the bay. a live local news up. >> join us for nbc bay area news at 11:00. a happy day to you and your furry friends. we'll see you. good morning. breaking news. at least eight people arrested in overnight raids, tied to that deadly terror attack in london. and this morning, the chilling new video showing the suspect's car speeding into pedestrians on a bridge. a terrified woman plunging into the river below. miraculously she survives. mixed messages. the head of the house intelligence committee says there's evidence that trump and his associates were caught up in surveillance after the election. the president says he feels vindicated. >> i appreciated the fact they found what they found. >> as for the president's original wiretapping claim, republicans and democrats still agree it did not happen. this morning, senator john mccain weighs in in a rare live

interview. will he get the votes? the president and republican leaders working overnight to try to drum up support for their health care bill. just hours before today's crucial house vote. will they get it across the finish line? the suspense on capitol hill. and thou shall not. a 3-year-old gets a rare chance to meet the pope and seizes the opportunity. and that little one is headed straight to confession today, thursday, march 23rd, 2017. >> from nbc news, this is "today," with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> and good morning, everybody. welcome to "today" on a thursday morning. 3-year-olds, they're just like us. you just want to take that off his head. >> if you look at the video carefully, she got his wallet, too.

this all happened on westminster bridge and at parliament behind me, a very dramatic day at the heart of british democracy. terror outside parliament. this car, a weapon used to kill and injure dozens on westminster bridge. the brutal attack caught on cctv. the driver accelerating in a cycle lane. a woman diving into the river thames. the car swerving on to the sidewalk.

anti-terror police say the attacker was known to them but his name has not been released. overnight, police in birmingham, north of land, made arrests. homes in london were raided, too. >> we continue to be going after our investigation that this attacker acted alone and was inspired by international terrorism. >> reporter: the murderousous rampage struck at the very heart of britain's democracy. the driver crashing at the gates of parliament before running in and stabbing a police officer. a british junior foreign minister trying desperately to revive the policeman. he didn't make it. keith palmer was a 15-year veteran, a husband and a father. among the 40 injured an hundreds running for their lives, many tourists shocked at the speed of the driver. >> he wasn't trying to stop. that was a concern. >> yes. certainly very nervous. we are all obviously from new york city, we are used to a lot of different activities and events. >> reporter: he had driven his suv across the bridge towards big ben, mounting the sidewalk

to hit pedestrians. many students and tourists. he reached one of the most heavily pro tentected buildings europe, parliament, and crashed before stabbing an unarmed police officer. armed police then opened fire. crowds running as shots rang out. the attacker was surrounded and disarmed. at least one knife clearly visible on the ground beside him. >> back back back back back! >> reporter: fearing another attack, britain's parliament was in lockdown for hours. this morning, parliament got back to work. >> we know that the victims include three french children, one italian, one american. >> reporter: 29 people are still injured in the hospital. many more were shot. among them, dozens of tourtouri stuck on the london eye, 1 00 feet above the attack, eventually rescued and rushed away. in london today, more police on the streets, but defiance, too.

while as you heard, theresa may say, among the injured are people from up to a dozen countries. like all these terror attacks, it has global echoes. a few minutes ago, london's mayor, sadiq khan, himself a muslim, told nbc news we will not bow to terrorism. savannah? >> bill, we saw in your piece there the cctv footage of the suspect. where does the investigation on that go now? >> reporter: well, even though theresa may is saying there was just one attacker, intelligence officials will tell you there is no such thing as a lone wolf attack. so they will be looking and indeed questioning his family, his friends, his associates, they'll be looking closely at other cctv footage of where his car went and his phone records, at his computer records. theresa may also said just in the last few minutes that he was british born, that he was known to the internal intelligence

service, mi-5, and investigated for links to extremism. but this was an historic investigation and he was a peripheral figure and he was not on the radar at the moment. and there was no advance warning of this attack. savannah? matt? >> the investigation really just getting started this morning, bill neely, thank you. also this morning, there is new drama surrounding the investigations into possible collusion between members of president trump's team and russian operatives during the election. this as lawmakers get set to vote on the gop's bill to repeal and replace obamacare. we have complete coverage from the white house and capitol hill, and we'll talk about all of this with one of the leading republicans on the hill, senator john mccain. let's start with nbc national correspondent, peter alexander. peter? good morning. >> reporter: hey, matt, good morning to you. the top democrat on the house intelligence committee is making his strongest statement yet telling nbc news there is more than circumstantial evidence of collusion between trump associates and the russians. this all comes as lawmakers are still trying to make sense of

what was a highly unusual back-to-back news conferences by the intelligence committee's republican chairman. this morning, a new partisan firestorm after the public airing of traditionally secret information. the president saying he feels vindicated. >> i must tell you, i somewhat do. i very much appreciated the fact that they found what they found. >> reporter: the spark -- this bombshell from the republican chair of the house intelligence committee, who also advised mr. trump's transition team. >> i have seen intelligence reports that clearly show that the president-elect and his team were, i guess at least monitored and disseminated out. >> reporter: devin nunes -- >> was there a physical wiretap of trump tower? no, but there never was. >> reporter: he says the

intelligence was scooped up leg legally during the election and not related to the fbi's investigation into possible ties between trump associates and russia. what he says is alarming, that the names of some trump team members may have been improperly revealed. or "unmasked." nunes taking that information straight to the president, even before consulting with his committee's top democrat, who quickly fired back. >> the chairman will need to decide whether he is the chairman of an independent investigation into conduct, or he is going to act as a surrogate of the white house. because he cannot do both. >> reporter: nunes defending his decision. >> why is it appropriate for you to brief president trump given it is his own administration or campaign associates that are a part of this investigation? >> the president needs to know that this -- these intelligence reports are out there and i have a duty to tell him that. >> reporter: the top democrat then amping up the stakes just days after saying this about the russian connection with trump associates. >> there is circumstantial evidence of collusion. there is direct evidence i think of deception.

>> reporter: the former prosecutor known for care from i choosing his words, now going even further. >> there is evidence that is not circumstantial and is very much worth this i of investigation. >> reporter: the high stakes back and forth prompting senator john mccain to criticize the intelligence committee's behavior as bizarre and renew his call for a separate investigation. >> no longer does the congress have credibility to handle this alone and i don't say that lightly. >> reporter: meanwhile, the white house is pushing back against any suggestion president trump knew his former campaign chairman, paul manafort, secretly worked for russian billionaire to help advance vladimir putin's interest in the u.s. and beyond a decade ago. >> to suggest that the president knew who his clients were from a decade ago is a bit insane. >> reporter: manafort telling nbc news he never worked for the russian government, dismissing the associated press reports as "smear and innuendo." this morning, members of both parties tell nbc news they're stunned by the head of the house intelligence committee making

these public statements about an ongoing investigation. they argue it doesn't serve the public interest and undermines confidence in the house intelligence committee, and, frankly, they say, in the entire process of independent congressional oversight. matt and savannah? >> peter alexander at the white house, peter, thanks. the other big story playing out in washington today, the showdown over the republican health care bill. the house is scheduled to vote on it today, and despite last-minute pushes from both the president and the house sneaker, one question remains -- do they have the votes? nbc's kristen welker on capitol hill this morning. good morning. >> reporter: hi, savannah, good morning to you. president trump worked late into the night to try to close this deal. white house officials tell me he reached out to lawmakers directly, and today he will meet with key holdouts. but he still doesn't have enough votes to pass this legislation. but -- there is measured optimism this morning with the white house offering a sweetener to conservatives. >> reporter: this morning, a possible breakthrough, reviving the republican health care plan

that was once on life support. >> the president and i came to an agreement in principle. >> reporter: march meadows, the chairman of the conservative house freedom caucus, one of the main holdouts, now hinting there may be light at the end of the tunnel. >> i think what we are trying to do now is make sure that our agreement is actually something that can be executed in a way that passes the senate. >> reporter: later today, the president will pitch the rest of the freedom caucus at the white house. gop leaders and mr. trump working the phones overnight, lobbying skeptical lawmakers in a last-ditch effort to push the health care bill through. at issue, conservatives say the new health care plan, like the current one, is weighed down by too many regulations. to flip those no votes to yes, gop leaders are considering a change that would allow insurers to sell scaled-back plans that wouldn't cover things like maternity leave and mental health services. giving consumers more choice, proponents say. critics argue that could leave

people unprotected and alienate moderate republicans. still, house speaker paul ryan remains determined. >> the president has been a fantastic closer. he's been getting votes. this is -- to me, it is really encouraging. >> reporter: the vote today steeped in symbolism. >> we are done. [ applause ] >> reporter: falling on the seventh anniversary of president obama signing his signature health care plan into law. former vice president, joe biden, and other democrats wednesday still fighting to keep it intact. >> thank you, mr. vice president, for helping to pass the bill and for being with us today and continuing to fight to protect our care. thank you. >> i ain't going anywhere. this is not going to pass. [ applause ] >> reporter: even as speculation swirls, the vote could get delayed or scrapped all together. one white house officials insists that won't happen. the question for president trump -- can he close his biggest deal yet? >> there's no plan b. there's plan a and plan a.

we are going to get this done. >> reporter: by our latest count, 29 republicans are leaning or planning to vote no. president trump can only afford to lose 21 republicans. in addition to that, there is concern that this latest fix could create a procedural hurdle in the senate. the drama is building with the vote expected in just hours. matt? savannah? >> kristen welker, thank you very much. we are joined now by republican senator john mccain. senator, nice to see you. good morning. >> good morning. >> you know washington. you know the role of oversight that congress has. can you explain any reason why chairman nunes would have done what he did yesterday, say i've seen reports from the intelligence community on this subject, and instead of discussing those reports with members of his own intelligence committee and the ranking democratic member, go right to the press and right to the white house. >> no, i have not seen anything like that and i'm happy to say that in the senate intelligence committee, there's a very good working relationship between senator burr and senator warner,

and, no, i have not seen anything like it. it is very disturbing. >> reporter: you heard what adam schiff said. he said the chairman will need to decide whether he's the chairman of an independent investigation into conduct or he is going to be a surrogate to the white house because he cannot do both. has chairman nunes so damaged the credibility of the intelligence committee that they should just shut down that investigation? >> matt, i can't make that decision. that's up to the leadership of the house. it's up to the house of representatives. i can say that there are so many moving parts here, including the latest news this morning that supposedly there was coordination between the trump campaign and the russians, for which i have seen no substantiation, but it continues on and on and on that that's the reason why we need a select committee to clear this whole issue up. by the way, intelligence committees and armed services

committees always work in a bipartisan fashion. i'm sorry to see what's happened over there. >> senator, the president said, as you just saw, that he felt somewhat vindicated by this information that he received yesterday. but let's back up a minute. the claim that trump made was that then president obama surveilled him in some way before the election at trump tower. what we appear to have learned yesterday is that trump or his associates were somehow incidentally caught up in surveillance after the election, surveillance that was of other legal foreign targets. so i ask you, should he feel vindicated? is that accusation of wiretap ing by president obama vindicated? >> i think the president obviously can express his views and emotions. but nothing has changed since the director of the fbi said that there was no evidence that trump towers had been "wiretapped." >> so this changes nothing. >> that has not been refuted.

that has not been refuted by anyone. this new story, as you mentioned, apparently has to do with post election things that happened. but i don't see where the director of the fbi's testimony has changed the facts in the slightest way. >> this story of russian possible connections to trump associates during the campaign, you just alluded to this a second ago. about a week ago you said this -- "there is a lot of aspects with this whole relationship with russia and vladimir putin that requires further scrutiny." you went on to say, "in fact, i think there is a lot of shoes to drop from this centipede." do you think when all of those shoes drop they may mortally wound this young administration? >> i have no idea because i don't know what those shoes are. but i have been around this town long enough to know, when there is something of this consequence and this enormity, there is always additional information that comes out before it is concluded. and we are already seeing that,

by the way, this morning, with the allegations that there was coordination between the trump campaign and the russians. i've seen them before, matt. and so there's more to come. >> and congressman adam schiff who is the democrat on the house intelligence committee has now said to nbc that there is more than circumstantial evidence of some kind of collusion between trump campaign associates and russia. have you seen that evidence? are you aware of it? do you doubt it? >> i'm not aware of it. i do know that, for example, in the republican convention, there was to be included a provision that called for the provision of defensive lethal weapons to ukraine. somehow that disappeared. i'm still curious about how that happened. there's lots of those things going on. >> let me just ask you, before i let you go, senator, about health care. i know it is happening down the hall from you. but it is going to be a tight vote tonight. a, what's your prediction?

will it pass? and, b, if it doesn't pass, how badly does that damage the president's ability to pass other aspects of his agenda? >> i don't know if it is going to pass or not, matt. your information is as good as mine. i do know that there's questions from members from states like mine that expanded medicaid where the bill, as i've seen it -- and they say there are changes taking place all the time -- would have significant impact on my state of arizona. so i don't know how it is going to turn out, but i do know this, that obamacare, as it is, is imploding, and it's not working in arizona where premiums are going up over 100%. so we've got to do something. >> yeah. but is this the bill to replace it? >> i don't know because -- all of us should wait until it gets over here, if it gets over here, and we have an amending process

and we have a parliamentary procedure where we will enact changes that we think are necessary. >> senator john mccain, senator, i know how much you love these early hours so i really appreciate you getting up and joining us this morning. >> good to be with you. >> thanks. let's turn to dylan now in for al once again and the threat of severe storms again facing people in the midsection of the country. >> yes. that threat of severe weather will spread east especially as we go into the weekend. it is this cold front that's moving eastward right now. today we are going to see our biggest threat fire up not until later on tonight. here you see 11:00 tonight from dodge city stretching down into the panhandle of texas. that's where we could see some large hail, damaging wind gusts and also isolated tornadoes. although the threat of severe weather will continue tomorrow and expand a bit. it is this orange area, including most of nebraska, down through kansas and into parts of texas, too, where we are going to see that threat today. but watch what happens tomorrow. cold front moves eastward. as we go into the evening time on friday, from little rock, just west of st. louis,

stretching down into houston, that's where we could see hit-and-miss tornadoes. nothing too strong but still looking at a severe weather outbreak as we go into tomorrow. that's a look at the weather across the country. your local forecast is coming up in the next 30 seconds.

and that's your latest forecast. >> all right, dylan, thank you. coming up, a story we've been following. a nationwide manhunt intensifying for that tennessee teacher and the teacher accused of kidnapping her. this morning the student's best friend speaks out. how about this? scientists are about to bring the woolly mammoth back to life. traveling around the world for a revealing look at the state of the clone wars. but first, this is "today" on nbc.

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50 in the peninsula. 38 degrees in the north bay. but we'll close the gap and see highs today in the lower 60s across most of the bay area. it will be cool, comfortable, dry, and breezy ones kicking up with low 60s in the tri-valley. upper 60s for san francisco. 63 in the east bay and the north bay. showers moving in tomorrow. looking at the timeline, increasing clouds today. light rain in the north bay before midnight. getting heavier before sunrise tomorrow. by the time a lot of folks head out, we'll see widespread rain across the bay area tomorrow. more on that. let's head out to mike for an update on the roadways. >> everything was going great until this happened in san jose. it is northbound 101. crash still looks like it has at least part of your slow lane blocked. it may take up more volume.

northbound 87 may pick up more slowly. back to you. >> we will be back in 30 minutes with more news. see you then.

♪ 7:30 on a thursday morning, the 23rd of march, 2017. we had a couple of days, we felt we were in spring. we technically are. it feels like mid-january again. 25 degrees on the plaza. it's a brisk one. >> so over it. we're ready for spring. here's a look at what's making for headlines. eight people have been arrested in overnight raids connected to wednesday's attack outside of parliament in london. officials say they believe the attacker acted alone. he was shot and killed by officers, after he drove into people on westminster bridge and fatally attacked a police officer. investigators said the attack, quote, was inspired with

international terrorists. four people, including a police officer, were killed in a string of shootings in northern wisconsin. officials say it began with a domestic dispute at a bank, followed by two other shootings at a nearby law firm. and apartment complex. the suspect was eventually arrested after an hours-long standoff. and the united states is celebrating its first world baseball classic title. team usa routed puerto rico 8-0 in last night's championship game at dodger stadium in los angeles. it was the first time the united states reached the final since the tournament started 11 years ago. >> congratulations to them. we have new information on the desperate search for a michig michigan michigan tennessee teenager. investigators believe 15-year-old elizabeth thomas was abducted ten days ago by her former teacher. tammy leitner has the latest on this. tammy, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, matt. we're learning more about elizabeth thomas' home life. she was home schooled until recently when she started

attending public school and that's when meets teacher tad cummins. new signs that 15-year-old elizabeth thomas had a troubled home life long before she went missing. her mother, kimberly thomas was arrested last year. charged with child abuse and neglect of her children in 2014 and 2015. according to court records, elizabeth and three sisters were allegedly beaten by their mother. in some cases, until they bled. elizabeth told investigators her mother threw her down the basement stairs and locked her down there. did you know that elizabeth had a hard life at home? >> yeah. she definitely did have a hard life. she would break down sometimes. sometimes, she just couldn't stop herself from crying. >> reporter: ashley riggins said she knew her best friend elizabeth was in a secret relationship with a guy she said was amazing and perfect. ashley now believes that relationship was with 50-year-old tad cummins, a teacher at her school. >> i never thought that a girl i had known for 12 years would go and fall in love with someone

like that. >> the truth is, tad is a manipulative person that is narcissistic. >> reporter: chandler anderson said he worked with cummins at two different hospitals. where cummins was a respiratory therapist before becoming a teacher. >> i thought it was a dangerous situation because here's someone who craves authority. and they're going to be in authoritative role, around people who can't say no to him. >> reporter: the worry heightened by elizabeth's chilling last words before she disappeared to her sister, sarah. >> she looked at me and said, i'm going to be back by 6:00. if i'm not back by 6:00, call the police. >> reporter: meanwhile, the case against elizabeth's mother has not yet gone to trial. her public defender says she does not have a statement at this time. matt and savannah? >> tammy leitner on this story for us. tammy thank you very much. let's check back in with dylan in for al. what's shaking? >> it's cold. temperatures below average. and yesterday, the windchills were down in the teens through

most of the day. but take a look at where we're at right now. buffalo, feels like 10 degrees. new york, feels like 14 degrees. saranac lake, feels like 20 below. it is 20 below. portland feels like 15 right now. temperatures will be warmer than yesterday and less windy. so we're not looking at it to be as brutal as yesterday. but still, 30s and 40s. below average for this time of year. but a warmup is on its way for the weekend. look at cleveland. friday, 71 degrees. mid-60s for saturday and sunday. washington, d.c. makes it up to 75 by sunday. roanoke, 69 by saturday. in new york city, mid-60s on saturday. 40s again on sunday. says. good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. i guess i can't this cool after seeing those temperatures. 59 degrees today with sunshine in san francisco. rain returns to the bay area tomorrow. it will be raining pretty much

all day starting off and on throughout the afternoon. and for saturday, the rain clears. but we will have is another chance of rain late sunday night, early monday morning. other than that, we are looking at fairly dry conditions for today. and warming temperatures for the first part of next week. >> and that's your latest forecast. >> dylan. >> thank you very much. coming up, the story behind this tennis-loving iguana. can i say it? it caused quite a racket, guys. get it? >> we did. want to say it again? >> one is enough. and the clone wars. from extinct animals t

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♪ 7:40. and we're back, now, with a special series, around the world. and this morning, we're talking about the cutting edge of cloning. >> can't believe this. it's been two decades since dolly the sheep became a household name. keir simmons is looking into this. >> good morning. this story has taken us from south korea to scotland. from a tiny dog to one of the plan planet's largest creatures. we traveled thousands of miles around the world to investigate the world of cloning. >> look at her. >> reporter: meet millie. officially, the world's smallest dog. her folks from puerto rico can't live without her. now, they hope they won't have

to. you love her. >> she is a special girl. >> reporter: so special, they are paying $100,000 to clone her. we've flown to south korea, where nbc news has been granted exclusive access to what amounts to a cloning factory. the doctor behind the operation, rarely gives interviews. but he's cloned nearly 1,000 dogs. >> 884. >> reporter: and today, the doctor is implanting a labrador with embryos from millie. >> that's the moment. >> reporter: in 2005, he was at the center of a scandal for falsifying human stem cell research. since then, he has rebuilt his business. even expanding into cosmetics. do you think people deserve a second chance? >> happily. >> reporter: he's begun cloning cows to produce high-quality

steaks. all of these, all cloned. >> yeah. >> reporter: from these mammals to a larger extinct one. in this lab, the team is trying to extact dna from an extinct mammoth. whether successfully, they wouldn't tell us. but around the world, i meet assigntist alexei tikonov. he searches for mammoths in ice. and he is collaborating with the koreans, trying to bring the long-extinct species back to life. mammoths lived during the last ice age, only existing today in movies. a whole baby mammoth, you can clone from an animal like this. >> hair is one of the best sources of dna. >> reporter: the plan is to use

asian elephants as surrogate oth mothers. it wouldn't be easy and may never happen. but -- you would like to see thousands of these roaming russia again? >> yes, of course. >> reporter: you must be mad. >> no. >> reporter: could cloning one day be applied to humans? we traveled to scotland, the birthplace of cloning. it was here, near edingurgh, 20 years ago, when scientists first cloned a mammal. her name was dolly the sheep. since then, human cell cloning has helped stop diseases like parkinson's. but cloning humans would simply be unfair. >> clone a major baseball player. you expect that child to be a baseball player. they might not want to. he might want to play soccer. >> reporter: and the scientist who made cloning his business -- do you hope one day to be able to do this kind of work with

humans? >> no. absolutely not. >> reporter: human cloning, scientists say, would be extremely difficult. it is also illegal in many countries. but as for man's best friend, the technology devoted to re-igniting pet owners with a beloved campaign on, is changing right now. so, some things you need to know. they have a 40% success rate at cloning those puppies. even if you do get your pet cloned, it may not be successful. and the dog that you get may not be exactly the same as your original pet. it may have different colors on its fur. >> can we go back to the woolley mammoth for a second? what are the potential consequences of something like that? >> it's really difficult to do. if they manage to do it, how many of those can you clone? and what affect would it have on the planet? there's so many questions raised by this. >> like, why?

>> why would you do that? >> yeah. >> i guess for some people, it's a question of just being able to do it. what kinds of things can they discover, as a result of that? many people are opposed to it. >> as bryant gumbel would say, why? >> thank you very much. up next, what doo you do when you meet the pope? carson introduces us to

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carson is in the orange room with a little girl's unforgettable encounter with the pope. >> this is cute. meeting the pope, a big deal for anybody of any age. here's 3-year-old estella westrick. wanted to make sure her moment was memorable. the little girl came face-to-face with pope francis. she reached in and grabbed the hat from his head. let's se let's see that from another angle. everybody had a good laugh. thankfully she handed the cap right back. still smiling, the pope placed it on his own head and went back to greeting other visitors. her grandfather shared that clip online. it's been retweeted 50,000 times. this is the best tweet of all-time. child's actions, care-free and love that smiles all over. donald writes, that will cost her a couple of hail marys.

estella's mom said this. i thought it was a cute, personal family moment. then, all of a sudden, it kind of went crazy and everybody saw it. i loved it. it's been amazing. this happened on estella's first day in rome. no telling what she will be up to today. i'm a little disappointed. about a year and a half ago, up the street, matt and savannah, you had that opportunity to grab the hat. >> if i could turn back time, carson. >> would have gone viral. >> i just spilt tic tacs down the aisle of the church. >> cardinal dolan would have loved that. all right, carson, thank you. just ahead, brace yourself. we're showing what happens when you don't use a toilet seat cover. >> really? and jill is back with a grea

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good thursday morning. waking up. a live look at san francisco. and cool temperatures to go along with it. especially in the north bay. we're at 38 degrees in santa rosa. oakland, 47. 50 palo alto. san jose. we are going to have a chilly startment seeing the temperatures mid-60s for the inland areas for the coastline and san francisco in the 50s. na napa, high of 62 degrees. going to see an increase in clouds. especially and across the north bay. rolling farther south. the rain, though, does not were arrive until later tonight for the north bay and throughout the morning. that rain gets heavier. then spreading to the south as we head closer to the lunchtime hour tomorrow there may be pockets of heavy rain. we'll keep you upto date on that. kari, looking towards a smooth drive around most of the

bay. south bay, i think that crash north 101 has cleared from the roadway. that's what the speed sensors indicate. more slowing on the approach from 101. northbound 87 passing capital expressway. folks want to avoid the bay shore through that area disabled vehicle at pinole. back to you. >> thank you, mike. happening now, word of an arrest overs in connection with the numerous bomb threats against jewish community centers including three here in the bay area. the details are still being sorted out. it appears it is a u.s.-israeli citizen behind some of the threats. link you to the latest on our home page. also this morning, we're learning about more of the victims of the london terror attack. it is now confirmed one of the people who died was from utah celebrating his wedding anniversary. you can find that in our twitter feed. more local news in a half hour. it's 8:00 on "today."

coming up, down to the wire. president trump using the final hours before today' it's 8:00 on "today." coming up, down to the wire. president trump using the final hours before today's big vote to convince holdouts to back his obamacare replacement. >> the president and i came to an agreement in principle. >> will he get the votes he needs? we're live at the white house. plus, how sweet it is. >> girl scout cookies. >> we're celebrating 100 years of girl scout cookies and looking how they plan to tackle the next century. as we meet the young scout who broke the record for the most

cookies ever sold. and feeling the love. the first trailer for the "love actually" trailing released. the cast back together. and some of them look even better today. march 23rd, 2017. ♪ >> tennessee loves the "today" show. >> good morning, dallas. it's my birthday. >> good morning, vegas. >> from north carolina. ♪ >> sweet 16, here we come. go, k.u. >> baylor. >> we're in new york for the sweet 16. go, badgers. ♪ >> good morning, everybody. it's 8:00 on today. thursday, march 23rd. good morning. it's 8:00 on "today." st thursday, march 23rd. pretty day out on our plaza. it's pretty. pretty cold. dylan dryer it must be said.

springtime will get here some day. >> eventually, just not today. coming up we will help you live the sweet life with recipes for the perfect spring desserts. >> yum. >> how nice. ♪ >> beautiful voice. >> do you know, that's great. it is the official song of roker-thon which is coming up. he set a record by delivering the weather live for 34 straight hours. that was crazy. number two which doesn't sound right, he took things to the next level delivering the weather from all 50 states in just a week. >> we are just getting started. al is doing something extra special for roker-thon 3 in honor of match madness. he will do five college campuses in five days and at each campus they will attempt to break a guinness world record. >> that's cool. >> it's hard to keep topping these rocker-thons, but that

should do it. >> let's get to the morning's top stories. here is your news at 8:00. good morning, everyone, i'm bill nealy in london, a city on high alert, especially after a claim this morning from the middle east. the isis propaganda agency amak says the attacker was one of its fighters, though it offered no evidence. and this morning britain's queen elizabeth has sent her sympathies to the bereaved and the injured after what she called shocking events and awful violence. it all happened on westminster bridge and at parliament just behind me here, an attack at the very heart of british democracy. >> this morning in birmingham north of london the hunt for the accomplices of the man who carried out the deadly attack. police arresting eight suspects so far. >> continues to be born out by our investigation that this attacker acted alone and was inspired by international terrorism. >> reporter: the murderous rampage struck at the very heart of britain's democracy. this car a weapon used to kill

and injure dozens on westminster a woman diving into the river thames. the car swerving on to the sidewalk. the driver, crashing at the gates of parliament before running in and stabbing an unarmed police officer. a british junior foreign minister, tried desperately to revive the policeman. he didn't make it. the attacker had driven his car across the bridge, towards big ben, mounting the sidewalk to hit pedestrians, many students and tourists. he reached one of the most heavily protected buildings in europe, parliament. and crashed before stabbing the police officer. armed police opened fire. crowds running, as shots rang out. >> i looked arnold, heard four shots. maybe three or four. bam, bam, bam. sounded like. >> reporter: anti-terror police say the attacker was known to them. but his name has not been

released. today, parliament got back to work. >> we know that the victims include three french children, one italian, one american. >> reporter: in london today, more police on the streets. but defiance, too. well, here at parliament in the last hour, britain's prime minister, theresa may, says the attacker was british. born. years ago, he was investigated by the internal security service mi5, over what she called concerns about violent extremism. but she said he was a peripheral figure and he wasn't part of the current intelligence picture. she said he acted alone. but police are now questioning eight people about this brutal and deadly attack. savannah? >> bill neely, in london, thank you. in washington, the republican health care bill and president trump's ability to close the deal are on the line. hallie jackson is at the white house. hallie, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to

you. and right now, drama is building ahead of this critical vote on health care, with the president working the phones overnight to close this deal. now, a possible breakthrough. with just hours left until the high-stakes vote, one last high-pressure pitch from president trump, looking to convince conservatives a no vote today could cost the gop their shot to kill obamacare. >> the president and i came to an agreement in principle. >> reporter: mark meadows, the chairman of the house freedom caucasus, one of the main holdouts, now hinting there may be light at the end of the tunnel. >> what we're trying to do now is to make sure that our agreement is actually something that can be executed in a way that passes the senate. >> reporter: now, a possible breakthrough, with compromise maybe on changing insurance regulations for so-called essential health benefits. cutting back on things like emergency room visits, maternity leave and mental health

services. that modification may be enough to get the plan over the finish line in the house, where our nbc news analysis shows six republicans would need to flip their positions or the health care bill will flat line. the white house, confident. >> there's plan "a" and plan "a." we're going to get this done. >> what does it say to you if the president can't get this done this week? >> this is at the feet of paul ryan. and paul ryan will have to come to conservatives and ask what we want. >> reporter: the health care battle comes after another bombshell as the republican head of the house intelligence committee says he sees reports showing intelligence scooped up intelligence from people involved in the trump transition. something called incidental collection. >> what i have read bothers me. and i think it should bother the president himself and his team because i think some of it seems to be inappropriate.

>> reporter: the president, feeling vindicated, he says. >> i must tell you, i somewhat do. i very much appreciated the fact they found what they found. >> reporter: but chairman devin nunes, who worked on the transition, briefed the president before telling members of his own committee. >> i'm mystified by chairman nunes' actions. this is not the way you operate an independent investigation. >> reporter: senator john mccain this morning -- >> i've been around this town long enough to know when there's something of this consequence and this enormity, there's always additional information that comes out before it's concluded. >> reporter: now, another twist. stronger accusations from the top democrat on the house intelligence committee that members of the president's campaign coordinated with russians to help him win. something the white house has denied, repeatedly. >> there's more than circumstantial evidence now. again, i think -- >> you have seen direct evidence of collusion?

>> i don't want to go into specifics. but i will say there is evidence that is not circumstantial and is very much worthy of investigation. >> reporter: new this morning, in an interview, just out with "time" magazine, the president talked about his wire capping claims against president obama. reiterating he meant more broadly surveillance. he didn't back away from another unproven claim that 3 million people voted illegally. something of which there's zero evidence. and in answer of questions of his credibility, he responded to the reporter, i guess i can't be doing so badly because i'm president and you're not. matt? savannah? >> hallie jackson at the white house. thank you. a suspect who is under arrest this morning in a story we've been following, last week's kidnapping, of an alabama nursing student who made a dramatic escape from the trunk of a moving car. manuel towns was captured last night. he's charged with kidnapping, robbery and credit card fraud. towns approached brittany diggs,

forced her into the trunk and tried to get money out of atms using her card. her escape caught on camera as she used the light on her insulin pump to find and pull the interior trunk latch. let's check in with carson over in the orange room. >> jill has been giving us incredible bargains all week long in our spring steals series. the response online. killing it -- just crushing it. monday, she had deals under $100, it was the most-viewed story on today.com. tuesday, the deals were back. deals under $50. a huge clicker. and again on wednesday, our top story, for jill's finds under $25. that's totalling close to 243,000 page views from all of you eager to get in on the bargains. give the people what they want, jill. what's your deal right now? >> my biggest challenge today was $10 and under. going with spring essentials for men and women. this one is from model.

the retail is $19.99. we're offering it for $9.99. this is a great sweatshirt with pockets. >> comfortable. soft inside. it has pockets. >> they offer it 10%. the hero discount for first responders and military service members. a really great deal. they have great deals in-store. and thursday is a great day to shop. if you like my outfit, that's available, too. >> we'll get to that in a second. just getting started with jill. back in a moment with more deals, for $10 and under. we'll keep the deals going this week. guys, back to you. >> all right, carson. need a reason to make your bed? we have a million of them. coming up on "trending." and on "pop start," a look at the "love actually" reunion. that's right after this. ♪ the moment you realize the only part of your lawn growing like weeds is the weeds. at lowe's, our personalized lawn care plans help you create the yard you want.

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that helps to be successful because it shows that you don't think any job is beneath you. >> i got two of four. >> which two did you have? >> i stopped making my bed, i was trying to figure out when i stopped making my bed, probably when i left my parents house, but i pick up trash. >> and wave to your neighbors. >> i wave to my neighbors. >> i can't make the bed, brian still in it. >> would you make the bed if you could? >> no. >> i make it the second i get back home but i do not make it at 4:10 in the morning. >> too early. the questions keep coming. when you go to a public restroom do you opt for one of those toilet seat protectors? >> no. >> i hover. >> this slice of heaven right here, a marvel of engineering with the hole right down the middle. when you flush the toilet it goes right down. do they really work? >> i mean, it's a barrier. >> it's a layer of protection. >> no. public health experts tell "usa today" that those disposable paper covers do not stop germs. bacteria, it means, can pass

is but they do say you're also not likely to catch an infection from a toilet jen way, that was an excuse that a lot of people used to use in years gone by. >> if you're touching the toilet i can understand that. i don't really understand how you would catch something -- it's your legs. >> from the toilet seat but like the handle. >> the rest of the bathroom is more guilty than the toilet itself. >> what i do and this is not good for wasting paper, i go into a stall i wrap my hand, i look like the mummy, i look like i have a cast of toilet paper and do the wipe of the seat. >> when do you do the radioactive suit? >> the blue light. >> have you ever been in those ones where the toilet seat rotates and it has the plastic cover on it. >> i don't like that one, either. >> it's porous. >> of course. not viscous, porous. it was all eyes on the

scoreboard at the miami open tennis match, not because of the score itself but because of this unexpected visitor who dropped by. take a look. an seeing want in a, strolling on in, propped himself right up on the scoreboard, brought the game to a halt. some brave people stepped in, they tried to catch him but he was not ready to leave. he ran on to the court. look at him. >> put music to that. >> look at him. >> do those bite? can you grab it? >> i don't know. he is a big guy. the tennis player did not win the match but did get a really good selfie. there it is. >> really for pop start? >> i am ready. we will begin with "love actually" there has been a lot of buzz around the charity reboot. we have our teasing trailer, yes, those famous cards are back. have a look. ♪

have a look. ♪ >> what do you think? >> people are so passionate about this reboot. >> i'm excited. i loved that movie. >> it's one of my favorites. >> they all kind of look the same. >> they look great. red nose day actually, you can watch that special on may 25th on nbc and we have to introduce you now to this next item with some music, if you guys could play some music, billy, please. ghost busters, we are all a big fan of the film, we were thrilled about the recent reboot as well, especially al. al had a cameo in the movie. there's al there. well, good news for al and all you ghost busters fans. there could be more on the way. co-create rs of the franchise

told gizmoto while the reboot didn't do as good as he had hoped he jumped into two new projects soon thereafter, an animated and live action film could or should be in the works right now. we will have to keep you posted on that. >> jimmy fallon. let me introduce you to a student who went move and beyond on his application, superimposing him into one of fallon's alphabet skits. >> steve allen all around the internet if i want it physically i will grab a video cassette. jimmy fallon next to me do you need an intern because i'm getting a degree in this communication nbc is the station to view content creation from the comcast corporation. here is my declaration, dedicated, diligent and driven. looking for an intern i recommend you listen. >> get that kid in "hamilton." that is jake seriani, he is a student at washington state university. >> wasn't it originally daniel

ratcliff who did something like that. >> his video did catch jimmy fallon's eye. >> that is amazing. jake, if you are watching and you better be watching, the answer is yes. i'll see you next summer. i can't wait to meet you, man. get ready to work. >> so congratulations to jake he has his internship with the tonight show. jimmy fallon. >> pretty good. that's your pop start today. dylan. >> we have talked enough about cold temperatures, so let's talk about a warm up moving into the plains. we are going to see it warm up quite a bit, especially as we go into friday and into saturday and sunday, too. amarillo 83 degrees today, little rock 79, that's almost 20 degrees above average, it starts to spread into the midwest on friday and then eventually works its way into the mid-atlantic and the northeast by saturday, but it does cool . we have a nice dry dwa on the way. temperatures as you step out 53

degrees in the peninsula and south bay. upper 30s in the north bay. with all of this sun will make it to upper 50s to lower 60s. we will start to see more clouds moving in later on this afternoon with high temperatures reaching 63 degrees there and in the east bay. san francisco up to 59 degrees and the rain rolling in early tomorrow morning. >> and that's your latest forecast. savannah? >> dylan, thank you. we've waited long enough. let's get to day four of "spring steals." jill martin has been outdoing herself all week. we had 100 bucks on monday. then 50. and now, $10 or less. how are you going to do

