away with a special report from philadelphia, the site of that deadly train crash. >> still looking to see if people are possibly tracked. we'll learn more about it coming up after this. good morning. breaking news. tragedy on the tracks. an amtrak train from washington to new york derails in philadelphia. at least six people killed, more 40 rushed to hospitals, several in critical condition. >> people screaming and bleeding. >> the chaotic sce recorded by passengers as they attempted to escape the mangled cars. >> keep crawling, okay? >> where am i crawling to? >> we're here in philadelphia, where the search for victims is still going on today, wednesday, may 13th, 2015. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is a special edition of "today: tragedy on the tracks"

with matt lauer live from philadelphia and savannah guthrie live from studio 1a. >> and good morning. welcome to a special split-edition of "today" on this wednesday morning. it's 7:00 on the west coast. it's 10:00 here in the port richmond area of philadelphia. >> and as the sun comes up, matt, you are seeing such an awful scene there. philadelphia's mayor's going to take part in a news conference at any moment, including other officials as well, but i think he really put it best overnight. he walked the length of those trains. he saw the scene, and he said it was an absolute disastrous mess, the worst thing he had seen in his life. >> that's right. it's a pretty accurate description. that news conference, by the way, will happen just feet from where i'm standing. meanwhile, look over my shoulder. about 150 yards down that road, that's where this all took place. also, we can take you above. we'll go to a live look from our philly station's helicopter, and you can see just what the damage is, the tangled mess. cars from amtrak train 188.

one of those cars nearly flipping over completely, coming to rest almost on its roof, another just about perpendicular to the tracks and the other cars. this all happened last night, about 9:28 p.m. one passenger said there was a feeling of a rapid deceleration and then some terrible shaking and then the car he was in started rolling over. 243 passengers and crew members were on board that train. again, at least six people killed. about 140 others have been sent to about four area hospitals. by the way, the search-and-rescue efforts are ongoing. this morning, as we first got here, they brought three heavy cranes to the scene. they're being used to lift this wreckage up. each crane is lift about 220,000 pounds. that's so they can see if anyone is still remaining in the wreckage or even under the wreckage. it is the busiest rail corridor in the nation, or at least part of it. some 2,200 trains travel between

washington and boston every single day. and now this route, the area between philadelphia and new york, expected to be shut down for some time to come. nbc's tom costello is here. he's been up in a helicopter covering the story. tom, good to see you. >> nice to see you, matt. terrible conditions, though, and circumstances. we were up at 2,000 feet, and you really get this bird's-eye view of what a tragedy this is. these cars looked like they have just been twisted and bent, really as if it's some sort of a can that's just been crushed. when you talked about looking for survivors or looking for other victims, that's critical, because they don't know if there might still be somebody underneath or others underneath those cars. and so, the ntsb today, as they begin their investigation, we still have an urgent, ongoing search-and-rescue operation, and the question really is, what in the world caused this train to derail overnight? >> keep crawling, okay? >> reporter: in the dark smoke and chaos -- >> go, go, go. >> reporter: -- passengers crawled and clawed their way out

of their mangled train cars. >> help me? >> reporter: into a scene of confusion. some in shock, others lying in the traps amidst the twisted metal, barely identifiable as an amtrak train. >> the brakes were hit hard, and then our car, we were about third to the last, started going to the right sorks i braced my arm against it. >> it is an absolute disastrous mess. >> reporter: firefighters were forced to use hydraulics and cut into the train to rescue those inside. after the engine and cars derailed, three on its sides, one car nearly resting on its roof. >> there's debris down there, sharp objects, so it's a dangerous situation to respond to, even more dangerous for the riders down there. >> reporter: train 188, the washington-to-new york run, had just left its scheduled 9:07 p.m. stop at philadelphia's 33rd street station headed north, when at about 9:28 p.m., the train derailed with such force, it ripped the steel rails right from the tracks. the overhead electrical wires torn down. it happened at this curve on amtrak's heavily traveled

northeast corridor. >> we just rolled and rolled. and next thing i knew, we were pushing out the emergency exit and i was outside and there were people screaming and bleeding. >> reporter: now investigators are just beginning to look for clues. among their questions, was the train traveling too fast? >> there is a curve. we have no idea what kind of speed we're talking about, what else happened out there. >> reporter: among those trapped on the train, former pennsylvania congressman patrick murphy, capturing the cafe car turned on its side. and nbc news producer janelle richards. this morning, the worst amtrak train accident in more than a decade, and it's still too early to know what happened and why. a lot of anecdotal stuff going around this morning, but a lot of passengers saying they felt that the train may have been traveling faster than normal, at a quicker clip than normal. we simply don't know yet. we talked about those cranes that are right now trying to pick up those trains. not only, of course, are they looking for possibly more

victims, they've got to start looking for clues. what's the condition of the track? what about the wheels? is there any sense at all that there may have been a mechanical problem? and of course, they'll also be looking at the human conditions. lastly, you talked about the northeast corridor. 11 million people last year used the northeast corridor. this is a vital artery on the east coast. >> and we've got the ntsb in there to secure the location. they've got to do their investigation. then they have to remove the wreckage, and then those tracks are going to have to be repaired. so, it's going to be some time before trains are moving on that corridor again. >> i think it's a very real possibility we're not going to see activity until the end of the week at the earliest. >> right. >> the investigation i would think is going to take months. >> all right, tom. thank you very much. i want to mention, amtrak has set up a phone number if you have someone you think was on that train and you haven't heard from that person and you have questions. the phone number has been set up. there it is right there, 1-800-523-9101. again, 1-800-523-9101. that is simply to call and

inquire about a loved one who may have been on amtrak flight 188. let's bring in former congressman patrick murphy. his pictures from inside the train have been something we've been showing you all morning. patrick, good to see you. good morning. >> good morning. >> how are you feeling? >> i'm a little banged up. i'm lucky to be here. >> you were in the third or fourth car of this train. describe to me what you felt and what you saw. >> well, it was a normal trip. the senator was expecting me in the other car, and the next stop was trenton, new jersey, come right over the river. everything was fine. i was banging out work on my laptop at the table, and all of a sudden, you felt these vibrations. i don't know if they were brakes or what not, matt. and then, you know, a tilt to the left of the train go north and then all of a sudden, end over end and we fell to the side and it kind of jack-knifed from there. >> and the car you were in ended up on its side. what was happening in the car at the time? was there panic?

were you seeing a lot of injured people? >> yeah, everybody was hurt and there was blood from pretty much everybody, seems that way. and i know for me, it was just bodies all together. everyone from the left side of the train flew over to the right side of the train. so, i went over there and we were sliding for a little while. so once it stopped, i was, frankly, upside down on my head, and i just checked my legs and arms to make sure my extremities were there. >> first instinct, sure. >> yeah, and saw i was okay. then i had to pull myself up. tlp was a lot of crying, a lot of moaning, and the guy next to me wasn't moving. and you know, so, i kind of grabbed him and got him up, and he was unconscious, but he came to. so, then i pulled myself up, frankly, up on to the bench area. and the ceiling was then the window, the emergency side -- >> it was upside down. >> yeah, so i pulled myself up so i could stand up and punched it out.

then once that happened, because it was so dark in there, matt it was dark and there was screams and debris everywhere, it was dusty. at that moment, once i pushed it out, there was people who just -- it was human nature took over and they were just running, stepping over people to get out. >> i want to mention, you did try to assist a lot of the other passengers. i want to tell our viewers, you're an iraq war veteran, so much of this is the training that you had that kicks in. once you were able to get out of that car, patrick, what did you see around you? it was dark, but could you see the condition of the rest of the train? >> well, matt, in the military, we have an ethic, you leave no one behind. so i didn't, like the other ones, we didn't leave right away. we stood there. there was people that couldn't get out. one was, frankly, probably paralyzed, couldn't feel his legs or arms. and that was just a few feet from me. and the other person was bleeding profusely. but once we got the first responders there, i gave them a head count, there was 11 bodies. i told them the two most serious. the cops and firefighters were

there within minutes, i mean, it was -- >> eight ambulances, we're hearing. >> it was unbelievable. and i knew the fire captain. he said, hey congressman, hey, murph? i said 11 bodies, two there, that guy in the corner and this guy over here. and i know for those of us who were able to walk away from that, i know i'm very, very lucky. >> like the rest of us, you're hearing the casualty figures, six now confirmed dead, 140 wounded. you must feel very lucky this morning. >> yeah, it's emotional a little bit. my heart goes to those families, you know. i know for me there was times in iraq that, you know, you thought it was going to be the end. and last night in the middle of that madness, i thought it was the end. but i knew i was going to fight through it, if i could, and we all fought through it. and my heart goes out to those, not just the six people, but the dozens and dozens, matt, that are in serious condition. and their families. >> we're happy you're all right. >> yeah, thank you. >> patrick, thanks for sharing the story. i appreciate it.

and nbc's stephanie gosk is also here in philadelphia as well. she's at one of the hospitals that is treating the injured. stephanie, what can you tell us? >> reporter: good morning, matt. well, you look at that crash scene and consider the fact that there are no seatbelts on amtrak trains. and it's not difficult to see why there would be so many injured. you mentioned the number 140, either seen or treated. 26 of them came here. this is a hospital about a mile and a half from the crash scene, the closest. at another hospital across town, that hospital received 54 patients. and the doctor there said he saw injuries that you would imagine -- broken bones, lacerations, other kinds of trauma. he said the more severe injuries were those a little bit closer up to the front of the train. and looking at those cars, you can see why that might be the case. over the course of today, what they're going to try to do is take the manifest of that train and match it to the people that are either in hospitals or that made it out and try to account for everyone. and in an effort to do that,

they're asking families who have any questions or who are looking for loved ones, amtrak is giving them that hotline, and we'll give it to you one more time. 1-800-523-9101. again, 1-800-523-9101. and as you mentioned earlier, the search is still on at that crash scene. matt? >> all right, stephanie gosk. stephanie, thank you very much. we're going to have much more this morning from philadelphia coming up. officials preparing to hold a news conference just a few feet from where we're standing. we'll bring that to you live. but right now, let's go back to savannah. >> all right, matt. stand by there. meantime, another story, the search expanding for a marine helicopter that vanished during an aid mission in quake-ravaged nepal. nbc's katy tur is in kathmandu this morning with the latest. katy, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the death toll now stands at 65 and this region still in a complete state of shock after tuesday's quake. people too afraid to go inside

buildings, too afraid to even get too close to them. once again, sleeping out in the open. as fears grow also that a u.s. helicopter is still missing. the search has resumed this morning for the missing helicopter like this one carrying six marines and two nepalese soldiers. the chopper suddenly lost radio contact yesterday while dropping supplies and evacuating earthquake victims in a remote village. there had reportedly been brief radio chatter from the helicopter about a fuel problem, but then total silence. the rugged terrain makes rescue efforts difficult, putting search crews at risk. the missing marines are part of 300 u.s. military personnel who began arriving just after the first earthquake on april 25th. this latest quake forces thousands once again to spend the night out in the open as dozens of aftershocks continue to rattle the region. >> telling everybody is scared. right now nobody stays inside.

