we will be back with you at 7:25 with more live and local news. >> don't forget to join us for nbc bay area news at 11:00 on another beautiful day. get out and enjoy the weather. good morning, raising the stakes. overnight, stormy daniels' attorney asks a judge to depose president trump. will he be forced to testify about the alleged affair and the money paid to silence his accuser? surprise summit -- new images emerging of kim jong un on a secret trip to china. this morning, his direct message to the u.s. and what it could mean for north korea's nuclear ambitions. city on edge -- a new wave of protests erupts overnight in sacramento in the wake of the police shooting of an unarmed black man. his brother storming a city council meeting. >> stephon clark. stephon clark!

>> demonstrations forcing another lockdown at an nba game. what officials are doing to quiet the growing controversy. those stories plus mr. zuckerberg goes to washington? the facebook ceo reportedly agrees to testify before congress and the company is announcing big changes this morning. lucky to be alive. a state trooper struck and sent flying by an out of control car. speaking out about the terrifying accident. and today exclusive -- >> this is a privilege. we're inside the vatican. >> rare access to one of the most secretive places in the world, and a special holy week message from pope francis himself that you won't want to miss today, wednesday, march 28th, 2018. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today,"vannah guthrie and hoda kotb. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. hi, everybody, good morning,

nice to have you with us bright and early on a wednesday morning. was that kier simmons with the pope? >> that will be one of those images that kier will be holding on to forever. they spoke about some things that kier is going to share with us. >> the pope has a message for the u.s., for us. we'll be hearing it in a few minutes. let's get to our top story. the attorney for stormy daniels who filed a new motion overnight that could force the president to testify under oath we want to get to nbc's white house correspondent kristen welker who has the latest. good morning. >> hi savannah. good morning to you. that attorney for stormy daniels is asking a federal judge for permission to depose president trump. mr. trump still hasn't commented on the controversy but privately has been expressing his concern about it to top aides as the white house braces for another day of unwanted headlines. the motion filed by stormy daniels' attorney, michael avenatti in a los angeles federal court overnight requests

to depose president trump and michael cohen, the president's personal attorney, who said he made the $130,000 payment to daniels with his own money. and without the president's knowledge. if successful, avenatti's motion would require president trump to explain under oath what he knew about the payment and when he knew it the testimony could play a role in determining whether campaign finance laws were broken by the trump campaign, cohen or the president. >> it's like you're smart, beautiful and a woman to be reckoned with. and i like you, i like you. >> it comes days after daniels, whose real name is stephanie clifford, appeared in a highly anticipated interview with "60 minutes" where she said she had sex with mr. trump once after meeting him at a celebrity golf tournament in 2006. mr. trump's representative, white house officials have denied claims of an affair with daniels. the president has remained uncharacteristically silent on the issue. >> sometimes he chooses to specifically engage and punch back and sometimes he doesn't. >> 11 days before the 2016

election, daniels says she signed a deal to stay silent. cohen paying her that $130,000 as part of a nondisclosure agreement. daniels now says she signed it over concerns for her family and their safety. after claiming that in 2011, she was threatened with her infant daughter present. not to go public with her story. >> a guy walked up on me and said to me -- leave trump alone. forget the story. and then he leaned around and looked at my daughter and said, a beautiful little girl it would be a shame if something happened to her mom and then he was gone. >> you took it as a direct threat. >> absolutely. i was rattled. >> cohen's lawyer said cohen had nothing to do with the allege threat and doesn't believe the claim. the prous says the president doesn't believe the claim, either, says the white house. >> in a new statement. daniels' attorney says he's confident the request will be granted and quote we expect to be placing the president and his fixer under oath in the coming months. hearing is set for april 30th.

an attorney for michael cohen called the suit a reckless use of the legal system and said the move was politically motivated. as for president trump, he's had no public events on his schedule for a third straight day this week. although we will hear from press secretary sarah sanders in a briefing scheduled for later this afternoon. savannah, hoda, back to you. >> kristen welker at the white house, thank you very much. now to an historic meeting that took most of the world by surprise. we now do know that kim jong un did in fact make a secret visit to china, his first-ever foreign trip as north korea's leader. what does all that mean for the united states? nbc's chief current richard engel has the story. good morning. >> good morning, not only do we know that it took place, we are now seeing the first images of that surprise trip. china rolled out the red carpet. sending a message to north korea and to president trump.

china's president xi jinping wanted to make sure the north korean leader, kim jong un's first summit was with him. and that his first-ever trip abroad since taking power in 2011 was to beijing. official images of the secretive trip, which china and north korea both initially refused to confirm, show all the elaborate trappings of a state visit. kim inspecting the chinese honor guard. the two leaders toasting at a lavish banquet. even formal portraits of the two men with their wives. welcomed on his distinctive armored train, the kim family is historically reluctant to fly. kim jong un says he remains committed to denuclearization and to a summit with president trump. >> the president has accepted that invitation. on the basis that we have concrete and verifiable steps. >> u.s. officials say the trump/kim summit could potentially happen at the end of may. but the details, including where

it could take place, remain unclear. after sending his sister to break the ice at the winter olympics in south korea, kim jong un has so far held off on missile and nuclear tests. while he tests diplomacy. for that reason, the white house hailed the china visit as a success. even appearing to take credit for it in a statement. we see this development as further evidence that our campaign of maximum pressure is creating the appropriate atmosphere for dialogue with north korea. but it was china's president xi who took the first step. signaling to president trump that while he may be bold, china is fast. and will not be side-stepped in its own back yard. kim jong un has reportedly returned to north korea and was quoted as saying he would give up his country's nuclear weapons if the u.s. and south korea responded quote with goodwill. >> it's interesting, richard, you know the president is up and tweeting about this this morning. he says received message last

night from xi jinping of china that is meeting with kim jong un went well and that kim looks forward to his meeting with me. in the meantime and unfortunately, maximum sanctions and pressure must be maintained at all costs. what's going on here, richard? we just saw in your piece it seems like countries are a falling all over themselves for kim jong un and he used to be a pariah and you wouldn't give him the respect or the propaganda victory of meeting with world leaders. what's changing here? >> well it's amazing. you were at the olympics and covered that so closely. you remember the delegations wouldn't even meet at the olympic games. now we have the both china and the united states, the president of the two countries seeming to compete with who can have a better summit. china moving in quickly, having a surprise summit and now overnight, actually two tweets from president trump talking about how encouraged he is about north korea's changing stance. so the u.s. and just the course of a few months has gone from

baiting the north korean leader, calling him little rocket man, to fighting with china over who can have a better summit. >> we know you'll be following it, richard. thank you. overnight, demonstrators take to the streets across sacramento once again over the police shooting of an unarmed black man. officials are trying to defuse the growing tensions with the promise of an independent oversight of that investigation. nbc's joe friar has the latest. joe, good morning. >> good morning, hoda. california's department of justice is joining the investigation into stephon clark's death this doesn't mean the state is taking over the case. but it will offer an independent eye. still, many in the community are angry about what has happened here. that anger on display, at a city council meeting overnight. a warning, video of the shooting is disturbing. >> city hall packed with people and passion. zefon clark.