model, we mentioned that with carson earlier. thursday is a great day to shop because stores are getting in the new merchandise. they have to put stuff on sale. h&m, 70% off many of the items in the store and on sale. the tanks, two for $10. the t-shirts, two for $10. my outfit is $10 and under. this is the sweater. the denim is $9.99. skinny jeans. and my bracelet, coming up. everything you see. the scarf, awesome. the flats. things on-trend, they're getting new stuff in. went to target. this is women's activewear. you can penalty is 40 or $50. look at everything you can get. these are from champion. $10 and under. and i got some of this stuff for $5. look at all these floral,

obviously, very onon-trends. these are the stahorts with the little shorts underneath. you don't have to spend a fortu fortune. you have to really pick through the clearance. >> you got to be ready to weed through it. >> old navy. i'm all about mix and match bathing suits because many of us are not the same on the top and the bottom. go in for $10, each piece, plus plus free shipliping. if you're different sizes. >> $10 per piece. >> if you want a whole suit, jill, it's $20. >> depends on where you live. for the most part, yes. >> the money saved, you can go to france. or if you have something you already have. dip into pretty nail polish sets. $18.99. our price, $9.50. you get this little pedicure

set. you know when you go and you get a special spa pedicure? each one goes between each toe. and it spreads them out. >> that's cute. you put it between like this. >> they don't interfere. we have 30 seconds left. >> forever 21. when you buy costume jewelry, you don't have to spend a fortune. this is unbelievable. $10 and under. and the sunglasses are about 50% off. >> oh. >> i'm going to put one on. i didn't know which one to pick from you. >> you know i'm looking for aviators. >> again, spring essentials. >> don't look good on you. >> everyone is having sales. thursday, a great day to shop, if you have time today. >> love it. i have to put my glasses on. for these deals and special online only offer on a kitchen staple, go to today.com. jill is back tomorrow for the grand finalfinale. spring deals under $5.

coming up, we're going to celebrate 100 years of girl scout cookies with the girl who sold more of them than ai'm.. = 8:26. a live look at the center in san jose where march madness is about to descend in a big way on the city. that's where western regional finals get underway starting a little after 4:00. calm on the outside. on the inside madness. all four teams were taking part in practice sessions in the first matchup this afternoon number one seed gonzaga takes on west virginia. and then second matchup pits arizona against xavier. the winner of the teams play on saturday with a berth in the final four at stake.

as you try to make your way there was a crash earlier. >> we had a crash north 101. no major injuries. that is clearing way for folks to get to sap center. overall the bay doesn't have a lot of surprises. we are showing a slower drive pretty much all of 92. live look shows congestion starting to lighten up. oakland a little slowing up into downtown. today is one of those days. >> one of those days. thank you very much. we will be back in 30 minutes.

[ cheers and applause ] back, now, at 8:30 on this thursday morning. it's a chilly day here in the northeast. 23rd of march. big crowd out on the plaza. we're a little late getting out this morning. took a little longer to bundle up. meanwhile, you know what today is? >> what is today? >> it is national puppy day. puppy day.

that's right. >> it's a big day. celebrating with our puppy with a purpose, charlie, here. he was one of six in his litter. with his five sisters, when they were weeks old. we're doing something cool. tomorrow, charlie will reunite with his siblings and his parents inside studio 1a. >> that's so cute. charlie family reunion. just ahead, a sweetness overload. we're celebrating spring with great desserts featuring re ini raspber raspberries. who doesn't love girl scout cookies? we'll have a chance to buy some from the best seller all-time. dylan, about howe about the chilly weather? >> it's going to warm up. on the west coast, another storm system moving in. look at the rain with that cold front. from san francisco, stretching down into the central valley. we could see stronger storms as we go into friday, as well. so, keep that in mind.

look at that rain. one to two inches of rain in some areas, especially northwestern california. we have a second cold front moving through the traiplains ss today. some could be isolated with a tornado or two. windy conditions. that could lead to red flag warnings, as well. it is so dry and the fire could spread quickly. in the northeast, it is frigid. and in the southeast, temps it will be a dry day across the bay area and the cool temperatures we are feeling will become milder this afternoon. it is 38 degrees now in santa rosa. in san francisco 51 degrees and 50 degrees now in san jose. as we go hour by hour going to see cloud cover increasing as spotty light showers later on tonight. through the day tomorrow looking at rain from north to south with pockets of heavy down pours and

will pretty much be raining all day tomorrow. >> that's your latest forecast. matt? >> dylan, thank you very much. more of our series, "taking care of mom & dad today." the caost of health care is twie as much after the age of 85, than before 85. financial health can be every bit as important as physical health. jean chatzky is here with strategies for affording your parents' care. we talked about downsizing. moving your parents into a different home. today, we talk about a different thing. a reverse mortgage. i see tv commercials for this all the time. what is it? who is it for? >> it's for people over age 62. essentially, you are borrowing the equity back out of your home. all of the mortgage payments you made through the years, you're pulling that money back out. the loan comes due when the homeowner dies or moves out after a year. and the amount you can get in a

reverse mortgage varies based on your age, the amount of equity that you have in your home and interest rates. >> let's say i take one of these out. how do i get paid? do i get paid over time? do i get a lump sum? how does that work? >> you can take an annuity, a paycheck that comes to you every month. you can take it in a lump sum. or you can take it as a line of credit. i like the last option because as your portfolio goes up and down with the market, this is a back pocket emergency cushion. >> what should people look out for? >> continue to play the insurance and the taxes on the property. take your spouse into consideration if they're not on the reverse mortgage. and watch out for that lump sum, it can let you spend through the money too quickly. >> let's say borrowing on your own home makes you queasy. you can get financial aid for care givers.

>> you can get financial aid. maybe you can look at the veterans administration. if you're a veteran that's done 90 days of active duty, one day in wartime, honorable discharge, you're eligible for two programs. one is called the aid and attendants benefit. this pays a care giver if you're not able to perform the functions of daily living, like getting dressed or feeting yourself. it's worth up to $25,000 a year if you have a dependent. and it comes into play if you're at home, in a nursing home or in an assisted living facility. the housebound benefit is worth $20,000 a year. >> are spouses of the caregivers eligible for this, as well. >> absolutely. that's something to keep in mind. >> what do care givers, adult children need to know about medicaid? >> medicaid may be able to pay you for caring for your parents.

this is something called a cash and counseling program. not every state has it. but if you're the one who is taking time off work to care for your parents, you may be able to get cash for that. contact your state medicaid office to see if it's available. and if your parents have purchased long-term care insurance, you may be eligible to be paid out of that policy, as well. >> should adult children looking at the possibility of taking care of their parents in the future go ahead and buy that long-term care insurance? >> if they're parents can't afford it and you can, absolutely. it's something to look into. it can put off a hassle and expense down the road that you may not be able to come up with the money for later. you may want to look at something called longevity insurance, which is a deferred annuity. it doesn't kick in until your parents are 85 years old. buy them a benefit that will pay them essentially an income by the time they get very old.

>> good information, jean. >> thank you. >> thank you very much. up next, going to switch subjects. sweet treats, that are perfect for spring. you like raz burraspberries, yo going to love this segment.

this portion of "today food" is created with our sponsor, citi. citi is sponsoring with no kid hungry to end childhood hunger in america. visit citiprivatepass.com/kids to learn more. this morning on "today food" we are celebrating the spring season with raspberry sweet treats. joanne chang is co-owner of flour bakery in boston. we have two here already to taste. raspberries are in season. we have a couple of recipes

here. >> yes. i'm here with the no kid hungry campaign. we do an event across the year, where we gather chefs together. and you get to eat great food and help raise funds for child hunger. one in five kids is food insecure, meaning they don't know where their next meal is coming from. >> these are sweets for a really good cause. >> yes. i have two great recipes here. >> starting with raspberry cheesecake. >> we have graham crackers and cream cheese. and raspberries and saour cream. how is everything? >> really good. >> you we have melted butter and sugar into the food processor. and it's super simple. >> you've ground up your graham cracker crumbs. >> okay. >> and give that a pulse. >> uh-huh. >> and then, we take the graham cracker and pour it into here. >> you are using a smaller pan.

>> we use a smaller pan to make a cute, little cheesecake. you press it in. or use a bottom of a cup. and then, we have the filling. we have some sugar. and again, this recipe is so straightforward. some egg. a little vanilla. lemon juice. and what makes it really creamy is the sour cream. we use creme fresh, as well. >> there's not sour cream in every cheesecake recipe. >> it makes it so light. >> we have fans over here. >> we're in a timeout. >> i know. let's see. we make the filling. it will look like this. how do we incorporate the raspberries. >> we're going to put this into the baked crust. the crust bakes about 15 minutes at 350 degrees. and then, i'm going to have you help me make the swirl. you just squirt some of the

raspberry coulis, and take a toothpick. >> like that? should i get it looking swirly, like mess it? up? >> beautiful. >> it bakes for a really long time. and in a low oven. you turn off the oven and let it sit in the oven and cool down. that keeps it from cracking. and you have a beautiful cheesecake. >> carson cooks his in a water bath. >> what? i do? >> you read the book. you cook them in a water bath, it takes it really creamy. >> what does that mean? a water bath? from a water bath, if you take this and put it in a roasting pan and you put the whole thing in the oven. >> matt is showing off. >> how low is the heat of the oven? >> 90 minutes for 350 degrees. not super low. >> like your recipe. >> really good. >> sawesome.

that crust, wow. >> the next recipe is just graham crackers. egg whites and sugar and raspberries. we beat the egg whites until they reach soft peak stage. it takes about two or three minutes. >> okay. >> you see, it's not very voluminous. but after two or three minutes, it looks like this. and we add the sugar. we add sugar in about three inscrii increme increments. and once it's added, you get this. >> i wondered. i do occasionally bake. excuse me. >> your nose is growing. >> the looks i'm getting. >> i do. sometimes i do. >> easy bake oven thing. >> pretty much. >> why do you have to do it in installments like that? why can't you just dump the whole thing in? >> you can dump it in. it makes the meringue not as soft. it allows the sugar to incorporate. everything in baking is about

being patient. >> that's probably why i'm not good at it. now, we take the meringue and we make these little clouds. this is the best part. i'm going to make some divots. and you just pour some of the raspberry into the divots. >> is this the same raspberry mixture we made over there? >> yeah. just raspberries and sugar. >> do i want it to overflow? >> just fill the little hole. perfect. we figured out a trick to make chopsticks. >> while we have a few seconds left to show. >> you're going to dip in and sweep out and go around until you get a swirl. just like that. >> looks like vale helped her out. >> yours doesn't like great, either. >> okay. >> and just let it cool?