everybody is in the road. >> reporter: across the country, already weakened buildings crumbled, sending clouds of dust into the air and bringing more misery. this morning, international search teams are out once again searching debris and hoping to find survivors. the small glimmer of good news is that they were able to pull some people from the rubble here yesterday. they're still looking for more. they're still trying to see who they can find. just a bit of good news among the utter devastation. back to you. >> katy tur, thank you so much. we want to send it back out to matt near philadelphia, where a news conference is just about to start. >> all right, savannah, thank you very much. we're going to pause now so our stations can have this nbc news special report. >> announcer: this is an nbc news special report." he news special report." here's matt lawyer and savannah

guthrie. >> all right, we welcome you to this nbc news special report. i want to take you live right now just feet from where i'm standing. mayor of philadelphia, michael nutter, now addressing reporters on this tragic and deadly amtrak train crash that happened last night. let's listen in. >> -- partners who are here with us now. as i mentioned to you earlier this morning, we were anticipating the arrival of the national transportation safety board. their members are on the ground now. and board member robert zumwalt and vice chairperson denzar. for amtrak, board chairman anthony kosha, amtrak vp of operations d.j. stadler, chief of amtrak police chief hanson and deputy chief trugman. on the ntsb side, they have

approximately seven personnel on the ground with more personnel coming. they are represented in the form of investigator in charge, the chief of railroad division. that would be mike flanagan and georgette gregory respectively. mechanical investigator, signal investigator, track investigator, operations investigator and human performance investigator. we have full cooperation from all the agencies, of course, who were here last night, philadelphia fire department, police department, the department of homeland security within the police department and other federal agencies working with us. septa police as well and a number of other agencies. this is a fully coordinated operation. everyone understands their role. we train for these kinds of incidents, although every one of these incidents, and this is a tragedy, are very different. again, from last night, we can only confirm that,

unfortunately, we have six deceased. we have transported now hundreds of people to various hospitals, and sam phillips can give you more details in that regard. we also need to get out information about how people can contact or find out about any of the individuals who were on the train, and to the extent that we have information about them, obviously, they'll get that information as well. sam phillips is going to come up and give you some of that information. then you'll hear from ntsb, their representative, as well as amtrak. we'll come back with any wrap-up information, open up to questions. we'll answer what we can answer. everything still at this point, 12-plus hours into this tragic event, is still preliminary information and subject to change. with that, sam phillips, director of emergency management for the city of philadelphia. sam? >> thanks, mayor. there's a few things i want to go over. our focus today is to gather all of this patient data that we have. we're dealing with lots of different types of manifests,

one from the railroad and then also from our hospital community. our hospitals treated over 200 patients last night and this morning. we are in the process of making sure that everybody is accounted for. so, we have a couple of things that we need help with. one, if you are looking for somebody or need information about somebody, please call amtrak's 1-800 number. that's 1-800-523-9101. again, 1-800-523-9101. if you were on the train and are doing well, please call in and report that to amtrak so that we can link that data together. we do have a friends and relatives center open at 3400 frankfurt avenue. frankford avenue. we will keep that open for the bulk of today, but we will eventually be transitioning to a full family assistance center operation that amtrak will be running located at a hotel in center city. more information will be coming

on that. so, again, please, share information with us so that we can do our job, making sure that everybody's accounted for. thanks. >> thank you, sam. board member zumwalt will now speak on behalf of ntsb. board member? >> mayor nutter, thank you very much. my name is robert zumwalt, that's s-u-m-w-a-l-t. and as mayor nutter said, i'm a board member with the national transportation safety board. and we have had investigators arriving on scene between 4:00 and 5:00 this morning, and we've continued to be arriving from washington throughout the morning. certainly, before i go any further, i'd like to express our sincere condolences for all of those who have been affected by this tragedy. our sincere condolences and our thoughts and prayers go out to all of them. as mayor nutter said, we've brought a multidisciplinary team in here that will be covering a

number of issues. we're looking at the track, the train signals, the operation of the train, the mechanical condition of the train, human performance. we are setting up a multidisciplinary investigation to try and understand the factors that led to this accident. in addition, we've brought in experts from the ntsb's office of transportation disaster assistance, who will be assisting those family members who have been affected by this tragedy. we will be holding an organizational meeting at noon today. that is where we establish parties to the investigation and establish our investigative protocols. and i can tell you that the federal railroad administration will be a part of our investigation. we will work very closely with them. we will work closely with amtrak as well as the city of philadelphia. we will be providing -- my goal is to provide you with factual information as we have it, and

we do plan to be able to hold a press briefing later this afternoon. i would encourage you to follow us at twitter, and our handle is @ntsb. and my goal is to be able to provide you with factual information as we learn it. as mayor nutter said, we will not be speculating while we are here. we've got a lot of work that needs to be done, but we will be providing you information as we learn it. i would like to thank all of the first responders. i can tell you firsthand that we do have a good relationship with the mayor's office. we worked with mayor nutter's office in philadelphia, in a duck boat accident that occurred in july of 2010. we've got a good working relationship and we appreciate all the courtesies and the assistance that you're providing. so, i'll step aside. back to mayor nutter. thank you. >> additionally, as board member indicated, because of the great work of the philadelphia fire

department and jesse wilson is in command, the fire department is in charge of this scene as well as support from the philadelphia police department working with ntsb, whatever is comparable as we know it, often referred to as a black box, that has been recovered. it is now in the amtrak operations center in delaware for analysis. we have no information from that particular device at all because it is currently being analyzed by the experts. now we'll hear from amtrak board member and board chairman anthony kosha. >> thank you, mayor. let me first start by saying how deeply saddened we all are at amtrak for the loss of life that occurred on train 188 in north philadelphia last evening. our first and major priority will be our customers and our employees who have been affected by this tragedy.

we've established an 800 number, which i know has been mentioned, and we are in the process right now of standing up a family assistance center here in philadelphia. a thorough investigation will take place from this incident, led by the ntsb, and amtrak will do everything in its power to assist in that investigation and has brought every resource in the company's ability to support that effort. this is the amtrak family. we are very saddened by what has occurred and we'll do everything in our power to work with the mayor's office, the ntsb and all authorities to do everything possible dealing with this tragedy. thank you. >> sir, could you spell your name? >> coscia. >> could you spell your name on the mike? spell your last name, please? >> c-o-s-c-i-a. thank you. >> i think as you can see, given the level of representation, i want to first and foremost thank the ntsb, sending the board member here, which i know, of course, is a part of their stand-up protocol, but they have

arrived in a tremendously timely fashion. having the board chair and other personnel, but the board chairman of amtrak on scene, again, demonstrates the level of concern and commitment that amtrak is demonstrating as well as ntsb. all of our other partners who are here on site, again, the level of coordination here is superior, and we will continue to do all that we can until we are assured that we've accounted for all of the people we believe were on that train. with all of those members having spoken, lastly, on behalf of the entire city of philadelphia and other individuals that i've talked to or have communicated with, mayor muriel bowser in washington, d.c., who i talked to last night, potential washington, d.c., residents being on that train is certainly

possible, as it was a washington started train to new york city, as well as communicated with mayor bill de blasio in new york city as well, since that was the termination point with an expectation that there would have been new york city residents as well. on behalf of 1.5 million people here in the city of philadelphia, we also express our deepest sorrow. we will do everything we can to assist families who have loved ones on that particular train in whatever their circumstance and condition. but certainly, with the six confirmed deceased, we are heartbroken at what has happened here. we have not experienced anything like this in modern times, and we will get to the bottom of it and figure out what happened, why it happened, but that will take some time. with that, we'll be glad to try to answer any questions that you might have. >> how many people are

unaccounted for right now? >> let me just give you an additional piece of information. governor wolf, who as many of you well know, was here last night, has ordered state flags to be flown at half-mast, and i have issued the similar order for city of philadelphia flags as well out of respect to the victims. >> mayor -- [ everyone talking at once ] [ inaudible question ] >> still in process. i was just at the site ten minutes ago. >> how many are missing or unaccounted for? >> we don't have an accurate count on that and i'm not in a position to get into those details. >> you still do not have everyone accounted for. you said 12-plus hours later, still a preliminary investigation. is what we're hearing is that there are still people unaccounted for? you still don't have everyone accounted for? >> we have not completely matched the manifest that we

received from amtrak with the patient or hospital information that hospitals assign personnel to our emergency operations center last night. that is a very tedious process dealing with individuals, many of whom, obviously, we have no idea who they are until they self-identify. we very well could have also had people who did not even check in with us. there is also the possibility that some people who were supposed to be on that train, as many of us always know, some people just miss their train or end up taking a different train or something like that. so, we're not going to get into the hard specifics of who do we have, who do we not have, anything like that, until we know for sure. and again, we have to be sensitive to people who may have had a family member on that train. >> yes, to the left. >> i'll come back over. >> can you confirm that four bodies have been removed from the wreckage and that responders are working to get one more?

>> what i can confirm is what i confirmed earlier. we know that, unfortunately, there are six deceased. i'm not going to get into where they were, where they've been transported. our medical examiner has given us information. we have, unfortunately, six deceased. i heard a voice over here. >> have the conductors been interviewed yet? >> as best information as i know, the conductor was injured to some extent, received medical treatment, and is either has or is giving a statement or a report to the philadelphia police department. i have no further information about the conductor or any other amtrak personnel. yes, sir? >> is there anything you can give us about the preliminary investigation into preliminarily what you're saying could have gone wrong? was there a problem going into that curve? >> thank you. the question is, do we have any preliminary information about that curve. and no.

and just as we've said, we're just getting here, but our purpose for being here on site is to collect the perishable evidence, the information that will go away with the passage of time. so, we're going to go and very methodically start collecting information. what was the train speed? what was the speed limit on that curve? that's part of our investigation is to very carefully document that. [ everyone talking at once ] >> can you explain how your operation works with the rescue -- >> i've got -- >> what information will you have when -- [ inaudible ] >> i have no idea. >> here's -- why don't we do it this way? it's the mayor's press conference, but if you will, when you have a question, raise your hand and state your affiliation once we call on you, and that will make it a little more organized. so, the question is that, what can we get from those event recorders? and we can get a lot of information. and it's my understanding that we've already recovered those and they will be read out. we will be looking at those.

we have a forward-facing video camera that is in the head end of the locomotive, the front end of the train. so, we will be looking at that. we will be -- the event recorders themselves can give you information about the speed of the train, any brake applications, any throttle applications that the engineer could have made, horn, bell. it can give us a lot. so, that will be key to this investigation, is a good download of those data, which is being conducted, will be done this afternoon, i think. so, we hope to be able to provide you with information as we get it. >> two last questions. yes? >> can you give us any information about people who have died, age ranges? have their families all been notified? >> i have no information about that. all we have, again, unfortunately, is six confirmed deceased. we are still trying to get information about those individuals. again, this is a horrific scene. i just need your parkstience and understanding that we're trying to get through that.

last question. [ everyone talking at once ] >> can you just, sir, can you paint a picture of the scene? you're doing an investigation, but there's also a rescue looking for potential victims, fatalities. can you just paint the scene, what is going on out there? >> yes. the question is, can we paint a picture of what's going on out there? and of course, it's a devastating scene. there are many first responders out there that are working. they are carefully examining the equipment to see if there are any -- is there anyone else in the rail cars. so, the search and recovery effort will actually take precedent over our accident investigation, and we expect to be able to get in there very soon. but we have already started doing things like retrieving the recorders and getting training records for the crews and things like that. so, just because we haven't

gotten a real up close and personal view of the actual -- we've gone out and examined. we've done a good look-over of the scene, but we have not started to very carefully document the wreckage at this point, but we will. >> last question. >> thank you very much. >> there are other -- [ inaudible ] have you uncovered any factual information about what -- >> the question is, do we have any other factual information from any other recorders at this point about what the train was doing? and the short answer to that is, no, we do not. we've basically -- and i want people to try and understand -- we've just gotten here. you have a lot of questions, we have a lot of questions. we intend to answer many of those questions in the next 24 to 48 hours. thank you. >> all right. thank you all. we will let you know about any other updates or briefings. certainly, the possibility of that, we could provide an update later on this afternoon. no guarantee of that, but we will keep you as informed as we

can based on factual information, not speculation, not supposition. thanks a lot. >> you have been listening to the mayor of philadelphia, michael nutter, and representatives of amtrak, the ntsb and philadelphia's emergency management agency, talking about this deadly crash that occurred last night on the tracks behind us. confirming six fatalities at this moment, now hearing upwards of 200 people were treated at local hospitals. we now know the black box, the event recorders from that train have been recovered. they've been sent to delaware. they're being analyzed right now. they promise we'll get the information they get just shortly after they get it. the conductor, we understand, was injured. we're not sure the severity of that injury. he was treated. he has spoken to investigators. and one other point here, savannah, as i bring you in, not only do we have a number now from amtrak for people to call to inquire about their loved ones, they're saying also, if you were on that train and

you're doing okay, please call that same number so they can cross-reference you and know that you're okay and take you off the list of the passengers who are possibly unaccounted for. >> to be pretty clear, matt, this is part of the painstaking work that's going on right now, trying to match up that manifest with the injured so that people have a sense of whether or not there are still people missing in that terrible scene we're looking at right now. we're going to have a lot more on nbcnews.com and tonight on "nbc nightly news." for many of you, you will return this has been an nbc news special report. >> announcer: this has been an nbc news special report. we are back here on "today," and we're in philadelphia, the scene of this tragic amtrak crash. i'm joined by tom costello, who has been here since the middle of the night, first in a helicopter, now on the ground with me. you've been listening, as i have, to mayor nutter and other

officials talk about what they know so far. >> reporter: yeah. >> and obviously, still many more questions than answers. >> and this is the way that the ntsb rolls out. they're not going to have answers right away. they're a very transparent organization, and as they get data, we'll release it. i think what's important is that the engineer survived and he's talking. that's going to be critical. they're already, as i talked with an ntsb representative a short while ago, already gotten a urine sample, and that's critical also. that's standard procedure. they want to find out if the engineer, and for that matter, the conductor and other people on board who work for amtrak, any drugs or alcohol in their system. that's just par for the course. then that block box data is critical. the telemetry on board that will tell those investigating how fast the train is traveling. did they slow down approaching the curve? was there emergency braking deployed? and if so, why? they'll hopefully get that also from the engineer. >> and they say the train was equipped with a front-facing camera. >> critical.

