>> definitely. you know how it gets when it rains on the roads. >> 4:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. (música). president trump signs a new order sending troops to the mexican border. the first wave expected to arrive as early as today. >> we're working with all haste. the threat is real. >> but what's their mission and how long will they be there? facebook bombshell. the company's privacy scandal much larger than first feared. now impacting up to 87 million users, and the flaw the company says may have exposed nearly everyone on facebook. ceo mark zuckerberg taking the blame as he prepares to testify before congress. >> i started this place, i run it, i'm responsible for what happens here. >> we are live at facebook headquarters. red flags. new details emerging about the

woman behind the shooting rampage at youtube as her family accuses police of missing a chance to prevent a deadly attack. >> police say we are going to watch her, but they didn't watch her. >> those stories, plus where are they? the deepening mystery surrounding the search for three children still missing after a deadly cliff crash, now being called intentional. say it ain't snow. three new storm systems that could bring even more snow to the midwest and northeast. and chip off the old block. jack nicklaus' teenage grandson tees it up at the masters par 3 contest. >> come on, come on, come on. >> go in. >> yes, yes, yes! >> and sinks his first-ever hole in one. what the golf legend is saying about that masterful moment, today, thursday, april 5th, 2018.

>> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> hey, everybody, welcome to "today." thank you for joining us on this thursday morning. what a moment on the golf course! >> do you think it runs in their dna? this is g.t. nicklaus. what a shot, a hole in one. >> jack's grandson. >> jack is watching the whole thing. let's just see it roll in one more time. that's amazing. he makes the shot. just incredible. come on, get in there. >> sit down, as they say. sit down. >> i know, the celebration is awesome. >> we'll have more on that, carson will talk about that some more. first to our top story. president trump making it official, turning to the u.s. military to help secure the u.s./mexican border. while some troops could be in place almost immediately, a lot of details are still being hammered out right now. kristen welker is at the white house with what we're learning just this morning.

hey, kristen, good morning. >> reporter: hi, hoda, good morning to you. the white house seems to be writing policy in real time after president trump announced this week he plans to send the national guard to the border. there are few details this morning about the plan, but so far there's plenty of heated debate. this morning a border battle brewing. the president officially sending the national guard to the mexican border, saying in a proclamation the situation at the border has now reached a point of crisis and that his administration has no choice but to act due to illegal drugs, dangerous gang activity and extensive illegal immigration. homeland security security, kirstjen nielsen. >> we do hope the deployment begins immediately. we are working with all haste. the threat is real. >> reporter: the president is directing the pentagon and department of homeland security to work with border governors to deploy national guard troops announcement earlier this week. >> we are preparing for the

military to secure our border between mexico and the united states. it's something we have to do. >> reporter: republican-led states, arizona, texas and new mexico welcomed the news with arizona's governor tweeting washington has ignored this issue for too long and help is needed. but california, which has led the resistance against the president's hard-line immigration policies, noncommittal. a state representative saying the request will be promptly reviewed. and while the homeland secretary said troops could start to be deployed immediately, this morning there are still few details. among the unanswered questions, how much will it cost? how many national guard troops will be sent? will they be armed? >> kristen, obviously this has been a big part of the president's campaign being tough on immigration, cracking down at the border, but why now? why the decision to send the guard in? >> reporter: it's a big question, savannah. and there may in fact be a number of factors.

for one, the president has been openly venting for days about those reports of a caravan of migrants from central america heading through mexico to the u.s. that has since dispersed, though. but politics may be playing a large role as well. some of the president's staunchest supporters have criticized him recently for not making enough progress on the border wall, a signature campaign promise and other key priorities. statistics actually show illegal border crossings are at a historically low level but the dhs secretary argued that april is traditionally a month that brings an uptick in those crossings. savannah and hoda. >> kristen welker, thank you. now to yet another new blow to facebook. it turns out the privacy scandal that has users deleting their accounts and has sent the company's market value plunging is actually much larger than we previously knew. nbc's business correspondent jo ling kent is at facebook headquarters. hey, jo, good morning. >> reporter: hey, guys, good morning. the damage here at facebook is far worse than originally disclosed.

up to 87 million people and their facebook data may have been harvested by cambridge analytica. this has got mark zuckerberg once again apologizing and promising that more change is coming. >> we didn't take a broad enough view of what our responsibility is and that was a huge mistake. it was my mistake. >> reporter: embattled facebook ceo mark zuckerberg telling reporters wednesday, he's still the best person to run the world's biggest social network. >> i think life is about learning from the mistakes and figuring out what you need to do to move forward. i started this place, i run it. i'm responsible for what happens here. >> reporter: that conference call coming ahead of next week's testimony on capitol hill, where he's set to get grilled by lawmakers in the wake of the cambridge analytica scandal. facebook now says the information of as many as 87 million people may have been shared in 2014 with the political firm hired by the trump campaign. that number up from an earlier estimate of 50 million users by a cambridge analytica whistleblower. the firm says they license data from no more than 30 million

people. the controversy causing some users to delete their facebook accounts. zuckerberg now acknowledging its relationship status with users has changed to it's complicated. >> i don't think there's been any meaningful impact that we've observed. but look, it's not good. i don't want anyone to be unhappy with our services. >> reporter: another bombshell, zuckerberg's comments addressing the fact that a now disabled setting allowed hackers to scrape public profile information from other users, using an e-mail address or phone number. >> it is reasonable to expect that if you had that setting turned on that at some point in the last several years, someone has probably accessed your public information in this way. >> reporter: if you're wondering if you're among the 87 million people who had their data accessed by cambridge analytica on facebook, well, zuckerberg now saying that they'll be telling you if you are affected starting monday with a link at the top of your news feed. guys. >> all right, jo. thank you. we want to mention tomorrow

on "today" we'll be sitting down with facebook's number two, sheryl sandberg, for an exclusive morning interview. we'll get her take on this growing scandal, how facebook plans to win back your trust, and a lot more. that's facebook's sheryl sandberg speaking to us tomorrow on "today." turning now to new details about the woman behind that shooting attack at youtube's headquarters and what her family claims were missed warnings. stephanie gosk is there for us this morning. steph, good morning. >> reporter: savannah, good morning. nasim aghdam went through this gate just before she opened fire on youtube employees sitting outside and eating lunch. now investigators say that she was motivated by one thing, her anger towards this company. she had posted rant after rant online. her family knew how upset she was. her father even told police that she was likely in this part of california to go to youtube. many this morning are wondering how it was at a critical moment when she could have been stopped was missed.