>> you bake them. ? a low oven. >> don't laugh. it's hard to do this. >> it's fun watching you cook. watching you bake is on a whole other level. >> but she bakes a lot. >> big baker. you can get these recipes at today.com/food. if you go to the "today" facebook page, you can watch her bake one more treat. coming up next, another way to temp your sweet tooth. 100 years of girl scout coies. first okth (vo) what if this didn't

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an american institution. >> cookies. >> reporter: and their numbers -- hefty. every cookie season about 50 million households snap up roughly 200 million boxes, generating some $800 million in sales. the scouts say girl represents go-getter, innovator, risk-taker and leader. >> what i discovered that girl scout cookies taught me how to create your own opportunity. >> reporter: opportunity that propelled scout ceo since she was a 7-year-old member. i read that it taught you you could study science. you could one day launch a rocket. is it true as a child, you said, the girl scouts have taught me i'm going to the moon? >> absolutely. i decided to make an estes rocket for my science badge. at that moment, i had that uh-huh moment.

a lot of girls like me, weren't taking math or science, i could do it because i had done it in girl scouts. >> reporter: and like her rocket, she soared, too. as an engineer at ibm. as a rocket scientist working on the "voyeur" mission to jupiter. as a commissioner of white house initiative for hispanics. so many organizations have popcorn and bake sales and car washes. have has cookie sales sustained 100 years? >> because it's not just about selling cookies. it's about teaching girls life skills. the girls set goals. make business decisions. >> thank you very much. >> they decide who they're going to sell to. hour they're going to sell. it's about customer service. >> reporter: what started in 1912, with a few girls in georgia, has grown to nearly 3 million today, in 92 different countries. 11-year-old julia vieira-reese is a top cookie seller from connecticut. >> i really want to open a business when i'm ordinary. and i think learning the marketing sales is really going to help me. that's the new s'mores cookie.

>> reporter: she mixes door-to-door with digital to showcase her creative marketing skills. ♪ i was wondering if you'd like to buy some girl scout cookies ♪ >> reporter: does this help young women how to understand managing money? what saving is? >> absolutely. it's all encompassing teaching financial literacy to the girls. >> reporter: some have wondered where the proceeds go and if the girls are getting shortchanged. what does the money go to? 5, $6 a box, some would say, that's kind of expensive. does it get to the little girls? >> absolutely. it doesn't come to corporate. all of the cookie sales money stays local to power those girls take action projects. i talked to a girl who is doing a sustainable food bank in her community because she knew people were hungry. >> i'll take a couple of thin mints. >> reporter: how about the fact that girl scout cookie selling has changed. the digital cookie. it's online. >> there's a game. there's forecasting. you create your own business

model. we want to be relevant to today's girls. we know we have to do that by being online. >> reporter: a modern twist on the original girl power recipe. courage and confidence. haven't the boy scouts told your they're jealous? >> no, no, they haven't. >> katie francis just broke the record for selling the most girl scout cookies ever. she's here along with fellow girl scouts who are getting in last-minute sales. >> and they are here with the girl scouts official cookie taster, susan lucci, right here in the center. >> we have kathie lee here. >> good job. >> when you say girl scout cookies, the whole gang comes down to get into it on. how did you do this? how did you reach this milestone? >> it took lots of time. what i did, was i went out and had fun, selling my cookies every day. >> rain or shine, i guess is your motto. >> can i say, she's an excellent saleswoman. he doesn't like cookies and she just sold the peanut butter cookies. >> really? >> did you go door-to-door?

did you go on roller skates, you cover a lot of ground if you went that way. >> i went everywhere. all around my area. and one of my favorite ways of selling cookies was setting up in front of a booth sale, like in front of grocery stores. and i sang and danced. >> oh! >> that's fantastic. >> the old-fashioned way. >> your favorites? >> the thin mints. >> they're for sure the best-seller. i'll take two. and just to remind people, what do the proceeds actually go to? where does the money from this go? >> a little bit from each box sold goes to our troupe. we choose to spend the money how we like. my troupe is going to give back to the community that helped us so well on our cookie sale. we're going to be volunteering. and we're -- one of my favorite things is we're going to be mentoring a troupe that has mostly low-income families. we're going to be providing opportunities for them. and then, we're going to be going to volunteer in barbados. >> oh. fantastic. >> i was kicked out of the

brownies. true story. >> can i share your joke. when you started eating girl scout cookies, they only had one kind. >> yeah. who is taking the money? we're here and -- susan and i are here. >> two boxes, okay? >> can i take one box from you and one box from you? >> yes. >> and you save the extra. >> okay. >> all of her cookies. >> thin mints. >> i would like lemon and the thin mints. or graham crammers, please. >> what are the new ones? >> s'mores is up there. >> thank you so much. >> katie, congratulations. >> thank you. >> we're back in a moment. this is "today" on nbc. >> i'll take the peanut butter ones. >> okay. >> yeah. >> i'll take those.

it's been bedlam here, everybody trying to grab cookies. keir, you're here for the 9:00. >> that's right. i'm here again another morning. >> yeah. >> susan lucci. >> going to be with me for the 10:00. we're going to put on a show, baby. >> can't wait. the girls have been sampling the merchandise, shall we say. >> that's okay. >> research for the product. what's the best cookie? >> tagalongs. >> i agree. >> we'll be back with much more on a thursday morning. first, your news and weather. i'...==pvo san a

8:56 right now. san francisco may be on the verge of equipping its jail guards with body cameras. supervisors will debate funding a pilot program which would start with 30 deputies wearing those devices. ultimately all guards would have them. initial focus would cover seventh floor where jail four is located. that is where allegations

surfaced forcing inmates to fight each other. the sheriff's department will ask to fund the program. today's hearing starts at 10:00. a live report in mid day newscast. you can check on twitter for updates. there is word of arrest in connection with the numerous bomb threats against jewish community centers. it now appears that a u.s. israeli citizen was behind some of the threats. you can link to the latest on our home page. we are also learning that one of the survivors of the london terror attack is from utah. her husband was killed in the attack. he was there celebrating their wedding anniversary.

this morning on "today's take," one-on-one with woody harrelson. what he is saying about his new movie. and we'll serve up chips with dax shepard and michael pena. and actress emma roberts is here. all that and more coming up now. >> from nbc news, this is "today's take." live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> welcome to "today" on this march 23rd, 2017. i'm dylan, with keir and al is off with sheinelle. >> they let me come back. >> you are back. >> i appreciate you coming back. yesterday, keir said, let's get

coffee after the show and get to know each other. we go down for coffee. and i forget my wallet. keir, can you buy me a coffee? >> that was a good trick. and you told me, i never had to carry a show on my own before. and of course, every knows i've never done this before. so, our producers walking the halls of nbc with terror in their eyes. >> we have no idea how this is going to go. >> keep watching this broadcast. we don't know what's going to happen. >> anything can happen. >> yes. we dragged you back on for throwback thursday. i love throwback thursday. my mom sends me shoe boxes of old pictures. i have a treasure trove to choose from. today, i chose this picture. >> is that true? >> that's me. my first hand at makeup. >> you have some work to do there. >> the light blue eye shadow. i don't know where my cheeks were. but they were by my jaw. and the outfit. >> i have no idea how to put on makeup. i can't laugh because you have

another picture of me coming. >> i've never seen a throwback picture of says ir before. >> you had blonde hair? >> the guy on the right is me. the other guy is my dad. and so, i send a message to my dad, honestly, about 40 minutes ago. can you send an embarrassing picture of me? and this is the picture he sent. >> the embarrassing picture of him for the short shorts? >> and the hair? this was 1970s. it was very cool. >> when did your hair go from blonde to brown? >> i don't know. i can't remember. i seem to be thinking quite seriously there. >> were you fishing? do you remember that picture? >> i don't think it was fishing. >> sitting there thinking. >> i don't remember doing fishing. that's embarrassing. >> nice. i like that. >> thursday is fun. you never know what we're coming up with. >> talking about embarrassing people. >> we embarrassed gavin, our producer, yesterday.

