the roadway there. very light traffic but remember, as we talked about giants are playing today, midday so there will be more traffic as we come back here, folks, we have a little toast in a giants mug we got when they won the last world series. >> cheers, have a great weekend! breaking news, prince philip, the duke of edinburgh has died. buckingham palace announced he passed away peacefully overnight. this morning the tributes pouring in. his place in the history of the royal family, and an inside look at a remarkable seven decade love story between the prince and his queen. epidemic, two more shootings rock the nation. a gunman goes on a rampage at an office in texas, while an entire family is gunned down in south carolina. >> there's nothing about this right now that makes sense to

any of us. >> this morning, new details on the investigations, and in washington, the president calling for change. >> enough prayers. time for some action. but has anything shifted? we're live at the white house. >> heart of the case. >> that's the moment the life goes out of his body. >> one of the nation's top pulmonary experts testified for the prosecution in the derek chauvin trial, taking on the defense argument that george floyd died because of drugs. >> a healthy person subjected to what mr. floyd was subjected to would have died. >> how the defense is responding this morning. all that, plus lost and found, an incredible discovery in egypt, a 3,000-year-old golden city unearthed and almost fully intact. >> you never know what the scent of egypt might have. we're live.

and heading home, a sea turtle rescued from the freezing temperatures that brought texas to a standstill earlier this year finally ready to return to the wild. >> i have never been happier to evict a patient in my life. >> and we're there live for the big sendoff today friday, april 9th, 2021. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. and welcome to "today," everybody, good morning. it's friday morning, and the world's reacting to the passing of prince philip. we'll take a live look at buckingham palace following that announcement this morning. flags lowered at half-staff and already a memorial growing there. >> yeah, a lot of folks leaving cards and flowers. i saw a lot of tear stained faces too, who were visiting. that news just came in a statement recently from the queen at london.

>> yeah, noon, london, 7:00 a.m. east coast time. the queen saying in a statement her beloved husband had passed away peacefully at windsor castle. >> throughout the morning, we have watched these tributes across great britain, really around the world, and again, people leaving flowers and cards at buckingham palace and also outside the gates of windsor gas l, and that's when the prince spent his final days with the queen. >> keir simmons is with us live from london this morning. keir, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning to you. the queen in her statement expressing her deep sorrow, perhaps the most difficult statement that she has ever had to make. the end of a love story. the end of a life that defined duty. the british prime minister this morning paying homage to prince philip. let's be honest, also a life of controversy. the duke of ed in -- he said he didn't want any fuss when he died, and we are just learning that there will be no state funeral.

all the same, so many people will want to celebrate his extraordinary life this is how the world knew him, standing by his beloved wife, the queen, her loyal and lifelong companion. but from the beginning, life conspired to make prince philip his own man. he was born in greece into that country's royal family and exiled with them. still a small child, a spartan education in northern scotland molded a tough minded achiever. he saw action during world war ii, a brilliant and brave naval officer. his 1947 wedding to elizabeth lifted the spirits of post war britain. the next year, prince charles was born. three more children would follow but his world changed forever in 1952 when king george vi died and his daughter elizabeth became queen.

from then on his main role was as the monarch's council. his relationship with the queen featured in the popular show "the crown," his numerous gaffes made headlines, making a racist remark about the chinese, killing a tiger, an endangered species on a trip to india. his defense some of his actions and comments were taken out of context. more recently, the duke finally turned in his driver's license at age 97 following a car crash that injured two people and caused his land rover to overturn, but over time, philip gained respect as an honest broker within his family, even as his children lunged from divorce to tragedy. he became an inspiration for the younger royals. his greatest achievement was simply being there for his wife, the queen. >> without the duke in her life, one can only imagine that it will take its toll on the queen

because for so many years he has been her strength and her rock, her friend, her adviser. >> reporter: he lived to see his grandson's marriage to kate middleton in 2011, sell britted the birth of his great grandson, the third in line to the throne, prince george, and was there for the wedding of prince harry to meghan markle. at age 96 after more than 22,000 solo public appearances, prince philip retired from royal duty. his legacy a lifetime of service to his nation and his wife, the queen. he had been ill for some time, guys. he had been in the hospital earlier this year for some time. today the flag at buckingham palace lowered to half-staff, guys. >> you said he was a humble man in many ways and didn't want a lot of fuss over his passing. no state funeral, but what is expected, and of course we are

in the midst of a pandemic that's exactly right, savannah. there is still a lockdown here in the uk, slowly being reopened. no state funeral, no lying in state. no crowds of people in windsor paying their respects. that is honestly what he will have wanted is what he openly said he wanted. he was quite a humble guy. he was somebody who has an extraordinary story but never wanted to celebrate himself, if you like. i think, of course, the person who will be feeling this the most right now is the queen and it is her private mourning that i think will be so impactful in the days ahead. >> yeah, indeed, keir. you wonder how history will remember prince philip. >> reporter: yeah, the historians will have a field day. his extraordinary story that he has, incredible. i mean he was a refugee early in

his life. he had to flee from greece in an orange box aged 1 after a failed war with turkey. he was kind of a raggedly dressed guy running around europe still an aristocrat with relations in germany. i mean, he was the great, great grand season of queen victoria, his mother when she was born, was held in queen victoria's arms. so he was very much a royal, but it was meeting the queen that transformed him, of course, after, by the way, extraordinary service for the royal navy in the second world war, and then this guy with so much pride chose and was obliged to walk behind the queen and to play that role of simply supporting her, and he did that so well. >> he did indeed. i think every living u.s. president except for donald trump, over the years he met them all, even more than the queen, actually. keir, thank you so much.

of course we're going to have much more on prince philip's life throughout the morning. but right now we want to get to another major story, the debate over guns in america, and this morning it is intensifying after president biden signed executive actions designed to curb gun violence. but then just hours later, a gunman opened fire at a manufacturing facility in texas killing one person and injuring several others, and that's where we'll begin this coverage with nbc's morgan chesky. hey, morgan, good morning. >> reporter: hoda, good morning to you, and a tough morning for so many people here in bryan. we have learned that this shooting leaves one person dead and six people wounded. one of them a texas state trooper who is recovering inside this hospital as we speak. now, police have taken that suspect into custody, but we are still waiting to hear about a motive. >> overnight police combing through two separate crime scenes after they say a man opened fire at an office park in bryan, texas, thursday afternoon killing one person and wounding

