we had a crash. blocking one lane now. there were three blocked. >> all right. that's what's happening "today in the bay". back at 7:25 with a local news update. >> join us at 11:00. see you at midday. thank you for starting your day with us. good morning. battle lines. president trump's new threat to close the mexican border suggesting overnight he is done playing nice while democrats step up the fight to see the entire mueller report by tomorrow. we're live in washington with the very latest. never my intention. former vice president joe biden defends his treatment of women while addressing for the first time allegations of inappropriate touching. >> i just kept thinking the vice president of the united states is smelling me, the vice president of the united states is touching me, he is kissing me, and i just don't know what to do. >> this morning what it could mean for biden's possible 2020 run. tragic mistake.

a young college student murdered after police say she mistook her alleged killer's car for an uber. the shocking case put in ridesharing in the spotlight as we hear from the victim's grief stricken family. >> she was by herself. she had absolutely no chance. those stories, plus breaking overnight the search for suspects after a popular grammy-nominated rapper is gunned down in l.a. dire emergency. the new clues emerging in those crashes that have grounded boeing 737 max planes worldwide. and double dose of upset. >> it happened in march. >> auburn makes history while michigan state takes down top-seeded duke. >> and michigan state is headed to minneapolis. >> to join virginia and texas tech in the final four. so how busted is your bracket? today is monday, april 1st, 2019.

>> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. hey, guys, welcome to "today" on this monday morning. craig is here. savannah is on assignment. she is not the only one on assignment. al roker hit the road, too. just you and me. >> just me and you. mr. roker is in alaska. he is live from the northern most city in these united states. who else but al roker could attract a crowd far above the arctic circle? >> what time is it there, roker? >> it's 3:00 a.m. here. everybody is happy. this is the whale bonar much here. out there is the arctic. it's a frozen sea. not as much frozen as they would like, and we are here. we went yesterday. we landed here actually early saturday morning, saturday afternoon and we ended up going

out on the ice doing important research work with scientists who are studying climate change. this is ground zero for climate change. temperatures are warming twice this is ground zero for climate change. temperatures are warming twice as fast here as they are around the rest of the world. we are going to examine climate change and what is being done about it and what it means for the rest of not only the country, but the world. they are finding answers here, guys, that impact us all in the years to come. we will have that coming up a little bit later. >> al, we look forward to those stories. thank you so much. we'll start with the top story. the growing fight in washington over border security, the mueller report and scandals that could impact the 2020 presidential race. we have complete coverage. we will start with nbc white house correspondent kristen welker. hey, kristen, good morning. >> reporter: hoda, good morning. president trump is taking some of his strongest actions yet to deal his signature issue of immigration, slashing aid to three central american

countries. he is also reviving the threat to shut down the border as early as this week. top democrats are calling the moves misguided and this morning pushing back. president trump intensifying the border battle. now threatening to shutdown the u.s. border with mexico if that country doesn't control the flow of migrants. overnight, tweeting, homeland security is being so nice, but not for the long. >> mexico's tough. they can stop them. now they will stop them. if they don't stop them, we're closing the border. we'll keep it closed for a long time. i'm not playing games. mexico has to stop it. >> reporter: and in an abrupt move, announcing he's slashing some $500 million in foreign aid to three central american countries which make up the northern triangle. >> i've ended payments to guatemala, to honduras and to el salvador. we were paying them tremendous amounts of money and we're not paying them anymore because they have not done a thing for us.

>> reporter: the stern words come amid a surge of asylum seekers. families from guatemala and el salvador and honduras in recent weeks. according to custom and border protection agents, the highest numbers were to cross last month. kellyanne conway insisting that the president means what he says. >> you can take the president seriously. >> reporter: a source says that the president has the authority to reprogram foreign aid without congress approval, but some democratic lawmakers say congress has to sign off first and will push back arguing, cutting off aid could make matters worse. >> what we need to do is focus on what is happening in central america, where three countries are disassembling before our eyes and people are coming to the united states. the president is cutting off aid to the countries will not solve that problem. >> kristen, what could be the consequences? the practical effect of cutting off aid to the three central american countries.

el salvador, guatemala and honduras. >> reporter: well, craig, the countries you just listed are considered among the most impoverished and crime-ridden in the world. that is the reason they are driving out of the countries in the first place. crime and drugs. when the president's acting chief of staff was pressed about that over the weekend, he argued if the aid was working, the migration rates would not be so high. expect this to be a very heated battle in the coming days. craig and hoda. >> kristen, thank you. also this morning, former vice president joe biden is addressing for the first time allegations that he inappropriately touched a candidate that he was campaigning for back in 2014. the issue front and center with biden said to be close to making a decision about a presidential run. andrea mitchell has that story. andrea, good morning. >> reporter: good morning,

craig, joe biden is weeks away from perhaps announcing his run for president. he is facing a new allegation. he made a woman he was campaignve years ago uncomfortable with what she felt was inappropriate, but not sexual touching. whether on a rope line or at a fund-raiser, former vice president joe biden, a veteran of countless campaigns, is an acknowledged hugger. lucy flores, before she was -- she dro deuced him at a rally, got too familiar. >> he leans down. smells my hair and then plants this big long kiss on the top of my head. in my brain, i just kept thinking the vice president of the united states is smelling me. the vice president of the united states is touching me. he's kissing, and i just don't know what to do. >> reporter: flores doesn't believe it was sexual, but she calls it inappropriate. the incident corroborated by correspondents reviewed by nbc

news. flores says she went public now because it is relevant to the 2020 election. biden said, in my many years on the campaign trail and public life, i offered countless handshakes, hugs and support and comfort. not once did i ever believe i acted inappropriately. if it is suggested i did so, i will listen respectfully. but it was never my intention. biden getting support from stephanie carter. wife of former defense secretary ashe carter. she writes this shoulder rub from biden at her husband's 2015 swearing in was a show of support of close friends. not inappropriate touching. biden is still undeclared. he is out-polling the field. other 2020 hopefuls were very quick to show support for flores.

