

good wednesday morning. i'm meteorologist christina loren. low clouds thinning out over mt. hamilton. everybody expecting a lot of sunshine into this afternoon all the way from the cloes through the inland valley spots. 70 for the east bay. 74 for the north bay. tri-valley will hit the mid 70s. i have to tell you, pollen levels will be high for today. a few showers come through tomorrow, and really looking better for the pollen levels to drop into the weekend. >> oh, look. there's matisse. >> you just settle down. >> picasso. >> i thought you were on my side on this one. >> i was. meantime, we have been counting down to mother's day with our series "mom i love you because." >> announcer: mom i love you because is brought to you by minute maid. put good in, get good out. >> and we've been loving this series. i traveled to australia with my mom and just got back, i might

add. this morning natalie, it's your turn. >> it is my turn. everyone says how much i look like my mom which is a huge compliment. there was one photo of my mom taken when she was in her early -- i think she was 19 or 20 years old. this is my favorite photo. for mother's day i decided to treat my mom to a special photo shoot to pay homage to that photo. my mom is simply put the most amazing woman i know. she's obviously an incredible mother of three. she raised us really well. i think my mom is the person i strive to be. my mom is from this tiny little town in brazil. which is a small working class town. she had a very tough childhood. her own mother wasn't ready to be a mom and gave her up to her grandmother.

and i think she often felt in life like she wasn't wanted and wasn't loved. and so she struggled with that. but my mom is a survivor. she put herself through college and in those years that's when she met my father. and their love story evolved. the one thing she always wanted to be was a mother. when she became a mom, it was all about instilling in us and giving us every ounce of love she could give us. there's no greater mom in my eyes. my mother is a military mom. she basically raised us moving from place to place. i was born in taiwan, so we lived in taiwan, panama, brazil, spain, all over the world. and my mom was the constant. she would always make sure that when we got home from school that we felt like we had our number one fan, our champion right there, you know, waiting for us. my mom truly is my rock.

there's no question. i think i've learned from my mom to always know where you come from. and stay true to who you are. she is my example. she is somebody who never wavered. she is humble to the core. she's strong. she's -- i'm going to cry. she's just magnificent. i get to surprise my mom. for me happy mother's day truly is about celebrating all she did to raise us as the most perfect mother. this is a nice color. i want my mom to feel like a queen. so i thought let's surprise her with a little bit of glamour. because she deserves that. i just want her to really feel special today. i have this photo of my mom, i think it was taken in the mid-'60s. she was in her early to mid-20s. and first of all, she's absolutely a beautiful, gorgeous woman. but she's looking in the mirror not knowing really her future but knowing where she's come

from. just that picture means so much to me. i wanted to recreate that photo with her because when i look at that photo, to me it's just -- i want her to now see what she created in that mirror. and to see that she gave us all something so great. >> so why don't you have a seat right here. >> it's just an amazing experience to take this picture and have natalie do it. i could never imagine in my entire life. >> you feel like a queen? >> i feel so blessed, natalie. i do. i want her to be happy and raise her children the same to be happy also. >> tear jerker. >> i'm very proud of her. >> happy mother's day, mom.

you're the best mom in the world. >> i think we all need some tissue for that one. i was actually -- thank you. i'm actually wearing the same -- that red dress. that is the dress from the photo, the original. my mom saved it. i was shocked i could fit into it because she had a 24 inch waist at the time. i also have to thank them for dressing her beautifully and making her feel like a queen. and photographer brian dorsey. so amazing. the piece is fantastic. >> i love how you look at the picture and how you look at the picture and wonder about the future. now you've reshot it and you're part of that future. >> and we have something for you, all right. there it is right there. we got it framed for you. >> oh, my gosh. i love that picture. >> just beautiful. >> my mom's going to love that. it's great. this is the best mother's day gift for her. >> we're back right after your local news and weather.

>> announcer: mom i love you because is brought to you by minute maid. put good in, get good out. . good wednesday morning. it's 8:26. i'm sam brock. developing story this morning in the east bay. three new earthquakes have shaken up the area near concord hit by a swarm of recent shakers. this time a 3.2, a 3.5 and a magnitude 2.6 have all struck since 7:00 a.m. there are no reports of any damage. well more than a dozen earthquakes have hit the same area just over the past two weeks. but none registered as more than a 3.6. the quakes are rattling the same area along the concord green valley fault line running 11 miles long starting at the carquinez strait running to the mount diablo foot hills. we are seeing some buildup

this morning in the east bay. let's check in with mike. with quakes of any size and around the 3.5 to 4 magnitude b.a.r.t. typically runs a systems check which can cause a minor delay. we have more of a delay now because of an issue on the tracks for the pittsburgh bay point line. also through walnut creek heading into concord. typical build toward the bay bridge toll plaza across the san mateo and dumbarton bridges. the peninsula looks slow. south bay all right. we'll see you again in 25 minutes with another update.

8:30 now on this wednesday morning. it's the sixth of may 2015. hello to the crowd on the plaza. coming up imagine spending a whole year in space. >> we're not talking about your jet lag from australia. >> no. the kelly brothers are part of an interesting study. scott kelly doing his part from the international space station. mark kelly also an astronaut

here at home. they are taking part in an interesting science experiment. we'll check in with them. >> also we mentioned wrangler. this is wrangler's trainer. we always like to say hi to her. how would you like to do some shopping and redecorating at the same time? jill has got steals and deals for your home that you do not want to miss. >> and get ready for the weekend. not that thing that's two days away. they've got a huge hit on the "50 shades of gray" sound track. they'll perform it on the show tomorrow. i'm obsessed with the weeknd. a summer spotlight event was put on on tuesday in honor of national concert day. hoda kotb served as the host. and she'll have more of her day

with kid rock, flo rida florida georgia line. >> that's the perfect gig for hoda. let's check the weather. >> not too bad. you'll see wet weather making its way from the plains all the way down to east texas. risk of strong storms into nebraska. high surf advisories along the california coast and eastern florida coast. that will continue tomorrow as we have our low pressure system developing along the coast. slight risk of strong storms. again texas on into nebraska. look for lots and lots of sunshine up and down the eastern seaboard. pacific northwest looking pretty magnitude. 8:32. we do have some high pollen levels out there for today. lovely temperatures. 69 degrees on the peninsula today. 69 degrees on the east shore. these two locations expecting the most wind. and as a result that's when the pollen will probably be most problematic as we get into the

next couple of hours. that wind will start to pick up. the reason why, area of low pressure on the way to bring us showers for tomorrow. overall, though, looking good. friday temperatures stay steady. we'll see lovely conditions for the mother's day weekend. >> and that's your latest weather. now to "the voice" on "today." it's on to the semifinals after another elimination last night. our carson daly's got the play by play. >> reporter: last night the six remaining artists hoping to make it to the next round put on their game faces, squeezed in one final rehearsal preparing for the moment they all dread. >> one of you was instantly saved. the other goes home tonight. >> it's not a great feeling. >> reporter: but once again india carney found herself back in jeopardy for the second week in a row. >> i wish i could keep both. >> reporter: joining her was fellow teammate kimberly cole.

and in another tight race, when all the votes were counted -- >> india carney you're moving on to the semifinals. >> reporter: -- india squeaked in knocking a stunned kimberly out of the running. >> i am disappointed. i would have loved to make it to the top four. but that wasn't in the cards. >> reporter: next week after one artist is eliminated "the voice" season eight finalist will be set. for "today," carson daly, nbc news, los angeles. >> and you can catch more of "the voice" on mondays and tuesdays 8:00/7:00 central. savannah? >> all right. thank you so much. it's been over a month since nasa astronaut scott kelly began his year-long stay on the international space station. it's a mission that also involves his identical twin brother mark kelly and both brothers are with us this morning. scott is aboard the international space station. and mark's a bit closer.

