we'll be back with you at 7:25. >> and we're always on at nbcbayarea.com. baseball fever - area. ♪ good morning. snow joke. tens of millions from the midwest to new england waking up to a post-easter winter storm. and it's already making a mess of the morning commute. dylan will be live with all of the details. firing back. mark zuckerberg lays into apple ceo tim cook over his recent criticism of facebook, amid the social network's privacy scandal. >> you know, i find that argument that if you're not paying that somehow we can't care about you to be extremely glib. and not at all aligned with the truth. >> the latest on his comments. disturbing twist. police now believe that deadly and mysterious crash involving a

family of eight may have been intentional. saying the suv came to a full stop and then accelerated off a cliff. >> there were no skid marks. there was no brake marks. >> the unanswered question, why. all that plus, demanding more. thousands of teachers in oklahoma set to walk out this morning, as the nationwide call for pay raises rises louder. breaking apart overnight. the out-of-control space station falling to earth and burns up over the pacific. and twice as nice. >> for the win. good! >> notre dame wins the women's basketball national championship with a thrilling buzzer-beater, the team's second straight in the final four. >> good! >> giving the men of villanova and michigan a very tough act to follow, today, monday april 2nd, 2018. >> announcer: from nbc news,

this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> good morning, everybody. welcome to "today show." so nice to have you with us on a monday morning. talk about pressure. we should all say her name, arike ogunbowale. >> she did it twice, right? >> this girl, she's got something going for her. she's awesome. last night for a lot of people that were watching basketball, also jesus christ superstar, the musical was on. i mean, it was i got to say it was epic. john legend and sara ba reless owned the stage. >> that's another performing under pressure, right? let's talk about or stop story. it's snowing on april 2nd. hard to believe a lot of us were

hunting easter eggs yesterday. this morning, we're dealing with yet another morning storm. dylan is in for al in the elements. what gives? >> what is going on is right. the crowd seems happy, just the same. we have the snow falling heavily right now. we got reports of two-inch snowfall rates at laguardia airport. we advisories in pennsylvania, new jersey, connecticut and connecticut and even parts of southern new england. it's a fast-moving storm. by this afternoon, the sunshine returns and you'll forget this ever happened. in the meantime, it is making a mess of the morning commute. as we go through the morning, we'll see periods of heavier snow in the morning. the 1 to 2 inch snowfall rates. by this afternoon, 3:00 p.m., we'll see sunshine breaking through. that will start to melt the snow that accumulates. it is about 31, 32 degrees across most of the northeast. so temperatures are cold enough for this snow to stick. we have been seeing a slushy mess on the roads, on the

sidewalks, on the grassy surfaces especially. northwestern new jersey you could see 4 to 6 inches of snow. here in new york, 1 to 3 inches. it is a mess for monday morning, especially in april. hoda? >> you can say that again, dylan. thank you so much. breaking just this morning, facebook ceo mark zuckerberg is speaking out in a candid new interview about his company's privacy scandal and he's respond for the first time to criticism from apple's ceo tim cook. jo ling kent has the latest. hey, jo, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the knives are out in silicon valley. facebook ceo mark zuckerberg sounding off this morning hitting back at apple ceo tim cooke who told nbc he would not have gotten himself in the situation that zuckerberg and facebook are now in. >> you know, i find that argument that if you're not

paying that somehow we can't care about you to be extremely glib. and not at all aligned with the truth. i make all our decisions based on what's going to matter to our community and improve the community and focus much less and very little on the advertising side of the business. >> in an interview on fox media, zuckerberg also admitting that he did not invest enough in security and that it will take a few years to fix things. this comes as facebook is struggling to win back the trust of its users after the personal information of 50 million users was allegedly harvested without their knowledge by data firm cambridge analytica which denies any wrong doing. zuckerberg has been under enormous pressure to testify before congress next week. he has not yet accepted multiple invitatio invitations. in another big story we're following, well-known cyber criminals stealing more than 5 million credit and debit card numbers from customers of sax

fifth avenue, saks off fifth and lord&taylor. the hudson bay company owns the retailers says the problem has been contained and they believe it no longer poses any risk to shoppers. the company also adding there's no evidence this hit online shoppers and that they'll offer these free -- those impacted some free identity protection services and that includes credit and web monitoring. customers will not be responsible for any fraudulent charges related to this hack. all developing right now. hoda? >> i'm sure a lot of people are paying attention to that. jo, thank you so much. also this morning, the president is back at the white house after spending the easter weekend in florida. he stirred up controversy over the program that protected millions of immigrants brought here as children. peter alexander is at the white house with that. peter, good morning. >> reporter: savannah, hoda, good morning to you. we're on the south lawn ahead of the annual easter egg roll.

the president and the first lady expected a short time from now. this weekend, the easter spirit giving way for the president to vent frustrations and misinformation about his hard-line positions on immigration. president trump back in washington, after celebrating the holiday at his mar-a-lago estate. the president on sunday hand in hand with the first lady attending easter services but pausing to pour fuel on a less than festive topic, immigration. >> mexico has to help us at the border. a lot of people are coming in to take advantage of daca. we're going to have to really see. they had a great chance. the democrats blew it. >> reporter: but the daca program established under president obama only applies to young, undocumented immigrants brought to the u.s. as children who have been living here since 2007. meaning, anyone who illegally crosses the border now is not eligible. for dreamers, their future is still up in the air at the center of a fierce fight. the president's comments punctuating a series of tweets, arguing the situation at the border is getting more

dangerous. insisting caravans are coming. mr. trump perhaps reacting to this fox and friends segment on immigration that aired minutes earlier. in his tweet storm blaming democrats for weak border security while issuing this threat -- no more daca deal. just a week ago, he was sympathetic to the dreamers. >> i say this to daca recipients, that the republicans are with you. they want to get your situation taken care of. >> reporter: democrats crying foul. congressman keith ellison tweeting you were never going to do a daca deal. you didn't fool anybody. >> and peter, i mean, as we look toward the week, we certainly have been hearing a lot of scrutiny about scott pruitt the epa administrator. and we've seen a lot of departures recently. do you expect more shakeups. >> reporter: if anybody else is going to go, it's only the president that knows right now. but scott pruitt is facing

