♪ we will we will rock you >> nuance and sophistication are just two qualities of the most effective costume design. ♪ far from the shallow now >> a night of firsts in hollywood as the hostless academy awards seemingly went off without a hitch and managed to spread the oscar glory around. but there were some upsets and controversy too. >> kicking off the week with some wicked weather around they blinding snow, and even flooding. bill karins is here with your travel forecast. president trump preps for a meeting witorth korea's kim

when the house will try to stamp out the president's national emergency for a border wall. former trump fixer michael cohen testifies before congress. nearly 12% of american households don't get enough food to eat, while we waste billions of pounds of good food yearly. we'll introduce a person who may have a solution to both problems. inside the mar-a-lago estate for a rare and exclusive look as we kick off monday. "early today" starts right now. >> good morning, i'm marlie hall. >> i'm frances rivera. we're learning about the devastation after storms swept across the country. heavy rain has led to severe flooding in the southeast and a state of emergency in tennessee. police in knoxville say a mann mudslides. a restaurant in chattanoogafo w. and a sinkhole opened up in western tennessee and swallowed this car. local media reports that the three passengers made it out to safety just in time. >> further south in columbus,

mississippi, a tornado killed a 41-year-old woman and left a path of destruction. the twister smashed into a commercial district causing extensive damage to a church and multiple businesses. in the north snowy conditions led to a massive pileup involving over 100 vehicles that shut down parts of interst in wisconsin. officials confirm that one person was killed and 71 people were hurt in the collision. for more let's go to nbc's bill karins for our forecast. good morning. >> good monday morning. active weekend for nasty weather across the country from this big storm. the last impacts of it are going to be the high winds today in the northeast. flights will be delayed significantly, maybe even cancelations. 80 million people are at risk everywhere in the purple under high wind warnings. reason it's windy is the big storm that went through the plains with the blizzard conditions on saturday and yesterday through the great lakes with high winds is moving through areas of southern quebec and toward nova scotia at the same time high pressure is building in. those equal lines of pressure,

isobars, the yellow lines, the closer they're packed together, the windier it will be. it will be very gusty through the northeast. we could see guests up 50 to 60 miles per hour. when we get gusts to 30, 45 miles per hour we get objects that are getting blown around. when we get up to 45 to 60 miles per hour, that's when we get the difficult driving conditions. this is where we could see up to 60-mile-per-hour winds today. >> it's going to be tough for some people. all right, bill, thank you. a whirlwind week for the white house. president trump will head to hanoi for a second historic summit with north korean leader kim jong-un. back at home his former attorney is set to testify before three congressional committees. nbc's susan mcginnis is in d.c. with a that. washington is really in overdrive this week starting off, as you said, with the president leaving early this afternoon for hanoi for take two of talks on denuclearization with the north korean president,

kim jong-un. this is after the first summit in singapore back in june did not he'd to any change. however the president last night at the governor's ball sounded optimistic. >> we're going to have i think a very interesting two and a half days in vietnam. we have a chance for the total denuclearization of an area of the world that was very dangerous. >> now intelligence officials here do not believe north korea will make any move toward denuclearization as they see their nuclearregime. here's what is going on. the president's trip coming one day bef t of testimony by michael cohen here on cs testimony will be made public. lawmakers want to grill him on many, many issues including why he evidently made false statements to the committee in his last appearance. meanwhile in washington, fixated on the mueller report.

special counsel mueller's russia report due out any day, democrats pushing for that to be made public. tomorrow the house votes on a resolution to block president trump's emergency declaration to build that wall on the southern border, frances. they are not expected to be successful, the president's expected to veto any resolution that passes. >> all right, susan, a lot to watch and we'll cover it all, thank you. hollywood has made it through its biggest night of the year. broadway star billy porter made quite an entrance wearing a one-of-a-kind created by designer christian siriano. selma blair made her first red carpet appearance since revealing her mulple sclerosis diagnoscane. rachel weiss made a statement in a bright red two-piece gown with shiny latex top. here are some of the biggest moments of the show which kicked off without a host. >> welcome to the oscars! >> we are not your hosts.

but we're going to stand here a little too long so that the people who get "usa today" tomorrow will think that we hosted. ♪ in the shallow shallow shows in the shallow shallow ♪ ♪ in the shallow shallow ♪ we're far from the shallow now ♪ >> it's not about winning, but what it's about, it's not giving up. if you have a dream, fight for it. >> after 30 years and five nominations spike lee took home his first win for cowriting the adapted describe play for "block klansman." "black panther's" hannah biegler took home best production in

designer design. >> with support from captain america, gina king won her first oscar. best supporting actress for her role in "if beale street could talk." best supporting actor went to may her sha may her shall la ali for "green book." rami mall lick checked out by paramedics after he tumbled off the stage. he had just accepted his first oscar for his role in "bohemian rhapsody." olivia colman took her first academy role home? inn a surprise win named best actress for "the favourite." and the top honor for directing went to alfonso caron for "roma" which won best foreign language film. "green book" followed up its success at the golden globes by taking home best picture again last night. breaking overnight, multiple people were killed when a car was hit by an amtrak train. this happened just west of kalamazoo, michigan. the train was headed for

