good morning. thanks for starting your weekend off with us. after days of frigid cold, relief is on the way.

>> it is february 22nd. this is "today". weekend warmup. after weeks of snow and punishing cold, temperatures are going to rise by 20 to 30 degrees in some places. welcome news after weeks after bitter cold. angie has the forecast. pentagon purge. the new defense secretary said he was too woke. the first of many more cuts expected with 5,000 pentagon employees now on the chopping block. we're live at the white house. breaking overnight. heading home. the latest hostage prisoner exchange between israel and hamas now underway with six more hostages turned over after 500 days in captivity. one held there for more than a decade. the first phase complete. where does the peace deal go from here? courthouse spectacle. supporters of luigi mangione

lining the streets and packing the courtroom as he appeared in a courtroom here in manhattan. why some say they were there. all that, plus about face. the new york yankees end a five-decade-old policy requiring players to be clean-shaven during the season. what it means the bronx bombers could look like today, february 22nd, 2025. from nbc news, this is "today" with peter alexander and laura jarett, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. welcome to "today." thanks for joining us on this saturdayment you can talk about all the clean, shiny yankee faces right now. just talking about spring training makes a lot of people happy. >> are you pro scruff? what is your scruff protocol? >> after the show i let it go for a couple days. a rough day on wall street.

the worst yet this year in fears of a slowing economy, stubborn inflation. what it means for the prices you pay. also ahead, the latest on the menendez brothers' bid for freedom. we do want to begin with that welcome news in the weather. those bitter temperatures melting away for a much needed warmup. angie has a look at where and when. we have been waiting for a long time hoping you would say just this. when does it start? >> one of my favorite things is when i can give you good news when it comes to the weather. i know we have had brutal temperatures. these are the only frost and freeze alerts that we haveat this imtoo. it is basically centered across portions of southern georgia. here's why. our temperatures are still on the chilly side, especially for our friends in the south. temperatures in the 30s in atlanta. feeling hike ing like 20 degre.

mobile into the 30s. so you get the picture. this is just the start of that warming trend you will see. you already noticed our friends that are seeing feels like temperatures well below zero last week, well, they're now looking at warmer than normal temperatures. we will see temps in the 40s. not the warmest by any means but the trend is starting. here is a look at tomorrow. 50s for kansas city. chicago, you will see temperatures into the low 40s. denver at 61 degrees. odessa heading back to the 70s. that's one spot that will see the 70s here. notice what happens in little rock. 71 on tuesday and wednesday. that feels like spring for these folks. 60 degrees by wednesday. chicago, you end up into the upper 40s. our friends in new york city, 53 degrees on tuesday. we have the low 50s on

wednesday. even in places like birmingham and charlotte, you will see temperatures well into the 70s. it is a little taste of spring after a brutal week of winter weather we've had across the country. >> angie, thank you. >> we'll take it. all right. president trump firing the nation's top-ranking military officer, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. thousands of employees at the pentagon and the irs. yamiche alcindor is live at the white house with all of it. >> reporter: good morning. today president trump is spending his first weekend in washington, d.c. since being elected. he is expected to speak at cpac and meet on the sidelines with the president of poland. laura, peter? this morning, sweeping changes at the pentagon. president trump firing the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, the country's highest ranking military officer.

air bors general charles keybrown jr. was serving a four-year term that was set to expire in 2027. for months, trump and his allies vowed to immediately fire military leaders they deem to focus on diversity initiatives after referring to brown specifically. >> any general that was involved in any of the dei woke [ bleep ] has got to go. >> reporter: several other defense department officials also being fired. they expect to terminate 5,400 employees next week. courts offering roadblocks to the president's s pl. one federal judge blocking trump's executive orders to end federal support of diversity, equity and inclusion plans. another paving the way for him to gut usaid's workforce. the president friday talking

