in the bay." and now we want to toss to nbc news for a special report with savannah guthrie on that school shooting in maryland. we know that three people were sent to the hospital. of course, we will continue to monitor that as well. >> announcer: this is an nbc news special report. here's savannah guthrie. and good morning, we have breaking news at this hour. right now, a maryland high school on lockdown, after yet another school shooting. this is unfolding in great mills, maryland which is about 60 miles south of washington, d.c. nbc national correspondent peter alexander is monitoring these events. peter, good morning to you. what can you tell us? >> savannah, let me walk you through what we know. just moments ago we heard from the county sheriff who has new details telling our affiliate two students have been hit be

both of them said to be in critical condition. a school resource officer confrontnd and shot the gunman who we're told is as in critical condition. all of the victims at great mills high school in st. mary's county have been rushed to nearby hospitals. the sheriff's department says that the incident is now contain. the school official telling us there was only one shooter. that there is no other active shooter right now. maryland governor's you can imagine tweeting that he's closely monitoring the situation. as we speak, parents are being advised to stay away from this campus. authorities have set up a safe location for them to reute with their kids. obviously, it's terrible. the shooting coming four days before the national march for our lives. that's where students from across the country are expected to converge here in washington to demand stricter gun laws. the students at great mills were among those to participate in that school walkout last week to

honor the victims of the parkland shooting. again, to be clear, we know, at this time, that at least two students were hit, shot by this gunman. the gunman also hit, as the school resource officer at that school returned fire. all three said to be in critical condition at this time, savannah. >> peter, as we understand it, according to officials there in st. mary's county the school is contained. we will continue to monitor what's going on there. thank you very much. we have the very latest continuing on msnbc and nbc n s nbcnews.c nbcnews.com. i'm savannah guthrie. this has been an nbc news special report. and good morning, we're back with more of "today" on the west coast this morning. we will continue to follow that situation in maryland throughout the morning, but we have a lot to get including more breaking news overnight. investigators on the scene of yet another mysterious explosion

in texas. the latest happened overnight inside a fedex facility outside of austin. that's a city, of course, already on edge, after a string of package bombs, nbc's gabe gutierrez is in austin this morning. ease got the latest, gabe, good morning to you. >> reporter: savannah, good morning. as federal prosecutors are processing the scene, of the fourth explosion, that breaking news that you mentioned another explosion this time at a fedex distribution center near san antonio. fedex said one of its employees suffered minor injuries. a dispatch call suggests that that package contained nails and was bound for austin. this morning, authorities in texas or investigating yet another bomb explosion, this time a package bound for austin exploded shortly after midnight at a fedex distribution center in schertz, texas about an hour south of texas. >> there were nails and metal in the bomb.

package was going to austin and building is being evacuated at this time. >> reporter: the sheriff's police department posting on facebook that the explosion came from a package in the sorting area of the facility. the blast follows a series of package expolosions in the austn area that have left two people dead and four people injured. back in austin a trip wire twist has that city on edge. >> we are clearly dealing with what we expect to be a serial bomber at this point. >> reporter: 500 fbi and atf agents working a mystery ever the explosion this month. you can hear the blast on this surveillance video. it was recorded at his home nearby. how disconcerting is this to have this in your neighborhood? >> it's extremely disconcerting because we have children that walk those sidewalks three times

a day. >> reporter: the packages looked like deliveries left on door steps. these men were killed in separate incidents. but the latest bomb was different left by the side of the road, police say, and triggered with a trip wire. >> with this trip wire, it changes things, it's more sophisticated. it's not targeted to individuals. >> reporter: the 22-year-old was riding on his bike when he and another friend traveling on foot hit the wire. his grandfather telling them that nails were in his leg. >> obviously, everybody is anxious. concerned about this, everyone wants answers. >> reporter: authorities have raised the reward for any information leading to an arrest to $150,000. savannah in the past minutes more breaking news. local authorities are now responding to reports of a suspicious package at a fedex facility here in austin.

but at this point, it's unclear if it's related to any of the previous packages, savannah. >> gabe, i know you'll keep watching it, appreciate it. thank you. also breaking overnight, severe weather across the south, tornadoes and hail and rain slamming the region, causing outages. it will be the east coast's fourth nor'easter. we'll get to al in a minute but first nbc blake mckay is in jacksonville, indiana where one of the storms hit. >> reporter: hoda, good morning. you see the storms were powerful enough to uproot massive trees like this and send debris flying. there were two tornadoes reported here in jacksonville, alabama, alone now that the sun has come up, first responders are going street by street, house by house getting a lack at the damage.

this morning, wicked weather tore through the region overnight 'powerful storm system jumping hail the size of tennis balls across alabama. >> that is some hail right there. >> reporter: powerful tornadoes also tearing across the state. riffing roofs off homes and businesses. knocking down trees and power lines and leaving behind a long trail of destruction. >> the building behind me is completely gone. there's nobody there. it's wiped out. >> reporter: the national weather service confirming at least three tornadoes touching down in northern alabama. jacksonville state university was especially hard hit. the campus took a beating. the basketball arena and dorms suffering extensive damage. >> for my building, the whole roof is completely torn off. the whole like third floor is gone. it looks like it's about to cave in. >> reporter: it could have been much worse. most of the students are away.

on spring break. >> i'm just glad i'm here. >> reporter: we're a few blocks from that university. this is the sort of damage we're seeing. right now, we're only hearing reports of injuries here. no deaths. hoda and savannah. >> blake, thank you. and out west, the largest storm of the season is taking aim at down california and triggering mass evacuations, we want to get right to al on this. >> reporter: good morning, savannah, this is a live picture from montecito, california. notice how there's no vegetation. it's been stripped away first from the burn and the wildfires and the flooding they had three or four months ago. well, now, with more heavy rain coming there's a big concern that there could be more debris and mudslides. and that's why there are mandatory evacuations in and around santa barbara. here's the issue, we've got a

massive storm system out in the pacific. it is funneling in a ton of moisture from northern california, all the way down to southern california. we have flash flood watches in effect. here's what we're looking for during the day. rainfall amounts anywhere from 1 to 3 inches per hour. flash flood threat for those debris slides and all around those burn scars. and we're looking, the heaviest rain is expected to be late tonight, tomorrow on into thursday. and the rain will move into the great basin area. snowfall amounts up in the sierra, anywhere from two to three feet. and the vein going to be the big problem. we are going to be looking anywhere from 3 to 5 inches of rain, rainfall amounts, 1 to 2 inches. but in the foothills, where the burn scars are, five to ten inches of rain in the foothills in the mountains. here in the east, 74 million people under some sort of