nasim aghdam danced in gowns, lifted weights, advocated for animal rights across four different youtube channels. >> you will be discriminated and censored. >> reporter: sometimes in english, other times in the language of her birth place, iran. gathering enough of a following, 9.2 million views since 2010, to make money. but her father tells nbc news when youtube changed its policies, the money dried up. in the last two years, aghdam posted rant after rant against youtube. >> you go after my videos. you see my new videos hardly get views and my old videos that used to get many views, stopped getting views. >> reporter: she said her content was being filtered. >> when it comes to freedom of speech, do you think that iran is better than usa or usa is better than iran? >> reporter: police say the anger drove her to open fire on youtube employees tuesday, hitting three with a smith &

wesson handgun registered in her name. then she took her own life. just hours before the shooting police found aghdam sleeping in her car a half hour from youtube and hundreds of miles away from her san diego home. the license plate matched a missing person report filed by the family. >> the interaction by her is very calm and collected, very normal. the officers don't encounter anything that makes them suspicious. >> reporter: police say they notified the family. after the first call, the father phoned back to say that his daughter was unhappy with youtube. >> the officer didn't feel that it rose to any level of concern. there was no probable cause to have him take any further actions. >> reporter: the family never mentioned a gun. the police never called youtube. but now family members say law enforcement should have done more. >> they said she was angry of youtube so be careful. police said we are going to watch her, but they didn't watch her. >> reporter: despite the

family's concern, her father says he didn't think she would hurt a fly. >> i am sorry, i can't believe it. >> reporter: now this morning grappling with the fact that his daughter tried to do much, much worse. >> steph, what can you tell us about the gun that she used during that shooting? >> reporter: well, we know it was registered in her name but don't know how long she had it. the police chief here in san bruno said she actually went to a gun range the morning of the shooting to practice. he later told me in his words she didn't seem to be super proficient and there was no method or rhyme or reason to the shooting. meanwhile in better news two of the three people have been released from the hospital. the third has been updated from critical to serious co back to you. >> all right, steph, thanks so much. lots more to get to this morning, including the escalating threat of a trade war with china. the tit for tat on tariffs spurring a roller coaster ride on wall street and it could mean you will soon be forced to pay more for many of the things you

buy. tom costello is looking into all of it for us. hi, tom, good morning. >> reporter: savannah, good morning. it probably will be a few months before the things that you and i all buy, tvs, cell phones, auto parts, anything made of steel, before those prices start to jump. there still is time for both sides to negotiate a way out of this, but the list of items that are targeted keeps getting longer. this morning, round two of what could be a looming trade war with china. with a not-so-veiled warning from the chinese ambassador to washington. >> it takes two to tango. >> reporter: china now hitting back, targeting 106 american products for 25% higher tariffs. including u.s. exports of corn and soybeans, beef, whiskey, cars, trucks, and planes sold to china. the counterpunch came just hours after the white house announced plans for new tariffs on even

more chinese products for intellectual property theft, including car parts and electronics made in china, which means americans could soon be paying more for a long list of products. cell phones, computers, tvs, fire extinguishers, dishwashers, snow blowers, motorcycles, even old school records. the national retail federation warning tariffs threaten to hurt consumers, jeopardize job creation and increase the cost of doing business here in the united states. though a white house economic adviser suggests it may all be a negotiating tactic. >> i would take the president seriously on this tariff issue. you know, there are carrots and sticks in life. but he is ultimately a free trader. >> but some of the retaliatory chinese tariffs seem to target trump country, including farmers who now fear lower prices for their crops. >> we're going to have the backs of american workers and american farmers. >> some republican senators are angry, including senator ben sasse, saying trade wars are stupid.

>> when you're on a slippery slope, you are going to find that agriculture is one of the first things going to be retaliated against. >> the concern this morning, a real trade war could lead to american workers being laid off. >> but tom, at this point it's just talk or fear of a trade war, right? we are not in a trade war? >> reporter: exactly. i think it's important to make that point. there is still time to negotiate a way out of this because the administration makes the point this won't take effect for six months, so there is plenty of time to talk. >> but the white house in this case, it does seem like they are serious about this in the long run. >> reporter: yeah. the white house says it is not bluffing on this issue. listen, it has what it believes are legitimate concerns on the part of the chinese engaging in unfair trade practices and a lot of republicans and democrats agree with the white house on that issue. >> all right, tom, thank you so much. just ahead, carson will be here with the story behind that incredible hole in one we showed you at the top of the show that jack nicklaus calls his favorite

moment ever at the masters. >> and he's had a few good moments at the masters so that's saying something. first, believe it or not, i can't believe we're going to say this, we have to talk about snow. dylan, what is going on? >> you said it, don't kill the messenger. yes, we're talking about two rounds of snow. let's take you back to yesterday where the snow is falling at the pittsburgh pirates game. they were hosting the twins. the snow is coming down, temperature was about 33 degrees, winds were up to 18 miles per hour, so the windchill was a factor. so certainly not what you hope to see for the start of baseball season here. but we have more snow falling in pittsburgh, lake-effect snow at this point because the air is so cold. but let's go back to where this next storm system is developing. we have light to moderate snow through north dakota, south dakota, eastern iowa is seeing some snow and this will move through minneapolis/st. paul today, through wisconsin, through michigan tonight. this will move quickly to the east and bring some snow especially to central and northern new england.

we are looking for some moderate accumulations with this storm, but the second storm we're keeping an eye on will move out of the rockies, especially as we go into friday night and saturday. so here you see the snow starting to fill in across the midwest. heavy rain through tennessee. heavy rain approaching georgia for saturday for the masters there. but this will continue to bring light to moderate snow through washington, d.c., through delaware and up into southern new jersey too. so storm one is going to produce a couple inches of snow but it's really storm two as it moves through the appalachians and into the mid-atlantic area where we could see 1 to 2, possibly 3 to 4 inches in some of the higher elevations. that's a look at the weather across the country, your local forecast is coming up in the next 30 seconds.

good morning. the weather so far still fairly calm. temperatures right now rather mild in the 50s. we have that cloud cover. this is that incoming storm system that is expected to make its way to the north bay initially and spread southward. 55 for the south bay. 51 in the tri-valley. 49 in the north bay. your temperature trend for today once again 60s and the breezy conditions will kick into the afternoon. >> and that's your latest forecast. >> oh, dylan. >> dylan, dylan. >> i'm sorry. >> all right. carson has the story behind this amazing moment at the masters. >> guys, unbelievable. golf's first major gets under way this morning, but one of this year's most unforgettable moments at augusta national came wednesday. this is during the annual par 3

contest. that's gary nicklaus jr., the 15-year-old grandson of jack nicklaus. he was caddying for the six-time masters champ. on the final hole of the competition he hits that shot. golden bear lets the grand kid take the tee shot. we wouldn't be showing you this if it didn't drop. unbelievable. gary nicklaus with a hole in one, g.t. as he's known gave his grandpa a big hug. jack shedding some tears and admitting later, they asked him where does that moment rank. he said, and i quote, that's number one. to have your grandson make a hole in one and watch him do it, that's amazing. >> that is unbelievable. >> chills. >> 18 majors for jack. that's the number one moment. >> wow. >> awesome. >> and i get it because that was just awesome. >> is it in the genes? are you born with that skill that one day -- >> we can't wear jeans at augusta. it's gotta be. just what a moment. this is a fun tournament that

they do historically on the wednesday before the tournament starts. it's a big family thing. wives, kids, they all caddie. they let them hit a shot and watch the 15-year-old just dunk it. amazing. >> carson, thank you. you'll come up with much more on the masters just ahead. can tiger woods pull it off? we'll have more on his remarkable comeback. also ahead, guys, the search for the three children still missing after that mysterious cliff crash that police suspect may have been intentional after all. what we're now learning about that family's troubled past. but first, this is "today" on nbc. first, this is "today" on nbc.

