you're awful. come on. "la la land." >> there's a mistake. "moonlight." you guys won best picture. >> an oscar flub of epic proportions that even hollywood would fi unbelievable. there were also the big winners of the night and a few surprises too. all that while president trump was wining and dining 46 of our nation's governors and previewing a major speech before congress. new details on the drunk driver who cops say blew three times the legal limit, injuring 28 at mardi gras. a teenager walks away after surviving a seven-story fall when his car drove off a parking

garage. saying good-bye to two fan favorites. actor bill paxton gone at just 61. the judge who helped give reality tv its start, "the people's court" judge wapner. "early today" starts now. good to be with you on this monday morning, i'm frances rivera. a night of glitz, glamor and emotional moments at the 89th academy awards. it's being overshadowed by a major screwup. it happened in the final moments of the ceremony when the oscar for best picture was mistakenly given to "la la land" instead of "moonlight." jennifer bjorklund is live outside the theater in hollywood with details this morning. that's what everybody wants to know, how could this happen? >> reporter: it's a head scratcher. we have heard, it was their screw up, they handed the wrong envel lope to warren beatie, who

was very confused. a twist nobody saw coming, but it's all anyone is talking about this morning. >> "la la land." >> reporter: for several minutes it appeared a best picture win had capped a magical seven-oscar night for "la la land." only it didn't. >> there's a mistake. "moonlight." you won best picture. >> reporter: during acceptance speeches show producers realized presenters faye dunaway and warren beatty had read from the wrong card. >> this is not a joke, "moonlight" has won best picture. >> reporter: the audience was stunned. so was the "moonlight" team. >> clearly, even in my dreams this could not be true. to hell with dreams, because this is true. >> reporter: the win was "moonlight's" third of the night, including best supporting actor from herschel ali, the first muslim actor to win an oscar. >> thank you, really appreciate it. peace and blessings. >> reporter: despite the best picture disappointment, "la la land" came away with six

awards including best director and best actress for emma stone. >> i realize a moment like this is a huge confluence of luck and opportunity. >> casey affleck, "manchester by the sea." >> reporter: joining the ranks of best actor winners, casey affleck for "manchester by the sea." >> i'm just dumb founded that i'm included. >> reporter: supporting actress to viola davis for "fences" that also earned her a tony on broadway. >> i became an artist and thank god i did. >> reporter: in between the awards -- >> this is ryan gosling. >> reporter: host jimmy kimmel welcomed unsuspecting tourists to the ceremony. he sent a live tweet to president trump. >> is that okay to say? >> reporter: the moment that trump the them all? >> we didn't do this, you guys chose us. thank you for the choice. >> reporter: was the mix-up that gave "moonlight" a best picture win. frances, i think my favorite post show tweet was the sixth

sense fame saying, i wrote the ending to the academy awards. we really got them good, jimmy, didn't we? nice touch and a lot of chatter about what went wrong last night. back to you. >> we'll hear about that through the entire day. now to politics where the country is split on president trump's performance after his first month in office. a new poll from nbc news/"wall street journal" shows the president with a job approval rating of 44%, aed. low for a newly inaugurated commander in chief. if you break down favorability rating by party, 84% of democrats hold a negative view of president trump while 85% of republicans view him positively. politico is reporting white house press secretary sean spicer has begun random checks of staffers' phones in an effort to crack down on leaks to the media which the president criticized for using unnamed sources within his administration.

>>edward lawrence joins us from washington, d.c. what's ahead for president trump today? >> francis, it's a big day. nbc news learned the budget outline will be released today to show increased spending in law enforcement, military, intelligence and homeland security. that's going to be matched dollar for dollar in cuts in other departments like the state department and the e.p.a. department. the budget is expected to show they will protect social security as well as medicare and medicaid. >> with that, i would like to toast -- >> reporter: president trump wined and dined the nation's governors at a black tie aware at the white house. at the top of the agenda, health care. >> every state is different and different requirements. i think we have something that is going to be excellent. >> reporter: he says obamacare doesn't work. terry mcauliffe, the democrat came back.

>> to say we want to work with you on the ideals that instilled and brought us together, we can respectively grow our states. >> reporter: still, the white house battles a growing call for russian hacking during the campaign and possible connections at the highest level of government. >> you are going to need to use the special prosecutors statute and office. >> reporter: the chair of the democratic committee agrees. >> having jeff sessions oversee the investigation, it's unfair to foxes across america saying it is the fox guarding the hen house. >> there's not indication there's criminal investigations under way by the fbi. >> reporter: at the moment, a congressional intelligence committee is working their investigation into russian activity in this country. the president is trying to stick to the issues. today, he's going talk first with the governors, then health care ceos. on tuesday, he speaks to a joint session of congress. on wednesday, we expect to see