signaling if biden gets in, as expected, as the front-runner, he'll expect a lot of scrutiny. especially for standards which were acceptable have changed in the me too era. >> thank you, andrea. now to the fight over what's in the mueller report. congress is putting more pressure on u.s. attorney general william barr to release the report immediately. so far, he's only promising a redacted version in the coming weeks. we have hallie jackson with more. >> reporter: hoda, good morning. new this morning, house judiciary democrats say they will offer a subpoena for that report this week. deadline drama this morning over the full report from robert mueller, as u.s. attorney general william barr works to blackout information. before sharing widely. barr emphasized why he is keeping some parts secret. because of grand jury material and classified information and

he says information that would unduly infringe on the privacy of third parties. >> i understand the attorney general has issues in areas he has concern. >> reporter: some democrats like adam schiff say redactions are unacceptable, demanding the entire report by tomorrow. barr says it will take a couple more weeks. so, does a subpoena look likely? >> remember, we're talking about a difference of ten days here or so. so my guess is this is going to be something that can be negotiated away. >> reporter: part of the reason behind the demand for the full report -- to find out why the special counsel did not decide either way on whether president trump obstructed justice. instead, barr and deputy attorney general rod rosenstein are the ones who, in the summary, made the determination the president did not obstruct. the white house now claims that was mueller's intention all along.

>> what you saw here is simply mueller saying, i'm going to let barr call this one. >> reporter: the president and his team see vindication. the rest of the country is not so sure. a new nbc news/"wall street journal" poll finds 29% of americans believe the president has been exonerated of wrongdoing. 40% think he has not. a third say they just don't know yet. so bottom line from these findings means a lot of people remain in wait and see mode. none of this seems to affected president trump's approval ratings. hovering around 43%. hoda and craig. >> hallie, thank you. a problem with a computer program is leading to problems with the airlines. that comes as we expect the preliminary report over the ethiopian airlines crash anytime now. nbc's tom costello is covering both of those stories for us this morning. tom, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. let's start with ethiopia.

we are expecting the preliminary report on exactly what caused the crash any day or any minute now. 346 people killed between the ethiopian crash and the indonesia crash. information on the dire emergency the ethiopian jetliner faced. in the wreckage of flight 302, data from the plane's black boxes suggested the pilots were dealing with stall warnings soon after takeoff. sources tell nbc news, the pilot's control column, or stick shaker, activated violently 450 feet off the ground. sources confirm the new mcas, anti-stall system triggered. pushing the nose down as the pilots struggled to pull it back up. the same scenario forced lion air into the java sea last october. the critical question this morning is, what the ethiopian airlines angle of attack sensors torn off? then unable to feed accurate

information about the plane's pitch to the mcas anti-stall system? in indonesia, investigators say the sensors have failed on an earlier trip, but never repaired. >> they will look to understand what could have caused the mcas system to activate. what were the values that were being brought in by the angle of attack sensors. those are critical items we need to understand. >> reporter: inside the cockpit, the ethiopian pilots struggle to understand the alarms and warnings as the plane pitched nose-down. the cockpit voice recorder captured one pilot saying to the other, pitch up, pitch up. it crashed six minutes into flight. nbc news learned veteran pilots who recreated the system in simulators also crashed the plane. with the 737 max planes grounded, american and southwest

are cancelling more flights. >> they are moving around the flights due to this ripple effect of having to ground so many planes due to the 737 max. that means there may not be as many seats available on the flights you would want to take to certain destinations. >> tom, now back to the related issue causing flight delays for airlines around the country. what more do we know? >> reporter: this was system called aero data. it is a wait and balance system. they experienced a problem this morning and i went down. that affected multiple airlines. including southwest airlines, jetblue, united, alaska airlines, some regionals as well. we can take a look at the flight aware misery map. we had a ripple effect across the country as the delays mounted today with this computer system down, specifically up in the northeast. we saw significant delays earlier this morning at new york

and d.c. and spreading down the coast ever so slightly. they got the system back up just before 8:00 a.m., but it has had this ripple effect. we expect it to continue. unrelated, by the way, to the 737 max issue. completely unrelated to that. back to you, craig. >> tom costello at reagan national. thank you. and the hip-hop world is mourning the loss of nipsey hussle, shot and killed outside his clothing store that he founded. gadi schwartz has more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, hoda. social media exploded as fans from around the country expressed their grief. overnight, an emotional outpouring for grammy-nominated artist nipsey hussle. later dying at a hospital. the shooting happening in broad daylight with two other men also