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we saw the clouds move in yesterday. the peninsula, 54 degrees. the south bay, 55. 51 degrees for san francisco as well. but as we head in towards the afternoon, the north bay will start to see some of those showers. before it spreads southward to the remainder of the bay area, predicted high of 65 for oakland. 64 for san francisco. it's going to get breezy as well. southerly winds will kick up. san jose climbing into those 70s. if you look at doppler radar we can see the system just off the coast already starting to rain. we saw this early on but now we're starting to see more traffic building. we're seeing some slowing. also seeing some slowing along highway 85. a quick check of the bay bridge. this one has been backed up all morning long. drive times slowing down quite a bit, 19 minutes.

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. good morning, everybody, it's 7:30, thursday, the 5th of april, 2018 of the what a beautiful shot of the new york city skyline where spring is not in the air. >> more snow is heading our way for a large section of the midwest and northeast actually. >> how is that possible? >> i don't know. dylan has been busy. we'll check in with her in just a bit. first let's get a check of the morning's top stories starting with u.s. troops heading to the mexican border. >> border order. president trump signs a proclamation overnight sending the national guard to protect the u.s./mexican border claiming the nation has reached a point of crisis. >> we do hope that the deployment begins immediately. the threat is real. deadly crash. the u.s. air force reveals a pilot from the elite thunderb d

thunderbirds team was killed on wednesday after crashing during training exercises in nevada. be prepared. the u.s. surgeon general urges more americans to begin carrying an antidote for opioid overdoses. a different type of catch. julian edelman helped stop a potential school shooting, reporting a threat made on his instagram account that led police to a teenage suspect now in custody. and spinning her wheels. security cameras capture the moment a woman smashes into a connecticut dmv while taking her driving test. today, thursday, april 5th, 2018. i bet she did really well on her written. i wonder how that turned out. we begin this half hour with a story we've been following and some disturbing new details in the case of that family from washington state whose suv drove off a cliff in northern california. nbc's joe fryer has been following it. he's in los angeles with the latest on the investigation. joe, good morning.

>> savannah, good morning. authorities say there is reason to believe this crash was intentional killing both parents and three of their children. this morning three other kids still remain missing as past abuse allegations against the parents come to light. ten days after the hart family's suv was discovered following a fatal plunge off a steep cliff, about 70 searchers are still combing the area. crews already recovered the bodies of the parents, jennifer and sarah hart, and three of their adopted children, but there's no sign of the other three, including 15-year-old devonte who gained national attention in 2014 for this emotional photo. >> we're going under the assumption that devonte, hannah and sierra were in the vehicle but we don't have 100% information to suggest other than our assumption that they were together. >> while the search presses on, investigators are retracing the family steps using cell phone pings and video. they believe on the morning of march 24th, the harts were in newport, oregon, and by that night had driven 450 miles to

ft. bragg, california. it's there on march 25th, investigators say jennifer hart was seen inside a safeway store buying bananas and other groceries. the next afternoon, march 26, their gmc yukon was discovered 15 miles away in mendocino county. >> no signs of anybody around it. no signs of anybody at all. >> the california highway patrol says evidence suggests the vehicle stopped near the cliff's edge, then accelerated plummeting 100 feet to the rocky shoreline below, but it's unclear why. new documents obtained by nbc news sign a light on the family's troubled past. according to a 2008 police report from alexandria, minnesota, one of the daughters, a 6-year-old, had a bruise on her left arm saying jennifer hart struck her with a belt. the parents told police they did not know how the bruise had gotten on her arm but a few days prior the girl had fallen down eight stairs in the house. the case was closed. in 2011 sarah hart pleaded

guilty to misdemeanor assault after a teacher found bruises on another child. days later all six kids were pulled out of school for home schooling. just two weeks ago the hart's next-door neighbors in washington state called child protective services saying the kids were begging for food. >> devonte coming over here and telling us that, you know, he's being starved to death and they're mean. he doesn't like it. >> according to the associated press, a family friend made similar allegations in 2013, telling oregon officials the harts were depriving their kids of food as punishment, but that friend says she was told there was not enough evidence to make a case. oregon's department of human services citing privacy laws, declined to comment. back to you guys. >> all right, joe, stay on it, thank you. now we're going to switch gears and go over to dylan for another check of the weather. >> good morning, guys. this time we're looking at the west coast where we have a stream of moisture moving in. we call it the pineapple express

because it originates from hawaii. and we do have some flood watches in effect, especially for the sierra nevada mountain range. so as this moisture moves in, it translates into heavy pockets of rain. we are going to see rounds of rain move through, especially tonight into friday. northern california could see torrential downpours. as we go into saturday, more rain is likely to move in. so the flooding risk is serious because that could lead to rock slides and mudslides as this heavy rain starts to fall. rainfall amounts through saturday with those couple of rounds of rain we're going to see could be as high as 2 to 4 inches up near san francisco and some of the higher elevations across the and, yeah, we're definitely tracking that system making its way to northern california right now. and we're already seeing some of the clouds out there, temperatures in the 50s right now. as you wake up, not seeing much rain but it's on its way. the north bay will be the first to see those showers earlier on, 49 degrees. 51 for san francisco.

54 for the east bay. as far as your temperature trend for san jose, will climb into the 60s, possibly even hitting upper 60s and low 70s. >> and that's your latest forecast. >> all right, dylan, thank you. still to come, buyer beware. why some of our favorite stores may be secretly tracking what we return. plus is "stranger things" a rip-off? why the creators are being accused of stealing idea for the hit show. and we are celebrating the return of trading spaces, the show that started the home improvement craze. the cast will be here with their favorite diy tips. but up next, all eyes on tiger woods with the masters beginning this morning. can he cap what would be a can he cap what would be a comeback for the ages? behr marquee presents: it's got potential. -i think it'll look really good without the stripes. margo and sam had a vision, brought to life in one coat.

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off this morning and everybody is watching tiger woods, after fighting back from years of injury and personal struggles. he's looking to win his fifth green jacket at augusta, a victory that some say would be the greatest comeback ever in any sport. tiger woods, ready to roar. >> i feel fantastic. it's just a matter of now going out there and competing and playing and posting numbers. >> the 42-year-old competing in the masters for the first time since 2015 is healthy and playing some of his best golf in years. tiger hit the links on wednesday for a practice round, playing alongside matt parziale, a massachusetts firefighter who earned a spot in the field by winning a prestigious amateur event. fellow masters champion fred couples is among those who likes what he sees this week, saying woods is hitting it a long way and it looks beautiful. tiger's return to form including two strong showings in florida last month, ramping up expectations for the 14-time major champion. >> i think tiger's chances this