about it. many of those fired veterans. at the internal revenue service, at least 3,500 workers expected to be laid off. trump may merge the u.s. postal service and the commerce department. >> i think it will operate better than it has over the years. >> reporter: also immigration and customs enforcement. the news comes after a source familiar with trump's thinking says the president was getting angry that more people are now being deported. meanwhile, friday janet mills refused to comply with the president's executive orde seeking to ban transgender women from sports. >> you better comply. otherwise, you are not getting any federal funding. >> see you in court. >> good. i look forward to that. that should be a real good one. and enjoy your life after

governor because i don't think you will be in elected politics. >> reporter: the president expected to defend his actions against him and elon musk. laura? >> thank you. this week on wall street ended with a dramatic drop on friday. the dow plunging more than 750 points. the s&p 500, nasdaq both falling sharply after fears of a slowing economy and stubborn economy. what does it all mean for the prices that you pay? we want to go to steve, waking up with us on a friday. as president trump said on the campaign, prices will start coming down on day one. that hasn't happened yet. we saw the markets plunge yesterday amid consumer confidence concerns. what is driving those concerns these days? >> well, you had a couple stock-specific stories not unrelated to the bigger themes you were talking about, peter. walmart, for example, warned of profits this year, citing

tariffs. united health was a big issue. there was a government lawsuit against united health. that caused the dow, in part, to drop. but there are these bigger that i thinks that are going on out there. you had a lousy consumer sentiment report. inside that report, inflation expectations for the public have gone up. and that was sort of underscored by a pretty bad january inflation report that we got earlier in the month here. also, you had a bad week, a week of january retail sales number. and then you step back from all that and say, okay, when the trump administration came into office, there was a lot of optimism. actually consumer sentiment rose. that's been going the wrong way. one of the things we track, peter, is economic policy uncertainty. and that's a measure of certainty there is in terms of what's happening in washington. and that pocy uncertainty is now up through the roof. it is very, very high.

while businesses remain optimistic, ey remain uncertain about things like tariffs, about what's happening in washington about cutbacks of government workers, government spending. all of that may be something that people are cheering, but certainly the process looks a little chaotic and one that is not stable, which is what the market craves. >> of course the market does not like uncertainty, steve. set us straight. is this just a blip with a couple stocks that we're struggling, or is this a larger issue? >> we want to be a little careful. i think that's a great question. in terms of making too much of a single day's trade. but there are concerns you have to watch out for. the first one is that the stock market in the u.s. has been very highly valued. now there is a lot of interest in wall street in some of those overseas markets which have been doing a little bit better. you do have a lot of people employed. that's a good thing for the economy. it is a good thing for consumer

spending. but we're watching to see what all of these layoffs in the federal government mean and also, when you talk about cutbacks in federal funding, a lot of that money goes to the states. so we're waiting for some clarity. we want to watch carefully what's happening. business has been pretty optimistic that some good things are coming down, things like tax cuts and deregulation. so they're waiting on that. right now they have to be dealing with the uncertainty of what's going to happen. >> as one woman said to me on the campaign trail, i just want my $5 foot long back. americans waiting for those prices to drop. now to the middle east and the release of six more hostages from gaza today, one of whom had been held for more than a decade. we're in tel aviv with more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. we're coming to you from hostage square in central tel aviv.

this has become the rallying point for the hostage release movement. we saw two groups of hostages released. one in the southern part of the gaza strip in rafa and another one more in the central part of the gaza strip. once again, we saw hamas fighters leave these hostages on to stages, holding up certificates in what has become kind of a weekly spectacle. you see him there from the rafah area. and the second group of hostages was released in a similar hamas sort of production. the three men were released. in exchange, israel is expecte to release over 600 captives in israeli prisons. this is something that is due to unfold over the next several hours in israel. as you can see behind me, it is -- there are people behind me. it is a big group of israelis that have come to witness these

scenes. we saw helicopters flying overhead, transporting at least one of the hostages to a hospital nearby. there were cheers. it was certainly a much happier day than on thursday when hamas sent back the remains of four hostages, including three members of the bebus family, the mother and her two sons. >> and, of course, we're ill waiting for the release of the remaining american-israeli hostage. and this is, we know, the final -- the final stages here of phase one. but now what happens? >> reporter: so this -- these were the last six living hostages of phase one. if phase two goes ahead, and it is a big if, we could see the release of remaining living hostages and also the remains of the dead hostages sent back to israel, including the last living remaining american

hostage. laura? >> thank you. back here at home, a major setback for the me nen at the scene brothers in their fight for freedom. the los angeles district attorney announcing on friday he opposes a new trial for the brothers after completing a review. they are serving life sentences for killing their parents in 1989. the brothers asked for a review of new evidence they claim is proof of sexual abuse by their father, jose menendez. separately, a hearing to review the brothers' request for resentencing is scheduled for next month. meantime, it took a jury just a few hours on friday to convict the man who attacked an author in front of a live crowd back in 2022. maya is here with more on this. this story came back fast. >> this morning, the 27-year-old is awaiting sentencing after he was found guilty of attempted murder on friday. the seven-day trial resolved

around this attack. the attacker rushed on to the stage with a knife stabbing rushdie more than seven times. now 77 years old, rushdie did recover from his injuries. although, he lost vision in one eye. he served as a key witness in this trial and last year published a book called "knife" detailing the brutal attack and his recovery. the publication of his novel, "the satanic verses," which many muslims consider blasphemous. his sentencing is set for april 23rd, and he faces up to 25 years in prison. >> thank you for being here for

us. now to a frightening scene inside a busy boston highway tunnel. this was caught on camera. concrete crashing down from the ceiling of that tunnel. somehow narrowly missing several vehicles. massachusetts state police say the debris damaged several cars. the good news, nobody there was hurt. officials blame the incident on recent flucating temperatures and said they are now inspecting >> it is one of my worst fears in going through those tunnels. oh, goodness. all right. good everyone is okay. angie is back with another check of the forecast. what you got? >> i got some good news. again, mainly quiet conditions across the country. you can see a little bit of cloud cover across the northeast and some for the midwest. but plenty of sunshine expected for folks closer to the coast in the southeast. we do have a couple trouble spots. it will be the gulf coast where we could see rain ramping up here. that starting already this morning with a little bit of that freezing rain and some

showers from houston to basically parts of eastern lolouisiana. out west, we have another atmospheric river that's taking shape. that will leave us with a couple spots of rain. it will be the potential for heavy rain as well. you could see flooding for our friends in oregon and washington. otherwise, warmer conditions. yes, we're finally starting to see that improvement in our temperatures. 30s across the great lakes. 40s and 30s, a mix there. i know it is still chilly in some spots, but you will be able to get out there and enjoy some sunshine and showers across the gulf coast. tomorrow that's where we will see basically the potential for a little flooding specifically across louisiana, stretching into the panhandle in florida. the cold easing more. notice these temperatures. 50s now. we have a whole lot of sunshine expected for our friends in the northern planes who have been dealing with brutal conditions for mainly the entirety of this week. we will see better conditions for them the.

and, of course, plenty of sunshine for the month. mostly clear start down here in san jose, starting out in the 40s. i am watching a little fog up there towards santa rosa and parts of half moon bay less than a mile, so be careful with that as we go out towards the east bay walnut creek. good morning and mostly clear. start in those upper 40s and look at the trend as we go on into lunchtime mid 60s. so a lot of sunshine expected today and feeling warmer. we'll talk and that's a look at your forecast. guys? >> angie, thank you. still to come here, a man accused of killing that top health care ceo back in court on friday. what happened inside the courtroom as supporters of luigi mangione lined the streets outside that courthouse. plus, it is one of the worst