>> stephon clark's brother bursting into the council chambers during a meeting to discuss the fatal shooting. the mayor calling for a recess and some in the crowd called for calm. >> hold on. hold on. let's bring back order. >> order was eventually restored. the meeting lasted hours. with nearly 300 people signed up to speak. >> our community is in a lot of pain. >> it's got to stop. >> those officers need to be fired. >> i lost my voice several times in week and i'll lose it again if another black life dies. >> outside for the second time in a week, protesters blocked the entrance to the sacramento kings arena, preventing many fans from getting inside the nba game. police are investigating clark's death, but now california's department of justice will provide independent oversight at the police chief's request. >> our city is at a critical point right now. and i believe this will build, help build faith and confidence in the investigation from our community. >> last week, the city released video of the shooting. >> shots fired, shots fired.

>> police were responding to reports a vandal was breaking car windows when two officers confronted clark in his grandparents' back yard. they said they thought he had a gun. show me your hands! gun gun gun! [ gunshots ] >> the officers fired 20 shots, but clark had no weapon, only a cell phone. the responding officer says mute and the police officers body cameras stop recording. the sacramento police officers association says the shooting was justified because the officers perceived this as a deadly threat and fired on clark to save their own lives. clark's grandmother sees it differently. >> why would you empty 20 bullets on an armed man? why would you do that? >> do you want to see charges in this case? >> yes. yes. >> clark's family is now preparing for his funeral which will take place tomorrow. they are also hoping the federal

government will investigate this case. hoda and savannah? >> joe, thank you so much. more to get to this morning, including the growing scandal surrounding michigan state university in the wake of larry nassar's conviction, his former boss has been charged with criminal sexual conduct. and today national correspondent craig melvin is following this one for us, good morning. >> good morning to you. former msu dean william stampel accused of failing to protect women from nassar, but also using his office to assault women himself. raising questions about the culture at michigan state. the former boss of convicted child molester, dr. larry nassar is facing his own criminal charges. william strampel. a former dean at michigan state university was nassar's is up visor and is accuse of harassing and groping female students with a new victim listed in the criminal complaint. >> he did not understand it was inappropriate to touch female

medical students as well. >> after receiving a tip, police say they seized strampel's work computer, discovering photos of nude women and sex toys and pornography. according to authorities, some of the photos appear to be of msu students and also uncovered, a video of dr. larry nassar performing treatment on a young female patient. strampel's attorney denies allegations of inappropriate touching to nbc news, but did not comment object the photos retrieved from his computers. the 70-year-old is charged with criminal sexual conduct. felony official misconduct and two counts of willful neglect of attorney, two charges his attorney denies. >> counts three and four apply to his supervision or quite frankly his lack of supervision of larry nassar. >> authorities say strampel allowed nassar to see patients while the doctor was being investigated by the school for sexual misconduct.

back in 2014. >> i had this sinking feeling that he knew a lot more than what he was letting on. >> that inquiry began after amanda thomas accused nassar of assaulting her. at the time, she says she alerted the university, but after the 2014 investigation concluded, she says school officials did not believe her. >> i think they botched my investigation. i think they did everything they could to silence me. >> nassar is now behind bars. and has been accused of assaulting more than 200 patients. including olympic champion aly raisman. >> this is bigger than larry nassar. we have to get to the bottom of how this disaster happened. if we don't figure out how it did, we can't be confident that it won't happen again. >> now for its part, michigan state's interim president also says quote while the crimes of one doctor and the misconduct of his dean do not represent our university, they do demand the scrutiny of everyone in order to assure individuals like these

can never be in a position again to harm others. and i know hoda that you've talked to aly raisman on this broadcast a couple of times and i know you've kept in touch with other gymnasts as well what sort of sentiments did they share with you? >> they were clear early on that this was not just a nassar thing. there was a fire in their eyes when i interviewed them. they vowed not to stop until more was done. because they are, they think all the grown-ups who should have been watching out for them, whether they be usa gymnastics or other organizations should be held accountable. these girls told me they weren't stopping and you can bet on that. >> it doesn't appear as if the story is going to stop, either. let's take a turn and get a check of the weather, al roker is at the weather wall. >> we're looking at a huge swath of rain stretching from texas to new england. and the heaviest rain is texas right now into arkansas, we're going to be watching this.

we're talking about a flash flood watches and warnings, that stretch all the way from west virginia back to texas, 32 million people, we've had so much heavy rain, more of this rain is going to cause flooding and this is a slow-moving system. so through today, we've got heavy rain, lots of moisture coming up out of the gulf, the jet stream, driving this system. to the west of it it's taking its own sweet time making its way in. scattered storms by tomorrow. over the next 36 to 48 hours, we're looking at upwards of five to seven inches in some spots, stretch from central tennessee and kentucky, anywhere from three to five inches of rain. we're going to get to your local forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds.

good wednesday morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. clear view with a lot of sunshine as we start out this wednesday looking live in san francisco, here is a look at our high temperature for today, up to 69 degrees and along the coast mostly 60s, you work your wei-yin land, inner bay will be in the low 70s. in palo alto today expect a high.76 degrees and even some low 80s for our interior valleys especially in the north bay, that will be the warmest up to 83 degrees. today in morgan hill 79 for the high. that's your latest weather. hoda. >> thank you, mr. roker. coming up, new changes when it comes to your privacy that facebook is just announcing this morning. and our rare access inside vatican city, including several places few outsiders have ever

seen. plus, the exclusive easter message for all americans the pope shared with us. but first, this is "today" on nbc.

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francisco to 51 degrees. our highs today will reach into the upper 60s along the coast and in san francisco 69 degrees, 72 degrees in oakland and some lower 80s in the north bay today. it's going to feel more like the end of spring in parts of the bay area. we are going to reach into the upper 70s for the south bay and tri-valley. looking at san francisco's seven-day forecast just in time for easter, we will be up to 63 degrees in the inland areas, lower 70s. our dry weather continues over the next seven days. what's happening on the roads? >> i was just checking on what's happening on the san mateo bridge itself. westbound 92 away i from us had stopped up for a couple seconds. it's moving again. maybe someone just hit their brakes. we are looking at a slower drive at the toll plaza where the arrow s smoother by the time you get to the high-rise. the dumbarton bridge shows a slower drive as we see the build typically at this time heading over to the facebook side of the dumbarton bridge. everything else moves well. south bay north 85 there is a crash north of highway 87

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staring april 13th at disneyland resort. welcome back, everybody. 7:30 now on wednesday morning. sit march 28, 2018. >> kboorgood morning. check of the headlines. overnight developments in the the stormy daniels saga. >> stormy deposition. overnight the attorney for stormy daniels asked the federal judge to depose president trump and his lawyer in the ongoing legal battle over the adult film actresses alleged affair. protests and outrage, the city of sacramento on edge this morning over the police shooting of unarmed black man. protesters disrupting nba game. relatives and supporters flooding is the city council meeting. speaking out, harvey

weinstein's former assistant testifies before parliament claiming she tried to stop weinstein from abusing women by making him seek therapy as part of her own settlement with the disgraced media mogul. >> eresigned because he sexually assaulted and attempted to rape a colleague of mine. close call. suspect escapes police in ind n indiana by sprinting out of a garage as the door closes. the man now back in police custody. mega opportunity. mega millions jackpot now more than a half billion dollars and growing. lottery fever sweeps the nation. today, march 28, 2018. >> the megamillions is a half billions. >> why are we all talking about it. >> would you come back to work. >> come on, of course she would. >> yes, i would. >> you would be back with a new attitude. >> yes, exactly. also this morning, guys, facebook in the news again, growing public backlash

announcing new online privacy tools and founder mark zuckerberg is committing to testifying on capitol hill. covering it all in washington. tom, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. we expect ceo mark zuckerberg will be coming to address congress questions. three users filed class action lawsuit. dozens of state and federal investigations. so this morning company is out with new privacy tools meant to hold on to users threatening to delete facebook all together. now facing a pr emergency, facebook is this morning announcing steps to make it much easier for users to tighten their previous settings. once required 20 different screens now reduced to just one. for users can down load entire facebook history from the moment they joined and select i'll delete whatever they want, posts, comments, friend requests and facebook searches. comes amid even more facebook fallout from what you might call

maj overshares. >> major breach of trust. facebook founder being called by three congressional meetings to answer questions next month. >> we try to send the person at facebook who will have the most knowledge about what congress is trying to learn. so if that's me, then i'm happy to go. >> but lawmakers are determined it's zuckerberg they want. >> he absolutely is the right person to testify. >> he should also be subpoenaed with documents. >> congress wants zuckerberg on the hot seat to address the company's recent string of privacy controversies. first, the company's admission that outside organization cambridge accessed information from unexpected users in 2014. then this week news it's kept records of phone calls and text messages from android users. though facebook insists users opted in for the tracking. scandals and a growing delete facebook campaign have taken a toll on the company's stock.

plunging 20% since february. this morning, even more legal trouble for facebook. a lawsuit alleging it permits housing discrimination by letting landlords place targeted ads for specific renters. >> an advertiser can say i can't want women with children to see my add. or i don't want people with disabilities to see my ad. >> facebook tells nbc news there's absolutely no place for discrimination on facebook. we believe this lawsuit is without merit and we will defend ourselves vigorously. >> okay. back to new facebook privacy tools. you can add more layers of protection now including two step authentication and better manage who sees your post and profile information. the company is also promising to be more transparent about the data it collects and shares. back to you. >> thank you. i'm glad you mentioned that. later we're going to wouk everybody through it. jeff is going to be here and show us everything facebook has

collected about you. how to delete it. it department walking you step by step. >> scary. i saw rossen out in the hall and some of the stuff they found on facebook about him. >> all of his contacts. >> with rossen. >> let's go to mr. roker. check of the weather. >> all kinds of skeletons in the facebook. anyway, look right now. combination of spring and winter. cool in the north and nice and mild in the east. setting up very nicely. in fact, it's nice warmup for latd march along the eastern sea board for today. temperatures 80s in lake charles. raleigh above average. green bay, 56. head towards tomorrow. even warmer, philadelphia going to see 70s tomorrow. daytona beach 82. pensacola 77 and weekend looking good as well. move north and boy is it going to cool down. in fact looking at pool of cooler air coming in from canada. temperatures, des moines 48

degrees. should be the mid 50s. wichita 12 degrees cooler. going to the weekend colder. chicago on sunday. easter sunday. 39. saturday duluth 23. saturday rapid city, we are warming up around the bay area and we have a lot of sunshine in the forecast. today expect in san jose a high of 78 degrees, we will also be at 78 in livermore and antioch, in concord today 80 degrees handle 0 in ukiah. now, santa rosa and napa may set a new record high for this afternoon reaching into the low 80s, while san francisco will be in the upper 60s, oakland up to 72 degrees and palo alto expect a high of 76, slightly warmer tomorrow afternoon. and that's your >> and that's your latest weather. just ahead, why walmart is pulling cosmo from checkout lines and the uproar that's apparently causing. then a surprising act of

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inside the vatican. >> nbc's keir simmons traveled there as the world's 1 billion catholics are preparing for easter. and leave it to keir. he just got an audience with the pope. who had an exclusive message for all americans. hi, keir, good morning. just another day at the office. >> reporter: hey there, guys. hey, savannah. good morning. that message from pope francis himself in just a few moments. but whether you are catholic or not, this is magical, guys. one of many highlights, the team and i got to walk through the sistine chapel privately without anyone else around. ♪ morning across rome's majestic skyline. at the vatican, ancient treasures unlocked. now, this is something. seldom is the sistine chapel seen like this. nbc news has been given rare access to this holy city within

a city, where art, history and christianity emerge. the entrance to the conclave. to the place the pope calls home. you enter vatican city, population around 800, through santa ana gate. >> great to meet you. >> reporter: father john walk, originally from chicago, has been here more than 20 years. so this is main street. >> exactly. this is the post office of the vatican. there's the bank. down the way is the police station. across the street from the police station is the jail. >> reporter: there's a jail? >> there's a jail. >> reporter: i'm guessing this is the fire station. >> this looks to be the fire station. >> reporter: this is the fire chief. buongiorno! are there many fires here? >> probably the most famous fire in the vatican is the fire that burns the ballots when the pope is elected. >> reporter: and in the vatican gardens. >> the pope benedict lives

behind where we are now. pope francis lives at the basilica. for the first time in history, there is a chance you'll run into two popes inside the vatican gardens. >> reporter: cameras are rarely allowed. all of this is a renaissance construction site. >> michelangelo was working on the dome while this was being built simultaneously in the gardens. >> reporter: for 500 years, popes have discussed religion, science and philosophy here. >> a monk was the founder of modern genetics or the belgian priest who came up with the big bang. there were a lot of great scientists who were catholic priests. >> reporter: jones, from indiana, helps manage pope francis' twitter account. >> he's the author of the tweets themselves. so he's definitely involved. and -- in the process itself. social media can be a very rough place. but you have to be there if you want to reach out to people. >> reporter: though here to the sanctity of the papacy

preserved. what do i have to do to be retweeted by the pope? >> keep hoping. >> reporter: keep praying. >> keep praying. >> reporter: modern life can be surprisingly normal around the vatican. young trainee priests at the north american college practicing for a clerical soccer cup. >> we don't spend 24 hours, 7 days a week in prayer. >> reporter: father michael baguette from virginia. >> there is this hunger and longing for god. if it can happen to me, it can happen to others. >> reporter: celebrating mass with the pope, the highlight. >> an unforgettable experience. >> reporter: and my own moving experience ahead. the papal audience. this was the moment i met pope francis, blessing pictures of my children and late mom and grandmother. what, i asked him, is your message to america? pray for the poor, he told me. pray for the families. pray for the poor. pray for the families.

such a simple message, but so quintessentially pope francis, guys. >> well, keir, you have to tell us what it was like, standing there, holding the pope's hands. what was that moment like for you? >> reporter: of course, it's so moving. and you know it's going to happen over a number of hours you're waiting. and inn evidentbly you think about your family, my mother, late grandmother never missed church. you are not sure if you're going to be moved to tears. in my case it was pure elation. >> he is so warm. he really is. keir, this is cool. we really got such an inside look at the vatican. and you've got more tomorrow? >> reporter: yeah, more tomorrow. and tomorrow we will look at the preparations here for easter, and we'll even get even more inside what is pope francis'

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we're back. 7:49 with the video that police in utah really want you to see. >> we do want to warn you, it's hard to watch, but the state trooper we want to point out, did survive. he was trying to help a stranded driver when he was struck by another car, and he was sent flying. >> now that trooper is speaking out, and saying it is an absolute miracle he survived. here's nbc national correspondent, miguel almaguer. >> reporter: the state trooper never saw it coming. this, the moment of impact. sergeant cade benrenchely. it started in the windy utah mountains, driving to help a car involved in a spin-out in the snow. >> they are okay. >> no injuries. >> reporter: the sergeant radioed in, no injuries. just moments before he was sent flying.

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good wednesday morning. right now it's 7:56. we walk out the doors to clear skies and cool temperatures, mostly in the 40s and 50s, but we are heading into the low 70s in oakland today and 69 degrees in san francisco. lower 80s for the north bay and we may set some new records here, we will be watching those numbers in santa rosa and napa. in san jose expect a high of 78 degrees, also 78 in livermore and antioch. over the next few days our temperatures continue to warm reaching the peak tomorrow and cooling down in time for the weekend. easter weekend is looking like in san francisco, 63 degrees there with lower 70s for the inland areas and still not a drop of rain in this seven-day forecast. heading into next week, though, for the end of the week we will be watching for a chance of rain, but we will still enjoying our stretch of sun in in forecast. let's head over to mike for an update on the commute. live shot for san jose shows you a smooth drive, good volume of traffic here.

101 is not the problem, it is down at the bottom of your screen. the motorcycle crash cleared from 85 and 87 at capital expressway we may have debris or a stall, roadway hazard. lanes are clear. slow from 85 all the way up in toward curtner. there's the rest of your bay showing a pretty smooth drive. the wash at winton on 880 looks like it's over on the shoulder. happening now for you, facebook shares are trading higher, this after the company announced big changes promising users better protections and easier access to controlled data. the move comes in the wake of the cambridge analytica scandal. also things are back to normal at oakland airport this morning after authorities say an unlicensed driver yesterday accidentally crashed into terminal one, that driver inadvertently hit the gas, four people were injured. it also caused a brief terror scare. authorities arrested that driver who was facing reckless driving charges. i'm marcus washington, more news on nbcbayarea.com as well as on our social media sites.

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from the checkout aisle. has the company gone too far? today, wednesday, march 28th, 2018. >> check this out. we've got two baristas from michigan. >> hi to everyone back at interlochen! >> we've got caden here. you're here for one thing. >> a picture with al roker! >> we've got brett here from chattanooga, tennessee. what are you celebrating? >> my 13th birthday! >> whew-hoo! ♪ >> good morning, kelsey. what are you here celebrating? >> my eighth great graduation! >> it's megyn's sweet 16! woo! >> good morning, everybody. welcome back to "today." we have some new teenagers out here on the plaza. >> i'm digging this spring break like never before. the crowds just keep coming. >> i know. let's get to your news at 8:00. there has been an extraordinary development overnight in the stormy daniels scandal. her attorney is going to federal

court, trying to force the president to testify about the adult film star's payoff. nbc white house correspondent, kristen welker, has the latest on that. kristen, good morning. >> reporter: hi, savannah. good morning to you. that motion filed by stormy daniels' attorney in federal court overnight requests to depose president trump and michael cohen. that's the president's personal attorney. who says he made the $130,000 payment to daniels to keep her quiet about her alleged 2006 affair with mr. trump with his own money and without the president's knowledge. the white house has consistently denied all of daniels' allegations. in a statement this morning, daniels' attorney said he's confident the request will be granted. an attorney for cohen called the suit, quote, a reckless use of the legal system. savannah. >> all right, kristen, thank you very much. we have an important update on the fertility clinic failure we've been reporting on. the maker of the tank that stored the eggs and embryos is pushing back, and standing by its products. nbc's senior national correspondent, kate snow, has

been following this story closely. >> good morning. the manufacturer of the storage tank and university hospital's fertility center are telling two somewhat different stories now. with devastated families stuck in between. including another family we spoke to overnight. the manufacturer of the tank used by university hospitals in cleveland tells nbc news, the temperature increase that affected 4,000 frozen eggs or embryos was not a malfunction. custom biogenic systems telling nbc news overnight, it had no underlying technical problems. instead, cbs says it was helping the clinic to do preventive maintenance on the unit. >> we're devastated by the event. >> reporter: but the fertility center tells a somewhat different story. in a letter to patients first reported on "today" -- the hospital acknowledged the tank needed preventive maintenance, but says for several weeks, there was a difficulty with the system that is supposed to automatically fill the tank with

super-cold liquid nitrogen. why wasn't it fixed right away? >> because we needed to have a additional tank from the manufacturer so that we could transfer the material to the loner tank. >> reporter: did it take several weeks to get the tank? >> it took several weeks to get the tank and then to set up the tank so that we could transfer the embryos and eggs. >> reporter: the hospital says with the auto fill not working, lab employees were filling the storage tank by pouring containers of liquid nitrogen into the top of the tank. something the tank manufacturer told nbc is an incorrect fill method. and one more thing. university hospitals admit, someone turned off a remote alarm system so an alert wasn't sent to our employee as the tank temperature began to rise. >> we were unaware at the time that the remote alarm was deactivated. >> reporter: the manufacturer of the unit tells nbc news, it does not make the recommended alarm system, and that it played no part in turning off that remote alarm.

>> i'm probably more angry now than i was when i first found out. >> reporter: kim and joe lost more than a dozen embryos. they have two daughters, one conceived with help from the clinic. they had dreamed of having a son. >> i drive by there every morning to go to work, and every morning i get tears. >> you're entrusting these people to help you bring life in to the world and take care of our babies, and i just feel very violated. >> i asked dr. lou if the person who turned off the remote alarm has been fired, and he said they don't even know who was responsible for that at this point. they hope what happened in cleveland might ultimately change practices at other labs. the families are hoping it might spur more regulation and reporting requirements. >> so glad you've stayed on it, kate. >> thanks. we'll get the morning boost. >> all right. let's do this one. the 2018 academy of country music awards won't be given out

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warning about what private information you're sharing when you download those apps on your phone. you may not be aware. >> that's right. national investigative correspondent, jeff rossen, is here to show us. good morning. >> good morning to you. strap in. here we go. when we download these apps, how many of us actually read the privacy policy before we click accept? a show of hands? >> nobody. >> no hands at all. either do i. don't blame you. turns out we're giving away our most personal information. and don't worry, this morning we are reading the fine print for you. and get your phones out, because in just a moment, we're actually going to show you how to find out everything facebook knows about you, and how to delete it. we're all guilty of it. downloading apps. granting them permission to snoop on us, no questions asked. but what personal information are they really collecting? come on inside my office here. i have my team gathered. this is olivia, and that's jamie over there. we all have our phones out, and we're downloading popular apps. but we've gone a step further.

we have gone online and downloaded the privacy statements, the privacy policies, the terms of service. it's pretty thick. the stuff you don't read. let's be honest. from all these different apps. so i downloaded the netflix app, because i love netflix. but here inside the privacy statement is this. this is the information we provide to them. name, e-mail address, address, payment method, telephone number. here's the information they collect automatically. this is according to netflix. information regarding your computer or other device used to access our service. the time and reason you contact them. transcripts of any chat conversations. your ip address, which gives them locations just from going on netflix. but most disturbing of all, this buried deep in the netflix security section. unfortunately, no measures can be guaranteed to provide 100% security. we cannot guarantee the security of your information. now it's olivia's turn. you're downloading a game. >> yes. i just downloaded candy crush.

we have to go through 34 pages of consumer terms to find out what they're collecting about us. 34. >> for a game. >> for a game. and you have to go to page 22 to find out what they're getting from you. >> what are they getting? >> they are getting your type of device you're using, how you play the game, other games and apps on your phone. so the other things on my phone. >> so not just candy crush. now they know the other games and apps. >> yes. and if i keep going through on the facebook app, they then know the attributes about myself, my interests, my general location and all i want to do is crush some candy. >> but this next app surprised us the most. starbucks. >> 14 pages of starbucks privacy statement. according to their terms, they access information directly from your device, such as information in your contacts! they're getting my contact information, potentially. >> inside your phone, your contacts. >> they can get my contacts list. the other thing is, web pages that i am looking at. just from my starbucks app. my gps information? >> and it's not just information

about you. starbucks says if you send a friend a gift card, it can collect info about your friend, too. >> it's buyer beware with an app, any app. it's going to try to get as much information out of you as possible and it's up to you to minimize that amount of data. >> many apps say they collect this information to personalize customer service. starbucks telling nbc news overnight, they often evaluate policies to make sure they're protecting their customers and strive to be transparent. now, let's turn to facebook. and obviously, everyone is still talking about the controversy. they collect so much information about us, and we're often giving it away. but right now there is an easy way for you to download everything they know about you, and to even delete it. we are going to walk through this right now, step by step. i have my phone out. i want you to pull your phones out, as well. let's do it together. first of all, let's talk about what facebook acknowledges they collect about you. starting right here. with active sessions. that includes your ip addresses,

which is location information. dates and times associated with every time you log in. also, credit card numbers. your family. the last location you were in. your political views. photos and videos. and also your searches. now i want to show you how you can download everything facebook knows about you. there's a way to do it. okay. so you know how we do it. here's my iphone right here. we have it mirrored up on the wall. you can actually access this information by going to the website. i'm going to put it on the bottom of your screen. facebook.com/settings. you have to go to this website as of today. there is no way to do it through the facebook app. so go to that website right there. okay. at the bottom, go here. facebook.com/settings. you're going to see this page right here. and right over here, it says download a copy of your facebook data. so i'm going to click on that. come on. then you're going to get this, okay? download your information. see this little green box here? it says, download archive. you're going to hit download archive, and then this is going

to pop up, this little box with your name. it wants you to type in your password to make sure it's you. no, i'm not going to type in my password on live network television. but within about 15 minutes, it's going to send you everything you need to know about yourself and everything they know. you're going to get lots of files. now, i was pretty surprised by what i found when i got my files yesterday. let's pull it up right here. it was pretty shocking. i was able to find my personal chats dating back years. not just who i did it with but the actual chats themselves. friends i deleted. sorry, craig. no, i'm kidding. you're still on there. events i attended over the years. even photos and videos of my kids from years ago that i actually even forgot i had, facebook still has. and this one really upset me. facebook has my contact list with phone numbers. that's right, somehow facebook has information about everybody in my phone and their numbers. now, you want to know how to delete this information. here is how you do it, and this one can be done through the

facebook app. so we go back to my phone here. we have it back on the screen. right to the facebook app over here. we're going to hit that. in the bottom right, you see that little -- they call it the hamburger button. looks like a little hamburger. not as delicious. click on that. scroll over here to settings. you guys doing this, by the way? >> i'm trying, but i'm confused. >> all right. >> i'm watching. i'm going to do it later. fascinating. >> rossen reports later. >> so you're going to come to activity log. up here it's going to give you the choice whatever year you want, and it goes all the way back to when you started facebook. i joined in 2008, apparently. so i have it there. so you can go into any post, anything they have from any year. i chose 2016. then you can choose whatever category you want. when you drop down that, posts. posts you're tagged in, photos and videos you're tagged in. i'm going to choose posts to start deleting stuff. you're going to get a whole list here as soon as it logs in. come on, baby.

oh, no, posts -- hold on a minute. whoopsees. there we go. posts from -- let's try another year. okay. there we go. here are a bunch of posts -- okay, well, my thing is not working. >> we've heard that. >> come on! -- you click on it, there's a little arrow and you can remove everything piece by piece. here's the thing. even when you do that, and it will get off the facebook servers, it takes 90 days to get off the facebook server, even when you remove it. but that should work. it's been working all morning. and we have the step by step instructions today.com/rossenreports. and we spoke with facebook. the news out this morning from facebook, they are going to make this easier in the coming weeks. they're rolling out some new technology so you can do all of this through the app. >> they should. wow, that's fascinating. >> it was. >> it also just begs the question, why? why do they have our contact information? >> because they can. >> i know. >> but why now? >> why now. right. fascinating. thank you. >> thank you, jeff. >> see you, guys. let's turn to a big change by the world's largest retailer,