several others. >> we have one shot in the arm, one shot in the back. >> reporter: the first shots rang out near the kentmore cabinet warehouse. an employee there says she scrambled to hide after hearing the gunfire. >> went like boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom. it was like 16 times. >> officers responded to the scene and arrived in a fairly short period of time. however, the shooter had gone by the time officers got here. >> reporter: about an hour later, texas state troopers tracked that shooter down, starting a pursuit in a nearby town. when the gunman opened fire yet again. >> the suspect shot at our trooper injuring our trooper, and that suspect then fled the scene. >> reporter: with one of their own wounded, nearby patrol officers closed in arresting the suspect and taking him into custody. police say the shooter worked at that cabinet warehouse, and overnight identified him as 27-year-old larry bollin. they have not released a potential motive, but he has

been charged with murder. it comes just hours after president biden addressed the issue of gun violence. >> today we're taking steps to confront not just the gun crisis but what is actually a public health crisis. >> reporter: before the shooting, texas governor greg abbott pushed back on the president's actions calling for legislation to make texas a second amendment sanctuary state. in a statement released after the shooting, abbott praised the swift response by law enforcement adding the state would assist in any way needed to help prosecute the suspect. as investigators now search for what led to this attack, people in bryan dealing with what's become an all too familiar situation. >> we live in this nation that got all the blessings, and i don't know why this happened. >> reporter: and this morning we are not even halfway through the month of april and a group that tracks gun violence says this is now the 14th mass shooting in the united states this month. hoda. >> all right, morgan chesky for us there in texas. thank you.

and that brings us to the debate going on in washington calling the nation's gun violence an international embarrassment. president biden outlined the first steps he is taking to address the problem, but this morning he's facing criticism from both republicans and gun reform advocates. nbc's chief white house correspondent peter alexander has that part of the story. peter, good morning. >> reporter: president biden declaring gun violence a public health crisis noting more than 100 americans are killed by guns each day. but the president's actions here address only a narrow set of issues related to gun regulations falling fa r short of the more sweeping legislative changes that gun safety advocates want, with president biden himself acknowledging that much more needs to be done. the latest outbreak of gun violence, the grim backdrop as president biden called for the killing to end. >> gun violence in this country is an epidemic, and it's an international embarrassment. >> reporter: the president forced to go it alone taking limited action against gun

violence using his own executive powers, acknowledging larger reforms are an uphill battle in a divided washington. >> we got a long way to go. it seems like we always have a long way to go. >> reporter: his initial steps directing the justice department to publish red flag laws for states that allow courts to temporarily bar someone viewed as a danger to themselves or others from accessing guns. states will have a choice to adopt that model and it's unclear how many will. the president reining in what's called ghost guns, assembled with kits with no serial numbers making them untraceable, no background checks needed. and tightening regulations on stabilizing braces that make a pistol work like a short barrelled rifle, a device used in last month's boulder massacre that left ten dead. >> enough prayers. time for some action. >> reporter: despite widespread public support for closing background check loopholes, little has changed. with republican lawmakers unified against any proposals they say would infringe on second amendment rights.

>> it's not going to make us any safer. it infringes on law abided americans who exercise that right lawfully every day zwlort that means the president's push for banning assault weapons and stripping gun manufacturers from protection from lawsuits are equally likely to fail. mark barden's son daniel was one of 20 children in sandy hook, after president obama and vice president biden unsuccessfully tried to pass gun safety legislation. >> we are here now. we will always be here because we have no other choice. >> back again thursday. >> here we are eight years after, more than eight years after my son daniel was shot in his classroom that this is still going on. this is still happening, it's not getting better. >> reporter: yet barden remains determined. >> it feels good. it feels like i want to keep the momentum going. >> reporter: many republican-led states are going the opposite direction. on thursday tp's governor signed a new law allowing most adults to carry a hand gun, concealed

or in the open without a permit or background check. the 19th state to pass a similar law. savannah, hoda. >> peter alexander at the white house. thank you. now to the latest from the derek chauvin trial. week two is wrapping up today after jurors listened to chilling testimony from a world renowned expert on breathing who revealed how he believes george floyd died. nbc's gabe gutierrez is at the courthouse in minneapolis once again this morning. >> reporter: we're expecting to hear more crucial medical expert testimony today as the prosecution tries to slice through the defense's argument that george floyd's drug use killed him. this morning the question of exactly how george floyd died is taking center stage. >> mr. floyd died from a low level of oxygen. >> reporter: dr. martin tobin, a pulmonologist who literally wrote the book on breathing gave a powerful rebuttal to the defense's argument that floyd died because of drugs and underlying medical conditions. >> do any of those conditions

have anything to do with the cause of mr. floyd's death in your professional opinion whatsoever? >> none, whatsoever. >> reporter: he testified that derek chauvin kept his knee on floyd's neck for more than three minutes after floyd took his last breath. >> you can see his eyes, he's conscious, and then you see that he isn't. that's the moment the life goes out of his body. >> reporter: tobin also pointed out how this photo of chauvin's foot off the ground demonstrates how most of chauvin's weight was pressed on floyd. >> it's like the left side is in a vice. you see his knuckle against the tire, and to most people this doesn't look terribly significant, but to a physiologist this is extraordinarily significant. he's now literally trying to breathe with his fingers and knuckles. >> reporter: the prosecution also called two other medical experts to testify including a forensic toxicologist who said

he found a chemical compound in floyd's body that's not typically present during a fentanyl overdose, and this police sergeant. >> he is saying please, please get off of me. i want to breathe. i can't breathe. that is not a fentanyl overdose. that is somebody begging to breathe. >> reporter: for floyd's family, the dramatic testimony has been gut wrenching. floyd's niece left the courtroom after seeing the video of her uncle's death again. >> they sat on him like he was an animal. they just watched him die until he was lifeless. >> reporter: later today the hennepin county medical examiner is scheduled to testify about his controversial autopsy, hoda. >> gabe gutierrez for us there at the courthouse. thank you. 17 minutes after the hour on the west coast, let's get a check of our weather from mr. roker. >> plenty of sunshine from san diego all the l way up to seattle with beautiful temperate conditions. fire risk continues in the southwest. severe storms will be firing up

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especially around the coastline, chilly ocean seabreeze over the next seven days. dry weather remains for the weekend. . and that's your latest weather. hoda. >> all right, al, thank you. coming up much more on this morning's breaking news, the passing of britain's prince philip. just ahead, the invaluable role he carved out for himself in the royal family as perhaps the world's most famous husband. "today" exclusive on the most important discovery in egypt since king tut's tomb. molly hunter will be there live as the 3,000-year-old lost city that was just found buried under the sand, why that discovery is somportant. i