hit sunday afternoon, as the gunman is still out there. hussle grew up in south l.a. he had spoken publicly about his association with the crips. the rapper tweeting, having strong enemies a blessing. as news of the rapper's death spread online, many took to social media. john legend writing, rest in peace, nipsey. he was so gifted, so proud of his home, so invested in his community. utterly stunned that he's gone so soon. steph curry reacting too the news. >> i got to know him as a person and what he stood for and his message. ♪ >> reporter: the rapper earned his first grammy nomination

this year for his album "victory lap." recording with snoop dogg and kendrick lamar. >> to make music that speaks to opportunities and speak to inspiring. >> reporter: in recent years, hussle had backed a number of empowerment projects to improve the crenshaw district. he opened a shared workspace to increase diversity in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. last year, telling "the l.a. times," in our culture, follow the athletes. but there should be something to follow mark zuckerberg. this morning, police are still looking for a suspect, as those in los angeles and beyond mourn the man whose spirit inspired others. guys, nipsey hussle is survived by his two young children and longtime girlfriend lauren london.

police are treating this as a homicide case. back to you. >> gadi, thank you so much. >> known to a lot of people. in crenshaw, known for community empowerment. he will be missed. much more to get to this monday morning, including, of course, college basketball. two more teams punching their ticket to the final four on sunday. >> winston. no one near him and he's going to come out with it. and michigan state is headed to minneapolis! >> there you have it. michigan state pulling off the upset, with a 68-67 win over duke. michigan state great magic johnson in the crowd giving a big hug to the wife of head coach tom izzo. next up, the spartans will face texas tech who earned their trip to the final four on saturday. >> and in sunday's early game, auburn tigers knocked off kentucky, 77-71. reaching the final four for the first time in school history.

they face virginia in the semis. that's on saturday. charles barkley, a star player for auburn in the '80s, he celebrated from the set. look at the guy. he's having a party, that man. it was upset city, man. it was pretty fun to watch. we will find out how busted our brackets were. i think everyone at home. >> two of the final four teams have never been to the final four. virginia hasn't been since '84. >> and look, if duke was going to beat virginia tech barely, i'm kind of glad they got knocked out. >> i'm not touching that. we'll take a look at the brackets a little bit later in the show. your hokies? >> they hung in. let's get the first check of the weather. al roker in alaska getting a firsthand look at important climate change research there. >> hey, guys, it is 4 degrees right now here, but there's no wind. it is comfortable. these folks enjoying. we just saw the aurora borealis. we will share that with you a bit. down southeast in florida, a lot

of rain. showers and thunderstorms. that system is going to be lifting up as low pressure forms in the gulf and starts to track along the southeastern coast. the difference between the european and american models right now, it looks like the european model is going to win out. keeping it close to the coast. we will see heavy rain to the southeast, 1 to 2 inches of rain through there. if it continues to hug the coast, it may actually start to impact the mid-atlantic and northeast as well. we'll get to your local forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds.

good morning. right now it is getting very cloudy. incoming clouds moving in overnight. 51 for the south bay. 43 in the north bay. light to moderate rain mainly in the north bay. san francisco, 53 degrees. 53 for the east bay. areas south of the golden gate bridge, light showers, muggy conditions into the afternoon. upper '60s, low 70s. coming up, we're going to be taking a look at what temperatures are going to be doing over the next week or so. guys, back to you. >> thank you, al. again, we can't underscore how it's 3:20 in the morning and al has a massive crowd out there. also ahead, a disturbing case putting a ridesharing company in the spot. we're going to hear from the heartbroken family after

a college student murdered after she got into a car she thought was an uber. why amazon's jeff bezos is blaming saudi arabia for the leak of his private intimate messages. was he targeted over the jamal khashoggi case? we'll look at that. but first, t hi

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temperatures aren't very cold. right now in san jose, 51 degrees. this is what it looks like outside. microclimate high for today, we're tracking a very weak system that is pretty far off to the north. we're not expecting widespread heavy rain. light rain might not even make it to your area. very light rain overnight into tomorrow. a chance of showers is going to be muggy and cloud y. temperatures in the upper 60s for the north bay. in through the south bay, still dealing with 70s out there, which is why it's humid out there. doppler radar, this is where the storm currently stands. we'll monitor throughout the afternoon. how are the roads, mike? >> they just did a traffic alert. out of san pablo. this stretch up here at the top of your screen. right there. it cleared the last couple of seconds. berkeley, much more traffic. although the earlier crash

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they can make it if they shoot for a dog or a monkey. but a human girl, only one gets to be moon queen, and so, yeah, i'm actually happy as hell. >> happy as hell? really? >> we are back with "snl's" hilarious take on nasa's decision to pull the plug on what would have been the first all-female space walk ever. >> well, good news, we are actually going to hear from those women first hand. we're going to do a live interview in outer space with

them. it's going to be pretty cool. >> we'll talk to the moon queens. >> it's going to be fun. a check of today's headlines first. former vice president joe biden is responding to allegations that he inappropriately kissed a woman he was campaigning for five years ago. lucy flores, a former nominee for democratic lieutenant governor of nevada says it wasn't sexual but it was inappropriate. >> he leans down, smells my hair, and plants this big, long kiss on the top of my head. in my brain, i just kept thinking, the vice president of the united states is smelling me. the vice president of the united states is touching me, he's kissing ne, and i just don't know what to do. >> flores says she went public now because she feels it is relevant to the 202 election. biden issued this statement saying, saying in my many years on the campaign trail and in public life i have offered countless handshakes, hug, expressions of affection and