former astronaut is here in the studio. good morning to both of you. >> good morning. >> i've got you here mark. scott, you're up in space. you're just going over the bahamas right now. how is your first month going? one month down eleven more to go. >> yeah. so far so good. when i got here about -- i think it's been about 40 days ago, almost felt like i had never left. it's amazing how your body adapts to this environment and how it remembers actually being here. >> you've got five other astronauts aboard the space station with you. i'm imagining an episode of the real world. how is it going up there? how are you getting along and how's your work going more importantly? >> we get along great. we're all professionals. we're in this together. it's a tough environment to live in. but as a team we get through it. >> and mark you are part of this study. and this is -- it's kind of a

dream come true for nasa. because you have two genetically identical individuals. one spending a year in space. one down here on earth. tell me about, i guess, the possibilities that this creates for nasa researchers. >> let me first back up why we're doing this. so we have a good sense of what it takes for flying in space for six months. but if one day we want to go to mars or another destination, we know the engineering to do that. we don't know a lot about the human body. so scott's spending a year in space and nasa is studying both of us. that's going to give a lot of information to reach out into the solar system. >> scott, i really am a big follower and admirer of your twitter feed. you're getting a lot of beautiful images from the space station. i know you had some other comforts like the new espresso machine. >> you know, the space station, even though it's a tough environment because you can never leave, there's no running water, off lot of work to do

you're always at work. there are little things that make life here more normal like the espresso machine which we just got running. which by the way is a science experiment. we only have 15 espresso capsules so we're rationing those. it worked great. tasted great. >> mark i don't know about you. it turns out and i won't get into all the reasons scientifically that you are now aging a little faster than your brother up in space. so when he comes back you will be three milliseconds older. do you have older brother advice? >> i'm already six months older so i'm going to gain another three milliseconds. einstein figured that out. theory of relativity. you should ask him to like, flip over upsidedown so people can see he's in space. >> let's do it. your brother suggested you do some party tricks as we leave you. can you show us weightlessness?

>> yes. but first i need to correct my brother. he said he's six months older. he's only six minutes older. sometimes he feels like six months older but really only six minutes. >> hey, scott, and change that air force sign you got in the background. you need a navy sign up there. >> this is a great opportunity for you to harass your brother. i want to say thank you to scott kelly aboard the international space station and to mark right here on earth. great to see you both. thank you so much. >> thank you very much. all right. good job. >> yeah. pleasure being with you guys today. thank you. >> thank you. >> that's pretty cool stuff. all right. thanks very much. up next jill is here with exclusive steals and deals including on pillows like this one to make your home is little cozier. but first this is "today" on nbc. big savings on

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it's more whimsical and playful. the retail $100. the deal $27. that's 73% off. >> these are great. all right. now, i think this is the part of the segment where i'm supposed to recap all of the steels and deals? candles from isaac mizrahi. pillows from frog hill. the island bath and body sets. silverware from knork and the vases. if you have any information about these items, head to steals and deals page at today.com. you did really well. >> thanks. you too. coming up are you comfortable in your own skin? how to go from a body loather to a bodily lover. but first this is "today" on nbc.

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friendly. you probably think you know all you know about big bird. but think again. jenna bush hager caught up with the guy behind the feathers. >> many of us never lived in a world without big bird. and it turns out the man inside the yellow suit is pretty extraordinary too. >> reporter: he's one of the biggest stars on television, but you probably don't know his name or recognize his face. neat a hint? he is carol spiny. but known as big bird. when he was hand picked by muppets creator jim henson. >> he said i'm going to be involved in a new show called "sesame street." would you be interested in working with the muppets. it was sort of like saying -- >> dream coming true. >> yeah. >> reporter: four years later,

he's coming out from behind the beak the subject of a new documentary titled "i am big bird." the film details his life and career. we learn about his early years in feathers. >> he wasn't a child. some script came along and i said you know i think the way this should be played is that big bird is a kid. >> reporter: how much of big bird is you? >> i was one of these kind of kids that wanted to do the right thing. so that's what big bird is always trying to be is trying to be a good kid. happens to be a kid that's a bird 8'2." >> reporter: big bird has taken spinny around the world. made big bird a hollywood star. >> i'm not a chicken actually. i'm a bird on the run. >> reporter: winning him a number of famous admirers. >> big bird. that's what i'm talking about. hi, big bird! >> reporter: while spinny has charmed the world as big bird

he's also been called on to show his grouchy side pulling double duty as oscar the grouch. can you choose who you like to play more? or is that like choosing a favorite child? >> oscar is cool. it's fun to play somebody different. on the other hand big bird is my kid. in some ways i love him best. >> reporter: but it hasn't been all sunny days. spinny said nasa approached him in the '80s to get kids interested in space by putting big bird into the space. they instead put a teacher into space on the challenger. >> all of a sudden it goes boom. i said my god. >> reporter: that moment gave you chills. >> it was like we all started crying. we knew it was a disaster. made my scalp crawl to think i was supposed to be on that. >> reporter: but no matter where

spinny and big bird go he never forgets his true audience. >> it's so fun to play something that you know when children see him, they melt in just the right way. >> reporter: when you think about life without big bird? >> i think it wouldn't be quite as exciting. he's another world and lives another life than i do. and yet it's part of my life. i'm lucky. >> reporter: lucky for all of us that carol spinny is a big part of our lives no matter how old we get. and toif say i couldn't help but kiss big bird. >> is that allowed? >> he liked it. >> he didn't complain? >> he is madly in love of his wife he met on the show years ago. she was there. i think she got her feathers in a ruffle get it? >> got that. 46 years. that's extraordinary. >> isn't that amazing? >> and i can't believe you wore that for the intro. >> this is in honor of big bird. i feel like one large bird. >> you look great. we should mention "i am big

bird" opens nationwide next week and available on demand as well. thank you very much jenna. we're back in a moment. this is "today" on nbc.

we're back with more of our series "love your selfie." when you look in the mirror do you like what you see? well everybody was buzzing a few years ago when she posted these before and after photos.

they showed her in fitness contest form and the body she has now and the one she says she loves better. today she is the author of "embrace: my story from body loather to body lover." good to see you. >> good morning. >> were you shocked at the reaction that you got when you posted that before and after? >> i was. >> what were people saying? >> well most people were really positive. of course there were a lot of people saying you're promoting obesity and shame on you for doing that. but i'm really glad that i posted those photos because it highlighted what is a very big problem right around the world of body shaming. i call it a global epidemic of body hazing. and i'm trying to change that. >> you really struck a cord. and your personal journey probably mirrors that of a lot of women. you were -- you actually had three kids as i understand it and you were thinking of doing a tummy tuck and you thought wait a minute what i am doing.

tell me about that epiphany. >> i was watching my younger daughter play and i thought what sort of message am i sending to her and how am i going to teach michaela to love her body. so i decided against the surgery. i will say that doesn't mean if someone has had surgery or engages in botox or whatever that they don't have a right to be a positive body image activist. >> right. >> but that was your own turning point. >> absolutely. and we need to embrace and love all shapes and sizes and abilities of bodies. and, you know be kinder to ourselves. >> but then you decided, okay i'm going to do this the old fashioned way. i'm going to see if i can get that body that everyone in the media tells us we should want to have. so you entered a body building contest. >> yeah. i mean that's just crazy, right? in itself. >> you look great. but what did you have to do to get that? >> i think it's more of a question of what didn't i have

to do. i mean i wanted to feel and discover how it would feel to have a bikini body. because so many women want that body. it's such an obsession. >> but you realized -- how did you feel about it? you attained it did it and what did you find out? >> it wasn't all it was cracked up to be. and i think the other thing as well is that health is not just physical. people applauded me and thought i was inspirational for having that body. but what they didn't realize is yes i may have looked physically fit but emotionally and spiritual, i wasn't a complete person. because going to the beach with my children and eating fish and chips and pulling out a tupperware of rabbit food wasn't fun. >> you've got a book called "embrace." you're working on a documentary as well. great to have you here. great view. >> thank you. >> back to you guys. >> what do you have coming up? >> we have alan thicke.