weather winter advisory, if you know somebody heading this way, well, it's going to be a mess. the reason, heavy snow is going to be developing along with strong winds. snowfall amounts generally from washington, d.c., 4 to 6 inches of snow, baltimore, 6 inches, philadelphia, 8 to 12 urgeinche. all along the i-95 corridor, a mess. hartford, same in providence. however, the storm hasn't formed yesterday so we're going to have to adjust this in the next 24 hours. but, savannah, coast to coast, we have a real mess on our hands. >> happy first day of is spring. al, we'll check back in in a moment. also on a busy tuesday morning, the president is beefing up his legal team. the special counsel's investigation. a move that some see as confrontational to robert mueller. pete alexander is at the white house. >> reporter: the west wing might not be the only place undergoing

a shakeup. amid competing statements from two of his lawyers, president trump's lawyers in recent days on the russian investigation. the president just hired another attorney. and the move is underscoring his combative instincts about this probe, showing he may be gearing up for what will be a long and ugly fight. this morning, president trump ramping up his aggressive response to robert mueller's russia investigation. hiring another lawyer, joseph digenova, a frequent fox news guest and a vocal defender of the president. recently pushing an unfounded conspiracy theory that the president is being framed by members of the fbi and justice department. >> there was a brazen plot to illegal exonerate hillary clinton, and if she didn't win the election to then frame donald trump with a false ly

generated crime. >> reporter: but digenova's past comments about former president clinton are in the spotlight. with critics pointing to his legal argument in support of a presidential indictment. in 1997, digenova writing an op-ed in "the wall street journal." the nation could benefit from the indictment of a president. it would teach the valuable civics lesson that no one is above the law. the addition comes as president trump has dramaticallies indicated his assault on mueller's probe, criticizing it as a witch hunt. the twitter attacks leading to mounting speculation he could fire mueller. the president's lawyers say that's not under consideration. it's a step republican allies are warning against. >> why are you confident he won't do this? >> because, i think it would be the stupidest thing anybody could do. >> reporter: also this morning, nbc news has learned the president's legal team recently sat down with the special counsel's team to discuss and negotiate the terms of an interview between mueller and the president. it wasn't the first time the two sides met face-to-face. a source familiar with the meeting telling nbc news, they

happen regularly. this as "the washington post" reports, the president's lawyers are turning over documents to limit the scope of an interview between mueller and president trump. the white house says it's cooperating with the special counsel. but trump lawyer john dodd is calling the report horse blank and old news. of today, the president welcomes the crown prince mohammed bin salman. also this afternoon, more than a year after pledging cyberbullying would be her cause as first lady, melania trump will hold what will be her first public event on the impact of the internet on children. and be noting her husband's attacks on twitter. savannah? >> thanks. the half-brother of nikolas cruz was arrested on monday for including federal lawsuits

against drug companies and the death penalty for convicted drug dealers. >> whether you're a dealer or doctor or trafficker or a manufacturer, if you blake the law and illegally peddle these deadly poisons, we will find you, we will arrest you and we will hold you accountable. >> president also renewed his call for a border wall, arguing that 90% of heroin in america comes through the southern border. meantime, facebook is facing growing fallout over the misuse of private information of millions of users in the run up to the presidential election. the revelation caused facebook to make a major hint. jo ling kent has more. >> though the ftv is not officially commenting all of

this as ceo mark zuckerberg continues to remain silent on the scandal. facebook tanked 7% yesterday setting the company back $40 billion. now lawmakers are calling for zuckerberg to appear on capitol hill. >> reporter: this morning, facebook users sounding off about a massive unauthorized data collection. >> i think facebook is irresponsible and trying to sweep it under the rug. >> reporter: facebook's stock plummeting 70%. after harvested cambridge analytica of 50 million unsuspecting facebook users. >> they are not just a social network, they are also an information battle space. >> reporter: chris wylie helped found aim bridge analytica. the deal was run by jared kushner. and by brad parscale who now runs trump's 2020 election efforts. >> it's really important that americans understand what has

happened with their data and their private information. >> reporter: cambridge analytica calls his comments an attempt to hurt the company. wylie left cambridge before the 2016 election. beginning in 2014, cambridge analytica funded a personal test on facebook and paid people to take it. this allowed the company to gather personal data from participants' facebook themes. but what users didn't they cambridge was also collecting data about their facebook friends, according to wylie. the alleged goal, use the data to influence the views of american voters online. in hidden camera video, from our british partner itn, channel 4, a cambridge executive told a reporter posing as a perspective client about the company's goals. >> it's no good fighting an election campaign on the facts because actually it's all about emotion. >> reporter: another executive boasting of the lengths cambridge would go for a client. >> send some girls around to a candidate's house. we have lots of history of things. >> reporter: cambridge analytica

responding to the undercover investigation in a statement that reads in part, we entirely refute any allegation that cambridge analytica or any of its affiliates used entrapment, bribes or skull honey traps for any purpose whatsoever." facebook has banned cambridge analytica from its platform saying, although the company denies wrongdoing, we are committed to enforcing our poles to protect people's information. lawmakers are demanding answers from facebook's ceo mark zuckerberg. he is asked how the consumer social media manipulation in the 2016 election. savannah this comes as alex stamos the chief security officer is leaving the company at the end of summer. >> thank you.

the half brother of nikolas cruz was arrested for trespa trespassing. officials say 18-year-old zachary cruz got past locked doors and gates and rode his skateboard in the campus at marjory stoneman campus. he told investigators that he went to the high school to soak it in, that's a kwoquote. 18 minutes after the hour. let's go over to mr. roker get the rest of the national forecast. >> okay, savannah, we're making our way through the southeast where we have a risk of storms especially this afternoon. light snow flurries making their way through the northern plains. again, we're watching the next nor'easter fire up. much of the midcountry, gorgeous sunshine, temperatures in the 70s. cools off in the northern plains. sunshine in the pacific northwest. and again that flash flood risk

continues throughout much of central california. today, right now, you have more power at your fingertips than entire generations that came before you. but it's not really about what technology can do, it's about what you can do with it. we are living in the future we always dreamed of. we have mixed reality that changes how we see the world, and ai empowering us to change the world we see. so what will you do with it? good morning, i'm meteorologist kari hall. as you step out the door it feels very humid and also it's much warmer this morning because we do have this subtropical moisture all over the bay area helping to give us some showers and it will bring us more rounds of rain. we are seeing the rain pretty much everywhere except right here at downtown san jose. we've been rain shadowed just a

bit. that will not last much longer, we will see the radar filling in with off and on rain throughout the day. gusty conditions and our highs only reaching into the upper 50s. >> update, we're going to look at that west coast storm in the next 18 minutes. >> very precise. al, thank you. coming up, a spring break murder mystery. a college student from pennsylvania found dead in bermuda. this morning, the new evidence shedding light on his final hours. and the fatal accident that has uber halting its self-driving car tests. is the self-driving technology too dangerous for the roads? first, this is "today" on nbc. too dangerous for the roads? too dangerous for the roads? first, this "today" on nbc.is narrator: public education has been valued for centuries. man: the direction in which education starts a person will determine their future in life.

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but we are looking at one to two feet of snow possible there. for the bay area we are going to have storm totals of one to three inches. it will be cooling off, our winds at times gusting and we will also have the potential of thunderstorms in the forecast mostly for tomorrow and then some gusty winds and more widespread rain as the brunt of the storm hits us on thursday. by friday and saturday we will gradually start to see this storm winding down. let's see how the roads are affected by this wet weather with mike. first we want to show the tracks are recovering for bart, the earlier fire has cleared from the 24th street mission station. still up to 20 minute delays for any trains traveling through san francisco. richmond to fremont no delay there, that one doesn't go into the area affected. the green highlighting, the rain causes wet roadways around the bay. that's what the green highlighting means, all around the bay slicker roadways. less traffic on the road because of spring breaks for colleges and finals for other universities. that yellow hitting 280.

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morning, everybody. we're back at 7:30, tuesday morning, 20th of march, 2018 opinion. >> first day of spring. a lot going on including a chilling package explosion in texas overnight. >> breaking news, a fifth explosion in texas overnight after a package detonates at a fedex facility near austin. investigators desperately searching for clues behind the string of bombings. a school shooting in maryland. great mills high school in st. marys county in lockdown after a gunman opens fire about 60 miles southeast of washington, d.c. officials now saying that the incident is contained.

parents told to stay away from the school. wild weather coast to coast. tornados sweep across the south leaving damaged homes and power outages for thousands. that same system fuelling the fourth nor'easter this month targeting millions up and down the east coast with a foot of snow. >> snow later today in areas of the ohio valley, 6-12 inches from northern virginia through washington, d.c. to philadelphia, new york to boston. >> while out west, evacuations ordered ahead of the most powerful storm this season for southern california. bankruptcy, the weinstein company files for bankruptcy. they are voiding all nondisclosure agreements allowing more potential victims to speak out. returning served, tennis great lashes out at the bbc after it's revealed fellow hall

of famer made ten times more than she does for wimbeldon commentary. >> makes 150,000 pounds and i get 15,000 pounds. >> today, tuesday, march 20th, 2018. now to a family's desperate search for answers after a college rugby player vanished during a spring break trip to bermuda. the body was found monday. nbc is following this story. good morning. >> good morning. a sad story, and this morning in bermuda, the forensic investigation is moving forward while back in philadelphia, a community is trying to come to grips with their loss. this morning, students at st. josephs university in philadelphia grieving the loss of one of their own. >> he's a part of the community and just feel for all his friends and family and such a terrible tragic time really. >> the tight-knit college community coming together to

remember the 19-year-old. >> super happy, super happy. he's a star. >> reporter: the freshman player was found dead in bermuda after mysteriously vanishing after a night out to the local bar with his teammates. >> police can't confirm that he was seen alone, walking east. he appeared to be using a cell device at the time. >> reporter: he traveled to the destination with his team for a spring break rugby tournament. a source in bermuda telling nbc news his own brothers discovered his body in a mote at fort prospect, an old military camp near police headquarters. the source saying he was beaten and strangled. although, police have not officially revealed a cause of death yet. >> foul play is not ruled out right now. the forensic offices are there assessing the scene. >> reporter: a heart breaking discovery for the family who flew to bermuda after learning the disappearance to join in the search effort.

>> we dearly love our son, cherish our son. >> reporter: and the rugby team honored him in a late night facebook post saying in part, terribly saddened by the loss of our teammate, our friend, and our brother, a true champion of the game, rest in peace no. 7. police hope to release more information how he died later this morning. his mother watched the surveillance video, and he was in pain from a rugby injury and not in the mood to celebrate. how he was separated from the team and dead is a mystery. >> heart breaker. thank you very much. zbln turning to the weather. all eyes there, al? >> starting out on the west coast. they got the severe stuff to worry about. flash flood watches from central california to southern california as well as you can see now, the radar really filling in, bringing in that heavy rain just to the west of los angeles. they are looking at problems today. this is a river of moisture

coming in and, today through thursday, we got flash flood threat, debris slides with the burns from a year ago, and we're also looking at anywhere from 2-3 feet of snow making its way through the sierra. the problem, though, the rain. heavy rain, generally 3-5 inches. rainfall rates of 1-2 inches per hour, but in the foothills of southern california, we could see 5-10 inches of rain, and i'm meteorologist kari hall with the heaviest rain across southern california, for the bay area no watches, warnings or advisories in effect, but we are still going to have some rounds of rain and it has gotten a little heavier within the past couple of minutes as i've been tracking the rain across the north bay just north of novato rainfall rates at about a tenth of an inch of rain per hour, rain also filling in for the east bay as well as the south bay. this is goings to make things very tricky as we go through the day and expect the winds to pick up by this afternoon.

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was going 40 miles per hour when it hit a 49-year-old woman walking her bike across the road. the woman was not using a crosswalk. >> our investigation did not show at this time there were significant signs of the vehicle slowing down. >> reporter: so far, police have not said who is at fault. uber's ceo tweeting out, we're thinking of the victim's family to understand what happened. but jason levine from the center of auto safety says the rollout of self-driving cars is moving too fast. >> it does not surprise us. what we've been concerned about is the use of humans as gunny pigs in the testing of these vehicles. >> reporter: he says the testing is so new, that in many states, oversight is an afterthought. >> there's minimal regulatory structure at the state levels. >> reporter: in 2016, uber was met with open arms after uber's

driverless car registrations were revoked by california. now, arizona and two other states are allowing testing of self-driving cars. and competition is mounting, in the industry. all are racing to get driverless cars out on the road. now concerned that safety is taking a backseat to competition, as police in tempe investigate a new car crash with deadly results. earlier this month, arizona's governor introduced new rules for autonomous cars. under those rules, a company could be criminally charged if a state finds that laws could be broken just like a person. >> gadi schwartz, thank you. coming up, passion and push b back. ♪ no, please, please, oh!

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it's a problem you have to deal with. i want to enjoy my success, not apologize for it. >> reporter: you may know her best as miranda hobbs from "sex and the city." >> i'm cynthia nixon. i'm a new yorker. >> reporter: this morning, the actress is hoping to add new york governor to her resume. on monday, she announced she would challenge the incumbent democrat, andrew cuomo, who served as new york governor since 2011. in a statement, a spokesperson touted his own accomplishment. adding, it's great that we live in a democracy where anyone can run for office. nixon has long been a progressive activist. >> i know what strong-minded women can do. >> reporter: speaking at women's marches in the past year. last year, nixon opened to "today" about rumors she might seek office. >> i think there's a lot of people who would like me to run. and i think for a variety of reasons, but i think the number one is education.

>> reporter: reporters ask governor cuomo about a possible challenge from nixon earlier this month and whether her star power could make a difference. >> normally name recognition is relevant when it has some connection to the endeavor. but if it's just about name recognition, then i'm hoping that brad pitt and angelina jolie and billy joel don't get into the race. >> reporter: before nixon announced, one poll had cuomo leading nixon 66% to 19%, among registered democrats in a primary race. nixon joins a long list of celebrities who jumped into politics. ronald reagan, arnold schwarzenegger, jesse ventura and donald trump to maim a true. >> nominees for outstanding supporting actress in a series are. >> reporter: when nixon won her first emmy in 2004, she accepted the award from trump himself. >> thank you very much. >> reporter: now, 14 years later, nixon joins trump as a tv

star-turned-candidate. nixon is also a breast cancer survivor. her "sex and the city" co-star, kristen davis, tweeted that she is proud of nixon. and she knows she will be an excellent governor. to be continued. >> exactly. >> thank you, sheinelle. coming up straight ahead, won't you be my neighbor? on what would have been his 90th birthday, we're celebrating beloved children's icon, mr. rogers. and coming up, a star golfer's controversial idea for fans who are getting vo: gopi has built her business with her own two hands. each unique piece comes to life in the same way... a messy, sloppy, splattery way. but now she's found a way to keep her receipts tidy, even when nothing else is. brand vo: snap and sort your expenses with quickbooks and find, on average, $4,340 in tax savings.

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closed for a few minutes, apparently a mylar balloon made its way on to the tracks, caused shooting and smoke. it's reopened again. system wide delays again over 20 minutes for all the stations. now, a big slow drive getting over in toward the bay bridge, the east bay jams up through the maze. recent rain traveling through the area causes folks to hit their brakes. wet roadways registers all around the bay. you can see, there we go, those windshield wipers, you will need them. be careful. back to you. happening now, we are following two developing stories in san francisco. at least five people are critically injured after a crash near japantown. this happened around 5:45 near goff and bush. firefighters say that there were three cars involved and at least one of the victims was trapped. a little earlier in nearby nob hill firefighters rescued a woman from the fourth-floor balcony during an apartment fire. this happened on jackson street and polk. one box block from van ness. that fire left six people without a place to stay.

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it's 8:00 on "today." a serial bomber still on the loose. we're live at the scene. breaking overnight. parts of the southeast waking up to widespread damage after a spring of tornadoes ripped through the area. >> my apartment building, the whole roof is completely torn off. >> as the northeast prepares for yet another storm set to bring upwards of 12 inches of snow. so, when will it end? al has the forecast. plus, parental advisory.

jeff rossen shows us why it's time for parents to rethink how they use social media. >> we don't realize it. i'm a parent, too. i do the same thing. i think we all do. >> it's very scary. >> have you put your kids at risk of digital kidnapping? the simple change you can make to protect your family. and star-studded morning. >> are you chewing "the post"? >> mommy's going a little crazy down here. >> drew barrymore on the latest season of her netflix show. blake shelton stops by with some new music and gives us the inside scoop on the most intense season of "the voice" yet. today, tuesday, march 20th, 2018. ♪ >> took the redeye from d.c. to be here today. >> we're from las vegas. and we're on the "today" show. >> family vacation from kirkwood, missouri, to the

plaza. >> from denver, colorado. >> grizzlies love today. ♪ >> we're from new mexico. >> from standing rock. >> and navajo to the "today" show. >> we're ready to meet savannah and hoda. woo. >> we're ready to meet you, too. welcome back to "today." we appreciate you being with us on this tuesday morning. it is the first day of spring, i hear. >> we have a little country music playing. blake shelton will be here in a little while. >> we have a lot coming up today. it is a busy morning. we're going to get to your news at 8:00. a fifth bombing rocked texas overnight. this one at a distribution center where a package blew up. gabe gutierrez has the latest on the investigation. hey, gabe. good morning. >> reporter: hoda, good morning. as federal investigators were processing evidence from this neighborhood, they got a call of another explosion overnight, this time at a fedex distribution center, about an

hour south of austin near san antonio. one of the employees was injured and released. but initial dispatch call said that package had nails inside it and was bound for austin. this morning, authorities in texas are investigating yet another bomb explosion. this time, a package bound for austin exploded shortly after midnight, after a fedex distribution center in schertz, texas, south of austin. >> there's nails and metal in the bomb. the package was going to austin and building is being evacuated at this time. 75 employees were in the building. >> reporter: the schertz police department posting on facebook that the explosion came from a package in the sorting area of the facility. the blast follows a series of package explosions in the austin area that have left two people dead and four injured. the associated press reporting federal agents say the package is likely linked to the other attacks by what they believe is a serial bomber. back in austin, a trip wire twist has that city on-edge. >> we're clearly dealing with what we expect to be a serial

bomber at this point. >> reporter: 500 fbi and atf agents are working a growing mystery after austin's fourth explosion this month. the previous three bombs came in packages made to look like deliveries quietly left on doorsteps. 17-year-old draylen mason and 39-year-old anthony house were killed in separate incidents. but the latest bomb was different. left on the side of the road, police say, and triggered by a trip wire. >> with the trip wire, this changes things. it's more sophisticated. it's not targeted to individuals. >> reporter: authorities have raised a reward for any information leading to an arrest to $115,000. and breaking just within the last few minutes is that, authorities have evacuated a fedex facility here in the austin area because of reports of a suspicious package. no word if it's connected to the other bombings. hoda? breaking news out of maryland, two students were injured after another student opened fire in maryland.

it happened at 8:00 a.m. local time as school was getting under way. a school resource officer confronted the gunman and shot him and ended that threat. the suspected shooter is in critical condition. this morning, parts of the south are dealing with damage caused by extreme weather overnight. three tornadoes touched down in northern alabama. they knocked off roofs and tore down power lines. other areas were pelted with hail the size of tennis balls. and for the fourth time in three weeks, the east coast is bracing for another nor'easter. this storm could bring up to a foot of snow along with high winds and coastal flooding. al will be along in a little bit with details. let's get to our "morning boost." >> let us do it. you're going to love this one. girl scout cookie season will never be the same, thanks to one little girl from duluth, georgia. her father and her have become big stars. they made a music video in the car. it went viral with 6 million views.

they changed the lyrics of the hit song of "red bone," in an effort to sell more cooks. just take a look. ♪ you want to order some before it's too late ♪ ♪ we also got these and they taste great ♪ ♪ samoas are coconut cookies with caramel >> they sound good, too. he can sing. she can sing. >> they're having fun. she just sold 8,000 boxes of cookies. who is even counting? she sold 100 boxes to donald glover who wrote the song, "red bone." for her efforts, the 6-year-old also won a trip to disney world. can you imagine all of the people watching that? >> if you can work cookies into a song, you have my heart. that's amazing. they are awesome. coming up, we have an american icon who taught

generations of kids around the world about the world. we got your first look at a new film that celebrates the life of mr. rogers. first, a warning for all families on so-called digital kidnapping. >> hi. good morning. i'm jeff rossen. we love posting photos of our kids on social media. there's two of mine right there. now, a new warning from experts, digital kidnapping. are we leading predators to our children? there's a simple setting to protect the family. we're going to show you, next. ♪ ♪ ♪ alright, i brought in high protein to help get us moving. ...and help you feel more strength and energy in just two weeks!

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everybody rethinking their use of social media. >> we use it as parents. this phenomenon is called digital kidnapping. it is as scary as it sounds. we love to take photos of our kids and post them. it's a great way to keep friends and family in the loop. now, experts are issuing an alert that bad guys are using our posts against us to track our children. this morning, you're about to see how they do it. plus, the simple setting on your phone that you can change right now to protect your family. from facebook. to instagram. parents sharing their children's lives online. but now, the new world crime, digital kidnapping. predators stealing your kids' photos and spreading them online. this stranger claiming this girl was his daughter. in another recent case, a child's photo was tagged on a porn site. turns out, most of us are

putting our own families at risk. and we have no idea. >> happy thursday. >> reporter: you post all the time? >> yeah. i like to post about the kids. >> reporter: that's michelle and reese. they think we're doing a general story about social media. with what they don't know, back in ohio, jesse weinberger is poring over their social media pages, checking for private information. what did you find here? >> i was able to find out husband's name, children's name. she has two children. i know their ages and dates of birth. i know where they go to school, the address of the school, the teacher. i know which playgrounds they visit. how often they go to each playground. >> reporter: you were showing me a math of the path they take to school. >> it wasn't hard. >> reporter: she says our photos can have a hidden location signature embedded in them. even if you don't tag the location, anyone can still find out where you are. what's the danger here?

>> i know that one of her children broke his leg. how easy would it for me to be, you don't remember me, but i was the nurse when you came to the emergen emergency room, how is your leg feeling? >> reporter: come with me. time for the moment of truth. i tell michelle and reese what we uncovered. we had a cyber security expert pore through your social media pages. she put together a dossier on your children. i know your two sons are oxford and ozark. i know where they go to school. i know your route to school. >> that's scary. >> reporter: i know your son likes to play chess. he's participated in youth wrestling. i know your kids' babysitters names. who is grammy b.? >> that's my mom. >> reporter: think about the information that i just said so far. if this were a bad person, an online predator, i know where your kids go to school. i can say, grammy b. sent me. and suddenly, they can get away

with your child. >> you don't want to set your child up for something dangerous. >> reporter: we don't realize it. i'm a parent, too, and i do the same thing. i think we all do. >> it's very scary. >> reporter: how do you protect your family? on instagram, make your profile private, like that. and on facebook, click on settings and privacy and change right here, from public to friends only. and go a step further. on facebook, categorize your friends in terms of safety. make separate groups. and when you post, only share your kids' photos with them. and remember the hidden location feature, go to your phone's privacy settings and make sure the location function is off on the camera setting. also, never put your kids in your profile or cover photo. those are always public. >> it's a really good reminder for all of us. there's people out in this world. and they're using that information to do bad things.

>> as we sit here, you're going through your facebook settings and your phone settings. >> i want to know. >> i am going to show you when we're off the air. here's another tip for you. when you change your clocks, experts say use that as a reminder to go through your friends on social media and clean house. delete anyone you're not friends with anymore. sometimes we collect friends. go through it a couple of tiles times of year to make sure you don't have stragglers you don't know. >> that privacy is easy to fix. >> i'll have that on the next story, too. al, you have a check of the forecast. >> we do. let's show you what is going on right now. severe outlook. we're looking at 14 million folks from wilmington down to orlando and tampa, at risk for strong storms. at the same time, winter weather advisories for 74 million people from ohio, west virginia and indiana, into new england for the system, that's going to transfer its energy making its

way into the mid-atlantic. we're going to have a rough rush hour in washington, d.c., pittsburgh, new jersey. and then, the coastal low faorm. tomorrow morning, we have snow moving through pittsburgh and washington. tomorrow morning's rush hour from new york, just south of boston, washington. snowfall rates, 1 to 3 inches per hour, gusty winds, coastal flooding likely. it continues through the day and into tomorrow night. snowfall totals right now looking generally like about 9 to 12 inches of snow from philadelphia, baltimore, into hagerstown. we move into the northeast, nine inches for new york, up to 8 in prove sense and boston and good morning, i'm meteorologist carrie hall. it's a soggy start to our tuesday morning as we see the next round of rain moving through the bay area. we'll get a boost in the rainfall totals. subtropical moisture, you can

feel it as you step out the door. it's warm and humid. as we go throughout the day off and on rain. this rain extends all the way out to hawaii and will continue through saturday and then it slowly tapers off and we're looking at 1 to 3 inches of rain. >> as you head out the door, take us along with you. siriusxm channel 108. today marks what would have been the 90th birthday of children's television icon, mr. rogers. >> it is also the 50th anniversary of his beloved show, "mr. rogers neighborhood." we have your first look at the man who raised kids. half a century after the debut of "mr. rogers' neighborhood," his lessons of kindness remain. >> you make each day a special day. >> reporter: fred rogers never planned a job in television, until he felt the need for more

compassionate programming. in 1963, rogers moved on to the block and would remain a children's favorite for more than 30 years. ♪ won't you be my neighbor >> reporter: now, the film "won't you be my neighbor" chronicles the man through interviews with his production team and his wife, joanne. >> a little boy came up to him and said, mr. rogers, how did you get out? and so, he talked to the little boy and explained what television was all about. and the little boy is taking it all in going, hmm-mm. and when fred finished, he said, the little boy said, how are you going to get back in? >> reporter: no matter what happened in the world outside, inside, it was safe, filled with the humdrum comfort of shoelaces and cardigans. >> you take all of the elements that make good television and do

the opposite, and you have "mr. rogers neighborhood." >> reporter: rogers charted his own course, tackling the benign. >> a ladder helps you go up. rrp >> reporter: to highly sensitive themes like divorce. >> did you know grown-ups that had divorce. >> reporter: when down-ups mourn the assassination of robert kennedy, the show tried to make sense of it all. invited officer clem monos to join him for a dip. >> my being on the program was a statement for fred. >> most of all, he advocated for the hearts and minds of his young viewers. >> i'm very much concerned about what's being delivered to our children in this country. >> even testifying in front of the senate to advocate federal funding for children's television. >> looks like you just earned the $20 million. [ laughter ] >> children have very deep

feelings just the way everybody does. there must be times when you do feel blue? i'm not feeling blue right now, though. >> me, neither! >> a simple message in a complex world that resonates to this day. ♪ would you be mine, could you be mine ♪ ♪ won't you be my neighbor >> it seems like now days kids need to be stimulate sod quickly and he did it so beautifully, slowly. >> i could see myself in my mom's room and her putting on mr. rogers after the older kids went to school. so precious. >> he was talking about -- especially this is relevant even now with all the news going on. he said "when i was a boy and i would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me look for the helpers, you will always find people who are helping." >> even the music was so relaxing and calming. so wonderful. >> well, "won't you be my neighbor" will be out this

summer. time to head over to the orange room and carson has someone very special. >> a sweet man mr. rogers, i have the exact opposite with me. >> wow! >> if it was mr. shelton's neighborhood, the kids go running away. how are you? >> i've missed you so much. >> i got blake in here because our story in the orange room has a lot to do with alcohol. >> what the hell's so funny about that? >> he's a huge golfer, his victory came to challenges, rory mcelroy complained about fans who get too rowdy on the golf course. he said "i think it's gotten too much to be honest. i think they need to limit alcohol sales or they need to do something, guys are complaining about it more and more. you're a big nascar guy. do they limit alcohol sales, do you know? >> no. what is his -- what -- he won.

>> i think it became -- >> tiger should be the one complaining. >> well, tiger gets a lot of it, too. they're yelling his wife's name. >> it's sports, man, that's par for the course. baseball, hockey. >> baseball, hockey, they all limit alcohol sales after the seventh inning. anyway, bryan says "fans are already belligerent enough, they don't need anything else." >> who's bryan? >> we asked you on twitter, should alcohol get limited at golf events, overwhelmingly, a lot of you golf fans have been noticing it getting out of hand. >> that's why i don't go to golf. >> if you ever get blake shelton to a golf event, you just lost him. >> hi, blake. >> say hi to the crew. >> how are you, sir? >> give me a hug. >> is everyone going to get a hug? >> we hope so. >> blake, can you make the rounds. >> oh, yeah, oh, yeah. >> hi! how are you?

>> good to see you. >> oh, boy. >> come on! >> this is a family reunion when blake is mere. >> look at these people. y'all say hi to them. >> blake is selling his sixth number-one album. he calls hollywood fake, which is funny, we'll talk to him about that. and you just finished a tour, just wrapped up. >> tour wrapped up in philly on st. patrick's day. >> why was this tour -- we'll talk about it later but there's crazy rave reviews about this particular tour. >> why are you surprised? >> what's going on with him? >> what'd you do differently? >> i had other good artists on the tour with me. >> gwen? >> gwen came out for a couple shows but i had traced adkins ws out there. >> big man. >> and brett eldridge, carly pierce. >> do people drink at your show? >> hello.

they may have been at the golf tournament before that. >> golf during the day and blake at night. let's get to pop star start. we have an exclusive first look at kelly's music video for her song "i don't think about you." she said the song is about the moment you realize something has no power over you anymore. ♪ he used to bother me, thought i could never leave ♪ ♪ all that i've been through, nothing left to prove ♪ ♪ no, no, i don't think about you ♪ >> she did this live on the show a couple weeks ago, i think it's one of her best songs. >> it's like an anthem. >> it's a retrospective, looking at her life and how she's moved forward. remember how i asked you for her number? i wrote her and said "man, this is one of the most beautiful videos i've ever seen." you can see that at today.com. and for more of kelly clarkson, you can watch "the voice"

tonight. >> yes. >> y'all are crushing it on the voice. >> there's no other music show on. it's done, it's finished? >> you think so? >> you buried them, done. >> when you say "them." >> i don't even know. >> because they don't exist. >> we're in season 14 of "the voice" and blake and i look back at pictures of season one in the same way we look back at the yearbook in high school. >> look how young we were! >> young and skinny. what happened? >> well, blake you were on last night with jimmy fallon, that was funny. you were playing a fun game where all you had to do is called name that song. >> don't play that! t seems easy? >> he plays these stupid games. nobody likes it. ♪ >> don't act like you know. >> it's gwen stefani. yes, it is. everyone knows that. >> all i know is that blake is in a lot of trouble right now. >> they changed it. >> it didn't have words.

>> i'm sorry, that's one of her most famous songs, blake. >> we have to go. >> i should have known. >> blake is going toi )m ... a live look at downtown san jose. a new round of rain is making its way into the bay area. good morning, a live look at downtown san jose right now, where a new round of rain is making its way into the bay area. and it's supposed to be this way for a while. meteorologist is tracking the conditions. >> there's a lot of rain moving into the bay area and we can see that once again as we get a look outside and our storm ranger, mobile doppler radar. some of the heavier rain has shifted south of marin county and pockets of really heavy rain just went through the altamont pass and approaching san jose once again. we're going to see more rounds of rain as we go throughout the day and at times it will be light and maybe even peaks of sunshine coming through. through this evening, the rain for the south bay starts to ramp up and the winds will be picking

up too. let's head over to mike to see how this is affecting the roads. >> they are already slowing from the pacific center and 4th street and they have opened after earlier problems. but they both been clear. the south bay shows a slower drive as you look to the northbound commute and we're seeing a typical pattern jamming up through oakland. the overlay for the wet roadways all over the bay. back to you. >> we have more local news coming up in a half hour.

♪ and good morning, everybody. welcome back to "today." it's 8:30. it's tuesday morning, the 20th of march, 2018. boy, it is the first day of spring. happy spring, everybody. there's a snowstorm coming. >> yeah. >> we have so much to look forward to this half hour, wodot we? >> we are starpalooza. blake shelton. he's going to perform his latest song for us. >> why is he so hilarious? >> because he's charming.

>> he is hot. >> don't let it go to your head. >> he doesn't hear that often. another of our favorites. drew barrymore is here. we're going to talk about the new season of her netflix show. her thoughtful approach to life as a working mom. and we're talking about tax time. jean chatzky with some big changes that you want to know before you file. we have an awesome crowd. thanks, everybody, for coming. want to come over here. i think i see a choir. are you the choir? >> yeah. >> you're from norfolk christian schools in virginia. i heard you perform at lincoln center. will you perform for us? >> yeah. >> what will you sing? >> an african freedom song. >> all right. ♪

wow. >> yes. >> congratulations. you guys, that was excellent. excellent. we love you guys. how about that? >> i love it. let's get a check of the weather. >> i like that. that's good. maybe they can back up blake. that would be nice. let's see, first of all, flash flood risk through southern california into much of california, in fact. our next nor'easter makes its way up the coast. sunshine and warm flu texthroug. heavy snow, mid-atlantic states in the northeast and new england. flooding rains, making their way to central california. into the pacific northwest. sunny and mild, stretching from the plains all the way down into texas. in fact, speaking of sunny, look how good he is. what a good boy. we love this guy. that is what's going on around

good morning, i'm carrie hall. the atmospheric river is already started to transport this rain into the bay area. you're seeing it out the window right now as you head out there. it feels really sticky. we're going to continue to see this off and on as we go throughout the day. some waves of rain but some of the heaviest rain will be over parts of the south bay. the east bay and the peninsula as we have seen a lot of the heavier rain focus over southern california but we will still have this rain off and on throughout saturday. >> that's your latest weather. folks, they told us we need a little stretch. so, everybody stretch. that's it. and now, this side. okay. all right. let's go back into -- we go back into savannah. >> all right, al. thank you so much. how happy am i right now? i'm here with drew barrymore, one of my favorites.

her netflix series, "santa clarita diet" is starting season two. >> this rabbit went after me and i went after it. yes, this is scratching that itch. >> you know what's cool? i'm never surprised. >> i think channeling my bloodlust is key for channeling my oop sie. >> when you say oopsie, i think you have eaten a neighbor. >> it's possible, yeah. >> did you think you would do a tv show? >> and i said, what if i don't like the script or believe it in? how do people function like that? every script should come with a bow on it because they're ama amazing packages that get better and better. season two, always the expectation, be as good. i hate watching a show when it changes. this one is better. this one is stronger.

>> i heard when you came back, this is really the first time you had to return to a character after a period of time off. was it -- was it like riding a bike? >> it took me a minute to adjust back into sheila. now, when i see the episode, i'm more sheila than i thought i was. >> for people who don't know and are interested in the show, give us the 30-second elevator pitch. she's a mom. she's a zombie. >> it's a show about a good marriage at the core of it. you have to have heart. i like the suburban backdrop because that is, a home is where we function. >> yep. >> there's a relatability in that. and she becomes undead. and she realizes that it's the biggest awakening she's had. we go through our daily lives asleep. and a wash of empowerment and immortality comes over here. and she gives it the full oprah and wanting to live her best life. but she has a problem, she needs

to eat. >> she's a zombie. she needs to eat human flesh. that brings it to the gore factor. this is a very gory show. do you like gory stuff? >> not in real life. but it is tv and fantasy. i like the mundane discussions they have about why does the garden hose keep disappearing. and talking about why they have to kill someone who the world would be better without. and it has a ridiculous hilarious comedic balance of the big and the small things. the pendulum always swings in our daily life. one thing is calm, one thing is mundane and one thing gets crazy. how do you manage it all? it's funny and the best thing i can be a part of is something that is entertaining and takes people out of their day and gives them something to laugh and get the fuzzies about. but our world is so nuts that you almost need the crazy element just to match the craziness of the world. >> this isn't that far-fetched. are we going to find out what

caused her zombieness? >> we're on our way to finding out. and it's higher stakes in that, is this spreading? >> you're a working mom. we have to talk about your girls. >> we are going to make a play date with all these kids. you talked about being a working mom. and you said you're trying to focus on not saying to them, i have to go to work. but to model that work is a fun thing, that mommy loves and will be home soon. >> exactly. it's all in the tone. i just had an enlightened conversation with a girlfriend ten years ago. she just made me aware in a few sentences and i emulated it for myself in this modern time of my life. if you say, i have to go to work. but you know what? i'll be back soon, to a child, that's like work is the bad man taking you away from them. and work is just a yucky, negative thing. instead, i'm like, i'm going to

my awesome job. and i love it. but i will be right back. and i balance so much time spending with them that i think they've developed a trust that when i say i'm going to be back and hang out with them for days on end, they believe it. and so, i just think the -- work is the road to your dreams. and they're going to need to know that. they want to do something in the world themselves. and so, i try to position it as the road to your dreams. >> yeah. you think we have future actresses? >> oh, my god. all they want to do is get on stage. they have the barrymore genes. >> where did it come from? >> i just want on the stage. yeah. i'm like, high school plays, awesome. when you're 18, yes. i'll be your biggest supporter. but they're kids. they need to be kids. >> yeah. no one knows more about that than you. >> i love my life. i love my existence. but i get to vicariously live

through them, to have such normalcy and consistency and balancechildhood. that's where they're going to develop who they really know they want to be. as of today, i would say olive is a vet and frankie is a ballerina. but that could change. and i would never be hypocritical. i would never say acting is bad to them. what would my life be? >> yeah. let them be who they want to be. >> they're going to figure it out and have a safe and healthy and happy childhood. >> i know your girls. sky's the limit. >> i know your girls. >> drew barrymore will be back in the fourth hour. look for the new season of "santa clarita diet" on netflix. just ahead, everything you need to know about filing your taxes with theeadline a d m

welcome back.

here's a great question. have you filed your taxes yet? this year, the deadline is april 17th. that's four weeks away. jean, you're giving me the feeling that i should be panicking already. we're a month away. don't we have breathing room? >> not really. there's a couple of things going on. the first is, we have a lot of scams in the marketplace. we'll just talk through this. i don't know if this is going to go. >> i'll tap it. >> there we go. >> all right. what's happening is that fraudsters are picking up the phone and calling you and saying, you must pay this money right now. and you have to do it on a debit card or in a particular way. and they're threatening they're going to take away driver's licenses or do other things that are going to cause them t panic. >> okay. >> the irs is not going to call you in this way. they may call you. but they're not going to demand

payment. >> what if you look in your bank account and you have extra money and they say, you shouldn't have gotten that refund. >> you should call the irs and say, i did not pay my taxes yet. this is another form of that scam. don't panic. >> here's something important. you are supposed to check your withholding. right now. >> we had a big change in the tax law. and the tax brackets were reduced. as a result, 90% of people are seeing more money in their paychecks. that's a good thing but not all 90% are going to be able to keep that money. >> oh. >> that's a problem. you need to go to the irs' website, run through there withholding calculator and make sure that you are getting the correct amount in your paycheck, not too much and not too little. if you don't do this, you could have a problem next year. >> that's for the next season. >> for 2018 but you have to do it now because the more