week are exceptional. i don't think i've ever seen him more in control of his golf swing. >> woods saying he is pain-free after undergoing his fourth back surgery last spring. severe back issues forced woods to miss considerable time the last few seasons, even telling a "new york times" reporter in november that at one point he was taking drugs on top of drugs for the pain. last may he was arrested and charged with driving under the influence after he was found asleep at the wheel not far from his florida home. toxicology reports revealed multiple drugs in his system, including pain killers. he pled guilty to reckless driving and completed a drug treatment program. the scenery minding many of woods' infamous 2009 car crash, an accident that led to revelations of his extramarital affairs and subsequent high-profile divorce. >> i am deeply sorry for my irresponsible and selfish behavior i engaged in. >> woods would return to the game even winning player of the year in 2013 before a series of

injuries turned his unstoppable mystique on the golf course into distant memory. but now as tiger returns to familiar ground, all eyes are on the four-time masters champion, looking to pounce and complete a comeback for the ages. >> for him to have the type of surgery that he did, for him to come back and win the masters, that would be remarkable. >> masters always exciting, but there's an extra layer of excitement this year, not just because it's a healthy tiger woods, but because of the field. the young guys, rory, justin thomas, d.j., bubba, it's so strong. we don't remember such a strong -- the 20-somethings. phil mickelson at 47 just won recently. it's just going to be a jam-packed weekend. >> your family is really not going to see you for four days. >> no, they're really not. i'll be in the man cave. coming up next, stranger danger. danger. the new fight over the you totanobody's hurt, new car. but there will still be pain. it comes when your insurance company says they'll only pay three-quarters of what it takes to replace it.

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we are back with a story that will probably interest fans of the netflix hit "strarpg things." >> it's creators are being accused of stealing the show's concept. >> this one has people buzz. a filmmaker says the '80s-inspired hit ripped off his idea and now he's suing, but "stranger things" has openly paid homage to other films so is this just another? this morning, a new plot twist for "stranger things." the creators sued by a filmmaker who accuses the brothers of lifting concepts from his feature film script. >> hold on, to you see him up there? >> and his 2012 short film. in a new lawsuit charlie kessler claims he met the brothers at

the tribeca film festival. at this party the script, ideas, story and film were discussed and presented to the duffers brothers. the lawsuit claims they misappropriated, used and exploited his concepts by producing the hit series "stranger things" without kessler's permission and/or without compensating him. when netflix first announced the series in 2015, it was called montauk. the star has previously linked the show to a lab in the new york town that has long been the subject of widespread conspiracy theories. >> there was like rumors of secret government spies doing these human experiments to fight in the cold war. that's exactly what's happening in "stranger things." so it's based on that one government lab in montauk, new york, which is a real place you can go visit but you're not allowed in. >> in response to the suit, an attorney for the duffer brothers says the claim is completely

meritless. he had no connection to the creation or development of "stranger things." this is just an attempt to profit from other people's creativity and hard work. >> super powers. >> super powers, right. >> i spoke to the stars of the hit series last year. >> did you have any idea the show would be as big as it is now? >> i mean i never really expected anything such like crazy to happen. >> conspiracy, i'm telling you. >> "stranger things" is a famous '80s throwback show, drawing inspiration from movies like "e.t." "firestarter," and "stand by me." proof that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. we reached out to an attorney representing charlie kessler. he did not respond to our repeated requests. netflix also didn't respond to a request for comment so we'll see where it goes. >> can we underscore that the original name was montauk? >> we'll have to get more details on that one.

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good morning. it is 7:55, and the weather has been the big topic because we are tracking an incoming system. right now we're still seeing a lot of cloud cover out there. in the south bay, 56 degrees. temperatures remain fairly mild in the 50s across the board. 51 in the tri-valley. 54 for the peninsula. san francisco, it is rather cloudy in some spots. 51. 49 for the north bay. and the east bay at about 54 degrees. let's show you what we're talking about in terms of your temperature trend and the arrival of this system. as far as your daytime highs, they'll remain in the upper 60s for the most part. mild in terms of the highs. very tropical, very humid feeling. storm ranger in our parking lot but we'll be moving to the san bruno mountain area for the evening. you can see that moisture just off the coast. as of right now the north bay will be the first to see the showers early on and then we're expecting widespread rain into

tonight and tomorrow, all day long, also into saturday morning as well. now let's get a quick check of the roads. as far as your traffic goes, well, we've managed to stay big accident free all morning long. we are definitely starting to see that building 8:00 a.m. traffic. if i zoom it in, a couple of hot spots along 101 and also 87 and along highway 280. your drive times slowing down in the bay bridge. back to you. all right. we're following breaking news in san francisco right now. all san francisco rescue personnel are looking for a person who fell into the water near the ferry building. stay tuned for more details on that. we're also keeping a close eye on the coming storm. go to the weather section of our home page for updates and sign up for alerts. and today may be pivotal in the planned expansion of b.a.r.t. through downtown san jose. vta members are supposed to vote on whether they'll do a single or double tunnel bore. b.a.r.t. will still have to sign off as will federal transportation leaders. we have more news on our website.

♪ it's 8:00 on "today." ♪ it's 8:00 on "today." coming up, point of no return. could retailers reject you the next time you try to return an item? >> tags were on it, receipt in hand. when i went to return it, the cash register printed out a slip saying that i would be denied future returns. >> how some stores could be using newly revealed shopping data to limit the number of returns. this morning, new info that every consumer needs to know. plus trade secrets. >> are you ready to trade spaces? >> we are live with the crew from "trading spaces" the show that started it all, now back for a renovation reboot.

and "les mis" gee whiz. ♪ meet the family gone viral for their amazing rendition of the broadway classic, the performance that will leave you anything but miserable. today, thursday, april 5th, 2018. ♪ >> we are arthur smith middle school from alexandria, louisiana. >> and we're on "today"! >> i'm sonny's biggest fan. >> shout out to north high school class of 2018, let's get it! [ cheers ] >> i'm alice graham and we're here to celebrate -- >> my birthday! >> we're the lynch family from alabama and we love the "today" show! >> and we love you right back. welcome back to "today" on this

thursday morning. thanks for joining us. the crowd is going to be fun, we'll head out there in a little bit in our hats and coats and gloves. >> pretend it's spring. >> we do have a lot to get to this half hour. let's get right to your news at 8:00. president trump insists the situation along the border with mexico has reached what he calls a point of crisis. he signed a proclamation ordering the national guard there immediately. the president insists he has to act now to combat illegal drugs and dangerous gangs and illegal immigration. homeland security secretary is working with governors to deploy the troops. >> our current border security and immigration laws fail the american people. the system rewards bad behavior. it does not punish law breakers. it undermines our nation's economic interests. >> the guardsmen will not have contact with migrants, with the immigrants to secure the border. no word on how many troops will be deployed or how much the mission will cost. the privacy scandal at facebook is even larger than first reported. the social media giant now says

the personal data of up to 87 million users may have been exposed in the cambridge analytica scandal. that's the company that later did consulting work for the trump campaign among others. originally facebook said the data of about 50 million users had been shared. the company's embattled ceo, mark zuckerberg, will appear next week before lawmakers on capitol hill. that controversy has caused some users to delete their facebook accounts. the company's value on wall street has tanked, taken a big, big hit. actually after the show today i'm going to fly out to san francisco and sit down with sheryl sandberg, the coo, the number two at facebook and we'll talk about that. it's an exclusive morning interview and you'll see it tomorrow on "today." >> it will be interesting to see her perspective on all that. new details are emerging about the woman behind the shooting rampage at youtube headquarters. police have learned nasim aghdam visited a gun range that day. they also say video he posted on the website are central to her motive.