the travel ban, the temporary travel ban executive order come back into play. francis? >> another busy week in work for the president. new information on a suspected drunk driver who plowed through a mardi gras crowd. he registered almost three times the legal limit on a blood-alcohol test. he hit 32 people before crashing into a dump truck. 21 treated at hospitals and seven treated at the scene. they say it wauz mir cal no one was killed. he was held on a $20,00 bond after being arrested on negligent and vehicular injury. a maximum of five years in jail. he has not yet entered a plea. movie fans are mourning the death of bill paxton. in a career that lasted four decades, he played so many

memorable roles, including a storm chaser in "twister." some of those fans in tornado alley paid tribute spelling out his initials using gps co-ordinates. jacob ras cone takes a look back. >> reporter: whether he was playing a bit part or commanding the lead role, bill paxton left an indelible mark on hollywood. in the 1980s playing characters killed by a terminator. and an alien. rising to fame in the '90s as the passionate storm chaser in the film "twister." >> i think we're going in! >> reporter: and the greedy fortune hunter in "titanic." >> it's payday, boys. >> reporter: paxton also had memorable tv roles including preliminary mist bill henderson in the hbo series "big love." >> i just went to see her. >> you had no right to do that. >> reporter: the texas native witnessed history watching president kennedy giving a speech in ft. worth, the day the president was assassinated.

he narrated a documentary about his final hours. his family revealed the 61-year-old actor died after an operation saying, it is with heavy hearts we share the news that bill paxton has passed away due to complications from surgery. just two weeks ago, paxton was full of energy on nbc's "last call with carson daly," calling himself a working actor. >> you see big stars who work all the time. i've never had that one movie that really put it all together for me. >> reporter: paxton leaves behind two children and louise, his wife of 30 years. jacob rascon, nbc news, dallas. meanwhile, another star in his own right has passed. judge joseph wapner, who presided over "the people's court" for the show's first 12 years, has died. you may recall he was must-see tv for dustin hoffman's "rain man." >> that's it, you blew it, you don't get to see your program, it's finished. >> four minutes to was that wapner. >> judge wapner spent 20 years on the bench in los angeles

before "the people's court." he was 97 years old. now to the daytona motor speedway. >> drivers! start your engines! >> that was actor owen wilson who got them going. the crash-filled daytona 500 featured nine cautions and had over three dozen lead changes throughout the 200-lap race. but in the final turn of the race it was kurt busch who passed an out of gas kyle larson to take the 500-mile race. it was busch's first win at daytona in some 16 attempts, so congratulations to him and his team. severe thunderstorms and possible tornados are in store this week. nbc meteorologist bill karins is here with your forecast. what are we looking at now? >> severe weather and a lot of rain, too. good morning to you. the concern is going to be in the east. not today, but into tuesday. isolated tornadoes. this severe weather system sweeps to the eastern sea board.

we'll watch little rock memphis areas south of st. louis. we have a soaking rain. it's going to be more confined in extreme southern california. this is where the heavier rain will be. there's isolated flash flooding in the mountains. as the cold front comes through, it wrings the moisture out. the highest totals up in the rim of arizona and the mountains to the west, to the east, cool sid. it feels like winter. here is a little fun over the weekend in case you missed it. this is a time-out at the warriors/nets game. help from an, in disguise, steph

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a white house spokesperson said the president would support such an investigation. there's controversy in texas after a transgender teenager won the state title for girls wrestling even though the wrestler identifies as a boy. 17-year-old mac beggs is taking testosterone to transition female to male. he wanted to wrestle with the boys but state policy forced him to compete according to the gender on his birth certificate. one parent argued the testosterone gave him an unfair advantage. the suit failed because the state allows wrestlers to use testosterone for valid medical purposes. one teen is covering after surviving a seven-story fall in his car. the teenaged driver plummeted from a parking garage and landed upside down on the roof of a hardware store below. firefighters arrived on the scene to find the boy inside the closed shop, sitting in complete

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throughout this month, nbcblk is recognizing african-american innovators all 28 and younger. this morning, we recognize brianna, a gospel singer who rocketed from a viral sensation to touring with an album, "keys to my heart." #nbcblk28. will karins is back with a look at the forecast. morning. >> a couple trouble spots. the rains around san diego. phoenix is going to deal with wet weather. to the north, cold and snowy, depending on the elevation. seattle, chilly. 41 today.

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=runs 5= sam/cont.vo t oscars "ps"--- a >> there's a mistake. "moonlight" you guys won best picture. >> the oscar oops that has the world talking this morning. how did this happen? we'll take a look at the explanation surfacing about envelopes. >> and flooding fallout. most san jose residents are finally back in their homes but some will not return for a long time. bob redell has the latest on what kind of care those families are receiving. plus, it's a wet commute to start out your workweek right now. so dark out there. it's hard to see the slick spots out there. there are plenty of them. live highway 101 in san jose. wet roads after a wet overnight. "today in the bay" starts right now. good monday morning. thank you for joining us. i'm sam brock. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon.