. suspect in court. the gunman goes before a judge for the first time. defiant, appearing to glit a white nationalist symbol in court. new zealand and the world still reeling after 49 were killed and dozens injured after he walked in to two mosques and opened fire. family and friends trying to figure out if their loved ones are among the dead. >> we don't know if their family members are alive or dead. if they are alive, they don't know where they are based. >> and the country's prime minister is vowing there will be stricter gun laws there. dismissing the danger.

while plebdging solidarity with new zealand, he says he doesn't see white nationalism as an increasing problem around the world. >> i don't really. i think it is a small group of people. >> critics firing back claiming the president's words and policies have created a dangerous climate of hate, this as the president uses his first veto after congress voted against his declaration of a national emergency over the border wall. democrats now vowing to overturn that veto. flooding disaster. states of emergency in the midwest. >> i was scared. >> with rising floodwaters forcing people from their homes and on to their roof, numerous rescues to get residents to safety. dylan is tracking it all. gl and plus mob war brewing? questions are swirling after a mob boss was gunned down and run over. widening investigation. felicity huffman heads back to

court after being caught up in that cheating scandal as several universities vow to reexamine their admissions policies. and after being accused of sexual misconduct, neil degrasse tyson is getting set to return to his popular show, today, saturday, march 16, 2019. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with sheinelle jones, peter alexander and dylan dreyer. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. good morning. welcome to today. thank you for joining us. >> we start with the new developments overnight in the wake of that terrible attack in thoouz. t new zealand. the alleged gunman in court. >> he is facing a murder charge with more expected to come. at least 49 people were killed in that hate fueled terror attack on two mosques. we hahav reaction frohave reacte

world. let's begin with miguel almaguer in christchurch. >> reporter: the first of those on two mosques that were attacked is behind me, crime scene investigators are still here looking for more evidence piecing together what happened. this as there are many memorials popping up all across this nation. there are more tears here than blood shed. we're also learning more about the suspect. an alleged killer in court, charged with murder in the deadliest mass shooting in new zealand history, the main suspect, blurred here under new zealand law but identified by u.s. and australian sources as 28-year-old branton tarrant. appearing defiant, making a hand signal associated with white nationalism. authorities believe he stormed two mosques in the southern city of christchurch friday, live streaming the rampage. this image taken from inside the taker's c e attacker's car moments before gunning down at least 49 people.

>> i saw my son and my wife and the crying and shouting. and bleeding. and i can't do anything for everyone. >> reporter: relatives still waiting for news of loved ones as bodies are recovered. >> people don't know if their family members are alive or dead. and if they are alive, they don't know where they based. >> reporter: an apparent anti-immigration, anti-muslim manifesto was posted online ahead of the attack, as well as images of weapons and ammunition, covered in anti-immigration messages on a twitter account linked to tarrant. the prime minister saying the weapons used in the attack were acquired legally and vowing to tighten gun laws. >> i can tell you one thing right now. our gun laws will change. >> reporter: australian media say tear ranarrant grew up in aa and worked as a personal trainer and had travelled in europe and asia. two other suspects are in

custody, their role unclear as police search a residence using a bomb disposal robot. meanwhile tributes pour in from around the world. >> our hearts go out to our brothers and sisters as well as our prayers. >> reporter: as new zealanders unite in the face of extreme hate. with the death toll at 49, we also know more than 40 people were hospitalized, many were injured with gunshot wounds. at least two remain in critical condition. hundreds of family members are still waiting word of their loved ones. we expect the full list of the dead to be released later today. back to you. >> heart dltd brebreaking. >> and here at home security is being stepped up at mosques throughout the country. on friday president trump condemned the massacre saying the u.s. stands with new zealand, but he is drawing renewed scrutiny for saying that he didn't see white nationalism as arising threat. geoff bennett has a lot more on that this morning.