in 2010 her youtube videos got more than 9 million views, earning her money. when the company changed its policies, her income dried up. investigators say her anger over that issue drove her to open fire on youtube employees on tuesday. three people were wounded. she then took her own life. a jury has now been picked in the bill cosby sexual assault retrial. prosecutors and the defense have settled on a panel of 12 jurors that will decide whether the 80-year-old comedian drugged and molested a former temple university employee. the jury consists of ten white jurors and two black jurors. seven are men, five are women. that's the same makeup of the first jury, which failed to reach a verdict last june. the new trial is set to begin on monday. you are up to date on the news, but we need a boost. >> i'm going to give it to you. if you thought the partridge family was talented, wait until you see the lebaron family from utah. ♪ tomorrow you'll be worlds

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victoria's secret tracking customer returns. >> right now more than 34,000 stores are using this monitoring system and it's going to increase. >> according to "the wall street journal" a company called the retail equation develops a risk score for customers based on their shopping behavior. >> tags were on it, receipt in hand. >> reporter: sue tillman says she's been shopping at cj penny for 30 years. last summer she says when she went to return a shirt she bought for her husband, she received some surprising news. >> when i went to return it, the cash register printed out a slip saying that i would be denied future returns for 60 days. i'm a platinum card member. i shop there quite frequently. to be denied that not only is it embarrassing in front of a bunch of people, but also i had no idea what to do with the items that i wanted to return. >> tillman says j.c. penney told her she had to contact the retail equation. >> basically i found at that point that they had been

monitoring my returns since 2010. i had no idea that they were doing that. i would say i average probably maybe 12 a year. not that many, they're all ticketed and they're all receipted. >> the retail equation did not respond to our request for comment, but according to "the wall street journal" the company's system is designed to identify 1% of shoppers whose behaviors resemble return fraud or abuse. behaviors that have cost u.s. retailers nearly $23 billion last year alone. for their part, jcpenney confirmed to nbc news that they do use a third-party provider to help prevent fraudulent or abusive returns, adding that use of the system does not impact the vast majority of day-to-day transactions. >> for a very long time retail fraud has been a very big deal. now this company has come up with a solution and retailers are definitely getting on board with it. >> but that does not mean shoppers like sue tillman are. >> you never know if you're

going to be able to return something in the future and if they're going to hold it against you down the road. >> so we reached out to the national retail federation for some tips and they told us to always be sure to save your receipts and research individual return policies before making any purchases. >> a lot of people return a lot of things because you buy online and you think to yourself, well, that didn't fit, i'll take it all back. >> i used to work in this shoe store back in high school in the '80s. i'll never forget the day i was training, the guy goes the only thing you need to know about returns is we take them. things have changed since then. like they wash their tennis shoes and bring them back. okay. >> jeff rossen story we saw a few years ago. you remember that. >> people are wondering, but you don't even want to know. >> all right, guys, jenna is with us which always makes us feel good. she's got a remarkable story about a young man on the adventure of a lifetime. >> he's in the middle of a three-year quest to break a world record by visiting every

national park service site in the country and do it all in one trip. i understand he's changing lives along the way. >> he sure is, good morning, y'all. mike meyer was inspired by his late father's love for the road and his devotion to god. but his faith has taken him on a whole different journey. ♪ >> these are experiences you can only have by standing at that mountaintop and looking around, staring out into god's creation and seeing the splendor. >> micah meyer is no stranger to life on the road. the 32-year-old adventurer has seen it all from the heights of the grand canyon to the depths of the pacific ocean. it's all a part of his effort to set a world record as he travels to every national park service sight in the country, all 417 of them, in one trip. so this has been your home for the last -- >> for the past two years, yeah. i sleep in parking lots and have driven over 44,000 miles in this

sucker. >> and this is your map of your journey? >> in the last two years micah has traveled nonstop in his van, visiting more than 300 national park sites, coast to coast. he has one more year to go. it's a trip inspired by micah's father, larry, a lutheran minister with a love for the open road. he passed away when micah was just 19 years old. >> it just totally changed my perspective as far as tomorrow is not guaranteed. my dad often joked if he hadn't been a pastor, he probably would have been a trucker because he just loved driving so much. >> being on the road with him were some of your fondest memories. >> uh-huh. >> do you feel like he's along with you on this journey? >> totally. i mean the life values i would have gained with him on those road trips, i hope i'm able to pick up through the people i meet and experiences i have. >> but over the last few months, micah's mission has grown into more than just honoring his dad

or breaking a world record. he's setting out to build bridges. >> so what they're going to do -- >> he began sharing his adventures online. micah kept a secret, one he was afraid that would cost him people's support. you are gay. >> mm-hmm. >> was it hard the way you were raised to come out? >> it was super hard. i mean they say you have to choose, you can either be gay and you can't be a christian or you can be a christian and you have to stay in the closet. i spent my whole life praying that god would keep me from being gay. the answer i kept getting back from god through prayer is it's okay, stop asking. it's okay, be who you are. i love you as you are. >> the world can know that they are welcome to be who god made them to be. >> micah decided to start visiting churches along his trip. as he stepped onto the pulpit, he stepped out on faith and began sharing his story. >> i've been at some churches where the pastor said we never talked about lgbt issues in our church. you'll be the first person maybe

they have ever known who's an openly gay christian. ♪ in this life we've come so far ♪ >> the response was powerful. people embraced his message of god's inclusive love. >> people come up to me crying and they say my daughter is a lesbian or my nephew is gay or my uncle is transgender and they pour out their hearts to me because for the first time maybe in their church they felt allowed to. >> micah is living his story and bringing some healing to others who have felt an estrangement from this place that is supposed to be so welcoming. >> how has your faith guided you through this entire process? >> when i began this, people told me it couldn't be done. having the faith that i could be who i was and still do this project and that people would embrace it and that it would change lives -- >> makes you feel pretty good. >> it's a humbling and awesome experience. >> though micah never had the chance to come out to his father, he says his dad would be

proud of who he is today. >> he's just in heaven laughing because his son who swore he'd never be a minister is basically leading ministry across the country. now i'm able to follow his footsteps and help provide a world of inclusion for people who don't see themselves otherwise. >> a world micah is discovering and creating, one bold and faith-filled step at a time. micah says it's been such a powerful feeling not only to be accepted but also celebrated by his faith and he wants other gay christians to feel the same. he still has another year to go, y'all, on his journey and more people to meet and to inspire. if y'all want to follow along, go to today.com to hear more about his journey. >> remarkable. >> he is incredible. >> it's a great story. >> it took a lot of courage. >> and that voice, i was not expecting him to have a set of pipes like that. >> he can sing too. >> jenna, can you hang around and do popstart with us? >> you're the popstart. >> you do popstart. >> dylan, you have a peek at the weather first?