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starting our reflections this morning on the impact that this man had on the united kingdom, but also the entire nation. let's go to richard engel who comes foreign affairs for us. let's start with your thoughts about the duke of edinburgh, his contribution, and what his passing will mean. >> reporter: so it will certainly captivate this country's attention. now we are going to have a royal funeral, not exactly sure when that will take place. he has been a fixture in this country for 70 years.try for 70s that is how long they were married, the longest serving royal concert, actually, his marriage to queen elizabeth ii was the first state event after world war ii, so his life and their milestones have been part of this country's history, part of the royal family's history. he originally is from a greek and danish royal family.

he gave up those titles to become part of the british royal family he has four children, eight grandchildren, ten great grandchildren. this will also highlight the troubles within the family because over the last several weeks, there has been a lot of discussion about the infighting within the royal family with prince harry and meghan markle, and there was a lot of anger in this country because of those tensions, because they were so highlighted in the media, highlighted in that famous oprah winfrey interview, and some people thought it was distasteful because people saw this coming. they knew he was fragile and thought he was dying, and now the palace has confirmed he has passed away. >> let's talk, richard about his contribution we were just speaking with a british historian about some of the moves he made early on we take them for granted now, those of us who were growing up in more modern times, about how much we know abilout the royal

families, the images the tabloid culture. it was not always so prince philip, who knows how he felt about it later in life having opened pandora's box in some sense, but really was one to invite the cameras in and try to modernize the royal family. he was doing so to keep it relevant, from his perspective as i understand it, so that it could keep going and the british public would continue to support the monarchy >> reporter: so queen elizabeth in this statement said that he was always a companion, a constant source of support and strength, and yes, he did try and bring the family more into the public eye there was a sense that the royal family was increasingly secluded, increasingly isolated, and he famously brought the media in to meet the royals. then of course the royal family has gone on to regret that decision and many of the royals

believe that they are hounded by the media as played out with princess diana and is playing out once again with prince harry and meghan markle. >> as you pointed out, richard, he was not only the prince, he was also a father. he was a grandfather, he was close with his children and grandkids, and as one of our historians was pointing out, especially close with harry in this moment. >> yes, and that is why it is seen to be especially painful. this country is also going through a royal transition he was 99 years old. they had been married for more than 70 years, but queen elizabeth herself is 94, so there is an expectation that in not so long of the future there will be a royal transition to prince charles so this could be the start of that transition. this was anticipated but the older generation is planning to pass the torch, and then there is the question about the

turmoil in the younger generation when prince harry left here, went to california, and then had this very public dispute about would he keep his titles, would he keep his salary how much responsibility and royal duties would he have, it was against this backdrop of a royal family that is in a generational shift, and in transition that we are seeing right now. >> one can imagine that prince philip was none too happy to see all of this dirty laundry spill out into the public. that is not, of course, what he would want for the royal family or for any family for that matter let's turn to nbc's peter alexander. he's at the white house for us peter, we have not yet heard from buckingham palace about the funeral plans, but we can expect all of the full pomp and circumstance that we, you know, we've come to expect from the uk in a situation like this have we heard anything yet from president biden? >> yeah, no formal statement yet from the why had house speaking to aides of the

president, they're certainly grieving the loss of prince philip at age 99 there will be a statement i trust over the course of this day. but recognize that queen elizabeth with this historic reign, more than 68 years, she -- president biden for her was the 14th president to take office during that reign she with prince philip at her side there were photos of them side by side with the eisenhowers, with the carters, with the kennedys, with the fords, so many of these american presidents going overseas to pay tribute as part of this special relationship the potential did exist for president biden to visit with the royal monarch with queen elizabeth and her husband prince philip this summer the g-7 is scheduled to take place in cornwall, england, in june it was not clear yet whether president biden would be attending. there were reports president biden had received an invitation for a visit with the queen in

advance of the g-7 there are reports the queen reached out to him privately to congratulate him on his victory. nonetheless, as best we understand, no close particular relationship between president biden and the family, but president trump and melania trump, remember, they were the last american leaders to go overseas visiting with the queen. that was in 2019 as they commemorated the d-day anniversary, 75 years. this relationship, it's described as a special relationship for a variety of reasons, many of which were hammered home, reinforced by the queen who traveled to washington, d.c., often on occasion, and then the elder in the olden days and more recently has hosted so many american presidents there we do look forward during the course of this day to hear a formal statement honoring the life of prince philip from president biden. >> thank you, peter. that was so fascinating to watch all the presidents, eisenhower, nixon. i think if you want to know like how long has that couple sort of served, all you have to do is look at those images. >> yes, they really are from another generation, prince philip a world war ii veteran

and then of course when you look at the arc of time and all of those presidents, just to go through and see that these two have witnessed history from the most unique of vantage points, and how the queen must be feeling not only to have lost her husband of 73 years, but her partner. she was a young, young woman when she was suddenly thrust into the position of having to be coronated and become queen of her country, which was not expected at the time, and here she had her partner by her side, so both a good match from the political perspective, but also a love match as our experts keep telling us this morning. >> and our experts were also saying that he was used to sort of being the one in charge, so he had to readjust to his new role of sort of being by her side, someone who she consulted with >> he came from royalty as well, and here he was this, you know, handsome greek adonis as he's been described to us this morning coming into the royal family

also at a time and a generation where, you know, it was unusual for women to be the head of the household, and yet, officially she was. so imagine what that delicate dance was and how he came to be such an important player within the royal family, and somebody without question pulling the strings and managing a lot of the country's affairs, both politically and personally. >> we're going to take a quick pause right here we're going to come back with our coverage, again, prince philip this morning we announced he has passed away at the age of 99 we'll be back right after this ♪ ♪ love like yours will surely come my way ♪

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>> it's just one of those things where it was expected in some sense because of his old age, failing health he had just spent weeks in the hospital, and yet, there's heartbreak and mourning because of the role that he played for the better part of 70 years in our history. >> yeah, it's hard to really put it into words. he was due to turn 100 in june, and they were saying that he was hoping he would make it to that day, but boy, his history is something to see let's turn now to nbc's miguel almaguer who is in los angeles hey, miguel, good morning. >> reporter: hoda, good morning, at this early hour there remains no official word from prince harry and meghan markle who live about an hour and a half outside of los angeles of course it still remains very early out here in california in recent days, their relationship with the royal family had been strained after that sit-down interview with oprah. of course they had moved to canada after leaving london and then here to california, and we know that harry had always spoken extremely fondly of both of his grandparents, including his grandfather.

at this point we do not know if they have any travel plans to head back to the united kingdom. we expect some of those answers to come over the next couple of hours. but of course, hoda, this is a very, very sad time for harry and meghan who lost simply someone they were very, very close to in the uk. >> yeah, we've been reporting just what kind of a close relationship harry did have with prince philip. all of our kind of social -- i mean our palace experts are talking about that they had a very close bond >> yeah, we know that the interview with oprah certainly did cause some strain in that family, but during that interview, harry had said in particular he still spoke to the queen, to his grandmother on a regular basis. he always said he remained very close to his grandfather during this time, didn't seem that their moving here to california had a strain on their relationship in particular again, harry saying he remained very close to both of his grandparents we assume here that they would announce their travel plans back to the uk at some time, but again, it remains very early out here in california, hoda.

