at the end of your life, you will never regret not having passed one more test, winning one more verdict, or not closing one more deal. you will regret time not spent with a husband, a child, a friend, or a parent. >> former first lady barbara bush died late last night surrounded by her family with her husband of 73 years reportedly holding her hanlds. this morning we'll look back at her amazing life well lived. >> terror at 30,000 feet. passengers grabbing for oxygen masks. a blown engine, a person partially pulled out of the plane and a deadly out come for one young mom. >> police hunting for a grandmother suspected of killing her husband and a woman who looks just like her.

>> she may look like anyone's mother or grandmother, but she's a cold blooded murderer. >> as president trump holds high-level talks with japan's prime minister, a revelation over a face-to-face meeting with kim jong-un. >> wicked winds whipping around colorado, adding fuel to fires while creating havoc for motorists. what's ahead for this morning? we'll tell you. "early today" starts right now. good morning. i'm phillip mena. >> i'm frances rivera. former first lady barbara bush who was the second american woman in the united states to have the distinction of being married to one president and the mother of another has died at the age of 92. jim mcgrath announced the matriarch of the dynasty decided to forego treatment and her husband of 73 years george h.w. bush held her hand all day and was at her side when she died. her son, 43rd president george

w. bush, posted this touching tribute on instagram. the caption reads, mom kept us on our toes and kept us laughing until the end. and says he was lucky she was his mother. >> in addition to the dedication to her own family, former first lady barbara bush left a lasting impression on both young and old through her commitment to books and reading. 7-year-old avery garrison met mrs. bush while she was a patient at the children's hospital in maine named after the former first lady. and cameras were rolling enabled to capture a young avery admiring mrs. bush's jewelry when she met her. she then slipped off that bracelet and let avery keep it. >> many others touched by the former first lady paid their respects in front of the neighborhood where the former first couple lived. nbc's peter alexander tells us more about her legacy. >> reporter: barbara bush, the former first lady, was always known to be candid and caring. with her white hair and signature pearls, mrs. bush was often thought of as the nation's favorite grandmother. aides called her the national

treasure. the treasure, for short. >> i've been the luckiest woman in the world, truthfully. and i know it. >> reporter: and it was her husband who saw her matter of fact and direct, lovingly calling her miss frank. >> she won and earned the respect of a lot of american people because she saw her to what she is, down to earth, loving mother, and setting an example with no bull about it. >> reporter: but mrs. bush saw herself more in the role of family enforcer, something her granddaughter jenna bush-hager teased her about. >> why do you think we call you the enforcer? >> i enforce. if you do something bad, i point it out to you. >> reporter: she had quite a bite, disarmingly candid, self-deprecating and wickedly funny. on sarah palin, for instance. >> i sat next to her once. i thought she was beautiful. and i think she's very happy in alaska. and i hope she'll stay there. >> reporter: on the today show, months before her son --

>> qualified. we've had enough bushes. >> reporter: mrs. bush, of course, already had a place in history. the only woman since abigail adams. >> president of the united states. >> reporter: to marry one president. >> i george walker bush -- >> reporter: and give birth to another. >> he has his daddy's eyes and his mother's mouth. [ laughter ] which means i'm about to talk a lot. >> reporter: born barbara pierce, she grew up in rye, new york. her father marvin pierce, a distant relative of franklin pierce, publisher of red's mccaul's magazine. at 16 she met george bush, one year her senior at a christmas dance at round hill club in greenwich, connecticut. >> i could hardly breathe i thought he was so beautiful. >> reporter: they were secretly engaged and three years later married when he was home on leave from the navy. reluctantly admitting she married the first person she'd ever kissed.

>> strange, i admit. >> still staying with your story? >> reporter: after the war they headed for texas, raising six children. and while her husband built his oil business, barbara bush was very much in charge at home. but she was changed forever when her 3-year-old daughter robin died of leukemia. >> after she died, it was a terrible time in our life. and george put his arms around me and did not let me step away. >> reporter: cancer became a family cause and throughout her political service, barbara bush played a critical role on causes ranging from aids to ill lit si. >> you have two choices in life. you can like what you do or you can dislike what you do. i've chosen to like what i do. and i think i'm the luckiest woman in the world. >> reporter: and the bushes were dog people. barbara brought their springer espanol milly to the house. describing how milly might have seen a day in the life of the president and the white house. and when she drew criticism from feminists who found her message

of traditional family service too old-fashioned, she responded, offering this advice. >> at the end of your life, you will never regret not having passed one more test, winning one more verdict, or not closing one more deal. you will regret time not spent with a husband, a child, a friend, or a parent. >> reporter: barbara bush, a woman of strong opinions, ultimately left politics to her husband and sons. she's remembered for her maternal person a, yankee frugality, and maintaining her role as ferocious protector of the bush family name. peter alexander, nbc news. >> and loving that quote of hers about family and regrets. goes to show you the family with her children and her 17 grandchildren, 7 great grand kids. you see how that was important to her. >> yeah, and she had that fiery personality, too. george w. bush always said he had that quick blunt temper and he got it from his mom. now to a terrifying flight that turned deadly, one passenger was killed and several

others injured after a southwest airlines jet engine exploded mid-air, blowing out a window. the victim has been identified as jennifer reardon, a mother of two from albuquerque, new mexico. the mayor offered his condolences calling it a tragic loss for the community. tom costello has the latest. >> reporter: phillip, this is the first person to die in an airliner accident since 2009. the crew did an amazing job, heroic job of putting this aircraft on the tarmac here at philadelphia. 149 people on board, and now the concern is that every 737 in the country uses these same engines and perhaps other planes could be at risk. terror at 30,000 feet. passengers grabbing for their oxygen masks as a female passenger was being sucked out of a shattered window. fellow passengers desperately pulling her back inside. >> you hear the pop and she was sucked out from the waist up.