>> i'll talk cold temperatures because nobody else wants to talk about it. it is going to be a very frigid morning as we're seeing with freeze warnings and frost advisories in effect for 20 million people. nashville is starting off the day at 34, birmingham, alabama, starting off the day at 35. rome, georgia, starting off at 37. and as we look in the northeast, temperatures are in the 20s for most areas across the northeast, but it's the windchill that's making it feel even colder. saranac lake feels like 12. the cold air continues to pour in. this canadian cold air will surge down through the great lakes. chicago a high of 43 today, columbus, ohio, 48 degrees. then a secondary round of cold air is going to move in by friday. minneapolis 24 degrees. that's 27 degrees below average. kansas city 40, dodge city, oklahoma, 42 degrees. saturday the cold air continues across the northeast and back through tennessee. 47, that's it for a high in tennessee. that's a look at the weather

across the country. now here's a peek out your window. >> we're not cold or hot here. we're just rather mild. as you make your way outside getting ready for your day, 56 degrees in the south bay peninsu peninsula. we are tracking that incoming system. so these clouds expected to kind of linger around all day before we see that rain moving from north to south. 49 degrees for the north bay. 52 in san francisco. east bay, 54. a quick check right now of your day time highs. we're expecting 60s with breezy conditions. a look right now at the radar, you can see the changes off the coast. >> and that's your latest forecast. >> all right, dylan, thanks. carson is over in the orange room. >> guys, good morning. i shuttled my way over here. take a look at this right here. the band fleetwood mac, one of the greats. they are quickly climbing the music charts all thanks to a viral meme. it started with this video from alcorn state university dance squad in mississippi. the all-female group was

performing along with their pep band but a savvy social media user swaps out the trumpets and tromp -- trombones for the hit single "dreams" and here's what resulted. ♪ here you go again ♪ you say you want your freedom ♪ ♪ well, who am i to keep you down ♪ >> the meme captivated the internet. this clip has been viewed nearly 7 million times on twitter. not only that, fleetwood mac's 41-year-old song "dreams" has seen a 25% increase in streams and is now currently at number 14 on billboards top rock songs chart. tweets have been coming in from fans both old and new. olivia writing why is twitter only just realizing fleetwood mac is one of if not the greatest band ever. julia is adding i literally downloaded the song right after

i saw this meme. i actually wrote that song with the group back in 1977. this is a real photo, not photoshopped. we're at stevie nicks' house in santa monica. i'm glad that you all are discovering the song now. it's amazing. it's a good thing. they also performed here on the plaza. we're huge fans of fleetwood mac on the "today" show. some people thought it was disrespectful to use the band's song that way, but i'm sure the band will be just fine with it and i'm sure they're not too upset about the boost they're getting from the song. "dreams" is actually my favorite fleetwood mac song. it's the only fleetwood mac song if you can believe this that went to number one. what are your favorite songs? >> we both like the same one. >> "landslide." >> i love "go your own way." it reminds me of forrest gump. >> i like "go your own way" too. my mom is a huge stevie nicks' fan. >> "don't stop thinking about tomorrow."

>> songs were written by different members of fleetwood mac. "don't stop" was a lindsay buckingham song. of course stevie nicks sang and wrote "landslide." >> you have so much extra knowledge. >> we're in carson's wheelhouse right there. >> take us to popstart. >> we'll start with carrie underwood. last fall the singer suffered from an accident that led to a broken wrist and more than 40 stitches in her face. since then she's kept a rather low profile and kept her face relatively hidden and warned fans the next time they see her she might look a little bit different. in her latest instagram, she is revealing her face for the first time. you can only see half of her face there but she looks great so we wanted to say we're glad to see you back in the studio and doing well. up next, john legend on easter sunday, you might have seen him as jesus in "jesus christ superstar" but today we have an exclusive first look at the music video for his brand new single "a good night." have a look.

♪ but everything is going to be all right ♪ ♪ i think i just met my wife ♪ i know it's going to be a good night ♪ ♪ i think i just met my wife >> i think we're seeing a new trend here. i mentioned this when taylor swift reshot her delicate video she shot it on a phone. this was entirely on the google pixel phone. look at it, it looks tremendous. the song and video -- >> got to go horizontal. >> this song is about meeting somebody that you immediately connect with and can envision a future with. aka the hoda and kathie lee gifford story. "a good night" will be released at midnight and the full video will be able to watch tomorrow morning. >> john legend, he doesn't sleep. amazing. finally dwayne johnson, the

actor, opening up about his feud with vin diesel. back in 2016 johnson shared an instagram post criticizing other actors on set. it was revealed that he was speaking directly about vin diesel. now in the latest issue of "rolling stone" johnson opening up about that feud saying we have a fundamental difference in philosophy of how we approach movie making. it took some time but i'm grateful for that clarity whether we work together again or not. he added i wish him all the best and harbor no ill will. still under quotes here, actually you can erase that last part about no ill will, we'll just keep it with the clarity, end quote. dwayne saying he was unsure whether he would be back for the ninth installment of the "fast & furious" franchise. >> do you have a click? >> a pretty impressive puppy for you to look at. take a look at this. this dog's owner shows the puppy a cube. then puts it below one of the four cups. we all know this came, right, in

times square. try to follow along and see if you can keep track of it. the dog focusing very intently. he's bobbing his head. sure enough, he nails it. >> he's brilliant. >> the puppy went several rounds. they did this. he got it right 120 times in a row. no, i'm kidding. no. but he got it like two or three times. it's impressive. >> also that's an amazing-looking puppy. >> this should be on sonny's training regimen right here, right? sonny could make some cash out on the plaza. >> he could probably be good at beer pong too. >> thank you, carson. just ahead, guys, a movie about one of the kennedy family's darkest scandals. we'll catch up with jason clark. and the cast of "trading spaces." after your local news. i )m ...

today is shaping up as a piv good morning. it's 8:26. i'm marcus washington. today is shaping up as a pivotal moment for barts future extension into downtown san jose. bta members are voting on plans to bring the massive tunnel project downtown. there's debate about whether that tunnel should be one bore or two. the bta is leaning on what would be a cheaper project involving one bore. bart in the past has moved two. it does appear bart is now on board with bta's idea. either way, bart board members will have to approve it and the federal transit administration must also sign off. right now, taking a look at you commute, a few little backups. >> just a couple slowdowns. a wide look at the bay area. we're seeing some yellows and oranges.

but i am starting to notice some slowing along the peninsula. especially in east palo alto along the northbound side of 101 and even the southbound side seems to be slowing. there are no reports of any major accidents in that area, i think it's just the early morning buildingup of the commute. also minor slowing along 101 as well and also highway 85, early morning slowing. let's look at some of your east bay drive times. this area gets busy. highway 4 to bay bridge, about 21 minutes. >> another local news update in 30 minutes.

and good morning, everybody, it's 8:30. it's the 5th of april, it's a thursday. a lovely spring morning out on our plaza. >> yes. >> a little bit of a chill in the air, lots of smiles on the faces of these great folks who come out. so many people on spring break and we love it when they swing by our plaza. >> we certainly do. we have so many adorable friends and fans out here. i see a bff. i think i found our youngest fan. hi! i think i found our youngest fan. she's 7 months old and her name is dakota. hi, sweet girl.

