>> we'll be back at 7:25 with a live local news update. >> join us for "nbc bay area news" at 11:00. thanks for starting your morning here with us. have a good one. good morning, winter wallop, that massive storm sweeping across the country targeting every state east of the ppi tod along the busy i-95 corridor bracing for snow. the south facing heavy rain and serious flooding concerns. school closings and flight delays piling up. we are tracking it all. doubling down, overnight former fbi director andrew mccabe standing by his claim that president trump could possibly be a russian asset. >> i think that's why we started our investigation. >> this morning, reactio and the new lawsuit

face the president of his border wall emergency. breaking overnight, the two brothers at the center of the jussie smollett case meet with prosecutors while the "empire" star remains silent ads the pressure intensifies around him. police telling nbc news smollett could now face criminal charges himself. those stories, plus colorado mom murder, prosecutors revealing disturbing details in the death of kelsey berreth, allegedly at the hands of her fiancee now ordered to face trial. jaws of life, could sharks hold the key to curing cancer. the new findings that could change medicine forever. >> it's generated some amazing discoveries we had never anticipated. and meghan markle mania. >> mhirlnd trip to new york, today wednesday, february 20th, 2019. >> 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 wednesday morning. look who's here. craig melvin is here sitting in early. savannah's not feeling so hot this morning. so we wish her well as she's sleepi sleeping through. >> feel better, our friend. >> we are going to begin with weather. check this out, craig, this is pittsburgh. >> messy commute there this morning. we start with that major winter storm, a dangerous mix of snow, sleet, ice, and rain spreading across the entire eastern part of this country. >> and we're going to get to dylan's forecast in just a second, but first nbc's garrett haake, he's in warrenton, virginia, about an hour west of d.c. how's it looking by you? >> reporter: hey, hoda. good morning from a snowy northern virginia. it's been coming downtown here for a couple of hours now, getting heavier as it goes.

all of this is headed your way, this entire storm coming up the east coast, leashing this cold wet snowy mess behind it. this morning a powerful winter storm system roaring across the country. more than 200 million people nationwide facing heavy snow, torrential rain, an crippling ice through thursday. beginning its journey in california several days ago, the winter weather wallop aiming its fury at the southern rocky mountains dumping as much as a foot of snow in new mexico and colorado, then giving las vegas its worst snowfall in a decade. the desert city now bracing for even more snow. in the midwest, strong winds and snow spreading across kansas. rain causing potentially catastrophic flooding. many airlines preemptively canceling flights in the washington, d.c., area, where this closed in

a.m. and p.m. rush that we're concerned with. >> reporter: in the northeast, ea n a commute so we've got wednesday preps are under way in philadelphia and new york city. new jersey already declaring a state of emergency. authorities warning residents to stay off the roads. >> as of noon, it's going to start coming down. it's going to affect the afternoon rush hour without a doubt, so, again, we're stressing use mass transit as much as possible. >> reporter: and here in the greater d.c. area, this storm is causing the kind of government shutdown that folks around here actually like. the federal workers have all been told to stay home today. that will help keep the roads clear and let those plows do their job as we get into the messy morning commute. >> and the kids are home from school too. >> it's really the timing of this massive storm system. it's affecting the mid-atlantic this morning, also back through chicago for this morning's commuties. northeast be more impacted later on for this evening's commute. we're going to see the here is the snow, heaviest back through minneapolis, st. paul,

and washington, d.c., area, and also across the northeastern virginia airy. as we go through this morning, that's where the snow will be falling. by the time we get to about 2:00, 3:00 this afternoon we'll transition to a quick period of ice and over to rain basically everywhere. in new york the snow will start early this afternoon. it could remain heavy through the evening's commute, just enough to accumulate a few inches before it changes over to ice and eventually to rain by the time we get to 7:00, 8:00 tonight. in boston we're only looking for a couple of inches before the changeover. we're going to see significant delays in new york city, delft ya, chico will likely see some delays as well. same goes for minneapolis/st. paul. most of those delays this morning. in the northeast it will be later on this evening. we could see about four to six inches of additional snow on top of what already is on the ground across the upper midwest. in the mid-atlantic an additional three to four inches and then in the northeast, again, a quick twoo three

inches before that changeover. turning now to the growing fallout over that bombshell new mueller investigation after sitting down with savannah yesterday. we're going to start with peter alexander. hey, peter. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the president and his top aides here have tried to discredit andrew mccabe as a liar and a leaker but the fired acting fbi director is not backing away from his account and the concerns he says that led the fbi to launch an investigation to determine if president trump was secretly working to after thein overnight fired acting fbi director andrew mccabe detailing while he raised red flags about president trump and russia. >> do you believe the president could be a russian asset? >> i think that's possible. i'm really anxious to see where director mueller concludes that investigation. >> it follows his appearance with savannah here on "today."