comfort, and not once did i ever act inappropriately. >> a navy s.e.a.l. charged with killing an iraqi war prisoner was moved over the weekend from the brig to a less restrictive bar barracks. president trump tweeted, in honor of his past service to our country, navy zeal eddie gallagher will soon be moved to less restrictive confinement while he awaits his day in court. he's accuse offend fatally stabbing an islamic prisoner in what prosecutors say was a premeditated act. gallagher has pled not guilty. his trial is set to start next month. >> another horse has died at california's famed santa anita racetrack. it's the 23rd horse to die at the park since christmastime. on sunday, a horse suffered a fatal injury after colliding with another horse during a race. the incident comes just two days

after the track reopened with new rules aimed at improving horse safety. park officials are seeing if any additional improvements need to chirlgel chilling story out of south carolina. a man has been charged with kidnapping and killing a college student police say mistakenly got into his car thinking it was her uber ride. nbc's kerry sanders with the latest on this. good morning. >> reporter: well, good morning, craig. uber drivers say this is a miss passengers make all the time. a 21-year-old university of south carolina student a year away from going to law school came out of one of the bars, looked at her app for uber, saw what she thought was a dark car, assumed it was the car that she needed to get into. police say it was a deadly error. >> though i walk in the shallow of the valley of death.

>> reporter: overnight hundreds attending a vigil at the university of south carolina to remember samantha josephson. >> she had a personality and a presence that lit up a room. >> reporter: police say the 21-year-old senior was leaving a college bar early friday morning when she mistakenly got into this black chevy impala thinking it was her uber ride. a surveillance camera capturing her final moments. >> we believe she simply mistakenly got into the car. she opened the door, got into it, and departed with the suspect driving. >> reporter: according to the arrest warrant, when josephson's body was found in a wooded area hours later by two hunters she had numerous wounds to her head and body. 24 yard line na 2 aer th -- early saturday poli spott spotted rowland's car blocks

from where she was picked up. inside his vehicle detectives found what they say is compelling evidence. josephson blood, her cell phone, window cleaner and a container of bleach, and they revealed one other chilling detail. >> the child safety locks were activated on the door that would not allow someone to escape. >> reporter: josephson's grieving mother, who didn't want to be seen on camera, spoke at the suspect's bail hearing. >> reporter: josephson's father now cautioning her friends to be hyper vigilant when using ridesharing services. >> she was by herself. she had absolutely no chance. if there is somebody else in the car, there is actually a chance. >> reporter: uber had no comment on this case, but does routinely

encourage users to make sure they are getting into the right car. >> i was just in columbia over the weekend. i know how much this story has rattled that community. i have also hung out on that strip there in five points on harden street. how can riders make sure they are getting into the right car, kerry? >> reporter: experts say, first of all, when you get your uber app out it shows you the exact make and model of the car. so you should confirm that. also displayed on the app is the license tag which you should check. in south carolina, like so many states, it's only in the back. finally, when you are getting ready to get in the car, when you open the door, before you get in ask a question. who are you here to pick up? kerry. when you hear them confirm your name, then get in the car. if they don't know your name, it's probably not the car designed to pick you up. >> useful tips. kerry, thank you. we are going to switch gears

and get a check of the weather from mr. roker who is way up north in alaska. >> reporter: hey, guys. we are in utqiagvik, and i was just told how to say good morning. the utqiagvik people's language. they are out here. 5,000 people in this town. i think a lot showed up. let's show you what we have happening right now as far as our temperatures are concerned. freeze warnings, although it's 4 here. it's not quite as cold as you have right now. 24 million people impacted in the mid-mississippi and ohio river valleys. the wind chills anywhere from 20, feels like 20 to 30, even 31. as you get into the northeast, it's a little chilly. the windchill 6. 15 in pittsburgh. feels like 26 in new york city. temperatures will be dropping as we begin this week. we are looking at temperatures that will be anywhere from 10 to

20 degrees below average for a cold april start. this is an april fool's joke. temperatures rebound by wednesday. 60 in new york city, 68 in charlotte, 71 memphis, 71 degrees in jacksonville. that's what's going on around the country. say good morning, everyone! we've got partly cloudy skies to start our workweek here in the bay area. microclimate highs for today will still be warm. mid and upper 60s. 64 for san francisco down to the south bay. low to mid-70s. it will be quite muggy, though, because we're tracking a bit of a stamm that's rather weak that could bring a chance of showers in through the overnight hours into tuesday. the bigger storm expected into friday evening, saturday. >> and that's your latest weather. in the next half hour, the reason why we're here. climate change. ground zero here at utqiagvik.