>> reporter: good morning. president trump has been clear in condemning the new zealand attacks, but while expressing support for those affected by the shootings, the president down played the threat posed by the kinds of white nationalists who are suspected of being involved andly response is raising fresh questions about the extent to which president trump has a responsibility to moderate his language given the rise in white supremacy movements across the world. president trump sharing his condolences friday following the terror and tragedy in new zealand. >> these sacred places of worship were turned into scene he is of evil killing. you've all been seeing what went on.mohorrible, horrible thing. rut t >> reporter: the gunman left behind a manifesto describing himself as a white nationalist. and he also mentioned president trump in a single reference criticizing the president as a policymaker while praising him

as a symbol of renewed white identity and common purpose. the president's critics pounce going, blaming his incendiary rhetoric for fueling rage, resentment and even violence among the far white. >> words have consequences. i think the public discourse from the president on town isdo factor. >> reporter: from proposing a ban on muslims entering the u.s. -- >> donald trump is calling for a total and complete shutdown of muslims entering the united states. >> reporter: to sympathizing with white supremacists after the deadly clash in charlottesville. >> you also had people that were very fine people on both sides. >> reporter: the white house rejecting any link between the attack and the president. >> it is outrageous to even make that connection between this deranged individual that committed this evil crime to the president.

>> reporter: and president trump when asked by reporters friday said he does not see white nationalism as arising threat around the world. >> i don't really. i think it is a small group of people that have very, very serious problems. >> reporter: and homeland security secretary kirstjen nielsen says the u.s. was not aware of any domestic threat and that there was no information regarding obvious ties between the suspects in new zealand and anyone in the u.s. peter, sheinelle. >> geoff bennett, thanks. and meantime there is a fight brewing in washington a day after the president issued a veto for the first time after congress voted to reject his emergency declaration over the border wall. kelly o'donnell is following that story for us. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the president at least appeared to brush off any disappointment over the rejection he was dealt by republicans. not so much over the border wall, but over his use of this national emergency power to build one. he plowed ahead in a celebratory

mood and said in the next few days without specific evidence that the federal government will sign contracts to build hundreds of miles of new wall. surrounding himself with praise and law enforcement -- >> our hats are off to you again, sir. >> reporter: the president turned to critical reprimand from congress into an oval office event to boost his leadership style. >> you're keeping your word by vetoing this legislation. >> reporter: using the power of the pen for his first ever veto. >> so let's get this signed, right? >> reporter: the president blocked congress' effort to stop the national emergency he declared to build a southern border wall. and he played down the sizable defections from his own party. 25 republican lawmakers had joined democrats to reject his national emergency as an overreach of executive power. but mr. trump claimed he had not

twisted any arms. >> i said i want you to vote your heart, do what you want do. i'm not putting any pressure. i'll let them know when there is pressure, okay? i told them that. >> reporter: yet he called republicans who voted with him courageous. >> i have to in particular thank the republicans strong, wonderful people, the republican senators that were on our side and on the side of border wall. >> reporter: speaker pelosi labeled the president's actions a lawless power grab. announcing her next move. on march 26th, the house will once again act voting it override the veto. however, a two-thirds majority is needed and considered unlike unlikely. with immigration central to his campaign -- >> finish that wall because we've built a lot of it. >> reporter: the president seemed eager to tankle with democratic challenger beto o'rourke. >> i see a new candidate who is in the mix, he wants to take down the walls. try that sometime, you'll see

what will happen. >> reporter: the former texas congressman beto o'rourke has said publicly he would want to remove walls at the border. that appears to be what the president was referencing there. and chuck schumer, the leader of democrats on this windy morning here at the white house said that democrats would persist in trying to uphold the constitution and they will again vote not only in the house but perhaps in the senate to try to override that veto. but as it stands right now, it appears that there are not sufficient votes to override the president's veto. >> all right, kelly, thank you. phillip rucker is white house bureau chief for the "washington post." phil, good morning. >> as kelly mentioned, the republican party has stood by president trump through many a verse circumstance but now a dozen republican senators have voted with the democrats of course to block the president's national emergency declaration. put it into done text for conte. how big of a deal is this rebuke?

>> it is significant and it is a rare rebuke. it is so much more significant because it is on his signature issue of immigration. clearly these republicans have been uncomfortable with the president's expansive use of executive power here and were willing to defy him here. and it wasn't just the ones like mitt romney, but there were others as well. marco rubio, roy blunt, across the spectrum these republicans said this was not okay. and they were trying to defend their constitutional powers in the congress. >> i want to turn your focus to what a lot of the world is watching, it took place that terrible tragedy in new zealand. the president again yesterday down played the threat of white nationalism. he was asked whether it is rising and he said i really don't think so. but the facts show something very different. the southern poverty law center says there is a 50% increase just last year alone in white