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we are back on a saturday morning with the weekly download, our look at the week's other business stories. >> our friend joe fryer is there with that. >> among the major headlines this week, another commercial ane accident. a delta jet slammed into the ground and landed at toronto's airport. the right wing and the landing greer ripped off as the plane skidded down the runway, flipping on to its roof. >> drop it! >> flight attendants and first responders quickly jumped into action. amazingly, all 80 people onboard survived. a setback in court for bryan kohberger, who is accused of

stabbing four university of idaho students to death. the judge set to oversee his quadruple murder case knocked down all efforts to get key evidence tossed out, most important dna evidence linking him to the crime scene. >> when there is a dna match between the dna and the sheathe and mr. kohberger, isn't that probable cause every day and twice on sunday? southern hilean criminals were charged in court. authorities say the alleged burglars are part of a south american theft gang that broke into at least six different homes between october and december of last year. this is very, very concerning. >> 22-year-old british tennis star emma raducanu started

crying before a match. it was in the first few rows during her match. he was ejected. the next day emma wrote it was a difficult experience yesterday, but i will be okay and proud of how i came back and competed. rapper asap rocky was found not guilty in the 2021 shooting of his former friend. >> we, the jury in the above-entitled action, find the defendant not guilty. >> the rapper, whose real name is rakeem mayors, dove into the arms of his girlfriend rihanna. boyz ii men went to capitol hill to make sure that artists get paid when radio stations

play their music. >> these new artists never had to relay on radio. they rely on streaming, tiktok and all the things that will get their music out there. >> i'm sure they should take more money, but you don't take it from the hand that feeds you. >> more than 300 recording artists from carly simon to jelly roll joined boboyz ii menn pushing for the change. finally, remember this viral dress? it has been ten years since it divided the internet. black and blue or white and cold. jenna modelled it on today saying those that saw black and blue were right the whole time. all right. we got our paddles here. what does everyone see? >> come on. come on. this is not -- >> i talked to plenty of people this week that see it this way. it is just about the lighting. >> the photograph is one thing. but the dress can only -- >> looking at it right now, they

see white and gold. >> the issue that divided america. >> so easy. all right. still to come here on "today," we will explain why angie is being buried in the snow. she signed up for this. we will tell you what the adorable dogs have to do it. plus, we will tell you why the yankees could look a lot asfferent this se

good morning. thanks for joining us on this saturday, february 22nd. i'm kira klapper. happening today. cleanup begins at the site of last month's fire

at a battery plant in monterey county. today, crews will begin disconnecting lithium ion batteries at the gutted vistra energy storage facility that was in moss landing, south of santa cruz. that will be followed by demolition and the removal of toxic metals and debris, including asbestos. the local community has raised concerns over where all that debris will be dumped. county leaders say the epa is working with vistra to identify a proper disposal site. hundreds of san francisco teachers could lose their jobs at the end of this school year. the district is facing a $113 million deficit for next year. district officials yesterday announced their plan to send preliminary layoff notices to more than 800 employees. a majority of pink slips will be sent to teachers, social workers and counselors. the school board is expected to finalize the exact number of positions on tuesday. the first round of pink slips will be sent out by march

15th. and new this morning a 4.0 magnitude quake near tracee pinos in san benito county. it happened just after 230 this morning. this is south of hollister. we caught the quake on our seismograph. you can see there. no word on any damage. and we're going to turn now to the weekend microclimate forecast and cinthia pimentel. good morning kara. good morning everyone. we're starting off in the 40s. it feels a little cool. yes. and there's some isolated upper 30s and a little bit of fog. so let's go to check in in santa rosa. that's where we're looking at some of that fog developing. i also saw it on the maps along half moon bay. so if you are going to be out early this morning, just be careful with that. otherwise clear skies. and we're going to enjoy that throughout the day. and we're going to oakland. there is the lunar new year parade right there in chinatown starting at ten this morning. a few high clouds will be rolling around, but we see those temperatures nice and comfortable in the almost mid 60 range, with a few more clouds coming by later tonight, but s still staying dry

for any plans out there in the town. as we come down here into san jose, we'll also start to get out of those 40s, 50s by 10 a.m. and into the mid 60s by right there lunchtime, 12:00, getting into the 70. so can you believe that for february? that looks amazing. as we go on and look at our final weekend here of the month. now for the tomorrow could change a little bit. we're talking about the chance of some rain. we'll talk about those details coming up at seven here. back to you. all right cinthia, thanks. also coming up at seven this morning on today in the bay fighting the trump administration's federal cuts as the most powerful democrat in the house of representatives comes to the bay