paychecks you get, the bigger this problem can get. >> you might have to change some things. >> you might have to fill out a new w4. give it to your employer and say, withhold a little less or withhold a little more. >> a lot of people when it comes to doing taxes, they can't do it themselves. they use one of the turbo taxes or whatever it is to help. >> tax software or a person to help. many pay for tax software. if you make less than $64,000 a year, there's a very good chance that you could do this for free using tax software. you go to the irs' website, irs.gov. look for the free file tool. they will hook you up with tax providers that will do it for free. if you want to work with a person, you can get that for free through the aarp tax foundation. they have 5,000 locations around the country. >> let's talk refunds, the good

stuff. >> the average refund about $3,000. i would love to see people use that in a way that gives them additional money. throw it into your 401(k), get some matching dollars. if you pay down $3,000 of credit card debt at today's rates, you'll put an extra $600 in your pocket. >> the temptation is to go on vacation. >> that would be fun, too. come up next, get excited, y'all. guess who is here. mr. blake shelton is going to sing for us live. first, this is "today" on nbc. come on. [nature sounds]

you are worthy of your dreams. put them.... on the internet... ♪ the citi concert series on "today" is proudly presented to you by citi. >> we're back with a music superstar. "people's" sexiest man alive and all-around great guy, blake shelton.

who wrote that stuff? >> so much to celebrate about his latest album, "texoma shore." >> you have it all going on, blake. it's all happening. you wrapped eped up your tour. you're home. you feel good. >> and speaking of "the voice," we talked about it. kelly has been a shot in the arm. i've known her for so many years. i've known her longer than i've known anybody on the show. you know, even longer than adam. >> he used to hang out. for the first ten seasons, she was always backstage. >> she wanted to be a part of the show for a listeniong time. always pregnant. that was a problem. >> so, the tour just wrapped up. we talked about that. trace adkins is on tour. >> well, he's grumpy. have you been around trace at all? he's the grumpiest, meanest. but i love him. you can't help but love the guy. >> what are you going to sing for us, blake?

"i lived it," on this "texoma shore." >> okay. texoma. ♪ ♪ daddy drove the wheels off a flatbedford ♪ ♪ flies found the hole in the old screen door ♪ ♪ granny said the dress that my sister wore ♪ ♪ to church wasn't long enough ♪ momma poured grease in a crisco can ♪ ♪ put 100,000 miles on a sears box fan ♪ ♪ uncle joe put tobacco on my hand ♪ ♪ where them yellow jackets torn me up ♪ ♪ and i ain't making this up ♪ oh, you think i'm talking crazy ♪ ♪ in a different language you

might not understand ♪ ♪ oh, that's all right that's just the kind of life that made me who i am ♪ ♪ that's just taking my mind on a visit ♪ ♪ back in time 'cause i miss it ♪ ♪ you wouldn't know how to love it like you love it ♪ ♪ unless you lived it and, man, i lived it ♪ ♪ grandaddy smoked salems with the windows up ♪ ♪ and drove me around in the back of that truck ♪ ♪ we drank from the hose and spit in the cup ♪ ♪ we all survived somehow ♪ them old duke boys were flattening their heels ♪ ♪ hollywood was fake, wrestling was real ♪ ♪ wouldn't dream spending that $2 bill for pushing the lawn

mower around ♪ ♪ i'd go back there right now ♪ oh, you think i'm talking crazy ♪ ♪ in a different language you might not understand ♪ ♪ oh, that's all right that's just the kind of life that made me who i am ♪ ♪ just taking my mind on a visit ♪ ♪ back in time 'cause i miss it ♪ ♪ you wouldn't know how to love it like i love it ♪ ♪ unless you lived it and, man, i lived it ♪ ♪ oh, man, i lived it ♪ oh, you think i'm talking crazy ♪ ♪ in a different language you might not understand ♪ ♪ oh, that's all right

that's just the kind of life ♪ ♪ that made me who i am just taking my mind on a visit ♪ ♪ back in time 'cause i miss it you wouldn't know how to love ♪ ♪ it like i love it unless you lived it ♪ ♪ and, man, i lived it oh, man, i lived it ♪ >> yes. yes. >> blake shelton. >> yes. >> give it up for blake's band and everybody. >> ladies and gentlemen, thank you so much. >> that was great. >> how is your reign as sexiest man alive going, by the way? >> it's like having a superpower. just everywhere. >> just being sexy?

>> people love it. let me tell you. >> you know who is going to love it? kathie lee at 10:00. >> that's right. >> giddyup. >> it is happening. catch "the voice" tonight at 8:00, 7:00 central, on nbc. we're back in a moment. first, this is "today" on nbc.

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tod today.com/celebrates. guys? >> thank you, carson. >> blake tried to leave. we won't let him. >> you're going to sing a song for us, at 10:00, right? what are you going to do? >> it's called "turning you on." >> i'm embarrassed. >> it was a moment. good tuesday morning, tracking some rain that's starting to move all around the bay area. pretty widespread rain and this is what we'll see as we head through the next several days, storm ranger all over it, our mobile doppler radar giving us a high definition view of what's happening as we tap into tropical moisture and even a few thunderstorm offshore but this will mainly target parts of central and southern california

for the bay area. we're going to be on the outer fringes of that in some of our heaviest rain will be across the south bay. it starts out today and it continues off and on through saturday. chris? >> thanks, carrie, happening now we're following two development stories at this hour in fran at least five people are critically hurt after a crash near japantown. this happened around 5:45 this morning near golf and bush street. there were three cars involved and at least one victim was trapped. new information this morning on the school shooting incident in great mills maryland, authorities now say the shooter has died and that he gained in gunfire with a campus security officer. two other students injured, one in critical condition. both stories in the midday newsca newscast. does this map show the peninsula trail? you won't find that on a map. i'll take you there. take this left. if you listen real hard you can hear the whales.

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[ applause ] good morning, everybody. welcome. i'm megyn kelly. today, hacking. do you think you're immune to it? think again. no matter how good your passwords are and your security steps are, you've probably already been compromised. well, no more. nbc's tom costello is here with action points on how to protect yourself after he recently took a look at just how vulnerable all of us are. >> reporter: chances are, you struggle to remember all of your passwords for your online accounts. your bank, your e-mail, amazon and netflix and kids' after-school clubs. despite the warnings, most of us j