he briefed lawmakers after the fbi opened an investigation into president trump in 2017. adding no one pushed back. >> did you tell congress? >> i told congress what we had done. >> did anyone object? >> that's the important part here. no one objected. >> reporter: that and apparent rebuttal republican criticism that top justice officials were plotting an administrative coup against the president. mccabe recused accused of lying under oath. the president repeatedly attacking him on twitter. >> i don't think anybody really takes those tweets by the president very seriously. i certainly don't at this point. >> reporter: and this mor the pde facing new scrutiny. an exclusive "new york times" report says his own appointee during e of the investigation the 2016 campaign which is president denies. >> i don't know who gave you that. that's more fake news. there's a lot of fake news out

there. no, i didn't. >> reporter: the times reports president trump called his hand picked acting attorney general matthew whitaker to ask whether u.s. attorney berman could be put in charge of the widening investigation into his personal lawyer michael cohen. according to several unnamed officials. berman had already been recused from the the case. the president soon soured on mr. whitaker and complained about his inability to pull levers at the justice department that could make the president's many legal problems go away. testifying before congress earlier this month, whitaker addressed the idea of presidential interference. >> at no time has the white house asked for nor have i provided any promises or commitmentscounsel's investigat or any other investigation. >> reporter: that testimony adding fuel to house democrats claims that whitaker may are perjured himself and their efforts to bring him back before congress to explain what they've characterized as inconsistencies

in his testimony. >> peter, there's been some movement within the white house that might affect the russia probe. what more can you tell us about that? >> reporter: the president nominated the current depp si transportation secretary a long time lit gator jeffrey rosen to replace rod rosenstien as deputy attorney general. rosenstien will remain in his post until the middle of next month, the middle of march. another signal the special counsel robert mueller will soon be submitting his report on the russia investigation. >> peter alexander in front of a beautiful knsnowy white house. legal challenges are mounting over the nshl emergency de declaration to secure funds for a border wall. >> reporter: hi, craig. good morning to you. the battle over the border is intensifying this morning. democrats trying to determine their next move as the trump

miacin yet another lawsuit overnight. overnight, the opposition mounting to president trump's emergency declaration to get his border wall built. the american civil liberties union becoming the latest group to sue the administration over its move joined by several other groups. writing in documents the president's declaration was made solely out of disagreement with congress's decision about the proper timetable for constructing a border wall. president trump defiant tuesday in the face of another lawsuit filed by 16 states. >> i thi e we're going to be very successful with the lawsuit. it's an open andd case. >> reporter: mr. trump predicting victory over the legal battle to stop him from redirecting $3.6 billion in military construction funds to pay for his wall. the president doubling down saying he's got an absolute right to declare a national emergency. >> we need strong borders. we have to stop drugs and crime

and criminals and human trafficking and we have to stop all of those things that a strong wall will stop. >> reporter: the lawsuit filed in the ninth u.s. circuit court of appeals argues that the president has used the pretext of a manufacturered crisis of unlawful immigration to declare a national emergency. all of the attorneys general in the 16 states are democrats, but they deny politics is at play. new mexico's attorney general speaking out overnight. >> actually he has to follow the rule of law. we don't have kings in this country and this is not about the king's funding. >> reporter: and a new twist this morning, a day after california filed a lawsuit against the emergency declaration, the trump administration announcing it plans to pull some $900 million in federal funding from a high speed rail project for the state. it's also poised to try to take back billions of dollars more that have already bee cali that political retribution,

allegations the white house denies. craig, hoda? t >> the high school student at the center of the viral confrontation at the lincoln memorial last month is suing the "washington post" for defz molestation claiming the newspaper accused him of racist acts. he seeks $215 million in damage. the suit claims the "washington post" waged malicious attacks on him by falsely accusing him of instigating the tense standoff with the native american activist nathan phillips. in a statement the "washington post" said we are reviewing a copy we plan to mount a vigorous defense. ph also this morning, additional chaw a judge has rull hearing that revealed some trbl details in that case. nbc's steve patterson joins us with more on this story. steve, good morning. >> good morning to you, craig. for hours frazee remained mostly stoic in court as the gruesome

details about his fiancee's aled murder were rattled off shedding some light on what prosecutors say happened. just a warning, some of the details you're about to hear are disturbing. >> reporter: this morning real life details that sound more like grim fiction. >> patrick kills kelcey in a horrific manner with a bat in the back of the head as she is sniffing candles with a blindfold. >> prosecutors laid out their case against patrick frazee revealing graphic testimony fro preliminary hearing centering on the day kelsey berreth was allegedly killed. the story spinning from a key witness, crystal as part of a deal for evidence. >>kenny's story an investigator who interviewed her said kenny was asked by frazee to kill berreth three separate

times. in september frazee told kenny to poison a coffee drink and deliver it to berreth. kenny says she didn't follow through. a month later frazee gave kenny a metal pipe and told her she had another chance to get rid of berreth, and after kenny didn't go through with a third plot involving a baseball bat, prosecutors say frazee decided to take matters into his own hands allegedly blindfolding berreth with a sweater in her own home before beating her with a baseball bat on thanksgiving day. their 1-year-old daughter believed to be in the next room. after the alleged murder, kenny says frazee called her saying get out here now. you have a mess to clean up adding it was hard to have thanksgivingas binod but leaves telltale evidence for our investigators to find. prosecutors say burned the body along with bags of evidence. frazee's defense team countered

by painting kenny as love sick, unstable, and unwilling to let go and that frazee never specifically asked kenny to kill the mother of his child. >> again, after hearing the evidence, the judge ruled there is enough for frazee to stand trial. he's scheduled to be arraigned in april. the district attorney stressing this is an ongoing criminal case. meanwhile, the couple's 1-year-old daughter remains in the custody of parents. guys, back to you. >> that's a gruesome case. >> horrifying. now to some heart stopping video out of utah when a sn avae tense moments all caught on camera. a group of friends were skiing together in the back country south of park city last weekend. one skier goes off on a jump trigge 200 feet down the mountain through trees and rocks until finally burying him completely. when it stopped he screamed for help. >> i'm here, here! >> moments later, his friend spotted the tip of a ski

sticking out of the snow, and they started digging frantically. thankfully one of them was equipped with a shovel. they managed to free his head so he could breathe. in all he was buried for about 75 seconds. the young man says it is a reminder that life is quite precious. >> so glad that had a happy ending at the end. dylan's back with our forecast. hey, dylan. >> good morning, guys. we do have this big storm system affecting the eastern half of the country. we have another storm making its way into the west coast, and that is going to bring snow even to areas like las vegas where we could see a wintery mix. in thewitheavy rain, swy upper t lakes and the mid-atlantic. lakes and the mid-atlantic. that's a l (clapping) every day, visionaries are creating the future. so, every day, we put our latest technology and vast expertise to work.

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oakland school leaders are gathering at this hour. they plan to caravan to the state c a very good morning to you. i'm laura garcia. oakland schools gather this hour plan to caravan to the state capitol this morning to ask for more funding ahead of tomorrow's possible teacher strike. organizers answer principals plan to lobby state lawmakers for more money and debt forgives. vowing to walk off the job tomorrow if a new contract deal is not reached. teachers have been working without a contract for more than a year. the district is g deficitw cons school closures.

we'll keep tabs on that, keeping tabs on the forecast, kari hall. >> it does start out with some milder weather, more clouds this morning, and storm ranger tracking some rain just off the coast. we could see some spotty rain moving in today as this cold front nears and some off and on rain possible, but most of us will barely measure anything, and where we do see the rain maybe heavy for a few minutes and passing as we go into the afternoon, winding down by tonight, breezy winds and a cool start again tomorrow with highs in the upper 50s for the inland areas. friday also looking dry, and then more clouds moving in on saturday. rain possible on sunday. we do keep the busy weather in the forecast, with the potential of some heavy rain by the beginning of next week. let's head o for an update on the commute. >> the richmond-san rafael bridge does see more traffic again today because some folks are avoiding highway 37 but you don't need to, trying to get the word out, folks, west 580 jams up getting toward that toll plaza, but w the last half hour

lanes are clear in both directions now, that's good news for this morning and evening commute. over here still slowing to hayward out of san leandro, south 880 had a couple of crashes that did clear in the last hour but things are moving smoothly. slower across the san mateo bridge. back to you. >> thank you very much. another update in half an hour.

welcome back, 7:30 on this wednesday morning february 20th. how about that? a beautiful shot of the white house on this snowy day, something pretty about it. it's like a little snow globe. >> schools shut down in lots of major cities. morning commute's going to be a mess as well. >> we're going to start with that massive winter storm. it's going to start our check of today's headlines. it is targeting every state east of the mississippi, more than 130 million people are under it's part of that same system that dumped as much as a foot of snow on new mexico and colorado. this morning a lot of airlines

have canceled flights in washington, d.c. in anticipation snow. federal workers have been told to stay home. a lot of schools closed. dylan will be back in a bit with her forecast. southwest airlines is apologizing to travelers for a spike in cancellations not because of the weather, but because of mechanical issues with its planes. the airline is investigating why the number of aircraft unable to fly has doubled in recent days. on tuesday southwest canceled nearly 200 flights and delayed more than 800 others. a company executive blames the mechanic's union saying it has a history of work disruptions. the union dismissed those claims saying quote, safety is and always will be our number one priority. a dash camera captured a frightening close call for a nevada highway patrol trooper during a routine traffic stop. as the t starts walking back to his vehicle he sees an suv coming straight for himspee. some sw, though, t trooper avoids getting hit. the driver of that suv is facing

a list of charges including dui and reckless driving. >> happy that trooper is okay. now to the latest developments in the jussie smollett case, the "empire" star who claimed he was attacked on a street in chicago facing intense scrutiny from police over his story, but when will he talk to investigators again. nbc's national correspondent miguel almaguer joins us. >> law enforcement ssman who sa. jussie smollett hasn't spoken to investigators in several days, but while he may not be ready to talk, the two brothers who police say are involved in the case are speaking to authorities. >> the two men in this surveillance photo who jussie smollett identified as his attackers met with prosecutors late tuesday. ola and abel osundario who say the actor hired them could be

asked to testify in front of a grand jury. new developments come as law enforcement officials tell nbc news smollett is no victim and could face criminal charges. >> i'm an advocate. you do such a disservice when you lie about things like this. >> the brothers who know smollett from the set of his hit show "empire" were arrested last week, then released without any criminal charges. at their home investigators seized a magazine and stamps. smollett said he received this death threat with magazine clippings in the mail days before he reported the attack. the local cbs station in chicago says smollett paid the brothers to help orchestrate the assault after the alleged hate mail failed to grab headlines. >> they called me a [ bleep ], they called me [ bleep ]. there's no which way you cut it. >> in his onlyel he was targeted because he's black and gay, and perhaps an

outspoken critic of president trump. >> who says [ bleep ] empire [ bleep ], this maga country [ bleep ] ties a noose around your neck, and pours bleach on you, and this is just a friendly fight? >> after repeated requests to question smollett again, police are still waiting. his attorneys she investigators. this morning the actor continues to stand by his story while police and the public wait to hear from the outspoken activist who's gone silent. >> and in another twist in this story, the top local prosecutor in this case has recused herself. her office saying the decision was made, quote, to address potential questions of impartia familiarity with potential witnesses in this case. it's still unclear who she may now and how. >> let's bring in nbc legal

analyst ari melber. this started off everyone calling it a hate crime, and now police are wondering if jussie smollett orchestrated this entire thing. we say people rushed to judgment in the beginning. we're not sure what's happening right now, but police are gathering evidence, right? what are they trying to find? >> they're ultimately looking at whether the original allegation which they were investigating is now itself potentially the infraction. in other words, was there a crime and a victim of that crime y doing he person who said they something that itself may be leg illegal which is faking a crime. >> he hasn't spoken to investigators since these developments. can these investigators compel smollett to talk to them? >> they certainly can. i spoke with chicago police officials yesterday in preparation for this segment. they are still trying to put on the pressure privately and publicly to say if you really are the victim of course you should be willing to come back anduptimo asethis, what kind of charges could he face? >> the kind of charges you're looking at here is basically obstruction or lying to

authorities. in illinois that would typically be a misdemeanor, but there's nothing typical about this case, so while in a lot of situations you could have a false call, people have heard of false bomb threats that are called in, and there's no real actual crime, those aren't usually charged. i think there's a tremendous national interest now in how you resolve this. >> also in the piece we showed that there was supposedly a threatening letter that came to jussie smollett through the mail, and there's some question now as to whether or not that was true. if that winds up being a hoax, what kind of charges could he c long-term, sophisticated premeditated attempt to fake evidence that there was a something and that's what they're investigating, they haven't announced that yet, the worse it looks for whoever's involved in that fakery because it's not a one-off, it's not one false statement, which anyone might make accidentally to the police. it starts to potentially look much bigger. >> i want to go back to the fact that smollett hasn't talked to investigators again. from a legal standpoint, if you are accusing others of a crime,

why would you not talk to investigators again? would there be a legal reason for him not to sit down with investigators to have a subsequent conversation? >> look, craig, the short answer is no, that doesn't look good and i think you're putting a finger on why the suspicions are rising, but technically, yes, there are lawyers who might say if we think the direction of the authorities has shifted whether they're right or not, we are now trying to protect our client from a new theory in the case, which is turned on the client ask that may not ultimately mean the client did anything wrong. you have the right not to talk to the police in most circumstances. certainly you have the right to your lawyer present and your counsel, so again, those are the kind of arguments that would help some blic, i'm not sure they help this individual that much at this point. >> this thing stiunfoing. >> tha >> should we plug his show? >> we love ari. >> 6:00 the beat on msnbc. >> thank you, ari. n ba>> to dylan dreyer. let's focus on the rain now with this big storm system.

we have really heavy rain falling through central tennessee, through central kentucky, also stretching down into northern massachusetts, too. lots of cloud-to-ground lightning as well. we are seeing the threat of the flooding potential because we've already had about three to five inches of rain fall. we could see an additional two to three inches of rain with what's moving through right now. that's why we do have that flooding potential. again, to the northern side of this storm system it is all snow. through the upper midwest, through minnesota, through wisconsin snowing through indiana into ohio, and eventually it'oithst later tod good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. here is a look at our window in san jose. it is mostly cloudy, and we will have some rain chances today, as a cold front drops in. and the rain will be spotty, hit orkeep that chance t throughout today, and then by tonight, those rain chances,

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aacross the bay area and we'll track a chance of showers on storm ranger. looking at spotty showers, hit or miss rain throughout the day and it will be moving through with our rain chances continuing into the afternoon but tapering off later on this morning. as our skies clear cooler air moves in. tomorrow breezy but more sunshine, highs reaching into the upper 50s for inland areas and more dry weather by friday. saturday the clouds move in, rain on sunday, and we go back to some cooler temperatures for the beginning of next week. san francisco looking at highs up to 57 tomorrow, and 54 friday, but then once again we will see the sun kind of peeking out from behind the clouds for the first part ofwe tend. let's get a the commute from mike. >> we're looking at a smooth drive, lighter than your typical wednesday perhaps. we have a tough drive through hayward and a new crash but nothing major southbound 880 at tennison. this is the third or fourth in that area for the morning,

should be off to the shoulder though and good news in the north bay, the sign shows you highway 37 all lanes cleared into and out of novato so no more problems there. we are looking at a good amount of traffic at the richmond-san rafael bridge but not needed as an alternate anymore. back to you. >> thank you very much. happening now, oakland school leaders gathering, they plan to caravan to sacramento to lobby lawmakers for a critical funding ahead of tomorrow's ked deadline. teachers vow to walk off the job if they cannot reach a deal. police in san jose investigating a string of overnight burglaries. thieves targeted five san jose businesses including three auto parts stores. we have no confirmation the crimes are connected but you can head to our home page to learn more about one arrest officers made that is actually tied to the case. another local news uat biggest s

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it's 8:00 on "today." coming up, on the move. a powerful winter storm sweeping across the east this morning. what you need to know before you head out the door. dylan is tracking it all. plus, fashion forward, we take icon karl german designer a style all his own. and markle takes manhattan. inside meghan markle's big night out in new york from dinner with a star-studded entourage to an intimate baby shower thrown by her friends. we have it all covered, wednesday, february 20th, 2019. >> from beachfield, mass miss -- >> because today is my mother's birthday. >> to nana watching in smithtown, new york, we love you. >> amy is turning 50. >> and i'm celebrating with greg and hoda.

♪ >> from salone, new york. high to hudson. >> good morning, "today" show. >> celebrating the big 6-0 on the "today" show. >> happy 60th to you. welcome back to "today"te o tired of here? >> you know what we never get those plaza messages. that is why we encourage you to share own. all the cool kids are doing it. >> i love that school that did it there. >> thank you for doing that. it's a busy wednesday morning. a dangerous winter storm sweeping across the country, a mix of snow, sleet, ice and sto. >> good morning, hoda. we have several winter weather advisories and winter storm warnings. 132 million people at risk for this wintry weather. we're not just seeing the snow, but we have the potential for