and willie is cooking his mother's secret recipe. we'll tell you what it is. you'll know when you watch. >> just want to know if i want to go by the kitchen. >> you want to go. >> it's meat in the shape of a loaf. >> good hint. don't have to drop a building on me. first we've got a look at your local news and weather. we're back in just a little while. 8:56. i'm laura garcia-cannon. developing story in the east bay. new earthquakes have shaken up the same area hit by a swarm of recent shakers. 3.2, a 3.5 and a magnitude 2.6 all hit since 7:00 a.m. no reports of damage. more than a dozen earthquakes have hit the same area over the past two weeks.

none registered more than a 3.6. answers may be coming for students left in limbo from the heald college closure last month. this morning congress woman holds a news conference. another local news update in half an hour. we'll see you then.

this morning on "today's take," alan thicke is here. and he's feeling the growing pains of reality tv. then shocking video of a school bus driver refusing to let kids off. plus a surprise concert by u2 and you will not believe where it was. all that and more coming up now. >> announcer: from nbc news this is "today's take" with al roker, natalie morales willie geist, and tamron hall live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> it is wednesday morning, may 6th 2015. welcome to "today." i'm willie along with al and tamron. natalie had to leave early this morning for an assignment. can i start with this video from the school bus?

>> please. >> it's mind blowing. this is a surveillance video from inside a bus. this is in arizona. a bus driver who reportedly refused to let a bunch of elementary school students off the bus because he said they were too rowdy. even as their parents were banging on the doors for him to open and let out the children. watch this. >> the longer we stay here the parents will be upset. and not at me. with you. see, your parents are getting upset. you break that door you're going to be buying a new one! your kid will get off the bus when i'm done with them. >> let the kids off the bus. >> i'm not letting anybody off until you listen to what i have to say. >> help us! >> i want my daddy. i want my daddy. >> step away from the bus. [ screaming ] >> so what you're watching right

there is as the parents beat on the door, he says step away from the bus and takes off and drives away with these parents' children on the bus. again, about 35 elementary kids from just outside phoenix. drove back to the school with all the kids still on board. at that point opened the door and let the kids off. >> the police were there. >> the cops came to meet the bus because the parents called 911 when he took off with this kids. we haven't confirmed whether he's just been placed on administrative leave or has resigned. either way, that's a stunner. >> and these poor kids. >> isn't that a police matter now beyond the -- >> i would think so. if he drives off, i don't know if that's kidnapping or not. >> some would probably make the case for it. it's being described as that. that's crazy. those poor children screaming for their parents saying help us. >> wow. >> i don't know what -- i think i would have gotten in front of that bus. he would have had to run over me. i'm sorry, he would not have

driven off. >> one of the dads were trying to pry open the door. >> my goodness. >> hey. so did you see sophia vergara was on "the tonight show." teaming up with jimmy for a game of catch phrase. and we learned something a bit revealing shall we say, about sophia. >> what you sleep in. my outfit for sleeping. >> your outfit for sleeping. a flannel pajamas. >> no. no. look at me. >> lingerie? >> no. better than that. less than that. >> nothing. >> it's like that -- like a -- whatever it's two words. like they also say it when you

give birth. a woman gives birth. when you are born. when you're born! >> when you're born -- >> what do you wear when you're born. >> nothing. sleep in the nude. naked. >> but what do they say when you're born. >> nothing. oh a diaper. >> no! >> birthday suit! >> oh. >> i mean, i am not playing with you anymore. >> i can't believe it. i think jimmy was milking that. >> i think he was. i think he wanted to hear her and see her. >> i think it's easier when it's on the screen and you know. you're in that moment, it's not in your head. >> she

[ cheers ] >> oh that's great. that's the end of 12 miles. she had 70 pounds of gear.

>> she had that pack on her back. wow. >> captain cudd as you saw there did earn the badge which is very prestigious in the united states army. >> i kept watching that over and over. even though i know how it ends after the third time, of course, i kept saying come on. i'm looking at the screen like, you can do it. you cheer for her in that. i think that's a good thing to share. if your kids are in school and come back later today, show them that video. >> as long as they weren't on the school bus with that driver. >> don't take us back to that. so how about this one. what would you do if you saw someone doing something wrong. here's the background. a photo showing a family -- they were reportedly vandalizing a railing along the oregon trail. well, it's gone viral. >> you can tell they're related because they all have fuzzy heads there. >> right. they are. we're not showing their faces because this is kind of dicey territory. so someone a hiker. his name is brett nelson wrote on his facebook page he saw a

dad with two kids carving their names into this railing on the overlook. he says he confronted them. the family. and then told them to stop. he snapped the photo of them and then put it on his facebook page. and with the caption how is this okay? so vandalism has been a big problem at a lot of public parks, you can face a huge fine. defacing really what belongs to all of us. public property here. the question, though. should he have taken the photo to the park police and have them handle it? or do you post it on your social media page kind of like a social media vigilante? what do you do? >> i'd go to the park ranger, myself. i wouldn't let my kids do that vandalize. but i don't think it's the end of the world. he wasn't chopping down a tree or anything. >> but where do you stop? remember that nitwit that pushed over the rock in utah. >> yeah. so the forest service they're

investigating this. but there was a guy out in california we did a story on he went by and took video of neighbors who were watering their lawn, violating the ban. and then posting it online. so i don't know. a lot of people are doing this. they say people are doing something wrong. it's public shaming. >> do you do that? >> of course not. i would never do that. >> not my style. >> not mine either. >> because they're carving it into -- so they've got a knife. i'm just moving on. >> right. yeah. and beyond social media. if you see a man and a woman arguing or -- and it gets physical do you jump in? at what point do you -- >> that's different. >> yeah. someone is going to get hurt. this -- i would have been afraid to take a picture of them. what if they were like give me that camera. >> i like playing both sides. give me your camera. there's a little tamron puppet show. >> but you take a picture, they grab the camera.

it's probably not the best thing to do. >> probably not. there you go. >> how are you? still thinking of your favorite show from last week? you haven't mentioned it today. >> what show would that be? you mean the "today's take" that had ellie kemper, jane krakowski, and tina fey? the best "today's take" ever? >> is this the one week anniversary of that show? you should have a party or something. >> we'll have to get clips up. it'll be fantastic. >> one week anniversary of what al roker says is the best show of his career because his friends and coworkers were not there. >> no. that's only half right. because you weren't here. and ellie kemper and tina fey and jane krakowski were. anyway, we've got wet weather. risk of strong storms later today. stretching from central texas all the way into nebraska as we push in, show you that. up to 3 million people at risk for this. wind gusts up to 60 miles per hour. can't rule out a tornado. this continues not just

tomorrow but right on into the weekend. so we're going to be watching this very closely. over the weekend, some areas could pick up tulsa up into wichita down into dallas. could pick up to eight inches of rain. and we've also got the possibly of subtropical storm ana. it will make its way slowly meandering up towards the carolinas. there's a big area of high pressure up to the north keeping it. but we'll see high surf rip currents, beach erosion, heavy rain. it will have coastal impacts from savannah all the way 9:10 now. i concur al. temperatures right now are mild out there. we do have elevated pollen today. that wind is going to pick up all that pollen and lift it up into our atmosphere. so if you do suffer from the allergies of the season just keep in mind you want to have

your medicine ready to go for today. looking towards lower levels by tomorrow. 69 degrees on the peninsula. 77 in the north bay. 75 degrees for the tri-valley. we'll hit the low 70s here in the south bay. showers move in tomorrow evening. >> still talking about the school bus thing. >> school bus. >> it is one of those what would you do situations if that was your kid in that bus. >> scary one. up next, if you grew up watching "growing pains" alan thicke will always be known as the head of that family. but he's talking about a reality show. a semireality show. >> my school reunion. i don't know. who wants to play in idaho? gotta get milwaukee up to speed. we win in flint, we take the lead. we'll close the deal if we just show...