>> they were married for 73 years. >> wow. >> on the occasion of their 50th anniversary in 1997, the queen called philip her strength and her stay and i loved this, i just read this she wrote a letter to her parents shortly after they were married when she was princess elizabeth, and she said to them, we behave as though we have belonged to each other for years. well, in a little bit of future telling there, too she apparently they really had a bond there >> can you imagine >> time certainly bore that out. >> yeah, together since being teenagers and seeing all of these changes in the country and in the world, my word, yeah. all right, miguel, thank you so much let's turn to al, get a check of our weather this morning on this busy morning hi, al. >> hey, guys, we've got some severe weather to talk about already seeing it fire up along the gulf coast, florida panhandle into parts of the central gulf we've got a risk for 31 million people for severe weather today, very large hail, and this is what we're most concerned about. in fact, some of this hail, the

area in purple, significant hail, two-plus inches. major damage, risk of severe injury hail forms when water droplets freeze and are kept aloft above that freezing level in the atmosphere by strong updrafts. hailstones increase in size the longer they stay up in those clouds eventually, the hail becomes too heavy, and it falls to the ground to give you a sense of hail sizes, we're talking one-quarter, about an inch or a quarter. it takes 50 miles per hour winds to keep that hail aloft. you get to 2 1/2 inches, that's tennis ball sized hail 75 miles per hour winds to keep it up, and baseball-sized hail, some that we could see in parts of texas 80 miles per hour wind updrafts. so we're going to be watching this very clos and we're going to be seeing mostly sunshine, but we have some high clouds rolling through, but the big story is going to be the wind, especially around the coastline, gusty

conditions, 15 to 30-mile-per-hour winds and also in the upper 60s and 70s for the interior valleys. we're going to keep the conditions dry through the weekend but also going to warm up, headed into sunday and into the start of our next work week, monday as well interior valleys expect to climb into the upper 70s. full forecast at 11:00. >> and that's your latest weather. hoda. all right, al, thank you coming up, much more on prince philip's life and legacy and his important place in history alongside the queen throughout her reign. but first these messages (vo) the subaru outback.

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good morning, it's 8:00 on "today." coming up, our breaking news as we remember prince philip. buckingham palace announcing this morning one hour ago his royal highness, the duke of edinburgh, the queen's beloved husband, has died at the age of 99 this morning we look back at his life, his legacy and the tributes pouring in from across the world. today, friday, april 9th, 2021. good morning, everybody. craig joins the table. we've been talking a lot about this man who had such a vantage point of history as the husband

to the monarch who has reigned obviously for decades there and people are already mourning his passing. >> this morning it was announced that he passed away at the age of 99. his 100th birthday coming up in june we were following prince philip as he was in the hospital. they said he was being treated for some heart issues. he went home just a few weeks ago, three weeks ago i think he was home i remember there was a beautiful moment where prince charles saw his dad and gave him a big hug you saw that moment of like father and son love. this morning we get the news that he passed away. >> yeah, the official announcement came from buckingham palace at noon local time, 7:00 a.m. here in the east they said that prince philip had passed away peacefully at windsor castle and that the royal family join in the world mourning the loss. >> kelly cobiella happens to be right there at buckingham palace for us hey, kelly, good morning.

you, hoda and savannah you can see behind me people are starting to gather in front of the gates here at buckingham palace as you mentioned, prince philip passing away peacefully at windsor castle this is the symbol of the monarchy and the heart of the monarchy here in the uk. people are talking about it in the street, people are gathering. you're hearing the news broadcast on the radio and other places of his death. it's coming as a real sort of maybe not a surprise to many, because he was just in the hospital three weeks ago, but certainly people are taking a moment to remember him and are saddened by this prince philip is the longest serving prince consort in british history. he passed away at 99 years old2. he he only retired when he was 96 in 2017. he performed something like 22,000 public engagements over his lifetime in public service but above all, guys, he reallyt

side. he was with her for was the rock at the queen's side he was with her for more than 70 years, supporting her. this will be a very, very sad moment for her and for the entire royal family. just to recap, that hospital stay was about a month long back in march, and prince philip was treated for a pre-existing heart condition as well as an infection. he was released, he was said to be doing well. but again, three weeks later here just two months short almost to the day of his 100th birthday, he has passed away. >> and, kelly, as you just mentioned, there's so much focus of course on the relationship between the queen and prince philip, what that meant personally but also politically, this partnership that stood the test of time. >> reporter: yeah, this is a man who is the one person who is able to be just a human being in front of the queen, to speak openly to her as a person, as a husband, as a partner. they met when they were just

teenagers. imagine, they were together for over seven decades, a true partnership and across that timeline they were rarely apart. the queen and her prince their love story played out in front of the world's cameras across seven decades, and the world saw a couple who couldn't take their eyes off each other historians say the bond was real and unwavering from the start. >> the love affair blossomed almost immediately. >> reporter: phillip mount batten first caught elizabeth's eye in the summer of 1939, during a family trip she was 13 philip, then the dashing prince of greece, was about to enlist in the royal navy. >> princess elizabeth saw this 18-year-old 6 foot tall incredibly handsome. he was nicknamed the viking and she fell desperately, desperately head over heels in

love with him at first sight. >> reporter: the second world war kept them apart but their romance flourished. >> he was fighting on pretty much all the naval fronts. >> so they spent years really corresponding just by mail >> it was a correspondence love affair really. they wrote letters to one another. >> reporter: when philip returned, he asked king george for his daughter's hand in marriage with the war over, the wedding was a reason to celebrate. broadcast on the radio around the world. the royal carriage procession arriving at westminster abbey where on the 20th of november, 1947, elizabeth, the heiress to the british throne, married philip who became the duke of edinburgh. the young couple spent their first years of marriage in malta where philip was stationed the queen, then a princess, lived the life of a naval officer's wife, starting a

family but just five years later, her father, king george, suddenly died and elizabeth would become the new monarch. philip giving up his career and kneeling before his wife, just crowned the new queen of britain. >> this was a very modern marriage. >> this was something that was revolutionary, frankly he was a man, a highly competitive person the rest of his life he's got to stand two or three paces behind the most famous woman in the world. >> reporter: over the decades they danced together, met heads of state, hosted countless garden parties, enjoyed their shared love of sports. there were rocky patches, but many more smiles and happy milestones their devotion to each other clear. >> tolerance is the one essential ingredient of any happy marriage it may not be quite so important when things are going well, but it is absolutely vital when

things get difficult and you can take it from me that the queen has the quality of tolerance in abundance >> he has quite simply been my strength and stay all these years. >> reporter: prince philip was the longest serving prince consort in british history. >> i think anybody, anybody in the world, would love to have the opportunity of a love affair that lasts over 70 years they have managed to create something truly splendid and mutual and beautiful and passionate. >> reporter: and the focus now turns toward how to honor prince philip over the next couple of days, what his funeral services will look like now, typically there would be a large procession, crowds would be gathering along the streets, but of course because we're in this era that we are, the government and the palace both don't want this to turn into a superspreader event frankly. they need this to be covid-safe.

so it will be a much more low key affair a lot of this is in flux and we expect to hear more details over the coming days, but we do know that prince philip's funeral service will be at windsor, the same place he spent so much time with the queen over the past year and where he passed away today. guys. >> not a state funeral and they'll have to tone it down because of the pandemic concerns kelly, thank you very much let's bring in victoria howard, the editor and founder of "the crown chronicles" and commentator and journalist, daisy mcandrew victoria, we've been hearing a lot about prince philip and his role if you were to step back and say how you think he will be remembered, what would you say >> i think to many people philip is going to be the man who kind of helped modernize the monarchy and additionally someone who often put his foot in it he would often be light hearted

in situations. people are quite tense when they meet the queen or members of the royal family and those comments and those gaffes that he made were almost deliberate to a point so i think the two things that people will remember the duke of edinburgh for. >> daisy, he had a reputation for not being shall we say pc. he was apparently dashingly good-looking what don't we know about prince philip what was he like in private behind closed doors? >> i think victoria made a really good point there. he's often characterized as being gaffe prone as if it was entirely accidental but i think it was a lot of the time cleverer than that, as victoria hinted at. he was somebody that understood people as your correspondents were explaining earlier, he had a very, very troubled upbringing as a young child he understood pain his mother had had mental health illnesses and had been

incarcerated when he was only 8. he was sent to the uk and taken away from his father so he had a very troubled, very upsetting early life i think that stayed with him and gave him a certain empathy as victoria was saying, he did want to put people -- he also clearly got bored quite easily he was a very active man you knew that he would roll his eyes if he thought somebody had said something stupid. but equally if he thought somebody had said something interesting or different, he would engage a friend of mine was just reminding me that she sat next to him a few years ago at an event. and this is a very, very accomplished high-tech businesswoman who's in the house of lords the only thing he was interested in was the fact that she set up a chain of karaoke bars. that was what was interesting. and he was very much like the queen, he was into modern technology

he was into modern advances. so he wasn't the old sort of stuffy stuffed shirt that some people might assume, stuck in the past both he and the queen are really very forward-looking. >> and victoria, let's stay on this because if he had sort of that maverick side, that's what i hear you both saying, was that just a little tiny bit of rebellion? >> i think so. you know, he kind of understands that these institutions have restrictions placed upon them and people within them, but he knows that that light-hearted gaffe can make a big difference and also it must be quite a boring job shaking people's hands all the time, meeting all these people that you possibly don't have any interest in and have to put this brave face on it so it makes everything better for everyone and i think people just love that about him and that's the one thing that they're really going to miss is that this is a light really that's gone out within the palace. >> daisy, i love hearing about the romance.

i mean the idea that she was 13 and he was like 17 or 18 when they met and they have been together for 70 plus years just talk to us a little bit about that romance >> well, it's certainly true just as the historian was saying in your package there that they met as teenagers the queen was only 13, prince philip himself was 17 or 18. it was 1939 when they met, just before the outbreak of the second world war he was a young sailor. he was about to go off to sea during the war and very dashing, very good looking. the other element to this, as i'm sure many of our viewers will know, prince philip had an uncle called louis mountbatten who was very, very significant in his upbringing. he actually gave him a lot of the stability that he didn't have because he didn't live with his own parents. and so he also had his eye on

the prize and deliberately introduced his nephew, prince philip, to the queen obviously you can't force love or attraction, but you can hope for it and that is certainly what we say louis mountbatten did, so he was very delighted with it. the people who weren't so delighted was actually the establishment, the royal family. they actually viewed prince philip with some distrust. yes, he had a couple of royal titles, but he was from kind of the wrong side of the royal tracks if you like he didn't really come with much money. he wasn't really what they had imagined the young princess should be going for. so he had quite a tough time when he first came on the scene. >> victoria, to your point, i mean here are two people who are married at 26 and 21 at that point great britain still reeling from the second world war. they have spent more than 70 years together who fills that void now for

queen elizabeth? >> i think that very much depends on covid at the moment of course the uk's lockdown restrictions are easing slightly things seem to be going in the right direction. you would naturally assume it would be prince charles. of course he spends his time in various locations. he splits it between london and gloucestershire. number summer, scotland, of course he has his own wife and it's charles and camilla's 16th anniversary today so that's another sad coincidence for the family charles has already been accompanying the queen on various engagements that philip normally would have before his retirement for example, the state opening of parliament. he's gone a number of times beside his mother. so i think we'll naturally see him stepping up more and more. equally some of the younger royals, william and katherine, duke and duchess of cambridge, we will see them out a bit more.

of course harry and meghan are over in los angeles now so i also think we'll see edward and stacy performing more duties probably on the queen's behalf this is a huge blow to her majesty. she's really going to have to take some time to grieve him this is a huge, huge relationship in her life it's been going on for so many years. it's natural that she's going to need some time to adjust to that so i think we'll see a period of kind of her stepping back a little bit before she can get back into that normal head of state role because it's quite a busy job it's not just a few engagements here and there, it's pretty much every day for her except for easter and christmas day. victoria, daisy, thank you she herself 94 years old thank you for your expertise this morning, we appreciate it we'll take a look at buckingham palace this morning. flowers already being laid there in honor of the man who served by the queen's side for more than seven decades, the news coming at noon in england. windsor castle, the place where

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they're calling a lost golden city, the largest of its kind ever found and they say it's the most important discovery since king tut's tomb was unearthed. >> this is insane. nbc's molly hunter, she is is there live with an exclusive firsthand look i don't think i've ever seen molly grin that big. hey, molly. >> reporter: guys, insane is the right word, i'm so excited good morning from the biggest city ever discovered in ancient egypt. now, we've taken you into tombs, we've talked about mummies, we've talked about how ancient egyptians died well, this is how they lived this is how they thrived and this city is going to change history and we got an exclusive look an ancient egyptian road is a rarity, a wonder, and now for the first time ever a lost city rising from the sand, untouched, almost intact. >> we discover a large city to tell us about the life of the people.