nationalist groups here in the united states. so why does the president continue to downplay or dismiss white nationalism and is there anybody in the white house who is urging him to be more forceful in his condemnation? >> yeah, it is an important issue. and again and again we've seen from president trump an unwillingness to confront the rise in white nationalism which is occurring all around the world and here in the united states. you saw it a couple years ago with that deadly white supremacist attack rally in charlottesville, virginia where the president said there were good people on both sides of that protest event. and you know, people inside the white house, his spokespeople have historically been much more forceful in condemning these attacks and condemning white nationalism and white supremacy than the president himself and we saw that again yesterday afternoon. >> phil rucker helping us with all this. thanks very much. we turn now to the growing

threat in the midwest. the weather has left rising floodwaters in its wake forcing people to flee for their lives. dylan is tracking this for us. >> and this is really a dangerous scene. several midwestern governors have declared states of emergency. roads are closed, homes are flooded and people are cut off. stranded on their rooftop, nebraska's air national guard comes to the rescue of these people in are arlington. on the ground, a man with a military truck rescuing neighbors in riverside lakes. >> i was scared that we weren't going to make it. >> reporter: conditions so bad the national weather service had to evacuate its omaha office friday ominously sending its last message, until the flooding threat is over. the entire state of wisconsin under a state of emergency, floodwaters are streaming into dozens of homes in columbia county and ice damming is likely to make the situation worse. ice is building up on iowa rivers too. the town of could non rapids ha

seen flooding like this in nearly three decades. 300 homes are cut off in this trailer park, officials say it is too dangerous to get in or out. so far the bomb cyclone has produced mountains of snow, rivers of rain, and strings of tornadoes and winds strong enough to lift this st. louis woman right off the ground. >> i realized that being on, like i can't stop this from going, so i need to let it go. >> this storm has cleared on out, but we are still dealing with the flooding. in this part of the country because of the heavy rain, the snow melt and we still have about a foot left to melt and also the ice jams, so instead of things flowing, they are overflowing their banks. so in all, we have 300 rivers at or above flood stage, lots of those at moderate or major flooding. so this will continue to trickle down and it is causing the significance flooding that we're dealing with. that will remain an issue for quite some sometime even though the rain has stopped.

on the back side of it, we're also dealing with much colder temperatures. we're going to see highs running about 5 to 15 degrees below average today, that continues to spread eastward tomorrow. so a littl clear skies to start off the weekend. a chilly start, too. santa rosa, livermore in the 30s. you go from winter coat to t-shirt weather today. in the valleys, 70s inland. mid to upper 60s around san francisco and oakland. we should be warmer tomorrow and warmer for monday. the valleys stay in the 70s. plan on a chance of showers on wednesday, more clouds to finish the work week. still can't look over that woman looking like marp rmary p. still to come, is there a mob war brewing here in new york city? fears of more blood shed days after the murder of the man

believed to be the ahead of the gambino crime family. but up next, felicity huffman back in court as more universities vow to get to the bottom of the admissions cheating scandal.

now to a story that is still making national headlines, the college cheating scandal. some of the universities say they will take a closer look at how they handle admissions. >> this as felicity huffman headed back to court on friday. morgan chesky is in los angeles with more. >> reporter: good morning. this investigation still very much ongoing. and its impact now hitting celebrities where it hurts. and also prompting colleges to take a closer look at just who exactly is getting in. from red carpet fame to

courthouse shame. william h. macy and felicity huffman back in federal court friday. huffman one of 33 parents charged with fraud for allegedly paying to cheat college admissions. >> this is just an example of how some parents get it really wrong. they move from caring to control. >> reporter: actress lovery lov with the fallout. beauty brands are cutting ties with owe live i can't jade who once bragged about her own father's college career. >> he wasn't never really enrolled in college but faked his way through it. and then he started his whole business with tuition money that his parents thought were going to college. >> reporter: that business now back in the headlines. target stressing they no longer carry the brand saying we haven't had a working relationship with i can't gentleman newly oig in over a

decade. and the university of southern california launching an investigation into current and former students. yale following suit. its president saying we must conduct our own searching review in order to learn whether others have corrupted the athletic recruitment and admissions process. >> it is just kind of like a slap in the face. >> reporter: for now, macy and huffman staying quiet. but it appears huffman has taken town her website dedicated to parenting advice. important to note so far none of the involved students have been charged. authorities saying many of them had no knowledge their own parents were paying to secure their spots. >> people have been talking about this all week. morgan, thanks very much. still to come, royal rumble. george clooney coming to the geori'm mildly obsessedo the with numbers. so, i started with the stats regarding my moderate to severe plaque psoriasis. like how humira has been prescribed to over 300,000 patients. and how many patients saw clear or almost clear skin in just 4 months -