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sanchez's brother claiming an ami executive contacted him about the affair after "the enquirer" saw text messages between the secret couple. perhaps a clue according to bezos' security consultant that indicates the tabloid may have had additional help trying to embarrass the richest man in the world. >> michael sanchez told the "new york post" his sister and bezos were, quote, so in love they didn't have any plan and it was his job to protect them. we reached out to amazon and the saudi arabia embassy for comment. so far no response. as for sanchez, he is not commenting any further at this time. >> somehow i don't think we have seen the last of this story. >> no. complicated. >> thank you. up next, hoops, history, and a heap of drama as the tournament's final four is set. what's left of our brackets? that's right after this. you could take the treatment of your ulcerative colitis

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it is 7:55. you're probably noticing it is a little bit cloudier compared to all the sunshine we had this weekend. it is still beautiful out there. a live view of the golden gate bridge. we're noticing clouds. temperatures in the 50s. it's not very cold outside. all thanks to a system that's just offshore bringing precipitation far off to the north. a lot of the light showers will be centered and stick over the north bay. as we head towards the evening hours, tuesday morning, a chance of light rain in through tonight and tomorrow. temperatures will remain in the 60s. we head towards wednesday, we will catch a break from the rain. our bigger rain maker will move in thursday night, into friday. a rainy evening. that will set us up for showers into the weekend. as far as today goes, very light showers expected.

tomorrow temperatures in the 70s. it will still be comfortable but muggy out there. mike? . vianey, a comfortable drive for most of the bay. a crash cleared up. this is becoming a crash issue. 880 approaching 238, we have slow lane blocked. just the slow lane. tough driving through north in hayward. jammed towards san lorenzo. we have a crash southbound 101. it is just clearing. back to you. >> thank you very much. happening now, desperate pleas from a family of an oakland boy who shot himself last week in a tragic accident. they are asking governor newsom for his imprisoned father to see him. the full story on our twitter feed a bart station getting its first lot opening today. it will eliminate two open air

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>> al is on top of the world with a firsthand look at how climate change is affecting the planet. >> what we are seeing is unprecedented. the changes that are happening are happening just 30, 50 years. >> how what's happening out on the ice could impact you at home. today is monday, april 1st, 2019. ♪ >> for my 60th birthday. >> first time in new york from kentucky. >> birthday from atlanta, georgia. >> my 30th. woo! ♪ >> girls trip from highlands ranch, colorado. >> i think have my morning coff watching the "today." >> turning 40 and 50 from missouri. woo! >> welcome back.

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is slashing reported eporting he's slashing $4.5 million in aid to three foreign countries. it comes amid a surge in migrants seeking asylum. a number of top democrats say cutting aid could actually make issues like drugs, crime, and poverty worse in those countries. meanwhile, a big development on the 2020 campaign trail. former vice president joe biden who could announce he's running for president in weeks is facing a new allegation. lucy flores says before she introduced him at a rally, he got too familiar, telling nbc's kasie hunt. >> he leans down, smells my hair, and then plants this big long kiss on the top of my head. in my brain, i just kept thinking, the vice president of the united states is smelling me. the vice president of the united states is touching me. he's kissing me. i just don't -- i just don't know what to do. >> reporter: biden saying in a statement, quote, in my many

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her eyes was wide open. i saw blood in the back of her head. i just knew the worst, like her skull was crushed. i was just screaming, just screaming, a mother's cry. >> reporter: the girl's 12-year-old brother performing cpr until their father rushed the little girl to the hospital. >> i picked her up off the ground and just took off. >> reporter: the family says she's suffered multiple injuries, including a fractured pelvis and a fractured skull. but miraculously she survived and is expect expected to make a full recovery. >> she is awake, she is up, she is talking, she is smiling, she is facetiming. >> reporter: according to a police report attained by nbc news the owner of the vehicle was at work when the car crash happened telling authorities they are 28-year-old boyfriend had the car. now a tight-knit family fighting for answers. thankful they are still whole. >> it's a blessing she is still

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most community in the united states. hey, al. >> reporter: good morning. and here in utqiagvik things are heating up. we don't mean in a good way. when i arrived on saturday morning we hit a high of 33 degrees. that's a record for the day, which is 36 degrees above average. to put that into perspective with other readings, you would see a high in new york city at this date hitting 91 degrees or miami reaching 117 degrees on march 30th. while it might help us feel our fingers and toes, it's raising major red flags for scientists about what's possible when it comes to climate change. it's the topf othe world and for scientists utqiagvik, alaska, formerly known as barrow is ground zero for climate change. >> the changes that are happening are happening just 30, 50 years. >> reporter: so we made the trip

330 miles above the arctic circle. here we are. and out on to the ice to see the research firsthand. how deep? >> 25 meters. you see how thick the ice is. >> reporter: ignatius rigor is a scientist from the university of washington. >> this is one of our fundamental water stations that measures air pressure, air temperature. it also measures winds. these are the fundamental parameters to forecast weather. >> talk about your instruments. >> the data is absolutely critical. it helps make our weather forecasting better. >> reporter: amy holman with

nuclear option nucle no noaa says it is the key to many alaskans way of life. temperatures continue to rise at an unprecedented rate. will this go into that to help with modeling? >> those models are so important up here not only for knowing what it's going to be like for how we could dress today, but also because we use our forecasts for aviation, for transportation, and that is critical in alaska because so many of the communities aren't on roads. >> reporter: when you have a person sitting at home watching right now, what does this mean to them? >> one thing everybody should know is that we are watching this change happen so rapidly and we are also measuring it. we are trying to understand what's going on. >> going to get the buoy. >> reporter: we joined scientist victoria hill as she deployed a