tough new scrutiny this morning following a series of reports about him that was living in a condo co-owned by the wife of a top lobbyist energy firm. he was paying 50 bucks to live in a capitol hill condo. he was facing scrutiny for his expensive travel habits. another distraction about a trump cabinet official. obviously, it undercuts the president's message he wants to drain the swamp. we should note the epa we spoke to them, they tell us that pruitt, his living arrangement was okayed. it was approved by the ethics officials at the epa. savannah and hoda back to you. >> peter, thank you so much. >> lots to more to get to this mompg including the growing push to pay teachers more. this morning, thousands in oklahoma are set for a massive walk-out following in the footsteps of states like west virginia and arizona. nbc's blake mccoy is in oklahoma city. blake, good morning. what does today hold? >> reporter: good morning to you. many schools here in oklahoma are closed today in preparation

for this walk-out. teachers will descend here on the capitol hill for what could be the largest demonstration ever at oklahoma's capitol. a teacher rebellion marches on. this morning, 40,000 teachers in oklahoma will stage a walkout, rallying at the state capitol, for increased school funding and better pay. lawmakers staved off a walkout last week trying passing a $6,100 salary increase, the largest in state history, but teachers say it's not enough. >> i'm not walking out on my children or students. i'm walking for my students. >> reporter: problems in oklahoma extend beyond salaries, pointing to overcrowded classrooms, outdated books and equipment in disrepair. >> our buildings are falling down. it's because my classroom tables have been molded back together three times in the past 24 months. >> we need the ledge slature to keep working. they need to fully fund our classrooms. >> reporter: oklahoma

consistently ranks near the bottom, 47th in per pupil spending. $3,000 below the national average. other states like arizona and kentucky have seen rallies and walkouts, as well. inspired by west virginia, where nearly two weeks on the picket lines resulted in a 5% pay raise, teachers fed up and demanding more. >> i want my students to feel that they are getting what they deserve out of the classroom and that we don't have to stay out long. >> right now this walkout here in oklahoma is only being planned for one day but it could extend into the week. school districts are preparing for that. teachers say they want a guarantee for more school funding before they head back to work. and also breaking this morning, schools in kentucky are closed across that state over a teacher pension dispute. what started in west virginia a few weeks ago is now spreading

like wild fire. teachers feeling emboldened. hoda and savannah, back to you. >> blake, thank you so much. now to the protests raging in sacramento over the police shooting death of an unarmed black man two weeks ago. tensions reached a new level this weekend when a protester was struck by a sheriff's department vehicle. >> oh, my gosh. oh, my gosh. >> authorities confirm a woman was hit and sustained minor injuries. she was treated at the hospital. more than 100 people were gathered to call for an end to police violence. the demonstration marks the second weekend of protests since stephon clark was shot by police officers on march 18th. an investigation into that shooting is still under way. after spending two years behind bars, the so-called affluenza teen ethan couch is expected to be released from a tax jail today. there's controversial surrounding that. gabe gutierrez is in ft. worth this morning. hey, gabe, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. this drunk driving case drew

worldwide attention for the defense's unusual legal strategy, claiming wealth and privilege as an excuse for not knowing right from wrong. now the best friend of one of the victims who says he's visited ethan couch in jail says couch is remorseful, he just doesn't know how to express it. this morning, ethan couch once known worldwide as the affluenza teen is set to walk out of jail, a chaplain who lost his best friend in couch's drunk driving crash says the now 20-year-old is a changed man. he senked just under two years for violating his probation after killing four people and injured nine others in a horrific drunk driving crash in 2013 when he was a juvenile. >> we need some ambulances. >> from the start, the case generated one shocking headline after another. starting with the affluenza defense, not a recognized medical condition, suggesting couch's affluent upbringing left him unable to know right from wrong. >> tell us your name, sir.

>> ethan couch. >> two years later, couch was questioned as part of a civil suit. shortly after that the story took another bizarre turn. after this video surface aid peering to show couch violating his probation by being at a party with alcohol, he and his mother tonya fled. the two were tracked down in mexico. then-19, when the stiffer two-year sentence was imposed on ethan. his mother was charged with two felonies but freed on bail. then, last week, she was rearrested, charged with failing a urine test and sent to the same jail as her son. his critics say 180 days in jail for each person he killed is a travesty. >> i'm horribly angry that our legal system has let down these victims. >> reporter: the family of sergio molina who was killed in the crash expressed their frustration in a written statement, writing, it's a constant struggle. nothing, no amount of money can make this right. after he is released, couch is expected to live with his

father. the sheriff says, he'll have to wear an ankle monitor. hoda and savannah? >> gabe, thank you. on a busy monday morning the weeks of drama and cinderella's stories the men's college basketball national championship will be decided tonight. they're going to have to put on quite a show if they want to beat last-second drama from last night's women's final. carson is here with this incredible. >> unbelievable. it was a heart-pounding weekend at the women's final four in columbus, ohio. notre dame taking home the coveted trophy thanks to amazing back-to-back buzzer beaters. >> ogunbowale, for the win. good! arike ogunbowale wins the national championship for notre dame! >> reporter: the pressure was on, and the fighting irish delivered. junior guard, arike ogunbowale, the junior guard, hitting a three-pointer with less than one second left in the game against mississippi state, lifting notre dame to its

second national championship. >> we had a rough second quarter. we were down before. we knew we would be able to come back. everybody stepped up at the right time. >> reporter: this buzzer-beater was all too familiar. >> ogunbowale, good. >> reporter: the star player made a similar miracle shot in in the semifinal game this weekend upsetting the number one uconn and saving her team's winning season. >> i was thinking two nights in a row, i don't know if this is going to happen. the miracle. >> reporter: kobe bryant taking notice. congratulating her on her first buzzer-beater shot. the wisconsin native responding, wow, my life is complete. but bryant reminding ogunbowale, there was still work to be done. that final shot proving to be the per fek reply and bryant agreed, #lifecomplete. >> that was crazy. >> don't call it the luck of the irish. were you surprised it went in? and she said, no. i practiced that shot. that's a shot we practiced.