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siever on "growing pains" for seven seasons. >> now alan's family life is playing out on tv again this time for real and he's dishing out fatherly advice on his show "unusually thicke." take a look. >> you know who you're talking about? >> yeah. that was like hundreds of thousands of views. they actually make you money too. >> stop it. >> i'm serious. >> i actually know this territory. i have a classic myself. you know it. sweaty and hot. ♪ >> wow. >> oh, yeah. >> song of the summer. . >> right there. >> that's our vote. that's our nominee right there. bring it back. you perform in that same outfit. >> it's interesting to see yourself that long ago. i thought it would be interesting if scott kelly were to come back with a full head of hair. wouldn't that be something? >> the astronaut. reverse aging. >> we're a hair family.

that's all we care about in the morning. >> is this is a reality show? is it a situation comedy that isn't scripted? >> it's not scripted but the story is plotted. it's a reality show in that it's our real family and it's real situations. but we try to find a funny way out. you know, we -- all of the hair pulling and wine tossing has been done expertly by the real housewives of anywhere. so we didn't want that route. we have a funny exit to real family drama. >> your family is on the roof. you've got a horse in the back yard. >> it's typical. this is just before noon. >> is that your horse? >> we live on a ranch. have a dozen horses. and cats and dogs and the usual. but we've taken some situations that really happened and had had some fun with it. my son is a senior this year in school. so we have a graduation party

and there's a shoot going on next door. >> does that really happen? >> it happens. and in another episode he gets invited to the prom anonymously turns out to be a guy. and he wants to be politically correct and do the right thing, so he accepts the dude's promposal. and my wife gets victimized by a lot of social media haters as many people. she responds to that with a very flashy kind of lingerie shoot. >> that's how the thickes fight back. >> take that. >> yeah. >> so all of those things have actually taken place. we try to find the funny way out. >> clearly you're having fun because you're back for the continuation of the first season. i always wonder this about reality moments. where you're sitting eating a sandwich and you turn saying get

out of my face. >> we know what we're doing. at least we know what part of the story we're telling. so i would never have had the confidence to think that you could follow me around in my underwear with a camera and we'd be interesting enough while i'm waiting for the tee time. so we have the occasional tweak or twerk. >> we showed your music video. we know music runs through your blood line. your son robin thicke. tell us about the lawsuit with marvin gaye's family. this is tied up in long litigation, it sounds like. >> it's kind of a milestone litigation. >> it is. >> and dangerous to the musical community. the gap band has been added to bruno mars' "uptown funk." everybody is a little wary of any possibility of plagiarism.

>> did you have any advice -- robin and pharrell lost the case, what advice have you given him? >> not so much advice. just yes you're giving back $3 million. but you're $3 million ahead of where you were before. so from a purely accountant standpoint, it's okay. but emotionally it's not a healthy precedent. they are appealing and of course we hope they win. >> by the way, you are a great sitcom theme writer. the theme to "different strokes." >> thank you. yeah. ♪ >> do you remember the words? >> yeah. and nobody has come back and said he ripped that off. >> no. that's an original. >> along with "sweaty and hot." >> alan, thank you so much. catch episodes of "unusually thicke" on pop. >> that's tonight. coming up, mother's day ideas that will barely cost you a thing.

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mom's day just four days away. but don't panic if you don't have a gift yet. >> you can make your own gift by checking out some easy diy videos on youtube which just turned ten years old. >> i didn't know that. >> if you can do it -- we. if we can do it, anyone can. >> if you can do it, we can try it. here's the deal. remember when you were a kid made the turkey by tracing your hand? this is the same deal. trace your hand. >> this is from cutie patootie. she's much better than we are. >> so you cut the -- then you take two pieces of construction paper and you cut it and you follow along. then you're going to have to pieces that look like this. then a strip of paper and make an accordion like that. fold it up. then you'll glue these two together. write something on the outside.

i love you and then inside this much there you go. >> as willie pointed out, you can get a better instructional on what to do online. but i love this. >> hey. bath salts. i love this. who's hand is this? >> i can't draw. it's a part of my brain that opportunity work. my mother would love it. >> again, cutie patootie making this. home made bath salts. >> i love that. >> go to the store and buy some scents bath salts. also just plain old epsom salts. and then you layer. >> this smells amazing. then you put some in and keep layering. >> so it's like a parfait. >> just pile them up. >> then put the lid on. >> and then we've got cupcakes. so there you have it. >> all right. turns into a bath bomb.

>> wait a minute. i've got more. there's also this rose center piece. >> her channel is nerdy nummies. >> go to today.com to see the full video of how you make this. >> that's great. test it out. give it a shot. >> i'll be the taster. speaking of ♪ join red nose day, a national event to help lift children out of poverty. it's easy: buy a red nose, exclusively at walgreens and start making a difference. it's a good laugh for a good cause. tune in on may 21st to watch the red nose day benefit live on nbc. holy macaroni !! this little thingamajig is some kind of super, duper, special gain. if my nose had thumbs,

i'm pretty sure they'd be up right now. ♪ your nose has no thumbs! ♪ gain flings with 50% more scent. i'm sam brock. we continue to follow a developing story out of the east bay. three new earthquakes have shaken up the same area near concord. this time a 3.2, a 3.5 and a magnitude 2.6 have all struck sips 7:00 a.m. there are no reports of any damage. well more than a dozen earthquakes have hit the same area over the past two weeks. none registered as more than a 3.6. more details now. the quakes are rattling the same area along the concord-green valley fault line. it runs 11 miles long and starts at the carquinez strait and runs to the mt. diablo foothills. hillary clinton visiting the

bay area today. she is scheduled to attend two fund raisers in san francisco. the first one takes place this afternoon in pac heights. tickets for each event would run you $2700 apiece. scientists conducting a necropsy on the hump back whale that washed ashore in pacifica. this was spotted monday afternoon about a half mile from where another sperm whale washed ashore last month. experts call the two dead whales so close together a coincidence. after the break we'll have a look at your weather and traffic. stay with us.

welcome back. now temperatures mostly in the upper 60s to low 70s for today. not a bad day shaping up at all,especially if you can take the pollen. the high pollen will drop off tomorrow. we get a few showers for your thursday. steady temperatures into your mother's day weekend. take a look at these numbers. just spectacular for you and mom this year. in the 70s for most of us. a couple low 60s in san

francisco. otherwise looking good. good air quality was well. here is mike with your drive. the south bay. west 237 had a late crash. 237 at 101. it's still on the shoulder. a little extra distraction causes a lot more slowing likely. meanwhile the peninsula and east bay smooth. heading up toward the bay bridge. into oakland or san francisco. the earlier crashes have cleared. late slowing coming down the east shore freeway. thank you very much for the report. christina as well. we'll have another update in 25 minutes.