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sister's birthday. laura, happy birthday. outside our studio, looking forward to a bit of a warmup in the northeast. >> i would advise you might text her and not rely on her to watch our program. >> maybe i won't say that on national television. all right. let's check with those headlines for you. the former leader of the proud boys was arrested on an assault charge. after speaking at a proud boys and oath keepers press event, he assaulted a woman who was protesting, striking her arm and cell phone. he was just released from federal prison last month after president trump commuted his 22-year sentence on charges including seditious conspiracy for his role in the attack on the capitol. the mayor of los angeles removed the city's fire chief friday after how the deadly wild fires were handled. she said the chief made the wrong decision by sending home

1,000 firefighters who were ending their shift as the fires began. crowley claimed the mayor's budget cuts left the fire department underfunded. one of the lawyers representing sean "diddy" combs in his sex trafficking case is quitting. one of six attorneys for the music mogul did not offer any other details. combs has pled not guilty to the charges. his trial is set to begin in may. this morning, luigi mangione appeared briefly inside a courtroom on friday here in new york as dozens of supporters stood outside in a show of support for the accused killer. stephanie gosk was there. >> reporter: luigi mangione

shackled and silent making his way to court. >> he's being treated differently because he's being held in federal custody than any other person who would be facing serious murder one charges in a new york state court. >> reporter: in december, mangione pleaded not guilty to murdering father of two brian thompson. he also faces federal murder charges. one count could carry the death penalty. demonstrators gathered outside the courthouse to support the accused killer. others to protest the health care system. this is going to be a murder trial. is that the right venue to make a larger point about health care? > you know, i'm -- i'm very reasonable. but i think the american people have been pushed really, really far. >> reporter: the brazen murder in mid-town manhattan left new york city stunned. >> this was a senseless act of

violence. it was a cold and calculated crime. >> reporter: prosecutors say he was found with a ghost gun that matched bullet casings found at the scene. public frustration with the health care system, in some cases, turning to support for mangione. a defense fund-raised more than half a million dollars. in a statement, mangione writes i am overwhelmed by and grateful for everyone that has written me to share their stories and express their support. he is facing three charges here on state and federal murder charges. the legal process could take years. it is only just beginning. laura, peter and jill, back to you guys? >> steph, thank you for that. think about it. this is a person who has a wife and has children. and he's sort of become propped up as a symbol for the health care situation, but he's a real

human being. >> i'm in full agreement. it is hard to see how anybody could support the murder of anybody. i think there is wide agreement on that. we will talk about the forecast heading into this weekend. what are you seeing? >> something you don't see all that often in texas, a winter weather advisory this weekend. we have the potential to see some icing on the roadway. if you are heading out early this morning, note it could be a little difficult. you might need extra time. remember, temperatures have been chilly across texas. some of this precipitation is following as ing rain. the icing on the roadways is something you have to deal with. we have rain elsewhere. some showers are working through. we have some of that in corpus christi as well. this is part of a system that will spread rain over this region as we get through the weekend, specifically ramping up for tomorrow. today isolated thunderstorms are possible in this. otherwise, it is texas and louisiana that gets the bulk of that rain. tomorrow we get a whole lot more of this moisture coming up from the gulf.

that means heavy rain will be possible from louisiana to the florida panhandle. we will see the potential for flooding this season. most of the heavy rain will stay out in the gulf. we could see an inch or two inches of rain closer to the coast. for louisiana is where we starting off mostly in the mid to upper 40s right now through san jose, up into san francisco, and then we go into parts of the north bay. 40 degrees right now in santa rosa. you start to see some of that fog once you climb up there along 101, also along the coast, right there in half moon bay. but check it out. the warmth we felt yesterday will continue. gilroy we're looking at those highs in the 70, so and that's a look at your forecast. guys? >> angie, thanks so much. you broke out a parka with