>> they'll have the accident recorded and they'll see the event as it unfolded. >> i've got to tell you, there's a lot of talk within the unofficial circles, but i can tell you it's within the official circles about speed. was this train traveling too fast? because when you look at the damage and how severely those train cars are just twisted and bent, the talk is that generally doesn't happen at a low speed. >> we're going to talk to one of the people who was on the train in a second, janelle richards, who is a producer for "nbc nightly news." she said she felt they were going fast, but it didn't seem exceptionally fast. we'll ask her more about that. one of the things the representative for the board of ntsb said their job is right now to gather the information that will deteriorate with time. so, they're working against the clock. >> and it's not just the physical evidence, because that's critical, right? they have to eventually reopen this line, hopefully as soon as possible, but it's also the memory that everybody holds. and remembering exactly what you saw and what you thought and what you experienced, because that also degrades with time.

so, they've got to get those interviews done very quickly. they want to talk to the engineer and everybody on board that train who might have firsthand information. you know, typically, what happens is the engineer will also consult with his union, his or her union, and also with attorneys, but they will sit down with the ntsb and also with the railroad authority and, hopefully, reconstruct his version of events. >> all right, tom. thank you very much. i want to put that amtrak number up one more time, if we can, in the control room. again, this is the number amtrak wants you to call if you have a question about a loved one who might have been on that train or if you were on the train and you're fine. they want you to call so they can know that you are not among the unaccounted for. janelle richards is with us now. she's a producer for "nbc nightly news." you were on the train. let's talk about what tom just mentioned first. first of all, are you okay? >> yes, yeah. thank you. >> talk to me about the speed, the sensation. did you feel you were going at an excessive rate of speed? >> i didn't feel like we were going excessively fast.

it felt like a moving train, you know? whenever i take these trains from new york to d.c. or vice versa -- >> which you do often. >> which i do often, it just felt like it was moving quick, but most trains to me do. >> everybody we've talked to this morning, janelle, has talked about a feeling of deceleration and then a lot of shaking before this accident occurred. is that what you experienced? >> yes. what i most vividly remember isn't the slowing down, but it's the bang and it's the loud noise and it's the jerking of moving back and forth, back and forth with the actual collision that happened. >> and remind people, you were one of the fortunate ones. the car you were riding in was not one that ended up on its side, or there's one that ended up almost on its roof. yours remained upright. >> yes. my train remained upright. so, i was able to stand up, look both directions and then exit through the back of the train. >> talk to me about what was happening inside that car. >> inside the car, smoke started filling the car and people

started asking, how do we get out of here? what is this smoke? what happened? why did this happen? and everybody was asking each other, are you okay? and then as we went to the back of the train, there were a group of people assembled trying to open that door and push the button so that it would slide to some degree so that we could get out. >> when you finally got outside, reminding people, it was 9:28 at night, so it was dark. were you able to see what was happening around you? >> no, we weren't. so, there was some relief that we were off the train, but there was another level of fear of the unknown. could another train come down this track? could the electric poles crash in? what would happen with the tracks and the wires? and people were just shouting things out because we just didn't know. so, while we were happy to get out, we weren't quite sure where to go. >> i just want to remind people, because you were in a car that remained upright, now you've had a chance to get out and check yourself, but you've also had a chance to look at the video of the scene and see the condition

of the other cars. what are your thoughts? >> it was surreal. it was absolutely terrifying and baffling. and i think that i was in shock and that most people probably were, because you just ask yourself, this isn't happening. >> yeah. >> what just happened? how did it happen? >> we're really happy you're okay. >> thank you. >> and we thank you for sharing the story with us. janelle richards, again, a producer for "nbc nightly news." when we come back, w i don't want to live with the uncertainties of hep c. or wonder whether i should seek treatment. i am ready. because today there's harvoni. a revolutionary treatment for the most common type of chronic hepatitis c. harvoni is proven to cure up to 99% of patients who've had no prior treatment. it's the one and only cure that's one pill once a day for 12 weeks. certain patients can be cured with just 8 weeks of harvoni. with harvoni, there's no interferon and there are no complex regimens. tell your doctor if you have other liver or kidney problems or other medical conditions.

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we continue to cover this morning the breaking news, the train derailment in philadelphia. some of the video is recorded by passengers. you can hear as people are pleading for help. this is a horrifying situation. a lot of people use this busy stretch of railroad. maybe wondering this morning, what if it happened to me? how would i get out alive? jeff rossen has been following that part of the story. jeff, good morning. >> reporter: hey, savannah, good morning. those images you showed unbearable to watch. it happens in a second. you don't have time to think in a crash. one passenger overnight said it was starting to shake and suddenly it was off the rails. that fast. these accidents are happening more often than you think. this morning as you wake up to the new tragedy, we're about to show you how to get out alive. right now officials in philadelphia trying to figure out what went wrong. combing over the twisted

wreckage from this accident. passengers killed, dozens of others rushed to hospitals. when this amtrak train derailed and flipped over. photos inside capturing the chaos, the smoke, the terror. >> it just rolled and rolled. next thing i knew we were pushing out the emergency exit. i was outside and there were people screaming and bleeding. >> reporter: as train accidents are in the news happening across the country. just months ago in february, this deadly metro north crash in new york. six killed, more than a dozen hurt when the train slammed into an suv on the tracks and exploded. check out this dramatic video from inside a train crash outside orlando. it demolished the new sports coupe. the car stalled on a railroad crossing just before the gates came down. the driver got out with seconds to spare. and in glendale, california, an suv stuck on the tracks caused this commuter train to derail. hitting trains on both sides of it. killing 11 people. according to the federal

railroad administration, more than 230 people were killed in nearly 2,100 collisions nationwide last year alone. in this latest crash in philadelphia, the stories and the videos emerging. desperate passengers struggling to escape. >> keep crawling, okay? >> where am i crawling? >> reporter: yelling in the dark for help. frantically trying to open the doors. >> go, go, go. >> reporter: if this were your train, would you know how to get out? >> there are three ways to get out. >> reporter: scott sauer is the safety expert for septa. philadelphia's regional rail service. >> every train in the country has emergency signs. if you see the sign, you can open the main door of the train you came in on and follow those instructions. >> reporter: so even if the conductor or engineer are too busy or chaotic to open the door you can open it yourself? >> yes. >> reporter: can i try? >> yes. >> reporter: okay. push this red handle down and

the door is released. and i can open it the rest of the way. this is a pretty big drop here so you want to be careful getting out. overnight, reports of passengers on that amtrak train trying to open the windows to escape. here's how you do it. >> every train car, there's emergency exit windows. you take the handle, pull it. pull all the rubber from that window. grab the handle. pull the window towards you. then you can go through the window. it's still a seven or eight foot drop to the ground. you have to be aware of that. >> reporter: in most crashes there's fires and smoke. how do you get out alive when you can't see? recently we filled this car with simulated smoke to show you. >> it's going to be chaotic. you want to get on the floor. this is where you want to get down on the floor to breathe. follow the striping on the floor. we have glow in the dark striping on the floor. it will take you where you need to go. you want to get to where your exit is. >> reporter: you can imagine what these passengers in philadelphia went through overnight. the terror and how scared they must have been. just one other tip for you, just like when you're on a plane, when you board, count the number of rows between you and the

nearest emergency exit. if it's smokey, you can count the rows and feel your way out counting down. experts say you should commit these tips to memory so you're ready if something goes wrong. guys, in this latest case we've seen the images, emergency workers say this was especially violent. some of the cars flipped on their sides as we've seen. one almost upsidedown. some were tossed around so badly, there was little they could do. tips to have. something to bear in mind and just our hearts are with those people who have gone through so much. jeff thank you for the information. coming up we're going back to matt in philadelphia. he's got the latest information on the derailment there. and then we'll go to the orange room. bill clinton has a heart felt good-bye to his late night friend. but first these messages. ♪

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wednesday, may 13th, 2015. good morning, everyone. welcome back to "today." 8:00 on the west coast. we've been following breaking news all morning. let's show you a live look in philadelphia. this is the scene of that deadly amtrak derailment. at least six people were killed last night. more than 200 injured. and officials just revealed within this last hour that the train's so-called black box has now been recovered, and it is being analyzed. we're going to go back out to nbc's tom costello who is at the scene for us. tom, good morning again. bring us up to date. >> yes, savannah, good morning. i think what's becoming clearer by the daylight is just the scope of this tragedy now with 200 people or so treated at area hospitals. the dead now we have the total count at six. but that could, in fact, increase. they are still anxious to get underneath the cars. the train cars, that were toppled over. they want to see if there's anybody who didn't make it out. maybe do we have anybody who is still underneath those cars? they brought dogs in, as well, to check that scene. a short time ago we got an

update from the mayor here. >> we can only confirm that unfortunately we have six deceased. we have transported now hundreds of people to various hospitals. the black box has been recovered. it is now in the amtrak operations center in delaware for analysis. we have no information from that particular device at all, because it is currently being analyzed by the experts. we also express our deepest sorrow. we will do everything we can to assist families who have loved ones on that particular train, whatever their circumstance and condition, but certainly with the six confirmed deceased, governor wolf, who as many of you well know, was here last night has ordered state flags to be flown at half-mast. the conductor was injured to

some extent, received medical treatment, and is either has or is giving a statement or report to the philadelphia police department. >> yeah, so in that black -- in those black boxes, the data that they're going to be looking for is going to be critical. because it's going to be capturing speed, direction of travel, of course, time, distance, throttle position, were the brakes deployed. there's a whole laundry list of issues that will come up on that black box. a short time ago i was up above the crash scene, 2,000 feet up above and i can tell you it is a scene of utter devastation. authorities fear the death toll could rise this morning as rescuers prepare to finally get underneath the amtrak cars, all seven of which derailed. three turned on their side and one completely toppled over. >> i've never seen anything so devastating. they're in pretty bad shape. they've completely derailed from the tracks. they've been destroyed completely. the aluminum shell has been destroyed and they've been overturned completely.

>> it just looks like a war zone. it's a travesty. there's just cars and stuff everywhere and power lines knocked over. >> go, go, go. >> reporter: nbc news producer janelle richards was on board the train when it crashed. she captured video from inside. >> it happened literally in an instant. all of a sudden i felt myself fly up in the train, sit back down, move forward, move forward, move back. and there was just a loud, loud crash. >> reporter: the washington to new york had just left its scheduled stop at philadelphia's 30th street station when it turned a curve, derailing with such foes it ripped the rails from the tracks. the mayor calling the scene a disastrous mess as investigators try to piece together what caused the deadly accident. >> we're not going to speculate. we do not know what happened here. we do not know why this happened. there is no information about that. >> also this morning we've learned that the engineer did survive. he was injured but survived.

so, investigators are going to want to talk to him and learn exactly what he saw and what he experienced. and they're going to be looking at speed. i got to tell you, there's a lot of talk here on the ground about whether a train can have -- can suffer this kind of damage with literally the cars twisted apart, if you weren't traveling at a high rate of speed when they hit that bank. there's absolutely nothing concrete yet. but a lot of talk, both in official circles and outside. guys, back to you. >> a scene that raises a lot of questions. tom costello, thank you so much. we turn now to natalie, you're following another big story out of nepal. >> that's right. the u.s. army's pacific command is saying this morning there have been no trace of an american military helicopter that is missing there in nepal. the aircraft lost radio contact after its crew was heard talking about fuel problems. six u.s. marines and two others were aboard delivering earthquake relief supplies on tuesday nepal was hit by its second major earthquake in less than three weeks. likely republican presidential candidate jeb bush

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harry learned it in less than 20 -- 20 minutes. but his moves won praise, of course, from the new zealand troops, and apparently praise from all the women who watched. maybe keep this video on a loop. >> does he look more studly doing that? >> i think that's all of us. >> he has the moves but also the facial intensity. >> that's the thing. almost transforms his face. >> yes. >> how many times do you think he looks in the mirror? that's the question. >> i think it's more than 23. >> i think it's more than that. just when he's practicing. >> he deserves it. >> if i looked like that, i wouldn't leave the mirror. >> thanks. just ahead, up, up, and away. al takes us up on his beautiful balloon and tells us why it could be the ticket to space in the future. but first about how weather down here? >> all right. let's find out. we've got a beautiful day in the northeast. our friends in boston after a high yesterday of 87, going to be a little cooler today. but awfully comfortable. temperatures will be in the low 60s. however, this weekend what we are worried about, our friends in the plains from texas up into nebraska. about 5.5 million people at risk for possible tornadoes, damaging

winds, and hail. saturday more of a risk again. a slight risk of storms for much of texas all the way to omaha. 25 million folks at risk for wind gusts at 65 miles per hour. possibility of tornadoes. and this goes right on into sunday. from central texas all the way on up into the midwest. this is where we're really concerned. 35 million people at risk for wind gusts and tornadoes. so again, a very, very dangerous weekend on tap coming up. that's what's going on around the good morning to you. wednesday looks good for the first part of the day. then some showers develop as we get throughout the second half of your day. 68 degrees is the forecasted high on the peninsula. 63, kind of a cool day on the east shore. overall temperatures will be cool. we'll have a little bit of wind out there. definitely slicing the wind speeds in half from what we experienced yesterday. getting into this afternoon. showers start up about 1:00 p.m. heavier rainfall for thursday.