taking a look at the headlines. the cdc has issued its first national study on hispanic health. according to the cdc, about one in six people living in the u.s. is hispanic. 20 years from now says that number could be one in four. the report says among hispanic groups in the u.s., people from puerto rico appear to have the worst health due to a larger amount of smoking. but overall hispanics in the u.s. live longer than whites or blacks. most americans are not getting enough sleep. a new survey shows most adults get about seven hours a night instead of the eight hours recommended by experts. and 41% of americans get four hours of less of restful sleep each night. people in idaho get the most sleep. and those in georgia get the

least. a new report suggests what millennials want most in a job. it's flexibility in their work schedules. the ernst and young survey found those 18 to 34 are in relationship where both work fulltime. only 47% have a full-time working shous. one official says if your boss doesn't get it about your work work/life balance, you may be right. when she and her kids were held hostage in their home at knife point b. the woman used a pizza hut app on her cell phone to order a pepperoni pizza. she added the message hostage help. get 911. help. the restaurant called police who arrested the boyfriend. amazon prime customers can get a perk in the air. amazon has partnered with jetblue in a deal that will let passengers stream music and video for free on their wi-fi

devices. it will be available this year. one of the best selling artists of all time prince, has announced plans to perform this sunday in baltimore at what's being called a rally 4 peace. in the wake of recent protests over the death of freddie gray, the event is meant to be a catalyst for pause and reflection. everyone showing up is asked to wear gray. now let's get a check of the weather with al. good morning to you. >> what a great idea. thanks so much. all right. today a risk of strong storms central texas into nebraska. wet weather in the pacific northwest. we're watching this system that's developing off the southeastern atlantic coast. a lot of heavy rain with this. it may become a tropical system. we'll call that one ana. and sunshine here in the northeast after the morning clouds burn off. tomorrow the risk continues in the mid-section of the plains. wet weather into the northern plains. sunshine along the west coast. and this risk of severe weather is going to last into the weekend. some areas from texas into

i'm christina loren. good wednesday morning to you. i'm christina loren. weather story of the day building breeze and drifting pollen in the forecast. temperatures, though will be comfortable yet again. 69 degrees on the peninsula today. same for the east shore. 76 degrees out in the tri-valley. looking good for the mid to upper 70s in the north bay. we're going to stay steady temperaturewise, a few showers tomorrow evening. friday looks great, comfortable. beautiful conditions will prevail for your mother's day weekend. >> and that is your latest weather. okay. grab your mugs. somewhere natalie is grabbing her mug. so let's cheers to the screen. hey. happy hump day pop fix. what ashton kutcher did for his mom will make you want to kick up your mother's day gift a

notch or two. he went to iowa to renovate his childhood home. he asked his mom diane to stay in l.a. with his new baby and wife mila kunis. with the help of a design company completed his mom's life long dream to have a new basement. and her reaction, priceless. >> why are you so calm? >> it's too late now. >> come on down. >> oh. oh, my god. >> what a good son. you can see ashton's project from start to finish at house.com/my house. >> it's kutcher. >> renovated his mom's home. >> it was a beautiful day for some commuters in new york city. u2 surprising fans by giving a performance of three of their songs at grand central station. they performed "a beautiful

day," "angel" and "song for someone." some fans even caught jimmy fallon there. given the band's upcoming appearance on "the tonight show" this friday. don't go out. stay out and watch this. they missed a week of performances after bono was injured biking earlier this year. bono and fallon were spotted on bikes so we'll likely see a skit about the incident on friday's show as well. it was a serious accident. so good to see him back on the bike. he said he doesn't know when he's going to be able to play again. so maybe that is it. he didn't play in the subway. >> with one of the great things about working here, there's the edge sitting there on an apple laptop. >> just in the cafeteria. >> no. in fallon's hallway. >> you go to the cafeteria a lot. >> sorry cafeteria.

>> nothing like eating with the real people. >> by the way we have a great cafeteria. >> it's fantastic. the sushi in that calf fearfeteriacafeteria crazy. pizza station. there are other people there. not just for you. >> don't try to out me. i bring my lunch every day. thank you. >> that's right. that's right. i forgot. are we still doing pop fix? >> okay. can you let it be. that's what jamie foxx wants to know after his performance of the national anthem at the mayweather/pacquiao fight this weekend. he sat down with "access hollywood" asking everybody to calm down. he added we had a little bit of a situation with our ear pieces. >> so did we. >> the ear pack dropped off so i couldn't, you know i can't hear what's playing, he said. he had to improvise and that he hoped people could understand.

jamie foxx does have an album coming out in just over a week but said everything's cool. and he thinks people just wanted something to talk about. for the record jamie foxx can sing. >> yes he can. no question about that. >> he can sing. and beyond his james -- ray charles impersonation. he can sing. >> yes. you know, he's performed at the cafeteria. you should see it. >> that's right. >> okay. again, let me out you all. the name of the lady the kind lady who checks us out at the cafeteria that they say i don't go to jackie. how do i know that if i don't go up there? >> why'd you say you don't go? >> i don't go often. i bring my lunch. next it's willie's turn to share -- i have a snoopy case. he's going to share his mom's favorite dish to make for young

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you guys are digging in already. what do you think? >> delicious. >> mother cooks best. the segment we honor our mothersly sharing a recipe that reminds of us home. today it's my turn. my mother's fettuccine cannot be beat. my mother's day recipe is something we like to call jo jo's fettuccine. that's the name she took on when my kids were born. her name is jody. i don't make it now because you don't want to repaint the mona lisa. let your mother make the dish. it was always a special time in our house. extra special when it was the fettuccine. my mother is one of the kindest people with the biggest heart i've ever met. so she instilled in me and my sister this idea of charity, of unselfishness, of having some responsibility in the world to do things for other people. i get home.

i just had been through whatever it was three hours or football or basketball practice. i would chug from the milk gallon out of the fridge. then i'd sit down and eat probably 3/4 of what she prepared not leaving much for anyone else. but i was a growing boy. the key ingredient to the fettuccine, butter. one big stick of butter. mm. i'd like to be alone with my fettuccine now. thank you. i'm jealous because you're already eating it. let's make some. >> have you made this without your mom? >> i have never made this. my mother -- >> this is the first? >> it's the first. everything with all the ingredients it's only five minutes this is your spinach fettuccine. fresh or from the box. stick of butter. parmesan cheese, a little flour, and whatever spices you like. garlic salt basil, oregano.

boil the noodles here. >> and your mom was ahead of the curve using spinach fettuccine way back when. >> it's balanced out by the cream and everything. your noodles are boiling. then you dump all this stuff in here. big stick of butter because that's how we do it in the household. >> that's the start of every recipe at the geist household. >> that's how we do it. sour cream. you've had my dad's mashed potatoes so you know well. and little bit of whatever that is. what was that? the recipe's online. it was white wine. so this melts down. then we get our cheese in there. as much as you want on this. >> we like it cheesy. >> was that flour or corn starch? >> flour. then the spices in there. put a little of that guy in there. and this melts down and makes your sauce. mom says don't overcook the sauce because it loses creaminess and gets grainy.

then you stir it all together and it turns into this beautiful feast. if you're super duper health conscious, it's probably not for you because of the sauce. >> i'm not going to have another bite. please. >> but it tastes great. >> it's fantastic. >> isn't it great? >> everything in moderation. by moderation we mean an entire bowl. it's delicious. >> we're going to go eat. you can find the full recipe on today.com. by the way, natalie is back tomorrow. and she'll have her mother's em empanadas. up next, what was the joker before he became batman hi. looking for a prius, i bet. it's high-tech too with the latest safty features. and available entune app suite. and, i'm sorry... i don't mean to drone on. honey, stop messing with jan. during toyota time, get 0% apr financing for 60 months on a 2015 prius. offer ends june 1st. for