buoy to measure how sunlight and heat impact the ice. >> this is the brains of everything? >> yes. so this is what controls switching the sensors on and off. >> reporter: do you name them? >> this one is number nine. we could name it after you if you want. it be the al recker buoy. >> reporter: al in the roker arctic buoy. yes. it's not just the ice in the arctic. scientists like bryan thomas are interested in -- >> our portable sampling unit. >> reporter: because of the unique location the observatory is only one of four sites in the world taking critical greenhousgreenhouse gas measurements. why is it important to sample those gases? >> what's happening with the greenhouse gases as you may know is that they are causing more heat to be absorbed into the atmosphere. the more in the atmosphere, the

more heat there is available for things like storms. >> reporter: those gases targeting the earth's ozone layer. >> what our job is to do is to monitor the ozone and make sure thats not decreasing. so that's what we use it for. we are going to open the dome. >> reporter: has it remained steady? >> the ozone hole is something that only happens in the southern hemisphere now. what we are trying to do is understand how it varies over the earth and if it's going to happen we want to watch it happen and be able to give people warning. >> reporter: as a planet we make a commitment to change something that you can reverse damage that has been done. >> we hope so. >> reporter: scientists making it clear what happens in the arctic doesn't stay in the arctic as temperatures rise all around the world. and, guys, this is such a beautiful environment. we got this morning something that is rare to see. the aurora borealis. folks here get to see it almost all the time, but for those of

us from the lower climbs, it is amazing to see. and as it, yeah, it was unbelievable. there is a superstition here that if you howl at it, it will get brighter. we were all howling. it was gorgeous. >> when you think about how beautiful that is in photographs, you can only imagine what it's like in person. you have been talking about climate change a lot, al. what is it like being on the front lines and seeing actually what's going on? >> reporter: well, it's a fascinating thing. for us this is something that's theoretical at least in point, although we are seeing more severe storms. we are seeing rapid intensification of hurricanes. we are seeing more heavy rain events. for the folks here, for the first time last year they actually had storm surge because the ice had opened up. the ocean was available and they had water coming into their town. this is not a theory. this is reality here, guys.

and it does have an affect on what we see down in the lower 48 and around the world because we have open water back there, open oceans, and that provides more moisture, more energy for stronger storms. >> hey, al, obviously, the people there would be impacted if this change keeps happening. is it at all possible for anything to be reversed? how would they go about doing that? >> reporter: well, the interesting thing, as we mentioned in the story, ozone layer, the hole in the ozone in the southern pole, has actually started to close up. there is no deterioration of the ozone layer here. and so if we do make commitments, we can reverse things. the question becomes, with the greenhouse gases continuing to increase, we are seeing the increase here of carbon die ox aid with more methane, more greenhouse gases. if we stop that, can we reverse it? the jury is still out on that.

>> tell us about the people behind you, the town. we assume everybody there might be working in climate change. what is the community like? >> reporter: the community here, you have a group of people, you have folks who work on research out here. you have got a native folks here, the utqiagvik people. we will show you folks here, who go out on seal skin boats, who make magnificent parkas. they could be the first refugees due to climate change because of beach oerosion, land erosion, storm surge. the people will have to move from their villages. >> you have one more job. how about a check of the weather? >> okay. that's what's going and radar starting to show some light rain moving in.

i'll zoom it in closer. we have light showers actually popping up in san jose, parts of the peninsula as well. some areas in through the east bay. but at the very light. expect on and off showers all through tonight and into tomorrow. temperatures will be in the 50s for san francisco with low 70s in through south bay and tri-valley. due to climate change because of here's what's happening in your >> reporter: guys, when we talk about our national map, we show hawaii and alaska and boxes at the bottom. consider this. alaska has 1,000 miles of coastline. just the state of alaska alone. so this is an important place. as we said, a lot of folks have said this is the canary in the coal mine when it comes to climate change. so we are going to watch this very closely. >> thanks, al. more from al in the 9:00 hour. right now pop start. >> on this monday morning,

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we are going to be back after your local nous news. ews. . i )m ... the new multi-level parking stru good morning to you. 8:26. i'm marcus washington. the new multi-level parking structure at the walnut creek b.a.r.t. station is getting its first real test today. that lot officially opened for business over the weekend. monthly spots are already sold out. the five story garage has room for about 900 cars, but it will only provide a net fish additio 100 or so because b.a.r.t. will now eliminate two nearby open air parking lots in order to develop the village. teams will start building nearly 600 housing units, retail shopping and more. we can always add more

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before that, let's go back to the top of the world with al roker in alaska. what's up, bud ady. we will look at the week ahead. we start off on the chilly side in the east coast. you can see below average temperatures for the eastern third of the country. rain and mountain snow. sunshine for a good portion of alaska and hawaii. as we make our way to the mid week, a coastal storm moves up. we watch that closely. mountain snow in the rocky. wet weather in the pacific northwest. warm weather in the south. in the week, more wet weather in the east coast. we could see severe weather and heavy thunderstorms. rain and mountain snow out west and central california. the sunshine continues. alaska warms up. hawaii looking pretty

we're seeing some light rain already moving in to parts of north bay and also areas south of the golden gate bridge. also seeing light rain pushing into the south bay. temperatures in the 60s and 70s. expect to keep the light rain all through the afternoon and into tomorrow with rain increasing by friday. and that's your latest weather. guys, we have more coming up in #thirdhourtoday. we will launch weather balloons. one of the most unique places for weather balloon launches. we will show you how it is done. #thirdhourtoday. >> dylan got excited for that. >> yeah, al. now to a lot of #re oof of #readwithjenna. >> thanks for reading with me.