icing and then some rain. while we are starting off with snow, the for this morning's commute from pittsburgh to d.c., maryland and northeastern virginia, that's where we have the snow right now. so if you're traveling this morning, we are going to see those impacts through the nto this afternoon, we'll see that transition over to ice and then eventually rain. so this evening's commute in areas like d.c. and philadelphia, it looks like it will be rain at that point. the opposite, know, in nn won't kick in uil about evening. so we are to go >> troy: the potential of a tenth of an inch up to .25 inches of ice. most of the ice will take place back through the appalachians. minneapolis could see an additional 4 inches of snow. same goes for northern wisconsin. and across the mid-atlantic, an additional 2 to 23 inch3 inches snow. boston, a few inches before that change over to rain. former fbi acting director

and drew mccabe made new claims about president trump's connections to russia and the mueller investigation. peter alexander is at the white house with the latest on this one. >> andrew mccabe said it is possible that president trump is a russian asset. he says that's why the fbi started its counterintelligence investigation into the president after the firing of james comey in 2017. the president and his aides have tried to discredit leaker, argu top justice department and fbi officials were effectively trying to push the president out of office. also this morning, president trump is denying a "new york times" report. an explosive report that he asked the acting attorney general late last year if matt whitaker could replace the prosecutor investigating michael cohen's hush money payments to stormy daniel necessary 2016 with a trump appointee, someone they thought would be more sympathetic. that revelation raising new questions about possible obstruction of justice and today it's adding fuel to house

democrats' efforts to bring whitaker back before congress. more questions. craig. >> peterthk you. union is the latest group to sue the opposition liberties the administration over that move. they claim the wall street made the declaration solely because he disagreed with congress's ruling. in response, the president said he has an absolute a right to that. heart attacks are on the rise in younger women. the researchers followed heart attack trends of women between the ages of 35 and 54 and they discovered hospitalizations for the younger women increased 5% from 27 to 32% over 15 years span. the study also found that compared to men their age, these women were less likely to be prescribed heart attack

prevention drugs like blood thinners andedications to lower blood cholesterol. emergency crews were called to help five men stranded trying to cross a swollen river east of san jose. the men were heading to work along the road that they drive daily. this time, their suv got stuck thanks to that heavy rain and recent melting snow. no loss. >> that's the news. have you got a boost for us? >> got a good one. you'll like this one, i think. a haw adiscoverble little girl she was getting a big surprise, but before giving it to her, she made her guess what it was. take a surprise are you going to get? >> cookie. >> cookies? >> yeah. >> how many cookies. >> two. >> two cookies? >> there it is. that's a big box, that's a big box for cookies. can you get the wrapping paper

off? come over here. can you knock on it? say cookies. >> cookies. >> aw. >> yeah, you got it. that girl's dad is i for a while. i oll of her dad. >> oh, that's awesome. >> come on, all day long. can we just watch it on loop and make us feel good all day? >> thank you for that. just ahead, everything that we know about meghan markle's no longer secret trip to new york, the baby shower, the famous friends who helped her celebrate. plus, the big accomplishment plus, the big accomplishment by ariana grande that has not i hear it in the background and she's watching too, saying [indistinct conversation] plus, the big accomplishment by ariana grande that has not i hear it in the background and shi've never seen that bef

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>> she has. she's squeezing the most out of this trip. the duchess flew here in secret to join famous friends for her baby shower, but she packed much more into her trip. >> hi, meghan. >> the glowing duchess stepping out tuesday heading to the posh polo bar for dinner with friends, enjoying some precious off duty time. joining her a star-studded entourage including serena williams, close friend jessica mulroney and marcus anderson said to have set up the first meeting between meghan and prince harry. meghan is believed to have attended an intimate baby shower thrown by her dearest friends, a chance to catch up with people closest to her. >> there was a sense of perhaps her reasserting her own independence, she wants to go see her friends in new york, what's to stop her. the american royal was escorted by protection officers all day visit, and seven schedule, 11 days, three contin continen continents, 10,000 miles. the duchess is not letting pregnancy slow her down.

she returns to london from new york today and saturday jets off to morocco with prince harry for of official engagements. >> her royal highness, the duchess of sussex. >> and she's been busy in london, too, attending fashion awards and naming her own charities to champion. she said that she wanted to hit the ground running, and she certainly has. >> this is incredibly busy time for meghan and harry. they are getting ready for their big move outside of kensington palace into windsor. they're putting the final touches on a lot of the details that they're adding to that house. >> moving to a new home, expecting a baby, traveling the world, a whirlwind time for the american duchess. this new york trip a chance to relax and kick back with friends before baby sussex arrives. >> and we should say as you can imagine, she certainly has -- sh u he's okay. >> can you i polo bar which isn't far from here.

>> can you imagine. >> you don't go to the polo bar if you don't want to be seen. >> yeah, she wants to be seen. >> i think so. i think she's feeling the love. >> we're giving it to her. we love seeing pictures of her. >> we know that she watches the "today" show, so if she's watching this morning, she's got an invitation to swing by 1a. >> i think she's on the plaza right now. >> is she holding a sign? >> i'm not sure if that's her or not. >> there's a girl that just waved. >> i'm a little upset that sheinelle's meghan markle's story is outside of the pop start. yesterday it was within pop start. >> maybe tomorrow i'll be a giver. we'll start with ariana grande, making music history thanks to her new album. not only is it number one on the billboard 200 album chart, but she's currently, check this out, she holds the top three spots in a row on the billboard 100 chart. let's do it in reverse, number three on the chart is thank you, next. number two is break up with your girlfriend. i'm bored. and the number one song right now is this one seven rings. >> that's amazing.