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character who evolves into the riddler. >> we've got cory joining us now. congratulations on just such a great first season. >> thank you. thanks for having me in. >> it must be interesting for you. your character started as a smaller character. but as we watched edward nigma through the season, it became much more obvious you were going to have a bigger role here. >> yeah. it became much more exciting for me. in the pilot i had like 20 seconds. i was like, hmm. how do you build a character off of that? these are five lines. i have to make something interesting here. so it's been really fun. what was most exciting for me was starting -- he's one of the only villains that starts as a good guy from the beginning. when you're telling an origins story, it's always most exciting to start as far away as possible. which i'm getting to do. which is really exciting. at the end of this season, my

art explodes. >> i love how your protecting. >> it exploded. and so there's so much that's going to happen in season two and really set up for it. >> did you come into this show as a big batman fan? i grew up watching the reruns of adam west. >> i'm a huge fan of the tim burton film and watched the animated series as a kid. but my brother and i growing up we weren't comic book kids. we weren't video game kids. we were outside all the time playing. >> yeah. >> just two boys from ohio playing kick the can. >> it had to be a culture shock not being a comic book kid suddenly being in this world where the people who love this are devoted. >> it's awesome though. it's awesome. you know, as an actor you want to participate in things that people enjoy. or you know, even inspire them maybe. and this fan base is unreal.

like, these conventions we get to go to. it's exciting. >> so you play a character who will become the riddler. so we're going to -- i understand you're not a big riddle guy. >> he's an outdoors kid. >> there were a lot of riddles on the trees in the park. >> so we don't know the answers to these either. we'll figure them out together. here's our first one. all right. riddle me this. five little items of an everyday sort. you'll find us all in a tennis court. >> tennis ball? >> five little items. >> our tennis balls in a pack of five? >> no. that's three. >> everyday sort. >> give up. >> strings on a tennis court? >> vowels. oh. >> okay. wow. wow. these are intense. >> next one. >> what room can no one enter?

>> that no one can enter? >> oh i know this one. we give up. a mushroom! yeah, you weren't around in the '60s. >> should have put those in your fettuccine. >> cory thank you so much. looking forward to the second season. >> mushroom? >> those were difficult. >> this is "today" on nbc.

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good morning 9:56. i'm scott mcgrew. developing story in the east bay. did it wake you up? three earthquakes shook up the same area near concord hit by a recent swarm of earthquakes.

3.2, 3.5 and 2.6 all hit since 7:00 this morning. no reports of any damage. well more than a dozen earthquakes have now hit the same requestorarea over the past two weeks. none bigger than 3.6. a new effort to stop future scenes like the b.a.r.t. strikes of 2013 that crippled trains. an assembly committee will hear a new measure that would require b.a.r.t. workers to honor no-strike clauses even after their contracts expire. a previous effort to simply ban b.a.r.t. workers from striking never made it out of committee. let's check your weather this morning. thank you, scott. the weather story of the day, typical spring temperatures mostly in the 70s and high pollen levels for this afternoon. temperatures, though, hard to beat for this time of year. 69 on the peninsula. 70 degrees for the east shore and 77 in the north bay. now that we're in may it could

be much warmer so please enjoy this while it lasts. we look to warm up. the pollen levels will be high for today, but we're going to see these drop off as we head throughout the next couple of days especially thursday into friday. more food at 11:00. here is mike. san francisco we are hearing major delays coming into and out of san francisco. a crack in the track is what we're hearing at the civic station. a lot of trains coming into and out of san francisco that will likely cause the ripple on both sides of the bay. roadways starting to clear on both sides of the bay. backup at bay bridge toll plaza. no drama there. compression through fremont and north 280 at 17. another local news update coming up in half an hour. we'll see you then.

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while most of you were celebrating cinco de mayo last night what our how ka woman was doing. >> a big concert event in the city. it was fun. florida georgia line was there. a lot of people. i loved it. sop happy. >> actor david burtka is here, talking about his newest role on broadway and what it's like to raise two kids with neil patrick harris. >> our girl lilliana is here with her luxe for less. >> hi. >> this is the cutest postage stamp i've seen into you are a postage stamp. >> it's affordable too which i love. >> okay. >> so last week we asked your viewers to tweet us with the items that they wanted me to find at a luxe for less price. >> our viewers. you are part. >> thank you. >> we asked our viewers and they said two things. loretta from massachusetts wanted us to find her bags. >> yes. >> and that looks like this one is expensive.

>> expensive. >> and then sandra also, from virginia, wanted to find swim suites. i poured through all the tweets, internet through the racks and i found incredible deals for these ladies. >> good. >> at the end of the show i will show you everything i found and loretta and sandra, stick around because we have a huge surprise for them. >> we do? >> postage stamp -- >> maybe. >> all right. >> all right sweetheart, thank you. >> would you like words of wisdom? >> i am ready. i have a bad neck. let's go. >> always help someone. you might be the only one who does. ever walk by somebody and say i'm sure someone else will do it or i want to do that but i'm positive -- you should do it. >> that's what they say. >> when i first moved to -- from l.a. to new york 31 years ago thinking i would be here for a year and i remember praying sincerely lord don't let me get caught up with the energy and pace of this city and the millions of people without being able to see the one.

>> yeah. >> because, you know, we -- people are invisible, they become faceless. >> yeah. >> it's important to remember. was that a nod? >> it always is. >> my mother's favorite philosopher, anonymous. >> i miss my dog. i'm on day two of blake in boot camp. >> you haven't told anybody yet. >> i didn't. >> want to talk -- he was starting to get a little aggressive. >> well -- >> you usually like that in men. >> he didn't bite. he just snaps. >> yeah. >> a little. >> which is frightening. look at him. >> the lady came and scooped up the cutest dog and she said -- what? the second cutest according to you. and took him to camp. it's a camp. >> four weeks. >> for dogs. four weeks. you can't visit. >> why hoda didn't let the lady take the dog in january or february does not make sense to me. >> my dog does not growl like that. he is sweet and cute. he is adorable. >> i miss waking up. >> know who is having the time of their lives?

duke and duchess of cambridge are going on a road trip and driving themselves. why is that news? >> they were spotted leaving kensington palace. hi, we're in the suv with the kids in the back. >> just like normal people. >> the prince, princess newborn and other baby all together. they're going two hours away to their vacation home. >> yeah. the queen's sandingham estate. >> they're slumming it. >> they're in the suv driving. >> yes, but what we cut off, there has to be a detail that goes with them, security detail everywhere. must be nice for them to have their own -- be in their own car. >> there they are. >> oh, my gosh. how wild. >> they have two perfect looking -- security detail. two perfect looking children. great health for them health and happiness. >> we saw charlotte outside. >> i bet they're not command o. >> probably not. there's charlotte, so cute. william on paternity leave. >> i like that idea. >> i do too.

they filled out the birth certificate yesterday and that took work because you had to fill out all the different names. the prince's name his royal hineness arthur william lewis duke of cambridge. >> catherine is a commoner, i hate that word known as she was when they got married her royal highness, catherine elizabeth the duchess of cambridge. >> occupation down as the prince and princess of the uk. >> what are you the princess of. >> my own apartment. i mean -- duke -- i mean of blake's -- >> blake's mama. >> can you name this face? do you know who this is? we're gaeg to give you lints as you look at it. it's not an easy one to put your finger on. maybe you will know. >> wow. >> picture one of those weird fat mirrors at the circus. >> he's not that cheeky in real life. >> not that cheeky. >> starred in "crazy stupid love" and the tv show "the following."

ready. "foot loose." >> that is kevin bacon with jewel s jowls. >> big time. >> he wrote, greetings from the uk. he didn't say why he was doing it. i wonder if that's -- that looks like it's a manipulation of a photo as opposed to -- >> he's always been known for being so, you know -- angular. >> very chiselled. >> yeah. >> some say maybe doing a commercial. >> for that company. >> yeah. >> out there. so he used prosthetics on his face. that's interesting. any how. >> we think this is. heidi klum were you close to your dad like hoda and i were. >> heidi klum gave an interesting reveal. she said when she was giving birth to her four children she revealed that there was somebody who was videotaping the actual birth and the person who was doing it. >> was never her husband or friend. >> no. she chose her dad to do it.

she said she wanted her husband seal, by the time, holding her hand and didn't want to hire a stranger to shoot the thing and asked her dad if he would shoot the actual delivery of the baby and -- >> she said, i had no problem with my dad doing it at all. i'm his kid. he made me. he can watch my kids being born. >> she called it normal. >> the culture she came out of in europe, so much freer about certain things like that. >> i can't even -- >> that's the last place in the world my father would have wanted to be. >> could you imagine. >> he would not have been able to do a video. >> no. he would have been freaking out. just think about how embarrassed you are with other things with your dad in terms of everything. i can't imagine being completely -- >> there is one -- >> vulnerable. >> videotape that does exist somewhere of me, wasn't videotape, it was film. >> film. >> film. >> black and white film. one christmas. >> what happened? >> i was so excited to come down the stairs because -- that i just came down naked. >> you did?