>> reporter: uncovered by egypt's most famous archaeologist. it's the largest industrial city ever found in egypt, believed to be more than 3,400 years old, and he gave us the exclusive tour >> it was just under sand? >> under sand. the amazing thing is what we found inside the city. >> reporter: he says it's the second most important discovery ever, after king tut's tomb in 1922 >> all this zigzag architecture elements everywhere, connected with the houses. you can see in the two sides of the big street that divide the city to three districts, and each district has an -- >> reporter: it's called dazzling atton after the single sun god. it will change the history books. it's the key to understanding the movement of egypt's midwest famous pharaohs.

>> each piece of sand can tell us the life of the people, how the people lived in the time egypt ruled the world. >> reporter: the first step, dating the city. the zigzag walls used during the end of the 18th dynasty, an inscriptions on vessels used to cure meat confirmed that. >> look at this surprise. >> surprise? there's so much amazing pottery. >> the inscriptions in hierographics here say year 37 >> reporter: history says this city was abandoned, but once the city then repopulated when the famous king tut returned >> this vessel -- >> just an ancient artifact. 3,000 years old. >> it can be for drinking. >> reporter: there has never been this much pottery discovered at one site, and it comes from all over. syria and palestine. the artifacts museum ready, now being restored at the other end

of the city, vessels of all sizes, a treasure-trove of semiprecious stones, ser rafs, busy and rings >> there we go is this a real egg >> yes 3,000 years old. >> reporter: the doctor has another high-profile excavation on the go, ramses ii in the valley of the kings. >> we are in the tomb of ramsaid ii, the king of the kings. >> reporter: we descended into the tomb less gracefully than the pharaohs conserve, the first tv crew ever to film inside. and they're looking for a mystery tunnel connecting ramses ii to his son. >> you never know what egypt may hide. >> oh, that was fascinating, molly. we get why you were grinning ear to ear okay, so we're seeing a whole bunch of that city, but is that just a fraction of what they expect to find >> reporter: oh, hoda, i'm told that this is minuscule

and look how incredible this is. so the doctor says this city is so expansive thousands of people lived here servicing the palaces and temples. they have been digging since septd september and this is how much they have found going forward the dig will be hosted by discovery plus hopefully there will be details about possibly king tut living right here >> i think you two should take it on the road you two are real good together that worked great. >> thank you >> that is exciting. >> your people. >> my people. >> i love it. we turn to one of our people mr. roker, how's the weekend looking, buddy molly just needs a fedora and a bowl, she's ready. >> well, today we are looking at severe storms down through the south and the gulf, could be dangerous hail plenty of sunshine in new england but wet weather moving into the mid-atlantic states a fire risk in the southwest cool in the rockies with some snow and along the west coast from san diego to seattle plenty of sunshine. that

beautiful skies today but we will see an increase in the wind. already breezy along the coast. great shot of san francisco there. right now live. and temperatures will be cool and comfortable this afternoon. we're going to be in the upper 50s, low 60s for the bay and the coast. mid-and-upper 60s for the interior valleys, even couple low 70s. as we inch closer to the evening, we will notice the winds pick up through the north bay. dry weather expected through the weekend. >> and that's your latest weather. savannah. >> all right, al, thank you. still ahead, remember february's deep freeze in texas led to so much suffering it also led to the largest sea turtle rescue in history. >> well, this morning one of the most resilient turtles pulled from that cold is ready to return home, and who better to do that than kerry sanders kerry is standing by with the turtle to lend a hand in a very, very special release

but first, your local news good morning. 8:26. i'm marcus washington. it's game day for the san francisco giants at oracle park. the team, they welcome back fans for its home opener but with a few safety modifications. the game will allow 22% capacity, which is about 9,000 fans. visitors will need to show they're fully vaccinated at least 14 days off from their final dose or need to have a negative covid test no more than 72 hours old. midday we'll have live team coverage from oracle park on the changes being made inside the stadium for fans before first pitch. and let's talk about the forecast before today's home

opener. how is it looking out there? >> windy but mostly clear skies through the afternoon. closer look at your daytime temperatures in san francisco expected to hit low 60s and in through the south bay, san jose 67. fremont 66, 72 for concord and we will keep this dry weather, not just for today but also through the weekend. in addition to that, we will also warm up as well heading into sunday and monday of next week by as much as 6 to 7 or 8 degrees through the interior valleys. marcus? another update in 30 minutes. see you then.

♪ your hair toss, check my nails ♪ >> you've got to love a little lizzo. it's friday, the 9th of april, 2021 just ahead, we have an update we're looking forward to a sea turtle that was rescued during those really historic freeze in texas earlier this year >> that little guy, well, someone who looks like him

anyway, is headed back home and kerry sanders, there he is there is the turtle, there's kerry. they are getting ready to go back into the ocean. well, one of them. y'all are with me on this, right? >> we're looking forward to that. also, she's not an influencer, but she is a social media sensation. we're going to meet the american sign language interpreter who's going viral for her talents and a refreshing perspective during the pandemic and then coming up on the third hour of "today," we'll have so much more on the life an legacy of prince philip, plus actress connie britain talking about teaming up with bono on her latest project and then simone biles. it will be 100 days until the tokyo olympics so we'll check in with the legendary gymnast about the final push. all right, first, al, let's get a check of the weekend weather. >> let's show you what we've got coming up. we'll be looking at severe storms down through the gulf tomorrow sunshine as you get into the

northeast but more rain into the upper midwest. spring highs out west with some mountain snows in the pacific northwest. then sunday, sunday, strong storms through florida, wet weather in the northeast nice and warm from texas all the way up into the central plains some spring snow in the western plains and the sunshine continues from seattle all the and we've also got a sunny day ahead here in the bay area. temperatures will be in the upper 50s, low 60s for the coast but it will also be windy, especially around the coastline and in san francisco. take a look at your daytime highs for today, los gatos, 69, san jose 67, livermore 70, concord 72. we are expected to remain dry not just for today but also through the weekend. looking out ahead, no rain in sight. temperatures in the upper 60s. >> that's your latest weather. in case you don't have anything to do this weekend, i have a suggestion wrestle mania, it's the biggest

and most anticipated wwe event of the year taking place not just over one but two nights tomorrow and sunday. stream it all live on peacock. >> all right >> it's going to be great. >> that's the super bowl, by the way, of wrestling. >> in fact they're holding it at raymond james stadium. >> home of the super bowl this year. when we come back, just ahead, saving the sea turtles. thousands had to be rescued when they were left cold, stunned by that deep freeze in texas back in february. >> well, kerry sanders has been following this story for us. up next, he's going to help release one of those turtles right back where he or she belongs. today's ways of working may work differently tomorrow. but you can work out anything with comcast business. get fast internet on the network that can deliver gig speeds to the most businesses.