the buzzer beater. >> twice in back-to-back games. >> arike is going to join us in our 8:00 hour. how about that? >> a big get this morning. >> let's get to it tonight. the men, villanova, taking on michigan for the national championship. wildcats, the number one seed. they beat kansas on saturday night, to punch their ticket to the title game. of course, villanova, winning the championship just two years ago, no stranger to the championship stage. they're a 6 1/2-point favorite, according to our friends in las vegas that keep track of that. villanova will face a michigan team that is red hot right now. the wolverines are riding a 14-game winning streak. basically they're saying this is the best team in villanova taking on the hottest team in michigan offense versus a great defense, should be a good one. >> who do you think, carson? >> this rate, march madness, you never know. it's a toss up. >> thank you. dylan in for al this morning. i cannot believe it. i can't believe it's snowing. >> it's accumulating. it's just a heavy, wet snow. >> happy spring. >> it's going to keep coming

down for another few hours. and then, the sun will come out. we have more snow in the plains and upper midwest. and we have a chance of stronger storms through the midwest today. the real warm spot, down south. temperatures will be in the 80s from south carolina stretching down to florida. that's a look at the weather across the country. your local forecast in the next 30 seconds. come here to buy a car. dr. whiskers won't pounce. nobody will. ♪ temperatures in the 50s, mostly clear skies right now. tri-valley at 49.

san francisco at 351. into the afternoon we'll climb into the mid to upper 60s. low 70s across the bay high of 37 in san jose. dry conditions will remain the next several case. >> that's your latest forecast. >> dylan, thank you. >> don't give me that look. coming up, guys, natalie's going to be with us. she's going to tell us about breaking information on such a strange story. the investigation of a family whose suv plunged off a california cliff. now, police are saying this may have actually been intentional. and is your smart speaker about to get even smarter? the new technology from amazon and google, raising questions about digital spying. first, this is "today" on nbc.

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right now. 52 in the peninsula, 51 south bay. in san francisco, 51. and we will see a nice climb into the mid-60s and even some 70s on the map. your temperature trend for san francisco, by 1:00, 61. and we'll get some cloud cover, but eventually we'll clear out quite nicely with the afternoon mostly dry and sunny. and a mostly clear ride through the san mateo bridge, although slower than a half hour ago go. dumbarton bridge not so bad. a lighter throw of traffic because of spring break. west highway 4 jammed because of a crash. this is out of pittsburg. use 242 to cut the corner. and meanwhile a live look slower toward the richmond san rafael bridge. 580 moving toward the north bay. we'll have another local news update for you in half an

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we are back at 7:30 on a monday morning. it's april 2nd, 2018. it's snowing in new york. >> that's yankee stadium. they are supposed to play their home opener today against tampa bay. that's going to be a tough outfield catch for aaron boone. >> take me out to the ball game? i don't know. that post-easter winter storm is topping our check of the headlines. >> here we go again. the northeast hit by yet another snowstorm. this time, set to bring snow, ice and cold temperatures from the midwest to the east coast. >> i know, enough, right? easter, like april fool's forecast. during the morning commute, it will be the hardest around new york city.

saks fifth avenue and lord & taylor reveal a data breach at their store chains. >> been through several breaches with different stores. we've got to find a way to keep this information safe. china hits back, in response to united states tariffs. the country slaps new charges on more than 100 products, ranging from fruit to pork to steel pipes. color of the clothes. were you wearing them? >> no, i was not. >> tributes pour in for steven bochco, who created several tv hits, including "nypd blue" and "hill street blues." he passed away at 74. dozens of divers hunt for easter eggs under the sea in a watery twist to an easter

tradition, today, monday, april 2nd, 2018. that may be the coolest easter egg hunt right there. >> my living room does not compare. really cool. also this morning, we're continuing to follow this disturbing story. a mysterious and deadly crash in california. police revealed they believe it was intentional that a family drove off a cliff on purpose. natalie morales has the latest. >> reporter: police are learning new details about what caused the hart family's suv to run off a cliff and plunge into the water below. it killed the parents and three of their children, with another three still missing. now, authorities say new information suggests this was no accident. this morning, new suspicion that this horrific family crash was intentional. inside this mangled suv, police recovered the bodies of jennifer and sarah hart and three of the

six adopted children. the other three believed to be in the suv are still missing. >> no signs of anybody around. no signs of anybody at all. >> reporter: now, a spokesperson with the california highway patrol tells nbc news, new evidence suggests the family's suv had stopped 70 feet from the cliff's edge and accelerated straight off the cliff and into the pacific coast waters 100 feet below. >> this is a very confusing scene because there's no skid marks. there's no brake marks. >> reporter: could the harts have crashed on purpose? ♪ happy birthday to you >> reporter: on social media, they were the picture of a happy family. but social services has identified the deceased children as potential victims of neglect or abuse. public records show one of the moms pled guilty to misdemeanor domestic assault in 2011, after bruises were found on her