and so there was blood on the windows, but was because of her body and her arms were actually out of the airplane and her head was out of the airplane. >> reporter: once on the ground that passenger was rushed to the hospital. the mid-air emergency began when the left engine on the boeing 737 suddenly blew apart, sending shrapnel flying into the side of the plane. immediately the pilots declared an emergency. >> number one engine failure. boeing 737, 149 souls on board. >> reporter: flight 1860 was flying from new york's laguardia to dallas. the explosion occurred 20 minutes into the flight as it passed west of philly. >> they said there is a hole and someone went out. >> reporter: on the ground, video shows the passenger window ten rows behind the engine blown out. the decompression pulled the passenger from her seat. >> there were several, very heroic gentleman who pulled her through back through the window. >> andrew and i did cpr for about 20 minutes probably, give

or take. it just wasn't going to be enough. >> reporter: cell phone video captured the sound of sucking air as the pilots began an emergency descent heading for philadelphia. in all, seven passengers injured. the woman sucked from her seat killed. the first on board fatality in southwest's 51-year history. >> this is a sad day and our hearts go out to the family and loved ones of the deceased customer. >> reporter: the question, why did the fan inside the engine suddenly seem to come apart. >> it not only blew through the case and blew through the kouling, but actually penetrated the fuselage, damaging the fuselage, the wing and blowing out a window, causing a depreciate you areization. >> reporter: we have now learned the name of this victim of this passenger was jennifer reardon, a mother of two from albuquerque, new mexico. meanwhile, the manufacturer of the engines had ordered inspections for all aircraft that use these engines last fall. southwest tells us they had inspected this aircraft back on

sunday, and now the faa is considering mandatory inspections of these engines, concern that there could be a metal fatigue problem with other engines on 737s that are used, of course, all across the world. phillip, back to you. >> such a tragic story, tom. thank you. >> president trump continues meetings with japanese prime minister shinzo abe today, with trade high on the agenda for the two world leaders. but dominating headlines after the first day at the summit at mar-a-lago, confirmation of high-level talks between the united states and north korea. even more stunning, reports cia director mike pompeo met with kim jong-un himself over easter. nbc's tracee pots joins us now with more. tracy, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the super secret meeting and mission to north korea from florida where he's meeting again with abe today, and north korea's military will also be on the agenda along with trade. the meeting came just after president trump nominated pompeo as secretary of state.

he's had a confirmation hearing, but he has yet to be confirmed. this face-to-face meeting from pompeo comes ahead of the president's own meeting with kim jong-un which he now says is likely to happen by early june, but it's possible it may not happen at all. >> i look forward to meeting with kim jong-un and hopefully that will be a success. and maybe it will be, and maybe it won't be. we don't know. but we'll see what happens. but i can say this, they do respect us. we are respectful of them. >> reporter: south korea is holding a summit with north korea next week. the focus of that also north korea's nuclear program, and bringing that program to an end. frances? >> tracie, thank you. >> in colorado, flames fuelled by neck snapping winds continue to challenge firefighters. rolling through entire neighborhoods and reducing homes to embers, these wind driven

fires start rapidly and burning several acres all week. officials have contained some fires, but others are prompting mandatory evacuation orders. wind gusts topped 50 miles an hour in don't denver, reaching up to 89 miles per hour in bowl der. we are told that should die down later in the week. >> but not for everybody else. they may be getting their own version of something different. some snow, a little bit of everything for everybody? >> yeah, little bit of rain, little bit of snow. we had thundersnow this morning. we're watching winter storm warnings. fort dodge, waterloo. snow fall totals 6 inches in northern iowa, southern mip minute and right into wisconsin today. this should be your last snowstorm of the season. we don't have any in the works after this. once we get to may, we want to a snowstorm.

we have a little warmer today in virginia after a very cold start. in another cold shot behind this snow. >> man, we're halfway through pl april, close to may now. >> it happens. >> thank you, bill. don't kill the mess ener judge. roger goodell has been deposed in colin kaepernick's collusion case against the league. he filed a grievance after he was unsigned by all 32 teams. >> the rest of us are getting extra time. the irs has delayed the deadline one day after its website crashed tuesday. individuals and businesses have until midnight tonight. >> and dozens took part in this year's annual north pole marathon. runners braved temperatures of minus 28 degrees in deep snow on that 26.2 mile course. remains t. and the generation may be different, but the color needs to endure.

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4:30 right now on this wednesday morning. a somber day in the bay area as we take a live look at san francisco, today marking the 112th year since the 1906 earthquake. we're live as the city prepares to remember the lives lost. good morning and thank you for joining us on this wednesday morning. i'm marcus washington. >> i'm lara garcia. we're expecting rain but i'm hearing it gets pushed to this evening now. >> very late this evening and most of the bay area won't even get that rain so this really not much of a factor in our daily plans and stepping out the door this morning, it's all dry and also some cool temperatures. a live look outside in san jose with our temperature trend in evergreen, it's going to be a little bit cooler today