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welcome back february's brutal deep freeze in texas didn't just take a large human toll, it also impacted thousands and thousands of sea turtles. they were left cold stunned by that cold snap. >> thankfully, though, many were rescued, nursed back to health and returned to the sea.

but the recovery period has been a little longer for one big turtle. >> and that's where nbc's kerry sanders picks up the story hi, kerry, good morning. >> reporter: well, good morning. you know, the incredibly now warm waters of the gulf of mexico are going to be home once again to this amazing green sea turtle, 150 pounds we're on south padre island where sea turtle -- let me put my mask on as i get a little closer you can see the volunteers back here this is the guy right here his nickname is falcon heavy and that's an homage to spacex, which we'll explain in a minute. but really exciting moment because this is one of 5,000 sea turtles that was rescued during that terrific, horrible freeze back in february this morning, one very resilient sea turtle is finally ready to go home. >> it's going to be a very emotional moment. >> reporter: in february, the

deadly texas deep freeze left millions without power, and the gulf of mexico bitter cold that cold snap triggered a heart-breaking scene more than 5,000 sea turtles bobbed to the surface, some washed ashore, cold stunned into suspended animation. the laguna madre water temperatures had plummeted from 80 to 37 degrees in just four days volunteers from sea turtle inc. came to the rescue, marshaling the largest cold front effort in history. one big problem. the cold had knocked out electricity needed to warm the turtles back up. then a massive generator arrived, sent by elon musk and nearby spacex. >> they in fact pulled the generator off the launch pad and that generator happened to be a phase 3 generator and it happened to be exactly what we needed. >> reporter: days later conditions improved. for most, a slide back home.

but the turtle nicknamed falcon heavy had to stay behind. >> he had really swollen eyes, almost like a predator had attacked him so he really needed the last few weeks for medication and a little tlc. >> reporter: during the freeze, veterinary tech nina worked 12 18-hour days in a row, falcon heavy one of her toughest patients. >> had he not been brought here and given this treatment -- >> unfortunately i don't think that turtle would have made it whoever rescued that turtle got there just in the nick of time. >> reporter: and now falcon heavy named in honor of the spacex rocket is ready for his own liftoff. >> how do you feel about falcon heavy returning? >> i have never been happier to evict a patient in my life we have all rallied for him. we wish him the best and it's going to be beautiful. >> reporter: and so here we are at the moment. ready? 3, 2, 1, launch! okay so here goes falcon heavy.

remember -- look at that wendy is here with us. he's making his way. first of all, tell me how do you feel seeing this moment? >> you know, this is what sea turtle inc. is all about this is the epitome of our mission and it is so overwhelming after treating and rescuing more than 5,300 turtles to watch falcon heavy go back into the gulf of mexico. it's just overwhelming. >> and the waters are warm so it's wonderful i'm sort of curious, when we're looking at falcon heavy who's paused for a moment. a wild animal is not necessarily going to run in like a pet chasing a stick, but i'm curious, when the turtles were found, many of them you thought were dead because you couldn't really find a heartbeat. what was that all about? >> that's the interesting thing about sea turtles. when they cold stun, they can slow their heart rate down to one beat per minute so it's really important that we give them time and a good warm temperature to just help them relax and come back to it. falcon heavy is a perfect

example of that. he just needed a little downtime, a little r & r. >> reporter: so green turtle, about 150 pounds here. approximate age? >> he's about 20 years old. >> reporter: his life span could be >> he could go 80 to 100 years. >> reporter: and is he walking alongside of the beach because of us and the cameras? are we in his way? >> don't we all love to walk the beach? they live in this beautiful ocean so he will make his way in and you'll see him do that it's really important for us that we allow them as best we can to make their way back into the ocean. >> reporter: one thing that was amazing is during the moment of all the rescues, this was not just sea turtle inc. but you coordinated volunteers how did that happen, and what happened to the community here >> you know, it's just a perfect example of people helping others it was a herculean effort by the community. when they saw we were in need, this was the largest recorded cold stun in history we needed help and, boy, did the community rally to give us that

help thousands of people came and spent 12 and 14 hours a day helping us rescue and treat these animals over 8, 10 days. >> do you think falcon heavy is just exhausted here? he's pausing i think we're in the way let's move the camera out of the way. >> it's been an eventful morning. >> joe, come over to this side here i'm wondering whether we're in his path sure enough, there, we're in his path >> kerry, you have a little extra time -- >> there he goes, you're right. >> reporter: i'm signaling into the sunset, but going into the sunrise here >> it's beautiful, kerry >> there we go. >> come on, falcon. >> a precious moment and it's so important to point out endangered so the 5,300 that bobbed to the surface and washed in, you guys rescued so many. had you not, it would have been a real loss. >> yes

sea turtles are on the endangered species list, so that means they were dangerously near extinction so without volunteers and the helpers for these 5,300 and all the ones that we were able to rescue, this would have had a pretty catastrophic impact on the population here on south padre island and could have l fd the peo easily wiped out 30 years worth of a legacy of sea turtles so we are so grateful for the help and the people that dedicated time to help falcon heavy and his buddies recuperate and return to the gulf of mexico. >> reporter: what a surprise that spacex and elon musk were there at the ready with the equipment pulled from the launch pad to get over here, because without the power, you wouldn't have had any warmth. and without any electricity to create that warmth, we wouldn't be witnessing this moment right here >> they came to our aid in our darkest hour literally and figuratively we are so grateful for that and that's the reason we named falcon heavy, falcon heavy. >> reporter: guys, it's really

interesting. as we see falcon heavy going in the water here, you'd say, success, it's over but, no, there is more there is still one other name starship, which is in recovery so starship soon will be joining falcon heavy back out in the gulf of mexico >> that's right. starship has got a little bit more time to go but he will be our next spacex named turtle hopefully to be released. >> reporter: there we go, guys moving at the speed of a turtle but making his way and really a spectacular moment here. >> we weren't expecting a speed demon here, it's a turtle, after all. >> tlrz there's something super sweet about watching this slow motion >> it's relaxing. >> he's taking his time and savoring the moment. >> kerry, we'll check in with you on monday morning after the falcon has made full immersion there. >> reporter: well, by the time he's fully emerged in the water, i'll be joining hoda and jenna

in the fourth hour >> keep your eye on him. >> kerry, thank you. beautiful. >> it's like he's doing a south carolina read. >> absolutely. coming up next, guys, a remarkable woman using sign language to spread an important lesson during the pandemic but first, this is "today" on nbc.