early friday showers continue and we've got a nice-looking weekend. weather. now for our special series taking a look into the future calling it "are we there yet." on tuesday matt showed you how you'd be speaking to generations long after you're gone via hologram. today al is heading to space. >> well, not exactly. but these folks are on the right track. folks like us could all get there very soon. ♪ >> reporter: for as long as we've been on this planet, we've been trying to lift up and off of it. >> look at that picture over there. there's the earth coming up. oh, isn't that pretty. >> reporter: only a handful of people have experienced the awe-inspiring view of earth from space. but all that is about to change. >> most people think about space as somewhere that's inaccessible, it's difficult. our goal is to take people up to

the edge of space in 2017. >> reporter: this is a recent test flight for the world view spacecraft. you won't see any rockets here. instead, a giant helium-filled balloon will lift everyday tourists 20 miles up into the stratosphere. no training. no space suit. no oxygen mask required. it's a luxury flight like no other. >> you won't be shake, rattle, and rolled with high gs. you'll have a bar. and you'll have big windows so you can look out at this incredible panorama. >> reporter: based in tucson, arizona, world view is the brain child of founders jane pointer and taber mccollins, two big dreamers who do their best thinking with their heads in the clouds. what is this part? >> so this is the parafoil that acts like the glider to bring the capsule back down and land at a landing spot. >> and the balloon itself above it is about the size of a football stadium when fully inflated. >> reporter: the size of a football stadium? >> yes. incredibly strong plastic. >> reporter: this is how thin it is? >> yes. this thin part here holds in the

gas. >> this is like saran wrap. this is like saran wrap. world view is testing increasingly heavy payloads and developing a 9,000 pound capsule for six passenger and two crew all drifting upward for two hours until they get one-third of the way to outer space. high enough to witness earth suspended in blackness. >> welcome to our biosphere. >> reporter: this is where you spent two years -- >> and 20 minutes. >> reporter: no strangers to pushing the boundaries, jane and taber's romance and business partnership grew out of another epic endeavor. in 1991 the couple signed on to arizona's biosphere 2 attempting to live inside a sealed dome as part of a prototype space colony. the idea for world view started here in biosphere 2? >> yes. very directly, actually. >> reporter: here isolated in a giant bubble, they gained a new perspective on our planet.

it's one thing to be here but to think about going up there seems to be literally a leap of faith. >> i think part of the experience of living on this earth should be going away from it a little bit and seeing it from a distance and then coming back to it and understanding it in a new way. >> reporter: but this is inherently dangerous. >> yeah. we're really working to make this absolutely as safe as possible. i mean, one of the beautiful things about balloons is they are relatively safe because things don't go boom. it's very slow, there's very low energy. you're moving at just over walking speed all the way up to space. >> reporter: really? and they've proven their technology works. world view designed the gear that google executives used to break the record for longest skydive back in october. he jumped from 25 miles up. >> it's the same balloon. it's the same launch system. every aspect of that is feeding into what we're doing. we're taking people to space now. >> reporter: why has it taken so long? why aren't we up there yet? >> there are more spacecraft in development now than in all of world history leading up to this

era. this really is sort of the dawning of commercial space. and it's taken this long because frankly, it's hard. >> reporter: eager space junkies from around the world have already agreed to pay for the $75,000 ticket. no small price to go where few have gone before. the rest of us will have to catch those views the old fashioned way. what is it about us as humans, we want to get above and look down? >> it's a natural human instinct. >> incredible way to change your perspective. >> i think the more we admire and understand the beauty of our earth, the better care we'll take of it. >> and may i just say, tucson is just so beautiful. your hometown. >> my home. it's a beautiful landscape to see from space. >> what's really interesting about this is they've tested this technology and that it's -- it should be theoretically safe. but the idea that you're just drifting which is so an think

threat cal to what we think about space travel, rockets and thrusting, this is just a serene kind of experience. >> the way to experience like the birds do. like with the quiet and the peacefulness. >> no training necessary. no flight suit. >> and most importantly there's a bar. >> i love it. >> oh. >> sign me up. >> how soon? how soon? >> and if they are snacks, that would be great. because they would have pigs and blankets in space! >> oh, my gosh. >> we took a corner from the science and wonder. tomorrow, natalie you are going to check out some technology, right? >> that's right. something that will make you feel superhuman. how do you like the sound of a jet pack strapped to your back? >> i love it. >> i tested it out. so you'll get to see that. >> did they turn the jet pack on? >> that's as fast as she goes. >> that's faster than i go, yes. coming up, anna kendrick is here. is she a motivational genius? she shares some of her best twitter wisdom. and next to her is lady antebellum. they've got a big surprise. and a performance right after your local news.

good wednesday morning. it's 8:26. i'm sam brock. happening right now, san jose mayor sam liccardo is going to meet with some city council members to talk about ways to help out renters. some of the topics today include expanding rent control, providing more affordable housing and cutting eviction rates. rents soaring in silicon valley. san jose's average is up about $500 over the last three years. rents up 10% across the board compared to last year. ahead of today's meeting a renters' rights rally will be held outside of san jose city hall. if you're going to be using the san mateo bridge mike slower atmosphere. slower westbound. that's your commute direction. trying to sort out what's going

on. a utility showed up but no lanes are blocked. heavier drive westbound there as well as the dumbarton bridge but the peninsula not looking quite so bad. anywhere north of there, slowing through oakland and richmond toward the bay bridge. fire on the side of oy limb pic boulevard. earlier crash in santa clara have cleared from the bayshore freeway. sam. we'll see you again in 25 minutes with another local news update. for now back to the "today" show.

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>> 8:30 now on this wednesday morning. they sound great. they are from kent state university giving us a cappella love this morning. a genre that is hotter than ever thanks to them but also "pitch perfect." the sequel just one of eight movies keeping our anna kendrick busy these days. we're going to chat with mer in a bit. play a game of either/or. >> plus after 50 years in hollywood, blithe danner has her first starring role that includes a lot of dating. i'm going to play a game of have you ever with her as well. and we're going to talk to her about the controversy that gwyneth always finds herself in it seems like and how she deals with it as a mom. >> one of the loviest ladies. >> she absolutely is. and look who's here. lady antebellum. we can't wait to hear them

perform live. and they're going to reveal some of the nominees for this year's cmt music awards. you ready for that? >> oh yeah. and play a game of tic-tac-toe with them. >> if they're lucky. >> exactly. >> all right, al. take it away. >> let's show you what we got as far as your weather is concerned today. wet weather with slight risk in southern texas. pacific northwest, interior sections looking at rain. cooler from los angeles all the way to san francisco. windy and cooler in the northeast. tomorrow that rain moves from the great lakes to the gulf coast. sunshine along the eastern seaboard. temperatures becoming a little bit more seasonal. it's going to be hot and humid from the gulf coast down that's what's going on aroun 8:32. good morning to you. happy wednesday, everybody. big changes coming to your forecast for today. although we are now getting into mid-may, we have showers, even some thunderstorms in the forecast. 68 degrees is the high for today on the peninsula. so your temperatures aren't

really going to fluctuate that much from where we've been this week. what you can expect from the shower activity first arrival. up in the north bay about 2:00 p.m. expecting that around the western-facing slopes around san jose. widespread rain for your thursday. >> don't forget. get that weather any time you need it. weather channel on cable or weather.com online. after last night's "the voice," it's going to come down to one night for four finalists. carson gets your ready for next week's finale. >> reporter: five remaining artists took a short break from the daily grind of rehearsals and performances in hollywood and went home. spent quality time with family and friends and new fans. >> it was wild. it was amazing. >> reporter: amazing until last night. >> india carney from team christina. get ready for your last chance performance. >> reporter: someone was about to get a trip home this time for good. >> koryn get ready for your

performance. >> reporter: for koryn, it was her first time in the bottom. for india, the only member left on team christina, it was her third time singing for the instant save. and it would be her last. voters saved koryn eliminating team christina from the competition. >> i did not for a second think, oh gosh how did i get eliminated when koryn won that because she deserved that. but right now i'm going to be sad for me obviously. >> reporter: next week one of these four artists will be named the voice. for "today," carson daly nbc news los angeles. >> and don't forget you can catch "the voice" next monday 8:00 eastern, 7:00 central. now let's head back inside to the lovery savannah. >> thank you so much. and the lovely anna. try being her.

anna kendrick has got her hands full. she's got eight movies in the works. >> wait what? >> and nearly 4 million twitter followers. but these days it's all about one thing. "pitch perfect 2." take a look. ♪ i dug my key into the side of his souped-up 4 wheel drive ♪ ♪ carved my name into his leather seats ♪ ♪ i took a louisville slugger to both headlights ♪ ♪ slashed a hole in all four tires ♪ ♪ maybe he'll think before he cheats ♪ >> is that as fun as it looks? >> this is the first time i've fully acknowledged and realized in watching that clip i couldn't help doing it in kind of a southern accent. like i didn't need to do that. it's a country song. but i'm doing kind of a little -- >> i also like that before he cheats. >> i did enjoy trying to intimidate jason jones. he was game for it. >> your anger felt real.

>> it didn't say in the script i was angry. it was just hot that day, we were doing it a lot. it got adepressive. >> were you into doing a sequel? everyone loved "pitch perfect." when they said let's do a sequel were you like yes? >> it was weird because there were rumors about a sequel for a long long time. like for a full yearfter the movie. and it just didn't feel like it was going to happen. so i was running around saying that's not going to happen. sorry. it just probably isn't going to happen because movies have made more money and not gotten sequels. so i didn't expect it to happen. it wasn't until all the girls signed on i was like it would be so crazy if they were all doing it and i wasn't there. >> exactly. where are you, becca? >> i would be having big time pitch perfect. >> you wouldn't be invited to the next bella barbecue. >> that's what we do. >> in this sequel becca is not

sure about her future. has anna kendrick a h that phase? i get the feeling you haven't. you seem very direct. >> that's right. i'm sure at all moments. >> got it all together. >> exactly. don't have a moment of doubt in my life. >> you're in the mirror doing the double shooter. like you've got this. >> never had a moment's weakness. >> you are actually a font of twitter wisdom. you are, like you have 10 million twitter followers. >> it's four but i appreciate you inflating that. yeah. >> you impart your wisdom through these pithy one liners. >> yeah. i -- i don't know. sometimes my tweets i think they're really funny and then people don't -- are like you're weird. i don't get that. but sometimes, yeah. they sort of take off. it's really cool. >> buzzfeed made a series of motivational posters. >> i thought that was one of the cutest things. sometimes people are like look at what anna kendrick did. or you could follow me on twitter. but they need cool motivational

posters. somebody told me you were a big fan of one in particular. >> yes. you know what? like many of your tweets i have to say i don't think it was safe more morning television. >> no. >> but you had one that spoke to me. >> i had this fashioned, but it's censored. >> can i look? >> you can look. >> it starts with a "w." >> you wonderful person you. >> it's a word for a wonderful lady of the evening. >> i'm going to ask you to sign that for me. i'm going to hang that right over -- >> it's so weird they're making posters. >> you are like a furry kitty or something. >> i should go on qvc and sell these. >> you should. ready for a game of either/or? >> yes. >> twitter or instagram? >> what? oh, no. >> don't stall. >> twitter i guess. >> kim or kanye? >> kanye? >> kale or quinoa?

>> quinoa. >> the bachelor or the bachelorette? >> the bachelorette. team katelyn. i said it. >> broadway or hollywood? >> right now, hollywood. >> anna kendrick or kendrick lamar? >> kendrick lamar, are you kidding? >> mac and cheese or mac and cheese? >> i was going to say i don't care what the second one is. it's always mac and cheese. that's designed for me i can tell. >> sequel or prequel? >> ooh, prequel. >> interesting. star wars or star trek? >> star wars. >> pitch perfect or pitch perfect 2? >> pitch perfect, og. >> i love the og. savannah guthrie or matt lauer? no no don't answer so quickly. we actually do have a few more. they were wrapping me but we do have time. anna thank you so much. i'm waiting. "pitch perfect 2" from our sister company --

>> till got some time. >> i love you. >> coming up next blythe danner. ♪ we came in station wagons, campers, on planes to see what walt had built. ♪ forever young ♪ and what we found was a place that was always growing, but never grew old. ♪ forever young ♪ and now comes a celebration 60 years in the making. the disneyland diamond celebration. ♪ may you stay ♪ with dazzling, new experiences for the young ♪ may you stay ♪ and the young at heart. ♪ forever young ♪ come remember that feeling. ♪ forever young ♪ come feel forever young.

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back now at 8:42 with blythe danner. she plays a widower who decides after losing her dog that she needs to get out more. a decision that then leads to a lot of dating. take a look. >> are you ever going to light that thing? >> i used to light them all the time. trying to be more health conscious in my later years. >> oh, yeah? >> yeah. someone once told me that i had an oral fixation. >> so you do this for all the girls? >> i don't do this for anyone. you're the first one out on my boat.