it was his birthday. he took a picture that he posted up on instagram. can we have you come on over? >> did you take the hat off at all? >> i haven't taken it off in 24 hours. >> good. >> it's hard to sleep dylan dr would never take it off. >> whatted when you posted this picture on instagram? i posted it. and to my shock, i had 99 likes. >> really? what's normal for you? >> up in the 40 to 50 range. >> okay. 99 was huge. >> i'm at 99. i'm thinking, this is my shot. triple digits. >> this is awesome. >> i realize i'm probably out of friends. i can still like it. i double tap it. and, boom, triple digits. >> you did it. congratulations. we want to keep this going. >> let's do something about

this. >> i need you to know, that gavin's instagram account is geelastic. >> yes. >> let's up the likes on gavin's birthday picture. we'll check back in. >> a lot of pictures of my daughter, quinn. and a couple of my dad, jay. you know? the whole family. >> breaking news, you have 107 likes already. >> whoa. >> this is crazy. >> that's good, though. >> people. >> people. >> we're going to keep checking back throughout the show. i want to keep refreshing and see. geelastic. >> it will mean a lot to the whole family. >> you will rock gavin's world here. we want to get 1,000 likes. >> is that up to 264. 609. >> wow. you guys should be watching more intently and not just on your phones the whole time you're watching the show. he's so excited.

we're over 1,000. gavin is actually losing his mind over there. >> look at that. that's incredible. >> the candles on top of gavin's hat are going to explode in a second. >> wow. 1,900. 1,990. >> it's like the eagle cams, you want to keep watching it and keep refreshing. >> we're going to leave this picture up for the rest of the show. >> yes. >> thank you, everybody, for -- this is amazing. >> now, talking about things getting buzz online, did you see the video of the little girl with the pope? >> oh, my gosh. cutest thing. this is 3-year-old estella westrick, she made her most of the meeting with the pope. she goes in. he goes in for the kiss and she swipes the hat. >> i spent a month covering the pope when he was first selected. i never thought to grab his hat. >> i don't think you could have gotten away with it the way she

did. look at him laughing? estella's godfather shared the clip online. it has been liked and retweeted, 50,000 times. i'm sure it's going to keep going. do we have an update? >> 4,800. that's amazing. >> almost 5,000 likes. >> gavin is so happy. >> we're doing it, people. >> it's happening. >> we have gavin cam. >> this is horrifying. truly horrifying. >> so, you travel all over the country. you do live shots for the "today" show, all around the world. >> all different time zones. have you pulled an all-nighter and gone 24 hours? >> i've done it. i traveled and had to get off the plane and do a story and keep going. and not sleep. and i am usually all over the place place. i think this goes a long way to explaining me, really. >> that's why you are the way you are. >> it's mostly because i haven't slept. >> yeah. just awake all the time.

it turns out -- >> yes? you were going to say? we're learning here. >> we're figurie ining out how banter works here. >> it turns out, scientifically, if you don't sleep, you are a mess. >> you are a mess. s it's similar to being drunk. i can see that. according to the national sleep foundation, going 24 hours without sleep, is like having a 0.1 blood alcohol content, which makes you too drunk to drive. i don't see you as getting irritable, do you? >> i try not to. i try not to. i can say anything. i'm never irritable. >> can we ask your wife? >> you had your little gorgeous baby. you know about not sleeping. >> i know about not sleeping. but calvin is great. he gives me four or five hours at night. >> is that right?

>> there he is. i love seeing pictures. i got less sleep doing storm coverage, bouncing from one snowy place to another snowy place. like you. getting the live shots. >> that's harder. >> i think sometimes it is, yes. >> okay. >> tell us about the weather now. >> weather is later. coming up next, remember this kid we showed you yesterday, who tried to land his dream job at "the tonight show"? yeah, at first i thought it was just the stress of moving. [ sighs ] hey, i was using that. what, you think we own stock in the electric company? i will turn this car around right now! there's nobody back there. i was becoming my father. [ clears throat ] it's...been an adjustment, but we're making it work. you know, progressive.com makes it easy for us to get the right home insurance. [ snoring ] progressive can't protect you from becoming your parents,

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>> he had 200 followers. >> look forward to the baby pics. >> people will say, what is this on my feed? >> yesterday, we told you about jake, the student at washington state university, who made a video to get an internship at "the tonight show" with jimmy fallon. it turns out, his plan worked. >> it worked. >> last night's show, fallon took notice of jake's application. >> that's amazing. jake, if you're watching, and you better be watching, the answer is yes. pack your bags, buddy. i can't wait to meet you, man. get ready to work. >> like a proposal. and jimmy fallon said yes. good for him. >> yeah. >> do you think -- that will probably be the pinnacle of his career on the fallon show for a while. now, making the coffee. >> would youtube have helped you

get an internship that you wanted? are you creative like that that you could have put something together? >> no. let's be honest. not really, no. >> i wouldn't be able to compete with all of the other people coming up with the crazy stuff. >> i'm impressed with the way people do things now, right? when i got into this business, when i got into this business, it wasn't like that. you didn't have all these things. you kind of came and did things with tv cameras. and that was it. >> if anybody saw the tape that got me my first in tv. i have a feeling it will get dug up by the end of the week. >> anytime now. >> there's an awesome building that's signed by an architect. who is trying to rival st. louis st. louis' arch. we may have an arch of our own in new york city. look at this proposed skyscraper

in manhattan. a giant "u." it's a glass building. it would feature an elevator that can travel in curves, horizontally and in a loop. >> that would be something like "charlie and the chocolate factory." are you going to have an office on the curved part? with the windows on the floor or something? >> maybe an apartment would have a curved roof. >> i don't know if i like that. >> i wouldn't want to be on the top one with nothing below. knowing there was nothing below. >> exactly. >> that would freak me out. it looks pretty. >> you know the buildings when you have a piece of glass and you know it's glass. but i'm frightened. >> you don't trust that it's going to support your weight. we'll see if it gets built. we have the voting open for our ultimate family give away. one of these families is going to earn a vacation to duns

castle. >> brought by homeaway. >> we'll start with the gilaski family from washington. they are taking on "jack and the bean stalk." i like that. >> photo shopped by dad, david, who looks like he put himself in the picture, too. >> i love it. next up, the hughes family from knewtown, connecticut, taking on "the wizard of oz." their great grandmother lives in the u.k., where i am from. she hasn't met 3-year-old violet yet. they get to get together if they win. >> yes. our next finalist, sisters from south carolina, with their take on . . . . rapunzel, making good use of the playhouse there. >> and our last finalist is a greek family.

and sinld relacinderella and th wicked stepsisters. >> they are playing along. >> they are tugly stepsisters. head over to today.com and vote for your favorite picture there. >> when are we going to announce the winner? tomorrow. tomorrow. >> tomorrow. >> by the way, we have girl scout cookies here, celebrating 100 years. >> 100 years of girl scouts. >> do you have girl scouts in the u.k.? >> yesterday, she asked me, do you have money in the u.k.? >> i meant it more like, do you use money in the u.k.? which still sounds weird. i do everything with a credit card. you know about the weather. >> i'm going to stick to the weather. we're looking at a decent day for this morning across most of the plains. but storms will increase as we go into this afternoon. and mainly overnight. 11:00, you see the line of storms moving through the central plains. they could produce hail, damaging winds.

and can't rule out an isolated tornado. tomorrow, we see the threat expand and move into the midwest and parts of the south. we could see more widespread tornadoes. doesn't look like they'll be that strong. but still, we have 17 million people at risk for storms tomorrow. that's a look at weather across the coun . we have sunshine around the bay area as we take a life look outside at san jose with clear skies now. looking at a lot of sun throughout the afternoon. clouds increasing later tonight. highs reaching 64 degrees in san jose. in oakland today expect a high of 61 degrees. 59 in san francisco. enjoy the dry weather while it lasts. there will be rain tomorrow. >> that's your latest forecast. coming up next, who better to star in a horror film than emma roberts. she is going to tell us about her new thriller "the black

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if you can't afford your medication, astrazeneca may be able to help. welcome back, emma has been in the mood to scare people lately. in the comedy of the horror serie series. >> she's playing a woman hitching a ride with a married couple but seems to be hiding a troubling past. >> can you please pull over? >> what was that? >> i think i am going to be sick. >> are you all right back there? >> please, pull over. >> all right, hold on, hold on. >> no, please. >> hold on. >> good morning, it is so nice to have you emma. >> thank you for having me. >> it is nice to see you in pink and not scary.

>> i thought i would lightening the multituood this morning. >> this movie is definitely actually terrifying. this is a scary movie. it is a psychological thriller. w when i read the script i knew i had to do the movie because i kept me up that night. it stuck with me. >> do you like scary stuff like that or being kept awake all night? >> not particularly. i get so scared so easily. it is funny that i am involved with scary stuff. no, me and my little sister is scared too. my sister was at the premier last night and she got so scared and she had to leave. that's how scary it was. it is fun to be scared sometimes. >> i go to some of the scariest places in the world but when i watch a movie, i don't want to be frighten.

>> i have not watched a scary movie since "george". [ laughter ] >> the psychological thriller freaks me out more than anything else. >> you will have to see this one. >> will you come with me and hold my hand? >> sure. >> i guess it is better to be in the movie because you kind of know and you know how it happens so you are okay. >> it is never scary when you are making anything scared. i was never scared of "american horror story" but watching it, you get scared. my friends made fun of me, you are in the pmovie. >> right, you do each piece of the movie. i have such respect for you guys. you make a movie, it is like you do the scene again and again. >> right, over and over again. >> you don't really get to see the whole thing put together until it is actually together. >> no. we are the most in the dark. we do it and we don't get to see

it so it is a nice surprise to see how everything put together so it worked. >> you feel like you come from an acting family, do you feel like that helps? do you go to your aunt and ask for things, is that how it works? >> i spent a lot of time with her growing up onset. every movie is so different that you kind of learn from being around it from experience and expect the unexpected basically because things go wrong all the time. >> right. >> you can never anticipate what a day at work is going to be like so you have to go with the flow. >> can we ask you a question, are you on instagram? >> yes. >> do you know our friend gavin? he's building followers on instagram. >> come on, emmaere roberts? >> would you mind following him and give him some likes?