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>> yeah, four people died this week alone in avalanches. but dogs are being trained to find people buried in snow. >> angie, you had a chance to see it firsthand, right? >> i sure did, guys. and climate change is leading to weather emergencies. but dogs, especially those who love the snow, are uniquely positioned to find trapped people. for almost 100 years, man's best friend has been keeping us safe on the slopes and in the snow. now with avalanche risk escalating worldwide, these search and rescue dogs are more important than ever. climate change is causing winter to become the fastest warming season across the u.s., with higher temperatures leading to growing avalanche risks in the west. when the temperatures rise, snow layers become slushy, and the layers unstable with the potential to slide. the highest avalanche risk in the u.s. is in the western mountain ranges. and that's where these pups come

in, as search and rescue dogs training to help in avalanche emergencies. nate picked up his dog mud two years ago and immediately started her training. >> the right handler and the right dog make up a team, and that team is what's going to be deployed in the event of an avalanche. >> reporter: both the dogs and handlers must go through multiple certifications that assess their ability and performance to see how they respond in emergencies, a process that can take two to three years. so with all the technology that we have, why are dogs so crucial in this role? >> a lot of people aren't using the ek thenology of beacons, shovel, probe. the dogs, they have their nose, which is their beacon, and they have the ability to follow scent to somebody who has been buried by an avalanche. if we get to somebody within 15 minutes, their chance of survival is 90% and above. >> reporter: training tasks

start small. so what are we going to do today? >> i believe you are ing to be buried. >> reporter: so i have heard. i crawled into a snow cave made by ski patrol. am i all right? >> all right. >> reporter: any advice? >> nope. >> reporter: okay, great. i'm ready. oh, boy. bye! the entrance blocked with more snow. honestly, i'm not scared, but i am very cold. and i'm waiting for the rescue dog to find me. >> find it! good girl, mud!

>> reporter: life-saving actions. good girl! >> that's incredible. it was fascinating. one thing to note is these dogs are also family pets, and their handlers are also their owners so they are doing regular dog stuff. but when they had this really rigorous training. >> were you scared? >> you know, i was a bit. i was in there for about 12 minutes before mud found me. >> wow. >> and it was -- it was small, but i was okay. it was just very, very cold. >> what's striking about that is you realize in an avalanche minutes matter, seconds matter. you said 15 minutes. it goes down precipitously after that. >> exactly. when i was in the cave, my face is not covered by snow. i'm not upside down. that can happen when you are in an avalanche. we have a little "popstart" coming up.

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good morning. thanks for joining us on this saturday, february 22nd. i'm kira klapper san francisco's tenderloin and south of market neighborhoods have long been rampant with drug dealing and drug use. and as the city works to crack down, it appears the problems aren't going away. they're just moving. business owners and people who live in the mission district are now asking whether those crackdowns are just pushing the issues into their neighborhood. one restaurant owner tells us the mission has always had its challenges, but that recently it seems like things are getting worse. what we've seen happen in the last couple of years is an increase in illegal activity, and specifically the dealing and

using of hard drugs. and that's led to all kinds of problems. just in the last ten days, we've had folks come into the restaurant and be highly disruptive to guests and staff yelling and screaming. mayor daniel lurie says he has some of those same concerns. the mayor says his message is that anyone dealing drugs in san francisco will be found and prosecuted. we're going to take a big turn now to the forecast. cinthia pimentel is here on this chilly saturday morning, and our last one of the month that just flew by. good morning kira. good morning everyone. we are starting off in the 40s, some low 40s right now for san jose, palo alto, but mostly clear skies, mid 40s and upper 40s as we move out into the east bay. walnut creek, good morning to you and san francisco. we'll start our day in the 46 degree mark and then really enjoy a nice and comfortable day here. we'll keep it right there by the golden gate bridge. go on into the afternoon and notice a few high clouds rolling around, but not producing any rain. we're