>> blythe danner good morning. great to have you here. >> that voice, sam. >> i know. it's amazing. >> whenever i hear him on a commercial i stop short. that voice is so fabulous. >> yeah. absolutely. now, i was shocked in talking about this movie, reading about it. you've been celebrating 50 years as an actress but this is your first leading role? >> yes. what a way to celebrate on an anniversary anniversary? >> what took them so long? >> aye been treading the boards on broadway and off broadway and the theater most of my life. every so often i'd get a role in a movie and i'd be so grateful. but never expected this. this has just been such a gift. >> this film is really a gift. i understand you got a standing ovation at sundance. what was that like and were you surprised to see that reaction from everyone? really all generations of people. >> i think now that the baby boomer generation is coming along, everyone is longing for

films like this. i think women are so appreciative to see that this is a woman of my you know 70s and taking charge and being strong and continuing through her difficult time of loss. and carrying on in a very positive way. because this film even though people are in tears, they laugh their heads off. we've got these great ladies. and sam of course. martin starr who's on "silicon valley." a fabulous cast. >> great cast. >> and the young man who wrote it when he was 29 has this insight into what it is like to be a 70-year-old which is astonishing to me. he just -- it was just extraordinary. >> so there are a lot of great moments with this cast in this film. but there are a lot of things that come up. we want to play a game with you called have you ever based on the things that you do in the film. first up in the movie, you

flirt, you drink lots and lots of wine. and you actually do a lot of flirting with the pool boy and hanging out with the pool boy. have you ever done that? >> i don't have a pool boy. >> you don't have to pool boy. you don't have a pool. okay. no to the pool boy. so you and the pool boy in the film go out and do some karaoke together. have you done that? >> i love to sing. that is my first love. i come from a family of singers. my brother was at the met opera workshop. my parents both sang. so i've done a little bit here and there. my husband did a film called "cue "duets" a few years ago so we gave it a whirl. >> do you have a go-to karao song? >> in the movie i did "cry me a river". >> can you give us a sampling? >> what time is it? i have to have something to loosen me up. >> what do we have playing here? >> oh.

oh who's doing that? hello? >> it's not me. >> it's a magic piano. ♪ now you say you love me ♪ ♪ you cried the long night through ♪ ♪ well you can cry me river ♪ ♪ cry me a river ♪ ♪ i cried a river over you ♪ >> amazing. >> you don't want any more than that. >> on the spot like that incredible. >> i'd love to know who the pianist is. >> that was me. didn't you see my magic piano? i take it everywhere i go. you obviously spent this last weekend, mother's day weekend with your beautiful daughter gwyneth. >> i was traveling both coasts. i went from l.a. where they are to new york where my son and his wife and little baby girl are. >> wonderful. >> i was very lucky to have the whole family within 24 hours. >> yeah. you often see -- i mean you read about gwyneth in the press. do you make of the negativity that's out there sometimes?

>> you know i am so blessed that i'm old and i don't know. i don't even know how -- i know how to get online. i don't know how to twitter, toot tweet, whatever. i don't know how to do any of it. >> that's a good thing. >> and i don't look for it. because some of it -- so much just trying to sell papers or whatever that's called over the internet. i know she's the most extraordinary girl who can do everything. incredible mother. great -- she's raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for my husband's oral cancer fund. things she doesn't talk about a lot. becoming a great environmentalist. i'm so proud of her. i think she's so accomplished that people get kind of intimidated by it. >> maybe that's it. she's good at everything. >> she's really great. >> you're amazing as everything. >> and my son is pretty fabulous too. a great writer. >> you've got to brag on him too. >> i'm sorry. >> so wonderful to have you here. and theovie "i'll see you --

>> last time i brought you something. >> yes. i think it was for that. but the film "i'll see you in my dreams" opens up friday. coming up next we have a performance from lady antebellum. but first this is "today" on nbc. [♪] ♪ i'm gettin' out ♪ ♪ i'm gettin' out ♪ ♪ i'm gettin' out ♪ ♪ gonna have a look around ♪ ♪ now is the time ♪ ♪ i started flyin' ♪ ♪ both feet off of the ground ♪ ♪ head in the sky ♪ ♪ eyes open wide ♪ ♪ happy to look around ♪

>> announcer: the toyota concert series on "today." brought to you by toyota. >> lady antebellum just kicked off the leg of their tour. but first they have a little business. they've got big news on this year's cmt music awards. hi guys. i think you win every year so you know the cmts very well. you're going to read some nominees. >> i am. >> you starting with hillary. this is video of the year right? >> male video of the year. and the nominees are dierks

bentley drunk on a plane. eric church talladega. jason aldean burning it down. keith urban somewhere in my car. kenny chesney american kids. and luke bryan play it again. >> we have a one-woman clapping department over here with hoda kotb. now we've got female video of the year. >> my favorite category i have to say. carrie underwood has two. one for little toy guns and the other for something in the water. then we've got lee ann womack with the way i'm living. >> also miranda lm baert with little red wagon. and raelynn with god made girls. and reba going out like that. >> you're also good at singing. spoiler, alert, video of the year is on our website and you guys are nominated. >> awesome! >> take it away. ♪

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♪ you send my heart in overdrive ♪ ♪ every time you kill the lights ♪ ♪ over and over and over we play this game ♪ ♪ win or lose we'll never change ♪ ♪ there's a long stretch of love coming down the line ♪ ♪ i'm your rock that won't ever roll and baby you'll be mine ♪ ♪ i'll be right here beside you if these good times get tough ♪ ♪ baby we're in for a long stretch of love ♪ ♪ long stretch of love ♪ ♪ long stretch of love ♪ ♪ long stretch of love ♪ ♪ over and over and over we play this game ♪

♪ win or lose we'll never change ♪ ♪ there's a long stretch of love coming down the line ♪ ♪ i'm your rock that won't ever roll and baby you'll be mine ♪ ♪ i'll be right here beside you if these good times get tough ♪ ♪ baby we're in for a long stretch of love ♪ ♪ long stretch of love ♪ ♪ long stretch of love ♪ ♪ long stretch of love ♪ ♪ oh baby ♪ ♪ i don't ever want to break this chain ♪ ♪ i don't ever want to walk away ♪ ♪ long stretch of love ♪ >> lady antebellum thanks so much. wheels up tour happening right now. and the cmt awards like from nashville june 10th. grass fed? mhmm. i'm super into health. bottled tap water?

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♪ da da da da ♪ ♪ da da da da ♪ ♪ da da da da ♪ ♪ da...♪ sorry brenda. crystal geyser. bottled at the mountain source. da da da. good wednesday morning. it's 8:56. i'm sam brock. you may have thought where would i hide if this happened to me. a terrifying home invasion in san jose caught on camera. this is surveillance video from inside of a home in the evergreen neighborhood of san jose. the family decided to hide in a bedroom while two men were rummaging through their belongings. once the suspects realized the people were inside the home they

tried to break into the bedroom. the family hopes someone can identify them. >> it's because, we are the current victim. anyone can be the next. >> police say there have been more than a dozen burglaries in the area over the past month. absolutely death-defying scenes there. we'll show you more in 25 minutes with a local news update.

this morning on today's take, snoop dog swings through our studio with a a hot new album and the star at the center of scandal, scott foley and j. lo's surprising performance that we bet fans will love. all that and more coming up next. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today's take" with al roker, natalie morales, willie geist and tamron hall. live from studio 1-a in rockefeller plaza. >> welcome to "today." hope your day is off to a good start. i'll willie, along with al,

natalie tamron. terrible news this morning. an amtrak train derailed last night. >> thanks to wcau we're 12,000 feet above the scene and it's really a story what the terror must have been like last night. you can see the twisted and broken remains of train 188. this was the washington, d.c. to new york line. a crane has now moved in. the idea is to pick the trains up off of the tracks and this is critical. they don't have everybody accounted for yet. they want to make sure that there's nobody underneath these trains. people who might have tried to escape and then the trains possibly rolled on top of them. they've had cadaver dogs on the scene this morning. in addition to the fire and rescue personnel, the ntsb is here. they've got a very big

investigation that got more than 140 people injured out of 243 onboard this train. the train derailed about 9:20 last night. this was a four-alarm fire rescue response and a level 3 mass casualty response. with so many people injured, six fatalities that we know of at this point, the concern is that number might rise through the day. the focus of ntsb is going to look at all things that could have contributed to this crash, mechanical and human factors. they want to look at speed, condition of the tracks. they want to look at exactly the performance of the engineer and also of the other personnel who were onboard and may have witnessed something. did they deploy emergency brakes? if so, why? we know this train was going into an important curve and there should be speed restrictions on that curve. the question this morning continues to be, what exactly caused this crash. we don't have any answers yet. that could take weeks if not months. back to you.

>> tom costello in the sky for us. this is one of the busiest train corridors not just in the united states but in the world stretching from washington to new york and up to boston. this is kind of -- we have an animation that shows basically what happened. the train just left a scheduled stop at philadelphia's 30th street station when it turned a curve and derailed. there was a slight curve where the conductors are told -- engineers are told to slow down trains on those turns. it ripped the steel rails from the tracks when it derailed. fbi spokesperson said there's no evidence of foul play at this time. now, nbc news producer janelle richards who works with us on "nightly news" was onboard the train. here's what she told matt earlier this morning. >> the car i was in was standing up straight. as quickly as it happened, it stopped just as fast. i remember just sitting there for a second thinking i cannot believe that just happened.

we just -- this train just crashed and then once smoke started filling the car, i thought i got to get out of here. >> we're glad janelle is okay. she's one of the many incredible stories from survivors that we've been hearing this morning. >> ironically, there was a crash back in 1943 less than a mile from that. it was the frankford junction train crash from pennsylvania railroad. 79 people were killed in that. >> interesting. jeff rossen will talk about this. i covered a train accident in illinois about 1999, 2000, one of the most horrific amtrak crashes. it was in the middle of the night. dead of winter. i always wondered after seeing that firsthand as a reporter how do you get out of a train accident with your children onboard? it's dark. you're afraid. congressman murphy talked about hearing people screaming and

chaos. when i saw breaking news last night, all you could see was black and flashlights. >> dozens of flashlights as first responders got to the scene. a stirring and striking image. >> over live wires. the chaos. the fear. the terror. >> you think how do you get out of a situation like that? >> it's rare. we hope it never happens to you but jeff rossen told us how to get out alive if you ever happen to be in a train crash. >> every train in the country has emergency signs. if you see the sign, you can even open the main door of the train you came in and follow those instructions. >> even if the conductor or engineer are too busy or chaotic to open the door, you can open it yourself? >> absolutely. >> can i try? >> yes. >> lift and pull open. and then push this red handle down. the door is released. i can open it the rest of the way. this is a big drop here. be careful getting out. >> every train car there's emergency exit windows.

take the handle and pull the rubber from around that window. discard it. grab the handle. pull the window toward you. it's a seven to eight-foot drop to the ground. be aware of that. >> recently we filled this car with simulated smoke to show you. >> it's going to be chaotic. get on the floor. this is where you can breathe. get down here and follow the striping on the floor. we have glow in the dark striping on the floor that will take you where you need to go. get to the door or end of the car where your exit is. >> it's good advice. it makes it easier in a simulated situation. god only knows what the scene was like inside that train. >> especially where trains tumbled and there are no seat belts. >> you talk about when you get on a train or plane to count the number of seats between you and the exit. these things are rare. you're not thinking favorably but you should have something like that in your mind. >> on a plane i count. same thing with a hotel.

i look and count doors to the stairway. i'm paranoid. >> it's just thinking through. you do fire drills with your kids in the home. obviously odds are that thank goodness low that it would happen but being prepared for anything. >> all kinds of questions about seat belts and infrastructure that we can put off to another day while we worry about these families. we want to transition and give light this morning. >> it's an incredible story. heartwarming story through pain and adversity sometimes there is light. most times there is light. three years ago this woman in florida, her name is melissa, was the victim of domestic violence. she was severely injured and actually stabbed 30 times by a former boyfriend. details are hard to say out loud. first responder was a paramedic named cameron who helped save her life. as i said through pain and hard times sometimes there's light and beauty.

melissa and cameron started dating soon after. melissa was asked to throw out the first pitch at monday night's tampa ray's game. cameron was waiting to surprise her with an engagement ring. so he said will you marry me the baseball had it on there. beautiful moment with them there. >> he had a good pitch. >> she says yes of course. fantastic. we're happy for them. what a happy ending there. >> this is an interesting story. a lot of parents have dealt with this situation when you are booking a flight, for example. we're not doing that story. i guess not. we're not doing that story. nobody told me. >> it's not just parents. i travel with four kids. >> there's a dad who is upset because he says he had to pay $88 in order to be able to be seated with his daughter. he said he went online to book his flight.