6-year-old daughter's body. hart admitted that she let her anger get out of control. one of the missing children, devonte hart, was famously photographed in 2014, hugging a police officer during a rally in portland. but neighbors said devonte had been sneaking over to their home, begging for food. >> devonte, coming over here and telling us that, you know, he's being starved to death. they're mean and, you know, he doesn't like it. >> reporter: but friends of the family says the harts were great parents. >> they were the most loving two moms we would hacould have seen earth, caring for six adoptive children. >> reporter: police searched the family's home, taking away computers, credit card and bank statements. all clues in this devastating crash. no suicide note was found in the family home and investigators are working with police in washington state where they

lived to accompliestablish a tin the crash. >> natalie, thank you very much. we're going to switch gears and talk snow, snow, snow. >> yes. it's not just snowing here. it's snowing back through montana. billings, montana, seeing heavier snow. same goes for the dakotas. and this storm system is part of a bigger cold front that's going to produce storms tomorrow, especially for southwestern ohio, southern indiana, western kentucky and western tennessee, as well. 40 million are at risk for strong storms that could produce some isolated tornados and damaging winds are possible, as well. let's take you through the timeline here. we're going to see mainly snow through the northern plains today. the storms don't get going until tomorrow, as the whole system moves to the east. you can see they fire up with heavy downpours, as well, across parts of the midwest. this will transition into rain for the east coast later in the week, by wednesday. snowfall totals are forecast to

be as high as 6 inches from green bay to lacrosse, and south of minneapolis. minneapolis could end up with and we are seeing some fog especially from woodside, this is our picture using our weather underground cameras. but elsewhere, very calm and cool weather this morning in san francisco 53 right now, your current temperature trend does trend into the upper 50s by about 11:00 and our highs expected to climb into the mid-60s for san francisco and even some 70s on the map especially toward the interior valley. >> and that's your latest forecast. >> all right, dylan, thank you. much more ahead this morning, including is your teenager juuling? what all parents need to know about what that word means. it's a troubling trend in schools nationwide.

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sale of smartphones. and now, devices could listen to more inside our homes. things like dinner conversations, what your kids are up to. are these really assistants or could they become advertising spies? this morning, millions of americans are waking up and saying hello to their smart speaker. >> how many tablespoons are in three-fourths cup. >> reporter: alexa and google home. >> google, tell me about my day. >> reporter: the devices listen and respond when prompted. >> right now, it's 70 degrees. >> reporter: answering questions and keeping to-do lists. now, tech giants may push their products even further, raising concerns about consume er priva. and potential for spying. first detailed in "the new york times," amazon and google have described the possibilities of new technology with the capacity

to be incredible -- >> you have taken about 13,006 steps. >> reporter: and some fear troubling. one application shows the company working on devices where they monitor activities. according to the application, they could monitor everything. how much your family eats dinner together. how much power you use. and whether the kids are getting into, quote, mischief. >> party time. >> excellent. >> reporter: amazon seems to be planning for a time to target ads by listening in on phone conversations. >> the microphones can hear you from any direction. >> reporter: the creators would determine a person's interests and use key words to push advertising to you. >> we have smart speakers where a.i. is the name of the game. and it seems like someone is

always listening and that's the price we pay for our high-tech existence. >> reporter: the positive new features are nothing more than surveillance. amazon said, we take privacy seriously and have built privacy in our devices. we do not use them for advertising. adding, patents do not reflect current developments in services. google tells nbc news, we file applications for a variety of products. some into products and services, some don't. announcements should not be inferred from our patent applications. but questions remain, how much do we want companies to know about our private lives? now, our apologies if we made some alexas and google homes go haywire with the trigger words. hard to do a story without them listening. if you have an echo, there is a

way to check to see what amazon has been recording. if you want to pull out your phones. this is wild. you're going to look for this hamburger icon. >> hamburger? >> we're in the alexa app. and this is the hamburger up here. >> you call that a hamburger? >> the three lines? >> yeah. and they come into settings. >> settings. >> i'm with you. >> all right. >> you're going to go down to history. we're going to hope this plays. i'm going to hit this. this is the last thing i said to my alexa. >> are you sure? >> this is wild. >> ball. >> you hear what's going on in the background? that's me zipping up my luggage to leave. i was in the other room, about 15 feet away. and it could hear me zipping up my luggage. >> can you opt out of that feature? >> you can delete recordings. >> but does that delete it from your phone or from the system? >> it should delete it from the

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space station landed in the middle of the south pacific, just off the coast of tahiti, around 8:15 eastern time last night. the tiangong, which means heavenly palace, malfunctioned in 2016, and was out of control, orbiting earth at 17,000 miles per hour. its fiery end has captured attention for weeks, as scientists and science enthusiasts tracked its descent. >> you want the smooth landing. same with a space station so you know how it will react. >> reporter: the 43rd parallel that cuts across the u.s., from new england to oregon. >> it's a very uncertain process. if you're off by half an hour,

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good morning. 7:55. we're off as to a clear start over san francisco. a great way to start our monday morning. we're seeing mostly clear skies. temperatures remain on the cooler side in the 40s and 50s and a quick check of your coastal fog and 24 hour temperature change, still areas of patchy fog along the coast and woodside. right now though temperatures are seasonable into the afternoon. we'll see a nice increase into the mid-60s for san francisco. highs about 63. plenty of sunshine to go around. further inland, we will climb into the upper 60s and even low 70s. san jose expecting a high of 73, but overall we will maintain mostly clear skies and dry conditions before we see a big shift in the weather that will bring in rain. i'll talk more about that in a bit. and looking at a good commute. nice roadways.

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♪ ♪ it's 8:00 on "today." coming up, up in smoke, teens across the country are lighting up a new kind of cigarette, one that's easy to conceal and charges over u and charges over usb. >> you can spoke this product, get a hit of nicotine and leave no after smell. >> how dangerous is jewelling what patterns need to know about the alarming trend. >> buzzer beater, notre dame enrique ogunbowale wins her second winning in a row. >> we been down before so we were able to come back and everybody stepped up at the right time. >> we'll check in with her live

there morning after that big win. and he's back, arnold juarsuare gar following the open heart surgery. today monday, april 2nd, 2018. >> hey dylan, why is it snowing in april? >> we're here to meet savannah and hoda. >> we're the oliver family from virginia. >> we're best friends from virginia and we just want to say, hi mom and dad. >> what a beautiful day.

it is a beautiful crowd standing out there. >> good morning everybody nice to have you with us. >> can you believe that it's april and snowing? we do have a lot going on. let's turn to your news at 8:00. as tsaiing goes april showers bring may flowers. dillen is outside. dillen just a quick question, what is happening? >> that's a very good question. we're already past easter and we're still dealing with a snowstorm in the northeast. it's sending the big fat snow flakings. we have an effect into rhode island, parts of massachusetts. it's going to be a slippery commute. the heaviest of the snow moving into new jersey up into new york right now. it will last another half hour or so. temperatures around the freezing point that's why we're seeing the snow start to pile up on some surfaces. by 11:00 most of the snow is gone. the sun should try to come back

this afternoon and it will help to melt some of the snow. reports back to new jersey already four to 5 inches of snow on the grown. some areas near 6 inches. new york we should get a couple inches. the boston area, it should be an inch or less. it is kind of pouring snow out here right now. people are still out here enjoying it, savannah. >> enjoying it. breaking news, facebook ceo mark zuckerberg speaking out this morning in an preview about hi company's privacy scandal. zuckerberg hitting back. tim cook who land based his business model which cook described as a scheme to monetize his value, zuckerberg says it's unfair. >> i find that argument if you're not paying that somehow we can't care about you to be extremely glid and not at all inlined with the truth.

i make all our decisions based on what's going to matter to our community is focus on what's less -- >> this is coming after facebook struggles to win back the trust of millions of users. also breaking this morning we learned south africa's winnie mandela has died. the 81-year-old was the wife of nelson man de la and herself a tireless campaign for africa. four years later, nelson mandela could become south africa's black president but the couple eventually divorced. a spokes person for mandela says she died peacefully after a illness that is kept her in and out of the hospital for the

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♪ and we are back with well wishes pouring in for actor and former california governor arnold schwarzenegger. >> that's right. he's recovering in the hospital this morning after a major health scare. good morning. >> good morning. in fact you know him from his stunts and his flexing. he's broken ribs, a leg, even had his hip replaced. but this time it was his heart. now arnold schwarzenegger on the mend after an unexpected complication forced a planned procedure forced him team of quick thinking doctors to perform emergency open heart surgery. >> this morning arnold schwarzenegger waking up from the procedure in good spirits. his first words a play on his famous catchphrase from the wildly popular terminator

franchise. >> i'm back. >> schwarzenegger now 70 years old checked into the hospital thursday for a planned heart valve replacement when the commonplace procedure suddenly became high risk. >> they were trying a minimally invasive approach, and they had to go to open heart surgery. >> reporter: he underwent a valve replacement in 1997. his rep telling nbc news that valve had never meant to be permanent and had outlived his life expectancy of 10 to 15 years. and while he shows no sign of slowing down, experts say those in need of a valve replacement often will experience shortness of breath, a symptom that will ask you to promptly ask your doctor questions. >> if if does get to that stage,

you want to get surgery sooner rather than later. you don't want to wait until it's so crit that it's an emergency surgery. >> reporter: while the overall recovery time for a valve replacement surgery is 6 to 8 weeks, this morning schwarzenegger's friend and extendible's co-star sylvester stallone sending him words of encouragement. stallone telling tmz despite his heart condition he doesn't expect his friends to say. >> hasta luvista, baby. >> reporter: to smoking anytime soon. >> some things you just can't give up. smoking and breathing. >> reporter: congenital heart defect the most common type of heart defect, affecting 35,000 babies each year. he's expected to spend 30 days

in the icu. >> we're talking about cigars. how about another kind of smoking. there's a new smoking trend at a growing number of high schools nationwide. >> this thing is called jewelling. so what is it and how health experts say it could be a threat to your kids. >> reporter: they're small and sleek, colorful and flavorful. on its website jewel calls its product the satisfying alternative to cigarettes. most kids call it jewelling and the campaign tobacco free program says it's an alternative. >> you literally plug it into a usb drive on your computer, it lights up and heats up, and then you can put it in your hand and without anybody actually knowing what you're doing, you can smoke

this product, get a hit of nicotine and without leaving any after smell. >> really like the mint and the fruit, those are the two flavors that we all really use. >> reporter: 17-year-old jake has been jewelling for a year now. >> after the last couple of months i've seen a huge increase. >> reporter: jewel lab says it strongly condemns the use of its products by minors. in addition to limiting web sales to those over 21 jewel says it also works with school districts across the country to deploy educational programs in an effort to reduce the number of minors who possess or use tobac tobacco products. school officials worry kids don't know how dangerous the product can be. in fact, each jewel pod has as much nicotine as a pack of cigarettes. >> they don't understand the

potency of them. >> reporter: a product designed to help adults quit smoking maybe getting kids to start. nbc news, new york. >> according to a recent report jewel now makes up 49% of the e-cigarette market with young people responsible for much of the rise in popularity. >> well, a brave new world, i guess. >> it looks like a fresh drive. it's see small. >> and megyn kelly will have r more on jewelling. but first you've got to look at the weather. >> well, it feels like spring somewhere. it's down into georgia and north and south carolina. we have temperatures 10 degrees above average. wilmington, 81 degrees. as we go into tuesday some of that warmth will spread north into columbus. 74 on tuesday, 77 in charleston, 14 degrees above average, and even pittsburgh will be close to

70. and then by wednesday we're looking at about a 30 degree temperature change. st. louis a high on wednesday of only 45 degrees. we're kind of up and down as far as temperatures go. we have more snow that's going to continue to fall across parts of the northwest and midplains. and there is a fire threat that's a look at the weather across the country. now hire's a peek out your window. >> it's a cool morning. we've got 54 in san francisco. we've got some cloud cover, but overall, looking very beautiful out there. very calm weather this morning. by about 10:00 a.m., we'll start climbing into the upper 50s. climbing into the 60 degree mark by 1:00 during your lunch hour. san francisco shop topping out into those low 60s. the rest of the bay area climbs nicely into the upper 60s and even low 70s as we head into tonight. >> and that's your latest forecast. >> all right, dillan.

>> for the win. score! enrique does it again. >> that was the national championship game. notre dame's arike ogunbowale beati with a buzzer beater. >> and can we say she's with us on the phone. girl, just tell us this, how did you sleep and tell me just one of your dreams. >> you're living your dream arike. i mean not once but twice at the moment it matters most, the final four and you get this buzzer beater shot. but is this something you actually practiced for or kind of like a hail mary? >> i do this in practice, off

balance shots. it just felt right. >> arike, it's one thing to do in it practice. but it is another thing to do it with seconds ticking on the clock, the crowd screaming. tell me right before you let that last one go, were you doing it by rote or were you thinking something? >> well, the plan is, but jackie, she was like if i can't get it, i want you to cover the ball. and i'm in the position and i get the shot. >> arike, is everyone tweeting you? give me three good ones. >> i mean kobe bryant, dwayne wade, demarco and jj watts. so it's been crazy. >> you're a star. >> are you on the bus right now with your teammates? >> yeah, i'm on the bus right now going back to school. >> can you get them all to like scream for you? >> half of them are asleep. >> arike, we are so happy for

you and proud of you. those two shots were something that you're going to be reliving forever and so will the rest of us. >> thank you so much. >> thanks again honey and congratulations on the big one. >> congrats. carson is in the orange room where two holidays are dominating social media. >> the holiday didn't distract people from pulling some pranks. companies always like to get in on the mix, and snap chat went pretty bold by taking aim at facebook. they created a filter that looks just like a facebook post but features a cyrillic style text and others took a more lighthearted approach. as you see here google shared the messing persons poster asking where waldo, and then when you open your google maps and browser you actually have the option to track waldo down. and we also saw several fake products surface.

l lego vacu, sort, which picks up legos -- we need this. that's grace's mother's face staring at her. that was a good one. and because it was easter there were some clever candy swats. they were chocolate covered brussels sprouts. and this mom swapped out chocolate eggs for green grapes, actually taking the time to individually change the foil wraps there. and roqku socks, and a coffee line for sharman and a dating app for dogs. >> did you say a toilet paper line for -- >> correct, by sharmman. and your husband had a good one. >> somehow he got into my

mother's phone and somehow whenever she would text it would come up big boobies instead. >> he did it to your mom or his own mom? >> his own mom. >> okay. got to learn how to do that. was anybody else up late last night? jesus christ superstar, it aired last night and did not disappoint. john legend, sarah bu rals, but it was someone who wasn't even in the musical who stole the show. john legend's wife chrissy teagan the super model was live tweeting the performance. she was writing i'm assuming these people are bad because

coats. i do when luna plays with glitter. i have a feeling who ever has the deepest v will be crucified. one of the legend's toughest performances was for a song. ♪ have to know my lord why should i die ♪ ♪ why should i die >> he won't say it, but i know he was nervous for that song. so good. and we agree. congrats to everybody that worked on jesus christ superstar. job well-done. >> john legend was like, wait, i just played jesus and we're talking about chrissy's tweets. attending easter service with the queen, and the couple expecting their third child.

prince harry and megan markle did not attend the service, spending the holiday privately. the pair wore matching whiteout fits, and gwyneth paltrow taking an opportunity to get a snap with the easter bunny. but it's mandy moore who has the most impressive news to share. the "this is us" star tackled mount kilimanjaro. it took her eight hours to get to the peak. she said reaching the threshold of the summit was more emotional and overwhelming than i thought possible. there's nothing more empowering than realizing we're capable than so much more we give ourselves credit for. our congratulations to her. >> you got a click? we do have a click with the help of a pringles can.

>> you got to hit it. >> is that for real? >> yeah, it's for real. pretty impressive shot there. there's an instagram account dedicated to showing off his golfing skills which reminds me of a young tiger woods who you might remember was on a show called that's incredible doing feats just like this at this age, doing holes in ones. masters week this week. just ahead wesley mann on her new movie and tyra banks. checking your local news and weather. i )m ...

a missing southern good morning. it's 8:26. i'm chris sanchez. a missing southern california teenager was found alive around 5:30 this morning after crews spent 12 hours looking through the sewer system trying to find him. his name is jesse hernandez. right now, he is at the hospital being decontaminated. also, right now, mark zuckerberg is firing back at apple's tim cook. cook criticized facebook for the company's data privacy practices. now zuckerberg says he rejects the argument that facebook doesn't care about its users. scott is working on that story for our midday newscast. now, a look at what is a pretty good drive. >> a great drive right now. a lot of schools on spring break. but north of here, north of the coliseum, 880 does jam up near

fifth. everything else looking really good. south bay included. and across the san mateo and dumbarton bridges. a crash over here, hayward side, has had about 20 minutes to clear. getting over a lot easier than it was a half an hour ago. the downtown push we talked about. 101 does slow a bit at university that you see here. also through san mateo itself south side. the northbound side looks great, in towards san francisco. back to you. >> all right. we have more local news coming up for you in just a half hour. we'll look at that forecast as it's changing as well. sorry. i can't make it.

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♪ you're making them stand out here? >> welcome back, everybody. it is 8:30 on a monday morning, april 2nd. a lot of folks didn't know it was going to snow today. but we are all here, we are cozy and we are together. i want to give a quick hello to this cute, little -- come with me one for second -- right here. want to say hi to aubrey and savannah. they're special friends of the "today" show. we want to say welcome. thanks for coming, kiddos. we love you. also coming up, guys. we love her. leslie mann is here. she is doing what she does in the new movie "blockers." it is hilarious.

we're going to talk about that, her family and so much more. and more ladies we love, tyra banks and her mom, caroline. they are sharing life lessons in their style. and lydia is cooking. she's one of our favorites. first, i love an excuse to talk about golf. on sunday, 80 talented boys and girls took part in the 2018 drive, chip & putt national finals. the event at augusta national signals the kickoff of masters week. if you want to get ready for the men's first major of the year, check out "live from the masters" all this week. a crowd moment this week. we're giving away to the entire crowd, red noses for red nose day, coming up on thursday, may 24th. the mission is to end child poverty. >> and it will keep the noses warm today because it's so cold. >> look who is helping us out.

it's akbar from "america ninja warrior." >> what else is coming up? >> later in the show, we'll get to body language. if you want to ask for a raise, what not to do with your chin. >> interesting. >> i'm thinking about my chin too much. >> i got the answers for you today. >> thank you so much. dylan, i don't know what to say to you. this weather. >> i apologize. it's not my fault. we are going to see heavier snow wind down in the new york city area. we're looking at improving opinions later today. it's warm in the southeast. another place it's snowing is through the northern plains and the upper midwest, where we could see 3 to 6 inches of snow. the snow continues in minnesota and wisconsin, where we'll see more snow. severe storms in the midwest and in illinois and indiana.

parts of michigan, too, could see isolated severe storms. freezi freezing cold temperatures work through the northern plains. in the southwest, the temperatures are in the that's a look at the weather across the country. now here's a peek out your windo. >> we're still in the 50s for the most part across the bay area. san jose right now 53 as you make your way outdoors. near hayward, 54. oakland at 54. it's a little chillier, about 45 degrees. but overall, some nice dry conditions expected before we see a change in the weather. today's temperature trend, very comfortable, very seasonable. temperatures will climb into the 70s for san jose. expect to top out at about 73 degrees with a lot of sunshine. >> i feel like adults are sick of the snow. what about you? how are you feeling about the snow? >> i'm just really cold. >> i'll belt you't you're cold. and you just took your red nose off.

is it keeping you warmer? warmer. not warm. but we're trying. hoda? >> dylan, thank you so much. you know her. tyra banks is a supermodel, a tv host, an actress, entrepreneur, an emmy winner. the list goes on and on. we know behind every strong woman, there is a stronger one. a stronger mom in this case. tyra and her mom teamed up to tell the story called "perfect is boring: ten things that my momma caught me about beauty, bo bootyy and being the boss." the front cover is adorable. it's you. you flip it to the back cover and it's your mom. you two, why did you decide to do this together? >> we wanted to do it together because we thought, my mom, was

tired of being parents. we're like, we want to tell the world our story and she raised me and my journey to get to where i am today. and she's so unfiltered and so raw. the things she taught me when it comes to sex, dating, everything, made me blush. >> you were so straightforward. this book comes with a parental advisory. put this book in the trash if that embarrassing you. were you always that open, when it comes to subjects that moms and dads were sensitive about? >> absolutely. >> you just told it. >> yeah. we were all children at one time ourselves. and we did things. and we heard things. and we believed things. i came up in a time where almost everything regarding sexuality was taboo.

>> yeah. >> i went into the world blindly. and talking about bumping into walls -- >> you wanted tyra to have a different view. >> i know where tyra gets her strength when i was reading about you. you were a single mom, a one-bedroom apartment with two kids. every year, you had another room. >> i told them, every year, we're going to get another bedroom. >> you had dreams of being a model and all these things. your dad freaked out and said, i thought you were going to college. you knew this was something you were going to go into. >> i had a crossroads. i had an ability to go to paris and model or go to college. and i told my mom, what should i do? and she said, what should you do? she put it all on me. and i had two weeks to figure it out and decided, i'm going to take this paris route and college will always be there. and i ended up going back to school. >> look what happened. were you a little nervous,

carolyn, when she decided on paris? >> i was freaking out inside. the one thing i told her when she asked me, this is your life. i want you to know that whatever choice you make, i will support you in that, in my heart, i wanted her to go to college, too. >> but you let her do what she wanted. there's a lot of life lessons for any child and parent in this book. you own who you are. you've never been afraid to talk about weight, about anything. you have a couple of revelations in the book, too. you got a nose job and you didn't talk about it. and you say, what was your phrase? >> fix it or flaunt it. >> yeah. >> when i was -- how old was i? 5? or 3? >> you were about 3. >> i didn't know i broke my nose. i didn't know it. >> i didn't know it. >> so, my aunt said, your child -- her sister said, tyra

broke her nose. she's not crying that much. cut to years later, i'm like, constantly scratching my nose. it was growing sideways. i didn't notice until a makeup artist told me. girl, your nose, it's like alive. it's growing sideways. it's getting big on the side. and when i touch it, i feel like bones sticking out. >> you fixed it because it was broken. >> yes, it was broken. however, the doctor was like, yeah, it's broken, but you can breathe. if you want to fix it, maybe we should make it look like your moms. and hers was too keen for my face. he says, let's do this and make it african-american. it was cosmetic/medical. >> we should point out this book has so many great stories. you write in your own voice, i feel like i know you after reading this book. >> that's what she said. >> thank you so much. the book is called "perfect is

boring." that's the truest statement ever. you can find out more about it at today.com/shop. we're going to talk movies, marriage and motherhood with leslie mann. but first, this is "today" on nbc.