hi! 7 months old. where are you from? >> we're from cleveland, ohio. >> is dakota digging it? you want it? just something fun for a thursday, y'all. back to you. >> oh, what a cutie. she needs a blankie. >> i can't handle it. thank you for sharing her with us. >> hoda is just like i've got to get a baby fix. i've got to get some babies. >> all right. coming up, you guys, a great actor, jason clark is here. he's in a new movie and it's got a lot of people talking. chappaquiddick brings one of the kennedy family's darkest scandals to the big screen. >> you and sonny match today, do you realize that? >> adorable. very nice. also ahead "trading spaces" is back, we've got paige and some new additions. we're looking forward to catching up with them in just a little bit. they'll share some diy design

tips. and once your place is in tip top shape, you want to post a photo. our social media feed is always flooded with seemingly perfect images, but we say it's time to get real and be honest with each other about some of the messier parts of our lives. there are lots of messy parts. today's style, we're giving it to you straight on everything from wrinkles and body image to dressing room anxiety and aging as well. >> all right. so savannah, jenna, dylan and i all wrote essays about the taboo topics and how we feel about them. at today.com/style so check them out if you want to know about our greatest insecurities. >> have you written yours yet? >> i don't remember. >> dilly dilly, how about a check of the weather? >> it is chilly chilly. so cold out here, chilly chilly is the forecast. you know it's not really going to warm up any time soon. taking a look at the weekend, on friday we are going to see snow through central and northern new england, strong storms moving

through the midwest and the next cold wave already moving through the rockies and the plains states. that's going to shift eastward on saturday, so we're looking at a heavy, wet snow for areas like west virginia, virginia, delaware, down into washington, d.c., too. record low temperatures to start off the day back through the plains. heavy rain up and down the west coast. severe storms possible in the southeast, not so great for the masters on saturday. on sunday it clears out, but more snow moves back into the midwest. it's kind of getting ridiculous that's a look at the weather across the country. now here's a peek ought your window. >> it's still rather calm out there. this is a nice shot of woodside using our weather juunderground camera. the calm before the storm that's expected in the next couple of hours. i kind of take you through our current temperatures now, you can see that for the most parent we're fairly mild, in the 50s now. our doppler radar is going to showcase a lot of that moisture already off the coast. a nice shot of san francisco there. your temperature trend for san francisco jumping into those 60s.

>> we all love when al makes it all the way around the horn. we've got our rolling spring break crowd and we've got to give them all some love. savannah? >> all right, dylan, thank you so much. it is one of the most infamous political scandals involving one of america's most prominent families, the kennedys. in 1969 ted kennedy accidentally drove his car off a bridge into a pond and his passenger, mary jo today pec kapeckni was kille. jason clark plays kennedy as he struggles to say what happened and how to explain it to the public. >> we tell the truth, or at least our version of it. and it ends with an appeal to the voters, to the people that elected me. we need to remind them that this family perseveres, that we don't back down from a fight, that we don't get backed into a corner. we have a true compass and we follow it. >> jason clark, good morning.

>> good morning. >> this is a big role to take on, an iconic american figure. >> that's a big color dress there. >> it is. is it distracting? i should have brought you sunglasses. >> no, it's wonderful. it is, absolutely. it sounds innocuous, drive a car off a bridge into a pond. >> yes, but with incredible consequences. >> incredible consequences that still keep rippling out, excuse the pun. >> so ted kennedy, you're australian, we know that. we hear it in your accent. were you familiar with this story? how much did you even know about ted kennedy? >> i was born the day before it happened, the 17th of july, they took off for the moon. i knew nothing when i started searching and went down the rabbit hole of how it happened. particularly the big shot was mary jo possibly and very probably being alive and asphyxiating. and there was a lot to learn. the further -- the more i

researched, the more i felt that, wow, i need to tell this. >> how would you describe the portrayal? what do you think the movie concludes, if anything, about culpability? i mean that's -- you know, this is one of those things that people are always going to wonder about. >> well, they should ask about. i think that's -- the portrayal, it's intimate, it's honest, it's authentic. we haven't strayed or gone for salacious or tabloid. it's a very strong intimate look at a man's moral choices. and responsibility lies not with him but with all of us. he is an elected official. i think that's where the story lies in history, it's always ongoing. we always need to look at the people we love and vote for. >> in the movie, i think it looks hard at the context as well. >> yes. >> the fact that his brother, bobby kennedy, had just been killed and that his brother's dream of reaching the moon was just days away from being realized. how do you think that affected ted kennedy? >> immensely.

i mean ted had 14 children, jack's two, bobby's and his own. it was one year since his second brother had been shot and murdered in front of everybody. bobby was the great liberal leader that was going to change politics, end the war. mary jo was a woman who believed and was hoping to make that happen. it's tragic. it really is an incredible one week of this man's life who then went on to have an incredible life afterwards. when you put it in context of who he was and where he was and how he got to this point, upside down in a pond swimming up for his life, it's just wow. >> it won't surprise you that some people are taking issue with the fact that this movie is characterizing this time. bob shrum who worked for ted kennedy called it a disservice. and a journalist there on chappaquiddick said it's utterly fictionalized. are you surprised at that pushback? what do you make of it? >> people think that this is

either going to be a liberal love-in of a man who's flawed or it's going to be a hatchet job of one of the great men in society. look, ted kennedy, his life is not just defined by this. what he has done legislatively and what he has done on civil rights and health care stands. ted did extraordinary things. he also did this. i think it needs to be looked at and i don't think it's disservice, i really don't. i have great love and respect. the more i read and researched and learned about this man, the more it became. i don't think we should walk away and ignore these things. >> it will be interesting for people to dive into it as you have. by the way, you nailed the accent and that's not easy to do for an aussie, right? >> it was difficult. >> jason clark, thank you so much. it opens in theaters tomorrow. coming up next, the home improvement show that kicked off a craze. it's back, it's better than ever. the gang from "trading spaces" is he but first this is er

put on your hard hats, start harassing your neighbors and set your dvr. after a ten-year hiatus, "trading spaces" is back, returning to tv along with a few familiar faces. we'll talk to them in just a moment. but first how the beloved show started the home makeover empire. the premise was a simple one. >> do we have any boundaries in this room? >> with the help of a designer and carpenter. >> so is it growing on you? >> oh, it's growing. >> two pairs of neighbors are let loose in each other's homes to redesign one room in 48 ho$4 hours for $1,000 or less. >> we're going to still have friends at the end of the show. >> for eight years and eight seasons, millions of diehard fans tuned in every week for the key swap. >> are you ready to trade spaces? all right, let's go for it. >> the kooky cast of design characters. >> a rug, a writing desk.