he said that it showed that there were no two seats together. you go online. the advice is maybe get on the phone and to actually talk to a representative. you think if it shows that it's fully booked, that it's fully booked. instead frank strong said he ended up booking two coach seats on a delta flight but in order to get the two seats together, he had to pay the extra $88 in order to be seated next to his daughter. premium economy. he could have gone to the gate agent. he decided i'm just going to do it to make sure that i have those two seats together and pay the fee. so now he's upset because he's saying he paid the $88 but when he boarded that flight, he said the flight was vacant. he said there was plenty of empty seats and lots available in coach. he hadn't needed to pay that $88. here's what the dad, frank, said

happened after the incident apparently. okay. >> i felt the apology was sincere. he said that this is contrary to delta's policy and that the ticket agent should have changed my seats there no questions asked. i don't think it's an unreasonable expectation to put a parent and a toddler or child together. >> amen. >> absolutely. crazy. >> it's basic. >> it happens all the time. >> especially when you have more than one kid. >> i have four. my three nieces and nephew, it's impossible. i travel on my vacations with them. it's terrible. >> apparently you can ask people -- >> not always. >> you also don't want to be put in that position where you have to ask. it's on you and on that person to be nice. >> we're talking little kids. >> sometimes the flight attendants will ask and will help facilitate the movement. but not always. >> you know what does work? bring george geist up to the

counter with you and say you sure you want to sit next to this guy? that's all on you. >> that's a nick roker move. >> make the kid the least appealing individual. >> george is great. he's five. you don't want to sit next to him. >> delta in the statement said we strive to ensure every customer has a great experience with delta. we regret that mr. strong's experience did not live up to our standard. >> implement some kind of policy. come on. >> parents with children. come on. >> all right. we'll get on that. we'll make that happen. all right. let's look right now, texas, a lot of wet weather. we've had flooding, flood watches, flood warnings and they're going to continue because we've got this rain just training in here. 23 million people at risk. heavy rain develops for much of central texas and moves into oklahoma. we're watching this all day today.

just the rain continuing to come on in here and that's going to bring the heavy showers and thunderstorms. next 48 hours some areas will pick up anywhere from 2 to 3 inches of rain. good morning to you. we've got a great-looking day shaping up. it's going to be a little bit cool out there. clouds increasing steadily as we head throughout the morning hours. we'll bring on some showers by this afternoon. temps in the mid to upper 60s inland, a couple low 60s at the coast. looking for shower activity by about 1:00 p.m. today, the heavier stuff coming through. as we head throughout thursday morning into thursday afternoon with lingering activity for friday morning. hope you have a great day. our latest weather. >> al, thank you have been much. coming up next, the shirtless star who got between olivia pope and the president in "scandal." but scott foley

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good news, scandal fans, you can see here jake ballard alive and well. >> indeed he is. scott plays olivia pope's on again/off again love interest on the show with the re-edited season finale tomorrow night anything can happen. we're happy to have scott with us. even though you spend most of the show shirtless we were talking to you about your other life as a dad of three. you identify with the plane issue of not having your child with you. >> it's kind of crazy. we joke and say i'd rather anybody sit next to my child so i can sleep the whole time but i don't think anyone would say like, no you can't sit next to your kid. but having to -- i'd be livid if i had to pay 88 bucks and then get on an empty plane. >> the other part of your life is spent shirtless on "scandal." >> i'm shirtless everywhere.

at home at work. and i'm hungry all the time too. >> but your character has survived. what scoop can you give us? >> i can't give you any scoop because i want to keep my job. >> there's that. >> but my character has survived. there was a big scare a few episodes ago when jake my character was stabbed multiple times and it didn't look like i was going to make it. and i actually the called my show runner and said is there something -- do we need to have a conversation here? i got three kids a wife i need to know what's happening. she said it's not a big deal. and i was -- i got to say, people freaked out about it. freaked out. and i was so -- it's sort of like reading your own obituary. i'm not really dead. and outlets were printing these thoughtful stories on it's probably better if jake's dead. and better for the show. not better for jake. >> not for jake or scott. >> is the season finale is

tomorrow night. and we said it's a re-edited finale. shonda went back in and played with it. do we know what she did? >> i don't. i was with her last night for the announcement of the show coming back for a fifth season. and she sent us an e-mail saying she thought the show was great but she went back in and brought the entire editing staff back after they wrapped. she woke up one morning and said i know how to fix it. i didn't even know it was broken. and she said it's really great. so i'm as excited as all the fans are to see what happens. >> you know i think -- i didn't realize you share something in common with natalie. >> we do? >> there's something you do and natalie does before each time on camera. >> oh al. >> just to relieve tension. >> i don't know what that is. >> can you do it for us right now? >> what do you do? >> you kind of -- >> what do i do? >> well, we're told -- >> it's a certain noise you make. >> oh. i thought it was something i did

here. there's a noise -- you know, when things get tense on the set, there's some heavy scenes especially when i don't have my shirt off and it's -- there's a -- how do i? >> just say it. >> there's a flatulent noise that can break not wind but tension. and it seems that it's caught on with the rest of the cast. even when i'm not on set now everyone makes a little noise. and it -- >> do i do this? al. >> you can't really see my mouth move i can't believe i'm doing this on the "today" show. my wife is so -- she's under the couch right now. like what are you doing? but my 3-year-old is like yeah! >> referee: >> to a 3-year-old, you're a comedy god. >> i can kill it at home. >> love having you here. come back. >> thank you. >> he's not going anywhere. >> yeah. >> we have a very special friend after this.

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along the san andreas fault. it's to test the emergency preparedness and response plans. the drill starts at 11:00. live look at oracle arena. the warriors fans will pack the joint for a critical game five for the series against the memphis grizzlies. the series is knotted up at two games apiece. it's a swing game. the warriors got home court advantage with a big game in memphis on monday. we'll give you a look at the weather right after this.

i'm christina loren. showing you one of our weather underground cameras. the clouds getting thick over pacifica. throughout the day today that will be the trend. increasing cloud cover. temperatures on the cool side. in the 50s and on our way to the upper 60s. before the day is done we're expecting our first shower activity. especially in the north bay high

elevations and the south bay as well. friday looking nice and dry. a few lingering showers for saturday morning. here is mike and your drive. looking toward the slowdown south 880 past auto mall parkway a crash causing a distraction. it has been moved from the lanes. northbound routes through san jose easing up. we're left with the stragglers past the sjc and 237 heading toward mountain view. a slower drive up to castro valley. a crash on 24 approaching highway 13. compression toward the coliseum. keep the focus on the road. thank you, mike. we'll see you again in 25 minutes with another update.

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our neck of the woods looking good al. thank you. taking a live look at san francisco. you can see here clouds are increasing. that wind is still rather strong, but definitely nothing compared to what we experienced yesterday. we sliced the wind speeds in half. temperatures in the 50s. on our way to a mild afternoon. mid 60s for the south bay and on the peninsula. you'll probably need your jacket for today. might need to pull out the umbrella later this afternoon. showers starting between 12:00 and 7:00. >> thank you, al. snoop lion the dogg father, deejay snoop-adelic, whatever you want to call him, just call him a legend. he burst onto the music scene in the early '90s when willie and i were just pups. picking up a huge stackmmy nominations to boot. >> he's here with his third album called "bush."

>> thank you for having me. >> tamron and i need you for the full hour. >> we want to take you home with us. >> we were just talking, tamron and i were such huge fans of yours going back. when you came out with dre and all the rest of it. can you believe how hip hop has taken off in the 23 years since then? >> it's amazing that hip hop has grown. but i believe that's what it was here to do. it was here to inspire kids make people feel good about themselves and those kids grew up and passed it onto their kids. hip hop is just growing and growing. >> i read a review of your new album in the associated press. from start to finish the ultra smooth snoop dogg doesn't lose a step. and he goes on -- it's like, preach. it's interesting you've not been afraid to go into reggae. you've not limited yourself. what's been the catalyst for that? what pushes you? >> it has to feel good to me. anything that i do has to be fun based and has to feel good. and the music that i select to

make is always based on what's not out there. i don't ever like making what's out there. i want to complement the industry by providing what's missing. >> and we'll look at your video "peaches and cream," the single off "bush." i think people will see it's like a '70s disco vibe. is that fair to say? >> that's so fair to say. something about that time period where music felt good and was fun. people went to the clubs, they partied and they just -- i was brought up in that era. so i always wanted to make records that felt like when i was a kid. >> and you're singing. you've got collaborations. uncle charlie, pharrell back with you again. is this exactly where you want to be musically? >> this is the best place i could be in my musical career because i feel like i've been o a roller coaster. i'm finally in a position where the coaster is riding smooth because i can make decisions that feel good to me. nobody is making decisions but me. >> i love when pharrell said the

album is so good it makes him mad. because it's better than his album. he wishes he made it for himself. >> that's the energy we give to each other. when we work, we don't hold back. we leave it all on the field. so i feel like when pharrell went into this project with me, we both love what we do. to give our best, that's what we push to do. >> and you push your kids to give their best as well. you've got a football star. i'm a fan of your daughter. she's a survivor. she's so inspirational. how do you rate yourself as a dad? >> well, i think i'm about a seven-plus. i got three things i can work on. about but i feel like my relationship with my kids is more important than anything. it's a friendship relationship. it's based on me being a father, a mentor and a friend. to where they can always talk to me and feel they don't have to run away from me but run to me. >> and you're a grandfather now. you got a grandson zion.

congratulations. >> thank you. >> what kind of grand dad will you be? >> a gullible, get away with everything kind of grandpa. you know, that's the third generation of what we doing. it's just a spark of joy just to look in his eyes and be able to hold him. i thank my oldest son for making me a grandfather. >> i thank you for your instagram account. i get up every morning before i read "the wall street journal" i check so see what snoop dogg has done the night before. can we show my favorite picture? your daughter doesn't like it. i sent this out saying this is my current mood. i used a picture of snoop for it. >> tweet it out again. >> i tweet this out regularly saying this is my mood. what's going on in this picture man? >> that's me waking up from a rough night. it's like you know when you go to your mother and say can i have some lunch money and she look in her purse and be like. that's what that is.

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definitely back together. they were spotted vacationing in mexico last month. also caught kissing on the set of "american idol" back in march. speaking of "american idol," j. lo walked out on the show last night the same day they announced their final season, she say announced her next move. a residency in vegas. >> whoa. >> road trip, guys. lopez will move in after britney moves out of planet hollywood resort and casino at the beginning of next year. she will perform 19 shows for january february, may, june. tickets go on sale saturday. guess what i'm doing this saturday. >> what are you doing? >> buying tickets. >> let's go. road trip. >> mariah has a residency. elton john. prince did one. >> beats having to do a tour bus tour. >> sophia vergara is launching a new project. according to her website the

modern family star just made a deal for a six-episode reality series debuting on snapchat. isn't that interesting? this summer. the series is called vergara land and will be a humorous look at her life through her son's eyes. it will be co-produced by fusion but will air on the social media app. she's happy her son is involved. maybe we'll see wedding planning between her and joe hottie mchot. they've said a fall wedding. >> what's his name? >> i can't say it so i say that. how does that work? a show disappears after you pop it up? >> it's just you should their brand. it's going to be an actual show. >> you're so smart, willie geist. big stephen tyler news. dude looks like a country singer. the frontman has gone country according to rolling stone. he posted a picture for his new single love is your name. that's his first solo album?

i didn't know that. that's amazing. so he tweeted he'll debut the song on "american idol" tonight. earlier this year the legendary rocker relocated to tennessee and has been teasing us with photos with nashville song writers and famous locations ever since. one of his song writers says the sound may be a little like aerosmith because of his voice, but there will be a banjo and a mandolin. in case you didn't know what a mandolin was as someone around here didn't, we provided a picture. tyler will be touring with the band this summer. i did not know he's never had a solo album. >> i didn't either. >> grand ole opry is going to be in for a rude awakening. >> who says you don't learn something from pop -- >> fix. up next, the high school football coach who went t the world is filled with air. but for people with copd sometimes breathing air can be difficult. if you have copd, ask your doctor about once-daily anoro ellipta.

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>> reporter: for 40 years john mcwilliams has been coaching high school football in texas. >> you know, when you can watch kids be successful, any time they're having success and enjoying what they're doing, you know you've reached them at least in some way. >> reporter: but this offensive line coach suddenly found himself on the defensive. after years of deteriorating health, doctors at the mayo clinic in minnesota diagnosed him with familial amyloidosis that effects the liver. >> the liver makes an abnormal protein. and this protein deposits in other tissues. >> reporter: that protein threatens to take down coach mack's heart. >> if we do too much longer, it will progress to where we can't reverse the disease or make his quality of life acceptable. >> reporter: so his medical team drafted a game plan to tackle the problem. starting with a new liver. coach mack asked family, friends and coworkers at his school where he teaches biology.

>> we were all sitting in there and i kind of said, guys, if anybody has "o" blood, if anybody would like to donate a portion of their liver to me, i'd be happy to accept it. >> reporter: fellow coach matthew buehler was there that day. his "o" blood made him ideal for the position. >> any time there's an injury in football, the next man up. my name was called to do something great. so i felt compelled. >> reporter: coach buehler who's a newlywed put his life on hold. losing 30 pounds so his body mass index so it matched coach mack. and traveling with his new bride. >> i said she doesn't need a honeymoon. she got to come to minnesota twice. >> reporter: the big day arrives. they do final check ins. and then head to the operating room. >> say a prayer. >> let's get it done.