>> my daddy -- those old real to reel things. a sex tape of me does exist. dude. only time i remember being naked in my entire life. "the voice" last night was big. >> revealed the top five and two bottom ones as usual and both came from team christina. india and kimberly. watch them perform and we'll decide. ♪ oh, ♪ ♪ you are, you are ♪ ♪ you are ♪ >>. ♪ and if i catch you coming back my way i'm going to serve it to you ♪ ♪ what you want to hear that's what i'll do ♪ ♪ hey ♪

>> okay. . so india is the first girl in the yellow dress. >> i loved her hair. >> kimberly in white. this was crazy. they were voting last night, the vote got so close it was literally, this is a twitter vote for viewers at home it was split 50/50. exactly. let's see what happened. >> the person that did it knew something about that. >> one of you instantly saved, the other goes home tonight. india you're moving on in the semifinals. >> that was quick. >> the other one -- >> you think? >> hoda, i thought -- >> i thought the other one was going to win. >> i did too. >> i thought the first girl was terrific. it's a sound you've heard a lot. >> yeah. >> the other girl had a personality. >> unique. >> christina's face was a little interesting, wasn't it? >> she was surprised or disa appointed do you think? >> yeah.

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>> no. >> oh, that video on youtube. >> anyway -- >> how to pop the world's biggest zit. it's unbelievable. >> anyway, dr. oz is here to tell us what we can expect tomorrow and congratulations again. >> thank you. >> dr. oz, i'm sorry, what's in this? >> just enjoy the bouquet. this is my green drink. we will put it on your website. whatever greens you have leftover. don't forget the apple makes it sweet carrots, citrus in there lemon lime. please. >> you drink a green drink every day. >> it's palateble. what else is sweet? >> lemon lime citrus. i used an orange. >> this is pretty darn good. >> oh, my goodness. >> i hate stuff like this. >> she does not -- >> you know what you drink too. >> everybody knows what i drink. >> wine. mix it up. put vodka in this too if you want. >> jerry. >> so what does this mean to you personally?

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not yet. he agreed to show everyone how to use the netty pot. >> here you are doing this. >> we love the netty pot. >> aiming the water. >> you say this is a great way to control some of your allergies and stuff. >> we only have about 30 seconds. we have to get to a couple things if you don't mind. >> i warmed it up. here we go. >> we love you anyway. >> i'll do it. i'm not. >> quick, there's been controversy about your show with the doctors from columbia. do you think that that has been settled in your mind? >> it's not an issue to be settled in that way. the whole point of the show is to talk about what happens in a doctor's office but to go beyond that. a conversation about unconventional approaches things done in other parts of the world. i recognize my whole life i wanted to say look around the corner and see what else is out there. this is an ongoing discussion. positive feedback and criticism. the goal is to make people feel they're experts over their body.

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>> waited until all the diaper days were over. smart. >> yeah. now they're talking, you can reason -- >> reason with them. >> beautiful children. >> thank you. >> they are adoreble. >> they're great. >> tell us about that. >> they're fantastic. they're fun. very different in their own ways. very girly, very boy. he's into transformers now and she wants to be presented. she's singing everywhere. he's into cooking. cooks with me all the time. she wants things brought to her. >> you and neil patrick harris who is the discipline narron and who lets things go. >> i'm the maternal calm give daddy a hug and he gets the stern, strong voice. >> i'll give you something to cry about. >> yeah. >> save the chairs for later because you're going to need them. he doesn't say that. but he's -- he's more of a discipline narron and he's more, you know, certain task maker.

>> so you're eight shows a week, which anybody has done broadway knows is a grind. i understand and people don't realize it's always a work in progress before you open. and something called previews for a reason because you change up the show. can you show us a little bit of the dance you had to put in the night of. >> oh, yeah. >> it was wild. they -- daryl the producer, we had so sort of easy soft shoe with my dad in the show and she said, he's a fred astair winner. he's danced before on broadwayp. give him a big dance number. >> why don't you. >> let's see it. >> camera. >> you got it. let's see. i have to go from the -- i have to -- >> we both know it's wrong. >> okay. >> watch this, dad. >> yes. >> oh, now -- >> we sold some tickets just

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we'll have lots more detail coming up at 11:00. also happening today. democratic presidential contender hillary clinton visits the bay area. she is scheduled to attend two fund raisers in san francisco. the first fund raiser takes place this afternoon at pac heights. tickets for the event cost $2700 a pop. there are fairly serious news going on in the traffic world. mike inouye will have that for us coming up after the break.

welcome back folks. as scott said we have some

pretty serious issues going on in the traffic department. this is the bay bridge. your typical commute backup. i wanted to show you despite the lightening commute. this has built here of. the approach to the bay bridge not so serious. we'll zoom into the north bay where we got word of a crash involving two deaths at least. there is a third person being pulled from the wreckage over here. this is not far from domain. near the napa area. we're tracking that. the rest of the north bay the commute is starting to wind up. in san francisco this is affecting the b.a.r.t. lines. we're hearing about possible damage on one of the tracks over there at the civic center station. it's reducing it to less than half the trains going through the area. big delays expected into and out of san francisco and continuing. slowdown north 101 and 280 and toward los gatos. no major crashes here. we'll talk about earthquakes

in concord coming up at 11:00. we'll see you then. ♪ we're back on this wines day wednesday ready to play our weekly trivia game called who knew. we're about to test your knowledge of the most memorable quotes from real life and fictional moms. kathie lee is across the street at the nbc experience store ready to hand out $100 to anybody who gets the questions right. those who don't, hey, you get a wonderful cd. we're all winners. mostly. here to help me out is erica, the contributing editor for mom.me. >> hi, hoda. >> hey. >> big week. >> mom's week we like to call it. >> let's play, erica. go ahead. >> a lovely lady from delaware. which first lady called herself mom in chief. laura bush or michele obama or jackie kennedy? >> laura bush. >> you're going to love

"everyone has a story." >> the correct answer here, michele obama called herself mom in chief. >> michele obama. she of course is worried about her daughters being in the spotlight. she's professionally accomplished in her own right but made it clear as first lady her primary role is taking care of those girls and brought her mother to live in the white house. >> i remember that. she's been there. >> over to you. >> i'm trying to find a group because they're not going to get this. angelina told "vanity fair" makes her feel what? self-conscious self-conscious, pretty or like a woman? >> like a woman. >> you got it. >> like a womanp. yeah. >> and she told vanity"vanity fair" for the first time she felt all her body parts had a purpose and reason. she loved how round and supple she felt. brad felt pregnancy made her sexier. >> she seems to have a great body image thing and the surgeries with the cancer scare and stuff. >> right. >> over to you, kathie lee. >> look at our birthday girl. where are you from?