walmart. >> walmart is pulling a popular magazine from a very prime location right at the checkout aisle. nbc business correspondent, jo ling kent, has the reason why. good morning. >> reporter: hoda, good morning. you may notice its absence among the other impulse items at the checkout at walmart. ""cosmo" magazine, to conceal what it considered inappropriate content. now it's decided to take it a step further amid the metoo movement. this morning, walmart turning the page on "cosmo." the retail giant pulling the iconic pop culture magazine from checkout stands in all of its stores. in part because of racy headlines like this. its content described as hyper sexualized and degrading by the national center on sexual exploitation, which worked with walmart over the past several months to implement the new policy. >> it's filled with extremely explicit articles detailing sex acts, and encouraging its young viewership to do things like

sext, watch pornography and engage in risky behaviors. >> reporter: the change doesn't mean a complete "cosmo" ban. but now customers will have to venture to walmart's magazine section to find it. the super store chain telling nbc news in part, while this was primarily a business decision, the concerns raised were heard. >> everybody at "cosmo" is pretty much dedicated to helping the reader be encouraged, inspired to realize her full potential. >> reporter: "cosmo"'s provocative content has long served as a topic of debate. the magazine's editor from 1965 to 1997 was widely credited as the first to introduce frank discussions of sex in magazines for women. but now, as walmart takes a stand against "cosmo" and the context of the metoo movement -- >> stop the violence! >> reporter: some loyal readers say reducing the visibility undermines its influence on women's liberation. >> i feel like women should be

able to express themselves how they would like to. >> i kind of like that women kind of get to be sexually free. you know. we're in such a world with just so many double standards, where it's okay for men, but it's not okay for women. >> if you don't want to see those magazines or don't want to, like, contribute, then you don't pick it up. >> reporter: this morning, "cosmo" not directly addressing the controversy, but telling nbc news, in a statement, with our focus on empowerment, we are proud of all the brand has achieved for women around the world and in the areas of equality, health, relationships, career, politics and social issues. the big question this morning, will losing that prime real estate offered at the checkout lanes of walmart impact "cosmo"'s sales? while the sales have declined significantly in recent years, one study listed them as, of course, a top impulse buy, and more than 80% of those surveyed say they have purchased magazines at the checkout. now, the national center on sexual exploitation has also reached out to target and walgreens to follow walmart's

lead, but so far they say they have not heard back from them. guys? >> thank you. >> thank you so much. al, you've got the weather? >> i was doing the same thing jeff did, had all the stuff and all of a sudden it disappeared again. something is happening here! i'm just saying! anyway, let's show you -- we know something is happening in the weather. we've got wet weather making its way from texas all the way into the northeast and new england. for the most part, we've got a risk, a moderate risk of flooding. just to the north of houston, all the way to greenville, jackson, shreveport, louisiana, looking at heavy rain. in fact, we could see anywhere from 5 to 7 inches in the next 24 hours within this area. but generally, about 3 to 5 from houston all the way up to nashville. so we're going to be watching that very, very closely. rest of the country, some mountain snows making their way through the rockies. stormy, flooding weather through the gulf coast. we're looking at some clouds and showers here in the northeast, as well. out west, going to be gorgeous. 53 in seattle today.

good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. you're stepping out the door to temperatures in the 40s and low 50s. highs will reach into the europe 60s for the coast. san francisco, 69. low 80s in the north bay. inland areas in the 70s and 80s. our temperatures warm up and then cool down just in time for easter. and that is your latest weather. savannah? >> thank you so much. dylan is in the orange room for carson this morning. you have something that's really going to get the attention of parents and kids. >> it certainly is. there is a denver area school district that has decided to switch to a four-day week, meaning kids would attend classes tuesday through thursfr. the district is hoping this will help save money and entice teachers to come on board.

so naturally, their decision has sparked a big discussion online. sangria writes, i'm in for this. a four-day work school week brings balance. kitty says having an extra day with family makes learning easier and less stressful. on the flip side, steve writes. good point, this only works if you implement a four-day workweek too. >> good point. >> and brandy says, my kids are worn out by the end of the day so i can't imagine them staying longer. so we asked on twitter, what do you think of a four-day school week. and the results are in. 70% say they -- approve. 30% disapprove. the denver area is the latest to join several schools across the country that have already implemented the four-day week. the school district will be offering child care on mondays to help parents with their scheduling concerns. wasn't sure where i was going there. >> it's a weird one. if you are paying for daycare, which a lot of people are during the week, imagine you would have another day to worry about.

expensive. >> yeah. >> but more than that, i feel there has been a great deal of research conducted that shows there is a correlation between student achievement and time on task. >> they want to go year-round school in some places. >> time on task. >> t.o.t. >> impressive. okay. >> dylan, thanks so much. coming up, neil patrick harris will join us as he taps into his evil side. and then super foods for a healthy life. why you should be absolutely wild about wild blueberries. i )

things at oakland airport good morning. it things at oakland airport are back to normal after a driver injured four people. 6:30 last night the suv jumped the curb at terminal 1 striking bystanders. for a time there was a fear that it was a trar attack. alameda county said the driver was inexperienced and accidentally hit the gas pedal. authorities took the 54-year-old driver into custody because they say he was unlicensed and driving recklessly. airport traffic started moving again after an hour and a half. what about the rest of the commute. >> we got these folks here. things are slow at 101 and 280.

all over the push through san jose and building up towards mountain view and sunnyvale. northbound 101 before capitol expressway. should be on the shoulder, but i see slowing. we'll track that and i'll tweet any big deals there. jamming up in toward oakland, 880, 580 slow, especial. back to you. >> we have more local news coming up for you in just a half hour.

♪ we are back now. it is 8:30 on a wednesday morning. march the 28th, 2018! hello! hello, hello, hello. we've got a big and beautiful crowd. we've got a wonderful group. hold on. come with me. come this way. all right. so we have a lot -- hi, you guys. great people. "hamilton." oh-oh. i see a bunch of "today" show swag. i see a bunch of "today" show hats. and is this the maggelson family? this group is celebrating the grandparents -- what anniversary is this? >> 50. >> you guys, raise your hand if you're a maggelson. >> 14 of us from seattle.