>> she's only the second artist in the history of music to ever do that, the first being the beatles 55 years ago, and because they were actually a group, technically she's the first solo artist to ever achieve that. a huge congrats to her. that's amazing. in other music news off the heels of queen's bio pic success, a film giving another the same treatment. it's called "the dirt." it dives into the complicated group motley crue. >> this band is going to be something nobody's ever seen before. >> oh, my god, those are my pants. >> they look so much better on me. >> we've got a runaway, a kid drummer, an old man, a cover band singer. >> they say you're going to be a rock star. >> what do you think? ♪ >> i have managed the scorpions, bon jovi, skid row, kiss, but i

have never been through what motley crue put me through. >> i am sick and tired of not having any fun. >> everything's upside down and flip-flopping. >> motley crue, no strangers to controversy. >> charged with vehicular manslaughter. >> tommy lee and heather locklear have separated. >> it's a degenerative bone disease. >> i know it's not going to be easy, but i believe in you guys. >> and that's when things were going well for the band. [ laughter ] >> i'm telling you, this group formed in '81. they faced a slew of problems over the years. this is not only one of the of all time, the film already looks ea read the book called "the dirt, "new york times" bestdebotch ri crue. >> these bio picks on pop stars and bands. speaking of rock stars, kelcey grammar is opening up about the possibility of a

frazier reboot after 11 seasons. frazier went off the air in '04, took home 37 emmys during its run. a lot of fans are speaking out they'd like to see this one get rebooted. so people speaking to people now yesterday, kelcey gave an update on whether or not this revival would be likely. >> i just have been listening to a few pitches all of which i at i respect thatpranably make t month or two. there's a lot of different destinies that people have hatched for frederick, and yes, surely he needs to be part of the show. i like the sort of -- i like the one where frederick ends up being more like martin was than frazier. i'm sort of drawn to that instead of a tortured. we've had the pitch where he was tortured and didn't know what hit identity was, all sorts of stuff. no, i think his grand dad is who he became. i really like that. we'll see what happens. >> sounds like a yes. >> yes, it does.

>> flushing it out as we speak right there. we'll have to see exactly what happens with frazier. and fliinally chris pratt a katherine schwarzenegger they have been spending a lot of time together on chris pratt's sheep farm. his fiancee took a snap of him holding a baby lamb and writing i've often wondered why his hands are so rough, now i know. the caption continues, katherine asked me what to write, so i wrote the above even though it's not true. full disclosure, i have very soft hands. i literally cut my hand today i think on a lamb. i am from hollywood. love chris. >> i am from hollywood. >> that's your pop start. itt. ar most of us can't help but dance >> was that a gooick. when a beyonce song comes on. that was definitely the case for this talented toddler. >> there she is. ♪ >> is that a corn dog? >> it is a corn dog, yes.

>> of course, to add to the joy. >> yes, that is a corn dog. that's baylor from utah breaking it down to "crazy in love" showing off her moves, a half eaten corn dog. she's got the beyonce fan and her mom asked her if she wanted a song, this is what she requested. they've got the hair blowing like bee ayonce and all the mov to go with it. >> i haven't had a corn dog in forever. >> do you guys like mustard or ketchup on the corn dog? >> i like both. >> you double dip, both. >> i pass on the corn dog. >> spicy mustard, too, not the yellow. >> let's go to miss dylan with a check of the weather. >> announcer: today's weather is brought to you by eucerin dermatological skin care. we do have that snow moving throughhe upper midwest. ia, through washington, d.c. there is rain to this storm, and we've had some stronger storms move through the southeast. flooding rain is a poil

north, and wherever it snows it will eventually change over to rain. this next storm is going to dive down through the middle of the country as we go through this . good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. we're watching spotty rain just off the coast and moving into parts of the bay. we could see some of the rain off and on throughout the morning as well as early afternoon as a cold front gets closer. where we do see rain, it may it be heavy and fairly brief throughout the day. off and on showers tapering off tonight rest of the forecast is dry for the end of the workweek. then we start to see more clouds and another chance of showers back in the forecast on sunday. forecast. the tributes are pouring in for karl lagerfeld, the designer who defined lux atie joins us f angeles with that story. hey, nat, good rnngf karl lagerd

at the age of 85 leaves a hole in the world of fashion. simply put, he was the most prolific and influential designer of his time. tributes are pouring in internationally for fashion icon and trailblazer karl lagerfeld. he's being memorialized by the generations of models who walked the runway in his clothes during their careers including claudia schiffer saying what warhol was to art, he was to fashion. he is irreplaceable. and model gigi hadid. thank you for giving me the honor of knowing the magic behind the myth. rihanna calling him simply the godfather. lagerfeld sailed w be a one man multinational fashion phenomenon. his fashion career started when he won a design competition in 1954 taking first prize in the coat his contemporary did for best dress got his start before movi to some of high fashion's

biggest labels including becoming the creative director of fendi in 1965, a role which he held until his death tuesday. but it was his prolific time at sheinel chanel beginning in 1983 that defined his career. >> he transformed the house of chanel by making it extremely relevant to today, if you own a ballet flat, if you own a quilted purse you were affected by karl's designs. >>lo films than merely fashion displays. >> getting an invite to a chanel fashion show was likeetctns beig highlighted in an episode of the new netflix series seven days i know what i want and what i don't want. >> he was at times a controversial figure, body shaming women who didn't have his preferred high fashion body type, like heidi klum and adele. he also complained about the #metoo movement and refugees in

europe. but others remember his softer side including his love for his instagram famous cat, shupet, the white berman becoming an accessory to his look, black sunglasses and a silver ponytail. his career a dozen different collections a year even into his 80s made him a legend of the industry and giving credence to one of his most iconic quotes, i'm very much down to earth, just not this earth. about his work ethic, lagerfeld once said i'm never pleased with myself. i always think i'm lazy and i could do better. he was honored with france's highest civil ianaward for his contributions to fashion. so far no funeral plans have been announced. guys. >> thank you. you brought up a good quote in the makeup room today, a karl lagerfeld quote. >> i won't do it justice. he said something akin to sweatpants, it's just it's like when you wear sweatpants you've

begin up on life. >> what? that's my favorite article of clothing. >> >> all right. thanks, nat. just ahead, dr. oz, he's got some surprising suggestions for what to eat if you want to live a healthier and longer life. >> sweatpants, too, probably. lots of sweatpants. plus jill's steals and deals ony products to make your life just a little bit easier. she'll have that and a whole lot more after some local news and some weather as well. i )m ...