>> north carolina. >> which movie did the mother tell her daughter, the man is the head, but the woman is the neck. and she can turn the head any way she wants? >> is it "family stone" "because i said so" or "my big fat greek wedding". >> c. >> the sister from california knows. >> i can't believe she's 50 years old. >> "my big fat greek wedding". >> great movie released in 2002. good news for fans, there's a sequel coming out. >> there is? >> there is a sequel yes. >> nia will be in it. >> she announced it last year. >> so excited. all right. over to you. >> this gentleman's 60th birthday. we met when i was out there at high times liquor store. >> we did. >> which 2008 oscar winner dedicated the oscar to his or her mother damage day lewis tilda swinton or javier bardam. >> i'm going daniel day-lewis. >> no. >> all right. the correct answer javier bar

dam. >> picking up his 2008 oscar for "no country for old men" dedicated it to his mother. he gave a beautiful speech in spanish and the first time a spanish actor won the oscar and it was nice for him to share that honor with her. >> wow. >> over to you. >> we have so many birthdays. her 50th birthday. which film character told her daughter but nobody ever said life was fair. i'm bigger and i'm faster. i will always beat you. joan crawford mrs. wormwood or mrs. robinson in "the graduate". >> a total guess. i'm going with b. >> no. but hopefully you enjoy this. >> it's called "party animal". >> that is a good one. the correct answer is joan crawford, mommy dearest". >> her daughter famously published a tell-all memoir a year after her mother's death and the movie was made a few years later and one of the most famous scenes from the movie included a line no more wire

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actor trying to catch his break on broadway. >> who isn't. >> as he warns his new roommate kimmy that can take a toll. take a look. >> this was me then. i was cute just like you. showed my teeth when i smiled like you. i changed my name to titus andromedon and i marched myself in to audition for "the lion king". >> you were in "the lie kwon king" on broadway. >> yes except i was not. i auditioned 20 times in 15 years until they told me you are not passing as a straight giraffe. >> straight giraffe. >> titus. you came to play, baby. >> i did come to play. you know what if i were not here i would be watching you at home right now, that is the truth. >> stop it. >> i watch it every day. >> you and everybody else. >> that's what people say about us. >> i'm serious. >> i heard tina fey had you in mind when she was writing this part. you titus. >> she did. i didn't realize tina fey was thinking about me since i did

"30 rock". >> but she made you addition. >> the network made me audition. >> don't you hate that. >> it's okay. i still got it. >> tell us, i love this story, what happened when you -- they made you wait two weeks before they -- >> wait about two weeks. every day i was filling my life with food what i normally do anyways. >> yeah. >> but whatever. so i had ordered this pizza, like towards the end of the two weeks that i was waiting. my manager had been calling me off and on to talk to me like you know, just try to get my spirits back up. >> sure. >> other things i was auditioning for. >> you have a life. >> i have a life. i was not having it. i was so distraught. i had this pizza and the phone rings and i get my slice and i'm sitting in my bed in my basement apartment which i also -- >> do you have a cat? >> i have a dog. >> okay. >> who was more interested in the pizza than me but that's another story. get ready to bite my delicious pizza pizza on my lap. my phone rings. oh my gosh. what is it, jen. she calls and she's like, i need

to talk to you. why haven't you been picking up your phone? she tells me -- i say to her, if it's bad news i don't want to hear it right now. i want my pizza. >> so she goes, no, no, no, you got it. >> in my excitement, tossed this delicious extra large pepperoni pizza. >> no. >> toppled over on to the floor. >> yeah. >> my dismay for having toppled the perfectly good pizza trumped my excitement for the role of a lifetime. don't you know i ordered another pizza. i sure did. >> oh, yeah, baby. >> now you need to pay for this. >> i sure did. >> tell us about this -- the pinot noir. >> you sing some wonderful songs by the way in the show, but one of them stands out. >> so to speak. >> yeah. they were throwing all sorts ss words at me to rhyme with pinot noir. >> why don't we listen to a little bit. >> okay. ♪ caviar myanmar mid sized car ♪

♪ you don't have to be popular find out who your true friends are ♪ ♪ pinotnoir ♪ ♪ how did that come to you? what were you doing? >> when i got this, they were like, at the table read i was like what's the melody. >> yeah. >> film this eventually. they were like don't worry we will come up with something. and it's suddenly the day of the shoot and i hadn't gotten any information about the song or whatever and they were like just -- whatever comes up. jeff richards. who produced the track they were like whatever comes up. they were throwing out words. >> roseann barr. >> yes. >> don't you wish our names rhymed with pinot noir. you could have used us. >> that's law. >> will you work us in. ♪ got to be on famous got to be

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well, in case you didn't know, not only was it cinco de mayo yesterday, but there was another reason to celebrate because it was -- >> national concert day. >> the first ever national concert day from live nation entertainment. guess who they called on to host the event? >> i did it! i love going to concerts anyway

so no surprise last night's assignment was music to my ears. i had a great, great time checking out the biggest acts hitting the road this summer. take a look. ♪ >> we are in downtown manhattan at irving plaza, historic spot, and we are xwraltsing national concert day. this is forpeople who love use music. they said to me, we need someone to host this event. i said okay, who's passenger passenger performing and they said kid rock and florida georgia line. i felt like it was my own concert. it was a party. when i say party -- that's just ginger ale. we're about to go through a run through. this is the teleprompter stuff, unlike i have on my show except we don't have anything in the teleprom ter. we will do a run through, practice saying the words kid rock. kid rock. florida georgia line.

florida georgia line. i might get my own concert. i'm supposed to be working but this is my concert. come on. ♪ hey, everybody. welcomes to the first ever live nation national concert day 2015 summer spotlight. it's kind of like cinco de mayo another excuse to drink. ♪ >> okay. i'm about to do a sneak attack on florida georgia line. ♪ this is how we roll ♪ >> this is their trailer. i'm sure they're going to love this. >> oh. >> i'm so -- >> how are you doing, girl? >> when i heard you were going to be here asking me about the schedule, i said oh, my god i have to do it. >> thank you for having me. >> love you guys. >> you're very supportive. we appreciate it. >> love you. >> great to see you. >> good to see you too. ♪ i don't know why i can't keep my eyes off of you ♪ >> how is everything? you guys all right? >> okay.

>> you look amazing. >> awesome. >> we need your people. ♪ tomorrow i'll be ♪ ♪ been alone with you inside my mind ♪ ♪ and in my dreams i've kissed your lips a thousand times ♪ >> awesome. >> instagram. >> that was awesome. >> i've been waiting. thank you. >> oh. >> something about celebrating live music. >> this event is honoring live music. >> i wrote a song once called "today" which became a hit song. >> do you believe your life? look at your life some days and go like, how did this happen? >> it's awesome. >> tupelo is in the house. ♪ cuts with the ice and we do this ♪ >> moving like this. ♪ hey like that ♪ ♪ >> sound check is over.

rehearsal is done. you know what, it is show time. come on. ♪ >> lovely the talented amazing, hoda kotb from the "today" show. give it up. [ applause ] >> there you are. >> florida georgia line! ♪ ♪ look a lot better with you up in it ♪ >> kid rock! ♪ >> now it's time for more fun. you can expect, take a look at live nation's summer. ♪ >> happy concert day, everybody. isn't that fun?

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this breaking news coming out of san francisco this morning. a track problem is causing major problems and major delays for b.a.r.t. thanks for joining us. i'm scott mcgrew. i'm kris sanchez. crews found a cracked track at the civic center station after 9:30 this morning. >> christy, this is leaving time, i would imagine huge delays. >> reporter: yeah. absolutely. b.a.r.t. giving an update about ten minutes ago. at first they were inspecting. they're confifrming a deformity in the rail between the civic center and the 16th street b.a.r.t. station on track two. th