>> what you're going to feel here is a sting in your lower back. >> reporter: if you're squeamish, look away. surgeons remove 60% of his liver. the rest will grow back. the liver is examined placed on ice, and rushed to a separate operating room where coach mack away. and then touchdown. doctors hope this new liver will stop production of that harmful protein in coach mack's body. but this liver chain is not over. there's a third person, a stranger, who's going to receive coach mack's old liver. his liver could work fine for decades in the body of an older individual. so he was willing to share. >> it's taken 60 years for it to create the problems in me. and most people don't live to be 110, 120 years old. so they can survive with my liver. >> reporter: that survivor is 59-year-old rudy meyers. a man with liver cirrhosis. he learned he will receive the

domino transplant four days ago. >> i have no idea what a domino was other than a pizza. >> reporter: it's finally time to see the two coaches. >> i love you very much. go see your husband. >> all three men have weeks of recovery ahead before they're officially in the end zone. >> i want you to take it easy though. >> reporter: but thanks to two generous liver handoffs this team is favored to win. >> so great. and all three men now recovering at home. and if you want more information on becoming a living donor, head to our website today.com. we're back in a moment. this is "today" on nbc.

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good morning everyone. 9:56 i'm scott mcgrew. new details this morning in last night's crash that killed four people off highway 101 in gilroy. you can see the car. it rolled a lot of times, plunged into a ditch 20 feet

below. virtually unrecognizable as a mustang. three women, one man died. the ages of two victims now listed as 18 and 24. we know the driver was 23 and is the only one who survived. the chp identifies him. he's facing charges including dui. berkeley is leading the way on something again. in this case it's something critics are saying is a myth for the first time anywhere in the u.s. the city council has approved new radiation warning for smartphones. critics say there is no proof cell phone signals are harmful in any way. the wireless industry is prom ising to fight berkeley's plan. let's check your weather this morning. thank you, scott. temperatures for today are going to be mild. we're going to end up mostly in the low to mid 60s across the board. clouds increasing. you can see here from the weather underground cam in pacifica. 61 in san francisco. 63 on the east shore, 67 in the

north bay. drizzle and shower activity later on today, mostly after lunchtime. then the widespread rain moves in for thursday and the unsettled patterns continues into the weekend. we'll have the details today at 11:00. let's check your drive. bay bridge toll plaza, still a pretty good backup. on the approach toward the maze no major issues. slowing down the east shore freeway and off west 580. castro valley y, easier drive. same thing for the north bay coming down san rafael. easier drive through fremont. compression over here in the northbound direction. back to you. all right, mike. thanks. we'll have another local news update in half an hour. we'll see you then.

from nbc news, this is "today," with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in rockafeller plaza. ♪ >> hello, everybody. welcome to wines day wednesday, may 13th. >> yes. >> beautiful day here in new york. we have got, i mean every day we're saying great shows because guess what they're great shows. >> this one is amazing. oscar nominated actress an na kendrick is here. >> we love her. >> and by the way if you saw her on the lip sync battle she's awesome. >> crazy. >> i cannot wait for this movie to come out. >> okay. then that homegrown honey, darius rucker takes a seat with

us. it's his birthday today. >> how old is darius, i wonder? >> 24. >> let's see exactly. >> oh happy birthday darius. >> he's going to celebrate. >> you know what -- >> you have other surprises not just for darius but other people. darius, how old are you? >> 49. >> 49. >> no way. >> he looks -- >> baby. >> don't worry about it. darius it gets worse. then, is your dog a genius? you think he is but we've got a test that will tell you what kind of personality and intelligence your pooch really has. >> that is fascinating. something called the yawn test to see if he has empathy. >> with you. >> it's crazy. >> also who's back be lilliana is back with her luxe for less look. >> oh. >> i have a surprise for you guys. >> you do? lots of surprises. >> yes. >> what is going on? >> surprising show. this week's luxe for less trend is, you're smelling it. >> what is it? >> it is one of my favorite things to buy for the season,

shades. >> sunglasses. >> oh, yeah, baby. >> we found these, these are $18 at urban outfitters. >> everyone is wearing the mirrored colored ones. >> they look great. >> you look hip. >> i look like ozzy osbourne. >> you look like a hipster. >> like a hipster i agree. >> so hip. >> we have such great styles, other styles, if you're not into these. under $20. stay tuned at the end of the show. we're asking viewers to tweet us. your viewers are amazing shoppers. tweet us with your best sun glass find with #luxe for less. >> what we're wearing today lots of women wear moo-moos, today we're wearing woo-woos. clara sun would. is this why you're wearing the adorable pants? >> yes. they're so comfortable, jump like that, put it in a scuff dufle bag, comes out just like this. our friend sunny will introduce

us. >> here's the -- >> wait. are you wearing -- >> i have on the top. >> not those pants but the top. >> is a dress. >> it was too short wore it with shorts. >> because of her long legs. >> it's all -- it looks kibd of like you dressed up a little even -- >> my mom was obsessed with. i'm going to tell her where it's from. >> clara sun would. >> bye. >> words of wisdom. >> yes. >> here we go. every one you will ever meet knows something you don't. isn't that good? >> you've told me that one before and i love it. so true. don't you be arrogant and think you know it all. >> the intern, a kid a stranger on the street. they all have some kind of experience you've never had and they know more than you. >> may i put a shout out to the elderly because they know a whole lot more than you do. be nice to an old person today. >> that was from bill ney.

is he the science guy? >> yeah. >> i usually don't agree with him on anything. >> let's look the at the "people" magazine cover. >> okay. >> it's cute. >> oh, my gosh. >> "life with george and charlotte." he is a handsome man. don't you love the side part with the hair and everything. >> he looks -- i think he looks like his dad in the eyes a little. >> i can't tell. my eyes are gone my eyes are shot. he is precious. i wonder if he adores his little sister? when cody and cas -- cas was born, cody would look at her and he goes, mommy why do i love her little head so much. her little head. then after a while, he goes when is she going to be fun? you know they just lay there and they don't do much for a long time. he was excited to have a playmate. >> do something fun. >> "people" reports prince william and kate traveled to anmer hall to be isolated and live their lives as mother and father. it must be nice. they say they play with kids --

>> in the neighborhood. >> yes. like a normal -- >> not normal to have a ten bedroom home gifted by the queen of england on her country estate but they do seem so down to earth. so happy for them. >> as well as you can be. chris pratt and anna ferris, their 2-year-old jax with his celebrity folks and anna posted this picture opn twitter. >> the baby was born two months early, weighed only 3 pounds. he was put in the neo natal intensive care unit, couldn't be brought home until 4 pounds, 5 ounces. it's so nice -- >> sooíj tiny. >> 4 pounds, 5 ounces posted that picture and said our son jack went from a small helpless little squirt to a strong, happy, funny and vocal boy. that gives you hope, doesn't it, when you see -- >> yeah. it's -- nothing -- nothing is sexier than a map with his children. >> chris pratt staring in the upcoming "jurassic park" film.

>> we wanted to start the show with sweet pictures of kids and things like that. we, obviously, know what happened in philadelphia or just outside of philadelphia on the amtrak train and we just want to say our thoughts a and prayers are out to the families and friends of those on that train because, you know like life is so strange. >> tenuous. >> on tuesday in the afternoon everything is perfectly normal and then tuesday night, everything falls apart. >> lot of people got phone calls in the middle of the night with the harrowing news that someone they love had been either killed or badly hurt. >> yeah. >> amongst several of our producers. >> yeah. >> i think it's one of those things that because it's so close physically to us and a lot of us have ridden that train, you always can connect and understand. not to say anything about the cause, because obviously they will be working on that, but a lot of those trains when you step on them, you feel like you're stepping back into the 1960s because they're so -- they seem so old. >> but what's fascinating, i say a prayer all the time when i get

on airplanes. even in a car. i don't tend to say -- and protect us in the train today, lord. >> you think nothing is going to happen. >> why don't they have seat belts on trains? >> that's probably a question that's going to come up. >> school busses. why aren't there seat belts for children? >> because the way the cars turned over and people had head injuries. >> they were tossed. >> and the luggage. you kind of throw the luggage on top racks. >> yeah. >> lot of questions will be answered. >> you're right. thoughts and prayers to those folks. >> if you were home last night watching "the voice." >> you were at the 92nd street y. >> talking to melissa rivers. >> she's very funny and was very open and i was -- >> great book called "the book of joan" about her moment. hopefully she will be on the best seller list. >> so last night the top four were revealed at "the voice" and it came down to the bottom two. india from team christina versus korene from team pharrell. guess who america saved by twitter. ♪

♪ don't run away ♪ ♪ run to you and stay ♪ ♪ everybody ♪ ♪ if i was a boy ♪ ♪ i swear i would be a better man ♪ >> all right. so who do you think? >> you know what -- >> leather jacket or india. >> i think corine because her voice is more -- i don't know. they're terrific singers. something gritty about her. >> i liked the second girl too. let's see what happened. ♪

>> team pharrell. finalist on season 8. give it up for india who will be on the "today" show tomorrow, see you next monday, 8:00, 7:00 central. >> "today" show tomorrow. >> that would have been today. >> was she here? anyway -- >> guess not. >> we're the last hour of the "today" show and she's not booked on our show. >> adam and blake each have one artist left, pharrell has two and christina has none. >> no -- >> i think -- by the way she's always on the show nashville, has a regular part. >> actress. >> weird watching her act. >> this is a sweet thing, this is grandma, grandma is 102 years old. >> yes. >> louise bonito in connecticut. >> take a look at what happened when she was blowing out her cannedles. [ applause ] >> yeah! >> make a wish. >> desserts and i don't care.

>> blow it out. >> that's why she lived to be 102. she's laughing. >> she wasn't embarrassed. she's laughing. her granddaughter says some people might have been embarrassed, be not her. just giving her loved ones a good laugh. >> she has five kids 12 grandkids and 18 -- >> she's adorable. she says there's a lot of love here. i always say i've been blessed. >> yes, she has. >> gratitude will keep you you know alive, you know. >> no kidding. >> all right. you will miss her when she's gone, be sure to stick around now. >> anna kendrick is here and so is darius rucker. >> look at these two. let's get this party started. >> you two. >> sing, both of you together. >> right after this.

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got her big break starring opposite gorge opposite george clooney. that earned her a oscar nod. she playsind rella in movie into the woods. the movie that make her a household name was the smash hit pitch perfect. she's back in pitch perfect two as the leader of the group, the barden university bella. >> they're up against a tough german team. >> we didn't come here to start with you guys. we wanted to check you out before the word and we kick your [ bleep ]. >> that's right. >> you, you are the kicker of [ bleep ]. >> yeah. >> you are so tiny. like an elf. >> i'm sorry but she's right. >> it was sweet because she says

a lot of complimentary things and then she decides on troll. i'll take sprite. the screen writer who is a genius, she like at a certain point she was like is it okay that the german team is going after your height the whole movie? i said ink it's adorable because she calls me tiny mouse. please only call me tiny mouse from now on. >> how tall are you? >> 5'2". they had her on bigger heels. you're putting her in stilts. >> the anticipation for this movie is off the chart. >> it was such a sleeper hit. you had fun doing it. >> it was crazy. absolutely insane. >> you became an recording ar artist. >> i'm batting a thousand. i'm going to call it. >> where do we go from pitch

perfect? >> the bellas disgraced themselves because they have a little vagina incident. you had to bleep that? >> what it is is a vjj. >> a vjj incident. so we sort of flashed the president by accident. and. >> who did? who was the one? >> rebel flashes the president. we have to go on a world competition to try to win back the hearts and minds of americans. >> so you go to the international one. >> exactly. >> it's going to be so good. can we talk about your lip sync? what was going on there what happened? >> that was so insane. a friend me asked me to come on the show and i asked the lip sync segment on jimmy fallon. and the same idea. i was like absolutely that segment is so funny.

they said cool you'll have a wind machine and backup dancers and then jlo is coming up. you want to do all that stuff? i was like i mean i'm not going to say no but my god, it was a little more full on than -- >> she did it. she wasn't sure about chorography and all of that stuff. >> i know. >> we ripped his clothes off? >> i thought john had me. because he came out in a suit. from the back i could see it was a tear away suit. like, the second he came around the corner, the audience couldn't see it and i was like oh, you -- because he rips it off and shaking it like tina turner. i thought he had me. jlo comes on. you take the crown. it's yours. >> you are batting a thousand. she's got eight movies coming up. >> any more music coming out? >> not right now. you know, i've gotten in the habit of saying i'm done, then

like some incredible opportunity presents itself. i feel greedy with how i feel all these new movies i feel greedy. it's great, though. it was like a dream i didn't know that i had because. when i started making movies musical movies weren't getting made. it's an exciting time to be working frankly. >> wow. >> you are such fun, thank you. >> pitch perfect 2 from our sister company universal pictures opens on friday. >> she's not leaving us yet because we're bringing out the cuffs and anna is sticking around for an epic battle of root beer pong. >> darius rucker will be practicing practicing. i killed fallon in this, killed it. ong. as my diabetes changed it got harder to control my blood sugar. today, i'm asking about levemir®. vo: levemir® is an injectable insulin that can give you blood sugar control for up to 24 hours.