chicago. amtrak tweeted that the train involved was the wolverine 355 and that there was a vehicle incident. a spokesperson also confirmed no crew members were injured. a local fire chief says everyone in the car was killed but has not confirmed an exact number. on the final day of his four-day clergy sex abuse summit, pope francis had strong words for clergy members and promised to review the current guidelines used to prevent abuse and punish perpetrators. but some survivors say his words weren't enough. here's nbc's anne thompson. >> reporter: calling predator priests tools of satan, pope francis demanded an all-out w w spare no that is necessary to bring to justice whosoever has committed such crimes. want the coneti measure by francis at the summit's opening. what was missing from the pope's speech? >> action. quick, swift action. >> reporter: mary dispenza says

she was raped by a priest at age 7. the former nun from seattle and fellow survivors want the vatican to adopt zero tolerance. >> not one more child is safer after four days. because talking doesn't do it. >> reporter: the vatican says the pope will issue a new law to protect children and create a task force and handbook to help bishops with less experience deal with abuse clays. chicago cardinal suppage says that puts the onus on bishops. >> if people don't go home and realize that they are personally responsible for this and are going to be held accounta change won't c cruz says his struggle to survive abuse has been a journey through hell. focus.ried to kill myself when >> it might not be at the speed that we want. but if we look at this past year, it's been, like you say, pretty fast.

so i don't want to lose hope. saturday eight college basketball players from ole miss taking a knee during the national anthem. the action was in response to two pro-confederate rallies going on outside the arena on the ole miss campus. the two confederate groups reportedly gathered at the same time as the game and the players say they wanted to let people know they would not tolerate hate at their university. the original six players who knelt at the start of the anthem were later joined by two more of their teammates in the final moments. the team's coach says he wasn't aware the pla supports them. starting this monday off with a little bit to watch when it comes to weather. bill karins keeping a close eye on it all. >> good morning. we're stuck in the northeast and the great lakes. not only is it windy but a lot of snow to deal with. blizzard warnings, cadillac, traverse city, syra watertown, and winter weather

advisories. blowing snow and squalls. look at them making it towards new york city. especially around cleveland, southern tier, down to buffalo, all the way through the new york sate thruway, a slippery drive in spots and low visibility through the squalls. the whole southern half of the country, beautiful today.indy c also have snow squalls with them, especially this afternoon in the areas of upstate new york. we'll take a look at that we can ahead forecast coming up. there's a big storm in the west ya the rural town of azni on sunday. they were treated by students waving moroccan and british flags. they stopped by an english class

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the winter white house. >> very nice. >> reporter: nbc news was given exclusive access to the president's mar-a-lago private club. not usually friendly to the press. ♪ the theme, country comes to mar-a-lago. these are trump's people. hundreds of them have come to mar-a-lago tonight to celebrate him and support him and have a big party. and they paid big bucks for it. some $500, some of the choice tables up to $20,000. the proceeds go not to charity, but to cover the cost of the party. >> it's a party for the president. the president would never do a party that wasn't the best. >> reporter: the grand ballroom outfitted with 16 crystal chandeliers and real gold on the walls. the once a year extravaganza orchestrated by a group of women who call themselves the trump pettes. >> this is a roomful of his friends. >> it's a very special place to me. >> reporter: the president appearing in a white house-produced video. >> i'm heading over to hanoi,

vietnam, to have a meeting with kim jong-un. >> is anybody tired of winning yet? >> reporter: his son eric runs the family business. >> amazing event, a lot of passion. they're doing a great job. it's exciting. >> how do you like working here? >> love it. trump. >> reporter: the club is not without controversy. a recent gao report found that four of his 20 trips to mar-a-lago cost taxpayers $13.6 million.aised ethics and security concerns about mar-a-lago. these friends don't seem to pay them any mind. anna scheckter, nbc news, palm beach. >> wow, what a look inside. >> i know. who knew? >> you're not going to see a maga hat there. maybe inside the cowboy hats for that party. fast ar trump heads to vietnam for his second summit with north korean leader kim jong-un. the two will meet in hanoi to build on their talks in singapore. the president is pushing for

total denuclearization. he'll depart later this morning. former trump lawyer and fixer michael cohen will testify before three congressional committees including a public hearing scheduled for wednesday. tomorrow chicago voters head to the polls to vote for a new mayor. raul' moon will is not seeking re-election and with 14 candidates on the race could end in aun would be held in april. hope your monday and your week is off to a great start. i'm frances rivera. >> i'm marlie hall. thanks for watching "early today." follow us on facebook, twitter, and instagram.february 25th.

ad lib live picture of radar. her we go, monday morning, february 25th, and guess what's coming back this week? that's right, the rain, taking a look at our storm ranger, microclimate weather alert radar this morning. you see what is coming our way. another super soaker. drive for the moment, though, at least. good monday morning to you. hope you had a great weekend. i'm laura garcia. >> and i'm snkris sanchez marcu

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