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good saturday morning. it's 6:27. a live look outside at the bay bridge toll plaza. twinkling lights over emeryville. rob mayeda is in with our microclimate forecast. a brisk morning. >> it is cold, you will need a winter coat this morning, but as early as 11:00, 12:00, t-shirt weather. 38 in santa rosa. 36 in morgan hill. dublin, 39 degrees. as we head towards the st. patrick's day events around the area, including the parade in dublin at 9:30 getting started,

look at the highs, recovering from the 30s. in the 70s this afternoon. the valley seeing 70s, upper 60s closer to san francisco and oakland. more of that weather will continue into tomorrow, where we think it will be warmer for san francisco. the next three days in the 70s. great for your outdoor plans today. chance of showers on wednesday, but we'll worry about that later in the week. >> love it, rob. thank you. now to a developing story in san francisco. a young teen fighting for her life after she was hit by a car walking home with her mother near fort funston. police tell us that the mother and daughter were in the crosswalk, across from their apartment, when a driver hit them. neighbors tell us the crash wasn't surprising because the

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we're back on this saturday morning, march 16th, 2019. a great crowd on the plaza. many of them dressed in green. likely heading to 5th avenue and the annual st. patrick's day parade set to kick off in a few hours. >> let's begin this half hour with a check of your headlines. first the main suspect in friday's mass shootings at two new zealand mosques appeared in court overnight for the first time charged with murder. his face is blurred here under new zealand law, but he is identified as branton tarrant. and their prime minister vows that gun laws will change after it was noted that he had five firearms.

including two semi automatic weapons. tributes for the people today, mourners leaving flowers near the hospital. in paris, the yellow vest protests seem to have new life after dwindling numbers recently. today protesters are clashing with police throwing smoke bombs and other objects. this is a live picture right now. they are throwing those objects at officers along the champs-elysees. they arrested at least 20 people. a massive nine alarm fire in boston forced the evacuation of an entire neighborhood last night. it broke out at a casket company. smoke was so overwhelming, firefighters were ordered out of the building soon after they arrived. no one was injured, but it took firefighters about seven hours to contain the blaze. and police on staten island are still looking for the cold blooded killer who gunned down a reputed mob boss right in front of his home. the killing this week now has many people wondering if a

renewed mob war could be next. kathy park is here with more. good morning. >> good morning. so decades of relative peace ended wednesday night in a hail of gunfire. a man suspected of being a high ranking member in the new york underworld murdered. cali may have avoided the limelight, but his low profile did not protect him. this morning detectives still searching for a suspect in the shocking assassination of a reputed mob boss, francesco cali gunned down just steps from his staten island home wednesday night. police say the shooter initially ran into cali's suv to draw him out of his home. >> he exits his residence, has a conversation with an individual where approximately 12 shots are fired with at least six striking the victim. >> reporter: bloody hand prints

can be seen on cali's vehicle believed to be where he hid after bullets went flying. the motive, still a mystery. >> it is an unusual hit. if you're going to take out a boss, you going to send one guy? >> reporter: puzzling even for former gambino family mobster who served 8 1/2 years in prison for his crimes. >> if it is not a personal beef, and somebody in the family did it, it will slowly leak out because they got to get it out themselves as they start to make their grab for power. >> reporter: police say it is too early to determine if the murder was mob related. the gambinos were once among the most powerful mafia families in the country. but that began to crumble when its top leaders went to prison in the '80s and '90s, including john gotti, also known as dapper don. his younger brother gene was released a few months ago after serving 29 years. >> the mob is still very much alive.

>> they still conduct the same bread and butter activities that they always have. >> reporter: cali kept a rather low profile. he pled guilty to extortion conspiracy more than a decade ago. to those in the neighborhood, he was just a regular guy. >> they didn't come in say i'm boss of the mafia family, they said i want an egg sandwich. >> and investigators are working with more clues including items from his home and surveillance video in the neighborhood, which could lead them to a suspect described by police as a man between 25 and 40 years old. what a story. >> fascinating. >> a lot of people looking over their shoulders these days. time for another check of the weather. dylan is out on the plaza. >> good morning. we're starting early. st. patrick's day tomorrow but folks already getting ready, in the spirit. are you italian, sir? >> me, no way. >> when did you put the paint on? >> actually it was about 4:30 this morning. >> and how long will you leave it on?