♪ and we're back with leslie mann, star of a new movie that everyone is talking about, called "blockers." >> about three men that make a prom night pact. and their parents will do anything to stop them, even start a car chase with their limo. >> i asked myself a question. wwvdd. you know what that means? >> what would vin diesel do? >> nobody gets that. you're going to hit the bumper. they're going to spin and stop. we're going to look at each other and go, it's all about the family. >> i don't feel comfortable running the kids off the road. >> this slow and unfurious attitude is not helping us.

you have to believe. kiss it. >> leslie, good morning. >> good morning. >> this movie, two things people say about it. number one, it's really funny. >> it is. >> and number two, it's raunchy. >> it's raunchy. it's a little raunchy. but it's really funny. and also, a really sweet, funny movie. i'm not even lying. sometimes i say that to people. go see it. it's good. it's really good. but i'm lying. i'm telling the truth. it's good and sweet and hilarious. just makes you happy. >> the parents find out there's a prom pact. >> the parents are at home. my daughter leaves her computer open, which is connected to her phone. and she is texting with her friends about this sex pact, to lose their virginity. and we see everything. but we have to --

>> did they try to hide it? >> we have to decode it because it's in emojis. and we don't know emoji language. it's a little tricky. >> you see the eggplant emoji -- >> we're like, oh. >> we finally get it. it takes a minute. >> you get it. you decide we're going to do something about it. we're going to stop them from making the biggest mistake of the their lives. >> yes. >> there's some scenes in here -- >> the john cena scene, we can't even talk about it. >> we can talk about it. we can't show it. >> the -- >> the beer. >> in the -- >> the beer moment. >> yes. >> that's right. >> yes. >> bcan we say that? >> john cena bares all. >> he does. he likes being naked. he looks great. and why not? i don't know what you can say about that scene.

>> it said everything in a photo. >> which photo do you have? >> the funnel and it's going south. >> i'm behind him. right there -- >> the larger issue is parents are willing to do anything to win the favor of their children and if the kids think it's funny, i'll go for it. >> don't do that at home. that's dangerous. >> how far are you and your husband, judd apatow, from being empty-nester? >> we still have one. >> can you connect with that? >> i started shooting this movie just after i dropped off my daughter at college. and so, it was, like, great because i got to talk to these -- talk about how i felt every day. >> right. >> how miserable i was and how

sad i was that she left. and i mean, thank god i had that because i think i probably would have just laid in bed with the drapes closed and watched tv for three months. >> come home. >> come home. but you know, she's talking about wanting to drop out of college now. and i'm kind of happy about it. >> right? you never thought you would support that notion. but now -- >> why would you want to do that? >> do it tomorrow. you should be around the people you love the most. and i should be around you. i'm your favorite person. why would you want to leave me. >> your room is ready. just come home. >> exactly. >> there's funny and really funny. this is one of the movies and you see the trailer and like, wow, this is funny. and there's a big heart in there, too. >> thank you so much. >> heshe's back with her young co-stars. hoda and kathy ll kathie lee is talk to them later. coming up, lidia bastianich

on her life, family and food. she's going to celebrate her family recipes that we're excited to partake in. we'll do that. first, this is " to

and we're back with "today food." one of our favorites is here. lidia bastianich. she is the matriary trtriarch o. she was forced to plea yugoslavia when she was a young girl. stayed in italy before coming to america and eventually cooking up a culinary empire. she opens up in her new book, "my american dream." about the book, what do you remember about the days being a young girl behind communist regime? >> i remember vividly everything. it was so engrained in my mind. it was a difficult time. i remember, i grew up with my

grandmother because things were -- >> rosa. you talk a lot about her. >> there wasn't enough food. they didn't let us practice our religion. a lot of foraging for asparagu. the thin ones were wild asparagus. we would make frittatas in the spring thy springtime. >> did you think your love of cooking came from your grandmother? >> absolutely. when we escaped, i didn't know we weren't going to go back. my mother, my brother and myself went to italy to visit family. my father remained because they held one member of the family as a hostage. he joined us and escaped. and i was told we would not go back to see grandma. and food became my connection to her. and i've been cooking since, to try to carry on with grandma's flavors. >> that's beautiful.

>> asparagus. simple like this. the thin ones are the better ones. it reminds me of the wild ones i used to have. >> i like the thin ones, too. this is an asparagus meal. >> we used to have it all the time. lunch and dinner. plenty of asparagus. the chicken were laying the eggs. >> olive oil in a hot pan. put it all in? >> yes. >> throw in the thin asparagus. >> i like to add a little scallions just for flavor. >> do it now? >> yes. >> beautiful. >> let this sweat it out. we cover it. that will happen just like that. and here, we have the cooked. can you whisk this good? >> i can try. >> up, up, up. there you go. there you go. a little salt. a little fresh pepper. and that's all. as simple as that, this makes for me at least, it makes a delicious, delicious meal, just like that.

>> this is like a little frittata now. >> this is wilted now. >> what's the asparagus, fully cooked, add the egg? >> just al dente. you spread it out. put the scallions? did you put them in? >> it won't hurt to have more. how do you like the asparagus frittata? >> it's light and delicious. >> you want to taste? >> of course i do. >> you can eat it warm. you can eat it at room temperature. you can eat it the day after for breakfast. i'm going to make a dessert for you. >> we have a minute to go. >> bread pudding. >> i'm eating that. you need help. okay. all right. >> let's put the sugar in here. >> where did you eat the bread pudding? >> the cherries, springtime, we had a cherry tree. i would climb on the cherry tree. and just like a bird. i would pluck it and eat my

fill. >> i love when you cook, it takes you back to memories of your grandmother. >> food is about memory. you know, carson, i always thought people wanted from me, the recipes and they do. >> they want the stories. >> now, they want the stories. you soak the bread and the cherry ps a cherries. and you put it just like that. >> that's beautiful. >> you put some toasted almonds on top. >> a little jam. >> some jam. cinnamon or whatever this is. >> with your fingers, yes. it's okay. >> beautiful. >> and you put some water in here and put it in the oven. >> how long do you bake that? >> 40 minutes. just like that. >> guys, you have the bread pudding down there? >> take a bite. you're going to freak. it's so good. >> you're eating my memories. >> i think a little liqueur in this would add some taste. >> absolutely. >> you can head to today.com/food. for more on lidia's book, go to

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[ applause ] good morning. good morning. and happy monday, everyone. i'm megyn kelly. we begin with bill cosby facing a criminal trial that starts today. a jaw-dropping moment from the women's ncaa championship game. and a devastating shark attack in hawaii. joining me to discuss these items and more, amy holmes, host of "in principle." leas wiel. and akbar, host of "american ninja warrior" here on nbc. good morning to you all. >> hey. >> great to see you.