it is april 1st. i hope you wrapped up the first pick. "the last romantics." i'll have an instagram at 12:15. be sure to follow the account to get your questions answered. send in questions. are you ready? we have the book somewhere. >> under your script? >> will you do the honors? i already read it. this is a beautiful book called "the unwinding of the miracle." >> i read that. >> did you? >> by julie williams. it is a story about julie's life. her journey to the country and the multimately the american dream. she went to law school and married the love of her life. it was cut devastating illness. >> it is an illness dear to my heart. amazing story.

amazing. >> you're happy with my pick, craig melvin? >> i have actually read most of it. >> you have? >> yeah. >> wow. >> this is julie's last work. she wrote this while she was passing away. we will speak to her husband at the end of the month. it is a beautiful book. please read with me and follow the account on instagram. use the #readwithjenna. >> nice. >> when you want a good book and you don't know what to choose. i was looking for one the last time you brought one up. >> savannah is reading it. she hasn't read a book since 1984. she reads. she reads everything else. y'all, this is beautiful. if you are looking for a book to give you hope, this is it. >> thanks, jenna. just ahead, the stars of an unusual and emotional movie. we have alec baldwin and emelio

to simone, i leave the van gogh. to harrison, the wine collection. grace, you get the beach house, just don't leave the lights on, okay? to mateo, my favorite chair. to chris, the family recipes. to craig, this rock. to jamie, well, let's just say, enjoy the ride.

the redwoods to the redheads. the rainbows to the proud. the almonds to walter. the beaches to the bums. and the fog to, who else, karl. i leave these things to my heirs, all 39 million of you, on one condition. that you do everything in your power to preserve and protect them. with love, california.

we are back with emilio estevez and alec baldwin and michael kenneth williams. they star in the film "the public." emilio estevez wrote and directed. it is about a public library in cincinnati looking to make a social statement. take a look. >> don't tell them. this is a peaceful demonstration. >> this is a peaceful non str s demonstrati demonstration. >> no one is being held against their will? >> no, everyone is here because they want to be here. >> everyone is here because they want to be here. >> would it be safe to assume some are novembt of sound mind? >> you don't need to be to know

it is freezing outside, detective. >> this is a significant day. today in particular is significant. this was the day the idea was hatched in their mind? >> that's right. april 1st, 2007. >> april fools' day. >> l.a. times arrived. i read an article written by former salt lake city librarian. the essay was about how libraries have become de facto homeless shelters and now workers becoming first responders. this journey. i watched the elements of the story unfolding in real-time. so to finally make this film. we wrapped it two years ago. the editing process was a long one. here we are. >> if people are wondering what the plot of this thing. homeless people who need a place to hang out. alec baldwin, you play a police officer who is trying to figure out. >> crisis negotiator.

>> give us a sense of the plot line from your perspective. >> i don't want to give away too much. surprise, surprise, emilio is a do-gooder. he does socially progressive things in the film. >> and you? >> i play the hostage negotiators when the group of men or women? >> that's right. >> all men for a very special reason. >> that's right. >> they take over the cincinnati library. >> when emilio estevez gives you a call, alec and say you have a project. do you say yes or read it and say yes? >> it is the former. i think you know, i say this and embarrass him publicly and privately this way. everywhere you go, there are few people who are doing what he's doing. doing his only thing. making his films. writing them. when he calls you, you say i'm in. >> michael, i watched the interview you did on the

project. you said that the role you played changed your -- changed your life in a way. how did it? you play a homeless man. >> this changed my life. it changed the way i looked at the library. i didn't realize how -- how critical the library is to some people because i have the luxury of buying a computer and i don't have to go to the library anymore. like emilio said, the library levels the playing field. at one point, everyone needs the library. some people still do. you know, i remember going to work one day and i got there a little early. our work hours from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. when the library was closed. i witnessed people coming out of the library. who are these background people? by this time we knew everybody. at this time, i thought, oh,

those are the people i'm portraying in the film. it had a profound effect. >> you used some of those? >> we invited a number of them to join us. i think, again, they felt empowered. i said, look, comb pae be part it. you will have a paycheck. we will feed you. their dignity was restored. >> on another note, alec, i was flipping through saturday night and "snl" was on. do you block out saturday nights? i know they will call me. >> i think there is always a chance something will happen. they would say could you tomorrcome in? the news is breaking every 12 hours. i leave my saturdays open. >> there were a lot of tweets. this one from the president. basically saying, nothing funny about tired "saturday night

live" on fake news nbc. now do they get rid of the republican hit jobs? very unfair and should be looked into. this is the real collusion. >> my response to that is the public opens friday, april 5th. around the united states. that's what i say to that. please come to the opening, sir. we have a ticket for you and your wife. >> do you read these? >> you can't care. listen, lorne michaels is a dear friend of mine. i'll do three shows and i'm out. he won and the rest is dark history if we will. so we go there to have fun. who knows how much longer that will last. >> when we started talking about this, i grew up watching alec do some great dramatic performances. so that's how i know him had. that's how i remember him. always. and fondly. so when i reached out to ask him