>> sure. >> how about that? >> thanks em! [ laughter ] >> he's so excited. >> poor gavin. >> 9,000 likes. >> emma, thank you very much for being here, good luck with the movie. >> it hits theaters and will be on demand march 31st. coming up. the classic series, "chips" coming to the big screen after your local news. when exposed to the same level of damaging heat, the difference is clear. the rose not treated with dove is dry and brittle. dove fortifies by nourishing deeply and stops 90% of daily hair damage before it happens. dove intensive repair. neutrogena® hydro boost hydrating tint. wake up skin. the first water gel foundation with hyaluronic acid it plumps, quenches... delivers a natural, flawless look.

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under way starting at 4:00 this afternoon. roughly 6 1/2 hours. meantime we were in the shark tank yesterday when all four teams were taking part in practice sessions head of tonight's sweet 16 games. tonight's first match-up number one seed, gonzaga, takes on number four seed, west virginia. second game pit arizona against xavier. the winners of those two games then play again on saturday. that is for a berth in the final four. we'll see which teams have the sunniest prospects for today. everyone getting sunshine. kari hall will tell us about that on the other side of this break. ==aff sto aff trfic

enjoy the sunshine around the bay area. as we head into this afternoon, we'll start to see clouds move in and a few spotty showers to the north. the rain continues to move into the north bay early tomorrow morning and becomes more widespread. we'll have pockets of heavy rain

off and on tomorrow. it ends tomorrow night and clearing out in time for the weekend. let's head over to mike. >> a smooth drive around the bay over the last half hour as things got lighter around the bay. still a problem for oakland. south 880 the slow lane is blocked by a disabled big rig. maybe another half hour before chp believes they can clear that. live look from the camera, blocking right lane just past university, just before you get to the berkeley curve has you jammed up through berkeley. >> look at the backup. thanks, mike. we'll be back in 30 minutes.

if you are a fan of the '70s tv series "c.h.i.p.s." we know what you will do this weekend. dax shepard takes it to the big screen. >> they are playing the royals of ponch and baker, two unlikely partners. here's a sneak peek. >> i can ride. >> you crashed eight minutes ago on flat pavement. >> jon and ponch, what's your 20? >> i'm northbound through e elesyan park.

ponch is southbound. >> that's like the "c.h.i.p.s." i remember. >> it was big in england, no? >> you were practicing your english accent, right? >> it's an interesting accent. it doesn't sound english. that's it, man. >> pair you up. >> that's good. >> yeah. >> giving me some problems. >> i've worked with cockney film crews at different parts in the world. they have all of the sayings. everything is a little cute saying. and they all know it. and puddin' and pops, and everyone laughs. >> they know why they do that? so police couldn't figure out what they're talking about. >> you must have the world's dumbest police, because if everyone else knows. >> what we do have in britain, we had "c.h.i.p.s."

>> or lipps? london highway patrol? >> it was big in england and in the country, for an hour, you got to go to california. there was palm trees and a weird duo on motorcycles. it was appealing. i'm from detroit. mike's from chicago. it's equally miserable there. we have better food. >> it was like from another planet. >> i come from a miserable, miserable place. >> this is a passion project for you. you wrote, directed and star. >> i'm in it. an e go maniac's dream come through. motorcycles are my first passion. michael pena, my second. how can i combine these two things? there's one guy that could have played ponch. erik estrada was the king. >> is there pressure to

re-create? >> i didn't try. together, me and dax. look at their star power. >> they were 25. we're in our late 50s. >> look at the haircuts. >> i wish the buns were on the screen. they had impeccable gluts. >> speaking of, dax, you're not always wearing a lot of clothes in this film. was that an ego thing? >> an ethical decision. there's some female nudity in the movie. and i didn't feel right asking them without myself having done it. i knew what everything was going through. >> my nude scene got cut out. i don't know why. >> you've been training, duet. you look good there. if i looked as good as that, i would be naked on television. i would be here naked if i could pull that off. >> i should be naked in this part. >> was it awkward for you, mike? on your second day of shooting? >> i get in the show. yeah. it was a little awkward. and then, plus, he's really tall.

he has a six-pack. >> had a six-pack. >> i have a four-pack going strong. >> we've been touring the country, showing people the movie and going q&as. what we like to do is eat until we get in a coma. we take all of the local food items. >> yeah. >> in philadelphia, i had two cheese steaks in under a minute. >> two cheesesteaks. a foot long. >> and you look like that? >> i don't look like that. that's what i'm saying. i had to take advantage of that. >> keep up, simmons. >> your brother is a cop? >> my brother is a cop. >> did he help you in this role at all? >> not at all. he -- he saw the movie. he moves it. he's a gear-head like you are. he said, you were really good at pretending to be a cop, mike. i'm the real thing. he is. he works at a correctional office. not -- he works in a jail. he's in jail. >> an older brother, that you can be the first sitting president to cure cancer.

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headphones. they're warehouse arcs. they are a marshmallowy comfort feel. i can change the l.e. dechld. fe app. i call them great for relation trips. you can share any of the audio or music with the person next to you without having a cable. awesome for being able to share your music on the go. >> can it connect on the plane? >> a lot of money, $200. >> headphones, that's a good price point. ones that are comfortable and the will last you. >> are they noise cancelling, too? >> they have good noise cancelling features. >> moving on to bags. how exciting can bags get? >> pretty cool. these are from matador. >> go ahead and hold this. start to unravel it. this is a 24 liter bag.

a little bit. these are actually packable bags you take with you. how many times you go on a trip and you have all of the stuff you have to bring back. you can pack the bags that fit in the palm of your hand. 24 liters in here. water justice e water-proof. they have tiny ones that fold out. only $14.99. >> what is that? >> that is this bag. put it on your key chain. you need an extra bag, no problem. >> bags get cool. >> move on. the crew loves this. these are -- hot heads. these are from firebox.com. and it's a little cold out. it will get a little warmer. works for any season. hot heads under $19. you upload a picture of a face or a bpet. >> what do you do with it? >> you put it in the microwave and it will be a compress. >> it has what? >> wheat.

>> you put it in. it smells good. and you put it in the freezer, too. hot heads, great for anyone with an ego. >> you have a crush on someone, you can put your face on that. is that a little weird? >> i like it. >> a little weird. >> calculator. >> this is unique and interesting gadget. this is called tip and split. how many times you get a bill at the restaurant. and you're like, my gosh. basic math becomes the hardest thing ever. >> when people are look over your shoulder. >> painful. especially when you split it with 15 people. it has a magnifier on it. you enter the bill amount, and the tip amount and how many people you want to split it with. it will tell you how much. a cool gadget that has a light on it, great for a restaurant and a dim light. >> that can be the most embarrassing part of the meal, when you're trying to split the bill and someone is going through, i only had the coffee. >> the person who wants to

itemize their bill. >> painful. >> people need to do that. money is tight. >> exactly. >> we saw you using this in the tease. >> this is a vio mirror. this is super high-tech. not only is it durable, but it has bluetooth. you can make calls from it and play your music from it. i'm playing my music from my phone. and it has l.e.d. controls and anti-fog controls. high-tech mirror, welcome to the future. >> that's so fun. i love when you're here and seeing all of the latest stuff. we're going to be back in a moment. this is "today" on nbc.

all right. gavin's instagram is all the rage. do you like your newfound fame? >> this is bonkers. >> 9,736. trying to get to 10,000. >> my head is just growing. >> you pointed a picture that --

>> yes? >> from me and sheinelle and you on the show yesterday. >> yes. >> only 250 likes. >> huge. >> i don't know. i mean, gavin could be the new star here. >> can i ask you to please help keir out. come on. >> i need all of the help i can get. in so many ways. >> i'm a little nervous when you turn on the comments. >> yeah. so am i. >> so close. we're going to get there. keir, thank you so much. >> thank you for looking after me. >> great to have you he oc: tthatr 30=trxt c

all of the sunshine will help warm up our temperature today but it will be cooler than average for this time of the year. reaching 61 degrees in the trivalley. peninsula, 62 degrees with breezy winds. we'll start to see clouds move in throughout the day. highs in the low 60s for north

bay and east bay while san francisco is up to 69 degrees. you want to make sure you take advantage of the dry weather today. rain returns to the bay area tomorrow. we'll continue to keep you up-to-date on that. looking to the bay area's commute. so far everything south bay and peninsula looking good. we have an issue continuing for oakland. southbound 880 at 29th. for the last hour weave had a disabled big rig blocking the slow lane. that's still a problem coming down 880. east eastbound 580 coming through oakland and cut over to 238. dunbarton bridge much closer. san mateo there's a crash midspan. word of an arrest overseas in connection with a number of bomb threats against jewish community centers, some of which happened here in the bay area. the details are still being sorted out but right now it appears that it is a u.s./israeli citizen with dual

citizenship behind some of those threats. you can link to the latest via our home page. we're learning one of the victims who died in the london terror attacks was from utah. he was celebrating his wedding anniversary.

♪ >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> hello, everybody. welcome to thirsty thursday. we're so happy you're with us today. it's march 23rd. hoda mama is off. look who is sitting next to me. daytime's all-time leading lady, emmy winner susan lucci. regis called her affectionately la lucci. we've been catching up on old times. >> so much fun and all the best to hoda. >> this little baby is just precious. i'm going to get a gander at her