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rootbeer. which ever team sinks the most number of ping-pongs wins. there's a twist. at the bottom of every cup there's a question. and the drinker has to answer the question. why is it root beer? >> i don't know. i'm not going to chug root beer. >> no, no we're not. >> i can do beer and be fine but root beer -- >> so what happens? you go, anna. you know what you're doing. come on, you're a pro. go. no, you've got to bounce it. >> you've got to bounce it? >> yes, you do. >> oh dang. >> last person you texted go kath. >> what? cody. >> okay. >> my wife. >> your wife. >> this morning. yeah. >> okay. anna, get it in there. anna does not know what she's doing. here. >> i've got a claw.

>> oh! what are you doing? >> there you go. oh! there's one. >> come on. >> yeah! >> there's one. >> okay, this game is not -- okay what does it say? >> rihanna or beyonce. >> you got to go. >> briyonce. >> very good. >> i like that. >> we're not out of time. we can continue. okay. this is -- >> so close. >> get it. >> oh. >> that was around the rim and out. >> oh, for heaven sakes. >> there it is. there it is. >> oh we got two in. how did that happen? >> remix to -- >> that's a good one. >> how does it go? >> oh i wish we had --.

>> try to be rude you do the things you do reminds me of my -- why i'm all up in your grill. when you got to play the field. you mean like that? >> okay darius you go with one. you got to have something. >> put on my blue suede shoes. touch down in the land of the delta blue in the middle of the pouring rain. that's mine. >> so happy right now. >> oh that's all the time we have you little singers. we wanted more. >> she wants our job, don't you? >> i do. >> i think it should be anna and darius. >> okay. all right. darius is coming up though. you got a great story. darius is going to warm your heart with the next thing coming up. anna, thank you so much. we're going across the street to play who knew. >> i can't believe you know admission remix. started minnesota winters are brutal it's

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we're still waiting for police to notify some of the family so they're not identifying anyone except the driver who sis play is 23-year-old anthony imbronone of gilroy. watching the latest on the train crash in philadelphia. the death toll has climbed to seven. 200 people are in the hospital. we do know the train went off the tracks at a point where the speed drops from 70 to 50, but it's still far too early to know if the train was going too fast. we'll have a live report from philadelphia in our 11:00 a.m. news. in the meantime we'll look at weather and traffic coming up after the break.

welcome back. i'm christina loren. clouds certainly thickening up out there ahead of an area of low pressure that will arrival later on today and bring us some light shower activity. we'll be at 67 degrees for today in the south bay. 67 in the north bay. mid 60s on the south florida, east bay and tri-valley. low 60s in san francisco. the weather headlines tell the story. as we get into the afternoon, the drizzle and light shower activity will fire up. then widespread activity on the way for tomorrow. by the weekend the unsettled pattern remains. we'll tell you how much we're expecting where you live. looking at the bay bridge toll plaza. there is a healthy backup here. look at the maps. there is not really much problem coming down the east shore freeway. slower sensor reads through berkeley. in oakland the warriors play tonight so there will be pregame traffic through the area. right now no problems for oakland or the south bay where

the northbound build has pretty much gone except for 85. they're not playing, they're winning tonight! joining us at 11:00 for our next newscast. see you then. ed of the train, any brake application, any throttle applications that if it's wines day wednesday it's time to play our weekly trivia game we call who knew the billboard music awards are this sunday. so we're going to find out how much you know about this year's finalists. kathie lee is at the nbc experience store with darius rucker. they've got $100 for anybody who gets the questions right. and kathie lee's cd for those who don't. here to help me is billboard magazine's deputy editor isabel gonzalez. across the street to kathie and darius. >> which of the following judges from "the voice" is a finalist in the most number of categories this year adam levine blake

shelton or pharrell williams. >> adam levine. >> oh so sad. >> the answer is? >> oh another kid one -- >> the correct answer is? >> pharrell. he has six nominations including top male artist but blake also has one and adam levine has three with maroon 5. top radio song top male artist of course. >> got it. >> and he won three grammys this year. so he's on a roll. >> kath, over to you and darius. >> lovely lady from greenfield massachusetts. >> which artist is a finalist for top latin artist top latin song, and top latin album, marc anthony, enrique iglesias. >> can i phone a friend? >> no. >> iglesias? >> that's right. enrique. >> who we also should say a belated birthday to because he

turned 40 last week if you can believe it. >> he did? >> drinking from the fountain of youth in florida. we should also commend him on bluilando spent a record 41 weeks number one hot latin song. >> he's such a crossover too. >> he is. >> congrats to him. >> we are thrilled. >> captain darius over to you. >> look at her from south jersey. >> selena gomez and justin bieber are competing against each another in which category? >> what does that mean? >> c, social artist. >> what does it mean? >> twitter, instagram, i don't know. >> is she right? >> she's probably a millenial. yes. top social artist which means we're culminating and interacting on social media platforms, twitter followers instagram followers, facebook followers followers. if you're hedging a bet justin won three years in a row. >> it may be an upset.

>> it might be. >> over to you kath and darius. >> miss indiana here. >> finish the lyrics to this top hot 100 finalist ♪ the players going to play play play -- >> haters going to hate hate hate, hate. >> you got it. hello taylor. all of her songs are so catchy. >> "shake it off" reached number one at the billboard. she's up for 14 nominations and 13 categories. she could totally sweep. she's already won 12. and, yeah she's going to debut her new video. >> wow. >> we're excited. >> kath and darius over to you guys. >> the lovely hoda performed this billboard number one song which helped her win spike lee's lip sync battle. uptown funk let it go or burning it down be jason aldean. >> c. >> no sweetheart but have a lot of fun with this party animals cd. >> and the correct answer is?

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money, money. >> that, of course, is darius rucker's number one hit "home grown honey" which was just nominated for a cmt award. >> video of the year. >> did you even know that? >> yes. >> yes. >> this is a reveal on the show. lots of surprises. >> be sure "sugar" he will be singing that song on the tour tomorrow when it kicks off. >> before he hits the road darius stopped by with exciting news. first we want to say happy birthday. >> happy 49th birthday. >> how does 49 feel? >> feels good. i'm glad god let me stay here this long and have a career this long and be almost 50 and still doing it. >> did you ever think you could live this dream? >> no. i wanted it so bad and i was talking about it the other night with my wife. it's amazing all these years a kid from south carolina got lucky twice and here i'm still doing it. >> your fans love you. >> it kicks off tomorrow at pnc. >> i can't wait. excited. >> outdoor venue. it's going to be fun.

you're going to go all over. >> all over the country and into canada and probably europe in the winter. >> we love a lot of things about you but all the attention you pay to veterans and you brought along a friend, a u.s. veteran named daniel branham, come on out and say hello to us. >> hello, daniel. >> how are you doing? good to see you. >> welcome welcome. thank you for your service. >> don't you love that, darius. don't you love him? >> you can't help but love him. >> have a seat. >> chill out. >> how are you doing? >> i'm good. >> good to see you. >> my family is a huge fan. >> thank you very much. i heard that daniel is an american hero. i mean the things he did when he was deployed. just an amazing guy. he's from my neck of the woods so i wanted to bring you tickets to the show. >> awesome. >> your family. tickets to the show and come out and we'll have a great time. >> this -- what's it like being around darius for you? >> it's exciting. my family is a huge fan of mr. rucker and even when he was with hootie and the blowfish.

>> back in the day. >> it's amazing to see him exciting to meet him. >> absolutely. i was glad to be here. he's an american hero. as we say in show business. >> what? >> the tickets, that's not all. we actually have something else for you. >> what's behind the curtain? >> there is a general, general leeroy cisco coming out. >> general cisco coming out. >> how are you? so great to see you. >> hello, sir. nice to see you. >> nice to see you. >> general here. >> you run the military warrior heros with a lot of problems that they have and a lot of needs they have. we give homes away, take them on all kinds of outside activities, some scholarships but we're heavily involved to help these kind of people that are incredible heros for all of us. >> well it looks like something is about to happen here. what is about to happen? >> can i tell them? >> why don't you tell them. >> daniel, the general, and all they do, we want to -- i'm going to be giving away 11 homes

during the tour and we want to start with you. they want to give you a home in mount pleasant. you're going to be my neighbor. >> you're kidding. >> you're going to be my neighbor. >> absolutely. >> we want to give you the keys. >> the key to your new home. >> the mortgage is paid. it's all yours. >> no kidding? man -- >> and there it is. >> there's your house right there in mount pleasant. >> that's beautiful. >> your family is watching at home, right? and they don't know this is happening as well. >> i hope they like their new home they're looking at. >> it's going to be awesome. i'm proud of you. >> we have to thank wonderful people. wells fargo helped us give away 200 homes away. they're also giving 11 away for darius on his tour. snapple helped us raise the money, a sponsor along with walmart. so go to walmart and buy a lot. >> by the way what great work you guys do. >> thank you. >> absolutely. >> this is our 651st home to

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as hoda and i know with our bambino and blake, dog owners love their furry friends. do you know how they really feel about you? >> well to help you answer that is nat geo wild is premiering a series called "is your dog a genius" all part of their bark fest weekend. it follows anthropologist brian hair director at duke university, who is setting out to help you understand your pup's personality. >> yep. brian's here today to show us how to do that. and he brought along a few

friends. >> how are you? >> good to see you guys. >> what is the answer? a lot of people think their dog is super smart because they answer commands. how do you know? >> the show is called "is your dog a genius" and the answer is yes, and the question is what kind of genius and how you answer your question, how do you figure it out, play a game, and then you compare your dog to other dogs. that's what we do in the show. >> you guys blow away at lot of myths, things that we think we know about our dogs. give us a couple of those. >> well, i mean one of the first things that we blow away is that there's not just one way to measure intelligence. there are different types of intelligence. >> like what? >> okay. dogs can be communicative or they can be capable of reasoning. so a dog can be good at reasoning -- >> we don't know what you're talking about. we're not so smart. >> you are you are. >> do we are. >> could be. >> reasoning is when you make an inference. >> infer rational. >> yes. >> >> we didn't hear you. >> that southern accent i guess.

>> so i mean what we do is we have dogs that help people with disabilities we have hero dogs find bombs. we play these games with the dogs but then we go and visit family dogs. a lot of people are surprised to learn that their family dog is doing many of the same things that these other dogs that we think of as heros are capable of. >> you can take this on-line test you pay for it. >> that's right. >> it gives you a basic score. >> dognition.com. >> talk about understanding the dogs. first up we have -- >> this is oxana. >> and her trainer. >> she doesn't know her name. >> katrina. >> oxana is from canine command for independence, memory versus point. >> what is it? memory versus pointing. >> what does that mean? >> katrina will show oxana where and point to the opposite. do that now. we're going to see what oxana does. >> where's the cookie? >> it puts two types of intelligence in competition. one is memory.

>> she's not that smart. >> okay. >> but she listened to heranswer. trick. >> but now giving her a reward for the wrong answer. that's what's wrong with our >> so the idea is we put these two abilities in the competition. that's the first step. >> let's go down to eye contact thing. >> that's right. >> what's this about? >> eye contact. we're going to look at how long wrangler makes eye contact. it's related to how much oxy toesen is generated, the hug hormone related to bonding, and different dogs make different amounts of eye contact and so wrangler is making a lot of eye contact which means that wrangler is creating a lot of oxy toesen. >> and makes him happy. >> makes him happy. >> is he just looking at the treat that she's holding? >> that's a great question. that's a great question. >> you like her too. >> what we found is even if you hold the treat, it's not just about the treat. >> right. >> they have relationships. >> about the relationship. some dogs, even if you hold a treat, they can't look at a person.

>> yeah. >> we love you. >> let's go back here one more time. what's our last -- >> our last game the game where we figure out does a dog know when you are watching. normally oxana if you put food on the ground she's so well trained she would never take it. we put food down now and then katrina will turn around. >> leave it. >> we'll see does oxana take the food because katrina is not watching. >> she's waiting for a command. >> she's so good. >> you a good girl. >> how does she eat it? she's hungry. >> hoda will get down there and eat it. >> the idea is that oxana actually here, showing us differentiating between being watched or not. >> you're good. >> some dogs. >> she's waiting for your command. >> she is. >> we have to go. let her have the food. i can't take it. >> okay. >> oh. >> oh my gosh. >> is your -- >> she's everything my dogs aren't. >> "is your dog a genius"

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that breaking news is out of the south bay. a morning raid of a marijuana grow operation in the remote hills. good morning, everyone. thank you for joining us.

i'm scott mcgrew. i'm kris sanchez. robert honda broke this story this morning on twitter. how many plants are we talking about here? >> reporter: we're talking about 100 but the plants were not the main focus of this raid. interestingly enough. we're at the santa clara county sheriff's substation in san martin where early this morning the sheriff's department assisted by other agencies including the state fish and wildlife launched a raid on this illegal marijuana grow operation in a