nbc bay area skyranger - 8:26. i'm marcus washington. nbc bay area sky ranger flying moments ago over the scene of a deadly house fire near see bat ta pol on dual road north of highway 12. it started a little after 5:00 a.m. firefighters discovered a body

of a man inside the home. no one else was injured. some relief for drivers in the north bay. both directions of highway 37 are open again in marin county. westbound lanes have been closed for nearly a week after heavy flooding during the most recent round of storms. crews had to shore up a leave have iach that will triggered the heavy flooding. >> recovered very nicely. we had the morning commute that was going to slow a bit. afternoon commute happening, as well. we're looking at one problem spot. everything else moves lighter than your typical wednesday. a lot of vacations. call it ski week in the south bay. northbound 680 around mission north, a crash five vehicles involved. they sound mostly off to the shoulder. a big distraction. counter commute slow coming from mission south to north. but southbound commute is distracted, as well. >> thanks, mike. we'll have more local news coming up for you in 30 minutes.

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>> thanks for coming. >> we appreciate that. >> can i just show you one quick thing? look, giving birth today. >> who's giving birth today? >> this is our friend mrs. hill. she's giving birth today in ohio. >> dr. oz is back with more keys to living longer today. this morning the surprising ways you should be day. dr. oz is going to explain all that. and then jill martin is standing by with steals and deals on some of her favorite innovative beauty products. coming up in a few could you go a year without your phone? >> one year is this. >> could you go a day without your phone? we're going to meet a woman who is trying to do it. there is a lot of money on the line if she does. >> i like it. we'll look forward to that. >> ms. dylan, you've got a cold forecast for us. ♪ baby shark, do do do do it is cold here in new york city. that is going to set the stage as this storm system moves in.

out west we have the next storm making its way onshore. we have winter weather advisories and winter storm warnings in effect. the snow is getting going, especially in the higher elevations back through the rockies and even into the southwest. riverside, san di up with one to two feet inches of snow. outside of las vegas could end up with three inches of snow. that will turn into a rainy storm for the eastern half of the country as we get closer to the weekend. snow working into the upper good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. we'll watch out for rain today. off and on showers as we go into late morning into the afternoon. a cold front is moving closer, and where we see the rain, it may rain heavily for a few minutes coming in in waves and tapering off tonight. we're going to see cooler

temperatures by early tomorrow morning. highs reaching into the upper 50s as sunshine returns. we'll keep it dry on friday with another chance of scattered rain in the forecast on sunday. >>e loer. you're going to be surprised at some of his suggestions. really? stick around. but first this i nbc.

and we're back with more of our year-long series living longer today. >> this morning we're going to take a look at how working with our internal clocks may lead to a longer life. >> from sunrise to sundown, our body's clock is always ticking. that internal watch is called your circadian rhythm and its main job is to get your body to do the right thing at the right time. >> so our circadian rhythm is set by the sun, and we want to eat in line with that.

eat with the sun. eat when the sun is shining and fast when it's not. that's what your body expects. >> dr. michael crupane is the author of what to eat when. he says giving the body a fasting period helps it repair, reset and work more efficiently. >> the most important factors for lonty a what you eat, when you eat, sleeping well, and your stress levels. >> being out of sync can lead to various chronic health conditions such as obesity, diabetes, and depression. >> when you live your life in line with your circadian rhythm that's better for your health, better for your weight loss, better for your energy, better for your sleep. >> what can you do to keep on t? >> the sunrises every day. every day you have a chance to get back in rhythm. >> joining us to talk about how we can live longer, the host of the dr. oz show. good morning. >> good morning, doc. this is an interesting topic. you don't think about only eating when the sun is up, but this is something that really works? >> the circadian rhythm was mentioned in that package.

the nobel prize in medicine was given 18 months ago for work on circadian ritdhythm. it's not just about jet lag or how you sleep, those are obvious, if you eat when the sun's up it makes a difference because your metabolism is different when your body is awake as opposed to your intestines are asleep. >> how do you do all that and get in sync with your own body clock? >> the number one problem we're facing is electronics. i'm talking about the actual light itself. you want to turn off the blue light on your phone. if you can hear my voice, take your phone out, go to settings and set it right now so at 9:00 tonight or 10:00 tonight you turn off the blue light part. >> what's wrong with the blue light? >> think about when you're a little kid going the sunsets, everyone's tired. the sun has orange rays it tells the brain to release melatonin. melatonin is a hormone for circadian rhythm. it tells your body it's late at

night. by showing light blue light, you're telling your brain wake up. an hour before your bedtime, distance yourself from the phone, which is hard to do. >> change the settings. >> does the tv give off the same blue light? >> all lights that actually are -- even in your computer now you can put screens up to block it or give yourself half an hour doesn't take a long time for your brain to realize it's nighttime. >> you don't realize your brain is picking up those little things. we have around here a lot spl what's wrong with coffee? >> you don't drink coffee, do you? >> you look so relaxed. >> not much though. >> we actually have collected a sleep score 4 million nights of data, and 4 million night ofs data told us if you have four cups of coffee or less early in the day you can sleep just fine. when you sleep later at night, we think it disrupts your rem sleep. even if you think you're sleeping it's not the same quale lofe me, one in seven of us don't metabolize coffee well. if i have caffeine in the evening i don't sleep well. >> when should we be done with