>> we want to say congratulations. happy anniversary. and you all enjoy your time in new york, okay? happy anniversary to you! and to you. bye, guys. thank you! thanks, you guys. >> aww, that's awesome. >> the maggelsons! >> it's a hoda hug-a-thon on the plaza! >> sorry. guys, coming up. now you have not one but two reasons to watch neil patrick harris on tv. he has a new show here on nbc and he is as wicked as ever with the return of a series of unfortunate events. >> so good. >> he's going to tell us about that. and then if you thought blueberries were a humble fruit, you're about to find out why they are an actual super food that can help you live longer. >> did you say humble? >> humble. >> the proud and triumphant blueberry. >> cobbler. what have you got coming up? >> so real-life miracle hunters on the show today, and where

he's found them right here in america, along with a woman who says she has experienced one and a doctor to back her up. and then -- well, we're going to talk about that -- new orleans saints, right? thank you. i'm not much into football, but i understand the cheerleading situation. and you know the one who got fired? she's here. so we'll talk about whether that body suit was too revealing versus the normal uniform. >> some of those cheerleader rules and regulations were harsh. >> if they're in a restaurant, if a football player comes in, they have to leave. we'll talk about it. >> shut the front door! >> thank you for understanding. let's get a check of the weather. >> let's see what we've got, starting with today. we're looking at stormy and floody weather making its way down through the gulf. texas, as well. we're going to be watching this for the next couple days. mountain snows out west. and the west coast looks gorgeous. more heavy rain moving into the upper mississippi and ohio river

valleys. sunny and warm out west. we're looking at high surf advisories, rip tides along the eastern coast of f . nice to be in the sunny and warm part of the map there. looking at his forecast. we're up to 69 degrees today in san francisco. even warmer tomorrow. 72 degrees. ocean breeze kicks in and that will bring down the temperatures just a few degrees in time for the weekend to feel really nice. for the inland areas we may set new records here as we head into the upper 70s and low 80s. by saturday it's cooler. easter sunday expect a high of 73 degrees. another big crowd! don't forget, you can take us with you when you're on the run. go to siriusxm channel 108! and then back again! [ cheers and applause ] back inside. >> that's a big, beautiful crowd

out there. all right, al, thanks so much. now to more of our special series, "finding faith today." >> that's right, this morning's story of a rabbi whose faith is being tested as he confronts a life-altering challenge. and natalie has this incredible story. hi, nat, good morning. >> hey, good morning to you guys. the los angeles rabbi is battling a.l.s., but inspiring people's strength all around the world. ♪ >> my husband was the most energetic person i've ever met. when we first married, i used to call him tigger, because he bounced around everywhere. and no matter how hard our lives have gotten together, if he's there with me, i can do it. >> reporter: the rabbi was diagnosed with a.l.s. five years ago on his 41st birthday. a disease that has now left him paralyzed and unable to speak. >> the milestones are always

really hard on me. >> reporter: milestones like their recent 22nd wedding anniversary. >> at the end of the day, i just wanted a hug. and it's been four and a half years since he was able to do that. and that's hard. >> reporter: but their enduring love and faith keeps them going. >> reporter: rabbi, i know what an amazing woman dina is. how would you describe dina? >> dina is a great woman, and it is an honor to be her husband. she is the love of my life and my best friend. with all that we are going through, she holds the family together, takes care of us, and showers us with love. >> reporter: and he's part of his family's life as much as he can be. >> they get to see love in his eyes and pride and laughter. >> reporter: he may not be able to move or speak, but a.l.s. didn't take his mind. with the help of cutting-edge technology, using his eyes, he writes a weekly bible blog. ♪

and enjoys visits from students. i caught up with the family on the festive holiday often compared to halloween. lots of children dressed up to cheer you up. what does this mean to you, seeing your community come to you and visit you like this, especially being homebound? >> i love to have visitors. it uplifts me and gives me life. it is so humbling, and we are so grateful. because of them, we don't feel alone. >> reporter: but the rabbi is not only receiving, he is giving. shining a light through words of wisdom and a song he wrote. ♪ shine a little light ♪ show us the way >> reporter: the shine a little light video made, it's so beautiful. and rabbi yitzi, i know you wrote the song before your diagnosis. >> we knew the song was being made, but we didn't know how much love was being put into it. that was a surprise, and that made us feel so loved. ♪

♪ show us the way >> every person has a little light that they can use to impact the world. but when we're all together, it can become something so amazing. i've heard people tell me that's the song that got them through the cancer ward. >> reporter: wow. >> that song saved their lives. and he's really making an impact. >> reporter: and dina is too. >> she, his wife, has done -- has uplifted the hearts and souls of so many people. so in a sense, through his terrible adversity and difficulties, he's brought faith to thousands if not millions of others. >> reporter: but a.l.s. has robbed dina and their seven children of so much. >> my son one day comes over to me and he says, i feel like we lost a father and the world got a hero. he says, i know the world needs a hero, but we also need a father. and i just hugged him and cried. >> a.l.s. is a very difficult disease. rabbi yitzi, how do you stay so

positive, and does this ever test your faith? >> what keeps me going is the realization that god is real, that he has a plan for the world and i am part of it. when you see it this way, instead of feeling down when you are in a challenging situation, you are filled with a sense of purpose, and you are lifted up. >> your faith is tested, as well, i imagine. >> i'm always talking to god. sometimes it's an ex asperated, what do you want from me. and sometimes it's, wow, this is an amazing life we get to live. and he encourages people to do good and be good all over the world. >> but i imagine perhaps his message is even more spiritual and has had greater impact? >> absolutely. and messages of hope to keep going, that god is with you in your struggles. >> it has strengthened both of our faith. he is really my entire world. and as long as he's in it, my world is a good place. >> as we said, rabbi yitzi writes a weekly bible blog and in honor of passover which begins friday, he wrote one about the significance of the

three matsas and four cups of wine. both the rabbi and his wife are so resilient, as you saw, despite everything they're going through. and guys, as dina said, it wouldn't be called faith if it were easy. >> beautiful. >> they are living it. natalie. what an incredible story you brought us. thank you. just ahead, we're going to have some fun with the always entertaining, the wonderful neil patrick harris. but first, this is "today" on nbc.

[ cheers and applause ] and we're back with five-time emmy-winning actor and producer neil patrick harris. we just love to hate him as count olaf in the netflix series, "a series of unfortunate events," based on the beloved children's novels, and lucky for fans about to return for season two. take a look.

>> oh, bless you. >> thank you, pretty lady. as i must be allergic to something in this room that is not to adult people. >> orphans, perhaps. >> orphans? yes, i'm allergic. >> their dust. >> yes, yes, their ashes. it clogs up my whole, um, what is the word for it? >> glands. >> life. >> okay. this has got to be a dream job. you get to dress up, you get to do accents. this has got to be like your perfect role. >> it's been a super exciting journey, for sure. barry created this world, and he has such a wonderful vision, and netflix gave us a nice budget to do it. we're being as faithful to daniel handler's novels as we can. and so it's this unbelievable sand box, and every book i get to don a ridiculous disguise. >> come on. >> that's gunther. >> are you ad libbing?