to participate in this, it was to reset the dramatic wheels. don't you think? >> please. please. dear, god, please. here. hear emilio's cry. >> he is a wonderful dramatic actor. let's remember that. >> while we're lathering each other up. the night i saw him on hbo. i saw him do the show. i could not take my eyes off him. i couldn't take my eyes off. i got to work with him. he is one of the greatest movie a actors. >> we're so on set. he walks by me on the set. >> he was asleep in a chair. >> he calls me in africa like that was you? >> cincinnati. he was asleep in a chair all day. michael. michael. >> michael, people look at you

and think "the wire." do you get sick of that? >> never. why would i? >> 35 years since "breakfast club." >> yeah. >> 35. >> thanks. you had to bring it up. how it has resonated. by the way, set in a library, we should point out. all these years later. it is still one of those movies. >> it transcends generations. >> he could be going. this is what defines him. he could go to the comic-conversion of "the breakfast club" dvd. >> it's not going to happen. >> the he calec, "the public" o? >> april 5th. up next, an out of the world live interview. we will talk about the

cancellation of the all female spacewalk with the astronauts involved. but first this is "today" on nbc.

welcome back. in early march nasa announced plans for the first ever all-female spacewalk. aung san suu kyi and christ -- anne mcclain. it had to be canceled. there were issues with spacesuit sizing. both needed a medium size upper torso, but only one would be ready in time. on cry koch completed that spacewalk with nick hague instead. >> all three are joining us. this is cool. live from the international space station to talk about what happened. we have astronauts nick hague, christina koch, and anne mcclain. guys, i want to start with you, ann. we were down here on planet earth with two pom-poms looking up. we were hoping for the first

all-female spacewalk and all of a sudden they said it was scrapped because of a suit. i thought, i wonder how bummed out ann is. ann, how bummed out were yoe, h? >> i think by now most people know that was based on my recommendation. i think as the lead for the u.s. segment up here on the space station we are always looking at ways to make our team and our job ex discussion the most efficient that we can. i am extremely proud of nick and christina. we are classmates from the 2013 astronaut class, got to nasa at the same time. so we shoveled the crews around. there were no spacewalks canceled. they went out the door last friday. i am going out next week. we are certainly looking forward to that. so we have been so busy and focused on the mission that it's actually been a great time to be up on the space station. >> you are famous down here not

just for being in space, but "snl" had fun. aidy bryant played you. we will play you a clip of how "snl" focused on this, all right? >> they can make a special spacesuit for a dog or a spacesuit for a monkey, but a human girl, only one gets to be moon queen. so, yeah, i'm actually happy as hell. >> happy as hell? really? >> yeah! >> all right. anne, i know we are on a little delay. what's your take on that? >> hi. i'm nick. we saw the "snl" skit and it was hilarious. it had us crying. it was great. >> i love that they have great senses of humor in outer space.

>> yeah, quite honestly it was the laugh we needed up here yesterday. >> hey, christina, i know you actually got to do the spacewalk. for -- >> it was one thing to launch into space and realize our dreams of being an astronaut -- >> no. i do want to hear more because, obviously, none of us have been in space or will go to space. what is it like when you are out there? i mean, those suits look bulky. how important is it to fit right so you can actually go outside and do your job? >> yes. it is an absolutely incredible experience to be outside the space station. friday was my first time doing it, and it blew me away. floating above the earth with nothing between you and the earth 250 miles below you except for your own personal spacecraft known as your spacesuit is a

pretty amazing thing to be able to accomplish. we are lucky to be part of a team that enables us to do that. the spacesuit is bulky. even no matter what your size. and it provides for a very small work envelope kind of like right in front of you. so any of you that watch the spacewalk may have noticed we are constant lerepositioning our defense to get the job done with the tools and tethers in front of us. it's very important to have a great fit. we are lucky that we can all get out there and kind of push through those challenges. >> we want to thank you guys, christina, anne, and nick. anne went out for her spacewalk as well. everyone has been out. we are happy that you guys did it. we are cheering you on from down here. thanks, you guys. we appreciate you. >> safe travels back to earth. we will be back in a moment. first this is "today" on nbc.

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welcome back. do not forget to grab jenna's book club pick. she has a great track record. >> fantastic book. just ahead in a few minutes in the third hour, country star jake owen is here. he will be here for a live performance. >> check out today.com/allday. kathie lee and i are taking a look at our craziest antics through the years. plus, a teacher's note about starredized tests for kids and parents after ygood morning, it. i )m - -... the family of a 4-year-old good morning. we have breaking news to tell you about. take a look, this is a huge warehouse fire in oakland near 19th street. you can see the thick cloud of black smoke as well as the flames there in the distance as nbc bay area sky ranger there heading over to the area.

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live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaz arcs this is the third hour of "today." good morning. happy monday. i'm dylan with craig. sheinelle, welcome back from vacation. only three people because al decided to travel to just as far north as you can get in this country. he is in what used to be barrow, alaska. it's the epicenter of climate change. utqiagvik. >> utqiagvik? >> utqiagvik. >> formerly known as barrow. >> you call it that? >> it's easier. >> al, wis