going to keep those temperatures eling a little bit mild, so the warmth we felt yesterday will continue on into this weekend. places where it will be a little bit warmer though, are of course, as we make our way inland, we'll start the day with mostly sunny skies and notice those high clouds drifting around here as we go on into our saturday night. but temperatures near that 70 degree mark as we go on into places like walnut creek, danville, san ramon. we'll enjoy a nice day out there. so perfect for any birthday parties. anything you want to do outdoors? get some exercise in. really take advantage of the 60 to 70 for this time of the year in february. that looks nice. we are looking at above average temperatures, but for tomorrow we're going to put just a chance of some sprinkles. i'll show you what the maps are showing us with the chance of some rain there into the north bay as we end our week weekend and start our next work week. we'll talk about that coming up in about an hour. back to you. all right. cinthia. thanks. it is 559 coming up at seven this morning on today in the bay, plunged into darkness in the south bay after thieves steal copper

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across the country. angie has the full forecast. worst flu season in decades. new data showing an increasing number of deaths for what has been one of the most miserable flu seasons in years. this as the cdc appears to pull its campaign promoting the flu vac cine from its website. and the top prosecutor in l.a. saying he will not back the me nendez brothers' request fora new trial. >> what we found out is they had told five different versions of the events of what had happened. >> what it all means for their push for freedom, today, saturday, february 22nd, 2025. good morning and welcome back to "today" this saturday morning. this is my kind of saturday. there is like a thousand legal stories and weather. great. >> we designed the show just for

laura. >> let's get right to today's news. we are starting off with welcome relief for tens of millions in the weather department. angie is here, of course, with a look at what's ahead. come on. >> listen, it is my kind of saturday, too, because i have good news instead of bad news when it comes to the weather. we have been dealing with brutally cold temperatures, especially east of the rockies. we will start to get a break from that. right now, it is still chilly in atlanta waking up to 32 degrees. new orleans feeling like 44 degrees for your windchill there. we will see these temperatures start to increase and get back to normal for a lot of spots, specifically parts of the northern plains. they were brutally cold this week. now we're running above normal. that trend is spreading east here today and into tomorrow. little rock into the 40s today. so still below normal east of basically the midwest. look at what happens. kansas city tomorrow 50 degrees.

low 60s for oklahoma city. odessa 70 degrees. tomorrow it will be feeling really, really nice and a welcome relief. little rock by tuesday and wednesday ends up into the 70s. 50s for omah new york city, we end up on tuesday at 53 degrees. that's looking great to me. tuesday we end up at 70 degrees in charlotte. overall, mild and spring-like temperatures we all deserve at this time. this morning the vatican said pope francis had a good rest overnight as he is being treated for double pneumonia. the 88-year-old pontiff is expected to stay in the hospital at least another week but that the situation is, in their words, not life threatening. he even visited the hospital chapel on friday. here in new york city, a federal judge canceled the

corruption trial against mayor eric adams. he adjourned adams' trial appointing an outside lawyer to drop the case. the controversial doj move prompted eight federal prosecutors to resign in protest. adams denies the bribery charges and denies working out a quid pro quo deal with doj officials with immigration enforcements. let's turn to a serious health concern as flu season shows no signs of letting up. deaths hitting a new high, especially among children. maggie vespa has more. >> yeah. these latest cdc numbers show yet another rise in severe, even deadly flu cases, with one er doctor saying this is the worst flu season in his career. this as the ripple effects from the federal government overall reach the public realm.