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it only gets better when you switch and save with geico. all good things come to those who wait. >> he's making his move now. >> little falcon heavy is just soaking in some gulf of mexico we love watching this. your moment of zen. >> it may be the most soothing thing that's going to happen to you today so keep your eye on it. all right, we are going to among us this morning we are shining a light on a group that's played a really important role during the pandemic. >> yeah, we talk about american

sign language interpreters nbc news anchor joe fryer is sharing one of their stories joe, good morning. >> good morning. this past year has taught us about the importance of getting accurate information quickly, but access to that info is often lacking for those who are deaf and hard of hearing. asl, american sign language interpreters, are working to change that, including one in minnesota who has developed quite a following. in a period marked by a deadly pandemic in minnesota's hospitals -- >> without your permission. >> -- and by protests and civil unrest on the streets, governor tim walz takes to the podium often and is not alone by his side, nic zapko, the asl interpreter who has become a bit of a celebrity. >> honestly i have no words to describe it. at the same time, i'm thrilled that it's happened because it's brought recognition to interpreters and access. >> what should people know about the importance of the work you do

>> when there's unrest in events, it's critical that we get the information now and not later. >> zapko learned about the important of access early. she was born deaf growing up in a hearing family. >> friends and family would laugh at something that happened i would ask what happened and they would say, oh, it was really nothing it was too difficult to include me so i felt distant from my own family, and i lived like that. >> that is why she is so passionate about asl, which is a visual language that uses tone, inflection, facial expressions which you don't get with just captioning at the bottom of the screen. >> minnesotans must wear a mask indoors. >> how does she know what she is indoors. saying >> she works with patty mccutchen, a hearing interpreter who stands off camera, listens to the governor and feeds that information to zapko >> then i take it and present it

in asl to a wider audience that has many different needs and i can better answer that. >> why are there two of you. why can't patty just sign? >> as an individual who's deaf and has that native language, native culture, native behavior growing up, that formative experience puts the two of us together and makes the message whole. >> i cannot do what i see up there that nic is doing, but i sure love it >> those who rely on nic love it, too. she has a tough job. she signs so clearly. >> including 16-year-old jack. >> why do you think she's a good interpreter? >> because she's very intelligent. she's very smart >> jack even did a school presentation about nic a level of independence by getting the information from the

governor with nic's interpretation, it just means everything >> across the country this past year, asl interpreters have been celebrated in ohio, marla berkowitz got her own bobblehead in georgia, david koun developed a huge following while pointing out he's not david letterman back in minnesota, nic zapko was working on her birthday this year when she suddenly, unexpectedly had to communicate a message about herself. >> therefore, i tim walz, the governor of minnesota, proclaim tuesday, march 29th, 2021, as nic zapko day. yay. >> she didn't miss a beat. >> best birthday ever, obviously. >> a day of thanks for a lifetime of invaluable work. two weeks later, they reversed roles and zapko surprised the governor, giving him an access award. zapko hopes her story pushes more elected leaders and

officials out there to expand access to asl. back to you guys. >> great story. >> really appreciate that. >> thank you, joe. we're not done yet, we're back with popstart, including some new music from taylor swift and the newest hit from dolly parton parton firs

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all right, we're going to do popstart a little late but right on time with dylan. >> that's all right, it's always time for popstart so here we are go we are talking about dolly parton in the last year she released a movie, a new album, a book and now ice cream. >> what? the 9 to 5 singer is taking on another day job, her custom ice cream launched yesterday are you ready for it strawberry pretzel pie well, fans were so excited to scoop up a pint they actually crashed the website.

jenny's releasing a statement that their website had 50 times its usual traffic. needless to say strawberry pretzel pie quickly sold out proceeds from the sales go to fund dolly's imagination library organization that provide books to children in need. fear not, jenny's will be releasing a fresh batch of dolly's flavor again soon. the exact date to be announced on their social media site. next up, taylor swift. the grammy-winning artist dropped a re-release of her 2008 album "fearless" overnight with six new songs from the vault and features collaborations with maren morris, colby coe lay and keith urban. ♪ that's when, when i wake up i the morning ♪ ♪ that's when, when i'm crying ♪ ♪ and that's when i'll be waiting at the front gate ♪ ♪ that's when i'll see your face ♪ ♪ i'll let you in and baby that's when ♪

>> it didn't take a second before we started dancing. >> why did she make us wait for that it's been in the vault. >> it makes it that much sweeter, like the turtle. >> "fearless" taylor's version is swift's first re-recorded album since her lengthy legal battle with scooter braun over the rights to her masters. she's also set to re-release new editions of five more of her al ba bums, looking forward to that. next up spotify is giving us a special look at how users are getting pumped up to receive the covid vaccine. data shows in the last 90 days there has been a 350% increase in fan-generated playlists related to the covid vaccine some going as far as naming their playlist after pharmaceutical manufacturers at least 7,700 playlists have been created so what's on those play lists? here are the top trending songs. first is one song that really captures it to get that first dose "i'm so excited" by the pointer

sisters. the iconic tune has streamed more than 250 million times. never gets old next up, "the cure" by lady gaga is topping the playlist. >> of course released as a single in 2017, this song marks gaga's 20th track on the billboard top 40 charts how about this one, it's the perfect theme song to get your vaccine. "hit me with your best shot" off her 1980 album, also never gets old. that's popstart. >> thank you so much, dylan. we have a lot more coming up you guys will continue the coverage o good morning. 8:56. i'm marcus washington. the man accused of brutally attacking an elderly asian woman in san francisco will be in court today. his attorney says his client was attacked moments before. this video shows steven jenkins, who is homeless, being attacked and assaulted several times,

suffering more than 40 blows to the head before he could away. jenkins was arrested before attacking jiang. a kit will be delivered to china town that includes safety lights and whistles. they were donated to the bank. and more people are traveling to the central california area to snag up the vaccine shots. at midday, where you can find the shots before vaccinations open to all californians next week. and at midday, we'll have live team coverage on the changes being made for fans before the first pitch.

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live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza, this is the third hour of "today." and good morning, welcome to the third hour of "today" for friday, april 9th. i'm al along with dylan and craig. sheinelle on assignment. we've got a lot to get to this hour. as you've probably heard, breaking news from the uk. prince philip, queen elizabeth's husband for more than seven decades, passing away overnight at the age of 99. >> the royal family releasing a statement a short time ago that reads in part it is with deep sorrow that her majesty, the queen, has announced the death of her beloved husband, his royal highness, prince