>> and the jaw-dropping reveals. >> well, it's pink. >> now after a decade in the dark, "trading spaces" is heading back to the small screen. >> are you ready to trade spaces? >> the series credited with launching a booming industry of diy and home renovation shows is sticking to its roots and bringing back a slew of original designers, fan favorites, and some new, fresh faces. the trailer for the new reboot viewed nearly 10 million times online, making it clear that americans are more than ready to welcome "trading spaces" back into their hearts and homes this weekend. >> let's do this. >> oh, damn. here we go. >> all right. and they are here from the "trading spaces" reboot. host paige davis, designers genevieve quarter, doug wellson and carpenter ty pennington. two additions, kaki, lee.

hi. >> hi. >> oh, my god, you're back. >> i think you're more excited than we are. >> 10 million views for that trailer. did you think, wow, we're coming back, the world has changed a lot, there's so many shows on. are we really going to be able to step back into this space? did you think about it? >> we didn't think about it at all. we just knew we weren't getting back with our old family. you know what, if everybody is going to be there. >> the band is getting back together, let's go on tour. >> show of hands. when they said they wanted to bring it back, how many people said i'm in right away. >> i did. >> i was nervous because i didn't know what they were going to do to us, if it was going to be a bunch of people, if they would tarnish -- you know, tarnish something that built all of our careers. it was so perfect. >> i said yes with a caveat as well. >> i think what is great is that the new people that have been brought on really blend well with what we have already brought to the table. so, you know, we have the old

ones and the newbies. >> did they call you guys or did you say -- did you call the network and say, hey, i heard this is coming up, count me in. >> i'm the loser who called them. >> no, i didn't hear anything. everybody i knew was calling me to say, you know, did you know about this? i found about it when you found out about it. >> i waited two months and then i'm like, well, maybe -- >> i waited two minutes. >> -- maybe i should call and see what's going on. but i waited two months. >> everyone started calling me, cnn, e! entertainment all went through my instagram. i knew nothing. >> i don't know what to tell you. >> the homeowners from an old show called me and said i need you to come back and fix this. >> is that how this all happened? >> ty, what do you think? you've got the property brothers out there, fixer upper, all

these shows that really came because of what you guys had built. >> in a way, sure. >> do you think that there's -- there's not a lot of elbow room in there. >> here's the thing about our show, here's the thing about "trading spaces." the format really, really works and here's why. it's such a variety pack of talent and styles and tastes. >> and personalities. >> you never really know what you're going to get. in the end you have no idea if they're going to love it because we have no idea if the people who we designed it for are going to like it. >> we kicked off this genre and even though we spawned so many other frankly networks and television shows. >> pinterest. >> there's still in a way nothing like our show. the level of jeopardy, the level of time constraint and budget constraint. >> it's $2,000, right? >> $2,000 in each room. we really don't know if the homeowners are going to like it. there's a lot of fantasy designed television out there but people don't have $450,000. >> i need to talk to the new

kids on the block. so what is it like dealing with these crazies honestly? >> honestly for me it was like walking into a new school, like high school, and trying to sit at the table with the cool kids. and i just don't want to drop my tray, you know. they have been great, though. >> it's like getting adopted into a highly dysfunctional family. that's what it's really like. >> pretty much. >> lots of love, just lots of craziness and madness and hazing and jokes. >> i can't tell you how happy people are that you're back, obviously by those 10 million views. >> that's the first i've heard of that. >> we're going to put you to the test. when we come back, the crew will share some of their favorite diy tips with all of us. first, this is "today" on nbc.

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get high speed internet from at&t. $30 per month. no extra monthly fees. more for your thing. that's our thing. visit att.com/internet. welcome back. we're back with more from the designers and carpenters of tlc's "trading spaces." each of them has brought along one easy diy project for your

space. so you've got removable wallpaper? >> i do. this is a product that was not around when we first did this show. it's a great product for renters, it's a great product if you're in the dorm, a great product for owners too. >> how does it work? >> it has a self-adhesive back. you see this sticker? >> it's one big sticker. >> so you don't need a wallpaper hanger. you can take this off and put it down. what if i don't like how i did it? >> it comes right back up. >> and i can put it back on again. >> is it pricey? >> it is about $90 a roll and that will cover a lot of space. >> genevieve, you rock. let's go over to -- what have you got, doug? what you got? knobs? >> sometimes you have unique handles that you cannot find a replacement for. instead of just throwing them out or spray painting them, one of the things you can do is gild them and put a new finish on. now, i cleaned this up and i put some size on it.

then i'm going to take -- >> what is that? >> this is metal leaf foil. and it's now tacky. >> put it on. >> we'll take the foil. there's lots of different varieties and colors you can use. variegated, this is a fall festive. but boom, run it off. >> what? look at that. it's like a little handle right here or knob. >> and here's the finished product. >> and look how inexpensive that is. >> very inexpensive. but if you don't want to do that, there are lots of options out on the marketplace too. purchase new ones. >> you rocked it. carson. >> i'm here with ty. ty has an inexpensive way to make your photos pop and i wanted to have the thing with the glue gun. >> why don't you start gluing that. >> cool. >> this is a cool way to add a pop of color to your house. you can do it really minimal. one way to do that is just use fabric as a border. we've got a beautiful picture here of hoda. >> just put this right over

hoda's face? >> yes. just glue it, put it around the borders, put it in the frame and then, you know, it ends up looking somewhat better like this. you can use socks, dirty underwear. it looks amazing. >> all right. dilly dilly. >> what do we say before, dysfunctional family? you are one of the new designers. >> yes, i am. >> and i absolutely love this with simple spray paint. >> this is the easiest, most expensive -- >> inexpensive. >> inexpensive. yes. did i say expensive? inexpensive, a few dollars for a can of spray paint. this is the craft for people who think they are not crafters. you literally only need a functioning index finger and well ventilated space and you can turn stuff you have around the house, mismatched, stuff you don't use anymore. you can literally paint anything. go over it with primer. literally these are identical.

i took this and it made that. so you take stuff you might otherwise throw away and turn it into this. >> this is fancy. >> boring office supplies lying around. give it a little zhusch. rose gold spray paint. it just jazzes up your desk space a little wit. >> and you can use it on facebofabric. >> craig. >> let's zhusch up this wood. >> this is a fun, simple and affordable way to build a wine rack. who doesn't like wine? so any board, this was laying around, i painted a little design on it. you can grab literally any size board you want, any wood. you can make it huge, you can make it tiny. these are just curtain rods. check it out. so we'll put these on. if you want to hold that there. >> i think i can swing that. just watch my finger.

>> if i screw your finger in am i going to be in trouble? >> no, probably not. and this drill, this is -- >> so you don't even have to yoz a drill. we'll just screw these in real quick. boom. >> so once you get these screwed in -- >> screwed in. let's see here. and then -- so this is a towel rack that hangs on your shower door. >> that's crafty. >> i love it. >> oh, that's so great. >> do you have one of these yet? >> i'm about to get one. >> that's awesome. >> by the way, perfecto. >> we've got to take this to the set. >> it returns this saturday 8:00/7:00 central on tlc.

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[ cheers and applause ] ♪ good morning, good morning, everyone. welcome to the program. i'm megyn kelly. we begin with an unbelievable story of a so-called free-love cult right here in america. accused of bioterrorism, attempted murder, and illegal wiretapping, just to name a few. a new netflix documentary that everyone is talking about brings us the story of a little-known -- again, so-called -- religious caught in the oregon desert. watch this. it was 1981, and the roscoe county locals were suspicious from the start. >> we have a rural community and do not like to be taken over by