>> not often. >> every now and then? >> i don't like to veer too far from what the writers do or have written. but we'll try some alternate takes if we need to. >> do you ever test drive the accents on your twins, your 7-year-olds, to see if it gets them? >> they like -- i see them a lot, because we film on the west coast in vancouver and we live here in new york. so we're mostly facetiming during the days so they see me in olaf random disguises all of the time. they don't like when i talk in the voices. papa, talk like a normal person. hello, children, it's nice to see you! they say no, no, never do that again. what's up, kiddies? no, don't do that again. >> that is -- do your kids -- this is kind of a little dark. >> yeah. >> for 7-year-olds, is it too much for them, do you think, to watch? >> i don't think so. i think that kids seem to gravitate, at least ours do, but i think most do, gravitate towards darker material. i think kids like scary stories.

and they like ghost stories. and they want to know that there's something potentially bad that could happen, even though it doesn't really happen. unfortunately, with "series of unfortunate events," it's bad after bad after bad. >> so when you go home at night and put the key in the door and your kids are there, describe what that seems like when you step in your house at home at night. >> i just -- i -- i am incredibly grateful and lucky right now. the kids are 7 years old, they're in the first grade. they're both healthy and happy. my husband is a spectacular man, actor, chef, person, partner. and so it's a good time. 7 is great. i regret being far away from them, right? because i miss the daily. so i'm excited. we're finishing season three of the show, and then i'm doing the genius junior game show at the same time. but when i get to come home and hang out with them, they make me laugh. their laughs are infectious. >> i've seen these promos. and these are -- these kids, i don't know where they have come from, but they are brilliant.

give us the concept of this show. >> we found an unbelievably intelligent kids from around america, went on a big casting search. it's two teams of three that compete against each other to become the genius junior champions. not only did we find a wide array of kids who are incredibly smart and gifted, but they're also real kids and really interesting people. and what i think is nice about this is it's -- it's a legitimate celebration of education. and we are in a new cycle of on the constant where it's what bad thing is happening, what bad thing has been said. and right now, especially -- given the march that just happened, i think this new generation deserves to be respected for what they do well. >> right. >> and this show is all about their brains and what they can do well, which are achievable goals, right? >> these kids are so much smarter than us. will you guys come over in one second? we're going to play one round of this game. >> one of the things is a

challenge on the show. and i ask people to spell words. but i'm going ask you to spell them backwards. 60 seconds. >> so i get the first one, and -- >> i'm going to ask you all of them. if you don't like them, you can pass. >> i'll pass to somebody. >> we have to spell it backwards? >> only backwards. >> okay. >> i'm going to give you the word. >> 60 seconds on the clock. >> ooh! >> oh, my gosh. >> go. >> 60 seconds, and your time starts now. hoda, spell radar backwards. >> craig! >> r-a-d-a-r. >> correct. >> okay, go. >> hoda, spell burrito backwards. >> that's a hard one. >> dylan! >> me? >> i'm helping. >> o-r-r-i-t-u-b? >> incorrect. >> savannah? [ buzzer ] >> it's o-t-i-r-r-b. >> karaoke.

e-k-o-a -- now i'm just -- o-r -- >> o-r-a-k. very close. all right, al, spell microscope. [ laughter ] >> e-p-o -- >> c, s -- [ buzzer ] >> it was harder. >> is that it? >> time's up. >> we're idiots! >> kids are brilliant. >> these kids will say -- i'll say, spell omni directional backwards. >> d-u-d. >> we love you. the new season "series of unfortunate events" hits netflix this friday. up next, it plays to be blue.

the benefits of blueberries.

"today" food is brought to you by honey nut cheerios. good goes round. >> we're back with day two of our special series, super foods for a healthy life. today we are just wild about wild blueberries. >> they're tiny but potent, growing in america for 10,000 years. and some scientists say they may hold the secret to longevity. ♪ >> small but mighty. could the wild blueberry possibly be this country's greatest chance at living longer and better? grown in maine for more than 10,000 years, they're one of only a handful of indigenous crops to north america. and heart health and con certan prevention, they pack a punch. >> you'll get stains on your

fingers. they're pigments, which are the health protective compounds that help with cardiovascular disease, type two diabetes, memory. it bolsters immunity. antiviral. >> wilds grow naturally in place and in extreme temperatures, creating an intense, sweet and tangy taste with less water content, which is ideal for cooking and baking. at the largest retailer in the world, they pick, wash and freeze up to 100 million pounds distributed to grocery stores around the country. for centuries, native americans have used the low bush blueberries to heal and nourish the body. and in minneapolis, lakota sioux chef sean sherman utlilzes them in many dishes. >> we make a berry sauce, soups and broths, mixing them into

meats. >> it's modern silence validating what our ancestors have known. here we have a berry that is exotic and wild. and yet it's right here. right local. let's turn to our integrative physician, dr. taz. what's so great about these, is it really that much better than the regular blueberry we see at the grocery store? >> yes, definitely, savannah. wild blueberries are higher in antioxidants, one of the great benefits in general. high in anti oxidants, help with fiber, provide 14% of your daily fiber requirements. and they're high in vitamin c. and you get all of this in just a little cup of blueberries for 90 calories. you can't beat that. >> let's talk about this sauce, a sauce you say everyone should have in their fridge. >> yeah. just absolutely. you want to have this blueberry super sauce, because blueberries have so many great health benefits. remember, they're going to help fight aging, help prevent

osteoporosis and wrinkles. they're going to help with memory and cognition. and they help prevent heart disease. how you get that in your daily day is the tough part. so this super sauce we have made is so easy. you take a cup cup of wild blueberries, eight ounces of water, two teaspoons of apple cider vinegar and two teaspoons of honey, you blend it together and store in your refrigerator and take it out and use in so many fun and creative ways. >> how long does it keep? >> a week to a week and a half. and you can freeze it. >> put it on pancakes -- >> what i did, i'll take the same sauce, put it in coconut milk or almond milk, two scoops of protein powder, a great protein smoothie. you can take the same sauce and add balsamic vinegar and olive oil and you have a great salad dressing. you can marinate your chicken, tofu, fish, use it for dinner the next day. >> isn't that nice? >> excellent. >> the regular blueberry is also

good. >> great. frozen blueberries are an option for those who worry they may spoil. >> thanks so much for the smoothie. for more information on the benefits of blueberries go to today.com/food. first, this is "today" on nbc.

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the company is trying to regain trust after the backlash over the cambridge analytica scandal. new reports that founder mark zuckerberg will testify before congress. happening now, our business and tech reporter scott mcgrew is looking closer at the changes in store for facebook. we have a full report coming up in our midday newscast at 11:00. you can find that on our homepage. we also have a local weather update for you coming up in the next half an hour. it is a gorgeous one and extends into the weekend. you have a great morning. [nature sounds] ♪ triumphant music follow your dreams and before you die [fire blazes] make a squarespace website.

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♪ good morning, everybody. and welcome to the show. i'm megyn kelly. and we begin today with a controversy from the world of football. an nfl cheerleader says she was recently fired, thanks to a picture she posted on social media. now she has filed a complaint against the new orleans saints, claiming gender discrimination. and wait until you hear what else she says these cheerleaders are not allowed to do. here's nbc's gabe gutierrez. >> reporter: for three seasons, bailey davis was a new orleans saints sashen. she was fired this january, she says, for posting this picture on her private