coffee for the day? >> i would say six hours before you go to bed. >> you drink coffee all day? >> i'll have a cup at night. >> decaf? >> no, regular. >> and you still sleep good. >> maybe it's not good. who knows. >> it's good enough for some, not others. why take a risk. >> then there's the whole issue of food. hingwh i to do, eat with the sun. the average american eats 15, 16, sometimes 17 hours a day, you are intestines go to sleep, and when we keep eating the food sits there. there's shocking day about how you might want to change what you're eating. it turns out when you eat dramatically affects how much weight you gain, not just how much calories but when. >> this is a breakfast. this is what we should be having for breakfast? >> what'd you have for breakfast today? >> chicken wings. >> come on, i had greek yogurt with raspberries. >> that's a show offbreakfast i'm proud of you. >> if you're going to have carbs have them in the morning. you can get away with it. i recommend things like noodles.

breakfast? >> here's why. if you have pasta, especially if it's cold pasta, it gets resistance starch in it. in other words, it behaves more like a fiber than a starch. >> if it's cold. >> the temperature actually makes a difference. more importantly, you want to sttch is probably going to be your biggest meal of the day. >> i love that meal right there. >> you know what, i think salmo i' sorry. have a nice little cut of salmon. where am i going to get that. >> i always cart my food with me. >> the big message here is not the salmon. you want 3/4 of your calories before 3:00 p.m. that's your cutoff time. this study has been done in spain. >> so your big meal is what -- >> we're americans. we put emphasis on dinner. we're talking about happy hour, getting with our friends and family. we want to celebrate with a big dinn dinner. >> a big dinner is metabolic suicide. >> so be it. [ laughter ]

>> but here's the thing, you could eat your dinner even when the sun has gone down, although i prefer before the sun goes down. >> that's dinner, that salad? >> not too heavy. you've already eaten all the calories you need. >> i'd rather die at 80 than live to 90 with this. >> this is the situation you want to be in. you'll be happy, you won't be like a rodent looking for calories and food all day long. >> more robust dinner types early in the day, go easier at night. >> if you do that, you can have the same number of calories as someone who eats most of their calories at night and you will lose weight. you're playing with the body, not against it. >> let's just try it for a week. >> i won't. >> what about red wine? we hear it's good for you, bad for you, a little red wine okay? >> your red wine should replace dessert. the biggest mistake we make in america is desserts. when you take fatty foods add sugary, you end up going

down that rabbit hole. >> dr. oz, thank you so much. >> thanks for bringing all the good joy te show. >> have some salmon. for more on living longer including a quiz to help you figure out your body's real age, head to today.com. >> coming up next -- >> it matters. jill martin makes your life easier with special steals and deals ground breaking beauty products coming up. but first this is "today" on nbc.

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all right, ms. guthrie if you're watching, hope you feel better. >> she'll be back tomorrow. >> al roker is also enjoying some time off. so you've got birthday duty? >> yes, and i love doing the

birthdays. it it's always a wonderful morning when we're s thesepe lo. let's spin around those smucker jars and say happy birthday to edith from oxford, indiana. she wrote a book when she was 98. next we have mac of new york. this avid bowler is celebrating 103 years. she was married to the love of her life for more than 60 years. happy 100th birthday to robert montgomery of san antonio, texas. he enjoys spending his time outside in his yard and still rides his tractor. lucia of little egg harbor, new jersey is celebrating 103 years as well. her secret to longevity is always making sure she eats dessert first. good advice florrie of boston loves spending time with her two kids, four grandkids and two great grandkids. happy 100th birthday to mill sent of palm beach florida.

she braced the cover of life magazine as a model in 1938. if you know someone with a milestone birthday or anniversary we want to know all about them, head to today.com/celebrates and don't forget to include one of those photos. >> you know how you end up on one of those dr. oz. i'm okay not making the jar. you can find more stories you're going to love at today.com/. >> allday. >> including a pregnant waitress in jersey sharing a random act of kindness, a police officer did something incredible that will put a smile on your face coming up. also remember to check out that living longer today quiz to figure out your so-called real age. that and more at today.com/. >> all day. >> just ahead on the third hour of "today" we've got a fun group that you've really got to meet, the super seniors, they're all going to be on. they're defying age, they're

defying expectations. they go hard on the ice. >> you have to. >> they go hard. they've got a hockey team. we'll profile them in a few minutei )m - -... some relief this morning for good morning. 8:56. i'm marcus washington. some relief for drivers in the

north bay. sky ranger flying over highway 37 in marin county. both directions are open again. westbound lanes have been closed ly week after the most recent round of storms. crews shored up a lee breach. oakland school leaders plan to caravan to the state capitol this morning and ask for more fund ahead of tomorrow's possible teachers strike. oakland unified administrators and principals plan to lobby state lawmakers for more money and debt forgiveness. teachers vow to walk off the job if a new deal is not reached. they've been working out a contract more than a year. the district is considering new school closures. bob riddell is in oakland talking to concerned parents and students. he will have a live report in our midday newscast. police in san jose investigating a string of overnight burglaries. thieves targeting five san jose businesses including three auto parts stores. no confirmation the crimes are

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out there either. >> that's all right. i like chilly. >> did you bring boots? >> this is all i've got. >> what shoes do you got? they've not going to hold up that well in the snow. it is messy outside, especially down through washington, d