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the company says teams from across facebook have been working around the clock and are adding each video we find to an internal database which enables us to detect and automatically remove copies of the videos. other companies also say they have rigorous processes in place to manage and remove flagged videos. >> you are looking at some like a game of whac-a-mole where it keeps popping up in different places. >> facebook says it was alerted to this video by the new zealand police. that means human moderators or artificial intelligence didn't catch it. >> you wouldn't necessarily know that it was looking for this very precise thing. >> reporter: this is not the first time a heinous crime has been promoted on social media. in 2017, a man in cleveland broadcast his cold blooded shooting of a 74-year-old victim. and in 2015, after local news reporter alison parker and her photojournalist were shot dead on live television, the gunnen made posted video of the attack online. more than three years later, cyberspace still haunts her

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on to "pop start" now. and first up george clooney is speaking out in support of the duchess of sussex. they have been friends for some time and now he is coming to her defense speaking out during an interview with good morning britain about the way she's been portrayed in the british media. >> i've seen it when the press can turn on you for sort of ridiculous reasons and for almost nothing. and it seemed to me that it was -- seemed to be a little unjust since she hadn't done anything except just happened to live her life. >> he also says the duchess and prince harry are a wonderful loving couple. moving oneil degrasse tys tyson, it was announced that he will be returning to tv. his show had been on hold after he was accused of inappropriate contact by two women. the investigations have been

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we are wrak onback on a sat morning with a look at the idatirod race. there are several racers still on the court. >> and that includes blair braverman who along with her dogs has gained a huge following online since well before she even started the race. >> as harry smith tells us, the so-called ugly dogs aren't just supporting blair, they are helping school kids along the way too. >> reporter: when we met rookie

musher blair braverman two weeks ago, we had no idea just how much we would be charmed by her and her dogs. blair is being led across the alaska wilderness by peppy, cole bear, wixen, and now seven other dogs each as familiar as a household pet if you are one of braverman's loyal twitterle following who call themselves ugly dogs. >> twitter troll told me go back to your ugly dogs, karen. my name isn't karen. i don't know where that came from but the fans of the team started calling themselves the ugly dogs after that. >> reporter: when braveman started the race, she understandably stopped tweeting to her 70,000 fans. the only signal she sent out, a ping from her gps which we all tracked online many times a day. she's got 287 miles into the race.

she is moving at about, oh, she stopped. >> maybe she's trying to forge a river. >> reporter: well, there is a river right there, right? we were reassured when video emerged of her snuggling with cole bear on the trail. >> he is the only dog in the history of the idatirod to be on a diet during the race. >> reporter: and grew alarmed when she appeared to backtrack and rest at a cabin for almost 24 hours. one ugly dog tweeted can you imagine the idatirod trail committee going to blair's cabin and being like so your 70,000 moms want to know if you're okay. we began to think she was ending the race there. turns out it was a gps malfunction. braverman's ugly dogs chanled all their anxiety into good works. they tracked down fund raising questions for the rural schools along the idatirod route and began what some called i

give-arod. and this school was flooded with more than enough donations to get the fourth graders there is a field trip to anchorage. >> thank you ugly dogs. >> reporter: as braverman faced brutal winds, the school in a river town got ugly dog dough for new ipads. and fingers crossed when braverman hits the finish line, she will soon hear about the new tables and learning carpet for the school there, all paid for by her pack of ugly dogs. donations all told of more than $60,000. for a rookie musher and her ugly dogs, that is a race well run. for "today," harry smith. >> thank you to the ugly dogs. love the little boy that thanked the ugly dogs. a beautiful story and we appreciate what miss braverman is doing. before we go, we want to raise a glass on this st. patrick's day weekend. thanks to guinness for these

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coming up next, on today in the bay .... a mother and her teenage daughter, struck in a crosswalk. why the dri good morning. coming up next, a mother and a teenage daughter hit in a crosswalk. did the driver even see them? plus the bay area community gathering together to remember those killed in the mosque attacks in new zealand. and in brighter news, a gorgeous st. patrick's day weekend. rob mayeda tells us what to expect as we all head outdoors and enjoy it.

. good saturday morning. it's march 16th. here is a live look outside at san francisco and the golden gate bridge from our tower cam. just beautiful that morning haze. thank you very much for joining us. i'm kira klapper. rob mayeda is in for