this morning new cdc data showing an increasingly deadly toll with 19,000 deaths from the flu overall this season and 18 pediatric deaths reported just last week. while test positivity rates fell slightly, the vavast marity of states reporting high levels. >> definitely the most intense flu season of my career. >> reporter: kids infected with the flu are getting secondary pneumonia infections, a combo typically reserved with older patients. >> kids are coming in with difficulty breathes, not able to eat or drink. >> reporter: this 12-year-old flew from new york to arizona for a soccer tournament, only to get sick for a week. >> it felt like i just was like very tired and like couldn't really move very much. >> reporter: meanwhile, chaos rocking federal health agencies with the cdc's wild to mild campaign promoting flu vaccines.

it comes roughly a week after long-time vaccine skeptic rfk jr. was sworn in as health and human services secretary. hhs not responding to nbc's request for comment on the campaign. >> we have health care workers out here. >> reporter: that agency facing heated protests earlier this week outside its d.c. headquarters after the trump administration terminated hundreds of cdc employees, according to two sources at the agency. hhs saying in response to nbc news' questions, they are following the administration's guidance and taking action to support the president's broader efforts to restructure and streamline the federal government. and, maggie, it is not just the flu. there is also a measles outbreak concerning health officials. what can you tell us about that one? >> specifically this is in the southwest. there are now 90 reported confirmed cases, i should say, in west texas. today we learned of an additional 9 cases over the border in new mexico.

this measles outbreak, while still largely contained to one region, experts say is growing at an alarming pace. laura. >> maggie, thank you. all right. that's the news. time for a little saturday morning boost. exactly what we need right now. >> exactly. we have a sweet one for you. check out what happened when an adorable preschooler walked into the hospital to meet his new little sister for the very first time. you could say it was love at first sight. >> hi! i'm your big brother. i love you. >> she's really lucky to have me. he was so excited. he asked to hold the baby right away, reaching out gently and kissing her tiny head.

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>> we're e los angeles with more on why he came to that conclusion. camilla, good morning. >> good morning, guys. this is a new district attorney who said he would review the trials, the evidence and speak to the family to consider whether he would support their chance at a new trial. now after months of review, he has decided against it. this morning, a serious employee for the menendez brothers in their fight for freedom. >> wh we found out is that they had told five different versions of the events and what happened. >> the l.a. district attorney recommending the court deny the petition filed by erik and lisle me den menendez. >> sexual abuse does not justify killing your parents. it doesn't that day, and it never will. >> reporter: the two brothers are serving life sentencing for

killing their parents in their beverley hills mansion in 1989. the high-profile killings back in the public eye after the release of a documentary on peacock and the show "monsters" on netflix. >> and i ha what we did. i wish it never happened. >> reporter: despite prosecutors saying the brother killed their parents out of greed, they say it was an act of self-defense after years of abuse from their father. they say a letter from erik to hicousin detailed the abuse before the killings. and pointed testimony from a former band member who says he, too, was abused by jose menendez who was a top news executive at the time. >> that's the man right here that raped me. this guy. that's the pedophile. >> not at all surprising, but extremely disappointing. >> reporter: this all comes just days after the brothers called in to the tmz podcast "two angry

men" posted by harvey levine and their attorney. both brothers hopefully one day they will be released. >> it is a new concept for us, this hope for freedom. we mostly just focus on the day, on the present, on what we can do to feel good about that day. >> reporter: and there are still three options for the brothers' release. governor gavin newsom could break clemency or it could be resentenced. it is possible we see the brothers in person for that hearing, which is scheduled in march. >> thanks, camilla. >> i think people are paying so much attention that the legal standards for all those different paths she laid out are really different. the standard to get a new trial, which is what yesterday is about, is the one for resentencing. and if they get the resentencing, then they could

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across the board for sunday. that cold will ease. a whole lot of sunshine. march is in just one week. we look to see what that means. it clear we are looking at 39 in santa rosa to 40 over in livermore. low 40s right now for south san jose to mid 40s in san mateo. that patchy fog is starting to clear up a little bit up there in santa rosa, becoming way dense in novato and down into half moon bay. but it should mix out and we should see a nice day. discovery bay, look at you. 68 and that's a look at your forecast. guys? >> angie, thank you so much. still ahead, the skier who is

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